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| Smowz |
Posted on 30-01-2012 21:52
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Yee-haw howdy partners for the fourth Protour outing of the Tour of California.
Never have the parcours been more demanding than in this edition with the ascent and summit finish on Mount Baldy being a particular highlight along with Sierra Road on an earlier stage four. Styling itself as the fourth grand tour we also have a 24km time trial that slots neatly in between the two big summit finishes.
With the Giro in full swing, California welcomes Vuelta hopefuls  Alberto Contador,  Rubén Plaza (2nd here in 2011),  Justo Tenorio and  Beñat Intxausti.
These four Spanish amigos will no doubt be cheered on by the huge Hispanic community, but we know who the U.S of A will really be behind that it is the maestro himself  Taylor Phinney who may well have requested this course to fully prepare the 21 year old sensation for the Tour de France.
The quality of stage racers deosn't stop there with  Andrei Kashechkin,  Vladimir Karpets,  Stefan Schumacher,  Martijn Keizer,  Robert Kiserlovski and  Peter Velits also joining us.
Plenty of other high class cyclists also in attendence including former two time winner  David Zabriskie who may be modifying his ambitions just to focus on the time trial here.
Startlist
Spoiler Wikipedia
1. T. Phinney
2. C. Barton
3. B. Bookwalter
4. T. Farrar
5. E. King
6. D. Pate
7. D. Summerhill
8. T. Van Garderen
Festina
11. A. Contador
12. T. Dees
13. D. Drapac
14. A. Lavoine
15. R. Sentjens
16. J. Serpa
17. P. Voss
18. N. Østergaard
Nestlé
21. V. Karpets
22. P. Fédrigo
23. P. Gretsch
24. D. Kupfernagel
25. I. Lo Cicero
26. D. Loosli
27. N. Portal
28. D. Vitoria
Santander
31. J. Tenorio
32. A. Durán
33. F. Echarri
34. A. Galdos
35. J. Gallego Martin
36. J. Rienda Segura
37. R. Serrano
38. F. Ventoso
Webeffect
41. A. Kashechkin
42. O. Avelino
43. J. Baugnies
44. K. Boeckmans
45. T. Danielson
46. A. Gilanipoor
47. V. Rodrigues
48. F. Silvestre
Jack Wolfskin
51. R. Plaza
52. W. Jallays
53. M. Kreder
54. P. Martens
55. W. Poels
56. M. Sieberg
57. K. Sys
58. J. Van Emden
UBS
61. S. Schumacher
62. M. Albasini
63. A. Kristoff
64. F. Marquez
65. M. Richeze
66. G. Signorini
67. C. Sinelobov
68. J. Tschopp
Pendleton's
71. D. Zabriskie
72. B. Bozic
73. R. Downing
74. S. Duret
75. T. Kennaugh
76. P. Mertens
77. D. Millar
78. K. Siutsou
Vesuvio
81. B. Intxausti
82. C. Betancourt
83. J. Cabreira
84. B. Gastauer
85. M. Iglinski
86. N. Schinker
87. A. Stauff
88. D. Stundzia
Pearl
91. P. Velits
92. E. Berthou
93. C. Ji
94. T. Leezer
95. G. Nizzolo
96. E. Popov
97. R. Vanderbiest
98. J. Vastaranta
Bacardi
101. M. Keizer
102. I. Abakoumov
103. M. Heijboer
104. S. Kondrotas
105. A. Kruopis
106. S. Mancuso
107. M. Mugerli
108. E. Sokolov
Spyker
111. P. Sinkewitz
112. L. Bak
113. S. Cohnen
114. J. Fuglsang
115. A. Geniez
116. J. Pecharroman
117. N. Scheunemann
118. M. Schreurs
Sony
121. R. van der Hugenhaben
122. L. Fernández Oliveira
123. K. Fouquet
124. R. Granjel Cabrera
125. C. Meyer
126. D. Muravjev
127. W. Pedraza
128. M. Öste-Macdonald
Hollister
131. R. Kiserlovski
132. A. Davis
133. J. Hicks
134. P. Mach
135. Y. Martinez
136. J. Mercado
137. B. Selander
138. S. Szmyd
Milka
141. A. Efimkin
142. J. Coppel
143. A. Delaplace
144. A. Honkisz
145. Y. Hutarovich
146. T. Rohregger
147. Z. Stybar
148. M. Vysna
Wiggle
151. I. Bibby
152. T. Diggle
153. A. Fenn
154. C. Grippo
155. R. Hampton
156. M. Rowe
157. R. Tanguy
158. J. Tiernan-Locke
B&O
161. D. Klemme
162. J. Drucker
163. R. Guldhammer
164. M. Hacecký
165. T. Riber-Sellebjerg
166. K. Sobota
167. K. Vanoverschelde
168. T. Vinter
Carmeuse
171. J. Roelandts
172. S. Caethoven
173. R. Di Gregorio
174. J. El Fares
175. T. Gallopin
176. C. Lhotellerie
177. K. Peeters
178. O. Solis
Colombia
181. L. Duque
182. S. Bennett
183. J. Castañeda
184. H. Gallardo
185. S. Joly
186. O. Pererio Sio
187. W. RodrÃguez Parra
Warner Bros
191. J. Redondo
192. G. Coletta
193. K. De Ketele
194. J. Flecha
195. A. Giraldo
196. C. Le Mével
197. T. Pinto
198. M. Van der Pluijm
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-01-2012 21:56
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I had forgotten I actually sent a team leader to California for once. Not a great route for Intxausti though, a Top 10 would be great
