2010 Giro d' Italia: Stage 16: San Vigilio di Marebbe to Plan de Corones, 12.9 km

[steve]

2010 Giro d' Italia: Stage 16: San Vigilio di Marebbe to Plan de Corones, 12.9 km

After the second rest day, in Friuli, the peloton faces the Giro's third race against the clock, and second individual race.

It consists of the climb to Plan de Corones, visited for the second time in the Giro's history. With 1,080 m (3,540 ft) of vertical gain in 12.9 km (8.0 mi), the climb has an average gradient of 8.5%.

Its steepest stretches are 24%, and the final 5.2 km of the course is on a dirt road.

Distance: 12.9km
Vertical climb: 1,080m
Highest point: 2,273m
Terrain: High mountain
Category: Individual Time Trial



Stage Map
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Stage Profile
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Last Few KM's
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General classification before stage 16
1 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67:48:42
2 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:35
3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:03:33
4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:04:21
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:04:43
6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:05:51
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:06:08
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:06:34
9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0:07:12
10 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo 0:08:13
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:09:19
12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia 0:09:53
13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:13:09
14 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0:14:35
15 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 0:14:45
16 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:37
17 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0:22:02
18 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:29
19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:22:51
20 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:23:42

 

[gtm]

Any idea of previous times on this course?

The dirt road section ought to suit Evans what with his mountain bike pedigree.

 

[steve]

Start Times

1st group

10:30 Marco Frapporti (Colnago)
10:31 Marco Corti (Footon)
10:32 Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Transitions)
10:33 Stefano Pirazzi (Colnago)
10:34 Gabriel Rasch (Cervélo)
10:35 Damien Gaudin (Bouygues)
10:36 Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha)
10:37 Rick Flens (Rabobank)
10:38 Frantisek Rabon (Team HTC-Columbia)
10:39 Dario Andriotto (Acqua e Sapone)
10:40 Christopher Sutton (Sky)
10:41 Michael Morkov (Saxo Bank)
10:42 Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre)
10:43 Graeme Brown (Rabobank)
10:44 Marcel Sieberg (Team HTC-Columbia)
10:45 Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas)
10:46 Sven Tuft (Garmin-Transitions)
10:47 Michael Albasini (Team HTC-Columbia)
10:48 Anddy Engels (Rabobank)
10:49 Lucas Haedo (Saxo Bank)
10:50 Julian Dean (Garmin-Transitions)
10:51 Ignatas Konovalovas (Cervélo)
10:52 Mathieu Claude (Bouygues)
10:53 Vicente Reynes (Team HTC-Columbia)
10:54 Luke Roberts (Milram)
10:55 Michael Schär (BMC)
10:56 Mauro Facci (Quick Step)
10:57 Olivier Kaisen (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
10:58 Ermanno Capelli (Footon)
10:59 Edward King (Cervélo)
11:00 Alessandro Bertolini (Androni)
11:01 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis)
11:02 Yukiya Arashiro (Bouygues)
11:03 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis)
11:04 Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne)
11:05 Jos Van Emden (Rabobank)
11:06 Danilo Wyss (BMC)
11:07 Murilo Fischer (Garmin-Transitions)
11:08 Guillaume Le Floch (Bouygues)
11:09 Michiel Elijzien (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
11:10 Matthias Brandle (Footon)
11:11 Markus Fothen (Milram)
11:12 Francesco Reda
11:13 André Greipel (Team HTC-Columbia)
11:14 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas)
11:15 Alan Marangoni (Colnago)
11:16 Tom Stamsnijder (Rabobank)
11:17 Daniel Lloyd (Cervélo)
11:18 Marco Velo (Quick Step)
11:19 Marco Marzano (Lampre)
11:20 Brent Bookwalter (BMC)
11:21 Damien Monier (Cofidis)
11:22 Mathew Hayman (Rabobank)

