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104th Giro d'Italia (2.UWT) Stage 17»Canazei›Sega di Ala(193km)
Gepost door Clavan
De 17e etappe van de Giro verbindt in 193 kilometer Canazei met Sega di Ala, maar het komt vooral aan op de laatste 55 kilometer. Eerst de Passo di San Valentino, dan de slotklim, wat een knaller is van 11,2 kilometer à 9,8%.
In startplaats Canazei was de Giro vier jaar geleden voor het laatst. Toen klom Pierre Rolland vanuit de vlucht van de dag naar de overwinning.
Nu volgen de renners in de eerste 35 kilometer dezelfde route, alleen in tegengestelde richting. Het blijft ook daarna voornamelijk bergaf lopen tot na 55 kilometer het eerste klimmetje verschijnt. Dat is kort en steil: 3,2 kilometer à 9%.
Het zal er naar verwachting stevig aan toegaan in het eerste deel van de rit, want wie wil met dit voorgeborchte geen bergrit op zak steken?
De renners dalen verder naar Trento en 50 kilometer op het vlakke later is het feest voorbij. Stevig voorbij zelfs, want plots liggen er twee stevige knuisten op het parcours. De Passo di San Valentino is geen doetje: 14,8 kilometer à 7,8%. De helft van de bergweg stijgt ruim boven de 7 à 8%, terwijl gematigde tussenstukken het hart weer even rust gunnen.
Niet lang trouwens. Een afdaling en 10 kilometer in de vallei verder ligt de slotklim op de loer. De Sega di Ala zat nog niet eerder in de Giro, sterker nog, de berg is nog maar eenmaal in een profrace beklommen. In 2013 kwam Vincenzo Nibali er in de Giro del Trentino (nu Ronde van de Alpen) als eerste boven. Het was het jaar trouwens dat hij ook de Giro won.
Sega di Ala is een knaller, een killer, een kuitenbijter. Wat te denken van 11,2 kilometer aan 9,8%? Bovendien gaat het kilometerslang met 10% en meer omhoog, op een bepaald moment zelfs met 17%. In de een-na-laatste kilometer vlakt het dan af naar een procent of vijf.
Bij de tweede tussensprint zijn er 3, 2 en 1 seconden te winnen, terwijl de eerste drie renners aan de finish 10, 6 en 4 bonificatieseconden krijgen.
De 17e etappe van de Giro start om 12.00 uur en de race finisht naar verwachting rond 17.15 uur.
Klassement na 16e etappe
1. Egan Bernal (Col)
2. Damiano Caruso (Ita) + 2.24
3. Hugh Carthy (G
+ 3.40
4. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) + 4.18
5. Simon Yates (G
+ 4.20
6. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) + 4.31
7. Romain Bardet (Fra) + 5.02
8. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) + 7.17
9. Tobias Foss (Noo) + 8.20
10. João Almeida (Por) + 10.01
Final 1953 Giro d’Italia General Classification:
1. Fausto Coppi (Bianchi) 118 hours 37 minutes 26 seconds
2. Hugo Koblet (Switzerland-Guerra) @ 1minute 29 seconds
3. Pasquale Fornara (Bottecchia) @ 6 minutes 55 seconds
4. Gino Bartali (Bartali) @ 14 minutes 8 seconds
5. Angelo Conterno (Frejus) @ 20 minutes 51 seconds
Fausto Coppi leads Hugo Koblet.
Koblet appeared to have a firm hold on the lead with only two stages left. But the next stage with its ascent of the Stelvio is one of the most famous in cycling history. It wasn’t a long stage, only 125 kilometers. But the Stelvio’s 7.5 percent average gradient is especially difficult because it never flattens out. A rider cannot coast or rest for even one moment because his bike will just stop.
We’ve seen that Coppi was a complicated man, and when his morale was down or he was distracted, he wouldn’t prosecute a race to the fullest of his ability, if at all. Without Serse, this was an even larger problem. So far the 1953 Giro had been just such a case. Koblet had been on fire while Coppi had been irresolute. His team knew that if they could motivate Coppi for the Stelvio stage, the Giro and a big pot of race winnings would be theirs.
All of the Bianchi team, even company boss Zambrini, began a campaign to convince Coppi that Koblet could be beaten on the Stelvio and Coppi could still win the Giro. Coppi resisted these efforts, saying that the Giro was over and then went to bed.
The next morning the team was at it again. One of his gregari, Ettore Milano, reminded Coppi that Koblet often raced poorly in the highest passes. It doesn’t seem to have helped.
Before the stage start, Milano went over to see if he could detect signs that Koblet had overdone the amphetamines for the previous Dolomite stage. Had Koblet been a member of what was called the “staring at the ceiling club”? A rider who wasn’t careful about how much of the drug he had taken would have a rough, sleepless night and be ill-prepared for the next day’s racing. The top pros generally needed and used smaller doses of stimulants, allowing them to metabolize the drugs in time for bedtime, while the lesser-talented riders who required more help would suffer the post-race torture that awaited them in the evening. Milano wanted proof for his boss that Koblet had taken too much dope. He approached Koblet and told him that he wanted to take a picture of him, and thus got the Swiss rider to remove his dark glasses. Koblet’s face revealed his dilated pupils and haggard look, evidence of his amphetamine overuse.
Milano assured Coppi that indeed Koblet was a mess and had probably taken a heavy dose again that morning because of the appearance of his pupils and obvious thirst. Amphetamines can cause dry mouth; hence Koblet’s constant sipping of water before the race start.
Coppi answered Milano in a way that indicated that he too was feeling the effects from taking amphetamines. As an aside, another amphetamine side-effect is hyperthermia. Racers with a butt-load of speed can’t tolerate heat but often do well in the cold, as we’ll see later.
Early on the ascent Koblet indeed seemed to be in some difficulty. Almost the entire field had been dropped but Coppi remained indecisive. Still, he told his best and only remaining gregario, Andrea “Sandrino” Carrea, to set a red-hot pace. After Carrea had given his all, Koblet was still there along with Fornara, Bartali (now 39 years old!) and, incredibly, Defilippis. Coppi asked Defilippis to attack (Coppi called him Cit, Piedmontese for “kid”), which he did, creating a gap which Coppi did not close. But Koblet did. It was an amateurish move on his part because Defilippis was no threat, being down more than a half hour. But in expending the energy to make contact with Defilippis, he made himself vulnerable to a counter-attack. Coppi delivered his blow with overwhelming force. He just flew away; no one could stay with him. Defilippis said he went like a motorcycle; he had never seen anything like the way Coppi rode away from him up the Stelvio.
Part way up the mountain Coppi spotted Giulia Locatelli standing by the side of the road. She had come to watch the stage, this time without her husband. He asked her if she were going to be in Bormio, where the stage ended. Locatelli, who would come to be known as “the Woman in White” because of the coat she was photographed wearing, answered in the affirmative. Now Coppi was really on fire. Past the walls of snow and ice that lined the road Coppi rode. Watching a film of that ride, seeing Coppi’s utter mastery of the bike, his smoothness climbing the insanely difficult mountain left me open-mouthed in wonder.
Fausto Coppi on the Stelvio
The south face of the Stelvio presents a challenging descent, but Koblet’s usual mastery of the skill deserted him that day, probably from a mixture of drugs, sleeplessness and desperation. He crashed twice and flatted at least once.
Coppi rode into Bormio 2 minutes 18 seconds ahead of Pasquale Fornara and 3 minutes 28 seconds in front of Koblet. Defilippis said that if Koblet had just stayed with Coppi rather than answer his attack, he would have kept the maglia rosa.
Coppi had won the Giro.
Coppi and Koblet stayed in the same hotel that evening and even crossed paths in a corridor, yet not a word was spoken between them; Koblet glared at Coppi and then entered his room, slamming the door.
Bron: CN, WF, PSC, TE, BRI, Giroditalia
In de startplaats Canazei won ook Johan van der Velde natuurlijk.
