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| Alesle |
Posted on 14-07-2008 13:12
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D Menchov
T Dekker
R Gesink
O Freire
J Flecha
S Langeveld
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 14-07-2008 13:28
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Yes and besides, Paris-Roubaix is a much bigger and more important race anyway
Yes, but so is LBL compared to la Fleche. 
And off topic, I'm not saying that I don't like PR, but RvV is way more fun to watch. This year I wanted to go visit some friends one of the weekends in April and luckily I was able to plan it during to PR weekend, so I didn't have to miss RvV, Amstel (I'm from Holland) and LBL. |
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Posted on 14-07-2008 13:31
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snoep_de_hond wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Yes and besides, Paris-Roubaix is a much bigger and more important race anyway
Yes, but so is LBL compared to la Fleche.
And off topic, I'm not saying that I don't like PR, but RvV is way more fun to watch. This year I wanted to go visit some friends one of the weekends in April and luckily I was able to plan it during to PR weekend, so I didn't have to miss RvV, Amstel (I'm from Holland) and LBL.
Depends how you define watch - Id much rather watch PR on TV than RVV - anyway, syop going on and on about route selection, if you want to talk about which classic is the best, make a thread in the cycling subforum.
if you want something to discuss here, then try and guess who you think might do well. Personally, I think Stijn Devolder has got a good chance.
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Posted on 14-07-2008 13:41
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i think too devolder may be the biggest favorite. im wondering about how the ai would handle the protection of the captain when the cobbles comes. i hope they will protect the gc leader and not the dude they think can take the stage. however when thats been said. i dont really care about that since i dont think kirchen has any chance of winning this overall, hoping for an top10 position tho. |
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Posted on 14-07-2008 13:41
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is there in fact any other gc men besides devolder who has anythink near decent cobble stats? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-07-2008 13:54
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Yes, Carlos Barredo - who is a teammate of Devolder. A_Schleck really did make a good choice 
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Posted on 14-07-2008 13:57
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SportingNonsense wrote:
snoep_de_hond wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Yes and besides, Paris-Roubaix is a much bigger and more important race anyway
Yes, but so is LBL compared to la Fleche.
And off topic, I'm not saying that I don't like PR, but RvV is way more fun to watch. This year I wanted to go visit some friends one of the weekends in April and luckily I was able to plan it during to PR weekend, so I didn't have to miss RvV, Amstel (I'm from Holland) and LBL.
Depends how you define watch - Id much rather watch PR on TV than RVV - anyway, syop going on and on about route selection, if you want to talk about which classic is the best, make a thread in the cycling subforum.
if you want something to discuss here, then try and guess who you think might do well. Personally, I think Stijn Devolder has got a good chance.
I understand that you have an other impression, but I've said what I wanted to say about the route selection in the first post and your reaction was clear. So the other reactions were more to plug RvV, which in my opinion is the most exciting classic to watch on TV.
But as you said enough about that.
There are a lot of climbs, so I think the best climber will win, despite the PR route. But it will be fun to see how it will unfold. |
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Posted on 14-07-2008 13:58
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hope devolder fail mightly in TTT and get left behind in the mountains then. helpriders really should have more functions than just good in one point if you aim to win GC here. i think voigt also could do well in this race. (he got decent cobblestats right?)
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Posted on 14-07-2008 14:01
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My team will win the TTTB)
Hopefully I don't have a guy that can do well all round.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-07-2008 14:04
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Theres another factor that I havent mentioned yet - time gaps will be at 0 for all stages. So a rider finishing at the front of the peleton on the Champs Elysses stage will be gaining at least a minute on those at the back of the peleton.
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Posted on 14-07-2008 14:07
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another plus for ppl like valverde cunego and GC's that can sprint, nice touch tho |
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Posted on 14-07-2008 14:09
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another plus for ppl like valverde cunego and GC's that can sprint, nice touch tho.
i hope i can compete for the TTT aswell, altho without grabch and pinotti i dont think it will happend |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 14-07-2008 14:37
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can I call Euskatel
Team-
Samuel Sanchez
Mikel Aztarloza
Haimar Zubeldia
Igor Anton
Aitor Galdos
Amets Txurruka
Perez Ruben
Oroz Juan José
Verdugo Gorka
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Please assume I am joking unless otherwise stated |
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 14-07-2008 14:49
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I just looked at the database viewer and I think Evans has a good chance to win it. He has the best cobble stat (64) of the riders that have a mountain stat of 80 or more. He also has a hill stat of 80. |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 14-07-2008 19:25
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EDIT: someone already have taken Euskaltel i come up with another team in a minute.
EDIT2: I call Saunier Duval - Scott
Ricardo Ricco
Juanjo Cobo
Leonardo Piepoli
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante
Josep Jufre
Iker Camano
David Canada
Jesus Del Nero
Eros Capecchi
Edited by schleck93 on 14-07-2008 19:33
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| Immortal |
Posted on 14-07-2008 20:25
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As the best ones appear to be taken allready, I call Gerolsteiner
Stephan Schumacher
David Rebellin
Bernard Kohl
Robert Förster
Heinrich Haussler
Fabian Wegmann
Sebastian Lang
Markus Fothen
Markus Zberg
The team goal will be a stage win, most likely in on of the hilly stages.
The second-to-final stage will f*** up the hole classification, nearly all the guys that are in the top 10 will quit the stage or loose bucketloads of time.
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| willbushby |
Posted on 14-07-2008 21:03
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ill take Barloworld
Mauricio SOLER
Christian PFANNBERGER
Robert HUNTER
Enrico GASPAROTTO
Stephen CUMMINGS
Baden COOKE
Felix Rafael CARDENAS
John Lee AUGUSTYN
Moisès DUEÑAS
Soler for mountain stage win
decent sprint chances with hunter and hopefully a top 10 overall with pfannberger(maybe ops |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 14-07-2008 21:25
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I call dibs on Lampre
Cunego
Ballan
Bruseghin
Spilak
Tiralango
Szmyd
Baldato
Marzano
Napolitano
Yeah 
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| dave92 |
Posted on 14-07-2008 21:31
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i'll go French , Cofidis
Sylvain Chavanel
Monfort
Nuyens
Verbrugghe
Scheirlincx
Minard
Duque
Moinard
Zampieri
Chavanel will aim for a top 10 overall, Nuyens for a good showing on the cobbles, and the rest hit the breaks every day
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| helGn |
Posted on 14-07-2008 22:31
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i hope the cobbleguys will be tired after quite some days in the mountains and hills, so the tempo wount be that high and kirchen can survive it just great |
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