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Posted on 04-09-2011 14:56
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This is a seriously tough route for a hilly classic, initially the laps start fairly easily, but that got dull so with 100km to go a vicious hill is added to the circuit, which should well and truly sort the men from the boys.
The field is very strong, with about 12 riders who have dreams of winning this, although Di Maggio leads the way again. Also fighting him will be Roy and Kolobnev. Expect Roche, Cobo, Kessler, Roux and many others to attempt to get in the decisive move as well.
Startlist:
Spoiler Pirelli
1. N. Roche
2. M. Busche
3. G. Cheula
4. A. Flaksis
5. N. Kinney
6. S. Masciarelli
7. I. Santaromita
Bianchi
11. J. Cobo
12. W. Gustov
13. S. Locatelli
14. O. Martynenko
15. A. Matzbacher
16. H. Schwab
17. K. Vantornout
Trilux
21. M. Kessler
22. D. Devenyns
23. M. Fahnert
24. A. Schillenger
25. R. Scholz
26. G. Smukulis
27. R. Weissinger
Aker Solutions
31. A. Roux
32. H. Duenas Nevado
33. J. Le Bon
34. L. Nordhaug
35. J. Rojas Gil
36. J. Rovira
37. E. Viennet
Bpost
41. J. Vanendert
42. C. Gautier
43. M. La Lavandier
44. M. La Lavandier
45. W. Maesen
46. G. Van Keirsbulck
47. J. Vansummeren
Tinkoff
51. A. Kolobnev
52. M. Belkov
53. P. Ignatenko
54. E. Petrov
55. I. Rovny
56. A. Timofeev
57. K. Yatsevich
Venchi
61. C. Di Maggio
62. M. Bodnar
63. C. Cominelli
64. B. Monterastelli
65. F. Pellizotti
66. F. Reda
67. A. Santoro
Team VW
71. A. Flügel
72. W. Anacona
73. G. Brenes
74. W. Li
75. C. Pfannberger
76. G. Preidler
77. D. Schorn
Rothaus
81. B. Hermans
82. J. Ariesen
83. A. Kunitski
84. M. Landa
85. J. Novak
86. R. Ruijgh
87. D. Vesely
Rapha Condor
91. C. Froome
92. C. Anguilet
93. D. Appleby
94. A. Dowsett
95. D. Jiriakov
96. R. Partridge
97. T. Teklit
UniCredit
101. P. Weening
102. P. Andersen
103. L. Bernucci
104. J. Grau
105. S. Puccio
106. N. Quintana
107. T. Valjavec
Focus
111. J. Roy
112. K. Elissonde
113. B. Feillu
114. B. Jungels
115. A. Kirsch
116. T. Meyer
117. T. Skujins
Saab
121. M. Wyss
122. T. Eltink
123. K. Ista
124. P. Lavery
125. T. Lövkvist
126. E. Salgueiro
127. J. Sørensen
CSC
131. R. Costa
132. J. Gelabert
133. C. Lewis
134. J. Rodas
135. M. Soler
136. A. Talansky
137. C. Zaballa
Ferrari
141. C. Salerno
142. S. Agostini
143. P. Longo Borghini
144. M. Marcato
145. S. Pirazzi
146. M. Santambrogio
147. L. Sterbini
Vespa
151. G. Bosisio
152. N. Arndt
153. V. Bastaens
154. M. Bono
155. M. Kwiatkowski
156. A. Passalacqua
157. I. Speirs
Cerne
161. B. Pires
162. L. Afonso
163. A. Antunes
164. B. Borges
165. A. Cardoso
166. J. Insausti
167. A. Vital
C
171. V. Dlouhý
172. M. Mahoric
173. G. Pop
174. U. Reimann
175. R. Stricker
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rycadinho |
Posted on 04-09-2011 14:58
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I hope this will end the misfortune the team has been through so far - the profile should suit Roche perfectly.
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Posted on 04-09-2011 15:00
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Time too race again! Lövkvists warming up race, dont expect much from him or Wyss |
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Posted on 04-09-2011 15:09
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Back to racing again, great!
This will be an exciting race, I suspect the final hill is too tough for Roux, with his relatively weak climbing skill, then it might be too tough for Di Maggio too. But I hope not, and if it isn't, Di Maggio is no doubt the favourite, and I can hope for a top 10 from Roux, he will definitely give it everything. |
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Smowz |
Posted on 04-09-2011 15:18
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Hate to put a spanner in the works and that but I believe Red Bull had a squad here confirmed by my planner:
Rider id's: 672, 1891, 1419, 396, 282, 326, 5531.