2nd group

12.50 Kalle Kriit (Cofidis)
12:51 Simone Stortoni (Colnago)
12:52 Sebastien Hinault (AG2R)
12:53 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Androni)
12:54 Christopher Froome (Sky)
12:55 Goraz Stangelj (Astana)
12:56 Danilo Hondo (Lampre)
12:57 Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis)
12:58 Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R)
12:59 David Loosli (Lampre)
13:00 Iñigo Cuesta (Cervélo)
13.01 Robert Forster (Milram)
13.02 Gilberto Simoni (Lampre)
13:03 Florian Stalder (BMC)
13:04 Roman Kireyev (Astana)
13:05 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Liquigas)
13:06 Serguei Klimov (Katusha)
13:07 Craig Lewis (Team HTC-Columbia)
13:08 Cameron Wurf (Androni)
13:09 Anders Lund (Saxo Bank)
13:10 Federico Canuti (Colnago)
13:11 Matteo Bono (Lampre)
13:12 Luca Mazzanti (Katusha)
13:13 Remi Cusin (Cofidis)
13:14 Greg Henderson (Sky)
13:15 Leonardo Duque (Cofidis)
13:16 Nicki Sorensen (Saxo Bank)
13:17 Daniele Righi (Lampre)
13:18 Matthias Russ (Milram)
13:19 Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas)
13:20 William Bonnet (Bouygues)
13:21 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas)
13:22 Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne)
13:23 Matthew Lloyd (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
13:24 Volodymir Gustov (Cervélo)
13:25 David Moncoutie (Cofidis)
13:26 Alessandro Donati (Acqua e Sapone)
13:27 Alessandro Bisolti (Colnago)
13:28 Cayetano Sarmiento (Acqua e Sapone)
13:29 Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
13:30 Markus Eibegger (Footon)
13:31 Rubens Bertogliati (Androni)
13:32 Ludovic Turpin (AG2R)
13:33 Carlos Ochoa (Androni)
13:34 Arnold Jeannesson (Caisse d'Epargne)
13:35 Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank)
13:36 Francesco Failli (Acqua e Sapone)
13:37 Steven Cummings (Sky)
13:38 Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step)
13:39 Andriy Grivko (Astana)
13.40 Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne)
13:41 Jackson Rodríguez (Androni)

3rd group

15:10 Vasil Kiryienka (Caisse d'Epargne)
15:11 Daniel Martin (Garmin-Transitions)
15:12 Marcel Wyss (Cervélo)
15:13 Massimo Codol (Acqua e Sapone)
15:14 Andrei Amador (Caisse d'Epargne)
15:15 Michael Barry (Sky)
15:16 Josep Jufre (Astana)
15:17 Jerome Pineau (Quick Step)
15:18 Filippo Pozzato (Katusha)
15:19 Joan Horrach (Katusha)
15:20 Charles Wegelius (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
15:21 Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha)
15:22 Johann Tschopp (Bouygues)
15:23 Branislau Samoilau (Quick Step)
15:24 Yuri Trofimov (Bouygues)
15:25 Daniel Moreno (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
15:26 Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues)
15:27 Rigoberto Urán (Caisse d'Epargne)
15:28 Vladimir Miholjevic (Liquigas)
15.29 José Serpa (Androni)
15:30 Laurent Didier (Saxo Bank)
15:31 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank)
15:32 Chris Sorensen (Saxo Bank)
15:33 Evgeni Petrov (Katusha)
15:34 Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
15:35 Pieter Weening (Rabobank)
15:36 Hubert Dupont (AG2R)
15:37 Iban Mayoz (Footon)
15:38 Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone)
15:39 Bradley Wiggins (Sky)
15:40 Francis De Greef (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
15:41 Xavier Tondo (Cervélo)
15:42 Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas)
15:43 Dario Cioni (Sky)
15:44 John Gadret (AG2R)
15:45 Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank)
15:46 Alexander Efimkin (AG2R)
15:49 Dario Cataldo (Quick Step)
15:52 Bauke Mollema (Rabobank)
15:55 Vladimir Karpets (Katusha)
15:58 Marco Pinotti (Team HTC-Columbia)
16:01 Damiano Cunego (Lampre)
16:04 Robert Kiserlovski (Liquigas)
16:07 Linus Gerdemann (Milram)
16:10 Michele Scarponi (Acqua e Sapone)
16:13 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
16:16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
16:19 Cadel Evans (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
16:22 Carlos Sastre (Cervélo)
16:25 Ivan Basso (Liquigas)
16:28 Richie Porte (Saxo Bank)
16:31 David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne)

 

[steve]

Any idea of previous times on this course?

The dirt road section ought to suit Evans what with his mountain bike pedigree.

They used this climb in 2008, though a lot of riders are either absent, banned because of doping, returning dopers or suffering mysterious drop off's in form;

1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 40.26 (19.142 km/h)
2 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 0.06
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.17
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.22
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.30
6 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 0.49
7 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 1.04
8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1.43
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 1.45
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.49

I'm sure they'll be slower this time

 

[steve]

I'm not able to find any feeds, if anyone knows of any please post them!

So far;
1 SZMYD Sylvester LIQ 43:40 0:00
2 MONCOUTIE David COF 44:06 0:26
3 MONIER Damien COF 44:15 0:35

Text updates http://live.cyclingnews.com/

 

[steve]

My tips

1) Evans
2) Basso
3) Nibali

 

[Eldrack]

Can't find any live feeds yet myself.

My prediction:

1) Basso
2) Evans
3) Sastre
4) Scarponi
5) Cunego
6) Vino

Winning time will be 41 minutes and the favourites will all be bunched within 2.5 minutes of that.

 

[steve]

Winning time will be 41 minutes and the favourites will all be bunched within 2.5 minutes of that.

I to hope they're slower than 2008

 

[Andrija]

This is hard to predict.

