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Tour of California 2010 Race Discussion
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 05-08-2009 16:30
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The 2nd Pro Tour race of the 2010 season with a lot of hilly stages which in PCM08 and PCM09 automatically means weird attacking from favourites - so, expect an exciting tour with the following riders:
Wikipedia
1. D.Zabriskie
2. C.Barton
3. J.Coppel
4. R.Kilun
5. C.Meier
6. D.Pate
7. J.Pineau
8. I.Stevic
Domina Vacanze
11. V.Nibali
12. A.Aulas
13. F.Chicchi
14. R.Hesjedal
15. C.Naibo
16. J.Vanendert
17. E.Verbist
18. H.Zubeldia
Lipton
21. A.Kashechkin
22. G.Brizuela
23. A.Coyot
24. C.Di Maggio
25. H.Duenas Nevado
26. T.Frei
27. A.Loddo
28. P.Niemiec
White Bear Steyr
31. M.Monfort
32. A.Amador
33. J.Augustyn
34. M.Eibegger
35. B.Feillu
36. C.Mai
37. C.Salerno
38. D.Summerhill
Virgin Media
41. L.Boom
42. A.Bespalov
43. I.Kovalev
44. D.Mehr-Wenige
45. T.Phinney
46. A.Rasmussen
47. A.Serebriakov
48. I.Stannard
Festina
51. C.Castaño
52. A.Brea
53. A.Lavoine
54. S.Morabito
55. R.Navardauskas
56. F.Nolf
57. S.Ortega
58. J.Van Loocke
La Gazzetta dello Sport
61. J.Posthuma
62. M.Bono
63. M.Ford
64. F.Gavazzi
65. M.Mugerli
66. R.RodrÃguez Segarra
67. M.Santambrogio
68. D.Van Winden
British Airways
71. S.Chavanel
72. J.Bellis
73. M.Brammeier
74. I.Kip
75. A.Manan
76. D.Millar
77. X.Tondo
78. K.Wong
Warner Bros.
81. C.Barredo
82. A.Engels
83. M.Fertonani
84. M.Kaggestad
85. A.Ongarato
86. C.Sastre
87. Y.Talabardon
88. K.Van Impe
B&O
91. R.Kreuziger
92. M.Christensen
93. M.Hacecký
94. D.Klemme
95. S.Kruijswijk
96. R.Mestre
97. S.Stenersen
98. T.Vinter
Crédit Lyonnais
101. D.Cataldo
102. W.Bonnet
103. C.Gautier
104. I.Konovalovas
105. J.Krivtsov
106. A.Laidler
107. K.Lalouette
108. R.Mandri
Philips - Hummel
111. L.Bak
112. M.Breschel
113. C.Kern
114. M.Mørkøv
115. M.Pedersen
116. M.Schreurs
117. D.Ulissi
118. M.Vantomme
SIC Radical
121. W.Walker
122. S.Joseph
123. T.Leezer
124. R.Lobato
125. P.Panayotov
126. J.RodrÃguez
127. J.Vangenechten
128. D.Vitoria
Rabobank
131. B.Mollema
132. E.Capecchi
133. R.Di Gregorio
134. J.Grau
135. M.Krasnoperov
136. D.Moncoutié
137. L.Ten Dam
138. S.Zampieri
American Suzuki
141. A.Moletta
142. Y.Delgado
143. J.Devine
144. M.Ladagnous
145. E.Rizza
146. E.Sokolov
147. C.Wherry
148. K.Wu
Accumalux
151. D.Stundzia
152. F.Chacon
153. R.Chtioui
154. D.Claerebout
155. N.Clesen
156. S.Einsle
157. M.Kittel
158. C.Poos
Ernst & Young
161. T.Valjavec
162. M.Creed
163. W.Frischkorn
164. G.Hincapie
165. N.Kinney
166. J.Powers
167. D.Rollin
168. C.Vande Velde
Eurosport
171. C.Knees
172. C.Dessel
173. S.Garzelli
174. P.Healion
175. S.Lagutin
176. M.Pinotti
177. V.Reynès
178. L.Roberts
Unicef RT
181. P.Vila
182. T.Bos
183. A.Clerc
184. S.Finning
185. F.Montaña
186. V.Orozco
187. F.Sabatini
188. J.Thomson
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| niconico |
Posted on 05-08-2009 16:37
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Again it doesn't seem like have any challengers for the GC and Kreuziger can't match the best TTists here in the PT, so his 2nd place from 2008 doesn't really mean a lot now.
