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| Smowz |
Posted on 11-11-2010 21:18
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Whilst the pro- tour boys ride for the Maglia Rosa in Italy, here we have riders fighting for the other pink jersey in Dunkirk. Its one that should revolve around stages 4 and 5 for GC - with a teasing 21km TT which should knock out any non TTers but not enough perhaps to decide the GC.
That will wait for stage 5's nasty circuit which revolves 9 times with the steep short climb of Mount Noir.
Here are the riders starting:
Spoiler Wiggle
1. M.Ignatiev
2. D.Appollonio
3. R.Hampton
4. B.Hermans
5. S.Locatelli
HighRoad
11. M.Elijzen
12. D.Atapuma
13. K.Boeckmans
14. M.Van Aelbroeck
15. M.Vantomme
16. C.Vermeltfoort
17. R.Zingle
EL AL
21. S.Chavanel
22. S.Calzati
23. B.Feillu
24. I.Konovalovas
25. S.Lagutin
26. G.Rast
27. R.Sicard
UniCredit
31. E.Gasparotto
32. A.Ahmed
33. L.Bodrogi
34. A.Borrajo
35. M.Brändle
36. R.Quaade
37. B.Van Poppel
Pokerstars
41. S.Clement
42. J.Degenkolb
43. S.Dumoulin
44. D.Holloway
45. M.Maaskant
46. N.Terpstra
47. J.Wallays
Intesa
51. D.Grabovski
52. V.Agnoli
53. M.Bandiera
54. E.Girardi
55. M.Lorenzetto
56. T.Pinot
57. B.Traksel
Bimbo
61. D.Craven
62. S.Chavanel
63. M.Hofland
64. M.Olman
65. E.Popov
66. H.Sabido
67. D.Talbott
Bacardi
71. G.Smukulis
72. G.Bagdonas
73. A.Gajek
74. M.Goss
75. J.Kocjan
76. A.Kuchinski
77. T.Thill
Pendleton's
81. B.Wiggins
82. M.Chérel
83. T.Kennaugh
84. M.Ladagnous
85. D.Millar
86. J.Van Heerden
87. E.Vorganov
100Me
91. P.Kennaugh
92. D.Appleby
93. D.Lloyd
94. D.Martin
95. J.Perrett
96. I.Stannard
97. W.Sulzberger
Wiggle with their Giro d'Italia commitments are thread-bare and the support for CTours best TTist Ignatiev is thin with only Hermans the stand out name.
Plenty of TTers are here with Olman, Stannard, Wiggins, Millar amd Grabovski all looking to topple the Russian on stage 4. Plenty of riders will be an all round threat on the unpredictable stage 5. Craven, Clement and Elizen will lead their respective teams and El-Al have numerous threats Konovilinos and Sylvian Chavenal in particular.
In the sprints there will be some tough competition with some of CTours finest in Goss, Vantomme, Van Heerden and Kennaugh will all be looking to land a victory in at least one of the flat stages.
Note: Race Schedule will be two stages tomorrow evening (Friday), two on Saturday amd two on Sunday! |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 11-11-2010 21:19
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Chavanel and Konovalovas could do something here. |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 11-11-2010 21:29
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Wow, didn't realise I was doing races with less than max riders, but having checked, I'm doing quite a few due to the Giro. Lets hope it doesn't affect Ignatiev's chances.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 12-11-2010 13:18
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good sprinting from van heerden and a good gc ride from wiggins or millar would be very satisfactory.
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| arthon |
Posted on 12-11-2010 13:22
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A TT win, pretty please.  |
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| Kami |
Posted on 12-11-2010 13:27
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Goss should atleast get a win here while either Bagdonas or Smukulis can do something for the GC. Don't think that hilly stage will change much though. Learning from Tour Med., Goss might actually pull a stunt here to if he gets enough bonification seconds from the flat stages.
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| Kami |
Posted on 12-11-2010 19:15
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Hate these kind of intermediates near the end of the stage, rly screw things up.
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| Heine |
Posted on 12-11-2010 19:16
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The mangame is a Smowz-show!
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| beagle |
Posted on 12-11-2010 19:36
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good fighting spirit by Dumoulin, shame he couldn´t compete in final sprint
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| pangare |
Posted on 12-11-2010 22:36
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Great job Smowz !
Another good stage by our team. 3 guys in top 10, one in top3 and a jersey ! Lets hope Craven can do a top5 in GC ! |
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| Kami |
Posted on 12-11-2010 23:03
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Why is Kocjan sprinting instead of Goss ...
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 12-11-2010 23:03
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Sweet sweet victory. Never thought Lagutin would be the guy to bring it. Weird stage for El-Al, Calzati and Rast are out of it for a good placing, but Chavanel and Konovalovas are still sitting pretty. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 12-11-2010 23:13
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hehe, Lagutin ahead of Iglinsky, Dumoulin and Wallays in bunch sprin...quite weird, but I´m really satisfied so far
and Holloway is doing great hard job - he worked for Mohs in Turkey and now for Dumoulin
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 12-11-2010 23:16
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Errr, wow. Russell Hampton 10th in a bunch sprint. Never thought I'd see that happen.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 13-11-2010 10:13
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yeah a little inconsistent sprinting but a win is still great
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 13-11-2010 12:10
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Ignatiev is ominously poised then, already nearly having a 20 second gap on his rivals - rivals he will likely all beat on the TT anyway.
And in other news, 100% Me still cant sprint
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| Kami |
Posted on 13-11-2010 12:25
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SportingNonsense wrote:
And in other news, 100% Me still cant sprint
Neither can Bacardi.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 13-11-2010 16:40
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ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM. 
still, seems that nothing will stop ignatiev.
and an unbelievably quick rate of reporting. well done smowz.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 13-11-2010 17:57
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slightly dissapointing tt if i'm honest. hill stage will be interesting.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 13-11-2010 20:43
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Grumbles.
I paid 650,000 odd euros, not a million (I think). But even so. I should win. I was told I would win. Damn it.
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