programma della stagione 48 =

1.   Campbell Town  FFFFH  132 km

2.   Colombia  MMMMM  265 km

3.   Emilia-Romagna  FFFFF  173 km

4.   Adelaide  TT-FFFFF  88 km

5.   Harelbeke  FCHC^C^ 200 km

6.   Aix-en-Provence  TT-FFFHF  27 km

7.   Poreč - Trevesio  CCCFC  234 km

It is difficult to predict what is possible in this NT season schedule with a rare hills-time-trial in it.
Italy should be strong in 3 out of the 7 races = mountains & flat-TT & cobblehills.
Hopefully enough points in the other races to compete for at least a podiumplace in the final season ranking.
Again a WC title might be hard to achieve in this NT schedule, but I will try anyway. 

Everyone good luck with scouting in Italy !   


GARA 1 : Campbell Town

9ºC

Glenelg, beach-side suburb of Adelaide, Australia,
It seems that Italy has no top contenders for this flat-hills race.
But all 7 Italians with a golden hills icon, have a good flat as extra, and 3 of them are ranked as flat-hills specialists.

Even though there is no wind, this still is a tricky tactical race due to the 4 flat sections.
But if the tactics go well, it should be possible to score points.

Nazionale Italiana, selezione gara 1 :

Santino Mastrilli ( 29 ) SentinelChickens
Gaspare Fortticcini ( 30 ) TeamSerfin
Ivano Mangili ( 26 ) Shiro_Lions
Amauri Bettino ( 25 ) Fiestina
Max Cocco ( 27 ) Rekutxuteam
Pier Forte* ( 33 ) PedaleSanvitese
Rocco Chiappucci ( 28 ) Speedbird
- - - - - - - - - -
Frederico Gucciardo ( 28 ) Flyvende_hjul
Salvatore Vergottini ( 25 ) Villavante

Impressive solo victory of Healy.
Van der Poel takes back the yellow jersey, with 1 second ahead on Pogačar.

CFF League stage 6 winner = Sjiz 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  Sjiz **
1:15"  PieterJanVB **
2:26"  HtcHun
- - - - - - - - - -
2:28"  ValeronIdolo
2:47"  Animatoca
3:07"  WinterIsComing *
3:08"  Patrick Kok
3:32"  Kalarratas
3:40"  Vos
3:44"  Foeke

top 3 sprint classification ;
737  Sjiz **
680  PieterJanVB **
650  HtcHun

top 3 mountain classification ;
68  ValeronIdolo
68  edu5
64  Mlb

top 3 youth classification ;
58  Sjiz **
52  Mlb
48  HtcHun

  solo victory of Gigante in stage 4. Reusser still GC leader.

CFF League stage 4 winner = Vos 
Mlb is still the GC leader halfway the Giro.



Evenepoel wins the time trial in Caen. Pogačar takes the GC lead.

CFF League stage 5 winner = WinterIsComing 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  Sjiz *
0:11"  PieterJanVB **
0:58"  HtcHun
- - - - - - - - - -
1:49"  WinterIsComing *
1:51"  Patrick Kok
1:58"  Foeke
2:04"  Animatoca
2:15"  Vos
2:16"  B.E-L
2:23"  ValeronIdolo

top 3 sprint classification ;
592  Sjiz *
590  PieterJanVB **
574  HtcHun

top 3 mountain classification ;
56  edu5
40  Sjiz *
40  ValeronIdolo
40  AJFactoryCycling
40  Aurora Australis

top 3 youth classification ;
45  Sjiz *
39  HtcHun
38  Mitte

Merlier wins stage 3.
But the picture of today, is the hard crash of Philipsen during the intermediate-sprint. Unfortunately he had to abandon.
Philipsen was 18x picked = by 75% of the CFF participants. And he was 8x picked as green jersey winner.
Also in the final, there were 2 hard crashes, but everyone involved, could finish somehow. Hopefully nobody with DNS tomorrow.

CFF League stage 3 winner = PieterJanVB 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  PieterJanVB **
0:38"  Sjiz *
1:27"  HtcHun
- - - - - - - - - -
1:28"  Patrick Kok
1:50"  B.E-L
2:01"  Foeke
2:11"  Animatoca
2:13"  ValeronIdolo
2:29"  WinterIsComing
2:44"  Yvo_Meppelink

top 3 sprint classification ;
413  PieterJanVB **
370  Sjiz *
348  HtcHun

top 3 mountain classification ;
36  edu5
28  Sjiz *
24  PieterJanVB **
24  HtcHun
24  Foeke
24  WinterIsComing
24  Yvo_Meppelink
24  Vos
24  GaoYao
24  Mitte
24  Mlb

top 3 youth classification ;
21  Sjiz *
17  PieterJanVB **
16  B.E-L
16  ValeronIdolo

NT race 7 result ;

5    Cristiano Sansonetti      31   0: 14"   180      BiciclistasCT

Very nice result !
Although Italy did not need these points, because with a huge gap the world champion of NT season 47.
Belgium finished as nrs 1 + 2 + 18 + 19 in this last race, and moved up to the 2nd place.
Final podium season ranking =

1.     2.345   
2.     1.590
3.     1.240



Italia = Campione del Mondo !

