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Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt Discussion Thread
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| roturn |
Posted on 16-04-2012 14:42
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Welcome to Austria, where we will see an exciting race through the Alps.
The stages are looking very promising with 2 really tough mountain top finishes, 2 hilly stages and 3 for the sprinters. Plus an ITT on the second last day to have another impact on the overall ranking.
And looking on the startlist it becomes even better. The biggest names riding in the Continental Tour take part.
No matter if Valverde, Alarcon, Van Den Broeck, Rujano, Pozzovivo, Caruso or Duarte. They are all here!
Coming to the favourites you would normally expect a stage racer being the favourite. So there is no way to come around  Van Den Broeck, who might be the best time trialist of the best climbers.
But also most of the other mountain goats aren`t bad against the clock.
So surely  Valverde is a big threat as well. The Spaniard had a decent Vuelta but this was Pro Tour. Back in the smaller division he should be one of the favourites in almost every race he participates.
 Rujano is also one of these super climbers in the CT. He will need a bit of time on the better time trialists in the mountains, so we can expect some attacks by him probably.
 Pozzovivo rode a pretty good Giro and surely wants the win in Austria.
 Alarcon. One of the big dominators of the season so far. In most mountain stages he was too strong for the opponents. Will we see such a domination again?
Also  Caruso,  Lövkvist,  Duarte,  Lloret,  Ratiy,  Kolesnikov or  Krasnoperov can win this one here on a good day.
So it`s pretty unpredictable to call a real favourite.
The other teams might go for some breakaways probably.
In the sprint competition we will see Chicchi,  Vingerling, Gatto, Guillen, Rizza and  Borrajo.
Not the biggest names but surely some interesting sprints as the biggest names are missing here.
A special view will be on the Division 2 team. A mix of 7 riders get another chance to shine. Again Laverde could be their leader as strongest climber. The rest of the team are mountain helpers, sprinters and a time trialist.
Surely they will need some appearances in the breakaways.
Full startlist
Spoiler Proximus
1. A. Valverde
2. H. Ben Nasser
3. L. Lefèvre
4. H. Ma
5. E. Reekers
6. Y. Stoltz
7. L. Tommersen
Vespa
11. D. Pozzovivo
12. N. Arndt
13. M. Cattaneo
14. O. Gatto
15. M. Kwiatkowski
16. E. Luzi
17. A. Passalacqua
Ferrari
21. G. Caruso
22. E. Capecchi
23. M. Maisto
24. M. Osella
25. M. Possoni
26. M. Pozzo
27. E. Rizza
Pirelli
31. J. Van den Broeck
32. D. Di Nucci
33. H. Dupont
34. A. DÃaz Corrales
35. F. Montaña
36. A. Saldarriaga
37. I. Santaromita
Pokerstars
41. J. Rujano
42. M. Guillén
43. N. Ingels
44. C. Kern
45. M. Maaskant
46. H. Raabe
47. J. Vermote
Aker Solutions
51. J. Alarcon
52. H. Duenas Nevado
53. L. Haedo
54. R. Jaramillo
55. L. Nordhaug
56. M. Ortega
57. J. Rojas Gil
Saab
61. T. Lövkvist
62. J. Bjelkmark
63. N. Brolin
64. F. Chicchi
65. T. Eltink
66. U. Galiev
67. M. Westling
Venchi
71. F. Duarte
72. V. Agnoli
73. M. Corti
74. O. Haavardsholm
75. B. Monterastelli
76. N. Tirloni
77. D. Viganò
Bianchi
81. M. Lloret
82. J. AramendÃa
83. D. De la Fuente
84. R. Dennis
85. P. Mazur
86. H. Schwab
87. K. Vantornout
Team VW
91. V. Ratiy
92. G. Brenes
93. R. Förster
94. B. Noval
95. C. Pfannberger
96. G. Preidler
97. D. Schorn
Tinkoff
101. S. Kolesnikov
102. M. Belkov
103. P. Ignatenko
104. P. Korzh
105. E. Petrov
106. K. Yatsevich
Export
111. M. Krasnoperov
112. G. Báez
113. D. De Fauw
114. G. Hasta
115. F. Montenegro
116. I. Seledkov
117. C. Van Ooijen
CSC
121. F. Colorado
122. A. Ajewole
123. S. Blanco
124. M. Dueñas
125. B. Lima
126. E. Parra Bustamante
127. E. Teruel
Rothaus
131. R. Ruijgh
132. J. Ariesen
133. C. Cucinotta
134. A. Gajek
135. T. Koep
136. J. Novak
137. D. Vesely
WWE
141. A. Diniz
142. S. Damrow
143. A. Gottfried
144. R. Sutherland
145. A. Txurruka
146. D. Veilleux
147. M. Vingerling
Trilux
151. S. Sousa
152. P. Bercz
153. T. Criel
154. D. Devenyns
155. S. Forke
156. G. Rajala
157. A. Schillenger
UniCredit
161. B. Vandborg
162. A. Borrajo
163. M. Brändle
164. S. Puccio
165. N. Quintana
166. T. Valjavec
167. T. Van der Sande
D2
171. I. Melero
172. S. Gaywood
173. S. Klimov
174. R. Laverde Velez
175. T. Lengyel
176. M. Sohrabi
177. F. Wilman
Edited by roturn on 17-04-2012 06:48
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| jaxika |
Posted on 16-04-2012 14:48
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Nice to see our D2 mix squad again and nice to see my Ivan Melero as listed nr1 in the team |
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| tyriion |
Posted on 16-04-2012 14:49
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Gonna support our D2 guys, hope we can make a show like in Guatemala. A lot bigger names here though to compete against.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 16-04-2012 14:49
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Must be one of the stronger C1 race lineups of the season, for the former ProTour race.
