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| sam1196 |
Posted on 10-04-2012 21:40
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I'm everyday more amazed by how much efford you put in this great story!
Looks like le Tour was drame with Cunego crashing out in yellow.
VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 11-04-2012 20:09
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wow that really must have been a crazy tour especially when i look at some of the other riders in the top 10 but nice review of the race!!! |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 17-04-2012 16:40
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@ Freitas - The most crazy thing about him is his amazing development. He's a great climber by now, and I expected him to do much better than he did.
@ sam - Actually it was Gesink crashing out in yellow. Cunego was second. 
Sorry for the lack of activity here in the past week. I simply took a week off from playing and focused on some other things instead. I'm back now nevertheless.
Lastly, I have a small question I'd like to ask, about the Vuelta. As you know, we're sending Fuglsang there as leader, and with just a few race days this season, we expect him to do pretty well. However, he doesn't really have the best climbing support.
Therefore I'd like to hear what you think about maybe sending Van den Broeck to Spain as well, without real top shape. In other words, as a luxury helper. I started thinking about it when I realized that doesn't have a lot of race days either and could without problems handle a Vuelta. He could also go for a stage win or two.
So, what do you think?
Also, please note that Martin Therkildsen's victory in Klasika Ordiziako was simulated, since I didn't notice the race on our calendar. Sorry for that.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 17-04-2012 16:40
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| 02.07 - 24.07 | Tour de France | Frank Schleck | | 02.07 | GP Kranj | Marco Marzano | | 03.07 - 10.07 | International Österreich Rundfahrt | Pieter Weening | | 15.07 - 23.07 | Tour of Qinghai Lake | Oscar Gatto | | 20.07 - 24.07 | Brixia Tour | Marco Marzano | | 23.07 - 27.07 | Tour de Wallonie | Hayden Roulston | | 25.07 | Prueba Villafranca - Ordiziako Klasika | Martin Therkildsen | | 30.07 | Clásica San Sebastián | Przemyslaw Niemiec | | 30.07 | Coppa Placci | Simon Spilak | | 31.07 | Sparkassen Giro | Allan Davis | | 31.07 | Circuito de Getxo | Leigh Howard | | 31.07 | La Poly Normande | Arnold Jeannesson | | 31.07 | Trofeo Matteotti | Óscar Sevilla |
UCI WorldTour - Individual:
| 1 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 507 | | 2 | Frank Schleck | Lotto - Belisol | 352 | | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 346 | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 345 | | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 342 | | 6 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 319 | | 7 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack - Nissan | 300 | | 8 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 288 | | 9 | Denis Menchov | Team Katusha | 282 | | 10 | Gert Steegmans | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 261 |
Spoiler | 11 | Andreas Klöden | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | 257 | | 12 | Steven Kruijswijk | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 230 | | 13 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 228 | | 14 | Johann Tschopp | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | 208 | | 15 | Cadel Evans | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 207 | | 16 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | 198 | | 17 | Jérôme Coppel | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 197 | | 18 | Thomas Löfkvist | The Bose Project | 188 | | 19 | Björn Leukemans | Radioshack - Nissan | 180 | | 20 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 172 |
| 1 | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 1097 | | 2 | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 977 | | 3 | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 804 | | 4 | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | 682 | | 5 | Lampre - San Marco | 635 | | 6 | Radioshack - Nissan | 633 | | 7 | Lotto - Belisol | 578 | | 8 | Team Katusha | 510 | | 9 | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 500 | | 10 | Astana Pro Team | 455 |
Spoiler | 11 | Liquigas - Cannondale | 445 | | 12 | Garmin - Barracuda | 409 | | 13 | The Bose Project | 403 | | 14 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 392 | | 15 | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 362 | | 16 | Caisse d'Epargne | 315 | | 17 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 290 | | 18 | Euskaltel - Orbea | 228 | | 19 | Vacansoleil - DCM | 226 | | 20 | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 202 |
Continental Tour - Individual:
| 1 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 943 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 629 | | 3 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 602 | | 4 | Samuel Dumoulin | Team NetApp | 474 | | 5 | Tomasz Smolen | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | 449 | | 6 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 369 | | 7 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 348 | | 8 | Jimmy Casper | Saur - Sojasun | 333 | | 9 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | 292 | | 10 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 288 |
Spoiler | 11 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | 284 | | 12 | Massimiliano Gentili | Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 274 | | 13 | Enrico Franzoi | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 266 | | 14 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | 229 | | 15 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 224 | | 16 | Yauhen Sobal | Team NSP | 221 | | 17 | Richard England | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 217 | | 18 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | 216 | | 19 | Wim Stroetinga | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 207 | | 20 | Giampaolo Caruso | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 199 |
