Markfcb wrote:
Why is Theo Bos 78 in sprinting? Think he deserves 80

PCM rulezz wrote:
Can't wait another 2 days

sutty68 wrote:
ruben - Well spoken, totally agree with your comments

ruben wrote:
Ofcourse.

ruben wrote:
The release is tomorrow so until today, Vuelta stats are included. After today I'll sent my files to Stanos (Stijn) and he'll finish the build.

Boet wrote:
Here is a brief summary on all the mtn riders.

Reinardt jv Rensburg
South Africa's Peter Sagan, he has a really good sprint but can also get over most hills. He can put together a solid tt performance too making him lethal in week long stage races without big mountains.

Arran Brown
South Africa's Gerald Ciolek, has a lot of promise and speed to go with it but just hasn't delivered as of yet internationally. Locally his closest competition in the sprint comes in the form of Nolan Hoffman (WC Track silver medalist) or his own lead out man Reinardt.

Dennis van Niekerk and Jaques jv Rensburg
Kind of like Robert Gesink's, have the potential to be a grand tour rider but have yet to prove their once off Lankawi and Eritrea performance's were no a flukes. They can certainly climb high up into the mountains but both just lack that consistency. TT's are also a slight drawback for both but Jaques has great bike handling ability while dennis has a good turn of speed as well... he is normally 2nd last rider before the sprinter (Arran) in MTN'S leadout.

Martin Wesseman, Brad Potgieter, Petrus Lotto
Jens Voigt has 3 clones right here, all riders are real big diesel engines and will ride on front all day long. if they are in a break, they will fight till the death to make sure it stays away as they dont get too many chances to win bike races otherwise.

Jaco Venter
Is kind of like a Michael Rogers, he can time trial and he can climb but... not in a 3 week race, if given the chance and everything falls into place he could be a Paris-Nice type of winner one day.

Jim Songezo
Another Amets Txurreka... this boy should be in the euskatel team... he can climb and thats about it, youll find him in breakaways on stages with some serious climbing. he is very young though and there is a real hope that hell become more of a complete rider as he gets older.

Jani Tewelde
The guy can sprint from small groups and can get over the hills to be there too, a huge talent as well and is being moulded into another Reinardt.

Adrien Niyonshuti
He can climb pretty well and so in small stage races he can perform well in the gc but mtn has used his big engine to also ride on the front and keep dangerous breaks in check to good effect.

Meron Russom
The fella climbs anything under 8-10km's really well and then knows how to sit on a tt bike too... Stage races with a tt will suit him best. Also, he is a fighter and will even get involved in the sprints... kind of a like a Nicolas Roche rider but jus has a better tt.

Freqalsi Debesay
He rides a good tt and fights hard to stay in contention going over the hills... short stage races with not too many hills suit him, like tour down under but include a tt and he'll fair well. otherwise, a good bottle fetcher.

Tesfay, Calvin, J.C Nel, and Tsgabu
All the real young raw talent is found here... and alot of expectation is placed on all these riders. J.C can tt and climb short hills, in time he could win races like the criterium int. Tesfay and Tsgabu are good on the short climbs and have a decent turn of speed too, they just need a good mentor and being a classics riders will then be in their grasp. Tsgabu is also a fighter, this character boded him well in to achieve some decent N.C (u23) results in italy. And finally, Calvin... the kid can be whatever he wants to be... some local old timers are wanting him to be SA's first contender for the le Tours yellow jersey in years to come, he is the complete GC package.