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Omloop Het Volk Discussion
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-09-2011 00:24
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The opening ProTour cobbles race is Omloop Het Volk, the first of 5, and the big guns are all out. 3 riders in particular to look out for are Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara and Marcus Burghardt - who have podiumed here for the last two years. Cancellara has a team built to support him, and will hope to improve on his 3rd places, while Boonen and defending champion Burghardt have both won this race, and are out for another victory. The added challenge for them both though, is a new team. Boonen is now with Nestle, and Burghardt with Bacardi.
Beyond these 3, there is plenty of potential challenges. Of the rest of last year's Top 10, only Nuyens is absent. Baugnies, Franzoi, Drucker, Steurs, Bewley and Ballan are all out to see if they can match or better last year's showing - Sam Bewley in particular being a lot stronger this year. Look out for the CT Wildcards aswell. Team Bpost and Koppert may both be new to the game, but both have already put together quite a strong cobbles team - and theyll be eager to upset the ProTour squads.
Spoiler Carmeuse
1. F. Cancellara
2. A. Aulas
3. B. Curfs
4. P. Jacobs
5. M. Kneisky
6. C. Lhotellerie
7. K. Peeters
8. S. Vandousselaere
Nestlé
11. T. Boonen
12. H. Aguilar
13. S. Caldeira
14. D. Kupfernagel
15. S. Lay
16. M. Machado
17. N. Portal
18. M. Sibilla
Bacardi
21. M. Burghardt
22. G. Bagdonas
23. T. Butterfield
24. M. Heijboer
25. J. Kocjan
26. S. Kondrotas
27. A. Kruopis
28. G. Steegmans
Sony
31. A. Ballan
32. K. Fouquet
33. F. Johansson
34. M. Mortensen
35. D. Muravjev
36. M. Reihs
37. V. Renäng
38. M. Öste-Macdonald
Milka
41. S. Bewley
42. L. Bret
43. A. Delaplace
44. A. Honkisz
45. L. König
46. A. Nepomnyachsniy
47. Z. Stybar
48. E. Verbist
Spyker
51. V. Gusev
52. B. Kadri
53. M. Pedersen
54. M. Reimer
55. N. Scheunemann
56. A. Vichot
57. E. Weiss
58. A. Zeits
Webeffect
61. J. Baugnies
62. D. Appollonio
63. K. Boeckmans
64. R. Bourdouxhe
65. L. Mas
66. S. Nooytens
67. C. Schmieg
68. R. Zingle
Bpost
71. P. Vanspeybrouck
72. N. Albert
73. R. Broers
74. F. De Greef
75. N. Maes
76. J. Stallaert
77. J. Van Loocke
78. J. Vansummeren
Wikipedia
81. D. Summerhill
82. R. Cleaver
83. J. Decouttere
84. K. Eeckhout
85. T. Farrar
86. A. Sebright
87. J. Van Heerden
88. T. Vangheel
Pearl
91. E. Franzoi
92. K. De Haes
93. W. De Vocht
94. S. Joseph
95. T. Leezer
96. L. Mondory
97. Y. Offredo
98. E. Popov
Festina
101. G. Steurs
102. D. Drapac
103. K. Goddaert
104. D. Holloway
105. A. Lavoine
106. R. Sentjens
107. P. Voss
108. N. Østergaard
Koppert
111. S. Langeveld
112. O. Freire
113. A. Kamyshev
114. T. Stamsnijder
115. F. Taillefour
116. B. Traksel
117. T. Veelers
118. P. Vlatos
Pendleton's
121. G. Thomas
122. S. Cummings
123. R. Downing
124. S. Duret
125. M. Ladagnous
126. J. McEvoy
127. P. Mertens
128. F. Mourey
Wiggle
131. A. Fenn
132. S. Burke
133. R. Hampton
134. A. Kuschynski
135. P. Locatelli
136. D. Ratto
137. R. Tanguy
138. T. Zaini
Warner Bros
141. J. Flecha
142. K. De Ketele
143. G. De Winde
144. D. Gallego
145. K. Hulsmans
146. J. Sergent
147. P. Sibila Romero
148. M. Van der Pluijm
Jack Wolfskin
151. M. Sieberg
152. K. De Kort
153. X. Florencio
154. B. Giling
155. W. Jallays
156. S. Rosseler
157. K. Sys
158. L. Ten Dam
B&O
161. J. Drucker
162. R. Guldhammer
163. C. Jørgensen
164. K. Nielsen
165. T. Riber-Sellebjerg
166. J. Sagan
167. K. Sobota
168. T. Vinter
Colombia
171. L. Duque
172. S. Bennett
173. H. Gallardo
174. S. Joly
175. D. Montoya
176. E. Orozco
177. W. RodrÃguez Parra
178. C. Sarmiento
Santander
181. O. Guerao
182. D. Allonca
183. A. Durán
184. F. Echarri
185. A. Galdos
186. J. Gallego Martin
187. P. Merino Criado
188. D. Ortega
UBS
191. K. Lalouette
192. S. Barrio
193. R. Chtioui
194. A. Kristoff
195. D. Lelay
196. G. Signorini
197. C. Sinelobov
198. D. Vorontsov
Vesuvio
201. J. Wallays
202. C. Betancourt
203. D. Claerebout
204. S. Einsle
205. B. Gastauer
206. D. Medvedev
207. A. Moschella
208. A. Stauff
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| Kami |
Posted on 08-09-2011 00:29
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Like i said before, i'll need a good point haul from the cobbled classics. Without bad luck, Burghardt should deliver though.
