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| untal |
Posted on 09-07-2010 01:11
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Flat, more flat, uh! a tad of hills, Genting Highlands and a little bit more of flat. That pretty much sums up the route of this Malaysian race.
Mb's preview and predictions:
As expected in this largely flat race, the sprinting field is the strongest of the season so far, 20 riders with 78+ sprint means that these finishes will really just be a free for all, however as I have to name some favourites, lets go for Napolitano and the Pokerstars duo of Mohs and Guillén.
Hills
There is the most pathetic hilly stage ever on this tour, which means no doubt it will be decisive and ruin the tour completely, anyway the riders with the highest hill stat are Gil, Kolobnev and Pineau however if there is a split of some sort then surely Voeckler and Van den Broeck should be up there, although for one hope that it comes down to a sprint.
Mountains
The queen stage etc. at only 95km this mountain stage really doesn't favour subtlety, just attack early and stay away, that said we have a strong field of climbers here, and Alarcon and Serpa will surely battle it out for victory. beyond them Kohl should be up there, also it should be interesting to see how Samwel does in his first race of the season.
Overall
I suspect the overall will just list people in order of mountain stat and so for my top ten that's all I will do.
1. Alarcon
2. Serpa
3. Kohl
4. Nazaret
5. López Garcia
6. Samwel
7. Carrara
8. Gil
9. Stetina
10. Van den Broeck
Points:
Napolitano
Mountains:
Alarcon
Young Rider:
Alarcon
Startlist:
Spoiler Petronas
1. M.Carrara
2. A.Awang
3. J.Bobridge
4. M.Dueñas
5. M.Lloret
6. M.Ortega
7. T.Stubbe
8. R.Van der Velde
Pirelli
11. J.Serpa
12. L.Bernucci
13. B.Curfs
14. N.Kinney
15. A.Loddo
16. I.Mayo
17. Z.Ndbri
18. S.Robert
Bimbo
21. M.Samwel
22. A.Albourdainy
23. G.Dockx
24. S.Fuchs
25. R.Lobato
26. E.Popov
27. V.Rodrigues
28. G.Van Avermaet
UBS
31. B.Kohl
32. J.Becerra
33. I.Bogdan
34. C.Riblon
35. C.Sinelobov
36. D.Vorontsov
37. S.Zahner
38. H.Zubeldia
IKEA
41. J.Alarcon
42. L.Andersson
43. J.Bjelkmark
44. N.Brolin
45. D.Kupfernagel
46. A.Linden
47. L.Lundberg
48. M.Westling
Santander
51. D.López Garcia
52. D.Allonca
53. J.Castroviejo
54. J.Del Nero
55. A.Galdos
56. J.Gallego Martin
57. D.Galparsoro
58. O.Guerao
Benfica
61. J.Van den Broeck
62. B.Lima
63. M.Lloyd
64. D.Moreno
65. M.Nazaret
66. A.Saldarriaga
67. E.Salgueiro
68. F.Terciado
Bbox
71. S.Paulinho
72. M.Astarloza
73. J.Pineau
74. H.Roulston
75. R.Sutherland
76. B.Tankink
77. G.Trampusch
78. T.Voeckler
YouTwit
81. P.Niemiec
82. E.Oliphant
83. M.Pozzo
84. R.Serrano
85. A.Txurruka
86. P.Velits
87. O.Zaugg
88. F.de Romijn
EL AL
91. S.Calzati
92. T.Bucher
93. M.Burlutsky
94. D.Eliad
95. B.Feillu
96. D.Loosli
97. S.Raisin
98. I.Shapira
LEGO
101. K.Gil
102. W.Gustov
103. J.Hochmann
104. J.Libert
105. A.Moschella
106. H.Schwab
107. A.Stauff
108. K.Vantornout
Red Bull
111. K.Siutsou
112. F.Beppu
113. A.Haidar Anuawar
114. J.Ji
115. M.Matthews
116. E.Parra Bustamante
117. C.Sutton
118. K.Wu
Telenor
121. T.Rohregger
122. G.Brown
123. L.Bøchman
124. F.Kessiakoff
125. B.Noval
126. C.Pfannberger
127. R.Te Brake
128. N.Østergaard
Tinkoff
131. T.Kritskiy
132. M.Belkov
133. V.Kiryenka
134. A.Kolobnev
135. A.Kunshin
136. E.Petrov
137. I.Rovny
138. N.Trusov
Mercedes
141. P.Stetina
142. A.Brea
143. B.Colex
144. J.Haedo
145. A.Howes
146. T.Peterson
147. T.Tolleson
148. E.Weiss
UniCredit
151. S.Ortega
152. L.Bodrogi
153. F.Borghesi
154. D.Bragazzi
155. F.Gavazzi
156. D.Napolitano
157. R.Quaade
158. B.Van Poppel
Yamaha
161. F.Montenegro
162. D.De Fauw
163. D.Impey
164. R.Janse van Rensburg
165. I.Parra Pinto
166. M.Priamo
167. M.Rutkiewicz
168. T.Ziegler
HighRoad
171. F.De Greef
172. D.Atapuma
173. K.Boeckmans
174. B.Day
175. D.Devenyns
176. M.Elijzen
177. S.Finning
178. C.Sastre
Vespa
181. A.Proni
182. L.Ascani
183. A.Balloni
184. G.Bosisio
185. O.Gatto
186. A.Pagoto
187. A.Passalacqua
188. M.Scanlon
Quiksilver
191. A.Davis
192. C.Betancourt
193. F.Cruz
194. C.D'Amore
195. J.Gutiérrez Palacios
196. G.Nizzolo
197. S.Scheirlinckx
198. B.Selander
Pokerstars
201. S.Dumoulin
202. D.Boucher
203. J.Engoulvent
204. M.Guillén
205. D.Holloway
206. M.Maaskant
207. E.Mohs
208. K.Van Impe |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 09-07-2010 01:39
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Calzati could do a top 10 here, hopefully... |
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 09-07-2010 07:02
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All I want is a Stage win and a top 5. Or 7 stage wins and a podium sweep overall. I'm not asking for much...
