Layout: Kreuzlingen, Stage 13+14, Belgium?
Posted on May 26, 2007
I skated twice yesterday, neither was especially hard, but in both I was really working on technique. To my surprise, I felt great in both. The first, in the morning was a long solo skate along Lake Bodensee. Here is a picture to give you some idea of the layout. I am living in Kreuzlingen, at the German border to Konstanz. There are great paths along the lake that are much wider than any typical Canadian walking/cycling path, and cluttered with cyclists, and even packs of skaters.
The evening skate was with the “Begg group” on the Weinfelden WIC marathon course. I think it is going to be fast. It seems all the downhills are long and drawn out, and all the uphills are short and punchy. The finish will be chaos, with an abrupt down, and abrupt up (under a bridge), followed by a sudden narrowing of the road ~600m before the finish. While the roads aren’t especially smooth, I think that the speed will be such that you’ll barely feel it. I am really looking forward to this race. I just really want it to be dry. Weinfelden is 14 days from today.
This morning I rode with Ruben Martinez. He’s super strong on the bike. We rode for 3 hours, and covered around 85km. I flatted as we were winding down on our way home. I thought it was a great ride, and slow enough that we could enjoy a bit of the scenery. It really is truly beautiful here. The view across the lake from Suisse into Germany is spectacular, and was on our right shoulder for all of the first ~30km. We rode with the intention of keeping it “traquillo”, which it was for the first and last hour. The middle hour was a little faster, but still very enjoyable. Ruben leaves to go back to Argentina to prepare for and race the Pan American Games in Rio. I am sure he’ll do well.
Yesterday’s ITT in the Giro was great to watch, with the surprise winner Marzio Brusehin (Lampre), and perhaps even bigger surprise of second place finisher Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval), leaving “The Killer” Danilo Di Luca in third place, maintaining 55seconds worth of control on the Pink Jersey, but putting nearly a full minute of time on contender/hopeful Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval). Brusehin surprised all especially since none of his split times registered, as he went ‘under the radar’ until he crossed the finish line with a winning time of 28:55 over the 12.6km climb. Interestingly, none of the riders soprted TT bikes for the stage, as the climb was steep and technical enough to warrant ‘climbing bikes’.
Results - Stage 13
1. Marzio Bruseghin (I), Lampre, at 12.6km in 28:55 (26.144kph)
2. Leonardo Piepoli (I), Saunier Duval, at 0:01
3. Danilo Di Luca (I), Liquigas, at 0:08
4. David Zabriskie (USA), CSC, at 0:19
5. Franco Pellizotti (I), Liquigas, at 0:22
6. Stefano Garzelli (I), Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil, at 0:29
7. Evgeni Petrov (Rus), TCS, at 0:31
8. Eddy Mazzoleni (I), Astana, at 0:33
9. Damiano Cunego (I), Lampre, at 0:38
10. Andy Schleck (Lux), CSC, at 0:40
11. Perez Cuapio Julio Alberto (MEX), Ceramica Panaria - Navigare, 0:43
12. Branislau Samoilau (Blr), Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil, 0:43
13. Gilberto Simoni (I), Saunier Duval, 1:06
Overall (GC)
1. Danilo Di Luca (I), Liquigas, 57:11:28
2. Marzio Bruseghin (I), Lampre, 0:55
3. Andy Schleck (Lux), CSC, 1:57
4. Damiano Cunego (I), Lampre, 2:40
5. Francisco J.Vila Errandonea (Sp), Lampre, 2:44
6. David Arroyo Duran (Sp), Caisse d’Epargne, 2:51
7. Evgeni Petrov (Rus), TCS, 3:11
8. Gilberto Simoni (I), Saunier Duval, 3:32
9. Emanuele Sella (I), Ceramica Panaria - Navigare, 3:52
10. Eddy Mazzoleni (I), Astana, 3:53
Yesterday’s Stage Profile:
Today’s 192km stage should be interesting to watch with a long, flat approach to the two big back-to back climbs of the day. Coverage starts in minutes, so I should get to that. Here is the profile for today’s stage:
Stage 14:
I am thinking of going to Belgium to race the Belgian National Marathon. I’d probably leave tomorrow. I will have to look into ticket prices later today.
K, Peace and love…
-ARA
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