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Old May 19th 05, 11:39 PM
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On 05/19/2005 04:21 PM, in article
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Salvodelli has a great reputation as a descender - that precedes his winning
the Giro.




Who is this Salvodelli character, and when did he win the Giro?



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Old May 20th 05, 12:56 AM
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On Thu, 19 May 2005 22:39:54 GMT, "Steven L. Sheffield"
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Who is this Salvodelli character, and when did he win the Giro?


Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli is the road racing cyclist for UCI Pro Tour team
Discovery Channel and winner of 2002 Giro d'Italia

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Old May 20th 05, 01:40 AM
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Poul Erik wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2005 22:39:54 GMT, "Steven L. Sheffield"
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Who is this Salvodelli character, and when did he win the Giro?


Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli is the road racing cyclist for UCI Pro Tour team
Discovery Channel and winner of 2002 Giro d'Italia


Would that make Salvodelli his evil twin? That's how Tyler got
into trouble.

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Old May 20th 05, 02:28 AM
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alex wrote:
Salvodelli has a great reputation as a descender - that precedes his

winning
the Giro. But in the only Giro I had been paying attention to his

relative
performance (the one in which Simoni won and Olano and Osa were in

the
podium) I arrived to the conclusion that Olano and also Gontchar were


faster descenders on all the major ports of the last few days. Maybe
Salvodelli is now fully motivated (being a clear podium candidate)

and he is
ready to extreme the risks he can take.

I think that things are looking not so bad for Simoni. I expect

Cunego to
recover a lot of the time he lost today. But for him winning may not

an
option this time (but not impossible). I expect Di Luca to blow up in

the
last week and Basso and Salvodelly to lose time relative to Gibo and

Cunego.

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Basso was faster than Savoldelli on both the climb and on the

flat.
Savoldelli was faster on the descent from km18 to km28.6 than

all but
Cioni.

Is there a new Falcon in the gruppo? Savoldelli came to the

attention of
many several years ago with his skillful descending.


It seems to be a matter of a healthy Falcon this time (as well,

perhaps,
as one *not* employed by T-Mobile...). His descending the year he

won the
Giro was a thing of beauty.

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The amazing thing is that we see this pretty much the same way. I don't
think Cunego was as bad as he showed today. I'm still thinking he was
working for Simoni until we see otherwise.
Bill C

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Old May 20th 05, 03:39 AM
Howard Kveck
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In article ,
"alex" wrote:

Salvodelli has a great reputation as a descender - that precedes his winning
the Giro. But in the only Giro I had been paying attention to his relative
performance (the one in which Simoni won and Olano and Osa were in the
podium) I arrived to the conclusion that Olano and also Gontchar were
faster descenders on all the major ports of the last few days. Maybe
Salvodelli is now fully motivated (being a clear podium candidate) and he is
ready to extreme the risks he can take.


You're right - Olano was a very good descender, too. I don't recall
Gonchar's (however it's spelled!) descending quite as vividly as PS and
Olano. The day Savoldelli took the Giro ('02) in hand was great simply
because the cameras were there with him as he dropped. I thought it was
spectacular, and that one really stands out in my mind.

I think that things are looking not so bad for Simoni. I expect Cunego to
recover a lot of the time he lost today. But for him winning may not an
option this time (but not impossible). I expect Di Luca to blow up in the
last week and Basso and Salvodelly to lose time relative to Gibo and Cunego.

Candy Ass...


I think Cunego will recover positions in GC (partly through attrition),
but have a hard time gaining back much time. As I mentioned earlier (some
other thread), I don't have really high hopes for DiLuca in the overall. He
just hasn't got a very good track record in GTs. I don't think he'll blow
up so much as slowly tail off as the days go by. I think he's got a top ten
in him. Maybe even a top five. I agree that Simoni is going quite well, but
I think Basso looks very strong right now. He's a smart rider, with a smart
DS and a good team behind him. He'll be tough to beat, I think.

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Old May 20th 05, 03:59 PM
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On Fri, 20 May 2005 01:10:48 GMT, "Steven L. Sheffield"
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I know who Paolo Savoldelli is ... I'm trying to figure out who Salvodelli
is, and why people are claiming he won the Giro ...


I think he changed his name in a flagrant attempt to grab the Bag Balm
sponsorship. Crass commercialism if you ask me.

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Old May 20th 05, 04:16 PM
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On Thu, 19 May 2005 20:49:47 -0700, sonarrat
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However you spell his name,
he's a fantastic rider who has more grace and elegance than the rest of
the top-10 on GC put together.


Thought it was 'grace and dignity', but I may be thinking of the wrong
movie. In any event, don't need any of it to place on the podium,
which may be a good thing for the rest of the racers. And us, too, as
just tracking the panache factor is problem enough.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
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