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| roturn |
Posted on 08-09-2011 00:32
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Time for the other teams to close the huge gap to Vesuvio a bit.
But would suit this season if one of their riders wins out of the early break.  |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 08-09-2011 00:32
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A top 50 is my aim here
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 08-09-2011 00:33
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I need a cobbles guy.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 08-09-2011 00:59
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This will be our weakest part of the season. If we go past it and then avoid crashes in future races, we should be at the top at the end of the season.
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| p3druh |
Posted on 08-09-2011 01:06
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Top-10 is the goal. In fact, that's the goal in all of the following races.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 08-09-2011 01:47
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Top 10 is our goal, top 5 would be amazing.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 08-09-2011 06:33
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I realised that in addition to my 8 riders, all 4 of my loaned out riders are here as well. I expect loyalty to the team at all costs!
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| Roman |
Posted on 08-09-2011 06:37
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Hopefully Bewley can hang on in the group of other favourites and take a good place in the final sprint. Top 5 is the must goal.
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| SotD |
Posted on 08-09-2011 07:12
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Looking forward to see how Steurs will cope with these races. He needs to attack in order to get a result within the top 10, so let's see... He isn't the strongest guy here at all, but hopefully the combination of 80 Cobbles, 77 Flat and 71 Hill will do the trick. The 200km mark could be the issue though as he only has 75 Endurance and 68 Resistance.
Also I was looking forward to see whether Nolf would outperform me or not - But unfortunately he is not here.
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| ANFreeman |
Posted on 08-09-2011 07:35
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I hope one of the CT teams puts it to all the PT  Should be a good race nonetheless, and this part of the season is definitely crucial to a lot of team's overall chances.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 08-09-2011 14:24
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Gusev will give everyone a lesson here |
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| BoogieBoogie |
Posted on 08-09-2011 14:39
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Hope to get a top 10 spot here. Must be possible 
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 08-09-2011 15:05
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Top 10 would be amazing. 3 riders in pointscoring positions would be great for me.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-09-2011 23:09
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
Top 10 would be amazing. 3 riders in pointscoring positions would be great for me.
Uh, you realise that they all score points if they finish?
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 08-09-2011 23:12
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SportingNonsense wrote:
wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
Top 10 would be amazing. 3 riders in pointscoring positions would be great for me.
Uh, you realise that they all score points if they finish?
I do now. At least my goal will be fulfilled
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| niconico |
Posted on 08-09-2011 23:35
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Drucker will win this!
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| Smowz |
Posted on 10-09-2011 07:55
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I am interested to see how Bacardi play this, I feel as if the parcours will favour a late attacker. As such I would have Burghardt as a favourite for that along with Ballan, but will he wait for Steegmans?
As such I will go with Ballan ftw.
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| Kami |
Posted on 10-09-2011 11:15
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I hope he doesn't wait for Steegmans I've never seen it happen in other PCM's before, but i haven't actually raced a cobbled classic on '11. If Burghardt does get away, i'm also in a good chance of another high place finish from a small group with Steegmans.
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