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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-08-2010 20:01
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Corsics provides a variation of stage types in just 2 days of racing, with a mountain stage, a flat stage and a time trial. Can a climber gain enough on the mountains to put them out of reach of competition, or will it come down to a time trialist winning, having limited their losses on the climb.
Theres plenty of star riders, as the startlist shows, including Ricco, Taaramae, Serpa and Evans.
Spoiler Bacardi
1. R.Ricco
2. A.DÃaz Corrales
3. J.El Fares
4. M.Gourov
5. C.Hervé
6. J.Kocjan
7. F.Reda
IKEA
11. R.Taaramäe
12. J.Alarcon
13. L.Andersson
14. S.Balck
15. A.Linden
16. L.Lundberg
17. A.Stillfors
Pirelli
21. J.Serpa
22. I.Basso
23. H.Dupont
24. R.Hesjedal
25. D.Pietropolli
26. I.Santaromita
27. P.Tiralongo
Petronas
31. M.Lloret
32. J.Bobridge
33. M.Dueñas
34. M.Khalmuratov
35. M.Ortega
36. T.Stubbe
37. R.Van der Velde
Yamaha
41. C.Evans
42. D.De Fauw
43. S.Lewis
44. H.Martino
45. F.Montenegro
46. F.Piamonte
47. C.Van Ooijen
Telenor
51. T.Rohregger
52. X.Florencio
53. D.Foder
54. R.Guldhammer
55. B.Noval
56. S.Siedler
57. S.Sommerseth
Bbox
61. S.Paulinho
62. A.Greipel
63. F.Jeandesbosz
64. K.Kroon
65. B.Mollema
66. F.Stalder
67. T.Voeckler
Santander
71. J.Cobo
72. D.Allonca
73. J.Gallego Martin
74. J.Gárate
75. J.Moreno
76. A.Perez Arrieta
77. R.Serrano
UBS
81. H.Zubeldia
82. M.Albasini
83. I.Bogdan
84. C.Riblon
85. C.Sinelobov
86. D.Vorontsov
87. S.Zahner
Mercedes
91. T.Peterson
92. B.Colex
93. A.Howes
94. B.Jacques-Maynes
95. B.Sinner
96. P.Stetina
97. T.Zirbel
Falcon
101. T.Eltink
102. T.Kristiansen
103. A.Lund
104. G.Rajala
105. C.Stevenson
106. J.Sørensen
107. C.Wegelius
YouTwit
111. R.Ochoa Quintero
112. K.Barclay
113. R.Bertogliati
114. S.Burke
115. J.McCallum
116. K.Page
117. J.Thomson
The plan is for Stage 1 to come Tuesday, with Stages 2 and 3 on Wednesday
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| Kami |
Posted on 09-08-2010 20:08
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Hmmm, didn't quite calculate Taaramae in my plan, although the TT is more like a 'prologue', i'm thinking about 10+s time loss. I'm hoping for Ricco to keep attacking on that climb and distance Taaramae or distance him in the sprint, which could also be possible due to a higher sprint and stamina stat.
Or i could be screwed by PCM  .
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| viking90 |
Posted on 09-08-2010 20:11
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Not many points to get here either. Hope Eltink can do a very good first stage, but it´s going to be hard to get a good result with this startlist. Maybe a breakaway on stage 2 by Sörensen and Stevenson are our best hope. |
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| Heine |
Posted on 09-08-2010 20:14
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Hopeing for a respectable placing by Rohregger in the GC and Siedler on stage 2
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| Christer |
Posted on 09-08-2010 20:29
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Greipel and Paulinho. Two riders with a chance to do good.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 09-08-2010 22:41
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Its surely all about the climb on the first stage here. Taaramae and Lloret will be following the wheels - Taaramae has Alarcon here talk about a superdomestique.
But a seriously loaded field here with 4 of the very best climbers there are. I would say Ricco has to drop Taaramae and outsprint Serpa at least to win this.
Stage 2 reeks of one of those disorganised downhill sprints. Then a short TT, should be a cracking race. |
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 10-08-2010 22:44
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Solid results for Stetina and Peterson. Stetina will lose time in the TT, so hopefully Peterson can move up.
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| Heine |
Posted on 10-08-2010 22:59
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Hopefully Rohregger can time-trial into the top 10. Now time to see if Vaitkus can do something 
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| Kami |
Posted on 10-08-2010 23:50
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Kami wrote:
Or i could be screwed by PCM .
Seemingly, Taaramae doesn't count as a favorite to counter nowadays.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 11-08-2010 08:47
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Cobo, at least you performed roughly at expectation rather than below it like every one else.
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| Smowz |
Posted on 11-08-2010 08:51
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Petronas with numerous good climbers made that pay by getting Ortega in the break. Bacardi and Ikea don't really have the squads to chase it down and it was left to Pirelli to chase it. The calculation were not correct and subsequently both Serpa and Ricco surely are going to miss a podium.
Will the 9km TT be enough to change GC? It should be close because Taaramae is better than Evans who is better than Ortega. I would probably just about give Evans the edge for overall over Taaramae with Ortega just squeezed out into 3rd. But that Yellow or will it be pink jersey can work wonders.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 11-08-2010 14:24
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Damn it Serpa, what a way to show your team mates respect for all the work they had done! As Smowz says then the chance for Serpa moving up to the podium is non-existing. I hope he can manage to beat Ricco though and end as fourth.
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| jack888 |
Posted on 12-08-2010 06:24
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What an epic stage. Extremely happy with Evans, its good to see some success again for the team.
This is going to come down to the wire, but i think Ortega might just hold on, Evans doesn't have much over him other than recovery. Its good to see the team with more depth beating the superstars though!
Edited by jack888 on 12-08-2010 07:22
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| Heine |
Posted on 12-08-2010 11:01
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4th by Guldhammer, not bad by the young dane. I forsee a great future for him :-p
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| Kami |
Posted on 12-08-2010 11:09
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Hmm, 3th by Kocjan, a good result and 5th by Ricco, which gives him the point jersey.
How many points are given for the winner of the TT? 25 again?
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 12-08-2010 11:11
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BEAUTIFUL JAMES! |
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| jack888 |
Posted on 12-08-2010 11:12
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Good to see everyone got through without a crash, should be a good TT. Also, thanks for the quick updates SN. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 12-08-2010 13:07
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Fairly surprising a good success for Youtube whose stage racers (Tachira withstanding) have not been too the fore as yet.
I though the sharpish downhill to the finish may dicate and so it proved with McCallum slightly better downhill then other sprinters led to better positioning.
I guess I have to eat humble pie this is what I said about Youtube's victor in my preview:
this team have not got anything for field sprints Britain's James McCallum is not up to quality
as opposed to this about one of the other sprinters here:
STOP PRESS: and a late signing of Andre Greipal corrects the no sprinter policy - Greipal will no doubt be latching on to others trains and will give Bbox a great chance of consistent high finishes
The problem was Griepal was latched onto his own train (and others behind that!) |
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| Heine |
Posted on 12-08-2010 16:38
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Good stage by Rohregger, not enough though  1 sec on Alarcon, 10 sec on a really nice position. Anyway, good work by him
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| Kami |
Posted on 12-08-2010 16:48
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Not rly happy with this race. Well, it's a good result, but not what it should have been. Ow well, can't complain compared to bad luck of some others this season. Good reporting!
Looking forward to Spain now with Kirchen.
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