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

[Eshnar]

Giro del Trentino ‏@girodeltrentino 2 min
OFFICIAL! A TTT from Riva del Garda to Arco to open 38th #Trentino14 (Apr 22-25)!


...Well that was kinda expected.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Giro del Trentino ‏@girodeltrentino 2 min
OFFICIAL! A TTT from Riva del Garda to Arco to open 38th #Trentino14 (Apr 22-25)!


...Well that was kinda expected.

yea, but its very good to hear its moving forward. Great little stage race in unique settings.

 

[Ferminal]

http://www.voltacatalunya.cat/ca/noticia/2014-01-30/198/

24/03/14 Calella - Calella 165,700 quilòmetres, 3 passos de muntanya puntuables

25/03/14 Mataró - Girona 171,200 quilòmetres, 2 passos de muntanya puntuables

26/03/14 Banyoles - La Molina (Alp) 162,900 quilòmetres, 3 passos de muntanya puntuables

27/03/14 Alp - Vallter 2000-Setcases 166,400 quilòmetres, 5 passos de muntanya puntuables

28/03/14 Llanars–Vall de Camprodon - Valls 222,200 quilòmetres, 1 pas de muntanya puntuable

29/03/14 El Vendrell - Vilanova i la Geltrú 163,900 quilòmetres, 1 pas de muntanya puntuable

30/03/14 Barcelona (Montjuïc) - Barcelona (Montjuïc) 120,700 quilòmetres, 10 passos de muntanya puntuables

Doesn't sound too good, I guess the Vallter 2000 stage will be harder though. Hopefully the Montjuic circuit is reversed.

 

[SlimChance]

Sagan to Alonso?

According to Italian web-site tuttobiciweb Peter Sagan will be riding for the so far unnamed team that is being set up by Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso next year. They say that he has agreed to sign a contract for 2015 and 2016 for €3.3 million each year. Whether it is true or not, we won’t know for sure until the official signing period in August.

 

[BigMac]

Volta ao Algarve profiles.

Stage 1:

Stage 2:

Stage 3: TT

Stage 4:

Stage 5:

Why can't they come up with decent profiles? It is so annoying.

 

[Parrulo]

They are actually more decent than many profiles out there.

All stages have the same altitude scale so we know exactly what we are getting. Stage 2 could be very interesting and the new hill on the malhão stage looks like ti could add something special to finish.

 

[roundabout]

with proper scaling the profiles could have been more readable. as it is the top half is just wasted

 

[trevim]

They are actually more decent than many profiles out there.

All stages have the same altitude scale so we know exactly what we are getting. Stage 2 could be very interesting and the new hill on the malhão stage looks like ti could add something special to finish.

If the riders want, stage 2 might be the best of the race really.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

They are actually more decent than many profiles out there.

All stages have the same altitude scale so we know exactly what we are getting. Stage 2 could be very interesting and the new hill on the malhão stage looks like ti could add something special to finish.

Thats really part of the problem. The level of "marketing" material is generally pretty poor in cycling. I mean what would it take to generate a set of decent profiles along with some details of the climbs involved? Or perhaps fans just don't care (I do).

Anyway, parcous appears good. Who will win this?

Kelderman
Contador
T-Mart
Kwia
Castro
Costa
Voeckler with another world class TT performance, lol.

Lineup looks pretty good so far.

 

[Netserk]

Thats really part of the problem. The level of "marketing" material is generally pretty poor in cycling. I mean what would it take to generate a set of decent profiles along with some details of the climbs involved? Or perhaps fans just don't care (I do).

Anyway, parcous appears good. Who will win this?

Kelderman
Contador
T-Mart
Kwia
Castro
Costa
Voeckler with another world class TT performance, lol.

Lineup looks pretty good so far.

Contador, Costa or Kwiatkowski.

 

[theyoungest]

They are actually more decent than many profiles out there.

All stages have the same altitude scale so we know exactly what we are getting. Stage 2 could be very interesting and the new hill on the malhão stage looks like ti could add something special to finish.

A few gradients would have been interesting, just so we know what we're dealing with. But yeah, at least we can see if a stage is hilly or not

Looks like a good profile, very good for Contador and maybe lil' Rui.

edit: oh, I forgot, and Horner of course!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Contador, Costa or Kwiatkowski.

Martin only lost 18s on Malhao last year and he came in with Kwia (perhaps used as a mule in this case).

Took about 1 minute in 34km TT on Kwia who placed 2nd last year. TT now 13km. It will be close, unless somebody does something special on stage 2.

Is this live on Eurosport?

 

[Parrulo]

If raced hard, i think that 1k at 13% hill a few km's before malhão could make a big difference for a guy like Tony Martin.

Also he will probably be i yellow by then and everyone will know they have to attack hard.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Who will Astana send?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Who will Astana send?

No info yet. Perhaps Brakovic or Fuglsang. but just guessing.

 

[BigMac]

Martin only lost 18s on Malhao last year and he came in with Kwia (perhaps used as a mule in this case).

Took about 1 minute in 34km TT on Kwia who placed 2nd last year. TT now 13km. It will be close, unless somebody does something special on stage 2.

Is this live on Eurosport?

Yes it is live on Eurosport.

-//-

And I am sure Kwia will win. Climbs are not that hard to make a big difference on him, in fact I think he will be there on both stage 2 and 4. Even if he loses a couple of seconds on stage 2, he will get them back on the Time Trial. He will have the leader's jersey at the end of the day and carry it to Vilamoura.

 

[Gabriel Gray]

it seems to me the dawg wants to defend the tour of oman victory:
Dario Cataldo, Chris Froome, Sergio Henao, David López, Mikel Nieve, Danny Pate, Kanstantsin Siutsou, Ben Swift

Qatar: Bernhard Eisel, Christian Knees, Danny Pate, Salvatore Puccio, Gabriel Rasch, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Chris Sutton

and the young guns will go to the Tour Haut var: Ian Boswell, Joe Dombrowski, Nathan Earle, Josh Edmondson, Sebastián Henao, Christian Knees, Salvatore Puccio, Gabriel Rasch

 

[McLovin]

Dauphine will have a finish in Teil. A TT on Ventoux the next day?

http://www.ledauphine.com/ardeche/2014/02/03/le-teil-sera-ville-d-arrivee-du-criterium-du-dauphine

 

[BigMac]

Lots of new riders for the Volta ao Algarve. Cav should be present. Not yet confirmed but what a team Saxo is bringing.

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Volta_ao_Algarve_2014-Startlist

 

[roundabout]

Dauphine will have a finish in Teil. A TT on Ventoux the next day?

http://www.ledauphine.com/ardeche/2014/02/03/le-teil-sera-ville-d-arrivee-du-criterium-du-dauphine

Or a road stage?

Seems like a Ventoux finish at any rate.

Paris-Nice route presentation tomorrow for anyone who cares

 

[Parrulo]

About time they release the route, Didn't the last rumours point to a very disappointing one?

 

[jens_attacks]

itt up ventoux would be too awesome
so probably not gonna happen

 

[roundabout]

Tour de Pologne

Start in Gdansk

Stage 2 starts from Torun.

Doesn't seem to be a visit to Italy this year

 

[Gloin22]

They will visit Slovakia though, which should mean nice moutain / hilly stage.

 

[MatParker117]

itt up ventoux would be too awesome
so probably not gonna happen

Did it in 2004.