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Tour Meditteraneen Discussion
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 10:11
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The Tour Meditteraneen is here and what an excellent hilly stage race this is, most of them require luck, timing of attacks and everyone else letting you go to win, here however we end on arguably the hardest finish in the CT that is still called a hill.
Averaging almost 10% Mount Faron will be where this race is won and lost, mostly lost by those who flattered to deceive on the easier sections of the race.
As such the line up here is as strong as any race in the CT, with the two Italians, Ginanni and Di Maggio leading the way. After them we have Kolobnev, Kessler, Vanendert and Bellis with very real shots of winning, as well as hove favourite Roy.
For the sprints Hushovd is in town, he will be competing against Corioni, Gavazzi and Trusov
Startlist:
Spoiler Vespa
1. F. Ginanni
2. M. Bono
3. D. Garbelli
4. M. Gavazzi
5. A. Pagoto
6. A. Passalacqua
7. A. Petrie-Armstrong
Trilux
11. M. Kessler
12. M. Fahnert
13. G. Rajala
14. A. Schillenger
15. G. Smukulis
16. S. Sousa
17. R. Zepunkte
Venchi
21. C. Di Maggio
22. F. Aru
23. C. Corioni
24. M. Corti
25. O. Haavardsholm
26. P. Haugard
27. L. Sestili
Bpost
31. J. Vanendert
32. S. Dillier
33. C. Gautier
34. M. La Lavandier
35. S. Poulhiès
36. J. Stallaert
37. W. Van Den Eynde
Rapha Condor
41. J. Bellis
42. D. Appleby
43. N. Berhane
44. T. Grmay
45. D. Jiriakov
46. W. Sulzberger
47. T. Teklit
Tinkoff
51. A. Kolobnev
52. P. Ignatenko
53. D. Kozontchuk
54. E. Petrov
55. I. Rovny
56. N. Trusov
57. K. Yatsevich
Focus
61. J. Roy
62. J. Adams
63. J. Debusschere
64. K. Elissonde
65. D. Gaudin
66. A. Kirsch
67. T. Meyer
Cyclevox
71. I. Konovalovas
72. C. Beyer
73. W. Connolly
74. A. Coutts
75. C. Knees
76. T. Rabou
77. S. Richardson
Rothaus
81. R. Hesjedal
82. C. Cucinotta
83. T. Koep
84. M. Landa
85. J. Novak
86. R. Ruijgh
87. D. Vesely
Saab
91. M. Wyss
92. N. Aistrup
93. N. Brolin
94. T. Eltink
95. T. Hushovd
96. J. Lindgren
97. J. Pronk
Koppert
101. S. Langeveld
102. F. Goesinnen
103. A. Kamyshev
104. J. McCarthy
105. W. Stroetinga
106. J. Thomson
107. R. Van Zandbeek
Cerne
111. B. Pires
112. A. Antunes
113. M. Biondo
114. B. Borges
115. A. Cardoso
116. M. Portela
117. R. Reis
Puma
121. W. Kelderman
122. N. Bouhanni
123. T. Dumoulin
124. M. Egger
125. O. Le Gac
126. J. Sütterlin
127. M. Vogt
A
131. M. Said
132. H. Afif
133. Y. Bear
134. T. Bucher
135. N. Hortig
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-08-2011 10:29
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No big ambitions in the overall here. Top10 would be a big success for me. Also in the sprints Corioni is my bet and nothing for my riders.
The biggest question is, who will win this HC mountain on stage 1?  |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 10:39
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*Puts Money on Ginanni*
Will be interesting to watch. Potentially it could all come down to Stage 5, as a Sprinter who can climb half decently could still lead at that point. In other news, it's almost time for the first ever CDiv2 race, the Dubai Grand Prix. Excitement is building. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 10-08-2011 10:43
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Entertaining profile with Mt. Faron,good luck everybody.
And finish it fast, Div2 opener is near as jph27 is saying 
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 10-08-2011 10:55
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First target race of the season. I have a pretty strong line-up here, so this will be very interesting. I hope Di Maggio can perform good, but with Ginanni here it will be tough to gain a stage win, or the GC. Stage 5 doesn't suit him very well either, but we will see. And maybe Corioni can bring me the first win of the season?
Edited by Sykkel_Freak on 10-08-2011 10:56
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 10:59
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I´d be surprised if Ginanni can´t take the GC. For me, the Top 10 is the aim, with some luck Kessler should even finish in the Top 5.
