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Olympic Rider Selection | Route Announced
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 08-11-2007 18:24
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Oh yeah. Stop distracting me
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-11-2007 15:23
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For the Time Trial, Ive gone for the best 10 and then a vote for the rest.
Each of these nations has at least 1 rider with a TT stat of at least 73, please choose up to 9 of them to vote for and PM me your choices.
You can Vote for the remaining 9 Spots by PMing Me. Choose your 9 teams from the choices below (Each Nation has at least 1 rider with a TT stat of 73 or above):
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Moldova
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
South Africa
Sweden
Ukraine
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| mrlol |
Posted on 10-11-2007 15:26
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-11-2007 15:27
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Well, Kinda - But your system didnt involve having a vote.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 12-11-2007 22:38
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Only 6 people have voted so far, 1 vote seperates 4th and 16th so youd better vote or a nation you want in may not make it!
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| stemple |
Posted on 12-11-2007 22:42
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What kind of time trial stat does Eltink have. I would think the World ITT champion Gesink is better at it then him, even Clement is probably better then him i would think.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 12-11-2007 22:55
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stemple wrote:
What kind of time trial stat does Eltink have. I would think the World ITT champion Gesink is better at it then him, even Clement is probably better then him i would think.
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I have no idea why I wrote Eltink instead of Gesink 
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 13-11-2007 16:09
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Just declare Brazil the winner SN
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-11-2007 18:02
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Waghlon wrote:
Just declare Brazil the winner SN
If you havent voted yet, please do. Its very tight with only 2 teams looking guaranteed as qualifiers as they are 2 votes clear of 3rd. But 3rd is only 2 votes ahead of 15th so it can all still change!
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 14-11-2007 19:44
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So basically, its a tie?
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-11-2007 19:52
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These are the vote numbers:
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 18-11-2007 14:13
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With 7 votes each, Denmark and Sweden are the first qualifiers for the Olympic TT. Thomas Lovkvist and Brian Vandborg will lead their challenge for the medals.
The next 5 through all received 5 votes: Hungary, Norway, France, South Africa and Belgium. Laszlo Bodrogi, David George, Thor Hushovd, William Bonnet and Leif Hoste will therefore be amongst the action.
But the final 2 slots are tied between 5 countries who all received 4 votes. Brazil, Luxembourg, Colombia, New Zealand, and Ukraine. Im not yet sure as to how to choose the lucky 2.
Lithuania, Czech Republic and Finland received 3 votes. Argentina, Portugal and Poland received 2, while Latvia and Moldova received 1.
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 18-11-2007 15:51
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Qualification TT on the Velodrome!
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| Setzel |
Posted on 19-11-2007 17:34
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i will not vote since savo goes for olympics not the italian TT champ ...
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-11-2007 21:03
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Im doing a TT Playoff between the 5. The 12km circuit which ends in a velodrome. A TTT to start and end plus 4 TTs inbetween. Each countries strongest TT team is there.
In the opening TTT, Colombia took a win and we expect them to qualify. The battle will be about 2nd - and New Zealand were there in the TTT.
1 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA 21'48
2 Ivan Parra Pinto COLOMBIA s.t.
3 Mauricio Ardila COLOMBIA s.t.
4 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA s.t.
5 Marlon Pérez Arango COLOMBIA s.t.
6 Rigoberto Úran COLOMBIA + 2
7 Timothy Gudsell NEW ZEALAND + 11
8 Hayden Roulston NEW ZEALAND s.t.
9 Hayden Godfrey NEW ZEALAND s.t.
10 Jason Allan NEW ZEALAND s.t.
11 Joseph Cooper NEW ZEALAND s.t.
12 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND + 12
13 Sergei Matvejev UKRAINE + 17
14 Juri Krivtsov UKRAINE s.t.
15 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE s.t.
16 Bogdan Bondariew UKRAINE s.t.
17 Andrei Grivko UKRAINE s.t.
18 Kim Kirchen LUXEMBOURG + 18
19 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG s.t.
20 Christian Poos LUXEMBOURG s.t.
21 Frank Schleck LUXEMBOURG s.t.
22 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE s.t.
