2012 Speculation (and confirmation) thread - rider schedules and parcours

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theyoungest

Jan 11, 2010
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maltiv said:
Quite weird that they're sending their A-squad to Algarve. I guess it's so that the TDF squad gets to do a couple of races together before the TDF with more or less the same team composition.
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Algarve is also a good prep race for Paris-Nice.
 
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maltiv said:
Quite weird that they're sending their A-squad to Algarve. I guess it's so that the TDF squad gets to do a couple of races together before the TDF with more or less the same team composition.
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not their a scqua. I doubt lovkvist will do the tour and uran will
 
El Pistolero

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maltiv said:
Quite weird that they're sending their A-squad to Algarve. I guess it's so that the TDF squad gets to do a couple of races together before the TDF with more or less the same team composition.
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A lot of teams send very good squads to Algarve.

Leipheimer, Armstrong and Contador have all raced in Algarve together in 2009. Leipheimer and Contador in 2008, Basso and Contador in 2007, etcetera

This year OPL also had their A squad in Algarve. Well you get the point, a lot of examples.
 
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Due to his weddingplans Thomas de Gendt will skil the Tour and ride both the Giro and the Vuelta, according to wielerflits.
Would be nice to see him progress there.
Wondering wether he will develop into a classictype ride or gc rider
 
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Reuell said:
Due to his weddingplans Thomas de Gendt will skil the Tour and ride both the Giro and the Vuelta, according to wielerflits.
Would be nice to see him progress there.
Wondering wether he will develop into a classictype ride or gc rider
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That's great really. His showing on Alpe d' Huez and TT makes me think he can be a viable GC threat in the future. Although he seems to have a very good tactical sense so the classics should suit him well too. I would say he's one of the most exciting prospects on his team. I just hope he doesn't ride the Giro in the way Hoogerland did last year: chasing down breakaways without any hope, riding just for TV..... I mean, that's all very good but if the talent is there to go for GC, why ride like that? I don'r mind see him on breaks but at least with some hope of winning:)
 
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i think De Gendt could at the Giro win on the Strade. He could try go well on the mountains and then challenge FTW in the ITT. If he went ok in the mountains in the Giro, hopefully that would give him confidence at the Vuelta to go for GT. He and Poels would be a good tandem.

I would still want to see him use his attacking flair though, in other races.
 
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oh gawd.

De Gendt =/= gc guy.

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kruijswijk probably start season at mallorca, before going to pn or ta, basque and the ardennes.
then altitude training and emphasis on his season goal; le tour. He hopes to do well in gc @ the tour also. Avoiding trouble in the first week and working on his tt in the winter.
 
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http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/02-...i-sabato-battesimo-farnese-804186011886.shtml

According to this Tirreno-Adriatico may climb the Prati di Tivo this year.
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It was used by the Giro in 1975 on stage 3. It is 14k long with an average gradient of 7%. And you have quite a few possibilities to combine it with other climbs.

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Parrulo

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Lupetto said:
It was used by the Giro in 1975 on stage 3. It is 14k long with an average gradient of 7%. And you have quite a few possibilities to combine it with other climbs.

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seems like RCS wants contador to win :p
 
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theyoungest said:
Wielerland already have the stage maps. Last year's climb is featured again. No time trial, apparently.
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just starting mapping Oman (which is a pain)

Stage 1 Basically flat with a deceptive profile
http://www.bikemap.net/route/1374030

Stage 2 - flat all the way but runs right along the coast
http://www.bikemap.net/route/1374063

Stage 3 - Flat again, not helped by some of the roads not existing
http://www.bikemap.net/route/1374100

Stage 4 - Flat again, and missing 20km somehow..
http://www.bikemap.net/route/1374123

More to follow
 
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Sky Race Schedule

Tour Down Under, Tour of Qatar, Mallorca Challenge, Tour of Oman, Vuelta ao Algarve, Giro Sardegna, Omlooop, Kuurne Brussels Kuurne, Tour of Murcia, Paris Nice, Tirreno Adriatico, Milan San Remo, Volta Catalunya, Dwars door Vlaanderen, E3, Criterium International, Gent Wevelgem, Tour of FLanders, Pais Vasco, Paris Roubaix, Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallone, Leige Bastogne Liege, Romandie, Giro, Norway, Bayern Rundfahrt, Luxembourg, Dauphine, Suisse, Ster ZLM Toer, Tour de France, Poland, Wallonie, Olympics, Vuelta a Burgos, Eneco Tour, San Sebastian, Vattenfall, Denmark, Ouest France, Vuelta Espana, Quebec, Tour of Britain, Montreal, Worlds, Wallonie Picarde, Piemonte, Lombardia, Sabatini, Paris Bourges, Emilia, Beghelli, Paris Tours, Beijing, Chrono des Nations

No California, and as yet, no strade bianche

Also no Andalucia, Castilla y Leon, Brixia Tour of Tour of Austria
 
Ryo Hazuki

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TeamSkyFans said:
Sky Race Schedule

Tour Down Under, Tour of Qatar, Mallorca Challenge, Tour of Oman, Vuelta ao Algarve, Giro Sardegna, Omlooop, Kuurne Brussels Kuurne, Tour of Murcia, Paris Nice, Tirreno Adriatico, Milan San Remo, Volta Catalunya, Dwars door Vlaanderen, E3, Criterium International, Gent Wevelgem, Tour of FLanders, Pais Vasco, Paris Roubaix, Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallone, Leige Bastogne Liege, Romandie, Giro, Norway, Bayern Rundfahrt, Luxembourg, Dauphine, Suisse, Ster ZLM Toer, Tour de France, Poland, Wallonie, Olympics, Vuelta a Burgos, Eneco Tour, San Sebastian, Vattenfall, Denmark, Ouest France, Vuelta Espana, Quebec, Tour of Britain, Montreal, Worlds, Wallonie Picarde, Piemonte, Lombardia, Sabatini, Paris Bourges, Emilia, Beghelli, Paris Tours, Beijing, Chrono des Nations

No California, and as yet, no strade bianche
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they never do california, neither did last year and for strade bianchi have to be invited and weren't last year. maybe they also aren't invited to california because there are already other invites to colombian teams and american teams
 
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