Un grande ringraziamento a tutti
che si sono allenati- o gareggiat con- i migliori ciclisti italiani, che hanno reso possibile questo Campionato del Mondo Italiano !

A big thank you to everyone
who trained- or competed with- the best Italian cyclists, who made this Italian World Championship possible ! 

next tour ;
Giro d'Italia Women = 14 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 24 + 22 + 17 ), ophiuko ( 23 ), azerite ( 21 ), Animatoca ( 20 ), pizzaboys ( 19 ), Tarod ( 18 ).

  3 minutes left to join. 
previous winners ;
B.E-L ( 24 ), Averatalm ( 23 ), AJFactoryCycling ( 22 ), ophiuko ( 21 ), Patrick Kok ( 20 + 19 ), Cosminelul ( 18 ),
MarnixStar ( 17 ), Sjiz ( 16 + 15 ), Aurora Australis ( 14 ), WinterIsComing ( 13 ).

TOP FAVORITES CFF LEAGUE :

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TdF24 GC result & jerseys + other past TdF GC results & jerseys. ( x = total TdF stage victories )
Giro25 result & jerseys + past big tour victories + current WC jersey.
palmares 25 = little tour victories, in bold the WT ranked little tours. (w)= women's tour.
the bookmakers can change the stars-rating with every update.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Patrick Kok  =  12 + 10 + 2 + 9 + 1 + 1.  ( 8 )
Giro = 1+ 24+ 21
25 = Oman, Tirreno, Norway, Slovenia.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ AJFactoryCycling  =  3 + 20 + 1+ 21 + 10 + 3 + 5 + 2.  ( 10 )
Giro = 4 + 24
25 = Catalunya.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ B.E-L  =  1+ 11 + 10 + 15 + 20 + 8 + 18.  ( 11 )
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Averatalm  =  2 + 1+ 7 + 14 + 16 + 9 + 6.  ( 10 )
Giro = 13
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Aurora Australis  =  4 + 12 + 20 + 11 + 18 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 6.  ( 12 )
Giro = 15 + 23+ 17

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mitte  =  7 + 17 + 13 + 5.  ( 1 )
Giro = 5 + 23
25 = TDU, AlUla, Bessèges, UAE, Algarve, Camiño, Itzulia, Hongrie, Vuelta(w), Dauphiné, Belgium, Suisse.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Vlominck  =  6 + 18 + 19 + 16.  ( 1 )
Giro = 3
25 = Alps.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ophiuko  =  11 + 15+ 17 + 1.  ( 4 )
Giro = 9
25 = UAE(w), ParisNice, Romandie, Burgos(w).

⭐⭐⭐⭐ GaoYao  =  5 + 9 + 12 + 6 + 10 + 8.  ( 6 )
19
⭐⭐⭐⭐ PieterJanVB  =  19 + 5+ 15 + 8 + 12 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 11 + 15.  ( 8 )
Giro = 2
⭐⭐⭐⭐ WinterIsComing  =  14 + 3 + 6 + 18 + 4 + 4 + 14 + 7 + 9 + 13 + 13 + 1.  ( 7 )
Giro = 8
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sjiz  =  24 + 4+ 22 + 13 + 8 + 21 + 1 + 1 + 7 + 8.  ( 11 )

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Foeke  =  17 + 7 + 3 + 14 + 20 + 14 + 10 + 22 + 17.  ( 4 )
22 + 18

⭐⭐⭐ Vos  =  8 + 16 + 11 + 19 + 5 + 9 + 12 + 20 + 14 + 17.  ( 1 )
Giro = 7
25 = TDU(w), Andalucía, Rwanda, Türkiye, Japan, Suisse(w), u23Giro.

⭐⭐⭐ Mlb  =  10 + 10 + 13.  ( 2 )
Giro = 11+ 24+ 21
25 = Dunkerque.
⭐⭐⭐ Kalarratas  =  22 + 24 + 21 + 20 + 7 + 6 + 8 + 21 + 7.  ( 4 )
Giro = 10 + 20
25 = Bartali, Itzulia(w), Mayenne.

⭐⭐⭐ Animatoca  =  26 + 21 + 16 + 12 + 26 + 26.  ( 2 )
Giro = 6 + 20 + 19

⭐⭐ HtcHun  =  dns + 6.  ( 2 )
25 = Valenciana.

⭐ plopsaladaantje  =  16 + 11 + 7 + 18.  ( 1 )

⭐ Combuijs  =  18 + 8 + 18 + 27 + 19 + 19 + 19.  ( 3 )
Giro = 14
⭐ edu5  =  21 + 22 + 17 + 19 + 20.  ( 4 )

⭐ Yvo_Meppelink  =  dns + 15.  ( 0 )

⭐ ValeronIdolo  =  20 + 19.  ( 0 )

⭐ JGonmar  =  debut 
Giro = 12