2012 Giro d'Italia

[steve]

2012 Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia, also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours (the others being the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España), and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. It is the second most prominent stage race in the world (after the Tour), and along with the Tour and the Road World Cycling Championship it makes up the Triple Crown of Cycling.



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Giro d'Italia Stages
Stage Date Course Distance Type 1 5 May Herning 8.7 km (5.4 mi) Individual time trial 2 6 May Herning to Herning 206 km (128 mi) Flat stage 3 7 May Horsens to Horsens 190 km (118 mi) Flat stage 8 May Rest day 4 9 May Verona 32.2 km (20.0 mi) Team time trial 5 10 May Modena to Fano 199 km (124 mi) Flat stage 6 11 May Urbino to Porto Sant'Elpidio 207 km (129 mi) Medium mountain 7 12 May Recanati to Rocca di Cambio 202 km (126 mi) Medium mountain 8 13 May Sulmona to Lago Laceno 229 km (142 mi) Medium mountain 9 14 May San Giorgio del Sannio to Frosinone 171 km (106 mi) Flat stage 10 15 May Civitavecchia to Assisi 187 km (116 mi) Medium mountain 11 16 May Assisi to Montecatini Terme 243 km (151 mi) Flat stage 12 17 May Seravezza to Sestri Levante 155 km (96 mi) Medium mountain 13 18 May Savona to Cervere 121 km (75 mi) Flat stage 14 19 May Cherasco to Cervinia 205 km (127 mi) Mountain stage 15 20 May Busto Arsizio to Lecco-Pian dei Resinelli 172 km (107 mi) Mountain stage 21 May Rest day 16 22 May Limone sul Garda to Falzes-Pfalzen 174 km (108 mi) Medium mountain stage 17 23 May Falzes-Pfalzen to Cortina d'Ampezzo 187 km (116 mi) Mountain stage 18 24 May San Vito di Cadore to Vedelago 139 km (86 mi) Flat stage 19 25 May Treviso to Alpe di Pampeago 197 km (122 mi) Mountain stage 20 26 May Caldes-Val di Sole to Passo dello Stelvio 218 km (135 mi) Mountain stage 21 27 May Milan 31.5 km (19.6 mi) Individual time trial
2012 Start List


Lampre - ISD 1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) 3 Diego Ulissi (Ita) 4 Matteo Bono (Ita) 5 Adriano Malori (Ita) 6 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) 7 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) 8 Daniele Righi (Ita) 9 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 11 John Gadret (Fra) 12 Manuel Belletti (Ita) 13 Julien Berard (Fra) 14 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) 15 Hubert Dupont (Fra) 16 Ben Gastauer (Lux) 17 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) 18 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) 19 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Androni Giocattoli 21 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) 22 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) 23 Emanuele Sella (Ita) 24 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) 25 Fabio Felline (Ita) 26 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) 27 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) 28 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) 29 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Pro Team Astana 31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) 32 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) 33 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) 34 Simone Ponzi (Ita) 35 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) 36 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) 37 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) 38 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) 39 Tanel Kangert (Est) BMC Racing Team 41 Thor Hushovd (Nor) 42 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) 43 Mathias Frank (Swi) 44 Taylor Phinney (USA) 45 Marco Pinotti (Ita) 46 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) 47 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) 48 Johann Tschopp (Swi) 49 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Colnago - CSF Inox 51 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) 52 Sacha Modolo (Ita) 53 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) 54 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) 55 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) 56 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) 57 Stefano Locatelli (Ukn) 58 Angelo Pagani (Ita) 59 Marco Coledan (Ita) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) 62 Adrian Saez (Spa) 63 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) 64 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) 65 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) 66 Victor Cabedo (Spa) 67 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) 68 Amets Txurruka (Spa) 69 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 71 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) 72 Oscar Gatto (Ita) 73 Francesco Failli (Ita) 74 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) 75 Andrea Guardini (Ukn) 76 Elia Favilli (Ita) 77 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) 78 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) 79 Alfredo Balloni (Ita) FDJ-Big Mat 81 Sandy Casar (Fra) 82 Mickael Delage (Fra) 83 Arnaud Demare (Fra) 84 William Bonnet (Fra) 85 Francis Mourey (Fra) 86 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) 87 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) 88 Dominique Rollin (Can) 89 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Garmin-Barracuda 91 Tyler Farrar (USA) 92 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) 93 Jack Bauer (NZl) 94 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) 95 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) 96 Robert Hunter (RSA) 97 Alex Rasmussen (Den) 98 Peter Stetina (USA) 99 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 100 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) 101 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) 102 Jack Bobridge (Aus) 103 Daryl Impey (RSA) 104 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) 105 Brett Lancaster (Aus) 106 Christian Meier (Can) 107 Svein Tuft (Can) 109 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Katusha Team 111 Joaquím Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) 112 Pavel Brutt (Rus) 113 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) 114 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) 115 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) 116 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) 117 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) 118 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) 119 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liquigas-Cannondale 121 Ivan Basso (Ita) 122 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) 123 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) 124 Eros Capecchi (Ita) 125 Damiano Caruso (Ita) 126 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) 127 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) 128 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) 129 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Lotto Belisol Team 131 Bart De Clercq (Bel) 132 BULGAC Brian (Ned) 133 Francis De Greef (Bel) 134 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) 135 Gaetan Bille (Bel) 136 Adam Hansen (Aus) 137 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) 138 Gianni Meersman (Bel) 139 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Movistar Team 141 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) 142 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) 143 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) 144 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) 145 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) 146 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova (Crc) 147 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) 148 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) 149 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 151 Dario Cataldo (Ita) 152 Marco Bandiera (Ita) 153 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) 154 Michal Golas (Pol) 155 Nikolas Maes (Bel) 156 Serge Pauwels (Bel) 157 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) 158 Martin Velits (Svk) 159 Julien Vermote (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) 162 Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (Spa) 163 Theo Bos (Ned) 164 Tom Leezer (Ned) 165 Stef Clement (Ned) 166 Grischa Niermann (Ger) 167 Tom Slagter (Ned) 168 Graeme Brown (Aus) 169 Dennis van Winden (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan 171 Fränk Schleck (Lux) 172 Jan Bakelants (Bel) 173 Daniele Bennati (Ita) 174 Ben Hermans (Bel) 175 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) 176 Nelson Oliveira (Por) 177 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) 178 Jesse Sergent (NZl) 179 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Sky Procycling 181 Mark Cavendish (GBr) 182 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) 183 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) 184 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) 185 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) 186 Ian Stannard (GBr) 187 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) 188 Geraint Thomas (GBr) 189 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team NetApp 191 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) 192 Jan Barta (Cze) 193 Timon Seubert (Ger) 194 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) 195 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) 196 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) 197 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) 198 Matthias Brändle (Aut) 199 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Saxo Bank 201 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) 202 Anders Lund (Den) 203 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) 204 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (Den) 205 Juan José Haedo (Arg) 206 Luke Roberts (Aus) 207 Mads Christensen (Den) 208 Manuele Boaro (Ita) 209 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 211 Matteo Carrara (Ita) 212 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) 213 Romain Feillu (Fra) 214 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) 215 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) 216 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) 217 Martijn Keizer (Ned) 218 Stefan Denifl (Aut) 219 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita)

