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Tour de Romandie Discussion
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-11-2010 09:55
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Six days in Switzerland, which should please any type of rider, from sprinters to time - trial specialists and climbers. From the past 4 winners only Devolder won't be riding this year. Last year's winner, Alex Pluchkin, is back to defend his title, as well as former winners, Janez Brajkovic and Denis Menchov.
Pluchkin is the main man to follow, but Gesink and Karpets are some top competitors, both having the advantage over the Moldavian rider of a better team for the TTT. Domina brought here the duo of Brajkovic and Nibali but it's rather questionable if any of them has really what it takes to win Tour de Romandie this year. Uran, Menchov, Luis Leon Sanchez, Castano, Sinkewitz and Arroyo are also aiming for some high places in the general classification.
There are not a lot of top sprinters here, Bewley being the biggest name competing, while for the opening prologue Cancellara, Coppel and Cornu are the big favorites.
Riders to follow:
| ***** | Alex Pluchkin | | **** | Robert Gesink, Vladimir Karpets, Janez Brajkovic | | *** | Denis Menchov, Vincenzo Nibali, Rigoberto Uran | | ** | Fabian Cancellara, Sam Bewley, Luis Leon Sanchez, Carlos Castano, David Arroyo | | * | Patrick Sinkewitz, Jerome Coppel, Martijn Keizer, Dominique Cornu, Teejay Van Garderen |
Startlist
Spoiler Wolfskin
1. R.Gesink
2. J.Cooper
3. D.Cornu
4. K.De Kort
5. H.Dekkers
6. J.Donald
7. J.Posthuma
8. R.van der Hugenhaben
Team B&O
11. A.Pluchkin
12. M.Christensen
13. J.Drucker
14. C.Jørgensen
15. R.Kreuziger
16. R.Mestre
17. M.Reckweg
18. T.Vinter
Nespresso
21. V.Karpets
22. H.Aguilar
23. D.Di Luca
24. J.Fiedler
25. N.Hoffman
26. M.Keizer
27. H.Mottin
28. M.Schär
Domina Vacanze
31. J.Brajkovic
32. D.Calderón
33. B.Cooke
34. H.Duenas Nevado
35. M.Eibegger
36. K.Fernandez
37. V.Nibali
38. I.Speirs
Vesuvio
41. R.Úran
42. M.Barth
43. N.Clesen
44. S.Einsle
45. M.Ford
46. B.Gastauer
47. M.Kittel
48. D.Medvedev
Festina
51. C.Castaño
52. M.Bernaudeau
53. S.Bewley
54. T.Dees
55. P.Gretsch
56. S.Morabito
57. R.Navardauskas
58. L.Schädlich
Lafarge
61. D.Menchov
62. D.Champion
63. M.Docker
64. A.Jeannesson
65. P.Korzh
66. S.Pardilla
67. J.Tenorio
68. P.Thuaux
Lipton
71. D.Arroyo
72. O.Avelino
73. T.Bontenackels
74. F.Matamoros
75. A.Petrie-Armstrong
76. V.Ratiy
77. D.Stundzia
78. J.Zrimsek
Energie
81. L.Sanchez Gil
82. A.Cardoso
83. P.Nicácio
84. J.Rodrigues Silva
85. J.Tendero
86. G.Veloso
87. A.Vicioso
88. E.Viviani
Colombia
91. F.Duarte
92. A.Ardila Cano
93. J.Castañeda
94. S.Joly
95. C.Knees
96. H.Machado
97. O.Pereiro Sio
98. D.Summerhill
Sony
101. W.Pedraza
102. A.Bazajev
103. J.Danacik
104. F.Johansson
105. S.Lang
106. M.Mortensen
107. S.Pauwels
108. V.Renäng
Philips
111. L.Gerdemann
112. L.Bak
113. K.Klostergaard
114. J.Mouris
115. M.Mørkøv
116. M.Reimer
117. N.Scheunemann
118. M.Tjallingii
Carmeuse
121. F.Cancellara
122. A.Aulas
123. S.Caethoven
124. J.Camier
125. A.Fenn
126. C.Lhotellerie
127. O.Solis
128. J.Suaza
Auber 93
131. K.Reus
132. L.Boom
133. M.Bouet
134. J.Coppel
135. W.Ford
136. F.Morizot
137. P.Rolland
138. P.Sinkewitz
Starbucks
141. R.Kiserlovski
142. F.Bacquet
143. T.Criel
144. V.Dyadichkin
145. V.Efimkin
146. K.Fajt
147. T.Lowe
148. J.Tschopp
Wikipedia
151. S.Ivars
152. C.Barton
153. R.Eastman
154. O.Kaisen
155. I.Kovalev
156. C.Meier
157. A.Sebright
158. T.Van Garderen
Pearl
161. T.Kangert
162. E.Franzoi
163. S.Mancuso
164. Y.Offredo
165. J.RodrÃguez
166. J.Vastaranta
167. W.Walker
168. P.Weening
La Gazzetta
171. J.Agudelo
172. R.Flens
173. M.Mugerli
174. M.Osella
175. D.Van Winden
176. K.Vandewalle
177. W.Vasquez
178. R.Wielinga
Falcon
181. T.Eltink
182. N.Aistrup
183. J.Decouttere
184. J.Guarnieri
185. J.Holmkvist
186. J.Hoogerland
187. C.Ranneries
188. M.Wyss
Warner Bros.
