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| Smowz |
Posted on 03-01-2011 11:02
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Despite being relegated to CTour status the Tour of Austria retains it popularity and its challenges.
Stage two's mountain top finish on the Kitzbuhler Horn is a highly prized stage victory and could set up victory in this race. However the Glossglockner midway through stage three will create some interest, as will the stage seven Time Trial.
Some of the best stage racers in the CTour are here:
Spoiler Pirelli
1. J.Serpa
2. I.Basso
3. H.Dupont
4. S.Masciarelli
5. Z.Ndbri
6. I.Santaromita
7. P.Tiralongo
Santander
11. D.Abal
12. D.Allonca
13. J.Castroviejo
14. A.Galdos
15. A.Hernández Gutierrez
16. D.Ortega
17. R.Valls
UBS
21. F.Perez Sanchez
22. R.Förster
23. A.Kristoff
24. C.Riblon
25. M.Richeze
26. G.Signorini
27. C.Sinelobov
Benfica
31. J.Van den Broeck
32. F.Ardila Cano
33. R.Costa
34. M.Krasnoperov
35. R.Laverde Velez
36. N.Ribeiro
37. F.Terciado
Telenor
41. T.Rohregger
42. R.Guldhammer
43. B.Noval
44. C.Pfannberger
45. S.Remme
46. S.Siedler
47. F.Wilman
Bimbo
51. I.Camaño
52. A.Albourdainy
53. J.Berard
54. M.Olman
55. M.Portela
56. H.Sabido
57. J.Vangenechten
Tinkoff
61. E.Petrov
62. I.Chernetsky
63. S.Klimov
64. N.Novikov
65. A.Serov
66. B.Shpilevski
67. N.Trusov
Falcon
71. T.Eltink
72. J.Decouttere
73. J.Guarnieri
74. T.Kristiansen
75. M.Pajari
76. L.Persson
77. G.Rajala
YouTwit
81. A.Txurruka
82. R.Bertogliati
83. L.Kirk
84. T.Last
85. J.McCallum
86. M.Pozzo
87. F.de Romijn
UniCredit
91. T.Valjavec
92. D.Bragazzi
93. M.Brändle
94. J.Grau
95. D.Napolitano
96. D.Teklehaimanot
97. B.Vandborg
No Ikea here in this one, really hands the opputunity to other stage racing squads like UBS, Santander, Bimbo Nutella and Benfica who all have decent candidates in Perez Sanchez, Abal, Camano and Van den Broeck. However they will have to work out how to stop Jose Serpa (Pirelli) the outstanding favourite. He has a really strong climbing squad around him, and will be a tough nut to crack.
Telenor's Thomas Rohregger will be desperate to do well in his home tour, whilst Tinkoff have been quietly getting good results and Evgeni Petrov is a good shout. Watch out for Falcon's Theo Eltink as well, he has shown that he can live with some of the best climbers around.
There are five stages that are rated as flat (non TT) and that has encouraged some fine sprinting competition. Unicredit lack a credible GC man but Napolitano is a strong sprinter, though Guarnieri (Falcon), Trusov (Tinkoff), Sabido (Bimbo), Richeze (UBS) and Galdos (Santander) represent some stiff competition.
Schedule:
I am hoping to get this thing started on Wednesday with stage 1.
Stage 2: Thursday (Kitzbuhler Horn)
Stage 3: Friday (Glossglockner)
Stages 4 and 5: Saturday
Stages 6 and 7: Sunday
Stage 8 and wrap up: Monday
Hope that is an acceptable schedule... in the meantime enjoy the conclusion to the Tour de Suisse and Tour of Slovenia  |
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| pangare |
Posted on 03-01-2011 14:01
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I really hope Camano doesn't have any kind of bad luck and finishes with a Top5/Top10 because this is a important team goal  |
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| Heine |
Posted on 04-01-2011 06:31
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I really belive Rohregger can do well on home turf, and with my recent string og luck / good results I got high hopes 
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| viking90 |
Posted on 04-01-2011 18:50
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It´s going to be interesting to see if Eltink can take a good GC place although there is a quite long TT. And Guarnieri maybe can get some good stages places. Will be a fun race! |
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 04-01-2011 18:56
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Time for the first win for the team - overall that is..
Serpa will need around a minute to Abal before that time trial.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 05-01-2011 19:59
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hmm a little disorganized final sprint there, to bad Guarnieri wasn´t up there on the last sprint before finish line. But he will get some more chances to take make a good result. |
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| Heine |
Posted on 05-01-2011 20:20
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5th by Siedler, better than expected from him so I can't complain. I feel my luck has turned, that means Rohregger wins, infront of Pfannberger and Noval Sorry guys :-p
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| viking90 |
Posted on 06-01-2011 22:44
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The climb was a little too long for Eltink. Not good, hope he can take back some lost time on the next stage and then Guarnieri can take some good places!
Good report! Time to go to bed, sleep well! |
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| pangare |
Posted on 06-01-2011 23:05
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Top5 by Camano and not Camino ( ) would be just great.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 06-01-2011 23:07
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Damn - need some magic if Serpa shall win this race..Perez is clearly the better tt'er. Good work by the team.
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| Heine |
Posted on 07-01-2011 06:19
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10th by Rohregger, I hoped for more but can't expect too much
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| Smowz |
Posted on 07-01-2011 06:23
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pangare wrote:
Top5 by Camano and not Camino ( ) would be just great.
I noticed I was doing this halfway through the race, just think of me as an absent minded Eurosport commentator. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 07-01-2011 09:10
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Hehe I thought as well who that Camino guy was. Didn't remember seeing him in the DB :-)
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-01-2011 13:04
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Smowz wrote:
pangare wrote:
Top5 by Camano and not Camino ( ) would be just great.
I noticed I was doing this halfway through the race, just think of me as an absent minded Eurosport commentator.
Haha, good way to put it. Nice way to add realism to the reports!
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 07-01-2011 15:13
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just as I was feeling good about my team Abal continues with his awful CT form
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-01-2011 15:15
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It does rather defy belief that Abal can be doing so badly here, having recently finished in the Vuelta Top 10
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 07-01-2011 15:21
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SportingNonsense wrote:
It does rather defy belief that Abal can be doing so badly here, having recently finished in the Vuelta Top 10
yeah, had Abal not lost a minute in the flat stages he would have come second. For him to have come no where near winning a stage race in the CT is embarrassing after that.
[url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| viking90 |
Posted on 07-01-2011 20:50
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hmm, 7th in the GC with only TT stage(?) left to do something at , but with Eltink TT´s stat he will not gain time to anyone at all. Now it´s up to Guarnieri to get some points from this race. |
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 07-01-2011 20:59
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Ooooh it will be close on that final timetrial...I hope Serpa will perform a timetrial like he did in Trentino. Good work by the team again.
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| Heine |
Posted on 07-01-2011 21:19
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Thats better Rohregger, I can live with 6th
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