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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 28-07-2011 22:31
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Welcome to Venezuela!
Once again, Vuelta al Tachira will be the first race of the season to offer mountains. And also sprint stages, and time trials - including an opening team time trial. A quick look at the startlist shows Jose Alarcon is here, so good luck everyone else!
Participation list:
Spoiler | Nordhaug | Lars Petter | Aker Solutions - Bergans | | Alarcon | Jose | Aker Solutions - Bergans | | Rojas Gil | José Joaquin | Aker Solutions - Bergans | | Jaramillo | Remberto | Aker Solutions - Bergans | | Vasquez | Wilmer | Aker Solutions - Bergans | | Haedo | Lucas Sebastian | Aker Solutions - Bergans | | Jørgensen | Jonas Aaen | Aker Solutions - Bergans | | Eastman | Ryan | California Giant | | Brandt | Tyler | California Giant | | Sinner | Benoît | California Giant | | Peterson | Thomas | California Giant | | Stetina | Peter | California Giant | | Jeannesson | Arnold | California Giant | | Colex | Bernardo | California Giant | | Santos | Bruno | Cerne | | Viviani | Elia | Cerne | | Martins | Ricardo | Cerne | | Martins | José | Cerne | | Insausti | Jon Ander | Cerne | | Oliveira | Nelson | Cerne | | Carvalho | Antonio | Cerne | | Evans | Cadel | Emu Export | | Nazaret | Magno | Emu Export | | Raisin | Saul | Emu Export | | Krasnoperov | Mikayil | Emu Export | | Orozco | VÃctor Hugo | Emu Export | | Hasta | Gökhan | Emu Export | | Van Ooijen | Cornelius | Emu Export | | Niemiec | Przemyslaw | Ferrari - ERG | | Maisto | Massimiliano | Ferrari - ERG | | Girardi | Edoardo | Ferrari - ERG | | Pietropolli | Daniele | Ferrari - ERG | | Sgrigna | Pier Graziano | Ferrari - ERG | | Pozzo | Mattia | Ferrari - ERG | | Battaglin | Enrico | Ferrari - ERG | | Martinez | Yasmani | Hollister | | Ochoa Quintero | Richard | Hollister | | MartÃnez | Damian | Hollister | | Monsalve | Yonathan | Hollister | | Cruz | Freddy | Hollister | | Griffith | Mark | Hollister | | Pantano Gómez | Jarlinson | Hollister | | Castaño | Carlos | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | | Murgoitio | Egoitz | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | | Saldarriaga | Andres | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | | Santaromita | Ivan | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | | Kinney | Nick | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | | DÃaz Corrales | Andrés Miguel | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | | Flaksis | Andzs | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | | Vantornout | Klaas | Team Bianchi | | Lloret | Manuel | Team Bianchi | | Schwab | Hubert | Team Bianchi | | Mazur | Piotr | Team Bianchi | | Locatelli | Stefano | Team Bianchi | | Dennis | Rohan | Team Bianchi | | Martynenko | Oleksandr | Team Bianchi | | Dueñas | Moises | Team CSC-Orbea | | Colorado | Francisco | Team CSC-Orbea | | Rodas | Julián | Team CSC-Orbea | | Parra Bustamante | Edwin | Team CSC-Orbea | | Lewis | Craig | Team CSC-Orbea | | Kovalev | Ivan | Team CSC-Orbea | | Talansky | Andrew | Team CSC-Orbea | | Astarloza | Mikel | Team WWE | | Keukeleire | Jens | Team WWE | | Paulinho | Sérgio | Team WWE | | Kessiakoff | Fredrik | Team WWE | | Sørensen | Chris Anker | Team WWE | | Txurruka | Amets | Team WWE | | Hoste | Leif | Team WWE | | Garbelli | David | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | | Carrara | Matteo | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | | Ascani | Luca | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | | Traficante | Roberto | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | | Cattaneo | Mattia | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | | Balloni | Alfredo | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | | Kwiatkowski | Michał | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | | Li | Wen Hao | VolksWagen - Siemens | | Predatsch | Kevin | VolksWagen - Siemens | | Ratiy | Vadim | VolksWagen - Siemens | | Schädlich | Lucas | VolksWagen - Siemens | | Sabatini | Fabio | VolksWagen - Siemens | | Veikkanen | Jussi | VolksWagen - Siemens | | Müller | Christian | VolksWagen - Siemens |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 28-07-2011 22:40
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Ivan Kovalev is firing up the CSC squad full of climbers in hopes he can get some help in TTT on the opening stage.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 28-07-2011 22:43
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Really exited to see the team start of the season in a race, were we are looking for a good result through Castaño who will hopefully show why he performed so well in the Giro last year!
