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Vuelta Chihuahua discussion thread
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| Smowz |
Posted on 27-02-2011 08:29
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Welcome to Mexico:
The seven stage Vuelta Chihuahua is one that should favour the parcours, this race is fairly unconventional in that it lacks a big mountain top finish . The two mountain stages though are difficult ones being in the heat and at altitude and will test teamwork to the full.
Stage four is a double mountain climb - again at altitude and in the heat should favour climbing/TT ing all rounders.
We have just five CTour teams here all will be looking to finish their seasons off with style:
Spoiler Benfica
1. F.Marquez
2. F.Ardila Cano
3. F.Colorado
4. T.Machado
5. D.Moreno
6. D.Petrov
7. N.Ribeiro
Bimbo
11. M.Samwel
12. J.Berard
13. I.Camaño
14. D.Craven
15. M.Hofland
16. V.Rodrigues
17. H.Sabido
Santander
21. D.López Garcia
22. J.Castroviejo
23. A.Durán
24. O.Guerao
25. A.Hernández Gutierrez
26. D.Ortega
27. R.Valls
Quiksilver
31. Y.Delgado
32. C.Betancourt
33. J.Hicks
34. P.Mach
35. D.MartÃnez
36. J.Mercado
37. G.Nizzolo
Red Bull
41. J.Rodas
42. R.Kilun
43. C.Manarelli
44. M.Matthews
45. A.Semple
46. C.Sutton
47. S.Zwizanski
Benfica's Marquez is an excellent young climber and as you would expect is well accompanied by the usual Benfica climbing squad. It is significant that this may well be the last time we see Benfica in a climbing tour, they are not present in the Sun Tour climbs. There riders are most definately in the shop window and will interest Protour anf CTour teams alike.
Bimbo Nutella have also come here at full strength, Samwel is perhaps their strongest climber but watch out for Rodrigues, Beraud and Camano who are very good climbers in their own right. A funny one to see one of Bimbo's star riders that they own in their own right here - Dan Craven may find the features here a bit too mountainous. Sabido is the sort of rider who could nab a couple of sprints towards the end of the race - given his ability to survive the climbs without losing too much energy.
For Santander - lets not fool ourselves, they have the look of a protour stage racing team. But they could well fall short of promotion unless they produce a special performance here. For Lopez Garcia it is important that he makes this one decisive - his poor performance at Portugal still rankles the team boss and this could be his retribution. A small field should give Valls, Ortega and Castrovieja a chance of a top ten and Oscar Guerao should figure in the sprints.
Quiksilver have packed their schedule with stage races at the end of the season - Yeison Delgado just managed to sneak into the top five at the Tour of America, sealing a team goal. That was his purpose and he may have a shot at a podium here. Mercado, Betencourt and the sprinter-cum-climber Damian Martinez offer a good level of support.
Finally Red Bull have a team lacking their big guns Siutsou/Augustyn. Their hopes will rest with unreliable Colombian Julian Rodas and the more reliable Roman Kilun. Muddled selection this from them really with both Manarelli and Sutton picked for the sprint stages.
A quick reminder of the overall team standings:
Spoiler | 1 Team IKEA - Bianchi 4614 13 | | 2 Wiggle - San Pellegrino 4420 6 | | 3 100% Me 3530 18 | | 4 Milka 3435 12 | | 5 Bacardi - Colt 3335 22 | | 6 Pendleton's Twicer 3306 22 | | 7 Team LEGO 3120 10 | | 8 UBS - Annie Chun's 3097 13 | | 9 Petronas - Olympus 3048 13 | | 10 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3005 15 | | 11 Santander 2933 18 | | 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems - Rosneft 2899 12 | | 13 Team Pokerstars.com 2815 12 | | 14 Bimbo Nutella 2778 11 | | 15 Mercedes-Benz 2508 20 | | 16 Red Bull 2495 16 | | 17 Team Telenor-SAS 2283 0 | | 18 Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by the Moon X 2102 18 | | 19 YouTube - Twitter 2051 0 | | 20 Vespa-Caffrey's 1898 18 | | 21 Pirelli - Internazionale 1888 18 | | 22 EL AL - IDF 1836 21 | | 23 Quiksilver-Kraft 1802 25 | | 24 UniCredit 1581 25 | | 25 Intesa 1459 18 | | 26 Yamaha - Greenpeace 1281 9 | | 27 Team Falcon-Husqvarna 1266 4 | | 28 HighRoad-TomTom 1066 6 | | 29 Bbox Bouygoues Telecom 1050 15 |
This really is a crucial one for Santander folks!
Race Schedule:
Obviously after the Worlds
Wednesday: Stage 1
Thursday: Stage 2 and 3
Friday: Stage 4 and 5
Saturday: Stages 6 and 7
(PS Paris Tours looks like it would fit on Thursday evening as well)
Edited by Smowz on 02-03-2011 20:44
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 27-02-2011 08:44
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Lopez Garcia, save my season
please
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| Smowz |
Posted on 01-03-2011 08:17
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Heads up here readers - I first two stages will come the day after the WC RR. So the schedule is flexable based on that.
So there will not be any stages today!
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| Smowz |
Posted on 02-03-2011 20:46
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mb2612 wrote:
Lopez Garcia, save my season
please
Good enough start for you 
Schedule updated - two mountains stages tomorrow!
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 02-03-2011 20:48
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Smowz wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
Lopez Garcia, save my season
please
Good enough start for you
Schedule updated - two mountains stages tomorrow!
Perfect start 
[url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-03-2011 20:48
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Stage 2, Guerao dropped, all of Santander fall back
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-03-2011 20:54
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Oh... Lopez Garcia won? Ah well Santander for promotion
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 02-03-2011 20:59
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on such small things the balance swings
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 03-03-2011 19:09
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Going pretty well so far.
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| beagle |
Posted on 03-03-2011 19:15
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be aware of last short flat stage is it criterium?
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| Smowz |
Posted on 03-03-2011 21:13
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beagle wrote:
be aware of last short flat stage is it criterium?
It isn't a criterium!
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-03-2011 23:31
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Good to see Samwel riding well, and amusing that all the Benfica riders seem to like riding together
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 04-03-2011 07:56
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phew, now to hold on for 3 days
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| Heine |
Posted on 04-03-2011 10:59
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I like this race, should've been here :/
(Yeah, I regret being finished with my season... Bored and waiting for the transfer season)
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| ltt |
Posted on 04-03-2011 16:38
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I've got 3 in the Top 10 at the moment, but I reckon I'm going to come out of this race with very few points  |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 04-03-2011 16:51
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ltt wrote:
I've got 3 in the Top 10 at the moment, but I reckon I'm going to come out of this race with very few points
Hope stage five makes you feel better.
phew, now to hold on for 3 days
Now don't shoot the messenger mb
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| Kami |
Posted on 04-03-2011 16:52
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Ouch, that really sucks. Srry mb.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-03-2011 16:54
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And with that, mb can almost surely look forward to a renewals dilemna, and not promotion. Its bad luck for him.
Great news for Vesuvio loanee Samwel though!
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| ltt |
Posted on 04-03-2011 17:42
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Smowz wrote:
[quote] ltt wrote:
I've got 3 in the Top 10 at the moment, but I reckon I'm going to come out of this race with very few points
Hope stage five makes you feel better.
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| dave92 |
Posted on 04-03-2011 18:54
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Great to see Kilun riding so well. Also, as SN points out, Santander could be in a serious pickle.
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