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Vuelta a Asturias Discussion
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| Kami |
Posted on 26-01-2011 12:20
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Welcome to the preview of the first Pro Tour stage race after the Tour de France. The race consists out of six stages trough-out the Asturias region in the North-west of Spain.
As you can see, this race is all about mountains, and more specific about the mythical Angliru which is included 3 times. The race is completely the same as last year, except for one change. A sixth stage got added, and it will probably be an interesting one. We start at the foot of the Angliru, and the first one to reach the finish 16km later wins the last stage. Sounds simple enough, but it hardly is.
Last year, Arroyo won the race with a 12 second difference to Alejandro Valverde. This year, Valverde isn't here and Arroyo is riding for Lipton. But the chance of winning it again is very small if you look at the contender field.
Cunego, Dekker, A. Schleck, Fothen, Intxausti, Popovych, Pozzovivo and so on. The contenders field is immense with most of the top climber of the world present. And the race is most likely going to be decided in those mountains, seeing the downhill TT from the Angliru isn't going to give gaps bigger then a few seconds as we can see from last years results.
Not that much of sprinters present as their is only one stage they can be sure off, and that is the first one. Stage 5 is more likely to end in a break than a sprint. But for the first stage, look out for; Hoffman, Caethoven, Freire and Grillo.
The favorites for me?
| 1. | Damiano Cunego | | 2. | Benat Intxausti | | 3. | Andy Schleck | | 4. | Thomas Dekker | | 5. | Sergio Henao Montoya |
For me, Cunego is still the n°1 climber in the world, which he showed once again in the Giro. The moral winner of the Vuelta, Intxausti, also has a good shot here as he is riding on home ground. Behind them it's more open in my opinion, but Andy Schleck and Thomas Dekker are never bad bets for the mountains. And why not put Henao Montoyo in a possible top 5 list. The kid won a mountain stage at the Tour and has proved his potential up the mountains.
Startlist Spoiler La Gazzetta
1. D.Cunego
2. J.Agudelo
3. D.De la Fuente
4. S.Marinangeli
5. M.Osella
6. R.RodrÃguez Segarra
7. S.Szmyd
8. W.Vasquez
Philips
11. T.Dekker
12. F.Bellotti
13. S.Cohnen
14. J.Fuglsang
15. E.MartÃnez de Esteban
16. J.Pecharroman
17. M.Pedersen
18. M.Reimer
Domina Vacanze
21. A.Schleck
22. H.Duenas Nevado
23. M.Eibegger
24. T.Frei
25. D.Herrero Llorente
26. C.Naibo
27. R.Pauriol
28. S.Taberlay
Pearl
31. M.Fothen
32. E.Berthou
33. M.Cardoso
34. W.De Vocht
35. S.Joseph
36. G.Levarlet
37. P.Panayotov
38. P.Weening
Vesuvio
41. B.Intxausti
42. J.Cabreira
43. D.Claerebout
44. B.Gastauer
45. M.Iglinski
46. D.Medvedev
47. P.Merino Criado
48. J.Rienda Segura
Carmeuse
51. J.Popovych
52. S.Caethoven
53. J.Camier
54. S.Casar
55. A.Fenn
56. M.Kneisky
57. O.Solis
58. J.Suaza
Energie
61. D.Pozzovivo
62. A.Colom Mas
63. J.Perez Cuapio
64. C.Rojas Villegas
65. M.Soler
66. G.Veloso
67. D.Viganò
68. A.Vital
Nespresso
71. S.Henao Montoya
72. A.Antunes
73. D.Di Luca
74. M.Durán
75. N.Hoffman
76. S.Lay
77. J.Maillet
78. M.Schär
Lipton
81. D.Arroyo
82. G.Brizuela
83. T.Danielson
84. F.Matamoros
85. A.Petrie-Armstrong
86. V.Ratiy
87. C.Schmieg
88. J.Zrimsek
Lafarge
91. G.Caruso
92. L.Bret
93. A.Jeannesson
94. P.Korzh
95. D.Menchov
96. H.Rangel
97. L.Sestili
98. P.Thuaux
Wolfskin
101. R.Plaza
102. J.Donald
103. B.Giling
104. M.Kreder
105. F.Mancebo
106. W.Poels
107. T.Rabou
108. J.Van Emden
Colombia
111. F.Duarte
112. P.Deignan
113. A.Klöden
114. D.Montoya
115. E.Orozco
116. O.Pereiro Sio
117. M.Rubiano Chavez
118. C.Sarmiento
Festina
121. C.Castaño
122. S.Denifl
123. T.Kvist
124. W.Li
125. R.Maksimov
126. S.Morabito
127. S.Sánchez Gonzalez
128. M.Vingerling
Sony
131. W.Pedraza
132. S.Anza
133. L.Fernández Oliveira
134. P.Grillo
135. C.Meyer
136. S.Pauwels
137. V.Renäng
138. M.Öste-Macdonald
Starbucks
141. R.Kiserlovski
142. K.Fajt
143. O.Freire
144. R.Jaramillo
145. K.Koren
146. C.Ospina
147. P.Sibila Romero
148. R.Simunek
Warner Bros.
