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| mb2612 |
Posted on 04-02-2011 21:55
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There is a massive field here in America, as everyone and their dog believes they had a chance in this fairly flat race. First up we have the sprinters stages, with the likes of Kennaugh, Goss and Hushovd leading the charge.
Next up we have probably the most decisive stage, the time trial. Ignatiev is here and is massive favourite, although with Stannard beating him last time out, and with Dempster and Olman making an appearance, Ignatiev is definitely not unstoppable
Finally we finish with two slightly hilly stages, again Ignatiev will be hard to beat, but Kirchen, Craven and Konnovalovas will all still be in with a shot after the time trial, so expect them to make some big moves.
Spoiler Wiggle
1. M.Ignatiev
2. D.Appollonio
3. R.Hampton
4. S.Locatelli
5. J.Paquet
6. M.Pavarin
7. D.Ratto
8. P.Scarponi
Bacardi
11. K.Kirchen
12. G.Bagdonas
13. J.El Fares
14. M.Goss
15. C.Hervé
16. J.Kocjan
17. J.Nazon
18. G.Smukulis
Petronas
21. M.Lloret
22. J.Bobridge
23. G.Bole
24. S.Gerrans
25. W.Jallays
26. K.Lalouette
27. R.Scholz
28. T.Stubbe
EL AL
31. I.Konovalovas
32. R.Bahati
33. C.Dionne
34. M.Friedman
35. S.Lagutin
36. S.Raisin
37. G.Rast
38. D.Rollin
Bimbo
41. D.Craven
42. S.Chavanel
43. S.Fuchs
44. M.Hofland
45. P.Lucas Martins
46. R.Nelson
47. N.Oliveira
48. M.Olman
Cillit Bang
51. M.De Maar
52. H.Ben Nasser
53. J.Coenen
54. M.Eichler
55. D.Kopp
56. E.Reekers
57. D.Shatskikh
58. M.Ulanowski
YouTwit
61. P.Velits
62. R.Bertogliati
63. L.Craddock
64. K.Page
65. M.Pozzo
66. R.Serrano
67. J.Thomson
68. F.de Romijn
Tinkoff
71. V.Kiryenka
72. M.Belkov
73. P.Brutt
74. A.Kunshin
75. A.Ovechkin
76. I.Rovny
77. Y.Sobal
78. N.Trusov
Intesa
81. D.Grabovski
82. V.Agnoli
83. M.Bandiera
84. C.Cucinotta
85. D.Kozontchuk
86. M.Lorenzetto
87. B.Monterastelli
88. C.Salerno
Red Bull
91. J.Augustyn
92. Y.Arashiro
93. A.Jelloul
94. R.Kilun
95. L.Laverde Jimenez
96. M.Matthews
97. A.Semple
98. S.Zwizanski
UniCredit
101. E.Gasparotto
102. L.Bodrogi
103. A.Borrajo
104. M.Brändle
105. F.Gavazzi
106. D.Teklehaimanot
107. B.Van Poppel
108. B.Vandborg
Milka
111. T.Dall'Antonia
112. T.De Gendt
113. R.Grychenko
114. O.Hirschlein
115. T.Hushovd
116. A.Malori
117. R.Porte
118. K.Szczawinski
Yamaha
121. D.Impey
122. D.De Fauw
123. N.Gauer
124. R.Janse van Rensburg
125. D.Kairelis
126. A.Kankovský
127. I.Landaluze
128. M.Priamo
Quiksilver
131. J.Gutiérrez Palacios
132. C.Betancourt
133. C.D'Amore
134. Z.Dempster
135. M.Griffith
136. P.Mach
137. G.Nizzolo
138. B.Selander
100Me
141. N.Roche
142. S.Bennett
143. S.Gaywood
144. P.Kennaugh
145. D.Martin
146. J.Perrett
147. J.Sergent
148. I.Stannard
IKEA
151. A.Flügel
152. S.Balck
153. J.Bjelkmark
154. D.Kupfernagel
155. A.Linden
156. L.Lundberg
157. P.Sagan
158. A.Stillfors
Telenor
161. X.Florencio
162. G.Brown
163. O.Haavardsholm
164. A.Klier
165. C.Pfannberger
166. S.Remme
167. R.Te Brake
168. N.Østergaard
HighRoad
171. D.Devenyns
172. S.Finning
173. J.Hivert
174. Y.Kusters
175. G.Meersman
176. T.Meyer
177. C.Sastre
178. C.Vermeltfoort
Mercedes
181. B.Jacques-Maynes
182. A.Brea
183. S.Cozza
184. T.Peterson
185. B.Sinner
186. P.Stetina
187. E.Weiss
188. T.Zirbel
Pokerstars
191. A.Saramotins
192. M.Brus
193. F.Ericsson
194. M.Guillén
195. N.Ingels
196. N.Terpstra
197. J.Van Loocke
198. J.Wallays
Control
201. T.Boonratanathanakorn
202. S.Batchelor
203. K.Michely
204. A.Niyonshuti
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| Smowz |
Posted on 04-02-2011 22:09
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Those hilly stages look flat to me...mind you I doubt they are falt enough for Stannard.
