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Volta a Catalunya 2016 (March 21th - 27th)
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| DiCyc |
Posted on 19-03-2016 17:05
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Well, guys, it is time for Volta a Catalunya! The race has 7 stages with 2 mountain stages, who finish uphill. It will be exciting to see who will become first and raise his arms as the overall winner in Barcelona on March 27th.
THE LINE-UP
The line-up for the race is interesting. Chris Froome (however notice that it is his first race in Europe this year), Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador are here to win! But Fabio Aru and the defending champion Richie Porte will also fight and try to win. There are also some interesting names as Joaquim Rodriguez, Geraint Thomas, Rigoberto Uran, Mathias Frank, Romain Bardet, Tom Dumoulin, Ryder Hejsedal and more!
There are also some sprinters here. Nacer Bouhanni, who just got fourth in MSR, is here, too! A rider who beat him in that sprint is Ben Swift. And guess what - he is here too!
The full (provisional) startlist:
Spoiler
Startlist for VOLTA CICLISTA A CATALUNYA 2016:
BMC Racing Team
1 PORTE Richie
2 GILBERT Philippe
3 DENNIS Rohan
4 VAN GARDEREN Tejay
5 HERMANS Ben
6 ATAPUMA John Darwin
7 SáNCHEZ Samuel
8 BOOKWALTER Brent
Movistar Team
11 QUINTANA Nairo
12 ERVITI Imanol
13 ANACONA Winner
14 FERNáNDEZ Rubén
15 HERRADA José
16 MORENO Javier
17 QUINTANA Dayer
18 SOLER Marc
Team Katusha
21 RODRíGUEZ Joaquim
22 ZAKARIN Ilnur
23 TSATEVICH Alexey
24 TAARAMäE Rein
25 KOCHETKOV Pavel
26 MAMYKIN Matvey
27 VOROBYEV Anton
28 LOSADA Alberto
Team Sky
31 FROOME Christopher
32 THOMAS Geraint
33 NIEVE Mikel
34 SWIFT Ben
35 POELS Wout
36 ROCHE Nicolas
37 KIRYIENKA Vasil
38 BOSWELL Ian
Etixx - Quick Step
41 MARTIN Daniel
42 BRAMBILLA Gianluca
43 BOUET Maxime
44 MEERSMAN Gianni
45 DE PLUS Laurens
46 SERRY Pieter
47 VAKOC Petr
48 DE LA CRUZ David
Astana Pro Team
51 ARU Fabio
52 LóPEZ Miguel Ángel
53 MALACARNE Davide
54 TIRALONGO Paolo
55 CATALDO Dario
56 KANGERT Tanel
57 ROSA Diego
58 ZEITS Andrey
Tinkoff
61 CONTADOR Alberto
62 TROFIMOV Yuri
63 HANSEN Jesper
64 HERNáNDEZ Jesús
65 KIšERLOVSKI Robert
66 PAULINHO Sérgio
67 POLJANSKI Pawel
68 ROVNY Ivan
Orica GreenEDGE
71 CHAVES Johan Esteban
72 IMPEY Daryl
73 PLAZA Rubén
74 GERRANS Simon
75 HOWSON Damien
76 MEIER Christian
77 HAIG Jack
78 TXURRUKA Amets
Lotto Soudal
81 DE CLERCQ Bart
82 VALLS Rafael
83 VAN DER SANDE Tosh
84 ARMéE Sander
85 DE GENDT Thomas
86 BOECKMANS Kris
87 MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
88 VERVAEKE Louis
Team Giant - Alpecin
91 DUMOULIN Tom
92 BARGUIL Warren
93 ARNDT Nikias
94 FRöHLINGER Johannes
95 LUDVIGSSON Tobias
96 LUNKE Sindre Skjøstad
97 PREIDLER Georg
98 TEN DAM Laurens
AG2R La Mondiale
101 POZZOVIVO Domenico
102 BARDET Romain
103 CHEREL Mikael
104 BIDARD François
105 DUPONT Hubert
106 GASTAUER Ben
107 BONNAFOND Guillaume
108 MINARD Sébastien
Lampre - Merida
111 CIMOLAI Davide
112 POLANC Jan
113 KOSHEVOY Ilia
114 DURASEK Kristijan
115 GRMAY Tsgabu
116 MEINTJES Louis
117 MOHORIC Matej
118 BONO Matteo
Trek - Segafredo
121 HESJEDAL Ryder
122 ZUBELDIA Haimar
123 ARREDONDO Julián David
124 ALAFACI Eugenio
125 BERNARD Julien
126 REIJNEN Kiel
127 STETINA Peter
128 ZOIDL Riccardo
Team LottoNL - Jumbo
131 GESINK Robert
