2010 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon

[theswordsman]

TV and live streaming video (of final stage)

I just sent this link to SteepHill. It's on The Ocho

The Eight CyLTV offers live and exclusive XXV Tour of Castilla and Leon, from 14 to 18 April, with the live broadcast of the end of every stage and in the evening, the more complete summary of each day . Centerno Manuel, editor of CyLTV, will narrate the stages, with the collaboration of cycling coach Quique Carrera and Juan Carlos Dominguez and Santi White, a former professional cyclists.

The live link will start every day at 15:30 pm, except on Friday, the Queen stage, which can follow the race from 14:30 hours and Sunday, to be connected to the round 14:00.

In the afternoon, The Eight CyLTV offer the most complete summary of each stage, at 20:00. The grand finale with all the details of the five days of the round will come on Sunday at 21:00 hours.

The final stage also can be seen streaming through http://www.rtvcyl.es

http://www.rtvcyl.es/fichaPrograma.cfm/cyl8/Programas/Programas/F15763E0-C1F4-0D58-1AB26A5F2EFB82CA

 

[theswordsman]

Half a dozen race days don't seem enough prep for the Giro. That is, unless he is just doing it for training and not care where he finishes or if he wins anything.

He said before the stage race that he strictly did it to evaluate how his training was going. Does he have a contract for 2011, because I can't see a bidding war for his services based on this season.

 

[theswordsman]

Menchov's health is back to 100%, but the goals for Castilla y Leon will be modest says Rabobank director sportif, Adri van Houwelingen: "It will be Denis' first race back since Catalunya, where he was never really tested. We must therefore rate this more as a preparation for Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Tour of Romandie."

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/3782/Menchov-returns-at-Castilla-y-Leon.aspx

 

[python]

rabo team for Castilla y Leon.

Graeme Brown, Stef Clement, Juanma Garat, Steven Kruijswijk, Denis Menchov, Koos Moerenhout, Grischa Niermann and Dennis van Winden.

 

[theswordsman]

The news stories about this race are as mysterious as the websites. Some say Sky is the sixteenth team and mention Wiggins as a player. But the race isn't on Sky's race list, and isn't on the main website, but was on the almost identical graphic at SteepHill that has been up for some time. Team Sky Fans doesn't have the race listed.

I just read a news story from the Leon area saying there are 112 riders, which would make sixteen teams of seven. Astana announced seven, and that's repeated everywhere, but Pereiro is not on the list even though he's mentioned as a contender in news stories. And AstanaFans has Pereiro listed for Amstel Gold, so he couldn't be at CyL. Radio Shack also claims to be sending eight. Maybe the race was going to cut back to seven riders to make room for Sky, and Astana didn't get the memo that it changed? This should be some week

 

[craig1985]

What is a young talent like Janez Brajkovic doing, wasting his time at the Shack?
Leading a third string team in a third rate race, that's what.

Now this bit perplexes me, when Disco shut down in 2007, he was meant to join T-Mobile for 2008, but he then signed for Astana. Can somebody fill in the rest, did he agree (as in a handshake and he gave his word) to sign for T-Mobile (since then Highroad and Columbia), but changed his mind, or did T-Mobile change their mind?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Maybe because T Mobile disappeared and became Team Columbia?
Possibly they didn't want to sign an ex-Hoggie, as they wanted to push the squeaky clean image.

Good news re coverage. A bit of juggling, with these packed schedules.

 

[icefire]

I just sent this link to SteepHill. It's on The Ocho

The Eight CyLTV offers live and exclusive XXV Tour of Castilla and Leon, from 14 to 18 April, with the live broadcast of the end of every stage and in the evening, the more complete summary of each day . Centerno Manuel, editor of CyLTV, will narrate the stages, with the collaboration of cycling coach Quique Carrera and Juan Carlos Dominguez and Santi White, a former professional cyclists.

The live link will start every day at 15:30 pm, except on Friday, the Queen stage, which can follow the race from 14:30 hours and Sunday, to be connected to the round 14:00.

In the afternoon, The Eight CyLTV offer the most complete summary of each stage, at 20:00. The grand finale with all the details of the five days of the round will come on Sunday at 21:00 hours.