23 Andy Schleck LUXEMBOURG s.t.
24 Marcio May BRAZIL + 19
25 Stefano Barberi BRAZIL s.t.
26 Soelito Gohr BRAZIL s.t.
27 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL s.t.
28 Benoît Joachim LUXEMBOURG s.t.
29 Luis Tavares BRAZIL s.t.
30 Alex Diniz BRAZIL + 20
Victor Hugo Pena won Stage 2, but Pedro Nicacio took a surprise 2nd, with Botero down in 7th. Popovych lost just 1 second on Nicacio and this could become a battle for 2nd between Ukraine and Brazil.
1 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA 21'10
2 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL + 11
3 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE + 12
4 Luis Tavares BRAZIL + 18
5 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG + 20
6 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE + 21
7 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA + 22
8 Ed Clancy BRITAIN + 24
9 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND + 27
10 Marlon Pérez Arango COLOMBIA + 30
11 Christian Poos LUXEMBOURG + 32
12 Hayden Godfrey NEW ZEALAND + 33
13 Marcio May BRAZIL + 36
14 Timothy Gudsell NEW ZEALAND s.t.
15 Rigoberto Úran COLOMBIA s.t.
1 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA 42'38
2 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL + 38
3 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA + 42
4 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE s.t.
5 Marlon Pérez Arango COLOMBIA + 50
6 Luis Tavares BRAZIL + 57
7 Ivan Parra Pinto COLOMBIA + 58
8 Rigoberto Úran COLOMBIA s.t.
9 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE s.t.
10 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG s.t.
11 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND + 59
Edited by SportingNonsense on 19-11-2007 21:03
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Posted on 19-11-2007 21:16
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Stage 3 brought a complete different top 3.
1 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE 20'51
2 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG + 3
3 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA s.t.
4 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA + 6
5 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE + 8
6 Andrei Grivko UKRAINE + 9
7 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL + 10
8 Ed Clancy BRITAIN + 14
9 Christian Poos LUXEMBOURG s.t.
10 Hayden Godfrey NEW ZEALAND + 19
11 Bogdan Bondariew UKRAINE + 21
12 Kim Kirchen LUXEMBOURG s.t.
13 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND s.t.
14 Marcio May BRAZIL + 22
15 Luis Tavares BRAZIL + 24
And as a result, Grabovski moves into the best non-colombian position/
1 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA 1h03'35
2 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA + 31
3 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE + 32
4 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL + 42
5 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG + 43
6 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE + 44
7 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND + 1'14
8 Luis Tavares BRAZIL + 1'15
9 Hayden Godfrey NEW ZEALAND + 1'17
10 Marlon Pérez Arango COLOMBIA s.t.
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Posted on 19-11-2007 21:32
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Stage 4 has all but secured Ukraine's passage to the Olympics along with Colombia, as Nicacio and Clesen 'struggle'.
1 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA 21'54
2 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA + 1
3 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE + 4
4 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE + 7
5 Timothy Gudsell NEW ZEALAND + 11
6 Luis Tavares BRAZIL + 19
7 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND s.t.
8 Hayden Godfrey NEW ZEALAND + 20
9 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG + 21
10 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL s.t.
11 Sergei Matvejev UKRAINE + 23
12 Andrei Grivko UKRAINE + 25
13 Christian Poos LUXEMBOURG s.t.
14 Marcio May BRAZIL + 28
15 Kim Kirchen LUXEMBOURG + 30
1 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA 1h25'18
2 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA + 22
3 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE + 50
4 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE + 51
5 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL + 1'14
6 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG + 1'15
7 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND + 1'44
8 Luis Tavares BRAZIL + 1'45
9 Hayden Godfrey NEW ZEALAND + 1'48
10 Timothy Gudsell NEW ZEALAND + 1'49
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Posted on 19-11-2007 22:05
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Stage 5 secured Colombia and Ukraine's passage to the Olympics, with Kirchen coming close to a podium and May beating Nicacio as best Brazilian.
Rank Name Team Time
1 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA 21'03
2 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE s.t.
3 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA + 1
4 Kim Kirchen LUXEMBOURG + 14
5 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE + 16
6 Marcio May BRAZIL + 17
7 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG s.t.
