14 voti ! Sorprendente ! Molte grazie !

Una stagione applicabile per me, perché inizia in Australia e finisce in Italia. 
Già queste informazioni ;
la prossima stagione non mi candiderò, poi qualcun altro potrà fare questo onorevole, divertente lavoro.
L’Italia ha sempre (o spesso) abbastanza candidati, e questa è una delle tante cose che amo dell’Italia.


programma della stagione 36 =

1.   Willunga Hill  FFFHH  152 km

2.   Grimselpass  MDMDM  125 km

3.   Doha  FFFFF  257 km

4.   Salzburg  TT-FFFFF  50 km

5.   Vlaanderen  FCHC^H 256 km

6.   Yverdon-les-Bains  TT-FFFFF  15 km

7.   Poreč - San Vendemiano  CCCFC  234 km






GARA 1 : Willunga Hill

16ºC

McLaren Vale, South Australia,
Purtroppo nessun italiano di alto livello in questa gara tatticamente difficile con vento.
Ma se la tattica va bene, presumo ( e spero ) che il capitano della squadra possa segnare qualche punto.

Nazionale Italiana, selezione gara 1 :

Michele Cavallari ( 34 ) Thorboassonarvesen
Paride Bartali ( 27 ) ColoTeam
Adamo Chiarodia ( 25 ) JGMTeam
Cristian Mastrilli ( 26 ) Kroton     ( debutto )
Ettore Cattaneo ( 26 ) PDM_cycling_team
Paolino Pappalardo ( 26 ) CiclismoPT
Silvio Speciale ( 30 ) team_piroshki
Gabriele Alfani ( 26 ) FakeBike
Mattia Saiani ( 27 ) Villavante

Mille grazie per il tuo formidabile lavoro come allenatore della Nazionale Italiana, Costante. 
Ed era ancora meglio come formidabile, perché ;
Congratulazioni per il campionato del mondo d'Italia, ben fatto !

Solo Cavallari a punti nella gara scorsa (quinto posto, si poteva fare meglio, sono partito troppo forte), siamo ancora primi in classifica ma tallonati moooolto da vicino.
Stasera bisogna fare bene per forza.
Convocazioni per la gara di stasera, Parenzo - San Vendemiano, pavè-pianura bello lungo (tra parentesi il punteggio ottenuto mediante il mio valutatore, che è il principale criterio di selezione, l'età e la squadra di appartenenza):
Giulio Starnari (94,4, 30, Oloteam)
Renzo Chicchi (93,5, 31, Turrones)
Cristian Riggotto (92,7, 29, Turrones)
Ivan Ricci (92,1, 27, TeamCCC)
Cristian Galletti (91,6, 30, Steelers)
Michael Cappanari (91,2, 34, galegospolabici)
Claudio Coletti (91,1, 28, Estoparia)
Leandro Costa (77, 23, Lukara)
Domenico Poletti (66, 22, Sonfuga)
         
Sulle base del punteggio gli ultimi due erano inferiori a:         
Roberto Sironi (91,1, 30, Telderete)
Alberto DAmore (90,3, 30, Saldana)
ma sono stati preferiti perché ottimi prospetti, anche se a crono.

Starnari capitano.

E' la mia ultima gara per questa stagione, non mi ricandido quindi faccio i miei auguri al prossimo ct. Tra qualche giorno pubblicherò le classifiche di fine stagione degli italiani.

Un bel po' di punti nella crono della scorsa settimana, con quattro nei primi venti, e siamo primi in classifica.

