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Name your top 5 Giro riders
- Thread starter Heidi
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Subject to change but my first stab
Basso
Cuengo
Danielson
Gutiérrez
Rujano
The reason Danielson over Savoldelli is that I think that Tom is a better climber and is showing good form right now. The climbing is going to be key with some pretty crazy climbs. The stage 17 finish is 5km gravel road climb with some 24% sections.
Basso
Cuengo
Danielson
Gutiérrez
Rujano
The reason Danielson over Savoldelli is that I think that Tom is a better climber and is showing good form right now. The climbing is going to be key with some pretty crazy climbs. The stage 17 finish is 5km gravel road climb with some 24% sections.
there are a lot of good teams.
basso
Cunego
Simoni
Peña (i dont know is form but his team looks strong - i might not have looked at the right list they have Elmiger as the leader. i'm confused)
Savoldelli (disco looks strong )
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)
basso
Cunego
Simoni
Peña (i dont know is form but his team looks strong - i might not have looked at the right list they have Elmiger as the leader. i'm confused)
Savoldelli (disco looks strong )
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)
Basso, Savoldelli, Rujano, Cunego - and I can't decide a 5th. I'm worried about Savoldelli and his stomach problems though. Oh, and I'd like to throw Di Luca in, but it might be too much climbing for him. Simoni...hmmmm, I like him too, is this his last year racing? If so he might go big. Pena - I don't think they sent him with a strong enough team.
I don't know enough about all the different riders to go 5 deep but I would just love it to death to see Basso take the Giro and the Tour. It's time we had a dominant rider that can do more than one race a year.