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| jack888 |
Posted on 09-07-2010 07:06
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Should be a good race. I'm hoping Impey improves his current form of failing in every sprint. |
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| Christer |
Posted on 09-07-2010 08:32
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Not a very bad team here for Bbox. I hope Voeckler can win a stage. 
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| Smowz |
Posted on 09-07-2010 08:56
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With such a large field here, it would appear that GC asperations will come down to who's strongest on the Genting highlands. Though last year outside the top three the riders came through in a bunch of groups, so maybe a top placing is more about positioning rather than pure mountains ability.
Petronas dominated the race in the climbing stages last year, and are likely to do it again, though I would see riders like Alarcon, Serpa and probably Kohl attacking with the Petronas leader Carrara at the end.
Scolling down the bottom of the roster I see some powerful sprinters here, with Davis and Mohs in particular hoping to take some of the 5 flat stages and perhaps an early leaders jersey. Looking forward to seeing the Pokerstars sprint train again, hope that Haider Anauwar from Red Bull can either latch onto it or create their own.
Our team leader Siutsou is probably a bit short of real climbing ability to go with the best climbers, so I would hope for a top 10 on the Genting stage.
We note we have heard of secret discussion between Telenor and Yamaha about ripping the race to shreds on the hilly stage 4! Though I believe this is the chance for a breakaway to win the stage 
Predo:
1) Serpa
2) Carrara
3) Alarcon
4) Kohl
5) Rohregger
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 09-07-2010 11:58
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Hopefully Lopez Garcia won't disappoint in his first race of the season.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 09-07-2010 12:33
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Anything else than a top 5 GC finish from Serpa will be a complete disaster, so no pressure on him 
I hope Loddo will continue his good form from Sardegna but he will need some luck with so many good sprinters.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 09-07-2010 12:41
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Bosisio to place highly in the hilly stage and hang on in the mountains to take a top 5 place.
Alternatively, he'll conitinue on from last season and do sweet FA.
Edited by fenian_1234 on 09-07-2010 13:19
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 09-07-2010 12:50
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Curious. I get this feeling that someone deleted a post with a valid argument regarding the butchering the of the word "prediction". Even if it was filled with references to paedophilia.
Damn you admins, Schleck93 is crying now!
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| Heine |
Posted on 09-07-2010 17:16
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I have no hopes even though my team is one of my strongest :-p
Btw, lots of greetings from Iceland, I suggest everyone to take a vacation to this place. It rocks! (Hot Pots = <3)
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 10-07-2010 00:30
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An acceptable result
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| jack888 |
Posted on 10-07-2010 04:17
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When will my guys learn 2nd is good enough!
Pretty good result though, considering Impey decided to have a day off. |
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| Heine |
Posted on 10-07-2010 08:30
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I don't think Brown will win any stages, but he could try to sprint...
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| pangare |
Posted on 10-07-2010 15:57
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Avermaet, damn you bitch ! |
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| Christer |
Posted on 10-07-2010 17:33
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Best rider at 80th place! Woohoo! I will win this for sure!
Still hoping for a break by Voeckler. But my team might do ok in the GC.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 10-07-2010 17:48
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Damn Loddo you would had ended in top 5 if you had stayed with Bernucci!
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| untal |
Posted on 10-07-2010 23:14
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I'll try to speed up in the next days. There's still one stage to come until I get some sleep. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 11-07-2010 14:11
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So many great sprinters, its proving difficult to make an impact here. Encouraged to see Haider find a sprint train (albeit the wrong one) shows that he is aware!
One more sprint stage to come, a little longer and slightly hilly toward the end may effect some of the heavier sprinters a little. Should suit Napitilano, Haedo and Van Avermart - the latter sprinter the one that seems to be missing out so far.
Keeping an eye on the GC contenders and their countbacks - not sure there will be lots of time gaps on the crucial Genting stage. Here is the current situation of the main contenders
1. Kessiekoff (56)
2. Bosisio (86)
3. Carrara (98)
4. Serpa (193)
5. Van Den Broeck (204)
6. Samwel (219)
7. Gil (222)
8. Nazeret (226)
9. Lopez Garcia (233)
10. Alarcon (239)
11. Siutsou (251)
12. Asterloza (262)
13. Petrov (272)
14. Stetina (275)
15. Kohl (283)
Looking for Siutsou to get nearer the front !!! |
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 12-07-2010 00:56
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Genting Highlands is usually hit or miss. In past years Stetina has hit though, which is a trend I hope continues. We need all the points we can get.
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