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Stage Race Wildcards: Part 2
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 17-07-2011 19:07
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Just 6 ProTour races have yet to reveal the Continental wildcard team they will be welcoming to their race, and that's about to change!
And just as they opened Part 1 of the Stage Race thread, they open Part 2. Pokerstars.com and Jose Rujano have been invited to participate in the Tour of Romandie, with support from Christophe Kern.
Now to the races that clash with the Grand Tours. And it is only suitable that an American team receives a wildcard for the Tour of California (even if their leader is Croatian), and it is Hollister Pro Cycling and Robert Kiserlovski who will ride here. Over to Ireland, and a ProTour debut is received for the Oz Cycling Project in the FBD Eire Tour.
Next are two races the clash with each other. The Dauphine Libert gives Saab-Scania their 2nd wildcard of the season, while the Tour de Suisse have a place for Vespa - Aprilia - De Roas, and will hope that Pozzovivvo is not too tired out from the Giro.
Finally, the Vuelta a Colombia. The wildcard here goes to Jayco - Red Bull, and so another chance for John Gadret.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 17-07-2011 19:15
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*Rushes to send gifts to the Colombian mafia*
Jayco Red Bull hopes this glosses over the disappointment Cafe de Colombia fans feel when John Gadret denies Cunego his Tour win. Let us hear them cheer the hairless Frenchman onto a Vuelta a Colombia victory too!
*Suddenly recalls the Knees - Rodas transfer fiasco*
On an unrelated note Jayco Red Bull announces a special bullet proof vest jersey is being prepared for our fans from nations whereby recreational cycling is an extreme sport!
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| Heine |
Posted on 17-07-2011 19:47
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Argh, when I didn't get 1 race here I gotta send Flügel to the Giro to max him out :/ bah
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 17-07-2011 20:00
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Heine wrote:
Argh, when I didn't get 1 race here I gotta send Flügel to the Giro to max him out :/ bah
I think it was a bit greedy to expect a Grand Tour aswell as 2 other stage races  You should be glad that you CAN max him in some way, most other CT teams wouldnt have been able to with their wildcard allocations
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| Heine |
Posted on 17-07-2011 20:04
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Thats true ;-) I just hoped I would be able to 
Still, went trough my race list, only Eschborn Franfurt he looses out, I should be able to fix so that someone else leads Tour of Southland ;-)
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| beagle |
Posted on 17-07-2011 20:48
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wohooo, another wild card!!
to say the truth, I hoped for getting WC for Dauphine Libere more, where race profile would suit to Rujano much better
it doesn´t mean I´m complaining though
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| ltt |
Posted on 17-07-2011 21:07
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Glad i get my home race in California 
Should help me to max out a couple of my youngsters as well, which is nice |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 17-07-2011 21:10
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Nice - the Tour de Suisse was a race we quite fancied having a go at. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 17-07-2011 21:44
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Will be fun to see how good Lövkvist can do both in Criterium du Dauphine Libere and in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya with help from Eltink and Bjelkmark.
We are happy and thankful for this possibility.
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| roturn |
Posted on 17-07-2011 22:27
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Heine wrote:
Thats true ;-) I just hoped I would be able to
Still, went trough my race list, only Eschborn Franfurt he looses out, I should be able to fix so that someone else leads Tour of Southland ;-)
I pretty much like to avoid meeting someone like Flügel in NZ. He would have been a perfect guy for it. |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 18-07-2011 08:53
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Thanks for the chance to race at FDB Eire! It will hopefully a lot of fun for The Oz with Baden Cooke as captain Looking forward to our ProTour-debut!
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| beagle |
Posted on 20-07-2011 19:32
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SN, is it allowed to change WCs with another team, if both would agree?
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-07-2011 19:52
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Race organisers may not take too kindly a rejection from a team, but would need to know the details
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 20-07-2011 20:18
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I don't think that should be allowed. If you don't want to race the race you're riding, tell the organizers so they can open it up for applications from other teams.
Btw, the way, I just noticed - Vespa-Caffrey's for the Giro, and now Vespa-Aprilia-De Roas for the Tour de Suisse. Are the race organizers trying to tell us something?
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| beagle |
Posted on 20-07-2011 20:32
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just an idea, if it´d be even possible to make such kind of "deal"
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Pokerstars.com would like inquire possibility of swap WCs with Saab-Scania (their manager haven´t been contacted yet). We´d like to offer our WC for Tour of Romandie and have a huge interest to join Criterium du Dauphine Libere instead (our #2 in our "applying for WC" list). We feel that our leader and one of the best CT stage riders, Jose Rujano, has much bigger chance to make good results here. We also think that race profile of Tour of Romadie would fit toSaab-Scania´s leader Thomas Lövkvist more.
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Unofficial reason: I´m horrified after I found out that my future sprinter star John Degenkolb will finish upcoming season with 3.99 and he´ll need another 2 seasons to be maxed out. I want to find a way, how to gain 1 more race day for him. Swapping of WCs looks like quite feasible way (if organisers and Saab-Scania would agree) for me. Or is there any other possibility?
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 20-07-2011 20:44
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Does degenkolb qualify for l'Avenir?
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| cio93 |
Posted on 20-07-2011 20:45
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He doesn't.
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| beagle |
Posted on 20-07-2011 20:48
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Levi4life wrote:
Does degenkolb qualify for l'Avenir?
he´s too old (*7th January 1989) 
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Posted on 20-07-2011 21:20
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Do the WC or Olympics count towards experience?
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| beagle |
Posted on 20-07-2011 21:31
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Levi4life wrote:
Do the WC or Olympics count towards experience?
or maybe NC?
it´s a pity that here is no Criterium Series this season
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