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

[trevim]

also just saw a picture of nelson oliveira from their last training camp, i knew he said he wanted to slim down to improve his climbing, but i never thought he wanted to make wiggins look like a sumo wrestler

Oh well my guess is that if he couldn't climb with the weight he had, he never will considering he's was a thin guy already. We shall see.
About Machado, I'm still to be convinced he can climb at a really high level on a GT.

 

[Parrulo]

Oh well my guess is that if he couldn't climb with the weight he had, he never will considering he's was a thin guy already. We shall see.
About Machado, I'm still to be convinced he can climb at a really high level on a GT.

i agree with both, particularly the first part, oliveira was already only 67 or 68 kilos last year and he couldn't climb at all, being 65 won't make any difference.

machado always struggled in the mountains even at the volta (even tho he might have been on a lighter diet then many of the riders beating him back then) but one can hope, his performance in trentino back in 2011 was pretty good

 

[JRanton]

Do not know but I would guess Cataldo would go considering his nationality..
Besides for that I can only guess and say that I hope Uran does it rather than the Tour. Henao as well, Pate very likely will go there I think as he is invaluable as a GT domestique, Kennaugh will go as well I think to give him more GT experience. I would like Siutsou to go, but I think he may focus on the Tour. Puccio may ride his first GT and I hope Dombrowski gets a first GT ride as well as he wont go to the Tour..

In short I really have no clue..

Porte, Knees and Kennaugh are (more or less) confirmed for the Giro. As you say Cataldo is very likely but beyond that I haven't read anything with regards to where the Colombians and the Belarusians are going.

I doubt Puccio and Dombrowski will go to the Giro with Wiggins targeting victory because they're too young.

I think you're looking at something like:

Wiggins
Porte
A Colombian or Belarusian
A Colombian or Belarusian
Cataldo
Kennaugh
Knees
Pate/Zandio
Eisel as road captain?

 

[JRanton]

Ian Boswell (American neo pro at Sky)

Mallorca Challenge, Volta ao Algarve, Paris-Nice, Critérium International, Vuelta al País Vasco, the Ardennes classics and Tour de Suisse.

He also compares meeting Wiggins as the same as meeting Armstrong...

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/12/news/boswell-settles-into-sky-life-in-mallorca-nice_269491

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Ian Boswell (American neo pro at Sky)

Mallorca Challenge, Volta ao Algarve, Paris-Nice, Critérium International, Vuelta al País Vasco, the Ardennes classics and Tour de Suisse.

He also compares meeting Wiggins as the same as meeting Armstrong...

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/12/news/boswell-settles-into-sky-life-in-mallorca-nice_269491

wow. so the clinic can now savely assume wiggo is a mentaly disordered liar who is doped to the moon. what an idiot

 

[Thibaut Pinot]

Slagter for 2013:

TDU, probably Volta ao Algarve (or Tour Méditerranéen, or Haut-Var), Volta a Catalunya, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco and the Ardennes classics (main goal).

No Giro for Slagter. He does want to ride a Grand Tour. He likes the Vuelta very much, but the WT-races in Canada suit him very well. Slagter doesn't know anything about the Tour yet.

http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/20692/slagter-laat-giro-links-liggen.html

 

[Parrulo]

lulu's rather surprising schedule

Challenge Mallorca (3-6 febrero)
Vuelta Andalucía (17-21 febrero)
Clásica Almería (24 abril)
Strade Bianche (3 marzo)
Tirreno-Adriático (6-12 marzo)
Milán-San Remo (17 marzo)
Critérium Internacional (23-24 marzo)
Vuelta País Vasco (1-6 abril)
Amstel Gold Race (14 abril)
Flecha Valona (17 abril)
Lieja (21 abril)
(descanso)
Tour California (12-19 mayo)
Critérium Dauphiné (2-9 junio)
Campeonatos de España
Tour de Francia (29 junio-21 julio)
Clásica San Sebastián (27 julio)
Vuelta a España (24 agosto-15 septiembre)
worlds(?)

 

[Pentacycle]

lulu's rather surprising schedule

Challenge Mallorca (3-6 febrero)
Vuelta Andalucía (17-21 febrero)
Clásica Almería (24 abril)
Strade Bianche (3 marzo)
Tirreno-Adriático (6-12 marzo)
Milán-San Remo (17 marzo)
Critérium Internacional (23-24 marzo)
Vuelta País Vasco (1-6 abril)
Amstel Gold Race (14 abril)
Flecha Valona (17 abril)
Lieja (21 abril)
(descanso)
Tour California (12-19 mayo)
Critérium Dauphiné (2-9 junio)
Campeonatos de España
Tour de Francia (29 junio-21 julio)
Clásica San Sebastián (27 julio)
Vuelta a España (24 agosto-15 septiembre)
worlds(?)

