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Grand Tour Wildcards Announced
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| roturn |
Posted on 22-12-2012 22:11
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I think with my team now I could have made promotion last year in especially with Bellis and Boom, even without Vantomme scoring.
I doubt this season I will make it even when Vantomme starts to score. But you never know. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 22-12-2012 22:25
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Bjartne wrote:
"This season is all about fighting to gain promotion to PT"
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"Our only goal is to avoid relegation."
Are there really teams in between? 
Tinkoff. |
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| niconico |
Posted on 22-12-2012 22:51
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SportingNonsense wrote:
The first wildcards can now be revealed:
Giro d'Italia
Cisco Cycling Team
Hollister
Tour de France
Team CSC-Orbea
Vuelta a Espana
Prio - Porto
Jaguar - Eritel
That's right. Only 1 ProContinental team has any interest in riding the biggest race in the game!
Weird, but not that uncommon? I didn't have any problem succesfully applying for a TdF Wildcard when I was at Continental level.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 22-12-2012 23:53
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Bjartne wrote:
I have a feeling this season will be highly unexpecting, and for me it seems that we will have two groups in PCT, the ones that will form the upper half of the table and the ones who will form the bottom part. At least that's my thoughts, cause so far I have just read messages such as:
"This season is all about fighting to gain promotion to PT"
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"Our only goal is to avoid relegation."
Are there really teams in between?
Well from my perspective that's a considerable oversimplification of what will happen. There are a few teams that are sure to be fighting to promote and a similar number are sure to fight against relegation. The majority though will be somewhere between those two groups and will only know the places they'll dispute after a good part of the season is gone.
Unpredictability is a trademark of the Man-Game, whatever the division you're in.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 23-12-2012 00:06
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Volkswagen-Mapei will take the second Tour de France wildcard!
niconico wrote:
Weird, but not that uncommon? I didn't have any problem succesfully applying for a TdF Wildcard when I was at Continental level.
Wildcards were free when you were in CT!
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| Heine |
Posted on 23-12-2012 08:31
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 TDF here I come! Will be a perfect oppurtunity for my young guys to test themself against the best
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 23-12-2012 08:53
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1 PCT team applied for the biggest race in the world?
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| roturn |
Posted on 23-12-2012 09:50
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Congrats Heine for the 2nd Tour spot. Should be a nice race to watch. Hope Ratiy will be there.  |
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