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Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 04-09-2011 15:19
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Cerne has absolutely no expectations whatsoever here, despite this being one of the targeted races.
Here's hoping for a miraculous breakaway
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roturn |
Posted on 04-09-2011 15:23
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Good to see my team racing again. Although the 81 is maybe too high for Hermans with riders like Froome, Weening, Roy... behind him. But I take this role and hope for a good race.
"Fun Facts" are already prepared but I will wait with the posting until Smowz RedBull issue is solved. |
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-09-2011 15:26
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Surprise 'em Salerno!
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Mresuperstar |
Posted on 04-09-2011 15:26
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Gustavovskiy wrote:
Here's hoping for a miraculous breakaway
+1, Or Rui Costa has an amazing ride of his life. I would be pleased with a Top 20.
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roturn |
Posted on 04-09-2011 15:30
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Mresuperstar wrote:
Gustavovskiy wrote:
Here's hoping for a miraculous breakaway
+1, Or Rui Costa has an amazing ride of his life. I would be pleased with a Top 20.
You should be pretty disappointed if you don`t reach the top20 actually.
Just from his stats a top15 is surely possible.
Same counts for Hermans of course, so go for a mid way attack hopefully. |
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Mresuperstar |
Posted on 04-09-2011 15:39
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roturn wrote:
Mresuperstar wrote:
Gustavovskiy wrote:
Here's hoping for a miraculous breakaway
+1, Or Rui Costa has an amazing ride of his life. I would be pleased with a Top 20.
You should be pretty disappointed if you don`t reach the top20 actually.
Just from his stats a top15 is surely possible.
I set low standards No wonder why I'm happy all the time
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CountArach |
Posted on 04-09-2011 15:41
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Come on Vanendert! The tougher parcours might suit him more than someone like Di Maggio.
Still waiting on my first podium place... I hope this is it.
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mb2612 |
Posted on 04-09-2011 15:55
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Smowz wrote:
Hate to put a spanner in the works and that but I believe Red Bull had a squad here confirmed by my planner:
Rider id's: 672, 1891, 1419, 396, 282, 326, 5531.
Damn, it was an epic race as well.
Oh well, report might be delayed then.
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roturn |
Posted on 04-09-2011 16:08
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Just don`t tell me, that I won.
Fun Facts
- Italy with the biggest amount of riders (22), followed by France (12) and Spain (10)
- Switzerland with three riders in Santaromita, Wyss and Schwab
- Weakest rider: Juan Gelabert (CSC/63,40)
- Strongest rider: Franco Pellizotti (Venchi/77,60)
- Average average: 70,090
- Highest salary: Franco Pellizotti (Venchi/€ 560.000)
- Average wage: 99.516€
- Youngest rider: Alex Kirsch (Focused/19)
- Oldest rider: Wladimir Gustov (Bianchi/35)
- Average age: 26,629
- Youngest team: Focused Cycling (22,857)
- Oldest team: Jayco RedBull (32,143)
- 25 loanies, 6 of Wikipedia, Focus riding with 5 loanies
- 5 National Road Champions: Gadret (Jayco/FRA), Jiriakov (Rapha/LIE), Anguilet (Rapha/GAB), Lövkvist (Saab/SWE), Smukulis (Trilux/LAT)
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cio93 |
Posted on 04-09-2011 16:53
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Well, actually only 2 Swiss riders as Santaromita is Italian everywhere but in the DB
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roturn |
Posted on 04-09-2011 16:58
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I know, but this counts to get the National bonus.
I recognized this as well and was a bit surprised, too. |
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SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-09-2011 17:02
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Just means he was set as Swiss in the 2007 PPDB PCM06 DB, and if nobody points out the wrong nationality, nothing happens, and I dont recall anyone ever pointing it out until now!
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Heine |
Posted on 04-09-2011 17:18
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Hoping for a good results from Flügel here, keep up the good season start
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felix_29 |
Posted on 04-09-2011 17:24
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A Top10 is the aim once more, either with Kessler or with some other rider in a breakaway. I just hope it was the right decision to have Kessler here and go for the Strade Bianchi with Wegmann.
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fenian_1234 |
Posted on 04-09-2011 17:56
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I just hope the rider who wins is the rider who goes over the top of that last hill first.
Hopefully Vespa can pick up a few cheeky points. |
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