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Tour of Japan Discussion Thread
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| roturn |
Posted on 12-01-2012 14:04
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The Tour of Japan contains 5 criterium races of which 3 are really hilly and should suit the puncheurs a lot and 2 time trials: A short prologue and a hard mountain time trial on Mt Fuji.
So a mixture of puncheur and climber might be favored for this race as pure climbers might lose time on the hilly stages and pure puncheurs can lose a lot on Mt Fuji.
 John Gadret
The France is the top favourite here especially after looking at his squad. Moreno, Veloso and Moinard could all take a top 5 here, too. So surely the strongest squad.
Not to forget Sonnery, who might have less problems to pass the hills to grab a stage win as he might be one of the fast men here.
 De La Fuente & Koldo Gil
Team Bianchi sends a dangerous mix of two great stage racers into this race. Surely they hope for a podium here.
 John Augustyn
The South African is one of the strongest here but with a bit less support than first named. Nevertheless he will aim for a great result here.
 Fredrik Kessiakoff
The Swede will be on his own on most hilly stages, but with his skills he might bring Team WWE some points.
 Lloyd, Sano, Dao
In their home race the motivation you can almost feel their extra motivation. Especially the Japanese will try to present theirselves here but also Australian Lloyd can compete well here.
Not to forget home star and National champion Arashiro, who will try to win a stage.
 Przemyslaw Nimiec
Seeing that there are two time trials you must name Nimiec as one of the favourites as he is clearly the best time trialist of all climbers. On the other hand the prologue is very short and the pure climbers might have advantages on Mt Fuji.
Puncheurs with a kick for a stage win and with a good ride also a nice overall are  Froome,  Ben Nasser and  Costa.
Full startlist
Spoiler Red Bull
1. J. Gadret
2. R. Kilun
3. A. Moinard
4. D. Moreno
5. B. Sonnery
6. G. Veloso
7. E. Vorganov
Ferrari
11. P. Niemiec
12. S. Agostini
13. E. Capecchi
14. E. Girardi
15. M. Maisto
16. M. Possoni
17. M. Pozzo
Export
21. JL. Augustyn
22. A. Bajadali
23. N. Gauer
24. G. Hasta
25. D. Kairelis
26. M. Rutkiewicz
27. I. Seledkov
Bianchi
31. D. De la Fuente
32. J. AramendÃa
33. R. Dennis
34. K. Gil
35. P. Mazur
36. P. Rooijakkers
37. K. Vantornout
Hollister
41. Y. Martinez
42. R. Caminiti
43. J. Gutiérrez Palacios
44. J. Pantano Gómez
45. P. Pereyra
46. A. Proni
47. R. Sambris
WWE
51. F. Kessiakoff
52. J. Becerra
53. S. Damrow
54. A. Gottfried
55. J. Keukeleire
56. B. Tankink
57. D. Veilleux
CSC
61. R. Costa
62. I. Basso
63. S. Blanco
64. R. Maksimov
65. C. Sastre
66. A. Talansky
67. C. Verona
Meiji
71. M. Lloyd
72. Y. Arashiro
73. Y. Doi
74. A. Manan
75. S. Park
76. J. Sano
77. Y. Suzuki
Rapha Condor
81. C. Froome
82. C. Abdallah
83. D. Appleby
84. A. Belmokhtar
85. M. Hussein
86. I. Stannard
87. T. Swift-Metcalfe
Proximus
91. H. Ben Nasser
92. M. De Maar
93. I. Kip
94. L. Lefèvre
95. D. Shatskikh
96. Y. Stoltz
97. L. Tommersen
Trilux
101. S. Sousa
102. P. Bercz
103. T. Criel
104. T. Fothen
105. G. Rajala
106. R. Scholz
107. R. Zepunkte
Oz
111. M. Khalmuratov
112. G. Bennett
113. J. Bobridge
114. A. Haidar Anuawar
115. S. Lewis
116. P. Thuaux
117. J. Walker
Vespa
121. M. Cattaneo
122. L. Ascani
123. A. Balloni
124. D. Garbelli
125. A. Pagoto
126. M. Quinziato
127. R. Traficante
Pirelli
131. E. Murgoitio
132. S. Boggia
133. D. Caccia
134. D. Di Nucci
135. H. Dupont
136. S. Masciarelli
137. I. Santaromita |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 12-01-2012 14:08
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Hoping for Bobridge to do well in the opening ITT.. these hilly criteriums can become a real "massacre", we can expect some succesful breakaways there  I don't know if the mountain-timetrial will be decisive for the Final GC, but it looks quite "fun", at least for the fans!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 12-01-2012 14:18
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Hoping for a decent stage result or two from Niemiec, since I think he'll struggle on stage two, four and six with his low hill stat.
