Non solo Vuelta España in calendario in questa seconda metà di agosto, domani si disputerà anche la Vattenfall Cyclassics, tradizionale appuntamento nei pressi di Amburgo.
Saranno 245,9 i chilometri da percorrere prima di disputare la volata per la vittoria. L’unica difficoltà da affrontare è quella del Waseberg, uno strappo breve ma impegnativo da ripetere 4 volte, l’ultima a circa 15 km dal traguardo. Lo scorso anno fu Edvald Boasson Hagen ad aggiudicarsi la corsa, mentre nel 2009 e 2010 fu Tyler Farrar a piazzare la doppietta.
È la gara che vede il ritorno alle competizioni di Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) dopo le buonissime prestazioni al Tour de France e la recente olimpiade, ma il campione slovacco dovrà guardarsi da avversari molto agguerriti tra cui André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol), Oscar Freire (Team Katusha), Tom Boonen (Omeaga Pharma-Quick Step), Matthew Goss (Orica-GreenEdge), Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano), lo stesso Boasson Hagen e i nostri Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack-Nissan) e Diego Ulissi (Lampre-ISD).
Elenco partenti:
SKY PROCYCLING
1 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald Norway
2 DOWSETT Alex United Kingdom
3 EISEL Bernhard Austria
4 HUNT Jeremy United Kingdom
5 KNEES Christian Germany
6 PUCCIO Salvatore Italy
7 ROWE Luke United Kingdom
8 THOMAS Geraint United Kingdom
LOTTO – BELISOL TEAM
11 GREIPEL André Germany
12 BAK Lars Ytting Denmark
13 DE GREEF Francis Belgium
14 DOCKX Gert Belgium
15 HENDERSON Gregory New Zealand
16 ROELANDTS Jurgen Belgium
17 SIEBERG Marcel Germany
18 VANENDERT Dennis Belgium
ASTANA PRO TEAM
21 BOZIC Borut Slovenia
22 IGLINSKIY Maxim Kazahkstan
23 FOFONOV Dmitriy Kazahkstan
24 GAVAZZI Francesco Italy
25 GRIVKO Andriy Ukraine
26 GUARNIERI Jacopo Italy
27 MURAVYEV Dmitriy Kazahkstan
28 PONZI Simone Italy
LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE
31 CANUTI Federico Italy
32 KOREN Kristjan Slovenia
33 NERZ Dominique Germany
34 OSS Daniel Italy
35 SABATINI Fabio Italy
36 SAGAN Juraj Slovakia
37 SAGAN Peter Slovakia
38 VANOTTI Alessandro Italy
KATUSHA TEAM
41 BELKOV Maxim Russia
42 FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar Spain
43 GUSEV Vladimir Russia
44 HALLER Marco Austria
45 KRISTOFF Alexander Norway
46 SELIG Rüdiger Germany
47 TSATEVITCH Alexey Russia
48 VANTOMME Maxime Belgium
OMEGA PHARMA – QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM
51 GRABSCH Bert Germany
52 CIOLEK Gerald Germany
53 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume Belgium
54 PINEAU Jérôme France
55 TRENTIN Matteo Italy
56 MAES Nikolas Belgium
57 VANDENBERGH Stijn Belgium
58 BOONEN Tom Belgium
BMC RACING TEAM
61 BLYTHE Adam United Kingdom
62 BURGHARDT Marcus Germany
63 KOHLER Martin Switzerland
64 PINOTTI Marco Italy
65 QUINZIATO Manuel Italy
66 VAN AVERMAET Greg Belgium
67 WYSS Danilo Switzerland
RADIOSHACK – NISSAN
71 GALLOPIN Tony France
72 HERMANS Ben Belgium
72 NIZZOLO Giacomo Italy
74 SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe Portugal
75 POPOVYCH Yaroslav Ukraine
76 POSTHUMA Joost Netherlands
77 SERGENT Jesse New Zealand
78 WAGNER Robert Germany
ORICA GREENEDGE
81 COOKE Baden Australia
82 GOSS Matthew Harley Australia
83 IMPEY Daryl South Africa
