Giro d'Italia (with *SPOILERS*)

[Flying_Monkey]

Okay, I'm already fed up with threads that seem to be only interested in Sky. So for the Giro, let's have a thread that's about the race...

To start off, who are your top tips, favourites, dark horses etc?

 

[rich p]

Uran, Henao.

That's it.

 

[iLB]

Kreuziger, Basso, Rodriguez up there for GC.

Bobridge to win the 8.7km opening TT.

Cav, Renshaw and Goss duking it out in the sprints will be interesting.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I think Henao will take a stage at least. Nibali for GC? NetApp to do surprisingly well as a team. Interesting to see which of the sprinters makes it through the mountains...

 

[iLB]

Nibali is riding the tour and not the giro

 

[raindog]

Yes, Basso's leading for leakygas and I reckon he could do the business again.

 

[jdtate101]

After all the work he's done for Cav over the years, it would be nice to see Mark 'Prince Harry' Renshaw get a stage sprint.

 

[raindog]

After all the work he's done for Cav over the years, it would be nice to see Mark 'Prince Harry' Renshaw get a stage sprint.

Agree - Rensh won a stage in the Tour of Turkey last week! I was really chuffed for him.

 

[beastie]

After all the work he's done for Cav over the years, it would be nice to see Mark 'Prince Harry' Renshaw get a stage sprint.

He's gonna have to up his game from early season. Cav will want a couple of early wins before the mountains.

Rodriguez for Gc with big gaps in the uphill.

 

[lukesdad]

Rujano

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Nibali is riding the tour and not the giro

So he is! D'oh!

 

[Edge705]

Passo dello Stelvio on the second to last day what a brute of climb mountain top finish which hopefully will put too much time into the specialist time trialers and a true climber will once again shine through in what is turning out to be one of my favourite grand tours So I'll go for John Gadret (AG2r) and as an outside punt Frank Schlek Radioshack Nissan

 

[tigger]

Scarponi, Kreuziger and Rujano for me. Hopefully Cav will hit some form and bag a couple of the early stages - hopefully Cipollini's fat gybes will have spurned him on!

 

[raindog]

start list
http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia/start-list

 

[iLB]

I will also predict lots of made break aways and general activity from the ag2r boys, as they have a bog fat 0 in the wins collumn so far in 2012.