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Tour of Oman Discussion thread
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| Smowz |
Posted on 10-08-2011 08:13
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With the now established success of the ProTour opener the Tour of Qatar, the middle Eastern nation of Oman gives the world of cycling a second Middle Eastern stage race to savour.
Eager to outdo their nearby rivals the Tour of Oman offers some different parcours including a much anticipated first mountain top finish of the season atop Jabal al Akhdhar, otherwise known as the Green Mountain.
It is not just about that climb on stage 5 though with plenty of kilometers of time trialling and the winds of the region will remain a factor. Against the clock there is a team time test on day three with a hilly 19km individual time trial the day after the Green Mountain climb. Four other days likely to suit the sprinters out on the roads, that will still remain at threat from blustery winds.
The organisers are thrilled with the quality of the startlist, with plenty of big stars present including highly respected stage racers Alexandr Pluchkin, Robert Gesink, Benat Intxausti, Justo Tenorio, Stijn Devolder, Rigoberto Uran, Vladimir Karpets, Martijn Keizer, Jose Angel Gomez Marchante, Ruben Plaza, Peter Velits, Walter Pedraza and Jose Serpa. We also have a nice sprinkling of sprinters and the star time triallers Michael Rogers and David Zabriskie joining us.
Spoiler B&O
1. A. Pluchkin
2. M. Christensen
3. A. Grivko
4. C. Jørgensen
5. S. Kruijswijk
6. A. Rasmussen
7. A. Steensen
8. S. Stenersen
Jack Wolfskin
11. R. Gesink
12. D. Cornu
13. K. De Kort
14. J. Donald
15. R. Plaza
16. J. Posthuma
17. D. Van Winden
18. B. Vaugrenard
Nestlé
21. V. Karpets
22. H. Broco
23. Y. Delgado
24. J. Fiedler
25. P. Gretsch
26. J. Maillet
27. H. Mottin
28. M. Schär
Vesuvio
31. R. Úran
32. M. Barth
33. N. Clesen
34. M. Ford
35. M. Iglinski
36. B. Intxausti
37. M. Kittel
38. D. Stundzia
Santander
41. J. Tenorio
42. D. Allonca
43. I. Erviti
44. J. Gallego Martin
45. E. Gonzalo
46. O. Guerao
47. J. Moreno
48. R. Valls
Bacardi
51. M. Keizer
52. G. Bagdonas
53. T. Butterfield
54. J. Ghyselinck
55. D. Grabovski
56. J. Kocjan
57. S. Kondrotas
58. A. Kruopis
Pendleton's
61. D. Zabriskie
62. S. Cummings
63. T. Faiers
64. J. Ji
65. M. Ladagnous
66. D. Millar
67. K. Siutsou
68. B. Wiggins
Spyker
71. S. Devolder
72. L. Bak
73. E. MartÃnez de Esteban
74. M. Pedersen
75. N. Scheunemann
76. D. Teklehaimanot
77. E. Weiss
78. A. Zeits
Colombia
81. M. Rogers
82. A. Ardila Cano
83. J. Castañeda
84. L. Duque
85. S. Ivars
86. S. Joly
87. F. Perez Sanchez
88. J. Tendero
Wiggle
91. T. Kritskiy
92. I. Bibby
93. V. Bileka
94. D. Cataldo
95. T. Costagli
96. T. Diggle
97. A. Kunshin
98. M. Rowe
Pearl
101. P. Velits
102. E. Franzoi
103. T. Kangert
104. J. Mendes
105. Y. Offredo
106. J. RodrÃguez
107. B. Samoilev
108. W. Walker
UBS
111. J. Gomez Marchante
112. D. Champion
113. R. Chtioui
114. T. Frei
115. K. Lalouette
116. D. Lelay
117. C. Riblon
118. F. Stalder
Festina
121. J. Serpa
122. M. Bernaudeau
123. T. Dees
124. K. Goddaert
125. O. Kaisen
126. A. Lavoine
127. R. Navardauskas
128. D. Rijntjes
Sony
131. W. Pedraza
132. J. Danacik
133. F. Johansson
134. S. Lang
135. C. Meyer
136. S. Pauwels
137. V. Renäng
138. A. Wetterhall
Focus
141. R. Sicard
142. M. Drujon
143. B. Feillu
144. R. Feillu
145. R. Hardy
146. F. Morizot
147. C. Pineau
148. T. Skujins
Milka
151. T. Rohregger
152. M. Bouet
153. T. De Gendt
154. Y. Hutarovich
155. R. Kreuziger
156. L. König
157. A. Malori
158. M. Vanderaerden
Webeffect
161. T. Danielson
162. G. Brizuela
163. G. Gazvoda
164. A. Gilanipoor
165. B. Khalilikhosroshani
166. F. Matamoros
167. V. Rodrigues
168. F. Silvestre
Carmeuse