191. K.De Ketele
192. A.Castro Rodriguez
193. G.Coletta
194. G.De Winde
195. K.Hulsmans
196. T.Pinto
197. S.Rosseler
198. M.Van der Pluijm
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-11-2010 10:05
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Note the most ideal route for Uran, but hopefully he can perform well
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| Smowz |
Posted on 07-11-2010 12:21
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Well I cannot see that TTT making much of a difference, though I suppose a combination of that and the opener might make some sort of a difference.
But the winner of this has to go well on stages 3 and 5... I think maybe Karpets of Nespresso (probably a curse!) |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 07-11-2010 12:29
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I'm hoping Sinkewitz will get some time in yellow, if he can keep gaps down to a minimum on the prologue, stage 1 and 2, and of course hold on to Coppel's, Reus' wheels.
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| untal |
Posted on 07-11-2010 14:27
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Smowz wrote:But the winner of this has to go well on stages 3 and 5... I think maybe Karpets of Nespresso (probably a curse!)
I have to win here, so you shouldn't have said that.  |
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| SotD |
Posted on 07-11-2010 15:51
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I've put my strongest possible TTT team here in the hope of a top place there (Top 3)... If I can win 20-30 seconds on some of the other strong riders there Castaño might have a shot at top 5. Otherwise I will be happy with top 10.
Bewley hopefully is good in the flat stages...
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 07-11-2010 17:29
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It sucks always going first in time trials. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 07-11-2010 18:54
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Classic Cancellara brilliance, where was this on the cobbled classics.
Not sure he will keep it tomorrow will be fun to see the others try to wrest yellow off his shoulders! |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 07-11-2010 20:18
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Nice to see the wins, but would have so much preferred them over the cobbles
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 07-11-2010 21:02
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Not really sure what to expect from this race. Gerdemann did well in the race where he was captain, so why not again?  |
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| SotD |
Posted on 08-11-2010 11:10
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Nicely done from Bewley, and the 4 riders I anticipated in the frontgroup was there. So I'm satisfied here. Hopefully my lousy TT'ers won't lose too much energy on these stages to do a good jump at the TTT...
Sam Bewley could be in for the points jersey here if he does another good stage or two.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 08-11-2010 16:40
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If you find any mistakes in the GC please let me know, as I had to add the bonus seconds for some stages myself.
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| SotD |
Posted on 08-11-2010 17:16
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I don't understand that... Don't you just wait until the next stage?
I'm yet again very satisfied. Carlos Castaño did well. I expect him to be stronger than atleast 4 in the group, so 7th is my expected result...
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 08-11-2010 17:25
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SotD wrote:
I don't understand that... Don't you just wait until the next stage?
What do you mean by waiting for the next stage? The game gave bonus seconds for some stages, while for others didn't. So I had to add them myself in both the save-game and the exported results.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-11-2010 18:26
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And Uran doesnt bother. I really should be less suprised
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 08-11-2010 18:46
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That stage worked out quite well for Cafe de Colombia. With a decent TTT might get a better result than I was expecting. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 08-11-2010 18:55
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alexkr00 wrote:
SotD wrote:
I don't understand that... Don't you just wait until the next stage?
What do you mean by waiting for the next stage? The game gave bonus seconds for some stages, while for others didn't. So I had to add them myself in both the save-game and the exported results.
OK. Just thought that we took whatever the game decided to do...
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 08-11-2010 19:02
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SotD wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
SotD wrote:
I don't understand that... Don't you just wait until the next stage?
What do you mean by waiting for the next stage? The game gave bonus seconds for some stages, while for others didn't. So I had to add them myself in both the save-game and the exported results.
OK. Just thought that we took whatever the game decided to do...
It wouldn't be really fair for some riders not to get the bonus seconds they deserve, while others get them...
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-11-2010 19:37
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SotD wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
SotD wrote:
I don't understand that... Don't you just wait until the next stage?
What do you mean by waiting for the next stage? The game gave bonus seconds for some stages, while for others didn't. So I had to add them myself in both the save-game and the exported results.
OK. Just thought that we took whatever the game decided to do...
Nope, there is a ManGame Classifications file used. So its a bit concerning that it now seems not to be working.
I guess both Stages 2 and 3 didnt give bonuses, alex, or was it just Stage 3?
Edited by SportingNonsense on 08-11-2010 19:39
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 08-11-2010 19:43
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I've played the first 4 stages an while ago so I'm not sure about the 3rd stage but the second and the fifth one didn't give bonuses for sure.
I've just checked and I didn't do any changes to the excel file of the third stage so that one worked as it was supposed to.
Edited by alexkr00 on 08-11-2010 19:44
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