2013 Speculation (and confirmation) thread - rider schedules and parcours

[Havetts]

Gesink too in P-N. Cant think of much others, T-A is completely star-studded in comparison to P-N.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

P-N
Westra going?

 

[El Pistolero]

Gesink too in P-N. Cant think of much others, T-A is completely star-studded in comparison to P-N.

Only in GT riders.

 

[Parrulo]

Gesink too in P-N. Cant think of much others, T-A is completely star-studded in comparison to P-N.

well to be honest a race without many stars has potential to be great as it is less predictable.

gesink will certainly be one of the favourites being on paper the best climber and one of the best time trialists.

 

[Havetts]

well to be honest a race without many stars has potential to be great as it is less predictable.

gesink will certainly be one of the favourites being on paper the best climber and one of the best time trialists.

For sure. I dont disagree with you . ParisNice hasnt made anything available yet wrt the route, have they?

 

[Afrank]

Talking about PN, who should be the favourites?

I know we still don't have parcours but the col de eze ITT and montagne de lure seem pretty much confirmed rumours. And being this PN, this 2 stages + the prologue should be all there is in terms of GC decisive stages.

Since most top guys are skipping it either for TA (Contador, Nibali, froome, evans, scarponi and cunego just to name a few) or for different racing scedules ( Wiggins and Valverde) we will have a very open race.

so who are the favourites?

Costa?
TJVG?
Porte?
Rogers?
Kreuziguer?
Taramae?
Pinot?
Rolland?

Pinot won't be competing.
I'd say Costa, Tejay, Kreuziger, Gesink, and Westra will be the big favorites (of who we know is going or will probably go that is). Tejay showed some pretty good early season form at San Luis, so I think he will do well.

P-N
Westra going?

He is.

 

[theyoungest]

well to be honest a race without many stars has potential to be great as it is less predictable.

gesink will certainly be one of the favourites being on paper the best climber and one of the best time trialists.

With the Col d'Eze TT, Costa should be in with a bigger chance than Gesink. Costa seems to be quite good at uphill TTs. Of course, if he has last year's legs, there won't be much they can do about Westra. And maybe Talansky will ride? Perfect course for him.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

He is.

In that case I think he might be the man to beat. Any steep ramps on the parcours rumored?

 

[theyoungest]

In that case I think he might be the man to beat. Any steep ramps on the parcours rumored?

No. Just Montagne de Lure and Col d'Eze as decisive stages.

 

[RHRH19861986]

Etoile de Besseges, FRA, 2.1

Wed, 30/01/2013 - Sun, 03/02/2013


1) 30.01. Bellegarde - Beaucaire (152,0 km)
2) 31.01. Nîmes - Les Fumades (157,3 km)
3) 01.02. Bessèges - Bessèges (152,6 km)
4) 02.02. Sabran - Pont-Saint-Esprit (158,0 km)
5a) 03.02. Alés - Alés (69,0 km)
5b) 03.02. Alés - Alés/Site de l‘Ermitage (9,7 km)



Start list:

Cofidis
1 COPPEL Jérôme
2 POULHIES Stéphane
3 BARLE Florent
4 BESSY Cyril
5 FOUCHARD Julien
6 LEVARLET Guillaume
7 VALENTIN Tristan
8 JOEAAR Gert

Vacansoleil-DCM
11 FEILLU Romain
12 BOECKMANS Kris
13 BOLE Grega
14 LEUKEMANS Björn
15 * LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
16 * NOVIKOV Nikita
17 VEUCHELEN Frederik
18 WESTRA Lieuwe

FDJ
21 FEDRIGO Pierrick
22 GESLIN Anthony
23 ROUX Anthony
24 PICHON Laurent
25 PINEAU Cédric
26 ROY Jérémy
27 VAUGRENARD Benoit
28 VICHOT Arthur

Lotto-Belisol
31 VAN GENECHTEN Jonas
32 BELLEMAKERS Dirk
33 BULGAC Brian
34 DE GREEF Francis
35 NEYENS Maarten
36 * ROBERT Frédérique
37 * VAN DER SANDE Tosh
38 VAN DE WALLE Jurgen

Team Europcar
41 VOECKLER Thomas
42 ROLLAND Pierre
43 * COQUARD Bryan
44 BOUYER Franck
45 CHAVANEL Sébastien
46 * COUSIN Jérôme
47 GAUDIN Damien
48 GAUTIER Cyril

Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 SICARD Romain
52 KOCJAN Jure
53
54 URTASUN Pablo
55 SAEZ Adrian
56 MESTRE Ricardo
57 PEREZ Ruben
58 GARCIA Ricardo

AG2R-La Mondiale
61 DUMOULIN Samuel
62 * BARDET Romain
63 BOUET Maxime
64 * DOMONT Axel
65 DUPONT Hubert
66 GEORGES Sylvain
67 POZZOVIVO Domenico
68 RAVARD Anthony

Argos-Shimano
71 * BARGUIL Warren
72 * DAMUSEAU Thomas
73 * PREIDLER Georg
74 * LUDVIGSSON Tobias
75 PARISIEN François
76 PETERSON Tom
77 DE BACKER Bert
78 SPRICK Matthieu

Sojasun
81 * DELAPLACE Anthony
82 ENGOULVENT Jimmy
83 GALLAND Jérémie
84 HIVERT Jonathan
85 LEMOINE Cyril
86 MARTIAS Rony
87 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
88 TALABARDON Yannick

Crelan-Euphony
91 AMORISON Frédéric
92 BARBE Koen
93 DELFOSSE Sébastien
94 HOUELIJNCK Kurt
95 JUODVALKIS Egidijus
96 PLANCKAERT Baptiste
97 PEETERS Kevin
98 VANTOMME Maxime

