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Who to expect in the Vuelta?
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 15-08-2013 19:42
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Martin has no support, but to be honest I don't think his form is ready for GC anyway.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 15-08-2013 20:54
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Orica GreenEdge
 Simon Gerrans
Simon Clarke
Michael Matthews
Leigh Howard
Mitch Docker
Baden Cooke
Wes Sulzberger
 Christian Meier
 Sam Bewley
Stage hunting team. In Gerrans they have a almost certain stage winner at some point. Simon Clarke can also deliver.
Matthews form has been on the rise, and he looks to be in good shape, a stage win is a possibility. Especally as he has grat teammates behind him they've been lately doing terrific in their leadouts and positioning.
Leigh Howard is their 2nd option, but after his collarbone break at Giro, he hasn't been as good as he was in early season, as expected, so Matthews will be the main sprinter.
Edited by Alakagom on 15-08-2013 20:55
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 15-08-2013 20:57
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With Cooke, Docker and Matthews, might be one or two stage wins from Matthews. Hope to see Clarke fight again for the KOTM jersey. |
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 15-08-2013 23:34
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Farmer Sam wrote:
 Garmin Sharp
Caleb Fairly
 Koldo Fernandez
Alex Howes
 Michel Kreder
 Dan Martin
 Nick Nuyens
 Alex Rasmussen
Johann Van Summeren
Since when is Vansummeren Dutch? 
Not really their best team unless top 20 GC/top 10s in stages is their goal. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 16-08-2013 07:24
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Really great mountain team for Saxo, anything less than 2stage wins and top10 for Majka should be consider no success.
CAS and Kreuziger can attack and attack in the mountains.
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 16-08-2013 07:24
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 16-08-2013 07:42
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Vacansoleil is mainly recycling its Tour de France team:
Johnny Hoogerland
Wout Poels
Lieuwe Westra
Thomas De Gendt
Grega Bole
Juan Antonio Flecha
Barry Markus
Tomasz Marczynski
Rafael Valls
Edited by Blueprint on 16-08-2013 08:02
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| Farmer Sam |
Posted on 16-08-2013 07:48
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fosforgasXIII wrote:
Since when is Vansummeren Dutch?
My mistake! |
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| Farmer Sam |
Posted on 16-08-2013 11:15
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Lotto Belisol
Bart De Clercq
Francis De Greef
Adam Hansen
Greg Henderson
Vicente Reynes
Jurgen Van de Walle
Tosh Van der Sande
Dennis Vanendert
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-08-2013 11:28
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De Clerq & De Greef combo could be deadly, Top 20 guaranteed though!
Adam Hansen = legend
Wonder how Jelle will do, not much I guess though.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 16-08-2013 12:08
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Jelle Vanendert reminds me of Gesink in that way that it's so much potential never coming to its glory. |
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 16-08-2013 12:32
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Ian Butler wrote:
Jelle Vanendert reminds me of Gesink in that way that it's so much potential never coming to its glory.
When Gesink is bad, he's usually still a decent rider. When Vanendert is bad, he's just terrible. But I guess he has some health problems? |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-08-2013 12:47
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To me Jelle, reminds me more of De Gendt, brilliant at times, but very sucky most of the time. Engima of a rider.
While Gesink had tons of potential, stunning talent, however due to sevral bad luck in his career, he seems will never fulfil it.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 16-08-2013 12:59
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Agreed Alak. Altough probably De Gendt will never finish on the podium of another GT in his carrer. |
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 16-08-2013 13:11
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Ian Butler wrote:
Jelle Vanendert reminds me of Gesink in that way that it's so much potential never coming to its glory.
Ibarguren's best client at Omega Pharma-Lotto?
Lotto has always one guy who rides the three GTs in one year. Sebastian Lang and Mario Aerts have done it the years before Hansen. I hope this is not an omen of a soon retirement of Hansen
De Clercq is a save bet for 15th-18th place, but I don't see any stage oppurtunities, unless with an early break-away and lots of luck. I'm also curious to see what Henderson is still worth as a sprinter. |
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| Nin1388 |
Posted on 16-08-2013 13:16
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TST
 Roman Kreuziger
Chris Anker Sørensen
Nicki Sørensen
Michael Mørkøv
Nicolas Roche
 Matteo Tosatto
 Rafal Majka
 Evgeny Petrov
 Oliver Zaugg. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 16-08-2013 13:16
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Hansen is another case, this is like his 7th GT in the row if i am not mistaken. Complete legend. 
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| Anderis |
Posted on 16-08-2013 14:08
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fosforgasXIII wrote:
Not really their best team unless top 20 GC/top 10s in stages is their goal.
Do you suggest Dan is not good enough for something more than top10 in stage? |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 16-08-2013 14:18
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Cofidis Solutions Crédits
 COPPEL Jérome
BAGOT Yoann
BESSY Cyril
EDET Nicolas
MATE Luis Angel
PETIT Adrien
POULHIES Stéphane
SIJMENS Nico
ZINGLE Romain
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
ARROYO David
GARCIA Marcos
LASCA Francesco
PIEDRA Antonio
TXURRUKA Amets
VELASCO Ivan
ARAMENDIA Javier Francisco
 CARDOSO André
 FERRARI Fabricio
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-08-2013 14:25
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Anderis wrote:
fosforgasXIII wrote:
Not really their best team unless top 20 GC/top 10s in stages is their goal.
Do you suggest Dan is not good enough for something more than top10 in stage?
He of course is but don't expect his form to be good.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 16-08-2013 19:06
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Hansen is beast. And not surprised to see Manuel Cardoso's name away from Caja Rural's line-up, he's been a shadow of what he was, and even though he won a stage here in Portugal, he couldn't beat world class sprinter Maxime Daniel twice...  |
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