So to begin with: The latest classic is starting tommorow. It's flat with very small hills. So who is the main favourite do you think?
My personal is Degenkolb . He should, according to official Paris-Tours website, be ready to start tomorrow. Last year's winner, Van Avermaet is also ready for tommorow.
And the 25 teams this year are:
Fourteen Pro Teams:
AG2R La Mondiale
BMC Racing Team
Euskaltel – Euskadi
FDJ – BigMat
Garmin – Sharp
Katusha Team
Lotto Belisol Team
Omega Pharma – QuickStep (BEL)
Orica Greenedge
Rabobank Cycling Team
RadioShack – Nissan
Sky Procycling
Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team
Nine Continental Pro Teams:
Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
Argos-Shimano
Bretagne – Schuller
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
Landbouwkrediet – Euphony
Saur – Sojasun
Team Europcar
Team Type 1 – Sanofi
Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
Two Continental Teams:
Auber 93
La Pomme Marseille
Orica Greenedge (OGE): Cooke, Meyer
Accent Jobs - Willems Verandas’s (ACC): Ista
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony (LAN): Juodvalkis
Lotto-Belisol Team (LTB): Meersman
Omega Pharma - Quick Step (OPQ): Chavanel , Steegmans , Stybar
Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator (TSV): De Vreese
Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank (STB): Kroon , Roberts
BMC Racing Team (BMC): Ballan , Van Avermaet
Garmin-Sharp (GRS): Maaskant , Van Marcke
Team Type 1 - Sanofi (TT1): Bodrogi
Euskaltel-Euskadi: Astarloza , Sicard
AG2R La Mondiale (ALM): Casper, Kadri
Auber 93 (AUB): Bacquet
Bretagne-Schuller (BSC): Delpech, Le Bon, Lequatre
Cofidis Le Crédit en ligne (COF): Duque , Dumoulin, Petit
FDJ-BigMat (FDJ): Bouhanni, Geslin, Soupe
Saur-Sojasun (SAU): Hivert, Le Lay
Team Europcar (EUC): Haddou, Turgot
Team La Pomme - Marseille (LPM): Koretzky , Siskevicius
Sky Procycling (SKY): Eisel , Thomas
Radioshack-Nissan (RNT): Fuglsang
Rabobank Cycling Team (RAB): Boom , Breschel
Team Argos-Shimano (ARG): Barguil , Degenkolb
Vacansoleil-DCM (VCD): De Gendt, Leukemans , Westra
Katusha Team (KAT): Isaichev
The rider's list will be posted tommorow as soon as possible, when it's ready!
Edited by rogvi97 on 06-10-2012 23:14
rogvi97 wrote:
So I've noticed that this thread isn't made.
That is because we usually discuss most non-WT races in the "Other Races" thread
Well, look at my nationality, my pick has to be Degenkolb. He got two wins denied by late attacks this week, so he's definately in shape. Same goes for Bouhanni. Nizzolo was quite invisible recently.
Over the small bumps in the end, guys like GVA or Boom could give it a try. Still, my bet is on a mass sprint.