132 KELDERMAN Wilco
133 KRUIJSWIJK Steven
134 LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
135 BOUWMAN Koen
136 KEIZER Martijn
137 ROGLIC Primož
138 VERMEULEN Alexey
FDJ
141 RéZA Kévin
142 CHAVANEL Sébastien
143 COURTEILLE Arnaud
144 LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri
145 MAISON Jérémy
146 MANZIN Lorrenzo
147 PINEAU Cédric
148 VAUGRENARD Benoit
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
151 URAN Rigoberto
152 TALANSKY Andrew
153 FORMOLO Davide
154 CARDOSO André
155 BROWN Nathan
156 DOMBROWSKI Joe
157 HOWES Alex
158 WOODS Michael
IAM Cycling
161 FRANK Mathias
162 ELMIGER Martin
163 PANTANO Jarlinson
164 VAN GENECHTEN Jonas
165 CLEMENT Stef
166 WARBASSE Larry
167 WYSS Marcel
168 ZAUGG Oliver
Dimension Data
171 ANTON Igor
172 EISEL Bernhard
173 FRAILE Omar
174 KUDUS Merhawi
175 MEYER Cameron
176 NIYONSHUTI Adrien
177 SIUTSOU Kanstantsin
178 VAN ZYL Johann
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
181 ARAMENDIA Javier
182 ARROYO David
183 BARBERO Carlos
184 CARTHY Hugh
185 MAS Lluís Guillermo
186 MOLINA Antonio
187 PARDILLA Sergio
188 PRADES Eduard
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
191 BOZIC Borut
192 BOUHANNI Nacer
193 HARDY Romain
194 EDET Nicolas
195 MOLARD Rudy
196 NAVARRO Daniel
197 ROSSETTO Stephane
198 SOUPE Geoffrey
CCC Sprandi Polkowice
201 REBELLIN Davide
202 DE LA PARTE Víctor
203 HIRT Jan
204 GROSSCHARTNER Felix
205 MROZEK Marcin
206 OWSIAN Lukasz
207 SZMYD Sylwester
208 TACIAK Mateusz
Roompot - Oranje Peloton
211 DUIJN Huub
212 HONIG Reinier
213 HOOGERLAND Johnny
214 LAMMERTINK Maurits
215 TOLHOEK Antwan
216 VAN DER LIJKE Nick
217 VAN EMPEL Etienne
218 WEENING Pieter
VERVA ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
221 CIEsLIK Pawel
222 FRANCZAK Pawel
223 GRADEK Kamil
224 HNIK Karel
225 KOCH Jonas
226 PODLASKI Michal
227 STACHOWIAK Adam
228 SIMóN Jordi
Wanty - Groupe Gobert
231 GASPAROTTO Enrico
232 BAUGNIES Jerome
233 BILLE Gaetan
234 DEGAND Thomas
235 VEUCHELEN Frederik
236 DRON Boris
237 MINNAARD Marco
238 THURAU Bjorn
THE STAGES
And now it is time for the stages! There are (as told above) seven stages, two mountain stages with uphill finishes.
And here is the stage profiles of the race:
Spoiler Stage Profiles of Volta A Catalunya : Calella - Calella (175,8 km)
Stage 2: Mataró - Olot (178,7 km)
Stage 3: Girona - La Molina (172,1 km)
Stage 4: Bagà - Port Ainé (172,2 km)
Stage 5: Rialp - Valls (187,2 km)
Stage 6: Sant Joan Despi - Vilanova i la Geltru (197,2 km)
Stage 7: Barcelona - Barcelona (136,4 km)
And this was my small preview about this race. What do you think? Who will win this race?
Edited by DiCyc on 19-03-2016 17:08
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| emre99 |
Posted on 19-03-2016 17:06
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Nairo for me.
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| DiCyc |
Posted on 19-03-2016 17:09
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emre99 wrote:
Nairo for me.
Img's doesn't work on post 1. You have to get the .jpg file.
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| lakebeach |
Posted on 19-03-2016 17:14
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That is a very strong startlist indeed. A lot of strong GC riders are here.
Stage 3 and 4 look interesting, let's hope for some exciting racing!
