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Copenhagen - Malmo TTT Discussion
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| CountArach |
Posted on 05-04-2012 16:14
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Formerly the Eindhoven TTT, this race now takes place going from Danish Copenhagen to Swedish Malmo. The format remains the same though – a mostly flat TTT that will be a true test of who has the greatest depth in time trialists. There is a single climb of about 1.4km that maxes out at 11%, but isn’t really that steep most of the way up.
Unsurprisingly the biggest favourites are  Jack Wolfskin. With Posthuma, Cornu, Gesink and Van Winden on board, who could look past them? They won this race last year and their train appears to be even stronger this year. This is a big goal for their team so they will be looking to perform.
Looking to challenge them are a handful of other teams, who might be considered chances for, if not necessarily the win, then certainly a podium place.  Sony Ericsson are one of these teams. They have a deep list of time trialists, such as German national champion Lang, as well as Trofimov. Expect a strong ride.
 Nestle are another team that really should be watched. They have some really strong time trialists like Fiedler, Mottin and Karpets, but their biggest problem will be that, apart from their handful of big name rouleurs, their extra men will struggle to help too much throughout the race. This lack of depth may hurt them, but that remains to be seen.
Coppel leads his  Milka team here and will be hoping for a big result. Just like with Nestle, they lack a bit of depth, but their starts are bigger. Coppel could probably ride this faster on his own, to be honest, and he will probably be doing huge turns on the front. He should get some help from the likes of De Gendt and Kreuziger, however.
Another team who could pull out a surprising result are  Festina. What they lack in start power they make up for in absolute depth. Bochman is the only man on their line up who isn’t already a superb time trialists, and even he isn’t too bad. Expect a great result from Festina, who can also take heart from the fact that there aren’t likely to be any crashes out on course.
There are a handful of other teams who could put in strong times, and it is entirely possible that we could see an upset tomorrow, particularly if the weather is a bit odd. We will go through each team in more detail when the race is being run. The starting order is as follows:
Pendleton’s Twicer
Milka – Vittel
Festina – Conec
Pearl Adidas
UBS – La Pierre
Jack Wolfskin
Cafe de Colombia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
Meiji – Fuji
Nestle Cycling Team
Spyker Cars
Warner Brothers
Team B&O
Santander
Sony Ericsson
Wiggle – San Pellegrino
Carmeuse – Bouygues Telecom
Webeffect
Wikipedia
Bacardi – Ignis
And the full startlist:
Spoiler B&O
1. E. Hagen
2. M. Christensen
3. C. Jørgensen
4. T. Riber-Sellebjerg
5. J. Sagan
6. K. Sobota
7. A. Steensen
8. S. Stenersen
Sony
11. Y. Trofimov
12. J. Danacik
13. F. Johansson
14. S. Lang
15. M. Mortensen
16. S. Pauwels
17. V. Renäng
18. A. Wetterhall
UBS
21. S. Schumacher
22. R. Bertogliati
23. D. Champion
24. R. Chtioui
25. T. Frei
26. K. Lalouette
27. D. Lelay
28. F. Stalder
Pearl
31. J. Vastaranta
32. T. Kangert
33. T. Machado
34. J. Mendes
35. Y. Offredo
36. B. Samoilev
37. P. Velits
38. W. Walker
Nestlé
41. D. Vitoria
42. H. Broco
43. S. Denifl
44. J. Fiedler
45. P. Gretsch
46. V. Karpets
47. H. Mottin
48. M. Schär
Wikipedia
51. T. Phinney
52. C. Barton
53. B. Bookwalter
54. B. Caldwell
55. C. Meier
56. D. Pate
57. D. Rollin
58. A. Sebright
Carmeuse
61. K. Peeters
62. B. Curfs
63. T. Gallopin
64. M. Kneisky
65. G. Levarlet
66. C. Lhotellerie
67. J. Suaza
68. S. Vandousselaere
Santander
71. A. Galdos
72. D. Allonca
73. F. Echarri
74. I. Erviti
75. J. Moreno
76. D. Ortega
77. J. Rienda Segura
78. R. Serrano
Pendleton's
81. M. Ladagnous
82. S. Cummings
83. T. Faiers
84. D. Menchov
85. D. Millar
86. K. Siutsou
87. B. Wiggins
88. D. Zabriskie
Meiji
91. J. Bauer
92. F. Beppu
93. Y. Hiratsuka
94. HT. Kwok
95. S. Lagutin
96. J. Murakami
97. T. Scully
98. Y. Wei
Wiggle
101. I. Bibby
102. V. Bileka
103. S. Burke
104. T. Diggle
105. R. Hampton
106. B. Jarc
107. T. Kritskiy
108. M. Moser
Warner Bros
111. G. Coletta
112. A. Castro Rodriguez
113. K. De Ketele
114. C. Le Mével
115. T. Pinto
116. J. Redondo
117. R. Van Houts
118. M. Van der Pluijm
Bacardi
121. J. Kocjan
122. G. Bagdonas
123. T. Butterfield
124. J. Ghyselinck
125. D. Grabovski
126. M. Heijboer
127. M. Keizer
128. S. Kondrotas
Festina
131. M. Bernaudeau
132. L. Bøchman
133. T. Dees
134. M. Fothen
135. K. Goddaert
136. O. Kaisen
137. R. Navardauskas
138. D. Rijntjes
Vesuvio
141. M. Barth
142. D. Claerebout
143. N. Clesen
144. M. Ford
145. M. Kittel
146. M. Kvasina
147. D. Stundzia
148. J. Wallays
Milka
151. J. Coppel
152. M. Bouet
153. L. Bret
154. T. De Gendt
155. R. Kreuziger
156. A. Malori
157. Y. Nepomnyachsniy
158. R. Porte
Webeffect
161. S. Nooytens
162. T. Bontenackels
163. R. Bourdouxhe
164. G. Brizuela
165. T. Danielson
166. G. Gazvoda
167. A. Mironov
168. F. Silvestre
Jack Wolfskin
171. B. Vaugrenard
172. D. Cornu
173. K. De Kort
174. J. Donald
175. R. Gesink
176. R. Plaza
177. J. Posthuma
