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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 18-06-2012 18:09
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Once the Tour of Pologne ends, it is time for the 3rd HC Stage Race of the month - a mountains opportunity for all those who did not fancy the trip to Portugal. There is the added challenge though of a team time trial - plus a hell of a lot of narrow roads.
Susprisingly though, the field is not as stacked in the mountains as some other races have been this season. Two names clearly stand out, as two of the promotion fighting teams go head to head:  Jurgen van den Broeck vs  Jose Rujano. If the race all comes down to the final stage, then one of these two should surely win it - but have their teams brough strong enough TTT support to keep them in contention?
The favourites for the TTT will surely be  TCS Bank, and they will hope to use it to launch Vladimir Efimkin to a strong result. Perhaps the TT skills of Lucas Schadlich will also be able to help  Vadim Ratiy enter the final stage in a strong position?
Over at Bianchi,  Manuel Lloret is a big fan of this race having been 3rd last year, and 2nd in 2010. He can call on strong support as well, from the likes of David de la Fuente - with a couple of stage race victories already under his belt this season.
The other top climber on the startlist is  Igor Anton. Spanish rider, Spanish team, Spanish race - he will surely have the home support!
Others hoping to be in the GC mix are:  John-Lee Augustyn,  Ryder Hesjedal,  Pedro Nicacio, and  Peter Stetina.
There are two flat stages, but not a lot of the top sprinters have made the journey here - thus giving an opportunity to some of the lower tier sprinters. Double Tachira stage winner  Jorgensen will race competition from the TCS Bank duo Trusov and Markov, the UniCredit duo  Van Poppel and Bonnet, plus  Keisse and Maaskant.
The hilly stage, focused around it's uphill finish, is likely to be contested by many of the GC riders. But if not them, then Roux should go strongly.
Spoiler Pirelli
1. J. Van den Broeck
2. S. Boggia
3. D. Caccia
4. G. Cheula
5. D. Di Nucci
6. A. DÃaz Corrales
7. A. Saldarriaga
8. I. Santaromita
Pokerstars
11. J. Rujano
12. D. Boucher
13. S. Clement
14. M. Maaskant
15. H. Raabe
16. N. Terpstra
17. J. Van Goolen
18. J. Vermote
CSC
21. I. Antón
22. A. Ajewole
23. S. Blanco
24. J. Gelabert
25. C. Lewis
26. J. Rodas
27. C. Verona
28. C. Zaballa
Tinkoff
31. V. Efimkin
32. P. Brutt
33. A. Khatuntsev
34. V. Kiryenka
35. S. Kolesnikov
36. A. Markov
37. A. Ovechkin
38. N. Trusov
Bianchi
41. M. Lloret
42. J. AramendÃa
43. D. De la Fuente
44. R. Dennis
45. K. Gil
46. P. Mazur
47. H. Schwab
48. K. Vantornout
Team VW
51. V. Ratiy
52. W. Anacona
53. G. Brenes
54. W. Li
55. C. Müller
56. C. Pfannberger
57. K. Predatsch
58. L. Schädlich
Ferrari
61. P. Niemiec
62. E. Capecchi
63. E. Girardi
64. M. Maisto
65. M. Osella
66. S. Pirazzi
67. M. Possoni
68. A. Scodeller
Export
71. JL. Augustyn
72. C. Evans
73. D. Kairelis
74. F. Montenegro
75. S. Raisin
76. K. Seeldraeyers
77. C. Van Ooijen
78. T. Ziegler
Rothaus
81. R. Hesjedal
82. J. Ariesen
83. H. Blank
84. A. Krieger
85. M. Landa
86. M. Schachmann
87. M. Velits
88. C. Von Kleinsorgen
Cerne
91. P. Nicácio
92. A. Cardoso
93. A. Carvalho
94. J. Insausti
95. R. Martins
96. R. Reis
97. R. Vilela
98. E. Viviani
Cal Giant
101. P. Stetina
102. B. Colex
103. S. Cozza
104. A. Howes
105. B. Jacques-Maynes
106. T. Peterson
107. K. Reijnen
108. T. Zirbel
UniCredit
111. S. Ortega
112. L. Bernucci
113. W. Bonnet
114. M. Brändle
115. S. Puccio
116. B. Van Poppel
117. T. Van der Sande
118. G. Visconti
Aker Solutions
121. R. Jaramillo
122. J. Castroviejo
123. J. Jørgensen
124. A. Lund
125. L. Nordhaug
126. A. Roux
127. J. Rovira
128. J. Zrimsek
Trilux
131. S. Sousa
132. P. Bercz
133. T. Criel
134. T. Fothen
135. I. Keisse
136. G. Rajala
137. A. Saramotins
138. R. Zepunkte
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| Smowz |
Posted on 18-06-2012 18:53
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This is probably a good one for my former rider Augustyn he is an attacking style of rider and a gusty climber. Like the chances for the Emu climbing squad to cause an upset - at least thats what I hope keep those Pokerstars and Pirelly away from the top spots in the CTour!