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-08-2011 11:06
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Some more fun facts again:
- Italy with the biggest amount of riders (13), followed by the Netherlands (10) and Germany (9).
- France with just 8 riders riding for Bpost, Focus and Puma
- Weakest rider: William Connoly (Cyclevox/62,80)
- Strongest rider: Francesco Ginanni (Vespa/77,40)
- Average average: 69,916
- Matthias Kessler (Trilux) with 455.000 the highest salary
- Average wage: 101310,99
- 17 loanies, 3 of them from Wikipedia and Carmeuse
- Youngest rider: Alex Kirsch (Focus/19)
- Oldest rider: Thor Hushovd (Saab/34)
- Average age: 25,275
- Youngest team: Puma - SAP by far (20,429)
- Oldest team: Saab Scania (28,000)
- 2 National Road Champions: Jiriakov (Rapha/Lie), Smukulis (Trilux/Lat)
- 2 National ITT Champions: Konovalovas (Cyclevox/Ltu), Hushovd(Saab/Nor), but no TT here
My winning bet is on Jeremy Roy due to his attacking spirit and national bonus followed by Ginanni.
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 11:08
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Yes, already the first win for Kessler
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 11:14
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I think it will be a battle between Ginanni and Roy. Ginanni because he's the best puncheur and Roy because of the nationality bonus.
Also looking forward to see Di Maggio.
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| beagle |
Posted on 10-08-2011 11:24
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roturn wrote:
No big ambitions in the overall here. Top10 would be a big success for me. Also in the sprints Corioni is my bet and nothing for my riders.
The biggest question is, who will win this HC mountain on stage 1?
maybe I´m totally wrong, but both Hesjedal and Ruijgh can do a lot of great job for you here...I guess Mt. Faron could be too hard for pure puncheur like Di Maggio, Roy or maybe even Ginanni
I expect great and open battle until very end here, good luck to all participants
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-08-2011 11:36
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I don`t know what is the mountain/hill ratio there. But it might be something like 0,5-0,75 I think. Then definitely I might have chances for a good placement there. But I think if there are attacks on the other hard stages, then I will already lose something. So top10 maybe, but then it´s maximum I think. But let`s see. Haven`t played much PCM11 yet, so still to learn the best predictions.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 11:40
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roturn wrote:
I don`t know what is the mountain/hill ratio there. But it might be something like 0,5-0,75 I think. Then definitely I might have chances for a good placement there. But I think if there are attacks on the other hard stages, then I will already lose something. So top10 maybe, but then it´s maximum I think. But let`s see. Haven`t played much PCM11 yet, so still to learn the best predictions.
But I take more of course.
The ratio on the last stage is 0.2
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| kumazan |
Posted on 10-08-2011 11:44
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Ginnani is the favorite imo, but I'm sure we'll have again a great last stage, as everything will be decided in the slopes of the Mont Faron.
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 10-08-2011 11:49
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This will be a really interesting race to follow. Nice profile. Let's hope somebody can upset the odds, and beat Ginnani
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-08-2011 12:06
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Thanks mb2612. Then my first prediction was better, that Hesjedal will have it harder as the mountain stat isn`t that important.
Sprints will be thrilling with Corioni alone in the high quality area and then lots of good sprinters behind him.
Also interesting to follow Puma-SAP, which are participating with 7 talents. |
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| kopfan |
Posted on 10-08-2011 12:53
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Will definitely be an interesting race, looking forward to following it
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-08-2011 12:55
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Hopefully Bellis can continue or hills form - and take up the role Wegmann had in Wellington: attacking in the hills, sprinting on the flat
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| Smowz |
Posted on 10-08-2011 13:36
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This is going to be a really tough race to predict, guessing it will be a week of attrition before that final stage on Mont Faron.
Vespa and Trilux will be looking to control and I think they can just about managed it with Ginanni going two from two.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 13:53
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Actually, this race is a leftover of my pre-transfer approach of a puncheur-team.
Surprisingly, it's even a season goal
Now, this is only an exp-gainer and a test for Avenir, where the lineup will be quite similar.
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| beagle |
Posted on 10-08-2011 14:27
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cio93 wrote:
Now, this is only an exp-gainer and a test for Avenir, where the lineup will be quite similar.
did you already receive ticket?
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