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| mb2612 |
Posted on 03-12-2011 11:25
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So the Continental Tour has been good, but there have been rumblings that its getting a bit dull now we are into classics season. I mean all this flat stuff and fake mountains, what's the point?
This is emphasised even more by the leader of the continental tour. Bellis is an ok rider I guess, but he seems to have picked up all his points while on a caravan trip round South Africa. Which you totally would have seen if you had been there.
The balance is readdressed today, 20 teams, 3 decisive stages, one dull one I guess, but even that has a mountain in it. The Bellis issue will be dealt with as well, with both Alarcon and Valverde here to show how real men climb.
Or they would be if Valverde hadn't run scared after Alarcon got the better of him last time around. So instead, up to challenge Alarcon, are the best of the continental tour, bar Valverde. Pozzovivo, Van den Broeck, Rujano, Caruso, Duarte. The list goes on.
This will be epic.
Need I say more?
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1. D. Pozzovivo
2. M. Bono
3. D. Cimolai
4. D. Garbelli
5. O. Gatto
6. M. Scanlon
7. R. Traficante
Pirelli
11. J. Van den Broeck
12. D. Caccia
13. H. Dupont
14. A. DÃaz Corrales
15. F. Montaña
16. A. Saldarriaga
17. I. Santaromita
Pokerstars
21. J. Rujano
22. S. Dumoulin
23. M. Guillén
24. C. Kern
25. M. Maaskant
26. H. Raabe
27. J. Vermote
Ferrari
31. G. Caruso
32. E. Girardi
33. M. Maisto
34. P. Niemiec
35. M. Osella
36. M. Possoni
37. L. Sterbini
Venchi
41. F. Duarte
42. F. Aru
43. O. Haavardsholm
44. F. Pellizotti
45. P. Sagan
46. L. Sestili
47. D. Viganò
Aker Solutions
51. J. Alarcon
52. J. Agudelo
53. O. Hirschlein
54. J. Le Bon
55. L. Nordhaug
56. J. Rovira
57. W. Vasquez
Cal Giant
61. R. Eastman
62. T. Brandt
63. J. Haedo
64. A. Jeannesson
65. T. Peterson
66. P. Stetina
67. T. Tolleson
Saab
71. T. Lövkvist
72. J. Bjelkmark
73. N. Brolin
74. T. Eltink
75. U. Galiev
76. G. Likhaya
77. M. Van Aelbroeck
Team VW
81. M. Marzano
82. W. Anacona
83. G. Brenes
84. W. Li
85. A. Loddo
86. K. Predatsch
87. R. Zabel
Bianchi
91. M. Lloret
92. J. AramendÃa
93. W. Gustov
94. A. Matzbacher
95. P. Mazur
96. F. Odebrecht
97. H. Schwab
Export
101. M. Nazaret
102. G. Báez
103. C. Evans
104. G. Hasta
105. D. Navarro
106. F. Piamonte
107. I. Seledkov
Tinkoff
111. S. Kolesnikov
112. M. Belkov
113. V. Efimkin
114. D. Galimzyanov
115. A. Markov
116. A. Ovechkin
117. E. Petrov
Cerne
121. P. Nicácio
122. A. Antunes
123. C. Baltazar
124. M. Biondo
125. G. Cerveira
126. P. Lucas Martins
127. B. Silva
UniCredit
131. S. Ortega
132. M. Brändle
133. J. Grau
134. M. Lorenzetto
135. N. Quintana
136. T. Van der Sande
137. B. Vandborg
CSC
141. F. Colorado
142. S. Blanco
143. I. Kovalev
144. E. Parra Bustamante
145. J. Perez Cuapio
146. A. Talansky
147. C. Verona
Cyclevox
151. R. Van der Velde
152. S. Casar
153. W. Connolly
154. A. Coutts
155. G. Heymes
156. D. O'Loughlin
157. T. Rabou
Rapha Condor
161. Z. Ndbri
162. C. Abdallah
163. A. Belmokhtar
164. D. Jiriakov
165. I. Stannard
166. T. Swift-Metcalfe
167. A. Tennant
Trilux
171. S. Sousa
172. T. Criel
173. S. Forke
174. T. Fothen
175. G. Rajala
176. A. Schillenger
177. R. Scholz
Proximus
181. M. De Maar
182. H. Ben Nasser
183. I. Kip
184. L. Lefèvre
185. E. Reekers
186. D. Shatskikh
187. K. Uugunbayar
B
191. L. Locatelli
192. A. Locatelli
193. L. Paolini
194. M. Pinotti
195. G. Varnier
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| beagle |
Posted on 03-12-2011 11:31
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This will be epic.
agree!!!
