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

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18-Valve. (pithy) said:
Andy Schleck confirmed for the Dauphine. Frank will ride Luxembourg and the Tour de Suisse instead.

Think we can rule out Frank riding the Giro then. No way is he going to do Giro - Luxembourg - Suisse - Tour.
 
Mar 27, 2011
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Andy could be doing a JROD ( going to Giro then winning stages at the Dauphine ). However i know that is not happening.

In the Taylor Phinney article on CN it says that Blythe and 2 others will be fresh to make attacks in KBK. However in my view that is a waste for Blythe as he has shown good sprinting form and should be the co-leader with GVA ( who should look to attack ). In Mark Renshaws' blog he says he wants to help the strong Classics riders but at G-W, M-SR and KBK he should be their leader right???
 
Jan 11, 2010
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greenedge said:
In Mark Renshaws' blog he says he wants to help the strong Classics riders but at G-W, M-SR and KBK he should be their leader right???
Please, no. They should just attack in those races. And maybe go for Matthews/Breschel in MSR, I don't see Renshaw surviving the Poggio.
 
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I think it was one of Katusha's DS that said he'll walk from Moskou to Paris when Menchov wins the Tour. Could also have been St. Petersburg by the way.
 
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theyoungest said:
Please, no. They should just attack in those races. And maybe go for Matthews/Breschel in MSR, I don't see Renshaw surviving the Poggio.

If Cav survives he should ( Cav in Oman was not that great ) probably because of his crash. They should at least have 3 riders to protect him at M-SR and ride for him in KBK ( Breschel will have his chance at Het Volk ).
 
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El Pistolero said:
I think it was one of Katusha's DS that said he'll walk from Moskou to Paris when Menchov wins the Tour. Could also have been St. Petersburg by the way.

And one of Andy baby's high school teachers. From Luxembourg, not from Moscow.
 
Feb 20, 2010
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Another_Dutch_Guy said:
Today the cours of the next Volta a Catalunya was presented. I really hope they can find the fundings, because the course looks really interesting. See link for the profiles.


On cyclingcols.com you can find more details of the climbs. Like the last climb of stage 2, the awesome MTF of stage 3, the2x challenged last climb of stage 4 and the last climb of stage 5.

Looks good, doesn't it?

Much, much much MUCH, better than last year.
 
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Red Rick said:
Well, that isn't helping that much, that's only what, 300k, that's eay to pull off in half a moth

Yeah he needs to think of something better to motivate Andy. :p
 
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Another_Dutch_Guy said:
Today the cours of the next Volta a Catalunya was presented. I really hope they can find the fundings, because the course looks really interesting. See link for the profiles.


On cyclingcols.com you can find more details of the climbs. Like the last climb of stage 2, the awesome MTF of stage 3, the2x challenged last climb of stage 4 and the last climb of stage 5.

Looks good, doesn't it?

Exaggerated profiles again.
 
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roundabout said:
Exaggerated profiles again.

still it's not bad.

stage 1 is not so bad. stage 2 the climb isn't too hard, but could be a decent stage none the less, descending into the finish.
Awesome might be overdoing port-Aine but it should be a good stage still; good that they have 3 decent climbs prior to this.
Also a couple decent stages proceeding this, nothing too difficult but still.
 
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With Wiggins doing P-N and his team riding for him there, the race will be controlled on so many stages. Brajkovic and Menchov will also be 2 other riders who will want to keep the race together ( especially after Menchov on the Mende in the 2010 TDF was not great )
 
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greenedge said:
With Wiggins doing P-N and his team riding for him there, the race will be controlled on so many stages. Brajkovic and Menchov will also be 2 other riders who will want to keep the race together ( especially after Menchov on the Mende in the 2010 TDF was not great )
He finished 10 seconds down on Contador/Purito... I don't see how that's bad. And it's hard to control the race on a climb like the Montee Jalabert, it's just every man for himself.

Wiggins is probably more likely to be in trouble on that climb.