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2012 Worlds Rider Nominations
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 07-09-2012 19:42
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-09-2012 19:56
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Ah, the useless Italian Tt 'specialists' got in. Surprisingly popular them - almost made the Olympic team!
And to be a hypocrite, wooo Michael Ford
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| Christer |
Posted on 07-09-2012 20:49
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Glad to see Greipel get in. He can hopefully get a extremely lucky result. 
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 20:59
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SotD wrote:
Also, the spanish RR team looks quite bad considering, what could have been selected. I don't really care though, as none of them will win, but why not pick the guys with the highest possible endurance and a good stat like hill/mo or flat to make them attack? That is the only chance anyone from that nation has to win the race...
Oh well, much much better than last year, but still some childlike selections here and there.
Out of interest who would you have picked for Spain?
Because given Valverde, Barredo and Flecha were not available, I honestly can't see a stronger team.
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| Smowz |
Posted on 07-09-2012 21:32
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Here is the U23's.
Road race
Twelve nations have six man squads.
USA
Spoiler | Brandt | Tyler | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | | Weiss | Ethan | Spyker Cars | | Talansky | Andrew | Team CSC-Orbea | | Kuphaldt | Taylor | Hollister Pro Cycling | | Arnold | Johnson | Free Agent | | Craddock | Lawson | Free Agent |
Great Britain
Spoiler | Kennaugh | Tim | Pendleton's Twicer | | Rowsell | Erick | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | | Thwaites | Scott | Cyclevox | | McLay | Dan | Cyclevox | | Atkins | George | Pokerstars.com | | Perrett | Joseph | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka |
Belgium
Spoiler | Eeckhout | Kevin | Wikipedia | | Curfs | Ben | Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom | | Stallaert | Joeri | Team Bpost | | Van Keirsbulck | Guillaume | Team Bpost | | Adams | Joeri | Focused Cycling | | Van Den Eynde | Willem | Team Bpost |
Germany
Spoiler | Arndt | Nikias | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | | Reinhardt | Theo | Milka - Vittel | | Zepunkte | Ruben | Team Trilux - Falke | | Zabel | Rick | VolksWagen - Siemens | | Dieteren | Jan | Koppert Cycling Team | | Schoch | Nico | Team Rothaus - Aegon |
Australia
Spoiler | Howard | Leigh | Milka - Vittel | | McCarthy | Jay | Koppert Cycling Team | | Matthews | Michael | Oz Cycling Project | | Durbridge | Luke | Oz Cycling Project | | Dennis | Rohan | Team Bianchi | | Semple | Adam | Wikipedia |
Denmark
Spoiler | Sørensen | Jimmi | Saab-Scania | | Quaade | Rasmus | Team B&O | | Schioler | Mikkel | Free Agent | | Lander | Sebastian | Free Agent | | Løwenstein | Casper | Saab-Scania | | Andresen | Patrick | Free Agent |
Netherlands
Spoiler | Vingerling | Michael | Team WWE | | Kelderman | Wilco | Team Puma - SAP | | Dumoulin | Tom | Team Puma - SAP | | Ockeloen | Jasper | Koppert Cycling Team | | Kreder | Raymond | Free Agent | | Van Poppel | Danny | Free Agent |