| 1 | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 1562 | | 2 | Saur - Sojasun | 1509 | | 3 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 1336 | | 4 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 1200 | | 5 | Team NetApp | 1179 | | 6 | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 1096 | | 7 | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | 1027 | | 8 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 890 | | 9 | AG2R - La Mondiale | 830 | | 10 | Miche - Guerciotti | 671 |
Spoiler | 11 | Champion System | 644 | | 12 | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 639 | | 13 | Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 599 | | 14 | Saxobank | 598 | | 15 | Caja Rural | 524 | | 16 | Team NSP | 405 | | 17 | FDJ - BigMat | 400 | | 18 | ContiTeam SpiderTech | 394 | | 19 | D'Angelo & Antenucci - D'Angelo | 375 | | 20 | Team Europcar | 350 |
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 2406 | | 2 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 1979 | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 1959 | | 4 | Gert Steegmans | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 1858 | | 5 | Frank Schleck | Lotto - Belisol | 1682 | | 6 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 1546 | | 7 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack - Nissan | 1519 | | 8 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 1418 | | 9 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 1290 | | 10 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 1234 |
Spoiler | 11 | Michele Scarponi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 1195 | | 12 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 1104 | | 13 | Denis Menchov | Team Katusha | 1076 | | 14 | Cadel Evans | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 1049 | | 15 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 998 | | 16 | Tyler Farrar | Radioshack - Nissan | 995 | | 17 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack - Nissan | 982 | | 18 | Johann Tschopp | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | 953 | | 19 | Samuel Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | 929 | | 20 | Steven Kruijswijk | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 927 |
| 1 | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 6233 | | 2 | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 5449 | | 3 | Radioshack - Nissan | 5282 | | 4 | Lotto - Belisol | 4426 | | 5 | Lampre - San Marco | 4237 | | 6 | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 4124 | | 7 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 3843 | | 8 | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 3633 | | 9 | Caisse d'Epargne | 3220 | | 10 | BMC - Swiss Cycling Technology | 3086 |
Spoiler | 11 | Team Katusha | 2966 | | 12 | Garmin - Barracuda | 2931 | | 13 | Astana Pro Team | 2781 | | 14 | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 2653 | | 15 | Liquigas - Cannondale | 2653 | | 16 | Saur - Sojasun | 2263 | | 17 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 2241 | | 18 | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 2070 | | 19 | Vacansoleil - DCM | 2028 | | 20 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 2021 |
| 1 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 12 | | 2 | Gert Steegmans | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 11 | | 3 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 9 | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 9 | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 8 | | 6 | Philippe Gilbert | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 8 | | 7 | Marco Marzano | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 7 | | 8 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 7 | | 9 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - San Marco | 7 | | 10 | Vincenzo Nibali | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 7 |
Spoiler | 11 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 7 | | 12 | Jimmy Casper | Saur - Sojasun | 6 | | 13 | Hayden Roulston | Radioshack - Nissan | 6 | | 14 | Daniele Bennati | Lampre - San Marco | 6 | | 15 | José Joaquin Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | 6 | | 16 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 6 | | 17 | Tyler Farrar | Radioshack - Nissan | 6 | | 18 | Steven Kruijswijk | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 5 | | 19 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | 5 | | 20 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 5 |
| 1 | OmegaPharma - Quickstep | 35 | | 2 | GreenEDGE Cycling Project | 26 | | 3 | Radioshack - Nissan | 26 | | 4 | Lampre - San Marco | 22 | | 5 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 21 | | 6 | Team Sky Pro Cycling | 19 | | 7 | Caisse d'Epargne | 18 | | 8 | Saur - Sojasun | 17 | | 9 | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda's | 16 | | 10 | Lotto - Belisol | 16 |
Spoiler | 11 | UniCredit - Bianchi Cycling Team | 16 | | 12 | Garmin - Barracuda | 15 | | 13 | Project 1T4i - Shimano | 14 | | 14 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 13 | | 15 | Vodafone Pro Cycling Team | 12 | | 16 | Team Katusha | 12 | | 17 | Astana Pro Team | 10 | | 18 | Androni Giocattoli - Trecolli | 10 | | 19 | Euskaltel - Orbea | 10 | | 20 | Miche - Guerciotti | 9 |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 17-04-2012 17:22
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VdB has a luxury helper? I don't know if it's the best idea because he may burst with Fulgsang in the mountains. Also can you post Balloni stats? Because he made 17th in the Tour. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 17-04-2012 18:28
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Miguel98 wrote:
VdB has a luxury helper? I don't know if it's the best idea because he may burst with Fulgsang in the mountains. Also can you post Balloni stats? Because he made 17th in the Tour.