The final stage also can be seen streaming through http://www.rtvcyl.es

http://www.rtvcyl.es/fichaPrograma.cfm/cyl8/Programas/Programas/F15763E0-C1F4-0D58-1AB26A5F2EFB82CA

Small mistranslation. From the original text in Spanish the sentence in bold should be:

The stage finish also can be seen streaming through http://www.rtvcyl.es

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

with no valverde the road is free for soler to take this stage race. the mountaintop finish is very well suited for him

 

[kurtinsc]

with no valverde the road is free for soler to take this stage race. the mountaintop finish is very well suited for him

Well... unless Contador has withdrawn then I fail to see how the road is clear for Soler.

 

[fatandfast]

I think the training regime that Conatdor has taken on is awesome. He is doing lots of stuff by himself and is not using races as training. I am really looking forward to see if pushing himself pays a bigger reward than a more conventional approach

 

[theyoungest]

Well... unless Contador has withdrawn then I fail to see how the road is clear for Soler.

Maybe he means within the Caisse team?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Well... unless Contador has withdrawn then I fail to see how the road is clear for Soler.

I remember castilla y leon in 2008 where soler nearly beat contador if the climb was longer. this year the climb is longer so I see him as a heavy favorite. we will see

 

[Publicus]

I remember castilla y leon in 2008 where soler nearly beat contador if the climb was longer. this year the climb is longer so I see him as a heavy favorite. we will see

That was in 2008. One of these guys has continued to get stronger and win races, whereas the other had, up until recently, not been racing at the top races (not to mention being injured).

Here's what AC said at the time:

Contador was happy after the finish and praised his team. "Our Astana Cycling Team worked again so hard for me. Therefore, I really wanted to win this stage with its difficult finish. I knew Soler would be dangerous, but I had no difficulties to follow him and shake him off."

I'm going to guess that barring an allergy attack on Friday, AC will do whatever he wants on the MTF. Remember, Soler, to my knowledge, has only raced once this year.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Soler doesn't need races to be good. look at the tour 2007. he had raced zero before that

 

[ratatata]

Soler doesn't need races to be good. look at the tour 2007. he had raced zero before that

You’re kidding, right?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

You’re kidding, right?

in 2007 soler went training in colombia in may. came back to europe just before the tour in late june and the rest is history

edit: I just see soler rode ster elektrotour right before the tour. sorry, my bad

 

[menlo_guy]

What is a young talent like Janez Brajkovic doing, wasting his time at the Shack?
Leading a third string team in a third rate race, that's what.

My guess is that Brajkovic has a ton of respect for Johan, Lance, and Levi. That's why he's on the team. He's learned a lot from them. Also, Bruyneel likes to have strong teams. He likes to have too much talent. Who wouldn't? A strong team is needed to support a leader in the grand tours. So Brajkovic being on RadioShack is also a testament to great recruiting and charisma by Bruyneel.

I'm excited to see how Brajkovic does. If he does well, Bruyneel will have more confidence to make him a leader in the future. If he doesn't, then he'll continue to be relegated to "third rate" races.

Tiago Machado has also shown great potential by winning the ITT at la Sarthe. He's also a good climber. So this isn't entirely a third rate team.

 

[theswordsman]

Small mistranslation. From the original text in Spanish the sentence in bold should be:

The stage finish also can be seen streaming through http://www.rtvcyl.es

Thank you, I hope that's right! I also hope some people will stream the TV feed online.

 

[theswordsman]

Pereiro is the eight rider for Astana - the one left off the list that was printed everywhere. That's confirmed by his twitter.