Italy
Spoiler | Cattaneo | Mattia | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | | Moser | Moreno | Wiggle - San Pellegrino | | Locatelli | Paolo | Wiggle - San Pellegrino | | Aru | Fabio | Team Venchi ProCycling | | Fonzi | Giuseppe | Ferrari - ERG | | Tirloni | Nevio | Team Venchi ProCycling |
France
Spoiler | Pinot | Thibaut | Wikipedia | | Elissonde | Kenny | Focused Cycling | | Le Gac | Olivier | Team Puma - SAP | | Bouhanni | Nacer | Team Puma - SAP | | La Lavandier | Maxime | Team Bpost | | Guillemois | Romain | Aker Solutions - Bergans |
Portugal
Spoiler | Reis | Rafael | Cerne | | Borges | Bruno | Cerne | | Coutinho | Lionel | Cerne | | Afonso | Luis | Cerne | | Mourato | André | Cerne | | Antunes | Amaro | Cerne |
Czech Republic
Spoiler | Vesely | Daniel | Team Rothaus - Aegon | | Hnik | Karel | Team Puma - SAP | | Paprstka | Tomas | Milka - Vittel | | Petrus | Lubomir | Free Agent | | Hosek | Josef | Milka - Vittel | | Turek | Daniele | Team Rothaus - Aegon |
Spain
Spoiler | Ablenado | Aberlardo | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | | Simon | Jordi | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | | Insausti | Jon Ander | Cerne | | Gonzalez Salas | Mario | Team Venchi ProCycling | | Navarro | Javier Joaquin | Team UPC | | Ruiz | Daniel | Free Agent |
Another eleven teams have four representatives:
Luxembourg
Spoiler | Kirsch | Alex | Focused Cycling | | Jungels | Bob | Focused Cycling | | Heymes | Gilles | Cyclevox | | Schwarmes | Tom | Vesuvio-Accumalux |
Austria
Spoiler | Preidler | Georg | VolksWagen - Siemens | | Kührer | Enrico | Free Agent | | Hintersteiner | Marko | Free Agent | | Standfest | Alex | Free Agent |
Slovakia
Spoiler | Sagan | Peter | Team Venchi ProCycling | | Azaltovic | Tomas | Saab-Scania | | Rovnak | Milan | Free Agent | | Németh | Vratislav | Free Agent |
Colombia
Spoiler | Betancourt | Carlos | Vesuvio-Accumalux | | Guevara | Emilio José | Free Agent | | Alzate | Andrés Faustino | Free Agent | | Guillén | Paco | Free Agent |
Kazachstan
Spoiler | Kamyshev | Arman | Koppert Cycling Team | | Galiev | Ulugbek | Saab-Scania | | Shishelov | Victor | Free Agent | | Pashinin | Nikolay | Free Agent |
Slovenia
Spoiler | Polanc | Jan | Team Bpost | | Sribar | Mitja | Pivovarna Laško | | Kosir | Nejc | Free Agent | | Poljanec | Erik | Free Agent |
Greece
Spoiler | Vlatos | Panagiotis | Koppert Cycling Team | | Antoniou | Hermes | Oz Cycling Project | | Bouglas | Georgios | Free Agent | | Melas | Georgios | Free Agent |
Ireland
Spoiler | Bennett | Sam | Café de Colombia | | Byrne | Darrell | Free Agent | | Lavery | Philip | Saab-Scania | | Doyle | Steve | Free Agent |
Japan
Spoiler | Yamamoto | Genki | Meiji - Fuji | | Hayakawa | Tomohiro | Meiji - Fuji | | Fukata | Hiroyuki | Meiji - Fuji | | Hosokawa | Hiranuma | Free Agent |
New Zealand
Spoiler | Scully | Tom | Meiji - Fuji | | Gate | Aaron | Oz Cycling Project | | McCoy | James | Free Agent | | Crosby | Louis | Free Agent |
Latvia
Spoiler | Skujins | Toms | Focused Cycling | | Smirnovs | Andris | Free Agent | | Becis | Armands | Free Agent | | Liepins | Emils | Free Agent |
Finally a six man mixed team has been sent riding in the magnificent Division 2 jersey.