That wont happen. With ~80 fitness he'll be weaker than Fuglsang. Plus, he'd be protecting him on the climbs, not setting the pace.
For Balloni, I don't have them at the moment, but he's around 80 MO with decent secondary stats.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 17-04-2012 18:44
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I think it´s a nice idea. Would like to see him on Fuglsang´s side. |
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| baia |
Posted on 17-04-2012 19:32
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Well, if Fuglsang can´t handle it, you still have V.Den Broeck
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| toddyvegas |
Posted on 18-04-2012 21:34
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My first post on your story. Firstly, can I just say what an entertaining story you have put together. Great stuff! And I have picked up some great tips along the way! Regarding your uber domestique idea, I did that using gesink to work for Nieve in la veulta and it worked a treat. Nieve won with gesink in 5th. You'll blow all your opponents helpers away in the mountains! Also fugslang finished 6 secs ahead of gesink, so u may even win!! Good luck and keep up the good work! |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 24-04-2012 07:19
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@ all - Thanks for the adivice. I've decided to send Van den Broeck with Fuglsang.
@ toddy - I'm very glad to hear such things. Let's hope the tactic works as well for me as it did for you.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 24-04-2012 07:19
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After a dramatic Tour with many surprises, we move on to the last Grand Tour of the year, the Vuelta a España. It could turn out to be an incredibly interesting race, since a lot of the major stage racers in the professional peloton are missing.
| 1 | Juan José Cobo | Geox - TMC | 84h38'47 | | 2 | Wouter Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'47 | | 3 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | + 12'29 | | 4 | Joaquim Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 14'30 | | 5 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 14'57 | | 6 | Frank Schleck | Leopard Trek | + 19'15 | | 7 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 24'49 | | 8 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | + 27'10 | | 9 | Philippe Gilbert | OmegaPharma - Lotto | + 27'40 | | 10 | Ruben Plaza | Movistar Team | + 27'51 |
Spoiler | 11 | Julian Sanchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | + 28'49 | | 12 | Antonio Piedra | Andalucia Caja Granada | + 29'58 | | 13 | Robert Kiserlovski | Pro Team Astana | + 31'59 | | 14 | Jakob Fuglsang | Leopard Trek | + 34'35 | | 15 | Iñigo Cuesta | Caja Rural | + 39'41 | | 16 | Jan Tratnik | Quickstep Cycling Team | + 40'36 | | 17 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 43'34 | | 18 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 45'04 | | 19 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | + 45'36 | | 20 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 46'24 | | 21 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 50'35 | | 22 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 51'30 | | 23 | José Herrada | Caja Rural | + 52'24 | | 24 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky ProCycling | + 52'40 | | 25 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quickstep Cycling Team | + 54'05 | | 26 | David de la Fuente | Geox - TMC | + 54'19 | | 27 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 55'07 | | 28 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 58'15 | | 29 | Josep Jufré | Pro Team Astana | + 1h06'49 | | 30 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | + 1h07'23 |
Juan José Cobo's complete focus on the Vuelta turned out to be an excellent idea. The Spaniard hammered all of the other contenders on the climbs, winning the race by a huge margin over Wouter Poels. Third man on the podium, Javier Moreno, was the biggest surprise of all, and showed the field's weakness.
We start off the race on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, with three stages. First it's a short prologue to open some smaller gaps between the riders. After that we'll head for a shorter road stage. The third and last day in the islands will be interesting however, as it finishes atop the long Pico del Teide.
The next day we head back onto the continent, where a pretty easy first week continues. Apart from the uphill finish on day six, it's all about the sprinters these days. This is where they'll need to gather points for the green jersey.
Overall, it's a quite easy second week as well. Four of the seven stages are pure mass sprint ones, where the sprinters will continue to thrive. There's also a longish time trial in Valladolid, on stage ten. That'll shake up the GC.
