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Circuit Franco - Belge Discussion
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-02-2010 23:04
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4 stages all for sprinters. With the support of Kennaugh, Swift looks to be the main favorite here, even though the startlist might show something else. But there are some other good sprinters in this race as well. M&M came here with Vaitkus and Lorenzetto, Nokia - Nike with Castenada and Freire, NOS with Stroetinga, Lego with Baumann and Ciolek, Kenda with Forero, Haddou and Vanderaerden, Molteni with Vanthourenhout, Aon Global with Van Heerden and Abdallah, whilte Ultimate will be represented by Peeters and Ulanowski.
Startlist
Spoiler M&M
1. T.Vaitkus
2. M.Grebinyuk
3. M.Iannetti
4. K.Klimiankou
5. C.Lasri
6. M.Lorenzetto
7. H.Mottin
Nokia-Nike
11. O.Freire
12. K.Barclay
13. S.Burke
14. J.Castañeda
15. G.Gardeyn
16. J.Ghyselinck
17. R.Harvey
NOS
21. S.Clement
22. J.Aramendía
23. Y.Martinez
24. R.Ruijgh
25. K.Seeldraeyers
26. W.Stroetinga
27. L.Ulrich
Lego - Capri-Sonne
31. M.Eichler
32. J.Allain
33. E.Baumann
34. G.Ciolek
35. J.Libert
36. R.Pauriol
37. B.Schröder
Kenda
41. G.Löwik
42. J.Forero
43. S.Haddou
44. K.Hanson
45. M.Pajari
46. F.Rénier
47. M.Vanderaerden
100ME
51. P.Kennaugh
52. M.Booth
53. E.Clancy
54. R.Cleaver
55. T.Murray
56. B.Swift
57. B.Wiggins
Molteni
61. I.Landaluze
62. F.De Greef
63. J.Hruska
64. B.Noval
65. S.Vanthourenhout
66. N.Vogondy
67. F.Willems
AON Global
71. J.Van Heerden
72. C.Abdallah
73. Y.Doi
74. H.Dupont
75. J.Gomis Lopez
76. M.Khalmuratov
77. W.Li
Ultimate
81. R.Broers
82. J.Kornetzky
83. K.Peeters
84. D.Rizio
85. M.Ulanowski
86. K.Vassdål
87. F.Woortman
Ultra Adventure
91. S.Sarkisov
92. H.Abdelmotelb
93. B.Boldbaatar
94. Y.Da Luz
95. Y.Montaño
96. C.Moussavou
97. E.Wacker
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-02-2010 23:41
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Dare I hope for a stage win for Swift? Some times he does great, some times he is badly positioned and nowhere, other time he is well positioned and doesnt sprint.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-02-2010 23:46
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at least you didn't pay a wage of 500,000 euros for him and then get just 2 wins all season long 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-02-2010 23:48
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Perhaps - but without the 500k sprint training I gave him, he may have struggled to get 2 himself.
He has 5 currently - 6 including Avenir - which is a decent season. But 1 more would be great
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-02-2010 23:50
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And that KoM in Stage 1 has got to be the most lucrative climbs in the management game. Whoever wins that climb, will get at least 29 points from this race, no matter what else happens.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 06-02-2010 00:02
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SportingNonsense wrote:
And that KoM in Stage 1 has got to be the most lucrative climbs in the management game. Whoever wins that climb, will get at least 29 points from this race, no matter what else happens.
and look who gets them
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 06-02-2010 11:46
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i will be kinda dissapointed if i don't get a stage win here(or points jersey/gc) because i think van heerden is the strongest sprinter on paper here
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 06-02-2010 11:49
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
i will be kinda dissapointed if i don't get a stage win here(or points jersey/gc) because i think van heerden is the strongest sprinter on paper here
maybe judging only by the sprint abilities. But the sprinters need some other stats too, like acceleration and Van Heerden isn't really the best at that
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-02-2010 11:51
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I would say that Freire and Ciolek are the better sprinters, which stage 1 also indicated...
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 06-02-2010 12:04
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fair enough, i haven't really looked. but still i can hope ofr a stage win if it's a long sprint
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-02-2010 12:09
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Well Van Heerden is the 2nd best ranked sprinter this season - just behind Granjel Cabrera - while Swift is 3rd
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-02-2010 12:11
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Well Van Heerden is the 2nd best ranked sprinter this season - just behind Granjel Cabrera - while Swift is 3rd
But after that awesome stage, Swift is catching up 
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-02-2010 12:23
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SportingNonsense wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Well Van Heerden is the 2nd best ranked sprinter this season - just behind Granjel Cabrera - while Swift is 3rd
But after that awesome stage, Swift is catching up
Well that also have to do with how you pick your races. Steegmans is FAR better than Thor Hushovd in the PT, but I'm quite confident that it has more to do with the fact that I'm shit at picking out races for Thor. Atleast that the gap is that big :-)
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 06-02-2010 14:11
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yeah but i'm also terrible at picking races, hence gilbert's presence in a bunch of stage races and van heerdens in hilly classics
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-02-2010 15:15
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The Average, the Good and the Bad so far in this race for Swift. No idea what Stage 4 will bring
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-02-2010 16:06
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Wow. 15th overall. I believe that is the best GC position I have had all season. Hopefully we can keep it :-)
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 06-02-2010 16:21
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goddamnit, jusst a few metres more
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-02-2010 19:44
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Damn, so close to a stagewin. Very strong ride by Rizio today. Peeters taking 15th here will undoubtly be our best GC result.
Too bad it only gives 10pts, while my direct competitor scores 20+some days in the mountainjersey. A stagewin would've been worth gold :-)
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| Roman |
Posted on 06-02-2010 19:46
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I hoped that in this race we could finish in the top 10 in the overall standings and possibly in one stage someone from my team could be on the podium. Fortunately for me, Vanderaerden pleased me again and finally, I also saw somewhere Forero .. Good race for my team.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 06-02-2010 19:48
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SotD wrote:
Damn, so close to a stagewin. Very strong ride by Rizio today. Peeters taking 15th here will undoubtly be our best GC result.
maybe it would have been better for him if the chasers have caught him, instead of them being always like 35 behind. But yes amazing ride for him, he was in front all by himself for almost the entire stage
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