Spoiler | Shikai | Chen | Meiji - Fuji | CHN | | Grmay | Tsgabu Gebremaryam | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | ETH | | Cheung | King Lok | Oz Cycling Project | HKG | | Kwiatkowski | Michał | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | POL | | Scarponi | Paolo | Wiggle - San Pellegrino | SMR | | Dillier | Silvan | Team Bpost | SWI |
Time Trial
Here is the startlist for the U23 Time trial:
Spoiler | Last name | First name | Team | Country | | Reguigui | Youcef | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | ALG | | Mkrtehyan | David | Team Armavia | ARM | | Durbridge | Luke | Oz Cycling Project | AUS | | Howard | Leigh | Milka - Vittel | AUS | | Paquet | Julien | Team Bpost | BEL | | Frison | Frederik | Team Bpost | BEL | | Zharoven | Nikita | T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft | BLR | | Chavarria | Juan Pablo | Free Agent | BOL | | Nunes | Luciano | Free Agent | BRA | | Benhachem | Michael | Free Agent | CAN | | Shikai | Chen | Meiji - Fuji | CHN | | Quintana | Nairo | UniCredit | COL | | Hosek | Josef | Milka - Vittel | CZE | | Turek | Daniele | Team Rothaus - Aegon | CZE | | Sørensen | Jimmi | Saab-Scania | DEN | | Quaade | Rasmus | Team B&O | DEN | | Gonzalez Salas | Mario | Team Venchi ProCycling | ESP | | Verona | Carlos | Team CSC-Orbea | ESP | | Viennet | Emilien | Aker Solutions - Bergans | FRA | | Helwani | Jean | Free Agent | FRA | | Rowsell | Erick | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | GBR | | Blythe | Adam | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | GBR | | Sütterlin | Jasha | Team Puma - SAP | GER | | Predatsch | Kevin | VolksWagen - Siemens | GER | | Vlatos | Panagiotis | Koppert Cycling Team | GRE | | Cheung | King Lok | Oz Cycling Project | HKG | | Choi | Ki Ho | Free Agent | HKG | | Palotai | Peter | Free Agent | HUN | | Cattaneo | Mattia | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | ITA | | Moser | Moreno | Wiggle - San Pellegrino | ITA | | Fukata | Hiroyuki | Meiji - Fuji | JPN | | Kamyshev | Arman | Koppert Cycling Team | KAZ | | Bogdanovics | Maris | Free Agent | LAT | | Rinner | Daniel | Free Agent | LIE | | Jungels | Bob | Focused Cycling | LUX | | Thill | Tom | Focused Cycling | LUX | | Mazuki | Nur Amiraul Fakhruddin | Free Agent | MAS | | Costiuc | Boris | Free Agent | MOL | | Dumoulin | Tom | Team Puma - SAP | NED | | Kelderman | Wilco | Team Puma - SAP | NED | | Haugard | Phan Age | Team Venchi ProCycling | NOR | | Ziesler | Johan | Free Agent | NOR | | Vink | Michael | Oz Cycling Project | NZL | | Bennett | George | Oz Cycling Project | NZL | | Marchewka | Krzysztof | Aker Solutions - Bergans | POL | | Kwiatkowski | Michał | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | POL | | Reis | Rafael | Cerne | POR | | Gonçalves | Domingos | Free Agent | POR | | Yatsevich | Kiril | T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft | RUS | | Krasikov | Feofan | Free Agent | RUS | | Scarponi | Paolo | Wiggle - San Pellegrino | SMR | | Sagan | Peter | Team Venchi ProCycling | SVK | | Dillier | Silvan | Team Bpost | SWI | | Stricker | Roman | Free Agent | SWI | | Zenagui | Marwane | Proximus - Trek | TUN | | Haroun | Jomli | Free Agent | TUN | | Zmorka | Marlen | Team Metinvest - Slovnaft | UKR | | Eastman | Ryan | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | USA | | Brandt | Tyler | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | USA |
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| SotD |
Posted on 07-09-2012 21:52
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Out of interest who would you have picked for Spain?
Because given Valverde, Barredo and Flecha were not available, I honestly can't see a stronger team.
Hmm good question. I actually thought they were available. Of course they aren't. Never mind me then 
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| cio93 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 22:05
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5 in the U23 RR and 3 in the TT, very good!
