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| Alakagom |
Posted on 05-01-2012 21:21
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I really hope for Colombia-Coldeportes here, it's their season goal and they have a big chance on invite and actually affecting the race in big style. A & S and Androni are certs. That leaves Colango, Farnese and Netapp for final spot. Colango has Modolo and Pozzovivo, while Farnsese has Pozzato and Gatto, with Netapp having few good riders too. In my books Colnago gets the final spot, but only just.
Edited by Alakagom on 05-01-2012 21:25
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| kumazan |
Posted on 05-01-2012 22:04
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roturn wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Actually, just Colnago-CSF Inox, Androni-Giocattoli, Acqua & Sapone, Farnese Vini, Coldeportes, Project 1t4i, Team Type 1 and Champion System have requested a wildcard for the Giro. The others have requested a spot in (at least) one of the other RCS events.
As far as I know also NetApp requested for a Giro spot.
Jens Heppner said this week that it would be a big step for the team to get a Giro wildcard and with guys like König, Brändle or Barta they have good chances to perform well.
Nevertheless I think Colnago-CSF Inox, Androni-Giocattoli, Acqua & Sapone, Farnese Vini are the 4 wildcards most probably.
True. I was wrong. Those 8 teams are those Acquarone 'highlighted' in this blog, so imo they have the most chances to get a wildcard. I guess that's the cause of my confusion.
I don't think the four wildcards will be Italian by thy way. I think one, or even two, of the teams you named will be left out (and Colnago is possibly the best placed for that), and Coldeportes would be a nice team to get that place. The rest I don't think would add much to the race.
Edited by kumazan on 05-01-2012 22:05
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 05-01-2012 22:10
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Pozzovivo has no luck in the Giro, and since Belletti's win in 2010, Colnago haven't done much in the Giro, so I think I'd rather have a different team in this year's line-up. |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 05-01-2012 22:56
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Valverde to race Tour Down Under, thats a must watch for me being a huge Valverde back, really excited to see him back, and for those who may think my mind has change, I still believe he is innocent for actually taking no banned substance but I can see why he was banned and just glad its over and hes back 
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| kumazan |
Posted on 05-01-2012 23:00
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Ste117 wrote:
Valverde to race Tour Down Under, thats a must watch for me being a huge Valverde back, really excited to see him back, and for those who may think my mind has change, I still believe he is innocent for actually taking no banned substance but I can see why he was banned and just glad its over and hes back
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-01-2012 23:09
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ooooooo, Scary cat |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 05-01-2012 23:27
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It should be mentioned that Valverde intends to race a ludicrously heavy schedule as always
I'd love to see him try for something different and go all out for some of the italian races, plus Paris-Nice, not to mention the Tour de Suisse. I mean what's the point in trying to win the same races he's already won? Race the Giro and try to win Lombardia Piti. You know you want to.
Edited by issoisso on 05-01-2012 23:30
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-01-2012 23:45
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issoisso wrote:
It should be mentioned that Valverde intends to race a ludicrously heavy schedule as always
I'd love to see him try for something different and go all out for some of the italian races, plus Paris-Nice, not to mention the Tour de Suisse. I mean what's the point in trying to win the same races he's already won? Race the Giro and try to win Lombardia Piti. You know you want to.
I have a feeling Valverde will be in no rush to race in Italy! 
Edited by SportingNonsense on 05-01-2012 23:46
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| Crommy |
Posted on 06-01-2012 01:20
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Ste117 wrote:
Valverde to race Tour Down Under, thats a must watch for me being a huge Valverde back, really excited to see him back, and for those who may think my mind has change, I still believe he is innocent for actually taking no banned substance but I can see why he was banned and just glad its over and hes back
Either Valverde gave Fuentes his blood for doping, or he gave him his blood in order to enact some weird sexual fetish.
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 06-01-2012 02:42
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SportingNonsense wrote:
issoisso wrote:
It should be mentioned that Valverde intends to race a ludicrously heavy schedule as always
I'd love to see him try for something different and go all out for some of the italian races, plus Paris-Nice, not to mention the Tour de Suisse. I mean what's the point in trying to win the same races he's already won? Race the Giro and try to win Lombardia Piti. You know you want to.
I have a feeling Valverde will be in no rush to race in Italy!
I very much doubt he can beat Gilbert in the classics, Gilbert is just too good now, a podium placing on this years Tour would be a good comeback along with wekk long stage race wins
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 06-01-2012 11:21
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Crommy wrote:
Ste117 wrote:
Valverde to race Tour Down Under, thats a must watch for me being a huge Valverde back, really excited to see him back, and for those who may think my mind has change, I still believe he is innocent for actually taking no banned substance but I can see why he was banned and just glad its over and hes back
Either Valverde gave Fuentes his blood for doping, or he gave him his blood in order to enact some weird sexual fetish.
Maybe it was stolen from Valverde while he was unconscious or something ?
Who knows what kind of weirdo Fuentes is.
I believe he's innocent and was the victim of some blood maniac.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-01-2012 11:27
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Gregory Bauge - Sprint World Champion on the track - suspended over missing whereabouts data
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 06-01-2012 11:35
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He's allowed to race again, as far as I understand.
In November, the 26-year-old Baugé was handed a one year backdated suspension, expiring 22 December 2011, by Fédération Française de Cyclisme’s (FFC) National Disciplinary Commission.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-01-2012 11:38
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So basically, he was suspended for 1 month?
Backdated suspensions are stupid
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 06-01-2012 11:54
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Backdated suspensions are stupid
yeah, they are.
But at least he was stripped of his world championship titles as well.
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| Gulvplanke |
Posted on 06-01-2012 13:10
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Aquarius wrote:
Crommy wrote:
Ste117 wrote:
Valverde to race Tour Down Under, thats a must watch for me being a huge Valverde back, really excited to see him back, and for those who may think my mind has change, I still believe he is innocent for actually taking no banned substance but I can see why he was banned and just glad its over and hes back
Either Valverde gave Fuentes his blood for doping, or he gave him his blood in order to enact some weird sexual fetish.
Maybe it was stolen from Valverde while he was unconscious or something ?
Who knows what kind of weirdo Fuentes is.
I believe he's innocent and was the victim of some blood maniac.
Eh, why not, we've heard worst.
Fuentes is a vampire 
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 06-01-2012 13:11
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And some good news: Despite previous reports, Tour of Med will take place in 2012. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 06-01-2012 16:27
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Just for anyone who is interested in following the presentation of RadioShack-Nissan-Trek, you can follow it on the site of ex-Leopard Trek (https://www.leopardtrek.lu). It starts tonight at 19.45 CET.
(CrueTrue closed the thread of it, so I repost it here.)
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| kumazan |
Posted on 06-01-2012 16:31
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France's Offredo faces possible ban over missed tests
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 06-01-2012 17:19
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In further out of competition test news...
Mark Cavendish missed one last year.
Oh well... it's not a big deal as made out by some media outlets.
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