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Tour d'Egypte and GP el Sharm Sheikh Discussion
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 17-04-2008 17:40
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The African season begins in Egypt and 14 teams will contest the stage race before some leave and others fly in to compete in the one day classic the GP el Sharm Sheikh which takes place after the stage race, which itself is largely based in Sharm Sheikh. An african equivalent to the Tour of Qatar, except more challenging since there is not only a TTT but an ITT aswell. The one day race is harder to predict due to a flat rating coupled with a profile that includes some hills - a surprise since the whole stage race is flat.
As expected, the field for the stage race is rich in sprinters.
British Airways' Aleksei Markov is in an advantageous position since he can both sprint and time trial but whether he will be the lead sprinter, Im not sure, with Kam-Po Wong and Anuar Manan both present (I dont know why Manan isnt riding in Langkawi instead)
Champion bring Jimmy Casper and Aitor Perez Arrieta.
Gatorade's team does not look like it contains any big sprinters, but they may pull off a shock with someone like Anastopoulos.
IrnBru have Chris Sutton, Erik Mohs and also TT specialists Grabovski and Day.
Someone please tell me why Molteni have brought Inigo Landaluze to this race. Ruben Bongiorno and Aitor Galdos are both threats in the sprint though.
Procycling's Ben Swift may not yet be able to fight it out for a victory in the sprint, but he can time trial well and the team should give Slipstream a run for their money in the TTT with the likes of Wiggins, Clancy, Jacques-Maynes, and Backstedt all here.
Speaking of Slipstream, the American team will look to face the threat to their TTT throne and have brought a similar line-up to the one who have ridden so strongly in Qatar. Juan Jose Haedo is a big favourite for the race, while Friedman will provide useful assistance. Jason Donald and Tom Zirbel lead the TT squad.
Finally, Wiggle will be led by Belarussian Aleksandr Usov.
Team list for Tour d'Egypte:
British Airways - Cyclingnews
Champion
Gatorade
IrnBru-RBS
Molteni
Procycling-BBC
Slipstream
White Bear Steyr
Wiggle - Premier Inn
LA/MSS/Pearl Jam B
Magenta B
British Airways B
La Gazetta B
France Televisions B
Team list for GP el Sharm Sheikh:
Benfica
Champion
Fed-Ex
Gatorade
IrnBru-RBS
Molteni
Procycling-BBC
SME Cycling
Spiuk-Barclays
Wiggle - Premier Inn
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 17-04-2008 17:45
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Manan isnt in Malaysia because there is a thing called mountains there. Manan doesnt like mountains you know.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 17-04-2008 17:50
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Finally, Wiggle will be led by Belarussian Aleksandr Usov.
I like my large big-up.
Usov is going to trash those sprints... or he'd better.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 17-04-2008 17:51
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That would be okay ... if Langkawi had all 10 of its stages as Mountain stages, but it doesnt.
With the national bonus included, Manan would have been a huge favourite for all flat stages in Langkawi but in Egypt theres going to be a much tougher battle.
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 17-04-2008 17:53
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SN, is it you or me that are the strategical genius around here?
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 17-04-2008 17:56
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Well I thought it was common sense to send the best Malaysian sprinter to the Malaysian race with quite a few flat stages in it. It doesnt need a tactical genius 
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 17-04-2008 17:59
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Strategical, not tactical. The difference is huge in this case.
Besides, ive done thet math:
7 stage wins, sprinter jersey = 80% chance of happening, awesome situation.
Chance of getting 5 stages with 3 top 5 positions and then scoring 3 top 10's = Chuck Norris and Mr. T awesome.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 18-04-2008 00:35
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The TTT is going to be very interesting. Slipstream will be represented by Donald, Zirbel, Cozza, Duggan, Van Ulden, Friedman and Haedo. Not our best TTT squad but maybe Haedo can do it for us anyways with his golden sprint; However there is some stiff competition
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| rodda |
Posted on 18-04-2008 07:14
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Our sprint team will be lead by Claudio Corioni and Graeme Brown, Priamo is coming as well
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 18-04-2008 08:33
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I am not bringing much in the likes of TT, but im bringing Markov (72TT, 74 AC, 77SP), Manan (78 SP and AC) and Wong (77 SP, 78 AC) to attempt to dominate the sprints. The others are Bellis, Kaggestad, Mizbani and Feillu, alle with there TT's in the low 60's.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-05-2008 22:47
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The riders have arrived in Egypt, admired the Pyramids, and pushed Pat McQuaid into the Nile, and are now ready to do battle.
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| niconico |
Posted on 06-05-2008 22:48
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Langkawi's getting closer and closer 
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| matt493 |
Posted on 06-05-2008 22:48
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Yippee. Gatorade is gonna win.
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| matt493 |
Posted on 06-05-2008 22:49
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A_Schleck wrote:
Langkawi's getting closer and closer
You know what I've thought about it for a long time now and I'm going to get an army and take Hagen and Pliuskin from you. Then it will be so easy to win. *evil laugh*
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 07-05-2008 00:14
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Sweeet, some of my riders went slower than the control team now THAT takes skill 
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 07-05-2008 00:38
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A_Schleck wrote:
Langkawi's getting closer and closer
Thats one hell of a wait for a season start
I expect the teams classification to get shaken up a lot when B & O get going. I mean, just how long can Irn Bru expect to be in the upper echelons? |
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| matt493 |
Posted on 07-05-2008 01:59
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YEAH OLMAN. WOOOOOHHHHHHH. As you can tell I am very disappointed.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 07-05-2008 05:40
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Donald comments that he is sick and tired of being beat by Wiggins and Lang by 1 second. Next one is his.
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| rodda |
Posted on 07-05-2008 07:04
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ah why did someone have to work out they can change their names! 
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 07-05-2008 07:47
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WOOOO Haedo... second? Oh well nice stage.
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