Bretagne-Séché Environnement
101 VACHON Florian
102 DION Renaud
103 * FONSECA Armindo
104 GERARD Arnaud
105 BIDEAU Jean-Marc
106 * CORBEL Erwann
107 LE MONTAGNER Benjamin
108 DELPECH Jean-Luc

Accent Jobs-Wanty
111 VAN DIJK Stefan
112 VERRAES Benjamin
113 SCHEIRLINCKX Staf
114 * JANS Roy
115 DRUCKER Jean-Pierre
116 * DE TROYER Tim
117 VANLANDSCHOOT James
118 HABEAUX Grégory

BigMat-Auber 93
121 BACQUET Fabien
122 BAZIN Nicolas
123 * DASSONVILLE Flavien
124 FAUCON Guillaume
125 DRUJON Mathieu
126 * LE BOULCH Dimitri
127 ROSSETTO Stéphane
128 TRONET Steven

Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
131 DE VREESE Laurens
132 * VAN ASBROECK Tom
133 VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
134 * DE CLERCQ Tim
135 * VANOVERBERGHE Arthur
136 VAN STAEYEN Michael
137 * VAN HOECKE Gijs
138 * WALLAYS Jelle

Roubaix-Lille Métropole
141 * DESRIAC Loïc
142 * KOWALSKI Rudy
143 LALOUETTE Kévin
144 * LE MONTAGNER Maxime
145 PATOUX Cyrille
146 VERMEULEN Franck
147 * ZIMINE Boris
148

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
151 DAY Benjamin
152 FRATTINI Davide
153 HEGYVARY Adrian
154 ILESIC Aldo Ino
155 REIJNEN Kiel
156 * KEOUGH Luke
157
158 IRVINE Martyn

La Pomme Marseille
161 ANTOMARCHI Julien
162 ROSTOLLAN Thomas
163 GIRAUD Benjamin
164 * VAUBOURZEIX Thomas
165 MARTINEZ Yannick
166 * BAKKE Jason
167 * JENNINGS Christopher
168 JULES Justin

An Post-Chainreaction
171 EECKHOUT Niko
172 VAN VOOREN Steven
173 * DOWNEY Sean
174 MCLAUGHLIN Ronan
175 * VEREECKEN Nicolas
176 * VERMOTE Alphonse
177 * WYTINCK Niels
178 * MCNALLY Mark

RusVelo
181 KOCHETKOV Pavel
182 KLIMOV Sergey
183 * ZAKARIN Ilnur
184 MIRONOV Alexander
185 OVECHKIN Artem
186 * POMOSHNIKOV Sergey
187 SEROV Alexander
188 SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey

 

[will10]

There were rumours that Mallorca had been cut to two race days this year. Anyone seen it confirmed anywhere?

 

[RHRH19861986]

There were rumours that Mallorca had been cut to two race days this year. Anyone seen it confirmed anywhere?

No, if I´m right, it´s even extended to 4 x 1.1 this year. But they nowadays seem to have budget problems every year, so you can never be sure.

Gone are the days when this was a secure five day race.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

No. Just Montagne de Lure and Col d'Eze as decisive stages.

oh well, looking forward to the showdown on Col d'Eze.

 

[Gloin22]

No, if I´m right, it´s even extended to 4 x 1.1 this year. But they nowadays seem to have budget problems every year, so you can never be sure.

Gone are the days when this was a secure five day race.

It's confirmed 4 races, new rotues for 3 of these races as well.

You can find them here : http://vueltamallorca.com/challenge-mallorca/trofeos-y-recorridos/

 

[will10]

Thanks, appreciated.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Gesink too in P-N. Cant think of much others, T-A is completely star-studded in comparison to P-N.

uran and he could very well win it.

 

[Pentacycle]

uran and he could very well win it.

Isn't he peaking for the Ardennes like in 2011? I can't imagine him winning the GC against the guys who really target this race.

 

[theyoungest]

I can't imagine him winning this race, full stop. Not good enough.

 

[The Hitch]

I can't imagine him winning this race, full stop. Not good enough.

You that bored?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Isn't he peaking for the Ardennes like in 2011? I can't imagine him winning the GC against the guys who really target this race.

last year it was urans first race and he was already one of the best. same for 2011. this yera he will have extra racingdays before it and his base level is very high anyway. even if he's peaking at the classics, he can still win it against such competition

 

[cineteq]

uran and he could very well win it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when has he [Uran] been close to winning a WT stage race?

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

last year it was urans first race and he was already one of the best. same for 2011. this yera he will have extra racingdays before it and his base level is very high anyway. even if he's peaking at the classics, he can still win it against such competition

Really? Last year on Mende he got beat by Wiggins, Westra, Leipheimer etc., on a short steep climb. That's pretty crappy for a punchy climber like Uran, you know. I mean, if it was his first race, it's not a problem at all, but no way was he one of the best. Wasn't even in the top 10.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when has he [Uran] been close to winning a WT stage race?

uh last year catalunya?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Really? Last year on Mende he got beat by Wiggins, Westra, Leipheimer etc., on a short steep climb. That's pretty crappy for a punchy climber like Uran, you know. I mean, if it was his first race, it's not a problem at all, but no way was he one of the best. Wasn't even in the top 10.

it was hist first race of the year and he was wiggins helper

 

[Pentacycle]

Really? Last year on Mende he got beat by Wiggins, Westra, Leipheimer etc., on a short steep climb. That's pretty crappy for a punchy climber like Uran, you know. I mean, if it was his first race, it's not a problem at all, but no way was he one of the best. Wasn't even in the top 10.

In Mende he finished together with Szmyd, for whom it was the first race of the season too. Still it's just a preparation race for most, you can't say Uran won't be able to win PN this year with some more preparation. Depends on the amount of TT kms.