Simon is a great classics rider who will lead our team in the Paris-Nice where he'll go for a stage win and then in in the MSR and the Ardennes where he will try to get top 5s.
Gerro will also be an important rider in one of the GTs where he'll go for stage wins and be a luxury helper.
Gossy is one of the top sprinters in the peloton and will be in form early on for the TDU. He'll then go for the points jersey in the Giro, which will be tough, and the same in the Tour, which seems more realistic. If he fails in the Giro we'll retire him and let him build for the later season instead and races like Vattenfall and GP Ouest-France.
This experienced Swiss puncheur will be a co-leader/important helper for Gerrans in the Ardennes. He'll also try to get a stage win in the Tirreno-Adriatico.
Sebastian is a very strong, typical Dutch classics specialist. He will go for good results in the cobbled classics and then in the fall in the Eneco Tour.
You should try to attract Michael Matthews next season, he's bound to be one of the top sprinters in a couple of years and he's Australian You should also try to get Porte and/or Evans, so you'll have GC rider (just suggestions, not telling you what to do )
Edited by Ian Butler on 08-09-2012 12:53
We make our WT debut, in our home tour, with an all-Aussie team. Perfect. The sponsor wants a top 3 though. Davis will try to do well in the sprints and hang on in the hills, and Clarke, who's in good shape will try something on the two hilly stages.
Stage 1
That's one sexy jersey. No breakaway for Sully today though, as he'll be a vital lead-out man for Davis. His form is however low when it comes to this level of racing, so we'll see..
Meyer sees his breakaway companions drift away. Well, extreme is extremely hard after all..
We got a nice, little train going, with (f-t-b) Bobridge, O'Grady, Sully, Davis.
And Davis easily finishes is off!
Results
1 Allan Howard Davis Orica GreenEDGE 3h27'57 SweatyViking
2 Francesco Gavazzi Astana Pro Team s.t.
3 Koldo Fernández de Larrea Garmin - Sharp s.t.
4 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
5 Wesley Sulzberger Orica GreenEDGE s.t. SweatyViking
6 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t.
7 Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
8 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t.
9 Theo Bos Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
10 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank s.t.
Points
1 Xavier Florencio Cabre Katusha Team 12 12
2 Allan Howard Davis Orica GreenEDGE 8 8 SweatyViking
3 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol Team 6 6
4 Stephen Philip Cummings BMC Racing Team 6 6
5 Francesco Gavazzi Astana Pro Team 6 6
6 Koldo Fernández de Larrea Garmin - Sharp 4 4
KOM
1 Joost Van Leijen Lotto Belisol Team 16 16
2 Stephen Philip Cummings BMC Racing Team 12 12
3 Xavier Florencio Cabre Katusha Team 8 8
4 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling 6 6
5 Daniele Pietropolli Lampre - ISD 4 4
Suprised is that good.
