2010 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya

[Bike Boy]

What other sprinters are riding?
No other top names jump out at me from the startlists.

Furlan (Lampre)

Haedo brothers (saxo)

Martin pedersen (Footon)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

There's uhhh...
Furlan, Stauff, Lucas Haedo, Impey, Förster and Aitor Galdos.

That's pretty much it. Cavendish should be able to beat them with both hands tied behind his back while riding backwards

 

[Bike Boy]

There's uhhh...
Furlan, Stauff, Lucas Haedo, Impey, Förster and Aitor Galdos.

That's pretty much it. Cavendish should be able to beat them with both hands tied behind his back while riding backwards

OH! didn't spot him at first glance. Doesn't matter, no real competition for Cavendish of course

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. Cavendish

(official now)

 

[Jamsque]

Hopefully now that he's got that always-tricky first win of the season out of the way the results will start flowing. Still, not exactly a stellar field, I'm sure his form has a long way to come yet if he wants to challenge for the green jersey this summer.

 

[Bike Boy]

1. Cavendish

(official now)

What a surprise

 

[Anonymous]

1. Cavendish

(official now)

Good lad. His season starts here, the M-SR miles were obviously good for him.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1.Cavendish
2.JJ.Haedo
3.Galdos
4.Dumoulin
5.Kreder
6.Cardoso
7.Koren
8.Roche
9.Hesjedal
10.Moreno

Psyched by Kreder's 5th place, he is in good shape, and the stages here aren't super hard.
Doesn't 5th in a stage give 1 world tour point?

 

[Jamsque]

Psyched by Kreder's 5th place, he is in good shape, and the stages here aren't super hard.
Doesn't 5th in a stage give 1 world tour point?

According to wikipedia, yes it does.

 

[Moondance]

1.Cavendish
2.JJ.Haedo
3.Galdos
4.Dumoulin
5.Kreder
6.Cardoso
7.Koren
8.Roche
9.Hesjedal
10.Moreno

Psyched by Kreder's 5th place, he is in good shape, and the stages here aren't super hard.
Doesn't 5th in a stage give 1 world tour point?

I think it does. Kreder might do something nice here, would definitely be good for a talent like him to have some sucess right out of the gate for Garmin. It's obviously good news for Dutch cycling if foreign teams are taking a serious interest in Dutch prospects, not just the Dutch teams.

Also, nice to see Cav take a win, but in all honesty the level of sprinters here looks horrible. When Hesjedal and Daniel Moreno are top-10 in a peleton sprint, you know something is rotten in the state of Catalonia.

 

[theyoungest]

Also, nice to see Cav take a win, but in all honesty the level of sprinters here looks horrible. When Hesjedal and Daniel Moreno are top-10 in a peleton sprint, you know something is rotten in the state of Catalonia.

Yes, for a Protour race, the field of sprinters is a joke. Cav, JJ Haedo, and... well, that's about it.

 

[Jamsque]

Yes, for a Protour race, the field of sprinters is a joke. Cav, JJ Haedo, and... well, that's about it.

No disrespect to him, but I don't consider JJ to be a top-class sprinter. He has won a buttload of crits in the US and he is clearly fast, but he has done very little in Europe. I think he has one pro-tour win to his credit, and that was at the Tour of Germany three or four years ago.

Today was a day that Cav really had to win, there were no other riders that are close to his level.

 

[Big GMaC]

Also, nice to see Cav take a win, but in all honesty the level of sprinters here looks horrible. When Hesjedal and Daniel Moreno are top-10 in a peleton sprint, you know something is rotten in the state of Catalonia.

Having it so close to MSR means that none of the sprinters are up for it. Cav had to come as he needs miles badly, but the rest will not want to be here right now.

The GC crop was strong before Conta / Wigans dropped out , but it pretty respectible

 

[ingsve]

Also, nice to see Cav take a win, but in all honesty the level of sprinters here looks horrible. When Hesjedal and Daniel Moreno are top-10 in a peleton sprint, you know something is rotten in the state of Catalonia.

This is actually not that uncommon for Cataluña if I recall correctly. Last year Hushovd was the ony real top sprinter there and I guess Henderson as well but he was more of a third string sprinter in Columbia so it's not like they focused on sending their best sprinters there.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

So not only have they taken out any significant hill finishes but it seems like the time bonuses have gone as well ?? Leipheimer's going to be sucking wheels like never before

 

[Andy99]

1.Cavendish
2.JJ.Haedo
3.Galdos
4.Dumoulin
5.Kreder
6.Cardoso
7.Koren
8.Roche
9.Hesjedal
10.Moreno

Psyched by Kreder's 5th place, he is in good shape, and the stages here aren't super hard.
Doesn't 5th in a stage give 1 world tour point?

UCI 'World Ranking' Points Scale here.... http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/g...bjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NTgwMzQ&LangId=1

 

[theyoungest]

No disrespect to him, but I don't consider JJ to be a top-class sprinter. He has won a buttload of crits in the US and he is clearly fast, but he has done very little in Europe. I think he has one pro-tour win to his credit, and that was at the Tour of Germany three or four years ago.

Today was a day that Cav really had to win, there were no other riders that are close to his level.

Cav beat Haedo by half a bike length, so currently their level isn't far apart.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

1 min video of Cav winning stage 2

1 min video of Cav winning stage 2

http://www.tv3.cat/videos/2794250

hardly worth watching it's so brief ... but there's the end of the sprint

 

[issoisso]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-7BIViQNJU

 

[cyclopeon]

Back to the online translation amusement

OSCAR FREIRE = OSCAR I WILL FRY

He certainly fried on saturday. Not racing in Catalunya obviously but was mentioned.

Contador always comes out as "counter" or "accountant"...
Do you suppose they meant it as
"One Grand Tour, Two Grand Tours, Three Grand Tours ..." ?

 

[cyclopeon]

Cav beat Haedo by half a bike length, so currently their level isn't far apart.

According to VeloNews Cav crushed the opposition-- seems a bit oversold to me? I mean Freire on Saturday, I'd call that crushing, is this in the same league?

 

[Sasquatch]

I mentioned Cav should win that stage. The quality of sprinters here are poor.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

1.Cavendish
2.JJ.Haedo
3.Galdos
4.Dumoulin
5.Kreder
6.Cardoso
7.Koren
8.Roche
9.Hesjedal
10.Moreno

Psyched by Kreder's 5th place, he is in good shape, and the stages here aren't super hard.
Doesn't 5th in a stage give 1 world tour point?

yea kreder is showing some nice progress this season. In a couple years he could be a great solid rider.
but i don't think this race is ranked.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The volta a catalunya is a Pro Tour race... and therefore counts for the world tour ranking

 

[auscyclefan94]

I mentioned Cav should win that stage. The quality of sprinters here are poor.

+1

Not many sprinters here. Doesn't indicate form.