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Vuelta a Mallorca Discussion
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 17-08-2011 18:07
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The spaniards are out in force in Mallorca for a challenging race in the hills. Alejandro Valverde is already in form, having won the Tour de San Luis, and when you consider his sprint stat, this race may be even more suited to him! Rivaling him from Spain though are the two Sanchezs: Luis Leon and Samuel, aswell as Juan Jose Cobo.
Theres no guarantee of a Spanish winner though! The surprise Tour Meditteraneen winner Cesare di Maggio is here, aswell as the Mont Faron stage winner Jeremy Roy. Nicolas Roche marks his season debut here, while Kolobnev and Weening may also pose a threat.
There are also two flat stages of course, though the first has a slight uphill slant. Double Meditteraneen stage winner Thor Hushovd will be a favourite, perhaps more so than Roman Maksimov, who has the speed, but does not like hills - or even speed bumps. Another recent double stage winning sprinter is also here though - Andre Greipel joining Valverde in taking the flight straight here from Argentina.
19 teams have entered the race - theres only one other C1 race with more teams (the Tour of the Czech Republic).
Spoiler Proximus
1. A. Valverde
2. N. Cohen
3. M. De Maar
4. D. Kopp
5. H. Ma
6. Y. Stoltz
7. K. Uugunbayar
Cerne
11. L. Sanchez Gil
12. M. Biondo
13. B. Borges
14. B. Pires
15. M. Portela
16. A. Vital
17. E. Viviani
Pirelli
21. N. Roche
22. M. Busche
23. A. Flaksis
24. N. Kinney
25. S. Masciarelli
26. F. Montaña
27. E. Murgoitio
Bianchi
31. J. Cobo
32. D. De la Fuente
33. M. Lloret
34. S. Locatelli
35. O. Martynenko
36. P. Rooijakkers
37. K. Vantornout
Venchi
41. C. Di Maggio
42. V. Agnoli
43. F. Aru
44. M. Gonzalez Salas
45. O. Haavardsholm
46. S. Marinangeli
47. F. Reda
Cal Giant
51. S. Sánchez Gonzalez
52. A. Ablenado
53. P. Ghyllebert
54. B. King
55. L. Pasamontes
56. K. Reijnen
57. J. Simon
UniCredit
61. P. Weening
62. P. Andersen
63. L. Bernucci
64. D. Bragazzi
65. J. Grau
66. N. Quintana
67. T. Valjavec
Tinkoff
71. A. Kolobnev
72. M. Belkov
73. P. Ignatenko
74. D. Kozontchuk
75. E. Petrov
76. N. Trusov
77. K. Yatsevich
Focus
81. J. Roy
82. J. Adams
83. J. Debusschere
84. M. Drujon
85. K. Elissonde
86. R. Hardy
87. C. Pineau
WWE
91. J. Pineau
92. S. Damrow
93. A. Gottfried
94. A. Greipel
95. J. Keukeleire
96. D. Veilleux
97. T. Voeckler
Red Bull
101. S. Calzati
102. S. Gerrans
103. A. Hansen
104. A. Moinard
105. B. Sonnery
106. E. Vorganov
107. KS. Wu
CSC
111. R. Costa
112. A. Ajewole
113. J. Gelabert
114. B. Lima
115. R. Maksimov
116. E. Teruel
117. C. Zaballa
Team VW
121. M. Marzano
122. A. Klier
123. A. Loddo
124. B. Noval
125. K. Predatsch
126. G. Preidler
127. D. Schorn
Export
131. JL. Augustyn
132. C. Evans
133. G. Hasta
134. M. Karagobek
135. I. Seledkov
136. C. Van Ooijen
137. T. Ziegler
Rothaus
141. B. Hermans
142. R. Hesjedal
143. T. Koep
144. A. Krieger
145. A. Kunitski
146. M. Landa
147. A. Passeron
Saab
151. M. Wyss
152. N. Aistrup
153. J. Bjelkmark
154. T. Hushovd
155. P. Lavery
156. G. Likhaya
157. E. Salgueiro
Ferrari
161. C. Salerno
162. P. Longo Borghini
163. M. Marcato
164. D. Pietropolli
165. M. Pozzo
166. M. Santambrogio
167. L. Sterbini
Vespa
171. G. Bosisio
172. N. Arndt
173. M. Bono
174. O. Gatto
175. M. Kwiatkowski
176. A. Pagoto
177. M. Quinziato
Bpost
181. F. De Greef
182. S. Dillier
183. M. La Lavandier
184. W. Maesen
185. S. Poulhiès
186. J. Stallaert
187. T. Stubbe
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 17-08-2011 18:11
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Well, there goes my chance to complete my first goal of the season  ... There is no way Costa is coming out of here with a top 10. What is up with this strong start-list 
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 17-08-2011 18:14
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Bobridge just won a hilly classic, so there is a chance Costa will finish in the Top 10
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| roturn |
Posted on 17-08-2011 18:19
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Didn`t expect such a start list. Hermans and Hesjedal won`t have any chance. Let`s go attacking. |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 17-08-2011 18:27
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felix_29 wrote:
Bobridge just won a hilly classic, so there is a chance Costa will finish in the Top 10
This is a great way to notice a win  Didn't checked the results-page yet... exciting!
