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B.T.: Preview on the Continental Tour 2010
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| untal |
Posted on 15-03-2009 13:29
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alexkr00 wrote:
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I think that BMC and Sony Ericsson will promote this year.
Sony Ericsson is a secure bet and BMC will surely do well but there are other teams who could well. I am particulary impressed with Wii Racing who has three or four good riders and Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin will dominate in the mountains.
I don't know know anything about Benfica but Wii Racing won't do so well they have Brajkovic but there are not a lot of stage races for his profile. Only Schumacher is a real rival for the top teams
Wii Racing has Forster, Albasini, Duque and De Vocht aswell. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 15-03-2009 14:24
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untal wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
untal wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
I think that BMC and Sony Ericsson will promote this year.
Sony Ericsson is a secure bet and BMC will surely do well but there are other teams who could well. I am particulary impressed with Wii Racing who has three or four good riders and Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin will dominate in the mountains.
I don't know know anything about Benfica but Wii Racing won't do so well they have Brajkovic but there are not a lot of stage races for his profile. Only Schumacher is a real rival for the top teams
Wii Racing has Forster, Albasini, Duque and De Vocht aswell.
Fortster sucks on hills, plus Napolitano, Ciolek Goss are better spinters than him on the flat stages.
Albasini hmm, there are a lot better puncheurs than him in the CT
Duque good sprinter, can go over some hills but even Van Stayen will do better than him
De Vocht is good bu there are also Devolder, Eisel, Thomas, Albert, Vanspeybrouck and some other strong cobble riders
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Posted on 15-03-2009 14:27
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Prediction on when the next part will come? |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 15-03-2009 14:40
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I've made a search on the forum and saw that before the season everyone predicted the final team rankings and the winner got 50k. It's that going to happen again?
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| SotD |
Posted on 15-03-2009 14:48
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SportingNonsense wrote:
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no less than 18 englishriders and 2 irish ones.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. British is the word you are looking for there. 
right... I didn't know their nationalities, so looked at the db where it all said ENG :-)
Not sure what database you looked at, because in the one I posted it all said GBR. And theres a reason for that, they are not all English. Aswell as the fact that the British flag is used.
Right, it does indeed say that. I will correct that. |
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| untal |
Posted on 15-03-2009 14:52
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alexkr00 wrote:
untal wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
untal wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
I think that BMC and Sony Ericsson will promote this year.
Sony Ericsson is a secure bet and BMC will surely do well but there are other teams who could well. I am particulary impressed with Wii Racing who has three or four good riders and Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin will dominate in the mountains.
I don't know know anything about Benfica but Wii Racing won't do so well they have Brajkovic but there are not a lot of stage races for his profile. Only Schumacher is a real rival for the top teams
Wii Racing has Forster, Albasini, Duque and De Vocht aswell.
Fortster sucks on hills, plus Napolitano, Ciolek Goss are better spinters than him on the flat stages.
Albasini hmm, there are a lot better puncheurs than him in the CT
Duque good sprinter, can go over some hills but even Van Stayen will do better than him
De Vocht is good bu there are also Devolder, Eisel, Thomas, Albert, Vanspeybrouck and some other strong cobble riders
Exactly, there are better riders than the ones from Wii Racing. But my point is that Wii Racing is a complete team and BMC and Sony Ericsson don't have the best riders but a complete team. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 15-03-2009 14:56
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still I don't think they have any chance
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| p3druh |
Posted on 15-03-2009 15:00
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Why are people so focused on the big guns? Everybody knows that the best CT teams are the ones that have a solid team. Not a couple of stars...
Guys like Gilbert, Brajkovic or Valverde can bring home some points, but alone they won't get you anywhere near the top.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 15-03-2009 15:07
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That's why I think that BMC and Sony won't have competition. Even British Airways can do something just to make Waghlon happy
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 15-03-2009 15:07
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Especially if they can only race 35 odd days.
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| SotD |
Posted on 15-03-2009 15:29
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Updated to the first 10 teams... |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 15-03-2009 15:31
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Niels Albert is also at Jack Wolfskin
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| SotD |
Posted on 15-03-2009 15:38
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Ahh right. Didn't have him in my db for that team. Thanks. |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 15-03-2009 15:43
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alexkr00 wrote:
Even British Airways can do something just to make Waghlon happy
Which is exactly what im aiming for. Im looking for just enough success to have something to complain about for the next year in this forum. I mean obviously i cant have too much success or else they world would start collapsing.
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| untal |
Posted on 15-03-2009 16:20
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alexkr00 wrote:
still I don't think they have any chance
It is a complete team. It has 2 or 3 riders for any type of terrain (except cobbles, for that its just De Vocht). Its just like your team. You too have 2 or 3 riders for every area (Kirchen and Weening for the hills, Ardila for the mountains, Reus and Cornu for TTs/small stage races, Albert and Sentjens for cobbles and Goss and Van Stayen for sprints). |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 15-03-2009 16:21
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untal wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
still I don't think they have any chance
It is a complete team. It has 2 or 3 riders for any type of terrain (except cobbles, for that its just De Vocht). Its just like your team. You too have 2 or 3 riders for every area (Kirchen and Weening for the hills, Ardila for the mountains, Reus and Cornu for TTs/small stage races, Albert and Sentjens for cobbles and Goss and Van Stayen for sprints).
ok we will see
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| SotD |
Posted on 15-03-2009 16:33
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It all comes down to whoever of you is the most tactical |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 15-03-2009 16:35
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I wanna see Team NOS predictions 
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 15-03-2009 16:37
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Nokia Nike please. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 15-03-2009 17:02
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I am quite sure they all will show up at some point... I have waay too much over my head atm. I'm recording first take at my new song, and studying for friday aswell :-) |
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