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Vuelta al PaÃs Vasco/Euskal Herriko Itzulia/Tour of the Basque Country
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-04-2009 19:47
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Monday - Saturday
As usual 5 stages that amount to hilly/mountainous classics, and the final hilly/mountainous time trial. One of the stages is a likely bunch sprint. (But it's still pretty hard).
As usual, anyone can win, and I expect that, as usual, there'll be many, many riders in with a chance going into the final day of this wacky race.
No time bonuses whatsoever, as usual.
So who are the lucky people who (unlike me) will get to see more than just the final TT?
And who are your picks? Mine is S.Sánchez, as he's centering his season around this race and the Vuelta. But anything can happen in this race....and usually does.
here's the startlist, for reference
Astana
Alberto Contador
Haimar Zubeldia
Yaroslav Popovych
Sérgio Paulinho
José Luis Rubiera
Chris Horner
Jesús Hernandez
Alexander Dyachenko
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Samuel Sánchez
Igor Antón
Gorka Verdugo
Rubén Perez
Juan José Oroz
Alan Pérez
Iñigo Landaluze
Mikel Nieve
Cérvelo Test Team
Carlos Sastre
Iñigo Cuesta
Volodymir Gustov
Xavier Florencio
Simon Gerrans
JoaquÃn Novoa
Oscar Pujol
Quick.Step
Allan Davis
Jerôme Pineau
Dario Cataldo
Dries Devenyns
Addy Engels
Francesco Reda
Jurgen Van de Walle
Team Saxo Bank
Frank Schleck
Andy Schleck
Alexandr Kolobnev
Chris Sörensen
Gustav Larsson
Jakob Fuglsang
Jurgen Van Goolen
Nicki Sörensen
Caisse d'Epargne
Luis León Sánchez
Joaquim RodrÃguez
David Arroyo
Imanol Erviti
Vasili Kiryieanka
David López
Daniel Moreno
Fran Pérez
Française des Jeux
Sandy Casar
Mickäel Chere
Rémi Di Gregorio
Christophe Le Mével
Gianni Meersman
Francis Mourey
Jéremy Roy
Jussi Veikannen
Katusha
Toni Colom
Vladimir Karpets
Alexandre Botcharov
Evgeniy Petrov
Joan Horrach
Maxime Vantomme
Ben Swift
Luca Mazzanti
AG2R La Mondiale
Vladimir Efimkin
José Luis Arrieta
Hubert Dupont
Alexander Efimkin
René Mandri (yes, he's back already!)
Rinaldo Nocentini
Christophe Riblon
Nicolas Roche
Team Columbia-High Road
Kim Kirchen (he's also back from injury already!)
Marco Pinotti
Michael Albasini
Craig Lewis
Thomas Lövkvist
Maxime Monfort
Morris Possoni
Michael Rogers
Lampre - N. G. C
Damiano Cunego
Francesco Gavazzi
Matteo Bono
Enrico Gasparotto
Manuele Mori
Paolo Tiralongo
Marzio Bruseghin
Simone Ponzi
Rabobank
Robert Gesink
Laurens Ten Dam
Juan Manuel Gárate
Mauricio Ardila
Paul Martens
Koos Moerenhout
Bauke Mollema
Grischa Niermann
Pieter Weening
BBox Bouyges Telecom
Pierrick Fédrigo
Julien Belgy
Olivier Bonnaire
Laurent Lefévre
Evgeny Sokolov
Mathieu Sprick
Yury Trofimov
Johann Tschopp
Garmin - Slipstream
Blake Caldwell
Tom Danielson
Timothy Duggan
Ryder Hesjedal
Trent Lowe
Daniel Martin
Danny PAte
David Zabriskie
Liquigas
Vincenzo Nibali
Andrea Noé
Alessandro Vanotti
Valerio Agnoli
Roman Kreuziger
Ivan Santaromita
Brian Vandborg
Oliver Zaugg
Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne
David Moncoutié
Bingen Fernández
Mickäel Buffaz
Maryan Hary
Christophe Kern
Amaël Moinard
Nico Sijmens
Rein Taaramäe
Silence - Lotto
Cadel Evans
Thomas Dekker
Mario Aerts
Christophe Brandt
Matthew Lloyd
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Jelle Vanendert
Charlie Wegelius
Team Milram
Fabian Wegmann
Linus Gerdemann
Christian Knees
Dominik Roels
Thomas Rohregger
Ronny Scholz
Peter Velits
Fuji - Servetto
Juan José Cobo
David De la Fuente
Ike Camaño
Arkaitz Durán
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Ricardo Serrano
Eros Capecchi
Beñat Intxausti
Contentpolis - Ambo
Dioni Galparsoro
Javier Echarri
Mikel Gaztañaga
José Herrada
Gorka Izagirre
Aitor Pérez Arrieta
Julian Sánchez
Manuel Vázquez
EDIT: Fixed startlist formatting
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-04-2009 19:50
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strong team for Rabo as well for other teams.