-ASTANA
1 CONTADOR, Alberto (ESP)
2 DE LA FUENTE, David (ESP)
3 JUFRE, Josep (ESP)
4 NAVARRO, Daniel (ESP)
5 NOVAL, Benjamin (ESP)
6 HERNANDEZ, Jesus (ESP)
7 PEREIRO, Oscar (ESP)
8 STANGELJ, Gorazd (SLO)
** Dir.:Guiuseppe Martinelli

-CAISSE D`EPARGNE
11 AMADOR, Andrey (CRC)
12 BRUSEGHIN, Mario (ITA)
13 PEREZ, Francisco (ESP)
14 JEANNESSON, Arnold (FRA)
15 LASTRAS, Pablo (ESP)
16 LOSADA, Alberto (ESP)
17 PLAZA, Ruben (ESP)
18 SOLER, J. Mauricio (COL)
** Dir.:Jose L.Jaimerena

-EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
21 ANTON, Igor (ESP)
22 CASTROVIEJO, Jonathan (ESP)
23 SESMA, Daniel (ESP)
24 ARAMENDIA, Javier (ESP)
25 IZAGUIRRE, Gorka (ESP)
26 MINGUEZ, Miguel (ESP)
27 AZANZA, Jorge (ESP)
28 URTASUN, Pablo (ESP)
** Dir.:Alvaro Glez.Galdeano


-FOOTON-SERVETTO
31 BENITEZ, Alberto (ESP)
33 CORTI, Marco (ITA)
34 FAIERS, Tomas P. (GBR)
35 GUTIERREZ G., David (ESP)
36 MATA, Enrique (ESP)
37 MAYOZ, Iban (ESP)
38 MERINO, Pedro (ESP)
** Dir.:Joxean Fernández

-RABOBANK
41 MENCHOV, Denis (RUS)
42 BROWN, Graeme (AUS)
43 GARATE, Juan M. (ESP)
44 CLEMENT, Stef (NED)
45 MOERENHOUT, Koos (NED)
46 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (NED)
47 NIERMANN, Grischa (GER)
48 VAN WINDEN, Dennis (NED)
** Dir.:Adri Van Houwelingen

-BARBOT-SIPER
51 OLIVEIRA, Helder (POR)
52 PIRES, Bruno (POR)
53 FONTE, Cesar (POR)
54 BERNABEU, David (ESP)
55 ORTEGA, Joaquin (ESP)
56 COSTA, Mario (POR)
57 SOUSA, Rui (POR)
58 RIBEIRO, Sergio (POR)
** Dir.:Jose Marques


-TEAM RADIOSHACK
61 BEPPU, Fumiyuki (JPN)
62 BEWLEY, Sam (NZL)
63 BRAJKOVIC, Janez (SLO)
64 IRIZAR, Markel (ESP)
65 MCCARTNEY, Jason (USA)
66 MACHADO, Tiago (POR)
67 RUBIERA, Jose L. (ESP)
68 STEEGMANS, Gert (BEL)
** Dir.:Jose Azevedo

-ANDALUCIA-CAJASUR
71 VICIOSO, Angel (ESP)
72 G.MARCHANTE, Jose A. (ESP)
73 CABELLO, Antonio (ESP)
74 TORIBIO, Jose Vte. (ESP)
75 MORENO, Javier (ESP)
76 LECHUGA, Pablo (ESP)
77 ROLDAN, Jose L. (ESP)
78 ORTEGA, Manuel (ESP)
** Dir.:Antonio Cabello

-XACOBEO GALICIA
81 MOSQUERA, Ezequiel (ESP)
82 GARCIA, David (ESP)
83 CESAR, Gustavo (ESP)
84 RABUÑAL., Gonzalo (ESP)
85 MARTINEZ, Serafin (ESP)
86 FERNANDEZ, Delio (ESP)
87 GARCIA, Marcos (ESP)
88 GARCIA, Rodrigo (ESP)
** Dir.:Alvaro Pino


-CERVELO TEST TEAM
91 BOS, Theo (NED)
92 CORREIA, Joao (POR)
93 CUESTA, Iñigo (ESP)
94 DENIFL, Stefan (AUT)
95 KING, Edward (USA)
96 KONOVALOVAS, Ignatas (LTU)
97 NOVOA, Joaquin (ESP)
98 PUJOL, Oscar (ESP)
** Dir.:Alex Sans

-BURGOS 2016-CASTILLA Y LE
101 GALLEGO, Diego (ESP)
102 MELERO, Ivan (ESP)
103 FRANCISCO, David (ESP)
104 GRAU, Oscar (ESP)
105 MAS, Luis (ESP)
106 SANTAMARTA, Raul (ESP)
107 ANTON, Manuel (ESP)
108 OBANDO, Gregory (CRC)
** Dir.:Julio Andres

-CAJA RURAL
111 HERRADA, Jose (ESP)
112 PEÑA, Aketza (ESP)
113 REIG, Ruben (ESP)
114 CHUZHDA, Oleg (UKR)
115 MORA, Arturo (ESP)
116 FERRARI, Fabricio (URU)
117 RODRIGUES, Victor (ESP)
118 KWIATKOWSKI, Michael (POL)
** Dir.:Eugenio Goikoetxea


-ORBEA
121 ILUNDAIN, Mikel (ESP)
122 SAEZ, Adrian (ESP)
123 BLAZQUEZ, Andoni (ESP)
124 ZABALO, Xabier (ESP)
125 GARCIA, Ricardo (ESP)
126 URAIN, Benat (ESP)
127 IZAGUIRRE, Jon (ESP)
128 LANDA, Mikel (ESP)
** Dir.:Alex Diaz

-LA- ROTA DOS MOVEIS
131 SABIDO, Hugo (POR)
132 SANTOS, Virgilio (POR)
133 CARDOSO, Filipe (POR)
134 PINTO, Edgar (POR)
135 MENDES, Jose (POR)
136 BROCO, Hernani (POR)
137 CALVO, Ruben (ESP)
138 CANDIL, Miguel A. (ESP)
** Dir.:Mario Rocha

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=25142

And Contador is riding a bike with a new paint scheme. It's got the three colors for the grand tours leader jerseys, but with red representing the new color for the Vuelta. I hope that's a sign of things to come.

http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=346

 

[Polish]

I do NOT think that Team RadioShack will be able to repeat the
SUCCESS they had the last time Alberto raced against them - Crit Int'l.

There they had three riders finish GC in front of the race favorite Alberto (Tiago, Hermans,
& Horner), along with the Overall Team Classification.

But then again, who knows!

The team definitely has "Muskateer Status" with young riders Beppu,
"StringBean" Brajkovic, and humble Tiago.

They may be able to get the Team Classification again!

 

[icefire]

I remember castilla y leon in 2008 where soler nearly beat contador if the climb was longer. this year the climb is longer so I see him as a heavy favorite. we will see

The profile of climb made by the race organiser is just a piece of cr@p.

http://www.climbbybike.com/es/ascension.asp?Col=Paso-del-Morredero&qryMountainID=4719

The ski station where the stage finishes is at 1750 m. Climbbybike profile includes the complete climb to the mountain pass. The stage finish should be somewhere after km21, as they have to leave the main road to the summit and take a short road to the ski station. I don't see anything impressive in those last 8 km.

From the 2006 Vuelta:
http://www.lavuelta.com/06/ingles/resultados/ind7.asp?e=7

Almost 20 riders in 1 minute!

I would like to see some good cross-wind riding in the first two stages, but given the field it will not happen. I still remember two Vueltas in the 80's being lost by strong riders missing splits in windy stages in that region.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I see Theo Bos winning the first two stages, apart from Brown and Steegmans he has no competition here

 

[cyclopeon]

Astana for Castilla e Leon:
Alberto Contador (Spa)
David De la Fuente (Spa)
Jesus Hernandez (Spa)
Josep Jufre (Spa)
Daniel Navarro (Spa)
Benjamin Noval (Spa)
Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
Sport manager: Guiseppe MARTINELLI

and Oscar Perreiro added later

I find it a bit curious that none of the Khazakh riders are on this team. Seems a bit contrary to the objective of getting them experience riding with the best. Of course I realize the race is in Spain, but still...

 

[KazakhNeRider]

and Oscar Perreiro added later

I find it a bit curious that none of the Khazakh riders are on this team. Seems a bit contrary to the objective of getting them experience riding with the best. Of course I realize the race is in Spain, but still...

it's really interesting for all us too. Even if Vino is preparing for Giro and Max - for Ardennes (Baza is out till June), but it was possible to include some of young Kazakhs like Renev or Raimbekov exactly just for "getting them experience riding with the best".