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 30-01-2012 22:01
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I had to send Tenorio here after Santander cleaned up in Cali last year, 3 stage wins and the KoM jersey, if only this season was so easy.
A Podium would be a good result.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 30-01-2012 22:07
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Probably a bit tough for a high GC placing for Dave Z but hopefully he and Sivtsov can rip it up (a bit).
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| Kami |
Posted on 30-01-2012 22:10
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Keizer's here? o.O
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| Roman |
Posted on 30-01-2012 23:59
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Hopefully, Efimkin will be agressive in hilly stages to gain some time before the mountain stage, I hope for some solid result overall from him.
And hopefully, I will be lucky with sending Jerome Coppel here. But it will be hard to beat Dave Zabriskie for sure..
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| dave92 |
Posted on 31-01-2012 03:28
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Obviously this is a big race for the team, sending only Americans. Need Phinney to really shine here. Van Garderen could also ride well, hopefully without hurting Phinney's overall chances.
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| SotD |
Posted on 31-01-2012 10:12
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 31-01-2012 13:28
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Sinkewitz might not be a GC favourite, but he does stand a chance in two or three of those stages. Obviously, I've come to learn that my team sucks, so I have zero expectations no matter how justified they would be  |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 31-01-2012 22:13
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8 seconds and some splits, that was an excellent start to the tour.
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| dave92 |
Posted on 01-02-2012 04:38
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good start getting almost a minute on some good riders, and picking up decent stage placings
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 01-02-2012 05:41
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Well, this was a stage where Sinkewitz should have done more. Goodish result, though. |
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 01-02-2012 09:36
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I wonder if Hugenhaben is going to be leader now when Pedraza lost a minute. The race seem equally suited to both.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 01-02-2012 14:18
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This was probably a waste of race days for Schumacher.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 01-02-2012 18:00
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Nice! Great ride by Grippo, and Diggle made the front group. Not bad, not bad at all.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 01-02-2012 19:42
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Perfect work by the Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom train. I don't get to say that often 
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| roturn |
Posted on 01-02-2012 19:53
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At least the most working team gets the stage win. Hopefully I will experience this with my team later in the season as well. |
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 02-02-2012 01:33
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See that 4th place? Richeze's best result of the season.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 02-02-2012 20:08
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Aaaaw sheeeet.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-02-2012 20:24
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I would have been willing to bet that Intxausti would have got himself held up there. But somehow, he didnt! A great turn of fortunes for him, with plenty above him who should ultimately drop below him by the end of the race.
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