It's more of a surprise he never rode Tirreno/MSR before, suits him much better than Paris-Nice.

 

[Parrulo]

he rode MSR in 06 and it's not really right to say a race he has won brilliantly in the past doesn't suit him, but i know what you mean.

 

[theyoungest]

It's more of a surprise he never rode Tirreno/MSR before, suits him much better than Paris-Nice.

MSR, in a scenario like last year, could be good for him. Probably the Monument that would suit him most. Tirreno maybe, if there's not too many Montelupones.

 

[The Hitch]

Andy schleck full schedule.


Tour Down Under
Tour del Mediterráneo
,Tour Haut-Var
GP Nobili
Strade Bianche
Tirreno-Adriático
Critérium Internacional
Vuelta al País Vasco
Amstel (14 abril),Flecha
Liege
Cali
Tds
Tour de France


Interestingly he says, " i want to return to winning". Some will find something to pick on in that

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=58049

Most interesting for.me.is that there is no mention of worlds.

2010 and 11 he didn't.cos course was crap but before that him and Frank did actually care about races where they represent their country.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Andy schleck full schedule.


Tour Down Under
Tour del Mediterráneo
,Tour Haut-Var
GP Nobili
Strade Bianche
Tirreno-Adriático
Critérium Internacional
Vuelta al País Vasco
Amstel (14 abril),Flecha
Liege
Cali
Tds
Tour de France


Interestingly he says, " i want to return to winning". Some will find something to pick on in that

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=58049

Lol

We'll see

 

[burning]

Andy schleck full schedule.


Tour Down Under
Tour del Mediterráneo
,Tour Haut-Var
GP Nobili
Strade Bianche
Tirreno-Adriático
Critérium Internacional
Vuelta al País Vasco
Amstel (14 abril),Flecha
Liege
Cali
Tds
Tour de France


Interestingly he says, " i want to return to winning". Some will find something to pick on in that

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=58049

I never thought that he would ride Strade Bianche, props to him (If really tries to do something I'd be really impressed)

 

[LaFlorecita]

I never thought that he would ride Strade Bianche, props to him (If really tries to do something I'd be really impressed)

Isn't it too dangerous for Andy?

 

[burning]

Isn't it too dangerous for Andy?

Maybe he's going to ride RVV at 2014 and he's trying to get used to bad roads

 

[Eshnar]

I never thought that he would ride Strade Bianche, props to him (If really tries to do something I'd be really impressed)

it would be a success for him to actually make it to the finishing line.

 

[Pentacycle]

Isn't it too dangerous for Andy?

Why isn't Contador at the start then?

Schleck was 31st in 2011, so it's nonsense anyway...

 

[Froome19]

Isn't it too dangerous for Andy?

Crostis 2011?

 

[trevim]

Maybe he's going to ride RVV at 2014 and he's trying to get used to bad roads

I remember a couple of years ago Frank talking about riding Flanders so.... About LLS, I'm looking forward to watching him in San Remo. He has nice descending skills and tactically very good so maybe he has a shot there like Gerrans did.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Why isn't Contador at the start then?

Because he is focusing on stage races next year

Schleck was 31st in 2011, so it's nonsense anyway...

It was a joke. since he is just coming back from an injury he got after a crash.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Crostis 2011?

 

[the asian]

I can't see Andy finishing Strade Bianche unless he has changed his attitude.

Or maybe Andy will carry the Water bottles to Spartacus hoping he will change his mind and tow him around France yet again.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I can't see Andy finishing Strade Bianche unless he has changed his attitude.

Or maybe Andy will carry the Water bottles to Spartacus hoping he will change his mind and tow him around France yet again.

why not? strade binache is basically a hilly race with a small field, so not too much banging around the peloton

 

[LaFlorecita]

I can't see Andy finishing Strade Bianche unless he has changed his attitude.

Or maybe Andy will carry the Water bottles to Spartacus hoping he will change his mind and tow him around France yet again.

fabs needs to join saxo next year or actually any team but radioshack

 

[the asian]

why not? strade binache is basically a hilly race with a small field, so not too much banging around the peloton

But it also has long stretches of Gravel roads.