2014 Speculation (and confirmation) thread - rider schedules and parcours

[Ferminal]

They all seem a little light on days, plenty of time in the Canaries I guess.

 

[Oliver]

Contador:

19.02 Volta ao Algarve ››
29.03 Critérium International ››
07.04 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco ››
08.06 Critérium du Dauphiné ››
05.07 Tour de France ››
23.08 Vuelta a España ››

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Source?

No Parijs-Nice and Catalunya?

 

[Oliver]

Contador:

19.02 Volta ao Algarve ››
29.03 Critérium International ››
07.04 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco ››
08.06 Critérium du Dauphiné ››
05.07 Tour de France ››
23.08 Vuelta a España ››

Source?

No Parijs-Nice or Catalanya?

 

[Parrulo]

Contador with only 22 days of racing before the Tour?

 

[Publicus]

With the exception of Roche, all of the Saxo schedules seem very light, especially Majka and Contador. I'm especially surprised that Contador is skipping Paris-Nice and T/A. Maybe they are waiting on the course to determine which of those two he will ride.

 

[Cimber]

With the exception of Roche, all of the Saxo schedules seem very light, especially Majka and Contador. I'm especially surprised that Contador is skipping Paris-Nice and T/A. Maybe they are waiting on the course to determine which of those two he will ride.

True I think he will do either TA or PN depending on the courses

 

[roundabout]

Paris-Nice course should be known to the teams by now

 

[gerundium]

Contador is doing Tirreno-Adriatico.

http://tinkoffsaxo.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=4264

"I'll begin with the Tour of Algarve in February. I'll then race Tirreno-Adriatico, followed by the Volta a Catalunya and then the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in April. I'll have a break before coming back for the Dauphiné in June, followed by the Tour and Vuelta [a Espana]."

 

[Netserk]

Kreuziger to race some of the Flemish races?

http://tinkoffsaxo.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=4264

Riis on… the Classics
"We don't have huge riders for the Flemish Classics but we have good outsiders in Daniele Bennati and Roman Kruzeiger. How far we can go we don't know. But for the Ardennes Classics, we have a very strong team, and are looking for some good results including victories. Roman is a standout here as is Nicolas [Roche]."

 

[Gloin22]

I guess they meant Fleche, Liege by that as well.

 

[Netserk]

I guess they meant Fleche, Liege by that as well.

Those are Walloon(sp?) races.

And he mentions the Ardennes in the same quote, so I think he means the Flemish races.

 

[Gloin22]

Those are Walloon(sp?) races.

And he mentions the Ardennes in the same quote, so I think he means the Flemish races.

I doubt Kreuziger will target E3 and Ronde over Amstel, Fleche and Liege.. who knows

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Kreuziger to race some of the Flemish races?

http://tinkoffsaxo.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=4264

Don't think so. He probably meant Breschel.

 

[Ferminal]

Don't think so. He probably meant Breschel.

Even worse

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Even worse

yea, the good old days seems to be over for him.

 

[barmaher]

Paris-Nice course should be known to the teams by now

Any rumours? I may need to be in that part of the world in the spring.

 

[Ferminal]

Are they still deciding if Kreuziger does the Giro?

 

[coimbrawu]

Davide Villella:
Tour of Qatar
Trofeo Laigueglia
GP Lugano
Paris-Nice
Ardennes

source: http://www.bicibg.it/01news/dettaglio.asp?id1=7&idC=1&idN=14886

 

[karlboss]

Are they still deciding if Kreuziger does the Giro?

In his announcements he hasn't mentioned it. He says finish ardennes and then look to the tour

 

[Netserk]

Are they still deciding if Kreuziger does the Giro?

No. He'll aim at Classics, Suisse and Tour.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Contador is doing Tirreno-Adriatico.

http://tinkoffsaxo.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=4264

So at least 75 race days for Contador, where is Echoes?

 

[roundabout]

More like 95

http://www.ciclo21.com/contador-podria-participar-en-giro-tour-y-vuelta/

trololo

 

[LaFlorecita]

More like 95

http://www.ciclo21.com/contador-podria-participar-en-giro-tour-y-vuelta/

trololo

Lol WTF

 

[Ferminal]

The annual Gazzetta "let's get Alberto to tell us how much he loves the Giro".

 

[Eshnar]

The annual Gazzetta "let's get Alberto to tell us how much he loves the Giro".

I guess it's a compulsory annual feature