Still, in case he stays somewhat in contact with the other favourites on those stages, then a Top 10 / 5 overall shouldn't be impossible. Especially considering the much weaker field than I had expected.
EDIT: Mount Fuji is a road stage, isn't it?
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 12-01-2012 14:20
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| Christer |
Posted on 12-01-2012 14:30
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I want results! Win will be hard, but top ten seems doable.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 12-01-2012 16:01
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I added this to my story, so I have some experience with the results, however that was on PCM 10, so it may be a little different.
I think my squad is probably the best I could have made it, for all around purposes, and I wasn't too sure how strong the nationality bonus would be, so I put in Lloyd to hopefully achieve the team goals I set.
Unfortunately John Gadret is here.
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 12-01-2012 16:04
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A sharp attack with a strong climber on fuji, can actually eliminate 60-100 riders due to time limits
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 12-01-2012 16:10
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Hopefully for a stage win and a good result from Costa. And no crashes 
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| roturn |
Posted on 12-01-2012 16:24
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I haven`t played the Fuji stage yet. Still waiting for SN`s response if it is supposed to be a time trial as it is in the DB at the moment or a real 11km race like most of you say.
Nevertheless the first stage might be up tomorrow or on Saturday. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 12-01-2012 17:36
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Well and truly here to get something from a break or KOM....the AI no doubt will choose Balloni as the go to guy.... |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 12-01-2012 17:36
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To clarify, Fuji is a TT for Man-Game purposes - as it always has been in previous years.
The reason is, while an 11km road race would appear to be exciting, in PCM-reality, the AI just cant handle it and nothing much tends to happen, so it has to be a TT in order for the stage to create the gaps it is intended to do - results on the stage will be definately based around Mountain stat, rather than TT.
Sorry if that wasnt made clear in the race profiles thread. Had anybody asked, Id have always said it was a TT.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 12-01-2012 17:37
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 12-01-2012 17:39
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To be fair, I thought it was obvious that it would be a TT. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 12-01-2012 18:55
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Looking for a big performance from the team here, nothing less than a win is satisfactory.. though the usual three high placings on GC would be welcome also.
Perversely I am encouraged by a relatively big field that may well make breaks easier to control as other teams may help us out. Meiji and Oz Cycling for example have some good sprinters.
Gogogogo Gadret!
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 12-01-2012 19:18
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Got no expectations for this race, though I hope my riders will be visible in breakaways.
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| Rin |
Posted on 12-01-2012 19:24
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I hope de la Fuente will take at least the 2nd place on the podium as this was a race where I thought it won't be cracking hard for him to be on the podium because of the popularity of the race in the previous seasons (1st partipiciation for my team though)
He should win at least one of the hilly stages (without knowing Gadrets stats) and should minimize the lost time on the mountain ITT to Gadret
Team Bianchi - 2012 Man-Game ProContinental Tour Champions
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| Heine |
Posted on 12-01-2012 20:39
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Smowz have been good at choosing races for Gadret, I considered this race, but couldn't fit it in ;-) Good luck to everyone participating
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 13-01-2012 00:44
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Fuji TT then. Good news for me.
*Hopes Niemiec will have another Tachira MTT day* 
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| jack888 |
Posted on 13-01-2012 03:37
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I've really been looking forward to this one. Red Bull will have the favorites tag, so I'm tipping Kairellis to look for a sneaky breakaway stage win or two.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 13-01-2012 16:31
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Well done, Bobridge  Top-5 is a nice stage-result for Oz Cycling here.. it's one of our target-races, so please, Bobo, get us some more decent days like this!
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| Smowz |
Posted on 13-01-2012 18:17
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Excellent reporting from pcm daily's finest member
3 piccies of my guys and we only finished 9th! I guess the serious business starts on stage 2 as the war of attrition starts in earnest. If memory serves me correct this circuit for stage 2 isn't the toughest but a punchaer could well nip away.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 13-01-2012 18:38
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Only a second off the lead, I can live with that
And as always nice report roturn
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