Chances for Red Bull limited in this one, happy to be here I guess is our motto. It would be nice to see a rider make a go of trying to get in some breakaways.
Top class TTer company as you would expect can anyone really beat Ignatiev? First two stages will set up the positions of the TTs that could be important.
Probably a big race for Bacardi this - if it goes well they can perhaps prepare for the Protour next year!
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 04-02-2011 22:13
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I'm hoping a breakaway gets enough time, and one of my riders is in that group. Without a team leader it shouldn't be too much to ask for my team to be aggressive.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 04-02-2011 22:49
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I hope that the rising nature of stage two sees Ignatiev fight for the win, and possible sprint bonus seconds, to help him pull out a lead for the TT and hilly stages to follow. As I've seen time and time again this season, Kirchen is a man to fear, and not that I doubt Ignatiev, but I doubt my teams strength. Saying that, I've had 5 man squads get 1st and 3rd GC positions in the past, so I should have faith. Maybe. |
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| jack888 |
Posted on 05-02-2011 00:11
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I've got a few attacking riders here, maybe we can pick up KOM or something. |
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| Kami |
Posted on 05-02-2011 15:56
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I need a top 5 goal here, so i hope the last 2 stages are played hilly rather then flat, although i think the last one most definitely will. Kirchen is almost at the end of his season here. Only Giro dell'Emilia and Japan Cup left.
For the sprint, i hope for Goss who should have a decent team here for support.
@Smows: I hope you wright  . Although it will all be very close.
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| Roman |
Posted on 05-02-2011 17:59
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I have to hope in another Tour of Denmark for me here. I have Hushovd, De Gendt and Dall'Antonia here so I have some nice chances for the top 10 overall and for a stage win as well.
Ignatiev is the man to beat though.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-02-2011 22:19
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Excellent, my sprinters appear to be finally getting into the groove, and winning more!
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 05-02-2011 23:37
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Excellent, my sprinters appear to be finally getting into the groove, and winning more!
I remember this happening last season as well, 100% ME seemed to win just about everything at the back end of last season. |
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| Thrige |
Posted on 06-02-2011 00:06
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Baaaah... More or less perfect sprint, but still I have to settle for second. Annoying.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 06-02-2011 07:07
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Kennaugh did that to Red Bull/Manarelli at Avenir too Thrige I feel your pain!
Great sprint by Arashiro, gives me hope for stage two as well as leadout man Jelloul and Arashiro can both cope with hills. Mind you it may just be too hilly and turn into Ignatiev territory. But third place in such a large field is a boost to the morale for sure.
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| Kami |
Posted on 06-02-2011 10:42
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To bad Goss couldn't come around, might have been better for Kirchen to sprint. Did get the point jersey for now.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 06-02-2011 10:51
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Kirylenka nabbing those twenty seconds was very useful, but he doesn't get the yellow jersey which may have given him wings in the TT.
Jelloul was waiting expectantly for Arashiro but Yuki had been dropped! Time for Kilun, Zwizanski and Augustyn to deliver in the TT hopefully moving into the top 40 or so before the crap shoots of the hilly stages. Though I am more than a little concerned at my riders hanging around at the back of the peleton. It is fortunate that countback will not count for much in a race with a TT.
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| jack888 |
Posted on 06-02-2011 11:11
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I wonder how my riders managed to fail so hard after being positioned so well. Maybe it was Landaluze on Kairelis's whell with 3kms to go. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-02-2011 12:30
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Gah, so close for Dan Martin! Stupid Kiryenka
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 06-02-2011 14:43
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Well, it was looking ok with 8000m to go, but such a long lead out from a still-learning lead out man (Ratto) was bound to fail. Next season he'll be much stronger, and even more so the season after. Still, sitting pretty in the top 10 GC with Ignatiev is just fine for me. Hoping for the win in the TT, and then hold on with some mighty rubbish domestiques. |
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| Roman |
Posted on 06-02-2011 16:29
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Milka isn't riding here, right? De Gendt lost his overall chances in stage 2, he unfortunately lost some time. He had to crash or he had a puncture, damn..
And Thor isn't sprinting so far. I hope he can achieve something here in these last 3 stages..
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| beagle |
Posted on 06-02-2011 16:57
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my biggest hope Terpstra lost time on flat, while he was probably protecting Guillen or what?
I´d never believe that old Ericsson can achieve best place from my riders in stage race...
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| ltt |
Posted on 06-02-2011 17:35
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Looking for a good TT from Dempster on the next stage, and then hopefully he can hold on for the next 2 virtually flat, hilly stages. |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 06-02-2011 18:20
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Nice to see Konvolovas up in the front group. Hopefully he can pull out a good result. |
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