But the main highlights this week will be stage 11 and 12. First the brutal mountain top finish on the infamous Bola del Mundo, where we might see the biggest selection in all of the race. But also the next day will be interesting. Three big climbs on the route, although the last one is pretty far from the finish.
Then, we finally hit the slightly harder final seven days. Three uphill finishes, including the queen stage, which finishes atop an eternally long climb up to Pic del Maià. That's the last chance to open up the large time gaps for the favourites.
I think it'll all be decided in the time trial, on the penultimate day. If it's still a close battle between the top guns in the GC, then it could change massively after this day. To end off what I hope will be a nice Vuelta, a circuit race in Barcelona!
Project squad:
As you've known since the beginning of the season, it's Fuglsang who'll lead us through this race. I reckon the route suits him pretty well, with not too much climbing. A Top 5, or possibly even a podium, is definitely within reach.
Van den Broeck, Lagutin and last year's Tour KoM jersey winner, Bonnin will back him up in the mountains. That's a solid help.
For the many flat stages, Van Hummel and Bozic will both get their chances. The latter has quite a lot of race days, due to a long season, and might get tired later in the race. We hope for at least one stage win from these two.
Favourites and startlist coming up next!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 24-04-2012 08:19
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Nice route Looking forwward to this!
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| Neillster |
Posted on 24-04-2012 08:44
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Looking forward to it |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 24-04-2012 08:58
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Good luck in the Vuelta. Curious to see who participates, so knowing what the chances are for Fuglsang.
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 24-04-2012 09:40
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yeah vuelta time  i hope fuglsang gets a great result also i like that you took vdb in the line-up |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-04-2012 12:23
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I think your sending a pretty decent squad to the Vuelta, so Good Luck and hope you have a Great Tour |
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| hazzy |
Posted on 24-04-2012 14:55
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Nice squad for Vuelta, it might be interesting to watch. Good luck. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 24-04-2012 14:59
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Very excited!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 24-04-2012 17:33
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@ all - Thanks!
@ tsmoha - Yeah, it must've been created by a great stagemaker.
And I thought it was about time I returned the favour after Dark Dog raced my Giro and Vuelta back in PCM10. I also really like this route, since it's very balanced. Fuglsang likes it too. Not too much climbing.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 24-04-2012 17:33
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Spoiler Androni Giocattoli
1. M.Marzano
2. L.Barla
3. M.Biondo
4. M.Caddeo
5. R.Chiarini
6. F.Ginanni
7. C.J.Ochoa
8. E.Sella
9. E.Vona
Sky
11. S.Henao
12. J.Augustyn
13. A.Blythe
14. M.Cavendish
15. S.Cummings
16. M.Hayman
17. M.Rogers
18. I.Stannard
19. J.Tiernan-Locke
Vodafone
21. S.Kruijswijk
22. S.Clement
23. T.Dekker
24. R.Flens
25. P.Rooijakkers
26. N.Sörensen
27. B.Tankink
28. D.Van Winden
29. M.Wynants
Caisse d'Epargne
31. J.Cobo
32. D.Arroyo
33. I.Erviti
34. J.Á.Gómez Marchante
35. V.Karpets
36. A.Madrazo
37. D.Moreno
38. A.Pérez Arrieta
39. J.Rojas
Project 1T4i
41. J.Van den Broeck
42. T.Bonnin
43. L.Boom
44. B.Božic
45. Y.Doi
46. J.Fuglsang
47. S.Lagutin
48. J.Posthuma
49. K.Van Hummel
Vacansoleil
51. W.Poels
52. M.Keizer
53. P.Ligthart
