Cycling: 2009 Giro d'Italia

AMAZING CAV HOW SWEET THE SOUND.

Cav should have his own card on the monopoly board.

Get out of jail free card. He has done it to me two times.

My overall of 10 units on Cav @ $1.85 for over 2.5 stage wins will win too. But I will count that at the end with the other overalls.

Same deal tonight!

As I probably won't be around till after the stage starts, when I can get prices for these riders, these are who I am backing. I will update their prices when I get back from my girlfriend. Some riders I may not be able to get on. Just looked at the market with another agency and should get similar prices. So I'll quote their prices and then change their prices if neccessary. Betfair do live betting so I may do that aswell.

Anyway

1.5 unit Garzelli @ $9
.5 unit Cunego @ $15
.4 unit Visconti @ $31
.3 unit Scarponi @ $21
.2 unit Voeckler @ $51

Other riders.

Marco Pinotti
Jose Serpa
Andriy Grivko
Dario Cioni
Simon Gerrans
Felix Cardennas
David Garcia Lopez
Alessandro Bertolini (BIG)
Luca Mazzanti (BIG) - hometown boy.

That will be all of them! All again will be .2 -.5 unit plays. Mazzanti will be around 50/1, Cardenas 40/1, Gerrans 40/1, Cioni 60/1,

Really there are only 3 riders I like. Mazzanti for the hometown factor, Bertolini and Garzelli. They are the more important ones for me.

Good luck. I have 3 riders in the break. Let's hope one of them wins! If not, lets hope for a Pinotti or Bertolini counter attack.

Gerrans brings home the bacon.

+3.5 units

Stage 1.+2.5 units
Stage 2. +3.78 units
Stage 3. -10
Stage 4. -12.1
Stage 5. -0.5 units
Stage 6. +5.7 units
Stage 7. -3.2 units
Stage 8. -4.1 units
Stage 9. +29 units
Stage 10. -1.5 units
Stage 11. -3 units
Stage 12. -18.66 units
Stage 13. +25 units
Stage 14. +3.5 units

Overall: +16.42

Now things are starting to get back on track!

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Bertolini will have to be my tip for tomorrow. Tomorrow's stage looks more to his liking - similar to stage 11 last year it looks like. A break will win tomorrow's stage again so look for me to have another 10 - 15 riders in my mix.

On Monday a GC battle

On Wednesday a GC battle

On Thursday a sprint/break

On Friday a GC battle

Soler is targetting Monday/Wednesday/Friday. I'll be playing him on one of those days. Try and see if he has a blog anywhere and get an insight on how his knee is feeling.

The stage Bertolini won last year.

[url]https://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=stages/giro0811[/url]

The stage on Sunday

[url]https://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=stages/giro0915[/url]

I don't see the GC men battling it out tomorrow! They will let a break go and concentrate on Monday's monster.

Serramenti will be there. Bertolini or Serpa

Another ISD man will try. Cioni or Scarselli

David Millar?

Lampre - Cunego/Gasparotto/Mori

I'm surprised BBox didn't try today. Voeckler tomorrow?

Katusha - Brut/Ignatiev/Mazzanti

Milram - Fothen

Saxo Bank - Voigt?

Xacobeo - Isaichev?

Barloworld - Augustyn/Cardenas?

AG2R - Efimkin?

Columbia - Pinotti/Possoni? Time for Columbia to try for another stage win. Maybe Boassen-Hagen again? There is like 30km of flat after the last climb.

Caisse - David Garcia Lopez?

Will Silence Lotto try? Gilbert?

Voeckler is surely running out of chances? Or is he looking for the stage on Thursday or Saturday? It's time we see him attack! He's after a stage win. Tomorrow/Thursday/Saturday are his last chances

Final plays!

.7 units Gilbert @ $12
.5 units Voigt @ $26
.5 units Voeckler @ $23
.3 units Cioni @ $34
.3 units Grivko @ $34
.4 units Millar @ $51
.2 units Mazzanti @ $51
.3 units Pinotti @ $51
.3 units Brutt @ $67
1 unit Bertolini @ $29

.1 unit Ignatiev @ $151
.1 unit Scarselli @ $151
.2 units Possoni @ $67
.2 units Garcia Lopez @ $67
.3 units Isaichev @ $67
.2 units Mori @ $51
.2 units Wegelius @ $51

Total units staked = 5.8

Good luck!

Congrat, nice added up @ 67 ( .2 units ) Still 5,4 units up

Thanks. I would have looked stupid if another serramenti rider took it. Had the right team today. Thought they would have been motivated.

It pays to be persistant in this game, especially in cycling on a 3 week GT. It wasn't looking good at the start, then Cavendish made up for his mistakes and then I seem to be getting the right guys in the break.

Tomorrow, GC battle. Leipheimer!

1.5 units Soler @ $11
1 unit Leipheimer @ $16

5 units Soler over Simoni @ $2.05

Good luck!

Tonight!

4.5 units Sastre @ $5.50
1 unit Leipheimer @ $41
.5 unit Rogers @ $81

H2H

5 units Leipheimer over Arroyo @ $1.60
2 units Rogers over Armstrong @ $2.25

Good luck!