Yputube 1987 Canazei Johan vd Velde
Nadat hij een dag eerder ook al de etappe had gewonnen in de Dolomieten. De etappe dat Stephen Roche de roze trui overnam van ploegmaat Visentini en heel Italie woest was:
Roche, an intensely driven man, was burning with indignation and ambition and with Schepers he planned his revolt. They picked stage fifteen to put their plan into action, the first mountain stage with its three major ascents: Monte Rest, Sella Valcalda and a finish at the top of the Cima Sappada.
The story of the Sappada stage is one of the most famous in the modern history of the Giro. An aggressive descent of Monte Rest allowed Roche to separate himself from the pack, taking along Ennio Salvador and Jean-Claude Bagot (whose loyalty had been purchased earlier when Schepers helped him win a stage). Boifava knew immediately what Roche was up to and was having none of it. He drove alongside the fleeing Irishman and told him to stop the attack. Roche refused, telling Boifava that if the other teams didn’t mount a chase, he would win the stage by ten minutes and Carrera would win the Giro. Boifava was unmoved and ordered the Carrera team to bridge up to Roche. The Carrera squad buried itself working to close the gap and Visentini, a high-strung rider, seemed to be having an off-day and suffered badly during the pursuit.
The team chased like fiends, and finally, exhausted, they dropped out of the chase while Roche kept his escape going, leaving Visentini alone to try to salvage his jersey. Eventually a small group caught Roche, but Visentini was not among them. Phil Anderson and Jean-François Bernard were among those who did make the connection, then unsuccessfully tried to get away.
Johan Van der Velde won the stage with Roche in the second chase group, 46 seconds behind. A broken Visentini came in 58th, 6 minutes 50 seconds after Van der Velde. Roche now had a slender 5-second lead over neo-pro Tony Rominger while Visentini was sitting in seventh place, 3 minutes 12 seconds down.
All Italy erupted with fury. The Italian papers blared what they believed was Roche’s betrayal of a teammate who was in pink and who had deserved the unstinting support of all members of the Carrera team. Moreover, Roche had been insubordinate. He had been given a direct order by his director to stop the break and Roche had refused. Carrera management was furious and threatened to keep Roche out of the Tour if he insisted upon winning the Giro. That evening team director Boifava, beside himself with anger over Roche’s buccaneering, reminded Roche that before the stage, Carrera had a five-minute lead on Rominger, now they had only five seconds.
Visentini told the papers that someone (meaning Roche) was going home that evening and Boifava ordered Roche not to speak to the press. Roche ignored the command, feeling that if he didn’t speak, no one else would present his case.
Roche’s taking the Pink Jersey so enraged the tifosi that Roche was given police protection. He even went on television to plead for sanity. He later wrote that he was frightened as the fans spit on him and even hit him. Because of the inflamed passions, that day after the Sappada stage is called the “Marmolada Massacre”. It had five big climbs, the final one being the Marmolada, also called the Passo Fedaia. Visentini tried to get away, but Roche marked his every move. While Roche was obviously protecting his lead, another day of what appeared to the Italians of riding against his teammate cost Roche dearly in the eyes of the Italian fans. Second place Rominger lost time that day, but there was no other serious change to the standings.
On the big climbs that followed the Sappada stage, Millar stayed with Roche, riding at his side to protect him from assault while Eddy Schepers did the same. Visentini tried to make Schepers crash, even boasting about his attempted mayhem. The feelings on both sides were raw.
During this Carrera family fight, Torriani and the Giro management were reasonably impartial. Roche said the Giro boss whispered encouragement to him when they would meet. In any case, the incredible drama was selling papers and riveting everyone’s attention to his race. Torriani probably couldn’t believe his good fortune.
The equilibrium remained over the Alpine climbs of stage nineteen and Roche’s slim lead held. It was the twenty-first stage to Pila that Roche showed he was deserving of the maglia rosa when he, Robert Millar and Marino Lejarreta broke clear and arrived in Pila over two minutes ahead of the first group of chasers. This moved Millar into second place. Visentini, suffering a terrible loss of morale, lost another six minutes.