8 Christian Poos LUXEMBOURG + 20
9 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL + 22
10 Ed Clancy BRITAIN + 25
11 Juri Krivtsov UKRAINE + 26
12 Rigoberto Úran COLOMBIA + 27
13 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND + 28
14 Bogdan Bondariew UKRAINE + 29
15 Hayden Godfrey NEW ZEALAND s.t.
In Stage 6, Luxembourg stunned Ukraine and Colombia to win.
1 Kim Kirchen LUXEMBOURG 21'36
2 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG s.t.
3 Christian Poos LUXEMBOURG s.t.
4 Frank Schleck LUXEMBOURG s.t.
5 Andy Schleck LUXEMBOURG s.t.
6 Andrei Grivko UKRAINE + 1
7 Juri Krivtsov UKRAINE s.t.
8 Sergei Matvejev UKRAINE s.t.
9 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE s.t.
10 Benoît Joachim LUXEMBOURG s.t.
11 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE s.t.
12 Bogdan Bondariew UKRAINE + 3
13 Mauricio Ardila COLOMBIA + 10
14 Rigoberto Úran COLOMBIA s.t.
15 Ivan Parra Pinto COLOMBIA s.t.
16 Marlon Pérez Arango COLOMBIA s.t.
17 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA s.t.
18 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA + 11
19 Jason Allan NEW ZEALAND + 15
20 Hayden Godfrey NEW ZEALAND s.t.
21 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND s.t.
22 Hayden Roulston NEW ZEALAND s.t.
23 Joseph Cooper NEW ZEALAND s.t.
24 Timothy Gudsell NEW ZEALAND + 16
25 Soelito Gohr BRAZIL + 32
26 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL s.t.
27 Stefano Barberi BRAZIL s.t.
28 Luis Tavares BRAZIL s.t.
29 Marcio May BRAZIL s.t.
30 Alex Diniz BRAZIL + 33
1 Victor Hugo Peña COLOMBIA 2h07'48
2 Santiago Botero COLOMBIA + 34
3 Dmitri Grabovski UKRAINE + 48
4 Jaroslav Popovych UKRAINE + 1'17
5 Nick Clesen LUXEMBOURG + 1'41
6 Pedro Nicácio BRAZIL + 2'17
7 Christian Poos LUXEMBOURG + 2'23
8 Logan Hutchings NEW ZEALAND + 2'36
9 Hayden Godfrey NEW ZEALAND + 2'41
10 Andrei Grivko UKRAINE + 2'45
11 Timothy Gudsell NEW ZEALAND s.t.
12 Kim Kirchen LUXEMBOURG + 2'46
13 Rigoberto Úran COLOMBIA + 2'49
14 Luis Tavares DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2'56
15 Marlon Pérez Arango COLOMBIA + 2'57
16 Sergei Matvejev UKRAINE + 3'00
17 Andy Schleck LUXEMBOURG + 3'06
18 Ivan Parra Pinto COLOMBIA + 3'08
19 Marcio May BRAZIL s.t.
20 Juri Krivtsov UKRAINE + 3'10
21 Mauricio Ardila COLOMBIA + 3'25
22 Bogdan Bondariew UKRAINE + 3'42
23 Frank Schleck LUXEMBOURG + 3'45
24 Hayden Roulston NEW ZEALAND + 3'47
25 Jason Allan NEW ZEALAND + 3'49
26 Benoît Joachim LUXEMBOURG + 4'15
27 Joseph Cooper NEW ZEALAND + 4'30
28 Soelito Gohr BRAZIL + 5'23
29 Alex Diniz BRAZIL + 5'32
30 Stefano Barberi BRAZIL + 6'13
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-11-2007 00:28
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Rider Selection
Each team in the TT has 2 riders who must also ride in the Road Race (Apart from Hungary, Sweden and Ukraine who are only in the TT).
I have therefore tried to come up with team selections which are accurate to the Olympics (No dopers, past or present) and that provide each countries' strengths for both disciplines.
Some choices depend on whether a rider is picked for the Tour de l'Avenir or not. Gesink, Ciolek, Grabovski and Van Heerden will all be replaced should they ride in France, while Cornu would be removed from the reserve list. Cavendish, Goss, Intxausti, Duarte and Hagen will almost certainly be in Avenir so have not been included.
