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Tour of Colorado Discussion
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 24-06-2012 15:30
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Tour of Colorado
After all the HC races have already taken place here in August, I would like to welcome you to this 8 stages C1 Tour of Colorado. And with the Tour de l'Avenir also taking place, the young guns won't be making the the trip to the United States for this contest. But taking their place will be the  D2 team as they hope to challenge the next level while get a sense of how tough the competition is if they get reward with a CT team next year.
Also at stake is being the first winner of this race, fighting for that honor are ...
 Marco Marzano gets to wear #1 and will surely be under pressure to perform as he really isn't that much better then his competition around him. Will being the top favourite help or hurt Marzano?
 Magno Nazaret leads Team Emu Export but the team has also brought Mikayil Krasnoperov, who on paper looks like the better option for Emu. It will be interesting to see how the team handles both of their climbers.
 American team California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized brings two future American superstars in Peter Stetina and Tyler Brandt. Stetina might be the better climber however Brandt is better against the clock. So just like Emu, it will be interesting to see who will lead the team.
 Aker Solutions - Bergans continues the conversation of controversy at the team leader spot by bringing Wilmer Vasquez and Jairo Agudelo. Vasquez is stronger in the mountains but Agudelo is a much better TT then his teammate. Usually Aker doesn't run into this problem but Alarcon can't ride every race. (Cheers from the other CT Managers.  )
 Francisco Colorado leads CSC-Orbea and unlike the few teams mentioned above, he is the clear cut leader for the team. And he will need a lot of help from his teammates if he wants to compete against the riders listed above. Colorado will need some luck here in Colorado.
Other hopefuls are,
 Martinez
 Astarloza
 Bosisio
Colorado just doesn't feature mountains, stages 1,2,6, and 8 are all classified as flat stages for the sprinters. So the top sprinters should at least get mentioned.
Sinner
Vingerling
Loddo
 Haidar Anuawar
Jørgensen
Start List
Spoiler Team VW
1. M. Marzano
2. R. Förster
3. A. Klier
4. A. Loddo
5. C. Pfannberger
6. D. Schorn
7. J. Veikkanen
Export
11. M. Nazaret
12. C. Evans
13. G. Hasta
14. M. Krasnoperov
15. D. Navarro
16. V. Orozco
17. S. Raisin
Cal Giant
21. P. Stetina
22. T. Brandt
23. B. Colex
24. P. Ghyllebert
25. A. Jeannesson
26. T. Peterson
27. B. Sinner
Aker Solutions
31. W. Vasquez
32. J. Agudelo
33. J. Castroviejo
34. H. Duenas Nevado
35. R. Jaramillo
36. J. Jørgensen
37. M. Ortega
CSC
41. F. Colorado
42. A. Ajewole
43. B. Armstrong
44. J. Gelabert
45. J. Perez Cuapio
46. J. Rodas
47. C. Zaballa
Hollister
51. Y. Martinez
52. F. Cruz
53. J. Hicks
54. P. Mach
55. D. MartÃnez
56. J. Mercado
57. R. Ochoa Quintero
WWE
61. M. Astarloza
62. L. Didier
63. A. Diniz
64. J. Keukeleire
65. J. Mayo
66. J. Polito
67. M. Vingerling
Vespa
71. G. Bosisio
72. M. Cattaneo
73. D. Cimolai
74. M. Gavazzi
75. E. Luzi
76. A. Passalacqua
77. I. Speirs
Cyclevox
81. R. Van der Velde
82. C. Beyer
83. W. Connolly
84. E. Oliphant
85. T. Rabou
86. S. Richardson
87. S. Thwaites
Oz
91. S. Lewis
92. S. Clarke
93. A. Gate
94. A. Haidar Anuawar
95. M. Khalmuratov
96. G. O'Shea
97. M. Wolf
Ferrari
101. M. Osella
102. C. D'Amore
103. E. Girardi
104. M. Maisto
105. M. Marcato
106. S. Pirazzi
107. M. Zanotti
Pirelli
111. A. Saldarriaga
112. N. D'Andrea
113. D. Di Nucci
114. A. DÃaz Corrales
115. F. Montaña
116. I. Santaromita
117. F. Tizza
Puma
121. P. Rolland
122. J. Bar
123. J. Bol
124. N. Bouhanni
125. T. Dumoulin
126. T. Martin
127. J. Sütterlin
Trilux
131. G. Rajala
132. P. Bercz
133. T. Criel
134. S. Forke
135. S. Sousa
136. P. Walsleben
137. R. Zepunkte
D2
141. D. Belda
142. A. Colby
143. K. Fajt
144. I. Iriondo
145. L. Mangel
146. D. Van Niekerk
147. C. Wegelius
Proximus
151. K. De Weert
152. H. Ben Nasser
153. J. Coenen
154. E. Reekers
155. D. Shatskikh
156. K. Uugunbayar
157. M. Zenagui
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| ember |
Posted on 24-06-2012 15:36
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A pleasant surprise to see our team decently ranked. Hopefully either Vasquez or Agudelo can be strong in the mountains, with one of them breaking the top 5. I can only cross fingers AI finds out of it. Jørgensen should be able to get a couple of top 5's in the sprint, would be very nice if he gets lucky with the positioning and "steals" a stage, as we don't have any kind of lead out for him.