171. J. Suaza
172. A. Aulas
173. B. Curfs
174. P. Jacobs
175. M. Kneisky
176. J. Libert
177. J. Roelandts
178. S. Vandousselaere
Wikipedia
181. C. Meier
182. D. Atapuma
183. B. Bookwalter
184. J. Casper
185. T. Farrar
186. D. Pate
187. D. Rollin
188. J. Van Heerden
Rapha Condor
191. A. Tennant
192. C. Abdallah
193. C. Anguilet
194. A. Blythe
195. C. Froome
196. Z. Ndbri
197. R. Partridge
198. E. Rowsell
Warner Bros
201. J. Sergent
202. G. Coletta
203. K. De Ketele
204. M. Facci
205. J. Flecha
206. T. Pinto
207. R. Van Houts
208. M. Van der Pluijm
D
211. M. Tjallingii
212. KA. Arvesen
213. B. Joachim
214. K. Kroon
215. J. Van de Walle
Schedule:
Stage 1 and 2: Wednesday
Stage 3: Thursday
Stage 4: Friday
Stage 5: Saturday
Stage 6 and 7: Sunday
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| SotD |
Posted on 10-08-2011 08:35
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The first of only two races where Serpa is my leader - and then this!? Wow a great field of competition. The mountainstage and the hilly TT should be great to follow, eventhough I should be extremely happy to get top 10 here.
There's not that many great sprinters so hopefully Lavoine can do well...
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| Crommy |
Posted on 10-08-2011 08:50
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Dear Jurgen Roelandts,
Please sprint properly this time
Sincerely,
The man who pays you money
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 10-08-2011 10:12
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Got quite a strong squad here, just don't know if it will be enough to get me any points 
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| niconico |
Posted on 10-08-2011 12:06
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Go on Pluchkin, we kinda need this one. Top 3 and I will be pleased, but with TT lineup I have, I will be confident of that leader's jersey! At least here's to hoping! 
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| SotD |
Posted on 10-08-2011 12:31
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niconico wrote:
Go on Pluchkin, we kinda need this one. Top 3 and I will be pleased, but with TT lineup I have, I will be confident of that leader's jersey! At least here's to hoping!
I can't see past Jack Wolfskin when we are on 20+kms in the TTT... Hopefully Lavoine will drop of the back for me before he starts relaying - If that happens I have a shot at top 3 in the TTT
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-08-2011 12:42
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This is one of my strongest possible teams all season. Both Uran and Intxausti can TT and Climb, thus are in with a shout overall, and they both strengthen my TTT lineup, which is in its strongest possible form.
Gesink will be the one to beat, in both the TTT and ITT - in terms of those expected to top the climb - Uran having beaten Pluchkin in both the Worlds TT and Deutschland Tour TT last year, makes me less concerned about hi
Very nice to see no Fothen or Dekker though (Dekker less surprising since Spyker dont really have a TTT squad) and without those 2 here, a podium has to be the target
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| Roman |
Posted on 10-08-2011 13:55
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My leader Rohregger will probably really strugge to achieve some solid results all season long, this race will be most probably same. Hopefully, at least Vanderaerden could do something in these sprint competition, which isn't as great as I thought.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 14:00
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Mountains, well only one of them, hopefully Tenorio can manage a top 5 here.
