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Volta a Portugal Discussion
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| untal |
Posted on 12-01-2010 22:06
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Here it is, perhaps the most important race in all Continental Tour, Volta a Portugal! Check the stages' profile:
To win Volta a Portugal, you'll have to be an very good climber due to the existante of two mountaintop finishes, a good puncheur as there are lots of hilly stages (including one which ends in a categorized climb) and you need to be able to perform good time-trials.
Here's the starlist:
Wii Racing
1. J.Brajkovic
2. M.Albasini
3. L.Duque
4. R.Förster
5. J.Mora
6. C.Riblon
7. P.Savoldelli
NVidia
11. G.Caruso
12. M.Astarloza
13. C.Pfannberger
14. C.Pömer
15. F.Taillefour
16. G.Trampusch
17. R.Weissinger
Sony Ericsson
21. Y.Trofimov
22. J.Bjelkmark
23. J.Danacik
24. R.Granjel Cabrera
25. P.Grillo
26. S.Lang
27. S.Pauwels
Nespresso
31. S.Henao Montoya
32. M.Durán
33. J.Golcer
34. J.Gutiérrez Palacios
35. N.Hoffman
36. S.Siedler
37. W.Vasquez
IKEA - Bianchi
41. G.Larsson
42. J.Alarcon
43. A.Flügel
44. D.Kupfernagel
45. J.Lindgren
46. M.Westling
47. M.Wyss
Wal-Mart
51. E.Petrov
52. J.Giaux
53. P.Longo Borghini
54. Z.Ndbri
55. P.Pérez Márquez
56. J.Wallays
57. J.Zrimsek
Energie - Diesel
61. J.Mercado
62. M.Biondo
63. C.Corioni
64. P.Nicácio
65. S.Pardilla
66. J.Perez Cuapio
67. M.Soler
Benfica
71. F.Marquez
72. F.Colorado
73. D.Moreno
74. M.Nazaret
75. D.Petrov
76. N.Ribeiro
77. A.Saldarriaga
Starbucks
81. V.Efimkin
82. V.Dyadichkin
83. R.Jaramillo
84. F.Lara Ruiz
85. T.Lowe
86. S.Minard
87. J.Tschopp
NOS
91. I.Nozal
92. J.AramendÃa
93. A.Hansen
94. F.Rabon
95. W.Stroetinga
96. G.Van Avermaet
97. R.Van der Velde
Jack Wolfskin
101. P.Weening
102. A.Ardila Cano
103. D.Cornu
104. H.Dekkers
105. M.Van Stayen
106. K.Vandewalle
107. R.van der Hugenhaben
Irn Bru
111. D.Grabovski
112. S.Clarke
113. D.Craven
114. T.Johnson
115. S.Lewis
116. C.Sutton
117. N.Terpstra
BMC
121. T.Peterson
122. T.Brandt
123. J.Donald
124. R.Eastmen
125. S.Nydam
126. B.Sinner
127. P.Stetina
Santander
131. E.Gonzalo
132. P.Merino Criado
133. J.Moreno
134. M.Niño
135. D.Ortega
136. A.Perez Arrieta
137. J.Tenorio
Olympus AirAsia
141. M.Osella
142. A.Colby
143. E.Gasparotto
144. C.Kirsch
145. R.Podgorny
146. M.Ramos Gamez
147. J.Rovira
Acqua & Sapone
151. J.Ferrio
152. V.Anastopoulos
153. T.Farrar
154. I.Gabrovski
155. C.Lemoine
156. J.Murphy
157. E.Ratti
Ultimate
161. P.Ghyllebert
162. K.Eeckhout
163. J.Kornetzky
164. A.Sebright
165. R.Te Brake
166. M.Ulanowski
167. N.Østergaard
Brajkovic is the main favourite but Caruso and Trofimov among other excellent riders will try to prove the predictions wrong. Sprints are also an important souce of points in this HC stage race and the field contains rider like Granjel Cabrera and Corioni and there are others which are also very good.
Fierce competition is expected here!
Edited by untal on 12-01-2010 22:10
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 13-01-2010 08:17
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my hopes are to get 2 stage wins in the TTs with Cornu
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 13-01-2010 10:59
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alexkr00 wrote:
my hopes are to get 2 stage wins in the TTs with Cornu
Same, but with Lang. 
And Trofimov must get time on his rivals on the hilly stages and don't lose too much in the mountains. Then he got a chance of winning.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 13-01-2010 21:41
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mattiasgt wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
my hopes are to get 2 stage wins in the TTs with Cornu
Same, but with Lang.
yeah but Cornu's da best and we just good a prove of that 
Edited by alexkr00 on 13-01-2010 21:42
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 13-01-2010 22:08
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alexkr00 wrote:
mattiasgt wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
my hopes are to get 2 stage wins in the TTs with Cornu
Same, but with Lang.
yeah but Cornu's da best and we just good a prove of that
Sadly, I think Denmark was enough proof you would ever need
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 13-01-2010 23:56
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Here is to hoping either Stetina or Peterson can do well.
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 14-01-2010 20:03
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Bah, Cornu probably had a tailwind.
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| Romme1 |
Posted on 15-01-2010 11:24
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Yay, nice stage win for Gasparotto! Did not even expect him to win, borught him here to hope for some good secondary results
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 15-01-2010 19:12
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Good to see that Nydam is being aggressive. KoM jersey is a good goal for him at this race. Here is to hoping Sinner pulls his head out of his ass on one of these sprint stages. Next stage should decide BMC's GC leader. Hopefully Peterson limits his losses, as he seems more logical than Stetina with that TT at the end of the race.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 15-01-2010 20:48
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3rd, thats ok.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 16-01-2010 11:03
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good second place by Van Stayen. This gives me hopes that he might get a stage win as well
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| brownwm |
Posted on 16-01-2010 15:39
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what are perez arrieta's sprint stats |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 16-01-2010 16:22
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he is 78 SP and 72 AC
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| brownwm |
Posted on 16-01-2010 16:48
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thanks
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| Romme1 |
Posted on 16-01-2010 18:15
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2nd stage in a row  Looks like Gasparotto is going to ask for a considerably higher wage next season. Some very good efforts by Rovira
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| Christer |
Posted on 16-01-2010 18:57
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Meh. Not doing totally horrible.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 16-01-2010 19:13
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very bad stage for us: Cornu loses the jersey (ok that was expected), Weening hardly gets a top 30 place and Ardila Cano is nowhere.
Next season I really need to get some climbers
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| untal |
Posted on 16-01-2010 19:25
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I must say that I am quite disappointed with this stage. I would prefer a stage full of attacks in which good time-trailists would lose several time. That didn't happen and Henao Montoya might not make the top 5, which is a goal of my team. But there's still another mountain to come, let's see what comes out of it. |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 16-01-2010 20:00
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You say that but both my climbers lost 5 min, so it was awful for me
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| untal |
Posted on 16-01-2010 20:04
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mb2612 wrote:
You say that but both my climbers lost 5 min, so it was awful for me
You have 4 of your goals achieved, I have 1. I would be devasted if I couldn't acheive more than an single one. |
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