151. S.Kolesnikov
152. G.De Winde
153. D.Gallego
154. G.Hasta
155. K.Hulsmans
156. T.Pinto
157. J.Redondo
158. R.Van Houts
Tinkoff
161. E.Petrov
162. M.Belkov
163. P.Brutt
164. V.Kiryenka
165. T.Kritskiy
166. A.Kunshin
167. N.Trusov
168. V.Valinin
Team B&O
171. M.Hacecký
172. J.Jørgensen
173. S.Kruijswijk
174. R.Mestre
175. A.Rasmussen
176. J.Sagan
177. K.Vanoverschelde
178. T.Vinter
Auber 93
181. F.Morizot
182. N.Brouzes
183. M.Chedhomme
184. C.Kern
185. S.Langeveld
186. C.Le Mével
187. D.Mehr-Wenige
188. J.Thire
Wikipedia
191. R.Eastman
192. T.Brandt
193. M.Busche
194. B.Caldwell
195. I.Kovalev
196. C.Mai
197. A.Sebright
198. A.Timofeev
Control
201. T.Boonratanathanakorn
202. S.Batchelor
203. K.Michely
204. A.Niyonshuti
Provisional schedule:
Stage 1 will be posted on Thursday.
Stage 2 will be posted on Friday.
Stage 3 on Saturday.
Stage 4, 5 & 6 on Sunday.
Edited by Kami on 30-01-2011 11:56
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 26-01-2011 12:36
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Great preview.
It will be very difficult to win this one, but at this point of the game, it's all about getting some points to move away from the relegation zone -- with a more secure margin than the current one  |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 26-01-2011 12:59
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When I made the planner I thought Plaza could have a real shot at podium here. Now a top 10 would be good, I mean the startlist is unbelievable strong, Cunego, Andy, Dekker and Fothen all riding here
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-01-2011 13:09
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Last race for Worlds qualification points to be earnt (admittedly I have no idea yet how close it is between countries  ) - and its going to be a good race. All 3 2010 GT winners, this year's TDF runner-up, and the 'moral Vuelta winner' (I like that description btw!).
Last year Intxausti got 6th and the points jersey, but wasnt aggressive enough, Top 5 has to be the target this year.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 26-01-2011 13:09
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 26-01-2011 14:24
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This is going to be interesting. Such a strong field and such mixed battles going on here. I'm really looking forward to it even tough my top3 goal is quite impossible
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| SotD |
Posted on 26-01-2011 15:31
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This one is all about damagecontrol...
On a good week Carlos Castaño could end up 8th or 9th here, but why the hell did I even consider bringing Samuel Sánchez here? Damn... I hope Castaño can get into top 10 and Sammy be the best of the helpers in 18th or so... That would be my dream scenario here.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 26-01-2011 16:13
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I love stages 4 and 6 for originality - another one of those cool things you can do with the man game.
Cunego is a big favourite - but perhaps a Spanish rider or two can stick with him and nip past him in a sprint?
I am sure Nespresso, Energie Diesal and Carmuese will be watching eagerly here - this could be a key battleground for relegation right here!
