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[Mini] Giro di Padania
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| roturn |
Posted on 12-09-2013 18:31
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It`s the first stage race in the Mini Man Game and also the first fight of the top climbers as we have a huge climb on the 4th stage.
But it`s not the first difficulty in that race. Already on the first day all GC riders must be concentrated as it`s going up and down a few times in the 2nd half. Here you mustn`t lose time or you might already lose all your chances.
And while the remaining 3 stages are possible sprint stages they all have some difficulties, that might lead to a different outcome. In especially the 3rd with two late bumps and the last stage, which is rarely really flat, could be too hard for the sprinters.
Coming to favourites we surely look for the climbers as the 4th stage is probably showing the biggest time gaps. So it`s not really surprising to see most top climbers.
Two of the strongest mountain teams are Coldeportes with the duo Orizco, Rubiano Chavez and lots of their elite helpers like Calderón, Montiel or Montoya and KazMunayGas, who will most likely go for Saeidi Tanha or Dyadichkin.
Other riders with good chances are the Portuguese Sabido (Millenium), Casar (Peugeot), Schoffmann (Miche), Nose (Node4), Rodrigues (Dexia), Bitew Shiferaw (Standard Bank) MAte (iBanesto) or Chu (Fuji).
But this is actually just the top of a long list, that could be continued for quite some time. Several other climbers have good chances and will most probably prove me wrong, that I haven`t mentioned them.
Sprinterwise we have a great field as well. I definitely have to start with Miche as it is the best sprinter team here by far. With Sabatini, Borghesi and Rigotto they have all their best sprinters here and should have a strong train.
Behind them we have lots of similar strong sprinters, who should be named here in the fight for a stage win:
Clavero (Kalev), Gomez Colinas (Eroski), Hawkins (Node4), D'Amore (Electrabel), Korkotyan (America), Poulhies (SFR), Markov (Katusha), Brown (Commonwealth) and many many morel.
Except for 2-3 teams that might be ahead of the others when coming to climbing or sprint strength here, we have a very good startlist with lots of similar strong teams, which should give us some interesting racing and most likely also some surprisings.
Edited by roturn on 12-09-2013 18:41
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 12-09-2013 18:40
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Nice preview.
Really looking forward to seeing how Rodriguez can do compared to the other climbers. Especially since he won't have a lot of help...
Hopefully some of the best sprinters will be lost on the hillls the other days so de Ketele can mix in. I expect it will be a very close race though. Perhaps with a breakaway win affecting the GC as well...
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| Bikex |
Posted on 12-09-2013 18:40
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Great preview! Also Bitew Shiferaw isn't on Eroski but on my team (Standard Bank) |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 12-09-2013 18:44
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Not exspecting much here. A stage win would be a very pleasant surprise
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 12-09-2013 19:02
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Should be an interesting race - nice mix of stages. Hoping for a podium from Clavero in one of the sprint stages 
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 12-09-2013 19:31
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Great preview, the startlist is very good and strong indeed. It will be a funny race
About my team i hope in a Top 15 again or in a break for a stage win. |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 12-09-2013 19:50
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C'mon Casar 
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| 547984 |
Posted on 12-09-2013 21:28
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Just hoping to contend for a stage win, and get some tv time. 
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 12-09-2013 21:35
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Looking for some breakaway chances with SFR and perhaps a decent shot in the sprints with Pouhies who took 4th earlier in Brazil.
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 12-09-2013 22:10
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Surprised not to see Pierzga in the main sprinters.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-09-2013 22:39
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Nice race preview roturn
Really looking forward to see how my climbing talents perform in this race |
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| kyanto |
Posted on 13-09-2013 02:35
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Our goal will be top 10 in the GC with Sabido. If he's on good form and things work out top 5 could even possible.
Other than that it would be nice to see our sprinters at least trying to sprint |
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 13-09-2013 02:42
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Good preview
Team Coldeportes wants another podium
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 13-09-2013 02:52
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Looking forward to this. i brought my A-Team, let's see what happens.
Great preview Roturn.
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| 547984 |
Posted on 13-09-2013 02:53
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Looking forward to this. i brought my A-Team, let's see what happens.
Great preview Roturn.
I hope you can actually make a train this time.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 13-09-2013 02:55
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547984 wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Looking forward to this. i brought my A-Team, let's see what happens.
Great preview Roturn.
I hope you can actually make a train this time.
I hope so too.
Bernucci is locked away, far away from the racing, so we should be good.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 13-09-2013 05:55
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Can't wait!
Surprised that my climbing team is so strong in comparision to the other teams(except Coldeportres)
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 13-09-2013 06:12
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Apparently my team's the favourite...
Nice preview!
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 13-09-2013 06:17
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Go Hannachi!
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 13-09-2013 08:47
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when will you post the results and where?
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