Ferminal said:Doesn't matter, Quintana is invincible in MTT
http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=19389
He also finished ahead of Kelderman on a mountain finish in that Tour de l'Avenir. Kelderman is not really a climber.Bushman said:funny to see matthews in front of kelderman in a MTT![]()
Parrulo said:seems like movistar will have a mighty strong team, i am actually surprised to see both costa and quintana riding PN as i thought quintana would be riding TA.
if quintana is in form he will certainly be one of the favourites for the win but i wonder how he and costa will play this out.
it certainly doesn't feel like PN will be weak anymore like we were saying. i mean is this years field any worse then last years field or 2011 field?
Afrank said:Indeed, just looks at the teams main contenders, a lot of really good people that can make this a exciting race.
23 teams and their main contenders:
ORICA GreenEDGE (OGE): Gerrans, Howard (AUS)
Lotto-Belisol (LTB): Bak (DEN), Willems (BEL)
Omega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQ): Boonen, Meersman (BEL), Chavanel (FRA)
Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST): Kreuziger (CZE), Roche (IRL)
Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS): Pérez (ESP), Sicard (FRA)
Movistar Team (MOV): Costa (POR), Quintana (COL)
BMC Racing Team (BMC): Gilbert (BEL), Van Garderen (USA)
Garmin-Sharp (GRS): Millar (GBR), Vansummeren (BEL), Talansky
AG2R La Mondiale (ALM): Péraud, Dumoulin (FRA)
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (COF): Coppel, Le Mével (FRA), Taaramäe (EST)
FDJ (FDJ): Bouhanni, Fédrigo, Roy, Jeannesson (FRA)Sojasun (SOJ): Hivert, Simon (FRA)
Team Europcar (EUC): Voeckler, Turgot (FRA)
Sky ProCycling (SKY): Porte (AUS), López García (ESP), Kireynka, JTL
RadioShack-Leopard (RLT): Gallopin (FRA), Monfort (BEL), Voigt (GER), Kiserlovski, Kloden
Cannondale (CAN): Basso, Viviani (ITA)
Lampre - Merida (LAM): Petacchi, Ulissi (ITA)
Astana Pro Team (AST): Iglinskiy (KAZ), Seeldrayers (BEL)
Blanco Pro Cycling Team (BLA): Gesink, Kelderman (NED), Renshaw (AUS)
Team Argos-Shimano (ARG): Barguil (FRA), Kittel (GER)
Vacansoleil-DCM (VCD): De Gendt (BEL), R. Feillu (FRA), Westra (NED)
Katusha Team (KAT): Menchov (RUS), Florencio (ESP), Špilak (SLO)
IAM Cycling (IAM): Haussler (AUS), Löfkvist (SWE)
http://www.pelotonmagazine.com/Filter/content/5/2139
The guys over at Peloton Magazine have failed to notice/recognize the name De Clercq, who will probably be their leader for this race.Netserk said:Pathetic team![]()
Afrank said:Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS): Pérez (ESP), Sicard (FRA)
Nieve, the Izagirre brothers, Astarloza.Dazed and Confused said:Surely they must go in with more firepower than this?
Dazed and Confused said:Surely they must go in with more firepower than this?
janraaskalt said:The complete list of registered riders is available, so why use a condensed list from a magazine?
http://www.letour.fr/2013/PNC/RIDERS/us/engages.html
notrolfsorensen said:Tony Martin is listed? Has he not just been saying that he wanted to go for the win in T-A?
notrolfsorensen said:Tony Martin is listed? Has he not just been saying that he wanted to go for the win in T-A?
El Pistolero said:This should give 50 WT points at the most when I take a look at the field.
Miburo said:By those standards T-A should be 200 points![]()
theyoungest said:Westra and Talansky finished within seconds of Wiggins in separate stage races last year, Quintana is the biggest climbing talent out there. Tirreno is bigger in terms of names, whether it's really bigger in terms of level remains to be seen.
janraaskalt said:The complete list of registered riders is available, so why use a condensed list from a magazine?
http://www.letour.fr/2013/PNC/RIDERS/us/engages.html
Nibali is not a better climber than Quintana. He's a bigger name though.Miburo said:Froome, Contador, Nibali, Evans and Purito. What the **** are you talking about?
Their level is obviously better, it's not that they didn't do anything yet in this year or in this previous ones.
Menchov is an example of a big name but no guarantee for a high level, just like andy.
theyoungest said:Nibali is not a better climber than Quintana. He's a bigger name though.
That's what I mean. There's no doubt that Tirreno attracted the bigger names this year. But it's all relative, little more than a year ago Froome wasn't exactly a big name![]()
theyoungest said:Westra and Talansky finished within seconds of Wiggins in separate stage races last year, Quintana is the biggest climbing talent out there. Tirreno is bigger in terms of names, whether it's really bigger in terms of level remains to be seen.
El Pistolero said:Says more about the parcours than anything else.