 

[steve]

Coming

 

[Andrija]

I can't recall edition of the race I've been expecting with less interest.
Hope the race evokes my attention.

 

[slovakguy]

going with a podium of roman kreuziger, m. scarponi and r. hesjedal.

 

[steve]

Originally Posted by Andrija .

I can't recall edition of the race I've been expecting with less interest.
Hope the race evokes my attention.

I was also thinking a similar thing! Though its been a fantastic race for the last few years, hopefully this year is also.

[COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Scarponi is going to be hard to beat.[/COLOR]

 

[pennstater]

Originally Posted by steve .


I was also thinking a similar thing! Though its been a fantastic race for the last few years, hopefully this year is also.

[COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Scarponi is going to be hard to beat.[/COLOR]

Scarponi was my pre race pick to win pink, but he looked terrible today. Joaquin Rodriguez put 23 seconds into him, and even Frank Schleck had a faster time. Scarponi isn't a great TT rider, but come on.

 

[By-tor]

Will this be televised in the states?

 

[pennstater]

Originally Posted by By-tor .

Will this be televised in the states?

It's on universal sports. If you don't have that channel, you can purchase Giro coverage (live streams and replays) from universal's website. You can also watch Eurosport's coverage online in English.

 

[By-tor]

Originally Posted by pennstater .


It's on universal sports. If you don't have that channel, you can purchase Giro coverage (live streams and replays) from universal's website. You can also watch Eurosport's coverage online in English.

Thanks..

Wonder why such a big race is not on NBC sports as a lot of them are..

 

[sitzmark]

Originally Posted by By-tor .

Thanks..

Wonder why such a big race is not on NBC sports as a lot of them are..

Contractual arrangements. Even though Universal Sports is part of the NBC network, it is not the same as NBC sports from a programming/carrier standpoint. I think all the cable networks dropped Universal a year or two ago after a contractual dispute between the cable companies and Universal. Universal encouraged viewers/subscribers to contact cable companies and request continued inclusion of US in cable line-ups but obviously didn't work. I contacted Verizon a few times and they basically said "meh". One of the Sat networks still carries.

Watching live streaming via steephill.tv/ stopstream.tv/ EuroSport.com this year.

 

[Chavez]

Originally Posted by By-tor .

Thanks..

Wonder why such a big race is not on NBC sports as a lot of them are..

I actually think that they're trying to get people to request Universal - I think cycling fans are a niche audience, but we're probably fairly demographically desirable (i.e. anyone who will drop near 5 figures on a bike probably has some disposable income).

Besides, Versus never really ran coverage of the Giro anyway.

 

[danfoz]

Thank the gods I don't have to see that "pistoliero" salute for a while. Pure selfishness really, but each time witnessed I throw up in my mouth a little...

 

[Chavez]

Nice riding, Ferrari. What a moron.

 

[steve]

 

[steve]

Originally Posted by Chavez .

Nice riding, Ferrari. What a moron.

Exactly, Farrar was also a shocker the day before.

 

[limerickman]

GC, I'm going for Kreuziger, Basso, Scarponi.
Not necessarily in that order though!

 

[limerickman]

Originally Posted by Chavez .

Nice riding, Ferrari. What a moron.

+1.

Reckless riding by Ferrari.

 

[limerickman]

Taylor Phinney must be the first American rider since Andy Hampsten (?) to wear the Maglia Rosa?

 

[tonyzackery]

Originally Posted by limerickman .

Taylor Phinney must be the first American rider since Andy Hampsten (?) to wear the Maglia Rosa?

2008 Christian VandeVelde. TTT.

Sprinting is not for the faint of heart - or the drunk. LOL!

These guys on Universal Sports are definitely getting payola for every time they say "Tyler Farrah". Give it a rest already.

 

[limerickman]

Originally Posted by tonyzackery .

2008 Christian VandeVelde. TTT.

Sprinting is not for the faint of heart - or the drunk. LOL!

These guys on Universal Sports are definitely getting payola for every time they say "Tyler Farrah". Give it a rest already.

Vandelde wore the jersey, did he?