2013 Paris Nice

[Ruudz0r]

Porte ftw!

 

[Bushman]

Doesn't matter, Quintana is invincible in MTT

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=19389

funny to see matthews in front of kelderman in a MTT

 

[theyoungest]

funny to see matthews in front of kelderman in a MTT

He also finished ahead of Kelderman on a mountain finish in that Tour de l'Avenir. Kelderman is not really a climber.

 

[Afrank]

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?

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)
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)
RadioShack-Leopard (RLT): Gallopin (FRA), Monfort (BEL), Voigt (GER)
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

 

[Netserk]

Lotto-Belisol (LTB): Bak (DEN), Willems (BEL)

Pathetic team

 

[Gloin22]

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

Added few other contenders in bold.

 

[theyoungest]

Pathetic team

The guys over at Peloton Magazine have failed to notice/recognize the name De Clercq, who will probably be their leader for this race.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS): Pérez (ESP), Sicard (FRA)

Surely they must go in with more firepower than this?

 

[theyoungest]

Surely they must go in with more firepower than this?

Nieve, the Izagirre brothers, Astarloza.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Surely they must go in with more firepower than this?

ASTARLOZA Mikel
IZAGUIRRE Jon
IZAGUIRRE Gorka
KOCJAN Jure
NIEVE Mikel
PEREZ Ruben
SICARD Romain
VERDUGO Gorka

So the names that peleton magazine mentions are a bit strange.

 

[janraaskalt]

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

 

[Parrulo]

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

can't wait to see those 2 Japanese talents on lampre

 

[notrolfsorensen]

Tony Martin is listed? Has he not just been saying that he wanted to go for the win in T-A?

 

[Parrulo]

Tony Martin is listed? Has he not just been saying that he wanted to go for the win in T-A?

he is listed as a back up with 3 other riders.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Tony Martin is listed? Has he not just been saying that he wanted to go for the win in T-A?

Tony can TT, Tony can climb, Tony can sprint, Tony can be two races at a time. Tony is omnipresent and he loves a good tarmac.

 

[El Pistolero]

This should give 50 WT points at the most when I take a look at the field.

 

[Miburo]

This should give 50 WT points at the most when I take a look at the field.

By those standards T-A should be 200 points

 

[El Pistolero]

By those standards T-A should be 200 points

It's still only a prep race, so 100 is fine.

 

[theyoungest]

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.

 

[Miburo]

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.

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.

 

[Afrank]

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

The condensed list was a list of the teams main contenders. Not meant to be a list of who is competing.

 

[theyoungest]

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.

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

 

[Miburo]

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

I don't know if Quintana is already better than nibali, he has the potential for sure but let's see if he can do it. He's not that consistent yet although his last week at vuelta was superb.

He showed condition last week. But you can't compare him with the likes of Contador or Froome who were going crazy in Oman.

Some new name might pop off but he's not going to be directly at the same level as those guys. Only Froome can do that

Btw Andy is gonna ride T-A, right? He's a big name lol

 

[El Pistolero]

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.

Says more about the parcours than anything else.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Says more about the parcours than anything else.

agree, parcours seems debateable, but on a stage like this

there are lots of opportunity to race even from km 0, if we have any brave riders in the peloton.

I can see De Gendt or Voeckler doing something here.