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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-12-2010 16:13
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Making the step up to the ProTour this year is the FBD Éire Tour - and offers a rare opportunity in this division for a stage race to be decided with no influence from time trials. The race is mostly flat, with 2 classified hill stages. Its sprinters versus puncheurs - can the fast men collect enough time bonuses to hold off the latter?
And we have an interesting lineup for this race aswell. Lets start with the sprinters. Danniele Bennati of course stands out, but he has some good competition. Theres double Giro stage winner Mitch Docker, Erik Mohs of the wildcard team Pokerstars - who won the Points jersey in last year race, and then Granjel Cabrera, Lo Cicero, Vanderbiest, Castaneda, Cooke and more. Not forgetting the likes of Bewley and Van Stayen - who could well keep up with the top guys on the hills, as well as in the sprints.
But then look at the team leaders for the race. Liege-Bastogne-Liege winner Frank Schleck heads up the list, looking to continue his resurgence in form. He could face strong competition though - inparticular from Edvald Boasson Hagen, having won Amstel Gold already, who packs a strong sprint. Other strong puncheurs here are Jan Bakelandts, Danilo di Luca, Diego Ulissi, Patrik Sinkewitz and Tejay van Garderen. Last years winner Giovanni Visconti also rides for Starbucks.
Spoiler StartList for stage Stage 1
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29/11/2010 23h33min
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Vesuvio
1. F.Schleck
2. D.Claerebout
3. T.Costagli
4. S.Einsle
5. D.Galimzyanov
6. B.Gastauer
7. C.Kelly
8. M.Kittel
Team B&O
11. E.Hagen
12. M.Christensen
13. J.Drucker
14. R.Kreuziger
15. S.Kruijswijk
16. K.Sobota
17. S.Stenersen
18. C.Sørensen
Auber 93
21. P.Sinkewitz
22. N.Brouzes
23. M.Drujon
24. D.Gaudin
25. S.Langeveld
26. N.Maes
27. D.Mehr-Wenige
28. J.Mespoulède
Festina
31. S.Bewley
32. M.Bernaudeau
33. V.Bileka
34. T.Kvist
35. W.Li
36. F.Nolf
37. D.Ulissi
38. J.Van Goolen
Pearl
41. J.Bakelants
42. E.Berthou
43. M.Cardoso
44. S.Joseph
45. M.Richeze
46. B.Samoilev
47. R.Vanderbiest
48. J.Vastaranta
Nespresso
51. D.Di Luca
52. N.Hoffman
53. I.Lo Cicero
54. J.Mendes
55. H.Mottin
56. N.Portal
57. G.Steurs
Wikipedia
61. T.Van Garderen
62. M.Burghardt
63. M.Busche
64. R.Eastman
65. D.Pate
66. D.Rijntjes
67. A.Sebright
68. A.Timofeev
La Gazzetta
71. D.Bennati
72. M.Bono
73. A.Dowsett
74. R.Flens
75. S.Marinangeli
76. M.Mugerli
77. M.Santambrogio
78. D.Van Winden
Wolfskin
81. M.Van Stayen
82. J.Cooper
83. J.Donald
84. B.Giling
85. P.Martens
86. M.Sieberg
87. L.Ten Dam
88. B.Vaugrenard
Energie
91. L.Duque
92. A.Cardoso
93. C.Corioni
94. J.Tendero
95. E.Teruel
96. G.Veloso
97. A.Vicioso
98. E.Viviani
Warner Bros.
101. S.Kolesnikov
102. K.De Ketele
103. G.De Winde
104. J.Flecha
105. A.Giraldo
106. S.Rosseler
107. Y.Talabardon
108. R.Van Houts
Domina Vacanze
111. J.Vanendert
112. B.Cooke
113. M.Da Dalto
114. T.Frei
115. T.Martin
116. R.Pauriol
117. B.Schröder
118. D.Wyss
Sony
121. S.Anza
122. J.Danacik
123. R.Granjel Cabrera
124. P.Grillo
125. F.Johansson
126. M.Mori
127. D.Muravjev
128. M.Reihs
Lipton
131. J.Baugnies
132. O.Avelino
133. T.Bontenackels
134. G.Brizuela
135. C.Di Maggio
136. G.Gazvoda
137. A.Mironov
138. S.Nooytens
Starbucks
141. G.Visconti
142. M.Crane
143. T.Criel
144. M.Fahnert
145. R.Kavsek
146. K.Koren
147. M.Renshaw
148. R.Simunek
Pokerstars
151. S.Clement
152. D.Boucher
153. M.Brus
154. D.Holloway
155. R.Kluge
156. E.Mohs
157. K.Van Impe
158. J.Wallays
Lafarge
161. C.Gautier
162. M.Docker
163. P.Korzh
164. S.Minard
165. K.Peeters
166. L.Sestili
167. C.Vande Velde
Colombia
171. O.Pereiro Sio
172. J.Castañeda
173. P.Healion
174. S.Joly
175. H.Machado
176. D.Summerhill
177. T.Swift-Metcalfe
178. A.Tennant
Philips
181. L.Bak
182. K.Klostergaard
183. A.Lund
184. M.Mørkøv
185. M.Pedersen
186. M.Reimer
187. N.Scheunemann
Carmeuse
191. S.Casar
192. J.Adams
193. A.Aulas
194. D.Beatse
195. C.Brandt
196. S.Caethoven
197. J.Debusschere
198. W.Van Den Eynde
Team 1
201. T.Boonratanathanakorn
202. S.Batchelor
203. K.Michely
204. A.Niyonshuti
A side-note. I realised on Stage 7 that Auber's Dietmar Mehr-Wenige shouldnt actually be here at all - he is racing in the Vuelta, and has won a stage there. As the Vuelta started first, he can keep his points earned there, but will be disqualified from all results of his in this race.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 08-12-2010 16:18
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 08-12-2010 16:50
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This is a race really hard to predict. A breakaway rider could win it.