Intenzioni di convocazione per la prossima gara, Carrara-Montacino, pianura con finale in pavè mosso (tra parentesi il punteggio ottenuto mediante il mio valutatore, che è il principale criterio di selezione, l'età e la squadra di appartenenza):
Mattia Saiani (89,6, 26, Villavante)
Marcelo Petito (89,0, 31, AJ_Visma)
Gabriele Alfani (88,9, 25, FakeBike)
Massimo Cola (88,8, 28, Estoparia)
Claudio Passacantilli (88,4, 32, Combuijs)
Dario Solari (88,1, 24, MarquinaTeam)
Alberto Palumbo (87,6, 33, Catalonia_Team)
Fabio Vignone (73,0, 22, Catalonia_Team)
Domenico Poletti (43,0, 22, Sonfuga)

Sulla base del punteggio gli ultimi due sono inferiori a:
Giulio Barbotti (86,7, 28, ROCKYBALBOARACING)
Sergio Conte (86,7, 26, FaltososDeChigre)

ma sono stati preferiti perché più giovani.
Poletti in realtà è un cronometrista, ma per questo tipo di gare non abbiamo granché, anche Vignone non sarebbe stato il migliore dei giovani ma è più versatile e lo convocherò anche nella prossima tappa, in cui è effettivamente il miglior giovane.

Saiani capitano.

Quote from: ophiuko on September 19, 2023, 11:04:37 PM

I don't think you can have a "the best TTer of all times" performance in a TT in the TdF, and then not using these TT skills for any other race (including TT WC), any other year. Either you have these skills or you don't and a topform doesn't push you from being a top10-top5 TTer to the best of all times. Maybe top a top3 or winning, but not winning with 3 min advantage over other top TTers. I didn't believe it when it happen, still don't believe and I don't think there is an explanation that will make it believe it. If Vingegaard shows up in a TT WC and wins it, then I'll start believing.

It is true that Roglic and Vingegaard in theory should have been (as they were) much better than all their rivals. Kuss gained a great advantage in the stage where he was in the breakaway, but still after that he was the third best climber, better than all the other rivals that supposedly had prepared La Vuelta better and hadn't riden Giro and Tour. Anyway, I admit that Kuss's performance is believable. I agree that Jumbo Visma's tactics and technical aspects during the races are way better than other teams'.

Didn't see your message till now.

Now you're talking about something different, the TT performance of Vingegaard. Okay I can agree on that one, I was absolutaly amazed by that performance since I didn't expect that one. BUT after seeing an analyzing video from an Youtuber I could understand how it was possible, but I still can't believe the big time gaps, so on that single stage I agree with you. Some factors to take in consideration: it was more a climb TT than a flat TT, in this kind of TT's you always expect Vingegaard, Roglic, Pogacar and Evenepoel in front of the TT specialist (Cavanga in the top 10 was actually weirder to me than Vingegaard winning). Also Vingegaard is a more technical rider than people think, his bike handling skills are amazing. He won 1 sec in almost all corners in that TT, and it was a very technical TT, the anlayzing video showed this. Also the TT bike of Jumbo is better than the one from UAE, also all small factors (like a lot of bikes on the roof of the following car), testing etc. It's all better in the Jumbo team and in TT's that has the most influence. Also it was a TT in the 3th week which favors Vingegaard, Vingegaard seems to recover better than all other riders which makes him the most dangerous GC guy. In top form he is a top 10 TT rider and in the 3th week I think only Evenepoel, Ganna en Pogacar can challenge him in a TT, he proved this 2 years in a row now. So that he won is not that shocking to me (I even predicted him as stage winner in a TdF poule), but I agree the difference was insane and hard to believe.

And do I think Vingegaard can become WC ITT champion? Yes absolutely, just like Roglic could win the Olympic TT. But not a flat one against Ganna/Evenepoel. A technical one with climbing in it he can win in peak form.

And to see 3 guys on a podium in a GT is weird yes. But normally Remco would've been between them, and Pogacar wasn't there. The other riders are simply not on the level of Roglic and Vingegaard. Kuss was a surprise, escpecially in his 3th! grand tour, that he could climb with the best was known. But his Vuelta win was a big surprise for me. But yeah, I do think it's believable. Maybe I'm wrong, time will tell, but for know I don't see reason to not trust that team.

I just read about Michael Hessmann. Do you still think the same?