54. T.Marczynski
55. G.Niermann
56. N.Novikov
57. A.Ongarato
58. K.Seeldraeyers
59. M.Velits
Lotto-Belisol
61. J.Vanendert
62. K.Dehaes
63. G.Dockx
64. A.Greipel
65. A.Hansen
66. J.Rovira
67. J.Van Genechten
68. W.Van Huffel
69. S.Vandousselaere
Miche
71. C.Barredo
72. J.I.Gutiérrez
73. R.Kiserlovski
74. M.Kwiatkowski
75. L.Á.Maté
76. N.Oliveira
77. E.Sokolov
78. C.Zaballa
79. T.Zirbel
Astana
81. I.Trofimov
82. A.Dyachenko
83. D.Fofonov
84. R.García
85. V.Iglinski
86. A.Karazhanov
87. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
88. E.Silin
89. T.Valjavec
Omega-Quick
91. D.Cataldo
92. K.De Weert
93. S.Pauwels
94. F.Rabon
95. F.Robert
96. N.Terpstra
97. G.Van Keirsbulck
98. S.Vandenbergh
99. J.Vermote
Garmin-Barracuda
101. T.Van Garderen
102. E.Chaves
103. R.Eastman
104. R.Feillu
105. N.Nuyens
106. N.Roche
107. A.Talansky
108. C.Vande Velde
109. F.Wegmann
UniCredit-Bianchi
111. M.Carrara
112. F.Baliani
113. D.Cioni
114. C.Corioni
115. D.Di Luca
116. F.Failli
117. E.Franzoi
118. G.Nizzolo
119. S.Pirazzi
Radioshack-Nissan
121. T.Machado
122. G.Bennett
123. D.Devenyns
124. J.J.Haedo
125. C.Horner
126. B.Leukemans
127. M.Matthews
128. A.Stauff
129. J.Voigt
Euskaltel-Orbea
131. M.Nieve
132. A.Durán
133. J.Hernández
134. G.Izagirre
135. I.Izagirre
136. M.Landa
137. I.Mayoz
138. S.Pardilla
139. E.Teruel
Cofidis
141. N.Sijmens
142. M.Buffaz
143. R.Di Gregorio
144. C.Le Mével
145. L.Lefèvre
146. D.Moncoutié
147. D.Monier
148. N.Vogondy
149. R.Zingle
Liquigas-Cannon
151. P.Sagan
152. A.Bisolti
153. M.Bodnar
154. G.Brambilla
155. A.D'Aniello
156. P.Facchini
157. F.Masciarelli
158. A.Masciarelli
159. S.Masciarelli
Lampre
161. V.Buts
162. F.Bellotti
163. D.Bennati
164. M.Bono
165. G.Bosisio
166. E.Capecchi
167. B.Riccio
168. S.Stortoni
169. D.Viganò
Katusha
171. S.Szmyd
172. A.Arguelyes
173. P.Brutt
174. D.Galimzyanov
175. J.M.Gárate
176. P.Ignatenko
177. V.Isaychev
178. D.Muravyev
179. M.Paterski
Bose Project
181. B.Samoilau
182. E.Boasson Hagen
183. P.Gretsch
184. T.Hushovd
185. P.Moren
186. R.Navardauskas
187. L.P.Nordhaug
188. T.Skujins
189. T.Vaitkus
Andalucía
191. A.Piedra
192. P.Balades
193. D.Bernabéu
194. M.Ortega
195. J.Ortega
196. F.J.Pacheco
197. J.Ramírez Abeja
198. J.Rosendo
199. E.Ruiz
BMC
201. M.Wyss
202. C.Beyer
203. F.Cancellara
204. K.Kroon
205. J.Louder
206. S.Morabito
207. I.Santaromita
208. D.Wyss
209. S.Zahner
GreenEDGE
211. D.Impey
212. F.Beppu
213. M.Goss
214. L.Howard
215. J.Keukeleire
216. A.Kruopis
217. D.Lloyd
218. C.Meyer
219. W.Sulzberger
Favourites:
As defending champion, we've got to see Juan José Cobo as the big favourite. His tactic so far in the season has once again been to save race days for this very race. That means we'll have to deal with a strong, fresh, motivated and top shaped reigning champ. He'll be very, very hard to beat I reckon.
After a rather disappointing Giro, where he seemed to be far from top form, Marco Marzano seeks another opportunity to prove his strength in a Grand Tour. By far the best climber in the field, but will once again suffer in the time trials. Also, the lack of mountain top finishes doesn't exactly speak in his favour.
The very talented Sergio Henao rode the Giro as a support for Kanstantsin Sivtsov, and after doing so very well, he gets the chance to lead Sky's Vuelta squad. His climbing has just continued to improve throughout the season, turning him into the second best climber in the whole field, behind the man above.
Previous WorldTour leader and Tour Down Under winner, Steven Kruijswijk, will be the spearhead in the Vodafone squad. They're seeking revenge for the disappointing Tour, which ended with a yellow man crashing. The young Dutchman will be a solid bet for a Top 5 overall, due to the weak field.
Lastly, we've got our own leader, Fuglsang. We think and hope that he'll be one of the strongest riders in the whole race, due to his allround capacity. In this very weak field where most favourites has a bit too many race days, we'll actually go for a longshot and hope for a overall podium in Barcelona!
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