Stage II
I watched the Sunday race on OLN.
The Giro was in Belgium for the second of four stages. The race will head to Italy for the fifth stage on Thursday.
Robbie McEwen won the second stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, edging Olaf Pollack and Olympic champion Paolo Bettini in a group sprint at the finish line.
McEwen, of the Davitamont-Lotto team, completed the 122.1-mile ride from Mons to Charleroi in 4 hours, 51 minutes, 40 seconds. McEwen's longtime rival Alessandro Petacchi finished fourth.
Defending champion Paolo Savoldelli, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on Sunday, retained the overall leader's pink jersey by finishing in the main group in the same ti
me as the winner.
Savoldelli took command of the race by winning the opening leg, an individual time trial, on Saturday.
May 7 - Team classification from the ProTour Giro
d'Italia after Stage 2 (Mons - Marcinelle, 197 km) on Sunday
1. Discovery Channel 14:59:22"
2. Caisse d'Epargne +9"
3. T-Mobile +13"
4. Gerolsteiner +20"
5. Team CSC +23"
6. Lampre +28"
7. Liquigas +36"
8. Francaise des Jeux +37"
9. Phonak +43"
10. Quick-Step +47"
posted by Jared Thiele at
9:49 PM
6 Comments:
Who are the Americans I can support?
Preliminary start list - 2006 Giro d'Italia
(North Americans in Bold)
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
1. Paolo Savoldelli, (ITA)
2. Tom Danielson, (USA)
3. Manuel Beltran Martinez, (SP)
4. Viatcheslav Ekimov, (RUS)
5. Benoit Joachim, (LUX)
6. Jason Mccartney, (USA)
7. Pavel Padrnos, (CZE)
8. José Luis Rubiera Vigil, (SP)
9. Matthew White, (AUS)
AG2R PREVOYANCE
11. Sylvain Calzati, (FRA)
12. Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez, (SP)
13. Philip Deignan, (IRL)
14. Renaud Dion, (FRA)
15. Hubert Dupont, (FRA)
16. John Gadret, (FRA)
17. Yuriy Krivtsov, (UKR)
18. Carl Naibo, (FRA)
19. Tomas Vaitkus, (LTU)
BOUYGUES TELECOM
21. Giovanni Bernaudeau, (FRA)
22. Sébastien Chavanel, (FRA)
23. Stef Clement, (NED)
24. Pierre Drancourt, (BEL)
25. Andy Flickinger, (FRA)
26. Yohann Gene, (FRA)
27. Arnaud Labbe, (FRA)
28. Yoann Le Boulanger, (FRA)
29. Laurent Lefevre, (FRA)
CAISSE D'EPARGNE-ILL. BALEARS
31. Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz, (SP)
32. Vladimir Efimkin, (RUS)
33. Imanol Erviti, (SP)
34. Marco Fertonani, (ITA)
35. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios, (SP)
36. Joan Horrach Rippoll, (SP)
37. Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra, (SP)
38. Mikel Pradera Rodriguez, (SP)
39. Francisco Perez Sanchez, (SP)
CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE
41. Emanuele Sella, (ITA)
42. Luca Mazzanti, (ITA)
43. Paride Grillo, (ITA)
44. Fortunato Baliani, (ITA)
45. Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez, (COL)
46. Sergiy Matveyev, (UKR)
47. Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio, (MEX)
48. Axel Maximiliano Richeze, (ARG)
49. Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez, (COL)
COFIDIS
51. Leonardo Bertagnolli, (ITA)
52. Hervé Duclos-Lassalle, (FRA)
53. Thierry Marichal, (BEL)
54. Amael Moinard, (FRA)
55. Maxime Monfort, (BEL)
56. Cristian Moreni, (ITA)
57. Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto, (COL)
58. Staf Scheirlinckx, (BEL)
59. Rik Verbrugghe, (BEL)
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
61. Francesco Bellotti, (ITA)
62. Alexandre Botcharov, (RUS)
63. Julian Dean, (NZL)
64. Christophe Edaleine, (FRA)
65. Patrice Halgand, (FRA)
66. Rémi Pauriol, (FRA)
67. Benoit Poilvet, (FRA)
68. Yannick Talabardon, (FRA)
69. Nicolas Vogondy, (FRA)
DAVITAMON - LOTTO
71. Christophe Brandt, (BEL)
72. Nick Gates, (AUS)
73. Josep Jufre Pou, (SP)
74. Jan Kuyckx, (BEL)
75. Robbie Mcewen, (AUS)
76. Preben Van Hecke, (BEL)
77. Wim Van Huffel, (BEL)
78. Henk Vogels, (AUS)
EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
81. Benat Albizuri Aransolo, (SP)
82. Andoni Aranaga Azkune, (SP)
83. Koldo Fernandez, (SP)
84. Iker Flores Galarza, (SP)
85. Markel Irizar Aranburu, (SP)
86. Roberto Laiseka Jaio, (SP)
87. David Lopez Garcia, (SP)
88. Anton Luengo Celaya, (SP)
89. Ivan Mayoz, (SP)
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
91. Bradley Mcgee, (AUS)
92. Sandy Casar, (FRA)
93. Carlos Da Cruz, (FRA)
94. Mickael Delage, (FRA)
95. Arnaud Gerard, (FRA)
96. Philippe Gilbert, (BEL)
97. Gustav Erik Larsson, (SWE)
