Giro Categories ?

Tom Schulenburg

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Does anyone know of a site that explains the criteria for
all of the = Giro categories like:

Fair Play classification Trofeo Fuga Piaggio
classification Azzurri d'Italia classification Intergiro
classification Etc...

Thanks

-T

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Richard Adams

"Tom Schulenburg" <tschulenYOUR@HATpacbell.net> wrote in message news:<oc6qc.49931$za1.12227@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com>...
> Does anyone know of a site that explains the criteria for
> all of the Giro categories like:
>
> Fair Play classification Trofeo Fuga Piaggio
> classification Azzurri d'Italia classification Intergiro
> classification Etc...
>
> Thanks
>
> -T

I'm wondering what they'll dig up for the TdF this year. The
extra classifications make the Giro interesting. Last year
the TdF featured a Centinaire (best finish time to the
original points of the 1903 TdF) prize, but I don't expect
that this year. Super Team looks like team that accumulates
the most points, which I think would be good for the TdF.

Faster Bordello

Tom Schulenburg wrote:

> Does anyone know of a site that explains the criteria for
> all of the Giro categories like:
>
> Fair Play classification

Good one, La Gazzettta's english language page has a link to
the Giro rules, they are, however, in French.... I think
they cover all the various contest within the Giro

> Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification

Recently learned that this one is a contest where the winner
gets a Piaggio scooter, forgot what the scoring basis was
though... May have been mentioned in a cyclingnews.com
commentary..

> Azzurri d'Italia classification

Top placing Italian riders I believe. May have an age
qualifier.

> Intergiro classification

Fastest elapsed time to a given point on each stage,
cumulative over all
21. ITT stages, decided by fastest overall time. Blue jersey

> Etc...
>
> Thanks
>
> -T
>
>
ciclamino is the points (purple jersey) competition. There's
also a most combative ie most attacking rider. Of course
Mountains (green) and the Pink Shirt.....

Sonarrat

in article c8c1ej$p81$1@terabinaries.xmission.com, Faster Bordello at
Fast@Bordello.com wrote on 5/17/04 8:56 PM:

>> Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification
>
> Recently learned that this one is a contest where the
> winner gets a Piaggio scooter, forgot what the scoring
> basis was though... May have been mentioned in a
> cyclingnews.com commentary..

I have no idea, but it seems to be skewed towards
breakaways.

>> Azzurri d'Italia classification
>
> Top placing Italian riders I believe. May have an age
> qualifier.

This one I do know - it's a condensed points classification.
Riders get points only if they finish in the top 3 on any
given stage, with a distribution of 4/2/1.

So Petacchi's 4 wins and 1 runner-up position leave him with
18 points, Cunego's 2 wins and 1 runner-up position put him
in second place with 10 points, and Pollack's three runner-
ups and one third-place leave him third with 7 points.
Probably the simplest of all the competitions, in fact, with
no screwy modifiers or illogical bonuses.

-Sonarrat.

Jeff Jones

"Sonarrat" <mynick@nospam.hotmail> wrote in message
news:BCCEE0CF.3471%mynick@nospam.hotmail...
> in article c8c1ej$p81$1@terabinaries.xmission.com, Faster
> Bordello at Fast@Bordello.com wrote on 5/17/04 8:56 PM:
>
> >> Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification
> >
> > Recently learned that this one is a contest where the
> > winner gets a Piaggio scooter, forgot what the scoring
> > basis was though... May have been mentioned in a
> > cyclingnews.com commentary..
>
> I have no idea, but it seems to be skewed towards
> breakaways.
>
Points = kms in front. Most points wins a scooter.

Sonarrat explained the Azzurri d'Italia classification. I've
never understood why it's used - it's a bit redundant. Also
the Combativity classification is a cross between the points
and the "normal" most combative rider classification where
you get points for attacking a lot but not winning. I don't
think the Giro would lose much if either of these
classifications (which don't have jerseys) were scrapped.
Give the money to the rest! But then again, I'm not Italian
so I'm not truly imbued with Giro fever.

The Fair Play classification is cool though. Teams
accumulate points depending on how much they've been fined
for infractions. The team with the lowest points score wins.

Jeff

Richard Adams

Jeff Jones wrote:

> "Sonarrat" <mynick@nospam.hotmail> wrote in message
> news:BCCEE0CF.3471%mynick@nospam.hotmail...
>
>>in article c8c1ej$p81$1@terabinaries.xmission.com, Faster
>>Bordello at Fast@Bordello.com wrote on 5/17/04 8:56 PM:
>>
>>
>>>>Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification
>>>
>>>Recently learned that this one is a contest where the
>>>winner gets a Piaggio scooter, forgot what the scoring
>>>basis was though... May have been mentioned in a
>>>cyclingnews.com commentary..
>>
>>I have no idea, but it seems to be skewed towards
>>breakaways.
>>
>
> Points = kms in front. Most points wins a scooter.

This should be called the Jacky Durand category.

> Sonarrat explained the Azzurri d'Italia classification.
> I've never understood why it's used - it's a bit
> redundant. Also the Combativity classification is a cross
> between the points and the "normal" most combative rider
> classification where you get points for attacking a lot
> but not winning. I don't think the Giro would lose much if
> either of these classifications (which don't have jerseys)
> were scrapped. Give the money to the rest! But then again,
> I'm not Italian so I'm not truly imbued with Giro fever.

Just another prize for those who can't win the big ones (GC,
Points, KOM)

> The Fair Play classification is cool though. Teams
> accumulate points depending on how much they've been
> fined for infractions. The team with the lowest points
> score wins.
>
> Jeff

The antithesis would be the McEwen Classification,
accumulate points for the crap you try to get away with and
your team doesn't get invited back next year.

Faster Bordello

> The Fair Play classification is cool though. Teams
> accumulate points depending on how much they've been
> fined for infractions. The team with the lowest points
> score wins.
>
> Jeff
>
>
This one I like, thanks for the info. I suppose Saeco with
the uniforms and Domina with Mario and Lotto with Robbie are
at the bottom of this one? :)

Faster Bordello

Sonarrat wrote:

> in article c8c1ej$p81$1@terabinaries.xmission.com, Faster
> Bordello at Fast@Bordello.com wrote on 5/17/04 8:56 PM:
>
>
>>>Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification
>>
>>Recently learned that this one is a contest where the
>>winner gets a Piaggio scooter, forgot what the scoring
>>basis was though... May have been mentioned in a
>>cyclingnews.com commentary..
>
>
> I have no idea, but it seems to be skewed towards
> breakaways.
>
>
>>>Azzurri d'Italia classification
>>
>>Top placing Italian riders I believe. May have an age
>>qualifier.
>
>
> This one I do know - it's a condensed points
> classification. Riders get points only if they finish
> in the top 3 on any given stage, with a distribution
> of 4/2/1.
>
> So Petacchi's 4 wins and 1 runner-up position leave him
> with 18 points, Cunego's 2 wins and 1 runner-up position
> put him in second place with 10 points, and Pollack's
> three runner-ups and one third-place leave him third with
> 7 points. Probably the simplest of all the competitions,
> in fact, with no screwy modifiers or illogical bonuses.
>
> -Sonarrat.
>
Shoulda looked at who was placing in that one I woould have
retracted my guess. I thought that the Giro Point Class was
pretty straight forward as well, unlike the Tour where you
can theoretically win it with out ever winning a stage.....

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