Le Tour de l'Avenir Discussion
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SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:28
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The biggest Under 23 race on the calendar will of course be raced in the Management game, with teams of 6-9 competing. It will be raced at the same time as the Olympics, and should a rider be available to ride both - you can choose which one. So for example, Addy can choose whether Mark Cavendish goes to the Olympics or Avenir.
To enter, a Rider must be aged 22, 21, 20, 19, 18 etc etc on September 1st 2008, anyone older can not ride.
As I said teams of 6-9 enter and here are the automatic entries:
Accumalux (Will need to pick 9 out of 12)
Ferrari (Will need to pick 9 out of 11)
Maxbo Bianchi
Telefonica
Benfica
SouthAustralia.com
HealthNet/Cycling24
Virgin
Designa Kokken
La Gazetta dello Flogas (Mrlol and Addy291)
The Telecyclists (Zutcorp and Setzel)
Ag2r - France Televisions (JustinWk and Stemple)
Quarterlife Crisis (Waghlon, Levi4life, Rodda and Dave92)
As you can see, theres only 10 teams and some teams have been merged together. All of the other teams have less than 6 U23 riders BUT you can agree to merge together with 1 or more other teams for this race only, in order to get in.
Here is a list of all the teams that have less than 6 U23 riders:
Une Orbitel 4
Wiesenhof 3
Volksbank 2
Ceramica Panaria 2
Carrefour 1
Credit Agricole 1
Discovery Channel 1
Relax Gam 1
If you agree a deal with another team to ride, you must both post or PM me confirmation.
The riders who I would make as favourites for the race our Benat Intxausti, Robert Gesink, David Abal, Fabio Duarte, Magno Nazaret and Rigoberta Uran (Although Uran, Gesink, Nazaret and Abal are currently not in it yet - could be teams to try and merge with ).
The best sprinters would be Cavendish, Goss and Ciolek (Ciolek isnt in it yet).
Edited by SportingNonsense on 15-12-2007 10:19
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Setzel |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:32
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sorry to ask is cataldo my rider for this race ? i think he is the only u 23 dude
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Addy291 |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:33
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I have no idea what is happening
so we have to check our riders and see who is the correct age then sign them up?
Edited by Addy291 on 19-11-2007 17:35
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Setzel |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:35
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Addy291 wrote:
I have no idea what is happening
Neither do I but i didnt want to be offtopic so i thought cataldo is my only men didnt want to ask who guessed and asked if i am right
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SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:38
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setzel wrote:
sorry to ask is cataldo my rider for this race ? i think he is the only u 23 dude
Dmitri Claeys is Domina's guy - he is the joint best hilly guy in their. Andy Schleck is 3 months too old, Dario Cataldo is 6 months too old, and Jelle Vanendert is 7 months too old.
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SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:38
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Addy, if you ask more specific questions, ill be able to answer you.
First of all: Would you like Cavendish to ride in the Tour de l'Avenir or the Olympics?
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Posted on 19-11-2007 17:39
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Mandri, Abal, Kruopis and Konovalovas are the 4 for me, talented riders and I'd like to see them participate preferably in cooperation with a French TeamB)
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Addy291 |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:42
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ok Cav for Avenir
I was tempted to put him at the Olympics, but i feel he would win more here
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Setzel |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:43
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SportingNonsense wrote:
setzel wrote:
sorry to ask is cataldo my rider for this race ? i think he is the only u 23 dude
Dmitri Claeys is Domina's guy - he is the joint best hilly guy in their. Andy Schleck is 3 months too old, Dario Cataldo is 6 months too old, and Jelle Vanendert is 7 months too old.
NO just 3 months can't he get a permission he is not like 8 months just 3
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JustinWK |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:49
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I've already pm-ed someone to cooperate withB)
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SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:54
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setzel wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
setzel wrote:
sorry to ask is cataldo my rider for this race ? i think he is the only u 23 dude
Dmitri Claeys is Domina's guy - he is the joint best hilly guy in their. Andy Schleck is 3 months too old, Dario Cataldo is 6 months too old, and Jelle Vanendert is 7 months too old.
NO just 3 months can't he get a permission he is not like 8 months just 3
Sorry Setzel, Schleck is too old.
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mrlol |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:56
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I'm up to join a team with a 76 TT and 78 sprint guys able to win a stage here |
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Waghlon |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:57
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I bet my U23 guy is my slovenian for the olympics. Still though, how about a couple of us with only one rider unite up? We could call ourselves "Team Midlife Crisis"!
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Setzel |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:59
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who want my guy the best hill stat on his team he cant race this race alone offers ?
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Posted on 19-11-2007 18:01
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Waghlon wrote:
I bet my U23 guy is my slovenian for the olympics. Still though, how about a couple of us with only one rider unite up? We could call ourselves "Team Midlife Crisis"!
It's actually Niels Albert
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Posted on 19-11-2007 19:00
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This is going to be an awesome race for my youngsters
But what exactly do you mean I have to select 9 out of 11?
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Posted on 19-11-2007 19:25
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Waghlon wrote:
I bet my U23 guy is my slovenian for the olympics. Still though, how about a couple of us with only one rider unite up? We could call ourselves "Team Midlife Crisis"!
It's actually Niels Albert
All is well! Of course, i wouldnt mind if we ran the CycloCross WC then as well
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SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-11-2007 19:43
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A_Schleck wrote:
This is going to be an awesome race for my youngsters
But what exactly do you mean I have to select 9 out of 11?
11 of your team qualify for the race, you can only pick 9.
Hacecky, Reckweg, Stenersen, Pluchkin, Rovny, Hagen, Aistrup, Jorgensen,, De Gendt, Bouet, Stenkjaer, Vold.
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Cristi M |
Posted on 19-11-2007 19:47
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ok i agree to enter with all my 5 riders to this race...
but what about race points..does it affect with something?
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dave92 |
Posted on 19-11-2007 19:49
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can 3 teams merge, btw Uran is lookin for a team
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