2013 Giro del Trentino

The 37th edition of the Giro del Trentino begins tomorrow. The four stage race, with the first stage being made up of two parts, will start in Lienz, Austria. During stage 2 the race will cross into Italy.

Live coverage via RaiSport2 and Eurosport (and streaming links via www.cyclingfans.com) will give fans an opportunity to see Wiggins, Nibali, Basso, Evans, Scarponi,  Rolland, and last year's winner Pozzovivo in action as they lead-up to the Giro d'Italia.

The stages:
Stage 1: 1st half stage, Lienz-Lienz (Road, km 128.5km); 2nd half stage Lienz-Lienz (TTT,  Km 14.1km)

Stage 2: Sillian (Austria) - Vetriolo Terme (km 224.8km)

Stage 3: Pergine Valsugana - Condino (Valle delle Chiese) (Km 176.1km)

Stage 4: Arco – Sega di Ala (Km 166.8km)

The last stage with the climb to Sega di Ala should provide an exciting finish to the race. The climb averages 9.2% with its 21 hairpin turns. The first 6 km have a 10% average which in certain parts reaches 14 to 16%. There are a series of hairpin turns leading up to an altitude above 800 m. Then there is a tunnel and the road flattens out for about 500 m around the 7th km of the climb. Then there are the 3 hardest km where the average incline is around 11.5% reaching 20% in some parts. After that the road continues to climb gently for the last 3 km leading to the H.C. KOM point and the finish line which is placed at the end of a 300 m. long and 4 m. wide straight with an approximately 2% grade.

Teams and riders:

AG2R LA MONDIALE
1. POZZOVIVO Domenico
2. BELLETTI Manuel
3. BERARD Julien
4. BONNAFOND Guillaume
5. BOUET Maxime
6. DOMONT Axel
7. DUPONT Hubert
8. GASTAUER Ben
Ds BIONDI Laurent

ASTANA PRO TEAM
11. NIBALI Vincenzo
12. TIRALONGO Paolo
13. ARU Fabio
14. VANOTTI Alessandro
15. AGNOLI Valerio
16. ZEITS Andrey
17. SILIN Egor
18. KESSIAKOFF Fredrik Carl Wilhelm
Ds MARTINELLI Giuseppe

BMC RACING TEAM
21. EVANS Cadel
22. BLYTHE Adam
23. EIJSSEN Yannick
24. KOHLER Martin
25. PINOTTI Marco
26. SANTAROMITA Ivan
27. WARBASSE Lawrence
28. LANDER Sebastian
Ds OCHOWICZ James L.

CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING
31. BASSO Ivan
32. CANUTI Federico
33. DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano
34. MASUDA Nariyuki
35. SAGAN Juraj
36. SALERNO Cristiano
37. SARMIENTO TUNARROSA Cayetano José
38. WURF Cameron
Ds ZANATTA Stefano

LAMPRE - MERIDA
41. SCARPONI Michele
42. BONO Matteo
43. FAVILLI Elia
44. DURASEK Kristijan
45. NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
46. SERPA SERPA Jose Rodolfo
47. STORTONI Simone
48. VIGANO Davide
Ds BONTEMPI Fabrizio

SKY PROCYCLING
51. WIGGINS Bradley
52. CATALDO Dario
53. DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
54. KENNAUGH Peter
55. KNEES Christian
56. PATE Danny
57. SIUTSOU Kanstantsin
58. ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier
Ds BRAILSFORD David

TEAM EUROPCAR
61. ARASHIRO Yukiya
62. BERHANE Natnael
63. CHARTEAU Anthony
64. GAUTIER Cyril
65. KERN Christophe
66. MALACARNE Davide
67. ROLLAND Pierre
68. VEILLEUX David
Ds JOLY Sébastien

ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
71. PELLIZOTTI Franco
72. SELLA Emanuele
73. FELLINE Fabio
74. CHIARINI Riccardo
75. REDA Francesco
76. OCHOA Carlos Jose
77. RODRIGUEZ Jackson
78. RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel
Ds ELLENA Giovanni

BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
81. BATTAGLIN Enrico
82. PIRAZZI Stefano
83. LOCATELLI Stefano
84. PAGANI Angelo
85. DE ISEO Donato
86. ZARDINI Edoardo
87. BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel
88. DI CORRADO Andrea
Ds REVERBERI Roberto

COLOMBIA
91. ATAPUMA HURTADO Darwin
92. ARANGO CARVAJAL Juan Esteban
93. CAMACHO BERNAL Julio Alexis
94. PANTANO Jarlinson
95. QUINTERO Carlos Julian
96. QUINTERO ARTUNDUAGA Duber Armando
97. RODRIGUEZ GALINDO Michael
98. SUAREZ SUAREZ Juan Pablo
Ds PELLICIOLI Oscar

VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA
101. FAILLI Francesco
102. GARZELLI Stefano
103. MAZZANTI Luca
104. MONSALVE Jonathan
105. RABOTTINI Matteo
106. TABORRE Fabio
107. PRONI Alessandro
108. MILETTA Luigi
Ds SCINTO Luca

CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA
111. FERNANDEZ Ruben
112. GOMEZ Yelko
113. TXURRUKA Amets
114. MOYANO Enzo
115. GARCIA Marcos
116. PIEDRA PEREZ Antonio
117. CARDOSO Andre Fernando S.Martins
118. FRAILE MATARRANZA Omar
Ds GOIKOETXEA Eugenio

CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE
121. REBELLIN Davide
122. RUTKIEWICZ Marek
123. MORAJKO Jacek
124. TACIAK Mateusz
125. MATYSIAK Bartlomiej
126. KIENDYS Tomasz
127. CHARUCKI Pawel
128. HONKISZ Adrian
Ds WADECKI Piotr

CHAMPION SYSTEM PRO CYCLING TEAM
131. BEYER Chad
132. BUTLER Chris
133. GAZVODA Gregor
134. JIANG Kun
135. JIAO Pengda
136. LEWIS Craig
137. NISHIZONO Ryota
138. XU Gang
Ds BEAMON Edward

MTN - QHUBEKA
141. NIYONSHUTI Adrien
142. VAN NIEKERK Dennis
143. JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
144. VAN ZYL Johann
145. MEINTJES Louis
146. RUSSOM Meron
147. PARDILLA BELLON Sergio
148. GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
Ds CAMPBELL Kevin

TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
151. BARTA Jan
152. HUZARSKI Bartosz
153. KONIG Leopold
154. MATZKA Ralf
155. DEMPSTER Zakkari
156. MCEVOY Jonathan
157. SCHWARZMANN Michael
158. ROWSELL Erick
Ds SANS VEGA Alex

RUSVELO
161. FIRSANOV Sergey
162. OVECHKIN Artem
163. MIRONOV Alexander
164. KLIMOV Sergey
165. ZAKARIN Ilnur
166. BOEV Igor
167. POMOSHNIKOV Sergei
168. TATARINOV Gennady
Ds MOROZOV Nikolai

CERAMICA FLAMINIA - FONDRIEST
171. FEDI Andrea
172. FEDI Matteo
173. ROVNY Ivan
174. SQUIRE Robbie
175. GORODNICHEV Ilya
176. MANFREDI Andrea
177. BAGGIO Filippo
178. MUCELLI Davide
Ds BORGHERESI Simone

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