The 1987 Giro ended with a 32-kilometer time trial. Visentini didn’t start, having broken his wrist in a fall in the penultimate stage. Roche won it, cementing his ownership of the lead. While his Carrera team had been deeply divided, especially after Roche's attack on the Sappada stage, the squad slowly came around to the fact that he would probably win the Giro and therefore yield a good payday for all of them. Roche says that in the final stages he had plenty of support from the team.
But he didn’t get it from the tifosi. To this day the Italians speak bitterly of Roche’s betrayal of Visentini.
Bron: Youtube, Bikeraceinfo, IrishTimes
Yputube 1987 Canazei Johan vd Velde
Nadat hij een dag eerder ook al de etappe had gewonnen in de Dolomieten. De etappe dat Stephen Roche de roze trui overnam van ploegmaat Visentini en heel Italie woest was:
Roche, an intensely driven man, was burning with indignation and ambition and with Schepers he planned his revolt. They picked stage fifteen to put their plan into action, the first mountain stage with its three major ascents: Monte Rest, Sella Valcalda and a finish at the top of the Cima Sappada.
The story of the Sappada stage is one of the most famous in the modern history of the Giro. An aggressive descent of Monte Rest allowed Roche to separate himself from the pack, taking along Ennio Salvador and Jean-Claude Bagot (whose loyalty had been purchased earlier when Schepers helped him win a stage). Boifava knew immediately what Roche was up to and was having none of it. He drove alongside the fleeing Irishman and told him to stop the attack. Roche refused, telling Boifava that if the other teams didn’t mount a chase, he would win the stage by ten minutes and Carrera would win the Giro. Boifava was unmoved and ordered the Carrera team to bridge up to Roche. The Carrera squad buried itself working to close the gap and Visentini, a high-strung rider, seemed to be having an off-day and suffered badly during the pursuit.
The team chased like fiends, and finally, exhausted, they dropped out of the chase while Roche kept his escape going, leaving Visentini alone to try to salvage his jersey. Eventually a small group caught Roche, but Visentini was not among them. Phil Anderson and Jean-François Bernard were among those who did make the connection, then unsuccessfully tried to get away.
Johan Van der Velde won the stage with Roche in the second chase group, 46 seconds behind. A broken Visentini came in 58th, 6 minutes 50 seconds after Van der Velde. Roche now had a slender 5-second lead over neo-pro Tony Rominger while Visentini was sitting in seventh place, 3 minutes 12 seconds down.
All Italy erupted with fury. The Italian papers blared what they believed was Roche’s betrayal of a teammate who was in pink and who had deserved the unstinting support of all members of the Carrera team. Moreover, Roche had been insubordinate. He had been given a direct order by his director to stop the break and Roche had refused. Carrera management was furious and threatened to keep Roche out of the Tour if he insisted upon winning the Giro. That evening team director Boifava, beside himself with anger over Roche’s buccaneering, reminded Roche that before the stage, Carrera had a five-minute lead on Rominger, now they had only five seconds.
Visentini told the papers that someone (meaning Roche) was going home that evening and Boifava ordered Roche not to speak to the press. Roche ignored the command, feeling that if he didn’t speak, no one else would present his case.
Roche’s taking the Pink Jersey so enraged the tifosi that Roche was given police protection. He even went on television to plead for sanity. He later wrote that he was frightened as the fans spit on him and even hit him. Because of the inflamed passions, that day after the Sappada stage is called the “Marmolada Massacre”. It had five big climbs, the final one being the Marmolada, also called the Passo Fedaia. Visentini tried to get away, but Roche marked his every move. While Roche was obviously protecting his lead, another day of what appeared to the Italians of riding against his teammate cost Roche dearly in the eyes of the Italian fans. Second place Rominger lost time that day, but there was no other serious change to the standings.
On the big climbs that followed the Sappada stage, Millar stayed with Roche, riding at his side to protect him from assault while Eddy Schepers did the same. Visentini tried to make Schepers crash, even boasting about his attempted mayhem. The feelings on both sides were raw.