A break will probably win then 
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| roturn |
Posted on 16-04-2012 14:52
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Good that I just send Cucinotta and Ruijgh as decent riders here. The others are neo pros and Gayek, who is doing exactly what Kami predicted. 
Ruijgh top15 would be nice. Cucinotta hopefully a top5 in the sprints. |
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 16-04-2012 14:56
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Honestly didn't expect such a field due to the 8 race days and the long timetrial, but that doesn't change our ambitions here. We want VDB to fight for the overall win, and if he can stay in sight of the best climbers until that timetrial, then our first ever win of big importance should be achievable!
- Looking very much forward to this race after Roche's bullshit in Wales, this will hopefully go better!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 16-04-2012 15:03
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Hope for a Top 5, or perhaps even a podium from Caruso. He has been pretty strong in all the earlier mountainous races, so I set the bar high.
Valverde to win I think, but it'll be close against Pozzovivo and Alarcon.
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| ember |
Posted on 16-04-2012 15:04
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Oh boy, I thought I did something smart sending Alarcon here, as I thought it was a .HC-race, and not many others would use 8 race days on this race.
At least the start list is like a .HC-race, but that doesn't help my case
And with that long time trial, I honestly don't know what to expect, a top 6 maybe, podium if lucky.
Good luck to everyone else, at least it should be some great racing on the two mountain top stages. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 16-04-2012 15:04
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This should be an incredible race to watch. Looking forward to it.
Van den Broeck, if he stays in contact on the mountains, should be able to win this one comfortably.
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 16-04-2012 15:15
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I trust in the Cya-breakaway-logic. If that fails, i won´t get any points here.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 16-04-2012 15:29
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Good to see another D2 mixed team here. The level is much higher than in Guatemala, but hopefully they'll have a good race.
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| beagle |
Posted on 16-04-2012 15:40
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again super strong competition.I don´t like it at all
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-04-2012 15:50
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Happy to see Laverde Velez from Het here. I hope he goes into breaks in mountain stages and tries to get the KoTM jersey for D2. Not happy about the field though
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| jph27 |
Posted on 16-04-2012 15:51
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Gaywood may be able to take a stage win. He can sprint and get over hills, or win from a break. Team Div2 looks pretty strong. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 16-04-2012 16:13
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Hoping for a top 10 by Lövkist here, hopefully sneak behind the favourites and not loose to much time and on the last hilly stage go in the break and take the yellow jersey and then defend it on the TT 
Why did I send Chicchi here? On stage 1 and 6 he will be tired because of those little hills and on the last stage he is to tired because of the hard stages before that one
Well feel free to suprise me here Chicchi
Will definitely be a fun race to watch!
and roturn I saw that Lövkvist has Ferrari´s jersey and not Saab´s in the preview just so you know
Edited by viking90 on 16-04-2012 16:14
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 16-04-2012 16:23
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viking90 wrote:
and roturn I saw that Lövkvist has Ferrari´s jersey and not Saab´s in the preview just so you know
Shh... I payed him to be Caruso's ally.
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| Christer |
Posted on 16-04-2012 16:27
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Well. If I get anything out of this, I will be surprised.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 16-04-2012 18:32
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
viking90 wrote:
and roturn I saw that Lövkvist has Ferrari´s jersey and not Saab´s in the preview just so you know
Shh... I payed him to be Caruso's ally.
yeah, I was afraid something like this was going on, if Caruso wins this race I can count on a return favor? |
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 16-04-2012 18:35
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Wow, it was a pleasure to follow the active D2-team in Guatemala, but this Continental start-field really means business.
Will be hard for our guys to do anything other than to get in some breakaways, and it will be very interresting to see the Alarcón vs Valverde duel, but VDB might snatch it due to his TT-skills. Will be an amazing race to follow 
Edited by Bjartne on 16-04-2012 18:36
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 16-04-2012 19:10
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viking90 wrote:
Pellizotti2 wrote:
viking90 wrote:
and roturn I saw that Lövkvist has Ferrari´s jersey and not Saab´s in the preview just so you know
Shh... I payed him to be Caruso's ally.
yeah, I was afraid something like this was going on, if Caruso wins this race I can count on a return favor?
Sure, we're always ready to help a Swedish compatriot!
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