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Transfagarasan GP Discussion
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:10
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Its a race along just the one road. Boring? Hardly.
Startlist:
Spoiler Bacardi
1. R.Ricco
2. A.DÃaz Corrales
3. J.El Fares
4. M.Gourov
5. C.Hervé
6. A.Kruopis
7. T.Thill
IKEA
11. J.Alarcon
12. J.Bjelkmark
13. A.Flügel
14. G.Larsson
15. L.Lundberg
16. P.Sagan
17. R.Taaramäe
Bimbo
21. M.Samwel
22. S.Barberi
23. J.Berard
24. I.Camaño
25. M.Hofland
26. V.Rodrigues
27. H.Sabido
UBS
31. F.Perez Sanchez
32. I.Bogdan
33. J.Mora
34. C.Riblon
35. G.Signorini
36. D.Vorontsov
37. S.Zahner
LEGO
41. K.Gil
42. J.Allain
43. J.Libert
44. A.Matzbacher
45. A.Moschella
46. H.Schwab
47. K.Vantornout
Wiggle
51. D.Cataldo
52. T.Diggle
53. C.Grippo
54. R.Nocentini
55. M.Pavarin
56. P.Scarponi
57. R.Tanguy
Yamaha
61. C.Evans
62. S.Lewis
63. J.Loubet
64. F.Montenegro
65. I.Parra Pinto
66. F.Piamonte
67. M.Rutkiewicz
Santander
71. J.Cobo
72. D.Allonca
73. J.Castroviejo
74. J.Gallego Martin
75. D.Galparsoro
76. J.Moreno
77. R.Serrano
Tinkoff
81. E.Petrov
82. M.Belkov
83. I.Chernetsky
84. S.Klimov
85. N.Novikov
86. A.Serov
87. B.Shpilevski
Petronas
91. M.Lloret
92. A.Colby
93. M.Dueñas
94. M.Khalmuratov
95. M.Ortega
96. M.Ramos Gamez
97. T.Stubbe
Falcon
101. T.Eltink
102. N.Aistrup
103. J.Hoogerland
104. M.Jamieson
105. G.Rajala
106. C.Wegelius
107. M.Wyss
HighRoad
111. C.Sastre
112. K.Boeckmans
113. S.Finning
114. Y.Kusters
115. M.Van Aelbroeck
116. C.Vermeltfoort
117. R.Zingle
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| Smowz |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:16
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This is where you gotta love the pure fantasy of sending great riders to such an insane race.
The drop looks lethel... which of those climbers know how to descend? |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:17
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Don´t have high expectations here, just wanted to take part in this mad race.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:21
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Smowz wrote:
This is where you gotta love the pure fantasy of sending great riders to such an insane race.
The drop looks lethel... which of those climbers know how to descend?
And that's the reason why Serpa isn't riding this race...I really don't think that the climb will be as important than the long long descend. Will be funny though to see if Ricco will be able to get a big enough gap to the other contenders for the win...I believe that he will need at least 1 min at the top of the climb to guys like Taaramäe.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:23
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Dont underestimate the climb itself though. The PCM profile cuts a lot of it off - theres a solid 20+km of climbing up steep slopes there, before the potentially lethal descent.
Of course, with 33km to the finish from the top - will the AI let any rider attack so early on the climb itself?
Edited by SportingNonsense on 06-12-2010 21:24
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:27
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Dont underestimate the climb itself though. The PCM profile cuts a lot of it off - theres a solid 20+km of climbing up steep slopes there, before the potentially lethal descent.
Of course, with 33km to the finish from the top - will the AI let any rider attack so early on the climb itself?
That will be quite crucial without an doubt. If Alarcon of Ricco attacks early on the climb then they would perhaps have enough time over the hill to defend a lead over better downhillers than themselves. It could be one hell of a race or a quite disappointing one, lets hope the AI will let the fireworks begin early on the big climb! 
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:54
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11 riders in a sprint group for the win is my bet :-)
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 06-12-2010 21:56
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It'll be an interesting race for sure, I had to enter just to see if Cataldo could do anything here. With a limited amount of races that suited my main riders, this one did well to fit into Cataldo's race schedule. It'll be interesting to see what it's like up there at the dizzy heights of off the stage profile. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-12-2010 22:00
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And for those wanting to know when it will be up, tomorrow afternoon/evening ~6pm ish British time hopefully
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| Kami |
Posted on 07-12-2010 06:37
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Looking forward to this. Actually just wanted to be here as well. If riders go 'for real' on the climb, then i have a good chance of winning. But i don't rly have my hopes up and it might actually come down to a sprint.
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 07-12-2010 07:50
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I should have ridden this... |
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| jack888 |
Posted on 07-12-2010 08:31
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I tried to enter all the C1 mountain one-day races. Hopefully we sneak a top 10 with an early break or Evans picking a good time to go. |
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| Heine |
Posted on 07-12-2010 08:55
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I decided my climbers weren't good enough for this race, still looking forward to the report though 
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| beagle |
Posted on 07-12-2010 13:10
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Luckily, my team full of top climbers doesn´t participate here. I can´t wait for report though, expecting hard and exciting battle
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| Kami |
Posted on 07-12-2010 18:08
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Well, that was odd. Didn't expect Ricco to crack stats-wise compared to Alarcon.
Good race to read and nice report, though.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 07-12-2010 18:22
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Exciting reading and racing, unfortunately we weren´t capable of doing anything but Wyss in the break. But no big suprise about that. |
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| pangare |
Posted on 07-12-2010 18:27
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Very proud of my boys 
Great pace up the climb.Too bad Samwel can´t descend but he proved his strength when it really mattered.
Edited by pangare on 07-12-2010 18:28
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 07-12-2010 18:32
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Seems the climb indeed was insane enough to make a difference for the best climbers! Kami: It was a little surprising without an doubt but I think Alarcon had terrific daily form, the way he destroyed everyone at the huge climb (named?).
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-12-2010 18:40
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rycadinho wrote:
Seems the climb indeed was insane enough to make a difference for the best climbers! Kami: It was a little surprising without an doubt but I think Alarcon had terrific daily form, the way he destroyed everyone at the huge climb (named?).
Well the road used is the Transfagarasan, which goes through the Fagaras mountain range. Which specific mountain it is where the road peaks, Im not sure.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 07-12-2010 20:40
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What a fascinating race, kinda glad I didn't put my boys through that all the A-grade climbers (unsurprisingly) came out to play there!
Yet another giant stride by Ikea towards a high finish - but not through Taaramae which is interesting! |
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