Waiting for fenian to come steaming in about the 'moral winner' of the Vuelta! But would have been nice to see Valverde vs Cunego (well vs Spilak too)
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-01-2011 16:15
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Cunego is a big favourite - but perhaps a Spanish rider or two can stick with him and nip past him in a sprint?
The Spaniards are going to need to get a gap on him, rather than hope to actually outsprint him
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| SotD |
Posted on 26-01-2011 17:40
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My dream top 10:
1. Thomas Dekker
2. Jaroslav Popovych
3. Damiano Cunego
4. Beñat Intxausti
5. Markus Fothen
6. Andy Schleck
7. Ruben Plaza
8. Carlos Castaño
9. S. Henao Montoya
10. Domenico Pozzovivo
In that case I won't lose all too much on my competitors... Seems unrealistic that Popovych can climb that high and that Castaño can do so aswell.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-01-2011 18:02
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SotD wrote:
My dream top 10:
1. Thomas Dekker
2. Jaroslav Popovych
3. Damiano Cunego
4. Beñat Intxausti
5. Markus Fothen
6. Andy Schleck
7. Ruben Plaza
8. Carlos Castaño
9. S. Henao Montoya
10. Domenico Pozzovivo
In that case I won't lose all too much on my competitors... Seems unrealistic that Popovych can climb that high and that Castaño can do so aswell.
If its your dream top 10 surely it should be 1. Castano?
And Popovych - he only really went well later on in the Tour, so these shorter stage races arent necesarilly best suited to him.
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| SotD |
Posted on 26-01-2011 19:00
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Well my dreams tend to have just a pinch of realism to them 
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 26-01-2011 19:28
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I was sure I had Gomez Marchante in this race, but looking at the planner I don't.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-01-2011 19:38
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Its the PT race most suited to Duarte route wise .. just not competition wise
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| SotD |
Posted on 27-01-2011 18:17
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Will be interesting to see if any sprints will occur... As I see it the sprint top 10 could very well be something like this:
1. Kobe Vanoverschelde
2. Cameron Meyer
3. Oscar Freire
4. Nolan Hoffman
5. Sergio Marinangeli
6. Nikolai Trusov
7. Martin Pedersen
8. Roman Maksimov
9. Artjom Timofeev
10. Steven Caethoven
Will the pack even try to catch the breakaway with so poor sprinters? I assume the chase will be from B&O and Sony, but is that enough?
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-01-2011 18:19
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Carmeuse 1st, Starbucks 2nd, Nespresso 4th. Thats a bad sprint for Energie.
And SotD, youve ovverated Cam Meyer there, he has yet to deliver in any sprint, ever. (Excluding 1 win in a weak CT field last season at the Tour de Beauce). And evidently, youve underrated Caethoven
Edited by SportingNonsense on 27-01-2011 18:21
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 27-01-2011 18:21
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Nice to see Kreder in top 10. He could be very well our main sprinter next season.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 27-01-2011 19:07
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Carmeuse 1st, Starbucks 2nd, Nespresso 4th. Thats a bad sprint for Energie.
And SotD, youve ovverated Cam Meyer there, he has yet to deliver in any sprint, ever. (Excluding 1 win in a weak CT field last season at the Tour de Beauce). And evidently, youve underrated Caethoven
I guess I got left out of the 'bring sprinters to the one sprint stage race' triumvirate.
Damn you all, you fierce relegation rivals... my revenge will be resounding!
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 27-01-2011 19:31
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Carmeuse 1st, Starbucks 2nd, Nespresso 4th. Thats a bad sprint for Energie.
And SotD, youve ovverated Cam Meyer there, he has yet to deliver in any sprint, ever. (Excluding 1 win in a weak CT field last season at the Tour de Beauce). And evidently, youve underrated Caethoven
Meyer even fails at leading out.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 27-01-2011 19:35
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Amazing to see the Brasstown Bald stage taken all the way from Georgia, USA. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 27-01-2011 20:01
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Slightly different actually
Thats the profile for the Brasstown Bald Georgia stage - and it also popped up in the Tour of Romandie in 2009.
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