1. Evans
2. Vinokourov
3. Basso
4. Nibali.
5. Pinotti
6. Scarponi
7. Sastre

Times will be similar to 2008 times, I think.

 

[pennstater]

I'm not able to find any feeds, if anyone knows of any please post them!

So far;
1 SZMYD Sylvester LIQ 43:40 0:00
2 MONCOUTIE David COF 44:06 0:26
3 MONIER Damien COF 44:15 0:35

Text updates Live Report Giro d'Italia - Stage 16 | Cyclingnews.com

Can't find any English feeds, but here is a link to feeds in different languages.
2010 Giro d'Italia Live Video, Route, Preview, Results, Photos, Teams aka Tour of Italy

 

[pennstater]

Good god... Sastre is laying an egg on this mountain.

Looks like Cadel is getting the better of Basso so far. I thought Basso would take the win here, but he is only 4th through the midway check-point. Perhaps he is conserving energy for the second half of the course.

 

[gtm]

Evans because of the dirt section & because he's like a dog with bone atm.

 

[Andrija]

Garzelli.
Has anyone expected this?
Gadret in third.
Minute slower than in 2008.
I have to admit - it's promising.

 

[steve]

Stage 16: Results
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:41:28
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42
3 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:54
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:01
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:07
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:10
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0:01:36
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:01:37
9 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 0:01:41
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:01:46
11 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 0:02:05
12 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:06
13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:02:10
15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo 0:02:12
16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:02:16
17 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:17
18 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:02:18
19 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:02:31
20 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions 0:02:32

 

[steve]

Minute slower than in 2008.
I have to admit - it's promising.

Todays winner would having only placed 7th in 2008

Cadels time good enough for about 12th in 2008, slower than Jens Voigt's time.

 

[Andrija]

Todays winner would having only placed 7th in 2008

Cadels time good enough for about 12th in 2008, slower than Jens Voigt's time.

Strange year that 2008. Or is it 2010. which is strange?
Maybe there was strong head wind today, which passed unnoticed because of the slope?
But I'd rather say there was tail wind in 2008. Noticed on Sella and Ricco later that season, and on Di Luca and Pellizotti lately.
Promising and encouraging.

 

[Eldrack]

Todays winner would having only placed 7th in 2008

Cadels time good enough for about 12th in 2008, slower than Jens Voigt's time.

Ah yes, Jens Voigt that well known mountain goat. Been suspicious of him ever since he won the Tour of Germany for the first time. People that big cannot climb that well without enhancement.

I was surprised to see Nibali beat Basso today, as for Garzelli I imagine he's been resting himself to go for stage wins. He picked a good one to take top honours in! Cadel showing he's got the form to fight this Giro to the last, should be a good last week with him and Basso fighting it out for the top spot whilst a whole host of people fight for the podium! Nothing like tight competition to keep things interesting.

 

[pennstater]

Ah yes, Jens Voigt that well known mountain goat. Been suspicious of him ever since he won the Tour of Germany for the first time. People that big cannot climb that well without enhancement.

Unless you're a physiological freak like "Big Mig" who is around the same height, and might have weighed more than Voigt during his pro years. Although, one can never be too sure, perhaps Indurain was dirty even though he never tested positive. No test existed for EPO during his reign. However, I would like to believe he was clean.

 

[steve]

Although, one can never be too sure, perhaps Indurain was dirty even though he never tested positive. No test existed for EPO during his reign. However, I would like to believe he was clean.

Who would know about EPO, he failed a test for Salbutamol. Here is some reading;

Cycling's Lords Flunk the Drug Test - NYTimes.com

Drugs in Sport: Indurain allowed to use 'banned' drug - Sport - The Independent

The Way It Was - Washington Times

The former Swiss rider said that the five-time Tour champion used the banned substance erythropoietin (EPO) as well "as all the Tour winners from 1992 to 1999".

Former Swiss rider Rolf Järmann said that Miguel Indurain used used performance-enhancing drugs, as well "as all the Tour winners from 1992 to 1999".

In an interview for the German sports magazine Sport Bild, Järmann disagrees with the Tour de France's decision to no longer consider Bjarne Riis the winner of the 1996 race after the Danish cyclist admitted having used performance-enhancing drugs, as, according to Järmann, doping was a usual practice.

Järmann pointed out that if Riis was not considered the Tour winner, Jan Ulrich or Richard Virenque would have to be considered winners and he doubts these riders were "clean".

"Besides, if you remove Riis from the list of winners, you would have to do the same with all the Tour winners from 1992 to 1999. At that time, using performance-enhancing drugs was a usual practice," Järmann said.

 

[Scotttri]

Another great stage. It's been a great race so far. The last two stages have seen times slower then in the past and with reasonable power outputs. Maybe things are cleaning up. Still think basso is the favourite, Evans is a chance but will need a good final time trial, and the rest is anyones guess. Porte for top ten would be a shock but a chance. At 25 he might be good in a few years.