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| VoetsT |
Posted on 15-07-2013 19:08
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fosforgasXIII wrote:
Many riders seem to lose a lot of their GC-talent once they joined OPQS (Velits, Leipheimer, Martin, Brambilla etc.), I hope this doesn't happen with Uran. It's like the opposite of Team Sky  .
Velits: only one good GC in a GT (Vuelta 2010) and won Tour of Oman.
Leipheimer: too old to ride GC.
Martin: still won some smaller races as Algarve.
Brambilla: worked for Cav in the Giro.
Uran: will do great with the help of Velits, Martin and Kwiatkowski
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 15-07-2013 19:10
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Uran's problem won't be that he'll join QuickStep, but that he will no longer ride for Sky
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 15-07-2013 19:11
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"I don't care about a 12th place in GC" - Lefevre before the Tour on why he hadn't selected De Weerdt. Must have said something similar to Brambilla before the Giro (and against Velits before this tour)
Wise words btw. Trentin's tour will be way more succesfull than the tour of whoever finishes 10th in GC imo
Edited by Spilak23 on 15-07-2013 19:13
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-07-2013 19:13
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Spilak23 wrote:
"I don't care about a 12th place in GC" - Lefevre before the Tour on why he hadn't selected De Weerdt. Must have said something similar to Brambilla before the Giro (and against Velits before this tour)
Actually he said 21th or 20th place or something, while De Weert had a 12th place before  |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 15-07-2013 19:17
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VoetsT wrote:
fosforgasXIII wrote:
Many riders seem to lose a lot of their GC-talent once they joined OPQS (Velits, Leipheimer, Martin, Brambilla etc.), I hope this doesn't happen with Uran. It's like the opposite of Team Sky .
Velits: only one good GC in a GT (Vuelta 2010) and won Tour of Oman.
Leipheimer: too old to ride GC.
Martin: still won some smaller races as Algarve.
Brambilla: worked for Cav in the Giro.
Uran: will do great with the help of Velits, Martin and Kwiatkowski
Velits was overrated and got lucky in that Vuelta, so can't be blamed OPQS really. Leipheimer was too old and was unlucky with crashes during his season.
Considering Martin is nonsensical, he was never a GT rider, and decided to focus on TT's mainly already at HTC..
Brambilla is one that has been crap, can't defend neither him or the team. However he made a big change coming from PCT to a WT team, change in regime can always affect a rider.
There's no doubt that Uran will get results at OPQS, I'd be very surprised if he didn't. Whether he'll be as successful as he is at Sky remains to be seen.
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| Hazard10 |
Posted on 16-07-2013 00:17
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Davide Villella will ride at Cannondale in 2014. Great signing!
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| greatmikey |
Posted on 16-07-2013 01:15
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the problem with uran joining quickstep is they dont have a strong team to help him in the mountains he would be better joining teams like BMC Belkin or radioshack |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 16-07-2013 01:17
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https://cyclingiq....greenedge/
Good to see teams taking Asian cyclists seriously. Good for the sport. |
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| ShortsNL |
Posted on 16-07-2013 09:53
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Lieuwe Westra is close to signing a 2-year contract at.....
ASTANA!  
Other options seem to include Saxo, and Lotto
source: https://www.lc.nl/...ar-Astana-
source 2: https://www.ad.nl/...tana.dhtml
Edited by ShortsNL on 16-07-2013 09:56
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-07-2013 10:39
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Westra to Astana? That would be a major scoop for Astana indeed, terrific signing if they pull it off.
Villella choose wisely, Cannondale is the perfect team for him, by far best Italian developing team, he should be a star soon.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 16-07-2013 12:25
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Albasini renews with Orica for two years despite interest from IAM if my rather insufficient German is correct:
https://www.radspo..._82931.htm
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-07-2013 14:09
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He's not close, he's already confirmed by Vino himself
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 16-07-2013 14:14
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CountArach wrote:
Albasini renews with Orica for two years despite interest from IAM if my rather insufficient German is correct:
https://www.radspo..._82931.htm
Correct 
And Astana could be a great choice for Westra, as they do ride races like De Panne, Tour of Belgium etc... and don't really have a strong leader for those. At least I consider Westra a better time trialist than Grivko. |
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| Maddox |
Posted on 16-07-2013 14:18
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Bjarne Riis wants Laurens ten Dam! |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-07-2013 14:19
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Must be the sexy beard
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 16-07-2013 14:41
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Maddox wrote:
Bjarne Riis wants Laurens ten Dam!
He wants to stay with Belkin though, if they provide him a decent offer. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 16-07-2013 14:43
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Ah, contract year for Ten Dam. No surprise he suddenly is one of the best climbers in le tour
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 16-07-2013 18:30
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8th in the Vuelta last year too, though |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 16-07-2013 18:36
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Much better as Moreno, Gesink, Anton and Talansky who were his level in the vuelta
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| Selwink |
Posted on 16-07-2013 18:42
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Spilak23 wrote:
Much better as Moreno, Gesink, Anton and Talansky who were his level in the vuelta
While he had already finished a Tour in the Top-25 I believe
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