Too bad that the team will lose a unknown amount of time on this first stage but I'm sure Carlos will get some time back later!
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 28-07-2011 22:53
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Much more popular than in recent years this one.
Come on Carrara, though he has more competition than I had planned on.  |
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| jack888 |
Posted on 28-07-2011 23:47
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Go away Alarcon! I picked this race to avoid guys like him.
Anyway, hopefully we limit losses in the TTT and Nazaret gets given a free reign in the mountains. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-07-2011 23:58
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The overall just goes over Alarcon and Emu Export I think with outsider chances of California or Pirelli.
But as it is Alarcon`s home race he should be unbeatable.
Still I hope for some nice action in the mountain and interesting other stages. |
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 29-07-2011 00:32
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6lb 8oz baby jesus we put 20 seconds into Alarcon! Lets stop the race now.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 29-07-2011 00:39
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Wow surprisingly good start from the team, it's good to see Castaño getting 30 seconds on Alarcon from the start though I highly doubt it will have any impact on the outcome of this race.
Can't wait for the mountains now, the team looks more than ready to at least challenge Alarcon a bit!
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| jack888 |
Posted on 29-07-2011 00:49
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Awesome, stage 1 up already. Glad to have only lost 7'. 1' behind Pirelli, i have a feeling that battle will be close the whole way. |
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| Christer |
Posted on 29-07-2011 01:01
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Team WWE wins a stage! The name change did good! Also having quite a strong team lined up here.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 29-07-2011 01:10
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Yeah ... 5th better than I expected, but my leader fell off the back off the team and lost 2 additional seconds  . Overall still very pleased 
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| CountArach |
Posted on 29-07-2011 01:45
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Volkswagen absolutely dominating the young rider classification now. That might be a small consolation for just missing out on the TTT.
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| Heine |
Posted on 29-07-2011 05:20
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Argh, I really believed I would win that stage with Ratiy/Schädlich/Müller/Veikkanen/Li... Anyway, Ratiy with a good GC placing, without Alarcon here I hoped he could fight for the win, but now I will be really happy with second. Now comes 2 stages where I hope Sabatini will be able to do something
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| ember |
Posted on 29-07-2011 05:26
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'31 seconds behind. It could be worse 
I'm surprised Rujano is not here, he's also Venezuelan. Hopefully Alarcon can bounce back in the mountains. But first comes two sprints, hope Haedo and Jørgensen can do something good there. Should be a nice race to read about, hopefully Alarcon doesn't crash out |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 29-07-2011 06:27
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Team WWE having quite a nice start to the season here! Imagine Heine will see that Kessiekoff in the lead is a bit of a double blow.
In fact, I think this sets the scene nicely for the season in that there are 12 teams here making this one much more of a race than the six team point-a-thon it was last year. Five of what I would consider to be promotion chasers here - you'll have to read my previews to see which those are likely to be!
Last year's champion Ochoa Quintera is going to find it very difficult to beat Alarcon. It's only fair that I burgen Jose Alarcon with the poisoned charm that is the 'predo curse'. Let's do a predo top three:
1. Alarcon
2. Nazeret
3. Castano
@ember: I suspect Rujano has more limited race days than Alarcon, a 12 day c1 stage race may seem wasteful of his talents.
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| ltt |
Posted on 29-07-2011 09:08
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Yeah, can't see Ochoa Quintero repeating here this year, field just looks too strong. Hoping that he, or one of the Martinez's, can sneak a stage win instead. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 29-07-2011 09:51
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Great start for Ferrari! 6th place is much better than I had expected. Looking forward to see what Niemiec can do in the mountains.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 29-07-2011 09:56
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Hoped for a better TTT - that was just about the best guys I could have had in it. Still, shouldn't have any bearing on a high position for Carrara. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 29-07-2011 11:01
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ember wrote:
I'm surprised Rujano is not here, he's also Venezuelan.
Smowz wrote:
I suspect Rujano has more limited race days than Alarcon, a 12 day c1 stage race may seem wasteful of his talents.
Rujano has only 36 race days and wasting 1/3 here would be devastating for my plans in upcoming season. As Smowz mentioned at his great preview, good planning is a key
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| ANFreeman |
Posted on 29-07-2011 11:06
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First show of a true PCM11 sprint finish, and in my opinion, a very good start! Impressive lead out by Cerne.
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