During this Carrera family fight, Torriani and the Giro management were reasonably impartial. Roche said the Giro boss whispered encouragement to him when they would meet. In any case, the incredible drama was selling papers and riveting everyone’s attention to his race. Torriani probably couldn’t believe his good fortune.
The equilibrium remained over the Alpine climbs of stage nineteen and Roche’s slim lead held. It was the twenty-first stage to Pila that Roche showed he was deserving of the maglia rosa when he, Robert Millar and Marino Lejarreta broke clear and arrived in Pila over two minutes ahead of the first group of chasers. This moved Millar into second place. Visentini, suffering a terrible loss of morale, lost another six minutes.
The 1987 Giro ended with a 32-kilometer time trial. Visentini didn’t start, having broken his wrist in a fall in the penultimate stage. Roche won it, cementing his ownership of the lead. While his Carrera team had been deeply divided, especially after Roche's attack on the Sappada stage, the squad slowly came around to the fact that he would probably win the Giro and therefore yield a good payday for all of them. Roche says that in the final stages he had plenty of support from the team.
But he didn’t get it from the tifosi. To this day the Italians speak bitterly of Roche’s betrayal of Visentini.
Bron: Youtube, Bikeraceinfo, IrishTimes
Het enige aan leuke aan deze Giro zijn zo langzamerhand de prachtige openingstopics. c.q. bijdragen (hup Johan van der Velde, mijn jeugdheld) van Clavan. 
Eindhovuh Schreef:
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> Toch een prestatie hoe jij in werkelijk iedere
> post de baanwielrenners, vrouwenwielrennen of de
> Fin/Roemeen/Fransman erbij weet te slepen(ik heb
> de laatste 10 posts bekeken).
>
> All I can do is be me, whoever that is.
Dus.. Staring at the butterfly who threw the Jack of Hearts.
Nou vergeet je Angry Bird. Maar eerlijk is braaf, ik ben altijd blij met een verkapt compliment.
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> Toch een prestatie hoe jij in werkelijk iedere
> post de baanwielrenners, vrouwenwielrennen of de
> Fin/Roemeen/Fransman erbij weet te slepen(ik heb
> de laatste 10 posts bekeken).
>
> All I can do is be me, whoever that is.
Dus.. Staring at the butterfly who threw the Jack of Hearts.
Nou vergeet je Angry Bird. Maar eerlijk is braaf, ik ben altijd blij met een verkapt compliment.
Ik vermoed dat het ook zo is. Echter, Bernal kraakte maar knakte niet. Al met al draagt hij nog steeds het roze. Maar hij moest wel een veer laten. Hoe zal het evenwel morgen zijn?
Zelf heb ik scoliose. Op zich helemaal niet erg. Echt niet, helemaal niet zielig, al is het mijn I-den-ti-teit.
Maar ik moet wel uitkijken bij bepaalde inspanningen. Wat het probleem echt is bij Bernal, weet ik niet. Maar een zwakke rug, ik voel toch empathie. Hup Bernal. Hup Giro. Hup medeprikkers (behalve Merijntje want die zegt te vaak: hup. Klapmongolische huppellul).
Zelf heb ik scoliose. Op zich helemaal niet erg. Echt niet, helemaal niet zielig, al is het mijn I-den-ti-teit.
Maar ik moet wel uitkijken bij bepaalde inspanningen. Wat het probleem echt is bij Bernal, weet ik niet. Maar een zwakke rug, ik voel toch empathie. Hup Bernal. Hup Giro. Hup medeprikkers (behalve Merijntje want die zegt te vaak: hup. Klapmongolische huppellul).
Frederik D. Schreef:
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> Wat het probleem echt is bij Bernal, weet ik niet.
Peter Winnen wijdde er vandaag nog een column aan: 1,7 cm beenlengteverschil.
