2013 Tirreno - Adriatico

[Eshnar]

anyway, best startlist of the year it seems. Very few top tiers are missing.

 

[del1962]

Froome will probably need them on Di Tivo because Contador will be 15-20 seconds up after the TTT. They'll need to set a crazy pace for Froome to have any chance of dropping Contador in the last few km.

You really think that Saxo will take 15 or more seconds on Sky in TTT?

I reckon they will be within 5 seconds of each other, which way round I don't know.

 

[JRanton]

You really think that Saxo will take 15 or more seconds on Sky in TTT?

I reckon they will be within 5 seconds of each other, which way round I don't know.

I do, yes. Sky aren't bringing a good squad for the TTT. They'll finish mid-pack and it might end up costing them the race. We'll see...

 

[Ferminal]

It will be an interesting TTT. Garmin, OPQS, Greenedge, BMC all looking quite strong.

I'd put Radioshack right up there... Blanco aren't bad either. All these teams with classics squads will be very competitive.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Hoped Omega wouls send a better team for the TTT

 

[RHRH19861986]

Hoped Omega wouls send a better team for the TTT

Cycling has so much more to offer than Omega and Tony Martin...

 

[Miburo]

Hoped Omega wouls send a better team for the TTT

What's the point? It's not that tony will do something with the extra seconds

 

[Netserk]

What's the point? It's not that tony will do something with the extra seconds

Win the TTT and get the leader jersey perhaps?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Hoped Omega wouls send a better team for the TTT

Glad to see from the lineup that Tony has been sent to practice being part of Cav's leadout as much as anything else.

 

[Miburo]

Win the TTT and get the leader jersey perhaps?

Was not my point

 

[Afrank]

Hoped Omega wouls send a better team for the TTT

Clearly not even the Omega management think Tony can Win the overall.

In seriousness though, their team is not that bad for the TTT, Cav being a sprinter does well in TTT's, Grabsch is a very good TTer, as is Kwiatkowski, and Terpstra and Stybar being classics riders should do fine. A pretty good team for the TTT if you ask me.

I do wonder who they will replace Trentin with though?

 

[Jelantik]

I give Saxo the edge for the TTT. Sky could have used a few more TT or flat land domestique types, rather than so many climbers.

Maybe Sky is planning on testing the climbers roster against contador? Last year at Vuelta I remembered reading Froome said something about contador when he got the taste of riding against him. He said something along the line that he needed his team to help control Contador. Maybe that's why Sky send the climbers team to experiment with how to contain the Great One ..

 

[Ferminal]

Is Tonyrider being serious? It's an awesome TTT lineup, Grabsch probably the weakest link flying back from KL only a couple of days before.

 

[Netserk]

Is Tonyrider being serious? It's an awesome TTT lineup, Grabsch probably the weakest link flying back from KL only a couple of days before.

They don't have Boonen in T-A

 

[JRanton]

Is Tonyrider being serious? It's an awesome TTT lineup, Grabsch probably the weakest link flying back from KL only a couple of days before.

Yeah, I didn't quite understand that either. They'd be my pick to win.

 

[RHRH19861986]

Extremely hard to predict the outcome of this TTT. In fact, since there have grown so many "super teams", it will be very tight again in Tirreno.

BMC, Garmin, GreenEdge, Saxo, OPQS, RadioShack, Sky, even Astana and Katusha, so impossible to predict anything, again.

if you add the fact that a good ITTist doesn´t neccessarily make an equally good TTTist, it´s even more complicated. Just look at a guy like Mouris . hardly delivers in ITTs, but a great man for the TTT.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Is Tonyrider being serious? It's an awesome TTT lineup, Grabsch probably the weakest link flying back from KL only a couple of days before.

he's completely clueless about anything but tony martin. quyickstep have the best ttt team they could have here

 

[Netserk]

he's completely clueless about anything but tony martin. quyickstep have the best ttt team they could have here

That would have included WC TTT winner Boonen

 

[Dazed and Confused]

That would have included WC TTT winner Boonen

and then add Chavanel and its world class.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

That would have included WC TTT winner Boonen

I know it's not serious but for the idiots who might not get it. boonen comes back from heavy injury and chavanel always does p-n

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I know it's not serious but for the idiots who might not get it. boonen comes back from heavy injury and chavanel always does p-n

so if QS had a serious GC contender for T-A this year, you think Chavanel would still be in France?

 

[Netserk]

so if QS had a serious GC contender for T-A this year, you think Chavanel would still be in France?

You do know that QS and serious GC contender in the same sentence is self-contradiction

 

[Ferminal]

so if QS had a serious GC contender for T-A this year, you think Chavanel would still be in France?

Yes...

Why would they make him do a race he doesn't want to do for the sake of 2-3 seconds?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

You do know that QS and serious GC contender in the same sentence is self-contradiction

Brambilla will be crushing everybody in the Giro this year. Wait and see.

Essentially, I concur with Waterloo the main reason for Martins inclusion at T-A is Cav. QS needs to drill the train. Sure, sell the GC idea to Martin if it motivates him. Hell, they may even win the TTT in the process.

 

[will10]

so if QS had a serious GC contender for T-A this year, you think Chavanel would still be in France?

uh, Chavanel is the most legit GC guy Quickstep have for a race like Tirreno, and he rides Paris Nice as a leader most years.