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| beagle |
Posted on 08-12-2010 18:24
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I can only hope my team won´t make shame in my only PT race.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 08-12-2010 20:32
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If there was another hilly stage, I'd be tempted to say this race was designed for one Franklin Schleck. 
Looking at the profile, wouldn't surprise me to see this one fought out by the sprinters like some CT races with similar routes the last few seasons. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 08-12-2010 20:59
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Have decided to bring both Diego Ulissi and Sam Bewley, who are both good at both hills and sprints. One is a good sprinter, and a decent hilly rider, then other is just the opposite. Hopefully that makes me stand a good shot at some stageresults if nothing else.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-12-2010 00:25
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fenian_1234 wrote:
If there was another hilly stage, I'd be tempted to say this race was designed for one Franklin Schleck.
Looking at the profile, wouldn't surprise me to see this one fought out by the sprinters like some CT races with similar routes the last few seasons.
But even another hilly stage, assuming similar difficulty, wouldnt make it much less of a gamble for Schlecky. He's only here because Uran and Intxausti have grabbed leadership for the team in most of the other shorter stage races. It could play out really well, or he could roll around and come 67th as some sprinter, or some guy with 73 hill, wins.
Still, better to go for the gamble and maybe fail - than not risk it and see someone like Hagen win it easily ahead of the sprinters.
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 09-12-2010 17:34
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Wow, i bring a really crappy team to this one...
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 17:50
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SportingNonsense wrote:Still, better to go for the gamble and maybe fail - than not risk it and see someone like Hagen win it easily ahead of the sprinters.
If he does what Gilbert did in Philadelphia, he'll rip the sprinters to pieces. If he doesn't, he'll leave you pulling your hair out. |
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Posted on 09-12-2010 18:50
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The hair allocated to be pulled out over Schleck for this season is already long gone!
The main worry is the uncanny knack for a sprinter to suddenly climb and do well on the hilly stages having won a sprint or 2 and got the race lead. Something like Arashiro in the Tour Down Under in CT this season being one such example - would never have attacked on the hills, but had the race lead from a sprint, so went ahead and even won the hilly stage. (If I remember right)
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 09-12-2010 19:21
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Happen in the CT last season too with Granjel Cabrera who overperformed tremendously in the hilly stages. Can't remember which race tough.
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| Kami |
Posted on 09-12-2010 19:44
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Had it twice myself this season as well. Bagdonas managed to get in the top 10 of the GC with bonifications and went with the puncheurs on the hilly stage.
Goss won a stage in Tour Med and got the race lead and attacked on the Mont Faron, ending up 5th in the GC.
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 10-12-2010 18:55
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There ya go, a neat little lead out and a podium is secured. Good start.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 10-12-2010 19:06
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Decent result there from Danny Summerhill. Pity the game didn't use him as a lead out for Castaneda. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 10-12-2010 19:07
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Absolute carnage there, looks like a very good chance for Frank Schleck.
Just cursed him.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 10-12-2010 19:09
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Oops, wrong thread.
good result for Docker
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-12-2010 19:11
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Good sprint for Van Stayen there thanks to a great lead-out from Sieberg.
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| beagle |
Posted on 10-12-2010 19:27
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omfg, Kluge
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| dave92 |
Posted on 10-12-2010 19:50
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Danny Pate does us proud
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 10-12-2010 22:23
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So my now leader for the hilly stage, Mehr-Wenige, is no longer actually being counted in this race. Great. Wonderful. Lovely. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 10-12-2010 23:33
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victory!!! thank you Van Stayen 
just for specification - when Kluge abandoned during stage 1, he will get exp just for one day, right?
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