Now just hope that Contador will crack like in Paris-Nice and someone else will took the win
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| Roman |
Posted on 04-04-2009 20:01
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Good race with good riders. My money goes to Cunego or Cobo 
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 04-04-2009 20:14
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caldwell won't be starting. he broke hs leg
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 04-04-2009 20:16
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issoisso worte:
So who are the lucky people who (unlike me) will get to see more than just the final TT?
*raises hand*
Hoping for Samu, but anyone can win
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| Il Gladiatore |
Posted on 04-04-2009 20:17
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I hope Gesink wins
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 04-04-2009 20:27
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Oroz won't complete all the major clssics this year I see.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 04-04-2009 20:31
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I was wondering why Caisse didn't bring Valverde. After all, they had no problems letting him ride GP Indurain. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 04-04-2009 20:48
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I asked dekker how he's feeling. Appearently a lot better. I hope he's right. If he's horrible here, he won't be good in the classics.
If he's ok here, there is a little chance. If he's good here, then..jeej! |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-04-2009 21:00
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CrueTrue wrote:
I was wondering why Caisse didn't bring Valverde. After all, they had no problems letting him ride GP Indurain.
Light schedule before the Tour.
Or, as it's looking at this point, light schedule before his suspension  |
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| Hasselinhoo |
Posted on 04-04-2009 22:25
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silence-lotto have strong team ..i wonder will they ride good or will they suck..they sucked most races of the season |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 04-04-2009 22:35
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The startlist is amazing anyone might have a chance!
It's just a shame this one belongs to the ProTour... Quick-Step for instance doesnt seem to be doing much in Spain while some Continental teams would fit better.
Anyway I'm cheering for Sanchez hope the olympic champion can give the basques a chance to celebrate a home victory
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 05-04-2009 03:24
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Thought sanchez wasnlt really a basque, a pseudo-basque if you will
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| Macquet |
Posted on 05-04-2009 05:19
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Hopefully having Chris Horner back in the fold will increase Contador's chances as he missed Paris-Nice with a busted up knee. |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 05-04-2009 07:11
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Levi4life wrote:
Thought sanchez wasnlt really a basque, a pseudo-basque if you will
He's not basque, but all he has ever learned about riding a bike he has learned in the basque country.
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| Silence |
Posted on 05-04-2009 08:14
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Hasselinhoo wrote:
silence-lotto have strong team ..i wonder will they ride good or will they suck..they sucked most races of the season
Yiup. They only have one victory - which Evans got for them in Coppi e Bartali (think it's the last stage, doesn't really remember). Dekker and Evans'll have to make the season if Gilbert, Hoste, Avermaet and Summeren doesn't get some real results in Flandres, (Wevelgem) and Paris-Roubaix.
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| knasen |
Posted on 05-04-2009 09:52
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I hope that Dekker wins a stage. He must begin to show result soon. |
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 05-04-2009 10:31
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Uh, what the hell is Kirchen doing in here already?? He was supposed to return in May :\
Cunego is maybe the most favourite. He's been showing good results in the past weeks.
I just wonder who's Caisse leader... LL Sanchez or Rodriguez?? 
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| Oliuj |
Posted on 05-04-2009 12:14
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Hasselinhoo wrote:
silence-lotto have strong team ..i wonder will they ride good or will they suck..they sucked most races of the season
They have Cadel Evans there...so, maybe they won't suck. |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 06-04-2009 00:02
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Come on Evans he has done nothing this year so far, done paris nice and faded away hopefully hes back on form. |
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