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 22:12
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SotD wrote:
Out of interest who would you have picked for Spain?
Because given Valverde, Barredo and Flecha were not available, I honestly can't see a stronger team.
Hmm good question. I actually thought they were available. Of course they aren't. Never mind me then
 no problem, I was pretty dissapointed that I couldn't pick them as well. I guess the hope is it's a chaotic finish and a Spaniard happens to be at the front, all of them should be able to put in a decent sprint at the end.
Also, 4 of the 6 U23's in the Spanish team, as well as one of the TTers are from Santander, pretty pleased with that.
[url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 08-09-2012 00:20
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Nice work, Count. This worked out much better for my riders than I expected, since LL Sanchez has been integrated in the spanish squad and the portuguese TTT has so many Cerne riders. Also the portuguese u23 squad is seriously interesting
On the italian TT issue, I think that it really depends on your opinion. Of course a 74-75 TT rider won't have any chance at winning, but will Pozzatto (TT:71, HIL:79) or Ballan (TT:69, HIL:74) have a bigger chance in such a course? Well that seems pretty foolish if you ask me.
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| SotD |
Posted on 08-09-2012 21:45
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It wasn't too long since Pozzato ended 4th in a similar TT, I haven't seen those picked ever get a result close to that. But you are right, none of them will get any result whatsoever
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 22:56
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Great to see a lot of my guys in the U23 race, as my goal is to build the team for the future
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| cio93 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 22:56
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valverde321 wrote:
Great to see a lot of my guys in the U23 race, as my goal is to build the team for the future
Hey, that is mine already!
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 10-09-2012 05:53
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Nice to see my Metinvest riders in the race, 4 in the TTT for Ukraine and young Zmorka also in u23 TT race.
What surprises me, is the fact that under Division2 jersey in that u23 mixed team, there is not single rider from Division2.
I hoped for my young talents Shapira and Albourdainy to got there somewhere.
Also about the choices given the demanding course, i was trying to pick them with cobbles and hills in mind. That is why i left out Daryl Impey out of South Africa squad and choose my rider Fouche instead of him, because Impey does not have a single percent chance do anything useful with his 52 cobble stat, i think this is what SoTd was talking about 
Similar situation with Ukraine TTT, where i left out my rider Djudja and nominated lesser TTist, but someone who has more than his abyssmal 52 in hills. Still he made the squad, as he was simply one of the best eight TTs, but he will be droped on the first speedbump.
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| tyriion |
Posted on 10-09-2012 06:19
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JJ Navarro in the U23 RR. Think he's my only rider in the worlds unless I missed someone. Gogo team UPC
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| Smowz |
Posted on 10-09-2012 19:16
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Just to point out that to qualify for the U23 races riders had to be 23 or under at the time of the race.
Shapira would be 24 at the time of the race.
Albourdainy is really a mountain climber and a pretty average one at that at the moment compared to Skikai, Grmay and Scarponi. Not that the parcours suit a mountain goat anyway. I liked the Div2 generic jersey so I chose that but yeah could have used one of Cyanides general ones.
Just to point out Cdiv2 are fairly underrepresented when it comes to the Worlds U23's but they do have Navarro (UPC) and Srigar (P Lasko) in the road race and Mkrtehyan (Armavia) and Zmorka (Metinvest) representing the 21 eligible riders from division two. It's not a bad ratio considering the top teams have the first dibs at all the riders.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 10-09-2012 21:15
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Glad that so many Saab-Scania riders will ride here even if I didn´t have the time to be a selecter! |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 10-09-2012 21:20
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Glad to see a couple of CSC riders even tough they really have no chance to have success (unless of a lucky breakaway miracle of course).
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 11-09-2012 05:46
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Sorry Smowz if i sounded something like i was demanding more of my riders in the race, that was not an intention. What you say is understandable.
I am more than happy i have a chance to have some riders there...
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