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| knasen |
Posted on 04-05-2009 07:39
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alexkr00 wrote:
It's hard not to try to win the other GTs with guys like Contador, Leipheimer, Kloden, Zubeldia and Popovych (less Popovych and Zubeldia) but you never know.
True. But all of them is going for the Tour where everybody nows Contador is the captain. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-05-2009 09:02
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but they are focusing on Vuelta too. Contador and Zubeldia should be there.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-05-2009 09:53
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alexkr00 wrote:
but they are focusing on Vuelta too. Contador and Zubeldia should be there.
Contador says he's not doing 2 GTs a season
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| Alesle |
Posted on 04-05-2009 19:10
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Lampre's 9; Matteo Bono, Marzio Bruseghin, Pietro Caucchioli, Damiano Cunego, Mauro Da Dalto, Enrico Gasparotto, Marco Marzano, Manuele Mori and Paolo Tiralongo.
Fun fact, average team weight of 62,7 kg (according to Lampres press release) |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-05-2009 19:12
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issoisso wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
but they are focusing on Vuelta too. Contador and Zubeldia should be there.
Contador says he's not doing 2 GTs a season
then why he did both Giro and Vuelta last year...
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| Rinhoth |
Posted on 04-05-2009 19:19
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Because last year was not a normal year for the Astana team, and Giro and Vuelta are far enough apart to relax and rebuild your form. The Tour and the Vuelta however, are much closer, and harder to peak in both of these without tremendous fatigue.
If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-05-2009 19:22
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still if O was Spanish and my name was Contador I would do the Vuelta.
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Posted on 04-05-2009 19:31
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The Vuelta doesn't carry as must prestige with the spanish riders as the Giro does with Italians, which you can see by the amount of Italians winning the Giro, and the amount of Spaniards winning the Tour.
If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-05-2009 19:46
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Alesle wrote:
Lampre's 9; Matteo Bono, Marzio Bruseghin, Pietro Caucchioli, Damiano Cunego, Mauro Da Dalto, Enrico Gasparotto, Marco Marzano, Manuele Mori and Paolo Tiralongo.
Fun fact, average team weight of 62,7 kg (according to Lampres press release)
Lampre's team is pathetic compared to previous Lampre squads.
And the reason is simple: They decided to pay Cunego the monstrosity that is 2.5 million/season. And that, plus Ballan's wage (which isn't very high at all) left them without much money for other top riders.
To give you an idea how absurd Cunego's salary is, it's 2.5 Bettinis...
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-05-2009 19:57
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Fuji have announced their squad. Cobo's in bad form, so he won't ride, even though he wanted to.
So I guess the riders get to ride for themselves
What can Kessiakoff do? Let's hope a lot, for Dankan's sake
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:01
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still waiting for Rabo announce theirs... or they did it?
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:06
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alexkr00 wrote:
still waiting for Rabo announce theirs... or they did it?
Here. enjoy 
Mauricio Ardila
Bram de Groot
Pedro Horrillo
Dmitry Kozontchuk
Denis Menchov
Tom Stamsnijder
Laurens ten Dam
Jos van Emden
Pieter Weening
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Posted on 04-05-2009 20:07
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issoisso wrote:
Fuji have announced their squad. Cobo's in bad form, so he won't ride, even though he wanted to.
So I guess the riders get to ride for themselves
What can Kessiakoff do? Let's hope a lot, for Dankan's sake
Go Kessiakoff  I think that he can surprise a lot, he has showed that he can climb. But this is the Giro, so let's see 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:10
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issoisso wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
still waiting for Rabo announce theirs... or they did it?
Here. enjoy
Mauricio Ardila
Bram de Groot
Pedro Horrillo
Dmitry Kozontchuk
Denis Menchov
Tom Stamsnijder
Laurens ten Dam
Jos van Emden
Pieter Weening
Ten Dam could be a great helper for Menchov.
And Van Emden, Horrillo or de Groot for the sprints. 
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| Alesle |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:14
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issoisso wrote:
Lampre's team is pathetic compared to previous Lampre squads.
And the reason is simple: They decided to pay Cunego the monstrosity that is 2.5 million/season. And that, plus Ballan's wage (which isn't very high at all) left them without much money for other top riders.
To give you an idea how absurd Cunego's salary is, it's 2.5 Bettinis...
I know and I agree completely. The only other rider on the same salary level is Valverde right? |
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:16
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G_Larsson wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Fuji have announced their squad. Cobo's in bad form, so he won't ride, even though he wanted to.
So I guess the riders get to ride for themselves
What can Kessiakoff do? Let's hope a lot, for Dankan's sake
Go Kessiakoff I think that he can surprise a lot, he has showed that he can climb. But this is the Giro, so let's see
He has also shown that he can TT rather good. But hardest part for him will be to be consistent over three weeks, never having ridden that long before. He said in an interview before the TTT in Romandie, that he won't put any pressure on himself because of earlier disappointments(read Olympics). He will try get a 20-30 place in the GC and maybe a stage win.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:23
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alexkr00 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
still waiting for Rabo announce theirs... or they did it?
Here. enjoy
Mauricio Ardila
Bram de Groot
Pedro Horrillo
Dmitry Kozontchuk
Denis Menchov
Tom Stamsnijder
Laurens ten Dam
Jos van Emden
Pieter Weening
Ten Dam could be a great helper for Menchov.
And Van Emden, Horrillo or de Groot for the sprints.
They might still change the team. They did already. The original callup had Brown and de Maar instead of Van Emden and someone else I can't remember.
Alesle wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Lampre's team is pathetic compared to previous Lampre squads.
And the reason is simple: They decided to pay Cunego the monstrosity that is 2.5 million/season. And that, plus Ballan's wage (which isn't very high at all) left them without much money for other top riders.
To give you an idea how absurd Cunego's salary is, it's 2.5 Bettinis...
I know and I agree completely. The only other rider on the same salary level is Valverde right?
2.75 
The team that is now Columbia offered him 2.75 in January 2007 on the condition that he rode clean. He used that to get Caisse to offer him the same.
That's when Stapleton was "new" to cycling and much more naive than he is now. He'd never make Valverde an offer now.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:23
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do you guys have looked Giro profile?..this is murder for Kessiakoff..and three weeks..scary stuff.. |
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| BenBarnes |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:31
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issoisso wrote:
That's when Stapleton was "new" to cycling and much more naive than he is now. He'd never make Valverde an offer now.
Hopefully no one will be able to for 2 years pretty soon |
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| JDC |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:35
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Alesle wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Lampre's team is pathetic compared to previous Lampre squads.
And the reason is simple: They decided to pay Cunego the monstrosity that is 2.5 million/season. And that, plus Ballan's wage (which isn't very high at all) left them without much money for other top riders.
To give you an idea how absurd Cunego's salary is, it's 2.5 Bettinis...
I know and I agree completely. The only other rider on the same salary level is Valverde right?
I think Boonen's salary is also above 2 millions/season. |
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