Strong starlist here in Mallorca. Can Valverde repeat his San Luis-victory? I will follow! And good luck to all teams!
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 17-08-2011 18:30
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Well... At least Sanchez can fight for a top 5... I'm just glad that Valverde only has 10 race days 7 in San Luis means he will drop out after stage 3 here, right?
Sanchez has the best dh ability of the top few favorites, so hopefully he can get back on after he is dropped.
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| roturn |
Posted on 17-08-2011 18:43
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Levi4life wrote:
Sanchez has the best dh ability of the top few favorites, so hopefully he can get back on after he is dropped.
That`s my tiny hope with Hesjedal, too.
No problem if these two can downhill attack then. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 17-08-2011 18:48
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One Top 5 here would be a great result for us, considering the strength of the startlist. Hopefully no teams will be interested in bringing back the breakaways.
Valverde should win this quite easily, seing his good form in San Luis.
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| jack888 |
Posted on 17-08-2011 19:01
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Dam, the field here is strong.
On the bright side the season is moving very quick, it is hard to keep up. |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 17-08-2011 19:04
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I entered here because it's not only necessary that Valverde wins. The rest of you must lose.
THE THOMAS VOECKLER PROPHET OF PCM DAILY
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| Christer |
Posted on 17-08-2011 19:19
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As long as Greipel performs good on the first stages, I would say I am happy. Valverde is here, meaning that I have little chance of success in the other parts.
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| roturn |
Posted on 17-08-2011 19:31
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Time for some more fun facts
- Italy with the biggest amount of riders (25), followed by Spain (18) and France (13).
- Weakest rider: Abilphez Ajewole (CSC/61,60)
- Strongest rider: Alejandro Valverde (Proximus/81,20)
- Average average: 70,310
- Highest salary: Alejandro Valverde (Proximus/1.150.000)
- Average wage: 104.371
- Youngest rider: Glenn Likhaya (Saab/19)
- Oldest rider: Andreas Klier (Volkswagen/36)
- Average age: 27,323
- Youngest team: Team Bpost (24,142)
- Oldest team: Unicredit (30,714)
- 24 loanies, 5 of them from Wikipedia
- 1 National Road Champions: Su (Jayco/HKG)
- 2 National ITT Champions: Su (Jayco/HKG), Hushovd (Saab/NOR), no TT here |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 17-08-2011 20:30
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It´s up to Hushovd to get some results here to
And get in some breakaway, maybe Salguiero.
Was I drunk when I picked a season goal as top 5 here?
Probably.. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 17-08-2011 20:38
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All we can really hope for here is a break gets away (Stage 4) with a Vespa rider in there and gets a good gap.
Biggest bonus is Valverde uses five race days and not taking on any of my leaders. |
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 17-08-2011 20:39
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Pretty tough startlist here. It will be hard to beat the spanish riders, but a top 3 is within reach!
Also hoping for a good performance by Marinangeli. The two first stages suit him quite well.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 17-08-2011 21:47
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I hope Roche will do better than VDB did in his season debut, though it will be hard to end on the podium with that strong a start list.
Breaks in the two first days and then it's up to Roche - good luck everyone
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 17-08-2011 21:50
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Valverde is here?
*swallows sadness*
*deletes his first season goal*
*says goodbye to all his friends in a letter*
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 18-08-2011 00:33
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Damn it, loosing Busche is a huge loss for Roche since he was probably the only guy who could sit with the Irish rider for quite some time on the hilly stages.
Also a very unlucky day for Bianchi, Focus and Red Bull, I can only share my sympathy but what a nicely race by Ziegler, well deserved.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 18-08-2011 00:58
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I can only hope this luck keeps up.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 18-08-2011 01:15
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 Great stage 1 for us, nobody crashed and Maksimov was actually still around for the finish.
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