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| ember |
Posted on 03-12-2011 11:35
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This one should definitely be epic. I'm hoping for a podium from Alarcon here, would be great, as he will probably loose a minute on the opening time trial. I'm thinking Pozzovivo will win, he has a good time trial, and he's in his home country, but obviously, Van den Broeck and Rujano should be watched aswell. And then there's all the other great climbers.....
Yeah, should definitely be epic! 
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| Christer |
Posted on 03-12-2011 11:52
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Epic? Yes! I'm not racing here, either. And I think that is good.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 03-12-2011 11:56
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Christer wrote:
Epic? Yes! I'm not racing here, either. And I think that is good.
+ 1  Will be much more epic to follow this race without participating
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 03-12-2011 12:01
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Very glad that I decided not to send Igor Anton where after seeing the startlist, hopefully Colorado doesn't crash again  But very happy just to see my team in action (Its been a while).
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| Heine |
Posted on 03-12-2011 12:05
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I really hope Marzano could be able to do well, atleast he got the nationality bonus
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| roturn |
Posted on 03-12-2011 12:15
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That is a great startlist. I should have sent Ruijgh here. Sure top10 for him after Corsica. 
Good luck for all. Rujano, Alarcon, Pozzovivo for me. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 03-12-2011 12:40
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This should be some really good racing. Too bad the flat stuff and fake mountains have almost ended though 
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 03-12-2011 13:07
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Just got to hope Pozzovivo being in Italy is able to hang with Alarcon. A few +5 days in the mountains and the nationality bonus would do just fine.  |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 03-12-2011 13:27
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You go and show them Lövkvist!  |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 03-12-2011 13:37
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Should be a fascinating race, stage 2 looks marginally tougher than the last so it should be interesting to see how teams play it tactically after the TT.
Alarcon is a cut above on the mountains, I think he will win again and Duarte/Rujano could hurt the Italians and vdb also.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 03-12-2011 14:50
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I'm starting to regret picking this as my win goal. Well, well, I'll hope for a miracle.
It's between Pozzo, Alarcon and Duarte I think. Caruso maybe for a Top 5 if he's lucky with daily form.
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| ANFreeman |
Posted on 04-12-2011 11:09
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Regardless of the outcome, this does look to be an exciting race in the making. So many big names. Van Der Velde may be out of his depth, but I'm looking forward to the race nonetheless.
Alarcon will most likely be unstoppable again.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-12-2011 11:33
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Niemiec a bit disappointing, while Caruso being the opposite. Decent start for us.
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| ember |
Posted on 04-12-2011 12:01
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That was a bit better than expected from Alarcon, hopefully that's a good sign the next stages. Stannard definitely got what he came for, congratulations to Rapha! |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-12-2011 12:36
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Things you don't hear: I'm heading to Trentino to win the time trial
Thats exactly why Im in this race! Job done Stannard - Tennant unlucky to be an early starter, he could probably have done better than 5th on another day.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 04-12-2011 13:00
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Well no-one was anywhere near Stannard there, quite clever really getting in there with a specialist. Stannard isn't really a GC man for anything involves any lumps at all!
Should be interesting to see whether the GC favourites go all in on the first mountain stage. Pirelli may well be able to maintain control for VdB until near the top, we'll see though Alarcon could just blow it apart as well.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-12-2011 13:13
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Smowz wrote:
Well no-one was anywhere near Stannard there, quite clever really getting in there with a specialist. Stannard isn't really a GC man for anything involves any lumps at all!
Exactly why Stannard is racing here and not in 'more conventional' TT races such as Bayern-Rundfahrt, no GC hope in either, better stage hope here.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 04-12-2011 13:36
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Same reason I sent Kovalev, he was so far under the radar that mb didn't even get a picture
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