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 19-03-2016 18:18
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Contador 1
Aru 2
Quintana 3 |
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| Arberg27 |
Posted on 19-03-2016 18:22
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Froome wins of course! Will be interesting to see, who they are number two |
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Posted on 19-03-2016 18:28
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It is kinda interesting that 'the shadow or what he was' is going up against the barely raced (frigging about in Argentina or Oz against local buggers don't count) Froome-bot and Quasimodo Quintana.
I rather fancy one of BMC bland brigade to upset GT winners here.
Hesjedal rejoining US Postal shoot off - say what they hell when did that happen?
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| georgebooo |
Posted on 19-03-2016 21:41
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hmm.. i barely wait to see aru in this tour of catalunya, especially vs those strong sky/tinkoff/movistar/bmc teams |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 20-03-2016 10:09
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Stage 4 might be in danger. Quite a lot of snow predicted, plus quite a bit of cold. Stage 3 might become decisive then.
Since it looks like it's going to be cold in the mountains, I'd say Quintana stands an excellent chance of winning.
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| Strydz |
Posted on 20-03-2016 10:18
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Have to agree with Selwink that if it is that cold then Quintana wins this race
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| Arberg27 |
Posted on 20-03-2016 12:05
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Looking forward to hear Contadope's (and Contadope`s fanboys) excuses for not winning  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-03-2016 00:12
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Looking forward to a nice battle whatever the outcome. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 21-03-2016 07:01
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Extreme shite protocol will lead to cancelling of both mountain stages, which means that Vakoč will win the GC after his win in stage 2.
In more serious note, i say Contador.
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 21-03-2016 08:03
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Extreme shite protocol will lead to cancelling of both mountain stages, which means that Vakoč will win the GC after his win in stage 2.
In more serious note, i say Contador.
Contador will certainly be one of the favourites. I can't help thinking though that he couldn't beat Thomas a couple of weeks ago at Paris-Nice. Why does everyone think he's suddenly going to win over a much tougher line up? |
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Posted on 21-03-2016 08:10
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Arberg27 wrote:
Looking forward to hear Contadope's (and Contadope`s fanboys) excuses for not winning
Arberg, please and on a seriously advise, troll your family but leave us on peace, ok?
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| roturn |
Posted on 21-03-2016 08:47
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ringo182 wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Extreme shite protocol will lead to cancelling of both mountain stages, which means that Vakoč will win the GC after his win in stage 2.
In more serious note, i say Contador.
Contador will certainly be one of the favourites. I can't help thinking though that he couldn't beat Thomas a couple of weeks ago at Paris-Nice. Why does everyone think he's suddenly going to win over a much tougher line up?
Tougher climbs and later in the season.
Thomas aimed for PN as he had the chance to lead there. Contador aims the GTs the most anyway, so his form should build up towards those.
That all said, I still think that if Froome wants to win, he will. Might be his first race since Herald Sun, so could say the same as with Contador obviously.
I hope both mountain stages will be okay to be raced. This should really be nice to watch then. |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 21-03-2016 08:56
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ringo182 wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Extreme shite protocol will lead to cancelling of both mountain stages, which means that Vakoč will win the GC after his win in stage 2.
In more serious note, i say Contador.
Contador will certainly be one of the favourites. I can't help thinking though that he couldn't beat Thomas a couple of weeks ago at Paris-Nice. Why does everyone think he's suddenly going to win over a much tougher line up?
He could beat Turbo Thomas but the race wasn't difficult enough. |
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 21-03-2016 09:34
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Arberg27 wrote:
Looking forward to hear Contadope's (and Contadope`s fanboys) excuses for not winning
How's this guy hasn't been timeout or banned is unbelievable, |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 21-03-2016 11:12
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If stage 4 isn't cancelled then probably:
1.Quintana
2.Contador
3.Froome-Rodriguez
If stage 4 is cancelled then Rodriguez wins.Probably ahead of Froome and Contador |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 21-03-2016 11:35
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In stage 3, La Molina is only 5.3km long with an average gradient of 5.8% and maximum ramps 9% but it is uphill for a little bit longer. was used in the last 2 years in Volta a Catalunya
2014 winner is Joaquin Rodriguez
2015 winner was Tejay van Garderen
In stage 4, Port-Aine climb is 18.9 km long with an average percent of %6.5 and maximum percent of %12.Port-Aine was supposed to feature as a summit finish in 2012 but due to bad weather the stage was finished at the lower slopes of Port del Canto
Port-Aine returned back in 2013 and the winner ws Daniel Martin after being in a very big break and holding off Rodriguez and Quintana by 36 seconds.
Edited by Forever the Best on 21-03-2016 11:47
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