Giro : Stage 11 Pontedera - Pontedera, ITT : 50 kms - Page 3

I believe he will win it. I think his strongest rivals will be Rogers and Savoldelli. I think Der Jan will be in the top 10 but not in the top 5. Look for Gutierrez and Shumacher as well. I would not be surprised to see DiLuca really turn himself inside-out and do something special.

Anyone know what is up with Julich? I would normally pick him as a favourite for such a flat TT, but he seems right out of it this Giro.

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for those of us who actually follow races it wont be a surprise.
He won one ITT last year and came in second to Zab in the other.
No surprise there at all.

He will be bettter this year!!!!!
thats the only surprise

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Just a thought: If Ullrich beats Basso in this ITT then Basso is screwed for the Tour de France. An out of shape Ullrich besting a Basso who is on top form? What happens when Ullrich is on top form then? I don't think that Ullrich will beat Basso however.

Basso said this morning:

"I think he will be in the top 3. This is a good time trial for Jan. I think Jan is in really good condition. Of course he is not here to win the Giro, but for the Tour de France tomorrow is a good test for him."

I also think Gutierrez is in with a chance of a top three..... he is a darkhorse and rides for Phonak so must be getting some help from the chemical department...

Standings so far:

1 LARSSON Gustav Erik SWE FDJ 1:01:10 0:00
2 CIONI Dario David ITA LIQ 1:01:12 0:02
3 CLEMENT Stef NED BTL 1:01:28 0:18
4 WAUTERS Marc BEL RAB 1:01:50 0:40
5 ROESEMS Bert BEL DVL 1:02:00 0:50
6 SACCHI Fabio ITA MRM 1:02:06 0:56
7 VAITKUS Tomas LTU A2R 1:02:30 1:20
8 GUSTOV Volodymir UKR CSC 1:02:33 1:23
9 MATVEYEV Sergiy UKR PAN 1:02:34 1:24
10 VOGONDY Nicolas FRA C.A 1:02:46 1:36
11 VAN DE WALLE Jurgen BEL QSI 1:02:50 1:40
12 CORTINOVIS Alessandro ITA MRM 1:03:10 2:00
13 BONNET William FRA C.A 1:03:15 2:05
14 MAZUR Peter POL SDV 1:03:21 2:11
15 KRIVTSOV Yuriy UKR A2R 1:03:38 2:28
16 SCARSELLI Leonardo ITA QSI 1:03:39 2:29
17 IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel ESP EUS 1:03:56 2:46
18 SCHEIRLINCKX Staf BEL COF 1:04:01 2:51
19 LUDEWIG Joerg GER TMO 1:04:05 2:55
20 ERVITI Imanol ESP CEI 1:04:07 2:57
21 LAVERDE JIMENEZ Luis Felipe COL PAN 1:04:09 2:59
22 JULICH Bobby USA CSC 1:04:10 3:00
23 FERTONANI Marco ITA CEI 1:04:18 3:08
24 BAGUET Serge BEL QSI 1:04:19 3:09
25 EDALEINE Christophe FRA C.A 1:04:21 3:11
26 LOMBARDI Giovanni ITA CSC 1:04:34 3:24
27 PAURIOL Rémi FRA C.A 1:04:40 3:30
28 DA CRUZ Carlos FRA FDJ 1:04:42 3:32
29 KUYCKX Jan BEL DVL 1:04:46 3:36
30 VEIKKANEN Jussi FIN FDJ 1:04:50 3:40
31 SCHOLZ Ronny GER GST 1:05:04 3:54
32 GATES Nick AUS DVL 1:05:14 4:04
33 KRAUSS Sven GER GST 1:05:14 4:04
34 FORSTER Robert GER GST 1:05:16 4:06
35 KESSLER Matthias GER TMO 1:05:20 4:10
36 RIGOTTO Elia ITA MRM 1:05:21 4:11
37 BLAUDZUN Michael DEN CSC 1:05:22 4:12
38 MONNERAIS Cyrille FRA FDJ 1:05:23 4:13
39 POLLACK Olaf GER TMO 1:05:26 4:16
40 MOLETTA Andrea ITA GST 1:05:27 4:17
41 DELAGE Mickael FRA FDJ 1:05:28 4:18
42 DE MAAR Marc NED RAB 1:05:30 4:20
43 ELMIGER Martin SUI PHO 1:05:31 4:21
44 JOACHIM Benoit LUX DSC 1:05:35 4:25
45 RASMUSSEN Michael DEN RAB 1:05:35 4:25
46 ONGARATO Alberto ITA MRM 1:05:58 4:48
47 DAVIS Scott AUS TMO 1:05:59 4:49
48 HIEKMANN Torsten GER GST 1:06:00 4:50
49 HAYMAN Mathew AUS RAB 1:06:05 4:55
50 WHITE Matthew AUS DSC 1:06:09 4:59
51 ORDOWSKI Volker GER GST 1:06:13 5:03
52 ZAMPIERI Steve SUI PHO 1:06:16 5:06
53 FLICKINGER Andy FRA BTL 1:06:18 5:08
54 SPEZIALETTI Alessandro ITA LIQ 1:06:25 5:15
55 LUENGO CELAYA Anton ESP EUS 1:06:25 5:15
56 DE KORT Koen NED LSW 1:06:30 5:20
57 LE BOULANGER Yoann FRA BTL 1:06:31 5:21
58 FORNACIARI Paolo ITA LAM 1:06:31 5:21
59 SCANLON Mark IRL A2R 1:06:33 5:23
60 ANDRIOTTO Dario ITA LIQ 1:06:34 5:24
61 RUSS Matthias GER GST 1:06:35 5:25
62 MOINARD Amael FRA COF 1:06:40 5:30
63 RICHEZE Axel Maximiliano ARG PAN 1:06:42 5:32
64 BRAMATI Davide ITA QSI 1:06:42 5:32
65 DION Renaud FRA A2R 1:06:43 5:33
66 PRADERA RODRIGUEZ Mikel ESP CEI 1:06:43 5:33
67 OLSEN Aaron USA SDV 1:06:43 5:33
68 MC CARTY Jonathan Patrick USA PHO 1:06:43 5:33
69 CALCAGNI Patrick SUI LIQ 1:06:46 5:36
70 GUIDI Fabrizio ITA PHO 1:06:46 5:36
71 VAN HECKE Preben BEL DVL 1:06:49 5:39
72 MAYOZ Ivan ESP EUS 1:06:49 5:39
73 BONNAIRE Olivier FRA BTL 1:06:52 5:42
74 ARANAGA AZKUNE Andoni ESP EUS 1:06:53 5:43
75 MCCARTNEY Jason USA DSC 1:06:59 5:49
76 GENE Yohann FRA BTL 1:07:06 5:56
77 MISSAGLIA Gabriele ITA CLM 1:07:06 5:56
78 RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel COL PAN 1:07:12 6:02
79 MCEWEN Robbie AUS DVL 1:07:16 6:06
80 JULIA CEGARRA Jose Cayetano ESP CEI 1:07:17 6:07
81 LABBE Arnaud FRA BTL 1:07:19 6:09
82 RABON Frantisek CZE TMO 1:07:26 6:16
83 GOMEZ GOMEZ Angel ESP SDV 1:07:32 6:22
84 CALZATI Sylvain FRA A2R 1:07:35 6:25
85 ARDILA CANO Mauricio Alberto COL RAB 1:07:38 6:28
86 TALABARDON Yannick FRA C.A 1:07:38 6:28
87 ALDAPE CHAVEZ Moises MEX PAN 1:07:45 6:35
88 VOGELS Henk AUS DVL 1:07:46 6:36
89 GERARD Arnaud FRA FDJ 1:07:46 6:36
90 LORENZETTO Mirco ITA MRM 1:07:51 6:41
91 ILLIANO Raffaele ITA CLM 1:08:01 6:51
92 NAIBO Carl FRA A2R 1:08:39 7:29
93 PEREZ CUAPIO Julio Alberto MEX PAN 1:08:50 7:40
94 BERNAUDEAU Giovanni FRA BTL 1:08:59 7:49
95 ALBIZURI ARANSOLO Benat ESP EUS 1:09:13 8:03
96 MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir CRO LIQ 1:09:25 8:15
97 LODDO Alberto ITA CLM 1:09:55 8:45
98 GARRIDO LIMA José Antonio ESP QSI 1:09:55 8:45
99 BARBERO Sergio ITA CLM 1:09:59 8:49
100 ANZA' Santo ITA CLM 1:11:29 10:19


wooooooo, go Larsson . De Kort sucking a bit though. Naibo's not last either, horrah!

arrgh, Pinotti new leader

Sounds like old fat Jan is turning the wheels pretty good.

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I just heard the Italian commentators refer to Jan as "Der Kaiser Jan." Please tell me this is just how Italians refer to Germans, and that the commentators haven't picked up on the nickname as well.

I believe the second statement to be accurate.

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god, you're hilarious.

Great time by Ullrich.

Holy s%$t! What a good ride by Jan. let's just hope that knee doesn't swell up tonight. Now all he has to do is ride tempo and take a couple of flyers in the mountains, and he'll drop the necessary weight.

Mark

Good ride from Der Kaiser Jan. Will be interesting to see how much time the other big TT guns can put into him.

Ullrich 58'48" for 50kms - he looked very impressive.

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morelike hypocrisy.

It the climbs that irritate the knee.As long as he doesn't strain trying to turn the bigs gears there he should be fine.

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