178. D. Van Winden
Spyker
181. B. Kadri
182. A. Geniez
183. V. Gusev
184. N. Scheunemann
185. D. Teklehaimanot
186. A. Vichot
187. E. Weiss
188. A. Zeits
Colombia
191. M. Rogers
192. D. Abal
193. A. Ardila Cano
194. S. Ivars
195. S. Joly
196. F. Perez Sanchez
197. W. RodrÃguez Parra
198. J. Tendero
Edited by SportingNonsense on 05-04-2012 16:15
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| Kami |
Posted on 05-04-2012 16:19
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Hmmm, starting last, i actually like that. It's my strongest TT team bar Ricco. A top 5 might be possible with a bit of luck, will probably depends on the wind and form of the day.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-04-2012 16:28
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Go Team! 
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 05-04-2012 16:37
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Praying weather conditions deteriorate rapidly...
Could do quite well in this but they can be hard to predict. Apart from the winner. We all know the winner 
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 05-04-2012 17:32
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We've done well so far in the TTT. Hope for a placing in the top half of teams close to top 5. Bit early going off for my liking - but suppose we're going off after a number of strong teams. |
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| niconico |
Posted on 05-04-2012 17:38
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Doesn't being first on the startlist mean you're the favourite? In that case why oh why am I the first on the startlist??
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-04-2012 18:16
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This is my absolute best TTT team if I recall, so hopefully my team puts in an alright time.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-04-2012 18:22
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valverde321 wrote:
This is my absolute best TTT team if I recall, so hopefully my team puts in an alright time.
Good luck staying within 2 minutes to my train 
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| CountArach |
Posted on 05-04-2012 23:42
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niconico wrote:
Doesn't being first on the startlist mean you're the favourite? In that case why oh why am I the first on the startlist??
It doesn't seem to work that way for TTTs
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| Roman |
Posted on 06-04-2012 00:16
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I hope for a good result, top 5 should be possilbe for me, hopefully..
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-04-2012 15:46
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What decides the startlist? 3rd off the ground is bad for us I reckon. I would much rather be among the last 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-04-2012 15:48
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Its completely random I think.
Yep, just opened up the race and got a different order altogether.
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-04-2012 15:58
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Alright. Is it also random which teams get the better odds of winning? Or is it just me who would normally fancy a late start?
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 06-04-2012 16:48
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The last few versions it was always the late starters who won.
This version appears to be a bit more forgiving based on Rogers beating other top TT-ers despite going off earlier at least two times this season. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 07-04-2012 13:44
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I should have the race up tomorrow. I am aiming to write the most detailed TTT report on this site, so it is all taking me a long time.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-04-2012 13:54
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CountArach wrote:
I should have the race up tomorrow. I am aiming to write the most detailed TTT report on this site, so it is all taking me a long time.
Talk all the time you need. Just make sure that I win
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| CountArach |
Posted on 08-04-2012 05:09
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There we go, I hope everyone enjoyed it.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2012 05:20
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That was one of the most enjoyable TTT reports I've ever read 
And happy to not finish last. Just unfortunate we nearly got caught at the end.
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| ember |
Posted on 08-04-2012 06:47
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Rock solid report, great
And congratulations to Jack Wolfskin, after failing in Qatar, they're really proving themselves to be the strongest machine in a team time trial. |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 08-04-2012 09:15
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Happy enough with that. Thanks for the report Arach.
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