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Career Starter Guide (Help please)
breezer
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Posted on 07-05-2010 00:54
Hey again guys.

I have come to the fact that i now will try start a career on hard with Liquigas.

And i therefor have some questions to ask.

1. Wich riders are good for team mates to my sprinters, and stage racers and so on?

2. Shall i go for a Grand Tour top5, or what is realistic with the team?
Edited by breezer on 07-05-2010 00:59
 
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Deadpool
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Posted on 07-05-2010 01:31
1. Assuming you mean what domestiques to send, the key is to match the riders up with the race. A good hilly rider who is weak on the flats won't be useful in a race for the sprinters, but he will be on hilly classics. The key for stage races is to bring a mix of climbers to help with your leader there, and flat riders for the flat stages and lead-outs.

2. Assuming you are starting in 2010, Liquigas can handle everything except the cobbled classics (and even Quinzato can manage a top 10 or 15 occasionally there). Bennati can win sprints in any race. Nibali will be an outsider for the hilly classics, and Pellizoti and Basso will be outsiders for the GC contention. It'll be hard to win a GT or major classic, but podiums are definitely possible, and you really aren't restricted when it comes to what type of races you can compete in.
 
bigwoody
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Posted on 07-05-2010 01:55
Another tactic could be to target the Giro or Vuelta hard with your stage race types, having several riders all peak for it...you could have a chance. TdF is probably out of reach though.
 
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hellboy
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Posted on 07-05-2010 08:24
Go for Giro with Nibali,Pellizotti and Basso and victory is yours
Go Roman!
 
roturn
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Posted on 07-05-2010 09:26
Pellizotti is always winning Giro with me. Nibali can win it aswell and also Giro. Basso i have no idea, never really followed him.
Tour is almost impossible, normally Contador will win there with 2min to A.Schleck and 5min to the 3rd. Top5 is definitly possible there.
I was 5th with Monfort on hard (78 mountain, 77 tt, Menchov crashed otherwise 6th)
 
facmanpob
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Posted on 07-06-2010 15:02
I find that the Vuelta is usually the easiest of the GTs to win, as by then a lot of the favourites have over 60 days racing under their belts so their max fitness is reduced. So with the Giro being a climber's race this year, and the Vuelta having longer time trials I would use Pellizotti for the Giro and Nibali for the Vuelta. Basso could try for a top 5 in the Tour.
 
filmmaker14
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Posted on 11-06-2010 08:05
I'm playing with Liquigas as well, just started, here's my season planning kind of:

Giro:
Basso
Pellizotti
Nibali
Bennati
Kiserlovski
maybe Szmydt

Tour:
Kreuziger
Basso
Nibali
Bennati
maybe Szmydt
Quinziato
Willems
Kuschynski
sprint helper

Vuelta:
Pellizotti
maybe Szmydt
Bennati
some left-overs, new signings debuting

targets:
win the Giro with Basso
Tour: top 10 with one or two guys, stage win
Vuelta: Pellizotti top 5, Bennati stage win

overall: Bennati stage win in all three big Tours

maybe I'll play Sagan in one Tour but not sure. He's peaking in Paris-Nice. Smile
 
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