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| niconico |
Posted on 10-08-2011 14:07
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SportingNonsense wrote:
This is one of my strongest possible teams all season. Both Uran and Intxausti can TT and Climb, thus are in with a shout overall, and they both strengthen my TTT lineup, which is in its strongest possible form.
Gesink will be the one to beat, in both the TTT and ITT - in terms of those expected to top the climb - Uran having beaten Pluchkin in both the Worlds TT and Deutschland Tour TT last year, makes me less concerned about hi
Very nice to see no Fothen or Dekker though (Dekker less surprising since Spyker dont really have a TTT squad) and without those 2 here, a podium has to be the target
Could go either way. Chances are Pluchkin will beat Uran in the ITT, just looking a the stats and he hasn't got a lot on Uran in the mountains either. TTT is so important here and between myself, JW and Vesuvio I might have the weakest lineup for that one. But who knows, your strongest TTers Kittel and Ford are weak uphill, question is if that is going to have any impact seeing as how the TTT is flat rated. It's between Uran, Gesink and Pluchkin for the overall here no doubt. The TTT could decide it in favour of Gesink, the Green Mountain in favour of either Uran or Pluchkin.
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-08-2011 14:17
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As much as I know the mountain riders are way better than time trialists in this ITT.
So I don`t think riders like Kittel can fight for the win there. Even Rogers and Zabriskie will have problems on this route against Gesink or Pluschin. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-08-2011 14:22
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The likes of Kittel arent here for the ITT anyway 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 10-08-2011 14:23
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This TT is probably the aesiest stage to win in whole PCM, with AI only it is the often stage-racers rather then specialists with best times.It will be certainly interesting race
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 15:27
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Top 3 is the goal here, but we need some excellent performances to erase those from Qatar.
26km TTT should mean that this time we will take it.
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| SotD |
Posted on 10-08-2011 16:51
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SportingNonsense wrote:
This is one of my strongest possible teams all season. Both Uran and Intxausti can TT and Climb, thus are in with a shout overall, and they both strengthen my TTT lineup, which is in its strongest possible form.
Gesink will be the one to beat, in both the TTT and ITT - in terms of those expected to top the climb - Uran having beaten Pluchkin in both the Worlds TT and Deutschland Tour TT last year, makes me less concerned about hi
Very nice to see no Fothen or Dekker though (Dekker less surprising since Spyker dont really have a TTT squad) and without those 2 here, a podium has to be the target
I was really considering Fothen here, but he didn't have many racedays, and me wanting him to do two GT's kinda made the choise easy. Contador could've done well also, but I had to use him in all the other small Tours, and I then had a few races he couldn't race, so Serpa is in this race and the Tour of Colombia, hopefully overperforming a bit
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 17:13
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I hope we do OK here and get some decent positions in the overall.
It's unlikely the moutain stage is hard enough to separate the favourites - even someone like Rogers might hang on to the main group. 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 17:19
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fenian_1234 wrote:
It's unlikely the moutain stage is hard enough to separate the favourites - even someone like Rogers might hang on to the main group.
That doesn't sound bad for me since Gesink should win time over his rivals on both time - trials. At least on paper he should
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 17:27
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Well, it will probably be the case. Having played a bit of PCM over the last few weeks, it generally takes a very difficult climb and a extremely good rider to carve out significant time gaps on mountain stages. |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 17:32
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I was going to pop in Popovych here, before realising this race has the Deutschland effect. Stupidly strong fields, coupled with my weak time trialers means my loaned-in Russian will get to play, along with Bibby.
Plus, maybe Matt Rowe will have warmed up enough by now to bother getting into the Top 5 on one stage or other.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 10-08-2011 17:41
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2nd, maybe Guerao can compete with the big boys.
He started from so far back as well
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