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Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-08-2008 15:30
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Has I am not much intrested about Olympics..I just go straight to my next event. I was looking Vuelta stage profile..looking good.. Also have to admit I'm little dissapointed about this year TdF stage profile..I prefer more classic mode we hade..first week for sprinters (and this also give us real best sprinter..not climber-sprinter..I realy have nothing against Freire) then we hit mountain and hard..3 stunning mountain stages in Pyrenees..then flat ..then 3 hard mountain stages in Alps.
But now but your prediction here? (we can all laugh later) what i did now?..i started "Contador" spam
...and where I can find startlist..what he have a moment..speculation? |
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SportingNonsense |
Posted on 12-08-2008 15:32
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Vuelta a España teams and leaders: Team CSC - Saxo Bank (Carlos Sastre), AG2R - La Mondiale (Vladimir Efimkin), AndalucÃa - Caja Sur (José LuÃs Carrasco), Astana (Alberto Contador), Bouygues Telecom (Dimitri Champion), Caisse d´Epargne (Alejandro Valverde), Cofidis, le Credit par telephone (Sylvain Chavanel), Credit Agricole (Eric Berthou), Euskaltel - Euskadi (Igor Anton), Française des Jeux (Sandy Casar), Gerolsteiner (Davide Rebellin), Karpin Galicia (Ezequiel Mosquera), Lampre (Damiano Cunego), Liquigas (Daniele Bennati), Quick Step (Paolo Bettini), Rabobank (Oscar Freire), Silence-Lotto (Cadel Evans), Team Milram (Erik Zabel) and Tinkoff Credit Systems (Mikhail Ignatiev).
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Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-08-2008 15:37
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wow they all there..just Menchov missing..ofcorse 3 GT in one year is clearly over a limit |
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rjc_43 |
Posted on 12-08-2008 16:00
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Tinkoff will field (obviously) Ignatiev along with (I reckon) Serrano, Pedraza, Petrov, Gottfried, Khatuntsev, Sobal, Kiryienka. If i were Oleg Tinkov, that's who id race
EDIT: Serrano definately will be riding due to a news article printed on the 9th June on Cyclingnews.
"The 29 year-old, in the peloton known as "Richi", hopes that the rest of the year will be better: "I am already thinking about the Vuelta a España, because there I hope to be able to make up for the whole year. Until this race, I will have to be patient and hope to do better in my next races.""
EDIT2: And no, he hasn't done better in his next races either!
Edited by rjc_43 on 12-08-2008 16:03
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issoisso |
Posted on 12-08-2008 18:51
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Unless Caisse's plans from two weeks ago have changed, Valverde is there for stage wins and the team leader is whoever can be higher up on GC.
Anyway, it's a climbers' Vuelta. 40km TT on stage 4 or 5 or so, then it's all about climbing. All mountain stages fall on weekends
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schleck93 |
Posted on 12-08-2008 19:10
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issoisso wrote:
Unless Caisse's plans from two weeks ago have changed, Valverde is there for stage wins and the team leader is whoever can be higher up on GC.
Anyway, it's a climbers' Vuelta. 40km TT on stage 4 or 5 or so, then it's all about climbing. All mountain stages fall on weekends
That trouly deserves a banana , Angluri is going to be a killer mountain, where you have to have a good if you don't want to lose the Vuelta.
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rjc_43 |
Posted on 12-08-2008 21:21
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I'm actually going to make an effort to watch/record the Vuelta this year. Last year was the first time i watched the Giro - and i loved that (more than the tour!!!!!) and so i think i'll watch the Vuelta and see which riders have gambled their entire season on one masssssive race!
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SportingNonsense |
Posted on 12-08-2008 21:28
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The Vuelta has never particularly appealed to me, but Im definately gonna watch the Angliru stage if possible
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K-A |
Posted on 12-08-2008 21:45
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Could someone please post a link to this years Vuelta stages ?
Haven't seen the profile yet.. |
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issoisso |
Posted on 12-08-2008 21:49
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K-A wrote:
Could someone please post a link to this years Vuelta stages ?
Haven't seen the profile yet..
https://www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthr...rowstart=0
enjoy
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Levi4life |
Posted on 12-08-2008 22:01
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My podium
1st: Levi
2nd: Jason McCartney
3rd: As of yet unnamed American/ North American
4th: Mads Kaggestad
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K-A |
Posted on 12-08-2008 22:09
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Thank you |
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Addy291 |
Posted on 12-08-2008 22:09
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Levi4life wrote:
My podium
1st: Levi
2nd: Jason McCartney
3rd: As of yet unnamed American/ North American
4th: Mads Kaggestad
Looks like you can't count, or you don't know how many people stand on a podium...
Edited by Addy291 on 12-08-2008 22:10
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issoisso |
Posted on 12-08-2008 22:16
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Addy291 wrote:
Levi4life wrote:
My podium
1st: Levi
2nd: Jason McCartney
3rd: As of yet unnamed American/ North American
4th: Mads Kaggestad
Looks like you can't count, or you don't know how many people stand on a podium...
You started it! You invaded Poland!
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Levi4life |
Posted on 12-08-2008 22:21
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Addy291 wrote:
Levi4life wrote:
My podium
1st: Levi
2nd: Jason McCartney
3rd: As of yet unnamed American/ North American
4th: Mads Kaggestad
Looks like you can't count, or you don't know how many people stand on a podium...
Neither can the Giro, or US National Championships because a top 5 there was a podium
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CrueTrue |
Posted on 13-08-2008 07:49
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So, does anyone here think that anyone else than Contador will win? |
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Wiggo |
Posted on 13-08-2008 07:55
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Nope |
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mb2612 |
Posted on 13-08-2008 07:57
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Sastre to do the double
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G_Larsson |
Posted on 13-08-2008 08:05
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I think Contador will win, but I don't hope so.
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alex153 |
Posted on 13-08-2008 08:12
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CrueTrue wrote:
So, does anyone here think that anyone else than Contador will win?
I think Sastre has a good chance......of ending 2nd behind Contador |
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