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| dienblad |
Posted on 19-03-2012 12:31
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Guido Mukk wrote:
And we have also reason for Taaramäe "untergang"..after Andalucia..
mononucleosis.
That's Pfeiffers disease, isn't it??
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 19-03-2012 13:02
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It is infection of livers and pancreas, not a nice illness at all, i have had it once and i was 5 months lying at home 
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-03-2012 13:03
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Sky confirms that only 6 riders will start the race. Reason given later in the evening. Appollonio, Porte, Siutsou, Urán, Wiggins and Zandio.
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 19-03-2012 13:07
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Alakagom wrote:
Sky confirms that only 6 riders will start the race. Reason given later in the evening. Appollonio, Porte, Siutsou, Urán, Wiggins and Zandio.
Sky need to sort their priorties out, I understand that it's Olympic year but you surely have to comply with the rules in fielding 8 riders for the race. Little bit of a mess their getting themselves in.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 19-03-2012 13:10
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Ste117 wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Sky confirms that only 6 riders will start the race. Reason given later in the evening. Appollonio, Porte, Siutsou, Urán, Wiggins and Zandio.
Sky need to sort their priorties out, I understand that it's Olympic year but you surely have to comply with the rules in fielding 8 riders for the race. Little bit of a mess their getting themselves in.
They have priorities, to win everything. It will be fun to see them fail in these objectives
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-03-2012 13:16
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Ste117 wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Sky confirms that only 6 riders will start the race. Reason given later in the evening. Appollonio, Porte, Siutsou, Urán, Wiggins and Zandio.
Sky need to sort their priorties out, I understand that it's Olympic year but you surely have to comply with the rules in fielding 8 riders for the race. Little bit of a mess their getting themselves in.
I don't see how the Olympics would have anything to do with that.
If an important British rider would have been taken out maybe that could have been an explanation (odd, but an explanation), but with Rogers and Pate being those who won't start, I simply can't see the connection.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-03-2012 13:22
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First, you can field minimum 6 riders in a WT race so no problem there.
Second of all, and more improtant Pate has to go to Dwars and E3 as Sky wouldn't have enough riders.
Barry and Dowsett - Broken Elbows
Kennaugh, Thomas, Swift - Specific Track Training
Knees - Injured
Flecha - Broken finger/arm
Barry, Flecha, Thomas, Dowsett and Knees would be certs for Dwards and E3, but cant ride. So Pate and Svistov have to go to those races. No other way can be done.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 19-03-2012 13:25
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Alakagom wrote:
Kennaugh, Thomas, Swift - Specific Track Training
This is because of the Worlds or specific training for Olympics? I dont get it what use Sky has from having the riders which cannot help them in important road races 
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-03-2012 13:29
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Kennaugh, Thomas, Swift - Specific Track Training
This is because of the Worlds or specific training for Olympics? I dont get it what use Sky has from having the riders which cannot help them in important road races
Worlds, iirc they said they want to do really well at Worlds and see how they progress from there. No way Brailsford would hazard Thomas on such race over a potential Gold at Olympics.
Although three of them said they will finish up with Track after London and focus on road. Thomas will ride Giro/Vuelta though, Siwft too. Dunno about Kennaugh. After this year the whole team will be focused on road, so that's good at least.
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 19-03-2012 14:23
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Kennaugh, Thomas, Swift - Specific Track Training
This is because of the Worlds or specific training for Olympics? I dont get it what use Sky has from having the riders which cannot help them in important road races
Gotta remember that Brailsford is also the British Track Cycling Director and since Thomas, Swift and Kennaugh are all good track riders, he needs to do well at the Olympics and Worlds to keep his job. There is also the fact of getting cycling gold at you're home Olympics which I think is pretty important and the riders will certainly want to be in with a chance to get one.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-03-2012 14:28
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"Fortunately mononucleosis is a disease with which you don't have to stay in bed or in hospital. [...] I will go to Estonia and stay at home for about a month. However, I will continue to ride my bike, but reasonably, just an hour or two a day. Apparently the virus is not as hard, as it was the case with some collegues. My teammate Rudy Mollard for example suffered a virus infection in december and was a living corpse till march, even the eyes were hurting. Me, I still finished Paris-Nice (after already having got the infection before). [...] So it's a so called light version. Apparently this is the case because I had some antibodies present in my body for already having had the virus in the past. [...] Do not worry, suffering from a virus like that isn't the best start of the season, but I've already finished four races and stepped on the podium five times. [...] A month of calmness and then I start the preparation for my new goal, the Tour de France. Ther'll surely be enough time to reach peak form till july. One day I'll be glad that everything went the way it did."
Not as bad as it seems, hopefully Taaramae does indeed recover for Tour, he'd be the biggest favourite for the White imo.
Absolutely agree CLURPR, there's a lot of pressure on Brailsford to deliver, and he does indeed needs to if he wants to keep the job.
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| siwi |
Posted on 19-03-2012 14:29
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+ Track cycling is, at least as far as i know, huge in GB. So does not really seem weird or stupid to me. |
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| ltt |
Posted on 19-03-2012 14:57
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Also exactly the same thing will happen with Greenedge and Bobridge, Meyer etc.
Always going to happen when the road team is so closely aligned with the National Track Team like Sky and Greenedge are. |
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Posted on 19-03-2012 15:29
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What color a mountain first? |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-03-2012 15:41
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Just tuned in. Would be great if someone could explain the current situation. 
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| Dizzle |
Posted on 19-03-2012 15:43
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Albasini -> 0:35 -> Edet (Cofidis) and Delaplace (Saur Sojasun) -> 1:10 -> Peloton
5km to finishline.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-03-2012 15:45
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Thanks Dizzle. Successful breakaway I guess?
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| Dizzle |
Posted on 19-03-2012 15:46
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Thanks Dizzle. Successful breakaway I guess?
Looks like it :-)
Albasini (GreenEDGE)
to 41 "Delaplace (Saur Sojasun)
to 48 Edet (Cofidis)
at 2:04 Peloton
3km to finish
Edited by Dizzle on 19-03-2012 15:47
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| kumazan |
Posted on 19-03-2012 15:47
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Yeah, Albasini has this pretty much in the bag, the gap with Delaplace keeps growing.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-03-2012 15:49
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Albasini wins. Great result for Delaplace too.
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