I guess it will be up to mostly Emu to control it, if they don't I suspect it will be breakaways all over the place. Looking forward to the race and reports. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 24-06-2012 15:58
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I would like to play/use my special EPO Blood Booster Card for this race and increase Bosisio's stat's by +3 in everything....
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| Heine |
Posted on 24-06-2012 16:52
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Come on Marzano! We are all cheering for you!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 24-06-2012 16:58
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Time for a stage-win for Oz  Hoping for the sprints and maybe Shaun Lewis gets a shot on a mountain-stage.. should be fun to watch, anyway.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 24-06-2012 17:09
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It's Wegelius-ing time. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 24-06-2012 17:15
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Again, hoping for some breakaways and a Top20 for Rolland.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 24-06-2012 17:17
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All manner of tactics can play out here - Marzano and Nazaret are of course the big two, both being in the top 10 climbers on the CTour.
All sorts of things to look out for including the hybrid Division 2 team - surely they look better to try and infiltrate breakaways in this race after the woeful outing in Austria.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 24-06-2012 17:19
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Gotta cheer on CSC's Colorado
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| Christer |
Posted on 24-06-2012 17:39
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Hpoing for some decent results in all areas. Need some luck to go all the way.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 24-06-2012 18:12
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Gotta cheer on CSC's Colorado
I know I am 
I will try to put a report up everyday starting tomorrow, but I will be on vacation so I don't know I will be able to get WiFi to post. So if I miss a day that will be why. Or if I don't finish writing the reports, I have 4 of them done meaning 4 to go.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 24-06-2012 18:26
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Question: is stage 7 classified as hilly or mountain-y
Edited by Levi4life on 24-06-2012 18:28
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 24-06-2012 18:27
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@Levi: Mountain
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| cio93 |
Posted on 24-06-2012 18:28
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Argh. Hilly would have helped Rolland a lot.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 24-06-2012 18:29
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Thanks
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| kopfan |
Posted on 24-06-2012 20:48
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Hoping Belda can be breakaway hero for D2 team. The man has shown he can get up mountains, but this is another level
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| kumazan |
Posted on 24-06-2012 20:53
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Go Fajt! I really think the D2 team will be decent here, of course it's impossible (*crosses fingers*) to be worse than in Austria, but, look, the game thinks there's one team worse than us!
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| Heine |
Posted on 24-06-2012 20:56
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kumazan wrote:
Go Fajt! I really think the D2 team will be decent here, of course it's impossible (*crosses fingers*) to be worse than in Austria, but, look, the game thinks there's one team worse than us!
That is Waghlon's team, they dosen't count ;-)
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| kumazan |
Posted on 24-06-2012 20:57
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Shhh, let me be an optimist.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 24-06-2012 21:36
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This TT looks a lot like the one at the Vuelta a Tachira. Hopefully the result is similar.
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