84 LANCASTER Brett Australia
85 MOURIS Jens Netherlands
86 O’GRADY Stuart Australia
87 TUFT Svein Canada
88 WILSON Matthew Australia
GARMIN – SHARP
91 BAUER Jack New Zealand
92 FISCHER Murilo Antonio Brazil
93 HAUSSLER Heinrich Australia
94 KLIER Andreas Germany
95 MARTIN Daniel Ireland
96 RATHE Jacob United States
97 VANMARCKE Sep Belgium
98 WEGMANN Fabian Germany
MOVISTAR TEAM
101 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto Portugal
102 KIRYIENKA Vasil Belarus
103 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas Lithuania
104 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben Spain
106 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José Spain
108 GUTIERREZ PALACIOS José Ivan Spain
EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI
111 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel Spain
112 GARCIA AMBROA Ricardo Spain
113 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon Spain
114 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka Spain
115 URTASUN PEREZ Pablo Spain
116 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel Spain
117 MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi Spain
118 PEREZ LEZAUN Alan Spain
LAMPRE – ISD
121 MORI Manuele Italy
122 BOLE Grega Slovenia
123 BONO Matteo Italy
124 PIETROPOLLI Daniele Italy
125 RIGHI Daniele Italy
126 HONDO Danilo Germany
127 GRAZIATO Massimo Italy
128 ULISSI Diego Italy
RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM
131 BOL Jetse Netherlands
132 BOS Theo Netherlands
133 LEEZER Tom Netherlands
134 MARTENS Paul Germany
135 MATTHEWS Michael Australia
136 RENSHAW Mark Australia
137 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Spain
VACANSOLEIL – DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM
141 BOECKMANS Kris Belgium
142 LEUKEMANS Björn Belgium
143 LAMMERTINK Maurits Netherlands
144 LARSSON Gustav Erik Sweden
145 MARCATO Marco Italy
147 SELVAGGI Mirko Italy
148 VEUCHELEN Frederik Belgium
AG2R LA MONDIALE
151 BARDET Romain France
152 BELLETTI Manuel Italy
153 ELMIGER Martin Switzerland
154 GAZVODA Gregor Slovenia
155 GODDAERT Kristof Belgium
156 HINAULT Sébastien France
157 LEMARCHAND Romain France
158 SHPILEVSKY Boris Russia
EQUIPE CYCLISTE FDJ-BIGMAT
161 CHAINEL Steve France
162 DELAGE Mickael France
163 DEMARE Arnaud France
164 ELISSONDE Kenny France
165 LADAGNOUS Matthieu France
166 VEIKKANEN Jussi Finland
167 SOUPE Geoffrey France
168 VICHOT Arthur France
TEAM SAXO BANK TINKOFF BANK
171 JUUL JENSEN Christopher Denmark
172 MARYCZ Jaroslaw Poland
173 AAEN JORGENSEN Jonas Denmark
174 HAEDO Juan José Argentina
175 BOARO Manuele Italy
176 MORKOV Michael Denmark
177 NUYENS Nick Belgium
178 CANTWELL Jonathan Australia
TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO
181 KITTEL Marcel Germany
182 VEELERS Tom Netherlands
183 DE BACKER Bert Belgium
184 CURVERS Roy Netherlands
185 TIMMER Albert Netherlands
186 SINKELDAM Ramon Netherlands
187 KLEMME Domenik Germany
188 KLUGE Roger Germany
TEAM NETAPP
191 BARTA Jan Czech Republic
192 SCHORN Daniel Austria
193 SCHILLINGER Andreas Germany
194 KONIG Leopold Czech Republic
195 DIETZIKER Andreas Switzerland
196 HUZARSKI Bartosz Poland
197 HOLLENSTEIN Reto Switzerland
198 BENEDETTI Cesare Italy
Questa la planimetria della Vattenfall Cyclassics 2012: