2012 Criterium du Dauphiné

[Parrulo]

the shack:

GALLOPIN Tony FRA
IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel ESP
MACHADO Tiago POR
POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR
POSTHUMA Joost NED
ROULSTON Hayden NZL
SCHLECK Andy LUX
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar ESP

since it's still june andy will be a non factor i guess, so machado and zubeldia to try and do something GC wise for the team?

 

[jens_attacks]

a team which will put a good show next week

Pierre Rolland,Thomas Voeckler,Giovanni Bernaudeau, Anthony Charteau, Cyril Gautier, Christophe Kern, Davide Malacarne et Kévin Reza

_O_

 

[Lexman]

I don't know if this has already been said, but apparently Andy Schleck is riding the Dauphine this year. I guess he finally understands that the Dauphine is better plus it has the long tt in it for practice. Also he will get to practice riding without frank schleck... Also, JJ Cobo will start the Dauphine and hopefully start to show some form.

Did Cobo ride already a race this year or did he just wake up from his wintersleep?

 

[Fetisoff]

Did Cobo ride already a race this year or did he just wake up from his wintersleep?

Didn't you notice him at Romandie?
Nope, me neither

 

[webvan]

Romandie I believe where he was his usual "non-vuelta 2011, non-TDF 2008" self, i.e. nowhere to be seen...

 

[Gloin22]

Didn't you notice him at Romandie?
Nope, me neither

He was amazing there tbh. Scored his first 5 CQ poitns there

 

[Froome19]

a team which will put a good show next week

Pierre Rolland,Thomas Voeckler,Giovanni Bernaudeau, Anthony Charteau, Cyril Gautier, Christophe Kern, Davide Malacarne et Kévin Reza

_O_

Watch out for him........
Won a stage last year and could have done better if not for Voeckler...
Also is the French TT champ so can TT something his more illustrious team mates cant and this race will be podiumed by Time trialers..

 

[Swede1]

Yeah Europcar will undoubtedly do really well and probably win a stage or two. I wonder if Kern will be competing for the overall win. He can actually tt pretty well and if he is in really great form maybe he can win.

 

[Fetisoff]

He was amazing there tbh. Scored his first 5 CQ poitns there

Amazing achievement. That's almost as many points as winner of today's stage of Tour of Eritrea earned there

 

[jens_attacks]

Watch out for him........
Won a stage last year and could have done better if not for Voeckler...
Also is the French TT champ so can TT something his more illustrious team mates cant and this race will be podiumed by Time trialers..

oh man,my history with la kernasse is long...if you folllowed the forums for a long time

the bjarne riis of french cycling,he will deliver again big time,let's hope they won't overcharge his engine again this month....

but the guy is a legend for me
he can win the dauphine and even le tour this year.

charteau can go for a stage win,vockler even more.
rolland to win in morzine.
awesome team,the only one who can fight the uk postal.

 

[Froome19]

oh man,my history with la kernasse is long...if you folllowed the forums for a long time

the bjarne riis of french cycling,he will deliver again big time,let's hope they won't overcharge his engine again this month....

but the guy is a legend for me
he can win the dauphine and even le tour this year.

I also really really like him as a rider and I have big hopes for him come June & July.
Its a shame he only peaks for these 2 months currently as he could do well earlier on in the season as well...

 

[Parrulo]

to be honest i don't have much of a opinion on kern, now Rolland, that's a rider i like.

i hated him last year after the alpe stage but the way he rode liege and some other race i can't remember the name. . . . what a legend

 

[Lanark]

to be honest i don't have much of a opinion on kern, now Rolland, that's a rider i like.

i hated him last year after the alpe stage but the way he rode liege and some other race i can't remember. . . . what a legend

Yeah, the way he rode that race I can't remember was incredible.

 

[Parrulo]

Yeah, the way he rode that race I can't remember was incredible.

Nice trolling there, romandie it was.

 

[karlboss]

I had a flick through the startlist on Steephill, seems not to many favourites are going to switzerland this year.
I'm struggling to see the race being terribly animated, what is it, one up hill finish, one Mountain that matter followed by a decent, and a long TT. I'm tempted to pick Martin, though someone will have to try on joux plane, no?. Wiggins after watching Evans last year, may not be quite so willing to push for the win.
I'd prefer to see no prologue, ITT on stage 2, and put all the pressure on the TT winners team to control the race from guys whose biggest win ever would be this race. Might liven it up a little more.

 

[Lexman]

oh man,my history with la kernasse is long...if you folllowed the forums for a long time

the bjarne riis of french cycling,he will deliver again big time,let's hope they won't overcharge his engine again this month....

but the guy is a legend for me
he can win the dauphine and even le tour this year.

charteau can go for a stage win,vockler even more.
rolland to win in morzine.
awesome team,the only one who can fight the uk postal.

if i have toe believe you the race is already packed and sealed ...

 

[Mellow Velo]

I had a flick through the startlist on Steephill, seems not to many favourites are going to switzerland this year.
I'm struggling to see the race being terribly animated, what is it, one up hill finish, one Mountain that matter followed by a decent, and a long TT. I'm tempted to pick Martin, though someone will have to try on joux plane, no?. Wiggins after watching Evans last year, may not be quite so willing to push for the win.
I'd prefer to see no prologue, ITT on stage 2, and put all the pressure on the TT winners team to control the race from guys whose biggest win ever would be this race. Might liven it up a little more.

True.
Unfortunately this may be taken as rider preference for Tour warm up.
In the future we may get both the Dauphine and the ToS including no MTFs, few climbs of note and a stupidly long ITT.
Another move forward into the "brave new world", in which we all are forced become supporters of team management entities,
rather than people who like to watch proper bike racing.
Talking of which, in terms of overall WT team strength, I make the score about 11-7 in favour of the Dauphine.

 

[Lexman]

I also really really like him as a rider and I have big hopes for him come June & July.
Its a shame he only peaks for these 2 months currently as he could do well earlier on in the season as well...

he was injured early on in the season which caused him to forget Paris Nice, i think he focuses on more than the TDF...

 

[webvan]

Who?

Didn't realize Kern was in such a great shape these days, where did he show it?

 

[Pentacycle]

Obviously 22nd in Bayern shows he´s in super shape atm.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

oh man,my history with la kernasse is long...if you folllowed the forums for a long time

the bjarne riis of french cycling,he will deliver again big time,let's hope they won't overcharge his engine again this month....

but the guy is a legend for me
he can win the dauphine and even le tour this year.

charteau can go for a stage win,vockler even more.
rolland to win in morzine.
awesome team,the only one who can fight the uk postal.

problem is. kern REALLY sucks in downhils. will be a problem this tour I guess. rolland sucks in them too

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I had a flick through the startlist on Steephill, seems not to many favourites are going to switzerland this year.
I'm struggling to see the race being terribly animated, what is it, one up hill finish, one Mountain that matter followed by a decent, and a long TT. I'm tempted to pick Martin, though someone will have to try on joux plane, no?. Wiggins after watching Evans last year, may not be quite so willing to push for the win.
I'd prefer to see no prologue, ITT on stage 2, and put all the pressure on the TT winners team to control the race from guys whose biggest win ever would be this race. Might liven it up a little more.

that happens every year

 

[karlboss]

that happens every year

2011
Schleck, Schleck, Cunego, Danielson,

That's 4 of the top 10 last year not to mention radioshack's best hopes who crashed out. Kloden and Leipheimer,

I know the majority always do dauphine, but this year is particularly thin on the ground.

 

[search]

2011
Schleck, Schleck, Cunego, Danielson,

That's 4 of the top 10 last year not to mention radioshack's best hopes who crashed out. Kloden and Leipheimer,

I know the majority always do dauphine, but this year is particularly thin on the ground.

+ Valverde, Velits, Mollema, Horner and Poels

that (including Klöden, F. Schleck, Danielson and Leipheimer) makes it at least 9 possible Tour de France GC contenders going to Switzerland + Kiserlovski/Kessiakoff and some interesting guys coming from the giro. Looks like a good field to me

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Watch out for him........
Won a stage last year and could have done better if not for Voeckler...
Also is the French TT champ so can TT something his more illustrious team mates cant and this race will be podiumed by Time trialers..

Kern finished his ITT in the Dauphiné last year when he was in great shape, in between JvdB and Gesink... Maybe he had a flat then?