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Cartago - Irazu Discussion
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-10-2014 11:59
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 Cartago - Irazu
The Continential Tour's circus is heading for Costa Rica, where the 2nd edition awaits 19 teams to take part at one of the toughest one day classics on the calendar:
164km in total, 9 climbs, 76km of cumulated climbing, 19% maximum slopes.. to bring a non-climber here, is to show no love for your riders!
The inaugaral edition was held as a C2-race last year and was won by premium climber Arroyo (Die Berg), who finished the race solo (11 minutes faster than the 10th placed rider Bustamante from Boeing).. he won't ride this classic this year, but the startlist is packed with several strong(er) climbers anyway!
The Startlist
The Favorites | MO | Rider | | 82 |  Úran | | 81 | - | | 80 |  Nazaret | |  Eastman | | 79 |  Pedraza | |  Kashechkin | | 78 |  Serpa | |  Karpets | |  Marzano | |  Iglinski | |  Berhane | | 77 | Navarro | |  Maillet | |  Quintero | | 76 |  Orozco | |  Sarmiento | |  Txurruka | |  Montenegro | | Morton | | De la Fuente | | Elissonde | | Gadret | |  Esquivel | | Ortega | | 75 |  Feillu | | - |  Venchi |
The list above says it all: Úran is the clear favorite for this event. His team, that did send Intxausti to Romania (Sibiu Tour), will also have a premium support in Navarro.
Eastman and Nazaret should be the most dangerous challengers, but also Pedraza or Kashechkin will aim for the podium. Some more skilled climbers like Serpa, Karpets, Marzano, Berhane or CT-invitee Iglinski should be in the mix for a Top-5 at least.
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 11-10-2014 12:12
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Somehow missed that this race clashed with Sibiu Tour in my race selection, so don't have a captain, here. Just hoping we can be a part of the breakaway.
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| Kami |
Posted on 11-10-2014 12:23
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Seeing the start list, a win should be likely, but an early attack might always prove dangerously (be it early on the final climb, or before that), as i only have Navarro as real mountain support.
Should be a good race nontheless.
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| fintas |
Posted on 11-10-2014 12:28
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I hope this race goes better than in Sibiu. Karpets should get a place in the top10 but the top5 would be ideal and for this has Cabreira (76MO) and Rui Vinhas (76MO) which should give some support
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-10-2014 12:38
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We can't fail this goal. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-10-2014 12:39
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Uran the big favourite could make a brilliant week for Bacardi.
Had expected far more climbers here and less in Sibiu to be honest. So some CT teams can really score big times here.
Great to have you back, tsmoha. Incredibly reporting job those last days. |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 11-10-2014 12:42
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3 in the top 20 is the aim. Hoping for a rider in the mid-race break. |
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| Stevenag |
Posted on 11-10-2014 12:56
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roturn wrote:
Had expected far more climbers here and less in Sibiu to be honest.
I sent Pozzivovo to Sibiu for that exact reason. I guess it ends up being a bad plan when everybody thinks that.
Marzano should be capable of a place between 5 and 10 here though. The big problem is that he might be left alone already on one of the earlier climbs. Pulido have to overachieve greatly if I am even getting close to having any support for any part of the race.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-10-2014 12:59
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Solid case of heart over head sending Panayotov to Sibiu instead of here. Howevr Sarmiento showed great skill and determination in Kenya so perhaps a result is not beyong possibility. And lets see what Georgiev and Grashev can manage. Could really do with some points here as we aim for our last real possible goal
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| The Rider |
Posted on 11-10-2014 13:13
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Hoping for a top 10 here, we have some decent climbers on the startlist, would be good to see someone putting in an attack from around 20 kilometres out. However, this race, for us, can't go any worse than the Interlagos GP did!  So the main goal is SPONSOR EXPOSURE!
- Interesting to see Dell - 360 enter two C1 races at the same time! |
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-10-2014 13:38
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The Rider wrote:
Hoping for a top 10 here, we have some decent climbers on the startlist, would be good to see someone putting in an attack from around 20 kilometres out. However, this race, for us, can't go any worse than the Interlagos GP did! So the main goal is SPONSOR EXPOSURE!
- Interesting to see Dell - 360 enter two C1 races at the same time!
This is pretty ambitious when seeing you only have the 24th best climber here.  |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-10-2014 13:41
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roturn wrote:
The Rider wrote:
Hoping for a top 10 here, we have some decent climbers on the startlist, would be good to see someone putting in an attack from around 20 kilometres out. However, this race, for us, can't go any worse than the Interlagos GP did! So the main goal is SPONSOR EXPOSURE!
- Interesting to see Dell - 360 enter two C1 races at the same time!
This is pretty ambitious when seeing you only have the 24th best climber here.
Note that i didn't even list all domestiques
And thanks for the kind words, roturn. Enjoying to be back on board!
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| 547984 |
Posted on 12-10-2014 00:22
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roturn wrote:
The Rider wrote:
Hoping for a top 10 here, we have some decent climbers on the startlist, would be good to see someone putting in an attack from around 20 kilometres out. However, this race, for us, can't go any worse than the Interlagos GP did! So the main goal is SPONSOR EXPOSURE!
- Interesting to see Dell - 360 enter two C1 races at the same time!
This is pretty ambitious when seeing you only have the 24th best climber here.
Firstly it's 361°
And I didn't have time to consider clashes when I made the calendar, so yeah...
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 12-10-2014 08:12
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Highly considered sending Arroyo here, in the end, I decidet to let my costan rican riders lead their home race. Hopefully they can still manage somehow a result here with the home bonus
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 12-10-2014 11:24
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That seems about right...
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| Kami |
Posted on 12-10-2014 11:26
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When the gap to Kashechkin was 1 min, i was starting to worry, but Uran rode a nice final climb. Very good week for Bacardi with 1 classic and 1 overall win.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 12-10-2014 11:32
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What.The.Fuck.Pedraza.
YOU HAVE 79 MOUNTAIN. 79!!! AND YOU GET BEATEN BY RIDERS WITH LESS!
Well, I'm going down. Time to start planning for the CT. |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 12-10-2014 11:34
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Kami wrote:
When the gap to Kashechkin was 1 min, i was starting to worry, but Uran rode a nice final climb. Very good week for Bacardi with 1 classic and 1 overall win.
Let's say... aswesome
Enjoyed this race. This fight between Úran and Kashechkin was fun. Congrats to Nutresa as well, Ochoa Quintero really did well. Huge week for Bacardi though. Winning almost every thing you could possibly win in those two races most recently.
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| fintas |
Posted on 12-10-2014 12:25
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Big disappointment is the only thing that comes to my mind. I expected more from my team, especially from Karpets who ended up behind cyclists weaker than he.
Congrats to Kami for the double victory and thanks tsmoha for the reports
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| jph27 |
Posted on 12-10-2014 16:26
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Not bad from Maillet there. Shame about Elissonde and Gadret underperforming a little, but decent points for us on our weakest terrain. Thanks tsmoha  |
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