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| ember |
Posted on 18-06-2012 19:04
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I can only hope for a stage win from here, though that will be very, very hard. I can't see Roux win an uphill sprint, and Jørgensen will most likely struggle to have power left for the sprint finishes, meaning I'll have to cross my fingers for successful breakaways, with Akerrider(s) in it!
Will be interesting to see if Anton can mix it with Rujano and VDB on the final mountain stage, with Ratiy also being a strong outsider, can't forget completely about another rider racing at home; Lloret. |
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 18-06-2012 19:30
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Without any expectations i can´t be disappointed. My goals are similar to ember´s.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 18-06-2012 19:40
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I'm glad the TT is a team event. Hopefully the team doesn't drop Stetina, and he can lose as little time as possible.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 18-06-2012 19:51
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I can only be happy comparing this startlist with Volta a Portugal. I just hope Nicácio can hold onto a top10 placing, which may be achievable given the hilly stages, where he usually disappears, are almost suppressed here.
Anyway it will all boil down to VDB and Rujano imo. There are only 20km of TTT, so that won't make much impact in the outcome of the race.
btw nice preview SN.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 18-06-2012 20:08
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Yeaaa a weak start list for Anton, hopefully the Spanish crowds push him to victory, or at least a top 3.
Edited by Mresuperstar on 18-06-2012 20:08
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| Heine |
Posted on 18-06-2012 20:37
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Come on Ratiy, I need a good result! Hopefully sending Schadlich, Müller and Li (together with Ratiy himself) should give me a good result in the TTT
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| CountArach |
Posted on 18-06-2012 23:56
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Rujano to take it I think with Anton in third.
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| roturn |
Posted on 19-06-2012 10:48
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Hoping for a top 10 by Hesjedal.
Also a breakaway win by Velits, Von Kleinsorgen or Blank would be great. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 19-06-2012 12:28
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last chance for Rujano to collect some points this season, hopefully he won´t be caught behind in split like he already did once...
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-06-2012 16:18
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Can always hope that Niemiec will surprise, but I don't expect much.
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| jack888 |
Posted on 19-06-2012 17:30
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Smowz wrote:
This is probably a good one for my former rider Augustyn he is an attacking style of rider and a gusty climber. Like the chances for the Emu climbing squad to cause an upset - at least thats what I hope keep those Pokerstars and Pirelly away from the top spots in the CTour!
We've done alright this season when we aren't top favorites. Quite few breakaway victories, hopefully we send someone decent into that stage 5 break and see what happens!
Failing that, finishing within 10 mins of VDB and Rujano will suffice  |
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| ember |
Posted on 21-06-2012 15:33
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Shame Nordhaug crashed, he's the type of rider that could have sneaked away in a breakaway. Thought Jørgensen had the perfect position for the sprint, but he didn't seem to have it, at least he was in the mix, which is good. Interesting days to come for those with overall ambitions. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 21-06-2012 15:59
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I´d never say Maaskant can be rated as outsider in sprint. He showed he can though, with strong 4th place 
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 21-06-2012 16:04
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Capecchi! 
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| CountArach |
Posted on 22-06-2012 16:44
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Weird result with none of the favourites near the front - I choose to believe it is the narrow roads.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 22-06-2012 16:56
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Nice result from Niemiec, although the narrow roads messed that up for some of his rivals. Still, I'm happy that he gained a little bit of time.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 22-06-2012 16:56
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It's a short hill top finish at the end of a long flat run, which from my experience always plays out wierd.
That said I wouldn't have expected the break to make it. Bianchi masterfully moving their pieces in play - though Rujano is still the overwhelming favourite really.
I still actually fancy (hope!) a surprise in the last stage.
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| ember |
Posted on 22-06-2012 17:05
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That was brilliant by Nordhaug, just brilliant. And very nice reporting of the last 2 kilometers, SN, thought Nordhaug didn't have the legs seeing how far he was behind in the "Reis-picture."
I'm over the moon, kind of magic to see one of our two Norwegians takes a win for us. If the coming stages are just like this one, with narrow roads, it's probably going to be a lottery all the way through. Can only cross fingers we continue to join the breakaways, but we've already got more than I expected out of this.
Edited by ember on 22-06-2012 17:16
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