I'm looking forward to see what Klemme can do though, he should be my strongest guy in the hills.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-08-2009 17:17
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5th for Kittel 
Thats about as good as its going to get all race for me
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 05-08-2009 17:30
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Haha, a bit of dominance up there for Virgin and Wikipedia. Good ol' time trialists. Go Phinney!
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| mrlol |
Posted on 05-08-2009 18:45
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Nice ride by Ford Had hoped for Posthuma to be a little better though... he's my GC hope.
I guess its going to be Zabriskie all the way though, with the other TT as well. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 05-08-2009 19:11
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Surprisingly weak peloton gives me a hope that Carlos Castaño should be able to finish within top 5...
Favorites as I see it:
David Zabriskie
Vincenzo Nibali
Andrei Kashechkin
Carlos Castaño
Maxime Monfort
Sylvain Chavanel
And a ton of outsiders, whom with the right breakaway could end up taking the lot:
Haimar Zubeldia
Jelle Vanendert
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Lars Boom
Taylor Phinney
Joost Posthuma
Jerome Pineau
Jerome Coppel
Jonathan Bellis
Carlos Barredo
Domenik Klemme
Dario Cataldo
Ignas Konovalovas
Diego Ulissi
Ruben Elvira Lobato
Andrea Moletta
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 05-08-2009 19:25
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Oh yeah, and btw, Phinney has 79 TT after training, and Boom 75 hill, 75 stamina. So I reckon my chances are fairly high.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 05-08-2009 19:48
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The race will be decided by either:
1. The TT.
2. A breakaway making it.
The perfect combination is a very good TT and a high sprint rating. Bak is a good time triallist and a can sprint (70 SP) as well.
I still think that Zabriskie will take it.
(And you can count Ulissi out. He crashed on stage 2) |
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| mrlol |
Posted on 05-08-2009 20:02
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Wow, nice suprize from Santambrogio there. Two podiums in a row with a pretty crappy team, I'm not complaining!  |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 05-08-2009 20:12
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Hopefully my team can pull off a result of some sort, which would be great as a wildcard. |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 05-08-2009 20:36
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Well, holding two jerseys ain't bad, now is it?
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| SotD |
Posted on 05-08-2009 20:36
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Close but no cigar from van Loocke... I should've put Hushovd here really... He could've won without too much of a fight. |
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 05-08-2009 20:58
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OMG, my team won a bunch sprint 
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| mrlol |
Posted on 05-08-2009 21:27
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Oh well... my ToC is screwed with Posthuma losing 2'45... 
I really expected hi to be able to finish in the first groupe...
now lets hope for a stage win in a break, or a maybe a suprize sprint again? |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 05-08-2009 21:32
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Well, lost two jerseys, but gained the young one. Been quite a nice tour for me. Thanks Crue for all the Virgin mentions Quite nice to actually think your riders are doing something....
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 05-08-2009 21:33
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32 Taylor Phinney Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
Not much to say, really  |
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| SotD |
Posted on 05-08-2009 21:35
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Great stagewin, though 30 seconds on the pack would've been very very helpful in order to get Castaño on the podium...
Zabriskie have won the race today, while Phinney, Boom and Nibali probably can catch Castaño...
Steve Morabito could do a decent race, ending in top 20, while I can't see Ortega, but assume he is still within 40 seconds? |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 05-08-2009 21:51
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Phinney took 5th two days in a row, and the nice 4th in the TT (or was it another 5th!?). OK, may not seem much, but tis nice to be "up there" a bit.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 05-08-2009 21:53
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Valjavec!!!
I am absolutely thrilled with my team's performance so far. In the break everyday, and Valjavec fighting in the mountains in a PT race. This is great. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 05-08-2009 21:54
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Phinney could very well end up on the podium in this race. He survived the toughest stage, and there's a 28km TT in his favour. |
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