Ik zou gezeten vanachter mijn PC ook niet weten wat bij Egan Bernal vandaag precies nu de beperking was. Egan Bernal moest bij die sterke acceleratie van Simon Yates passen (trapte ineens op zijn adem) en niets herinnerde nog aan die bijna buitenaardse versnelling (gravelpad) van dezelfde Egan Bernal in het begin van de Giro. Wanneer hij vandaag fysiek/fysiologisch al niet meer on par met zichzelf stond, was dat mee proberen te gaan dus een verkeerde beslissing. Simon Yates zou even later ook enigszins parkeren. Niet alleen bleef Dan Martin fier op kop, reed Almeida van hem weg en zijn voorsprong op Bernal bleef weliswaar groeien, maar de groei vlakte wel degelijk af.
Met bergbeklimmen krijgen je spieren ook meer te maken met lokale vermoeidheid, Langdurig bergop rijden veriest nu eenmaal (voldoende) druk op de pedalen, als het steil is zelfs veel druk, wil je niet wegglijden. Daarom mocht wijlen Robert Marchand natuurlijk ook niet op de banking zelf rijden, maar de beslissing voor een wegfiets maakt dat natuurlijk per definitie moeilijker. Hij werd dus "verbannen" naar de Côte d'Azur, waar geloof ik, @Luijt in juli ook naar toegaat.
@Eindhovuh indachtig, toen nog niet Sir Chris Hoy vergat dat (druk op de pedalen houden) tegen Nobody Felix English in Pruszkow 2010.
Net zoals op een Wattbeest kun je op een baanverzet ook niet freewheelen.
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> Wat het probleem echt is bij Bernal, weet ik niet.
Peter Winnen wijdde er vandaag nog een column aan: 1,7 cm beenlengteverschil.
Ik zou gezeten vanachter mijn PC ook niet weten wat bij Egan Bernal vandaag precies nu de beperking was. Egan Bernal moest bij die sterke acceleratie van Simon Yates passen (trapte ineens op zijn adem) en niets herinnerde nog aan die bijna buitenaardse versnelling (gravelpad) van dezelfde Egan Bernal in het begin van de Giro. Wanneer hij vandaag fysiek/fysiologisch al niet meer on par met zichzelf stond, was dat mee proberen te gaan dus een verkeerde beslissing. Simon Yates zou even later ook enigszins parkeren. Niet alleen bleef Dan Martin fier op kop, reed Almeida van hem weg en zijn voorsprong op Bernal bleef weliswaar groeien, maar de groei vlakte wel degelijk af.
Met bergbeklimmen krijgen je spieren ook meer te maken met lokale vermoeidheid, Langdurig bergop rijden veriest nu eenmaal (voldoende) druk op de pedalen, als het steil is zelfs veel druk, wil je niet wegglijden. Daarom mocht wijlen Robert Marchand natuurlijk ook niet op de banking zelf rijden, maar de beslissing voor een wegfiets maakt dat natuurlijk per definitie moeilijker. Hij werd dus "verbannen" naar de Côte d'Azur, waar geloof ik, @Luijt in juli ook naar toegaat.
@Eindhovuh indachtig, toen nog niet Sir Chris Hoy vergat dat (druk op de pedalen houden) tegen Nobody Felix English in Pruszkow 2010.
Net zoals op een Wattbeest kun je op een baanverzet ook niet freewheelen.
1 keer gewijzigd. Laatste wijziging: 26/05/2021 19:50 door Prikdude.
Toch denk ik het echt!
Maar je kent me, ik hou wel van boude voorspellingen..
Maar je kent me, ik hou wel van boude voorspellingen..
Na de eerste aankomst bergop stelde je bijvoorbeeld dat het tussen Bernal en Evenepoel zou gaan deze Giro. 
1 keer gewijzigd. Laatste wijziging: 26/05/2021 19:55 door Curzio.
1 keer gewijzigd. Laatste wijziging: 26/05/2021 19:55 door Curzio.
Is Bernals ene been te lang of zijn andere been te kort?
Oh, maar die worden vakkundig genegeerd hoor.
Helemaal mee eens. Mijn idee..
1 keer gewijzigd. Laatste wijziging: 27/05/2021 01:03 door El Chaba.
Helemaal mee eens. Mijn idee..
1 keer gewijzigd. Laatste wijziging: 27/05/2021 01:03 door El Chaba.
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