These team lists are subject to chance, please suggest any changes that you feel would be better than what I have got.
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Spain : Oscar Freire , Samuel Sanchez , Oscar Pereiro , Ruben Plaza , Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver . Reserve: Juan Antonio Flecha
Italy : Filippo Pozzato , Damiano Cunego , Alessandro Ballan , Vincenzo Nibali , Paolo Bettini . Reserve: Paolo Savoldelli
Russia : Vladimir Efimkin , Denis Menchov , Vladimir Gusev , Vladimir Karpets , Mikhail Ignatiev . Reserve: Nikolai Trusov
Australia : Cadel Evans , Michael Rogers , Stuart O'Grady , Robbie McEwen , Allan Davis . Reserve: Simon Gerrans
Luxembourg : Frank Schleck , Andy Schleck , Kim Kirchen , Benoit Joachim , Christian Poos . Reserve: Jempy Drucker
Germany : Andreas Kloden , Stefan Schumacher , Sebastien Lang , Gerald Ciolek , Fabian Wegmann . Reserve: Marcus Burghardt
France : Tomas Voeckler , Christophe Moreau , William Bonnet , David Moncoutie , Jimmy Casper . Reserve: Sylvain Chavanel
USA : George Hincapie , Bobby Julich , Levi Leipheimer , Dave Zabriskie , Chris Horner . Reserve: Fred Rodriguez
Netherlands : Thomas Dekker , Robert Gesink , Michael Boogerd , Karsten Kroon , Bobbie Traksel . Reserve: Pieter Weening
Belgium : Tom Boonen , Philippe Gilbert , Stijn Devolder , Leif Hoste , Jelle Vanendert . Reserve: Dominique Cornu
Slovenia : Janez Brajkovic , Borut Bozic , Tadej Valjavec , Matej Mugerli . Reserve: Grega Bole
Norway : Thor Hushovd , Kurt Asle-Arvesen , Alexander Kristoff , Mads Kaggestad . Reserve: Stian Remme
Switzerland : Fabian Cancellara , Alexandre Moos , Markus Zberg , Aurelien Clerc . Reserve: Martin Elmiger
Colombia : Ivan Parra Pinto , Victor Hugo Pena , Mauricio Ardila , Leonardo Duque . Reserve: Santiago Botero
Mexico : Julie Alberto Perez Cuapio , Fausto Esparza , Rodolfo Fernandez , Francisco Matamoros . Reserve: Hector Hugo Rangel
South Africa : Robbie Hunter , John-Lee Augustyn , Juan Van Heerden . Reserve: David George
Denmark : Matti Breschel , Lars Bak , Alex Rasmussen . Reserve: Brian Vandborg
New Zealand : Julian Dean , Logan Hutchings , Gregory Henderson . Reserve: Heath Blackgrove
Britain : Jeremy Hunt , Charles Wegelius , Bradley Wiggins . Reserve: Steven Cummings
Reserve: Steven Cummings
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Australia : Michael Rogers , Cadel Evans
Belgium : Leif Hoste , Stijn Devolder
Colombia : Victor Hugo Pena , Ivan Parra Pinto
Denmark : Alex Rasmussen , Lars Bak
France : William Bonnet , Christophe Moreau
Germany : Sebastien Lang , Andreas Kloden
Great Britain : Bradley Wiggins , Charly Wegelius
Hungary : Laszlo Bodrogi , Tamás Lengyel
Italy : Vincenzo Nibali , Filippo Pozzato
Netherlands : Thomas Dekker , Robert Gesink
Norway : Thor Hushovd , Kurt Asle-Arvesen
Russia : Vladimir Karpets , Mikhail Ignatiev
Slovenia : Janez Brajkovic , Matej Mugerli
South Africa : Robbie Hunter , John-Lee Augustyn
Spain : Ruben Plaza , Oscar Pereiro
Sweden : Gustav Larsson , Magnus Backstedt
Switzerland : Fabian Cancellara , Alexandre Moos
Ukraine : Dmitry Grabovski , Yaroslav Popovych
USA : Bobby Julich , Dave Zabriskie
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 20-11-2007 00:32
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I thought Moreau got caught in the Festina Affaire, or am i makeing that up.
Urko anyone?
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