98. Cyrille Monnerais, (FRA)
99. Jussi Veikkanen, (FIN)
GEROLSTEINER
101. Robert Förster, (GER)
102. Torsten Hiekmann, (GER)
103. Sven Krauss, (GER)
104. Sven Montgomery, (SWI)
105. Volker Ordowski, (GER)
106. Davide Rebellin, (ITA)
107. Andrea Moletta, (ITA)
108. Matthias Russ, (GER)
109. Stefan Schumacher, (GER)
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
111. Damiano Cunego, (ITA)
112. Marzio Bruseghin, (ITA)
113. Paolo Fornaciari, (ITA)
114. Evgeni Petrov, (RUS)
115. Gorazd Stangelj, (SLO)
116. Sylvester Szmyd, (POL)
117. Paolo Tiralongo, (ITA)
118. Tadej Valjavec, (SLO)
119. Francisco J. Vila Errandonea, (SP)
LIBERTY SEGUROS-WÜRTH
121. Dariusz Baranowski, (POL)
122. Giampaolo Caruso, (ITA)
123. Koen De Kort, (NED)
124. Daniel Navarro Garcia, (SP)
125. Unai Osa Eizaguirre, (SP)
126. Javier Ramirez Abeja, (SP)
127. Michele Scarponi, (ITA)
128. Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez, (SP)
129. Serguei Yakovlev, (KAZ)
LIQUIGAS
131. Dario Andriotto, (ITA)
132. Patrick Calcagni, (SWI)
133. Dario David Cioni, (ITA)
134. Danilo Di Luca, (ITA)
135. Vladimir Miholjevic, (CRO)
136. Andrea Noe', (ITA)
137. Franco Pellizotti, (ITA)
138. Alessandro Spezialetti, (ITA)
139. Charles Wegelius, (GBR)
PHONAK
141. Martin Elmiger, (SWI)
142. Fabrizio Guidi, (ITA)
143. José E. Gutierrez Cataluna, (SP)
144. Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty, (USA)
145. Axel Merckx, (BEL)
146. Victor Hugo Pena Grisales, (COL)
147. Grégory Rast, (SWI)
148. Johann Tschopp, (SWI)
149. Steve Zampieri, (SWI)
QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC
151. Serge Baguet, (BEL)
152. Paolo Bettini, (ITA)
153. Davide Bramati, (ITA)
154. Addy Engels, (NED)
155. Juan Manuel Garate, (SP)
156. José Antonio Garrido Lima, (SP)
157. Leonardo Scarselli, (ITA)
158. Jurgen Van De Walle, (BEL)
159. Remmert Wielinga, (NED)
RABOBANK
161. Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano, (COL)
162. Theo Eltink, (NED)
163. Graeme Brown, (AUS)
164. Mathew Hayman, (AUS)
165. Alexandr Kolobnev, (RUS)
166. Grischa Niermann, (GER)
167. Marc De Maar, (NED)
168. Michael Rasmussen, (DEN)
169. Marc Wauters, (BEL)
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
171. Gilberto Simoni, (ITA)
172. Rubens Bertogliati, (SWI)
173. Angel Gomez Gomez, (SP)
174. Ruben Lobato Elvira, (SP)
175. Manuele Mori, (ITA)
176. Leonardo Piepoli, (ITA)
177. Marco Pinotti, (ITA)
178. Riccardo Ricco', (ITA)
179. Guido Trentin, (ITA)
SELLE ITALIA - DIQUIGIOVANNI
181. José Rujano Guillen, (VEN)
182. Jose Serpa, (COL)
183. Wladimir Belli, (ITA)
184. Sergio Barbero, (ITA)
185. Alessandro Bertolini, (ITA)
186. Gabriele Missaglia, (ITA)
187. Raffaele Illiano, (ITA)
188. Alberto Loddo, (ITA)
189. Niklas Axelsson, (SWE)
CSC
191. Ivan Basso, (ITA)
192. Bobby Julich, (USA)
193. Volodymir Gustov, (UKR)
194. Jens Voigt, (GER)
195. Giovanni Lombardi, (ITA)
196. Nicki Sorensen, (DEN)
197. Michael Blaudzun, (DEN)
198. Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro, (SP)
199. Christian Vande Velde, (USA)
MILRAM
201. Alessandro Petacchi, (ITA)
202. Alessandro Cortinovis, (ITA)
203. Sergio Ghisalberti, (ITA)
204. Christian Knees, (GER)
205. Alberto Ongarato, (ITA)
206. Fabio Sacchi, (ITA)
207. Alessandro Vanotti, (ITA)
208. Marco Velo, (ITA)
209. Volodymyr Dyudya, (UKR)
T-MOBILE
211. Scott Davis, (AUS)
212. Serhiy Honchar, (UKR)
213. Matthias Kessler, (GER)
214. André Korff, (GER)
215. Joerg Ludewig, (GER)
216. Olaf Pollack, (GER)
217. Michael Rogers, (AUS)
218. Bram Schmitz, (NED)
219. Jan Ullrich, (GER)
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
2. Tom Danielson, (USA)
6. Jason Mccartney, (USA)
PHONAK
144. Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty, (USA)
CSC
192. Bobby Julich, (USA)
199. Christian Vande Velde, (USA)
5 U.S. riders.
Discovery's Jason McCartney has a journal on OLN about the race. He hasn't been doing a very good job of updating it, but I still check on it.
http://olntv.com/cyclysm/#McCartney
Maybe you should write the shit for the StarTrib.
What kind of gearing do those guys run? 2x7 or something?
I heard their gears are really slight intervals from one another as to keep their cadence while pumping up hills and what not, sounds smooth.
Are they allowed to use carbon frames? Do they run aluminum instead?
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