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

[gooner]

 

[Netserk]

courchevel yeyyy!

Lol, must be a joke:

 

[jens_attacks]

Lol, must be a joke:

wtf if this ? aren't we going to the airport?
shame on you aso, this is disgusting

 

[Netserk]

Stage 2:

 

[Netserk]

And what's up with using Manse twice in a one week stage race. WTF?

 

[Netserk]

Good news is that there isn't a TDF preview stage, lol.

 

[The Hitch]

I think there was a mix up with the pn route. A glitch threw all the mountains into cdd and all the sprint stages into pn. ****ing computers.

 

[Pricey_sky]

The stage up to Finhaut looks good. The Coucheval stage looks very disappointing.

 

[Netserk]

Also what is up with the way they take the La Mure loop???

 

[gooner]

The last 30km of stage 7 are going to be a right killer.

I like the route overall.

Only 10km off TT, Quintana should be all over this one.

 

[jabuchilo]

Nice route.
Shortish stages combined with profiles will hopefully provide more action.

 

[Leonardus]

Long time since Dauphine had a good looking parcours, still some things that could be better but overall good. I very much like the col du Beal finish the second day, not the hardest climb but should be good to see some action.

 

[The Hitch]

The stage up to Finhaut looks good. The Coucheval stage looks very disappointing.

I don't know, 2 short half mountains like that is maybe a better setting for a final stage than another mtf where everyone waits for final 2k.

Such stages usually suck because everyone will be saving themselves for later. No such problem here, and if there is a gc battle they may need to attack from further out. And with no bonus seconds this stage can offer both ala gap and pinerello 2011

 

[trevim]

4: Col de Manse to Gap

I think Andy Schleck will be riding Suisse again
Anyway seems like a good route probably a bit too balanced in favour of climbers but who cares, Froome wins with or without a longer TT.

 

[kottila]

They're going through this 1.8km cycling tunnel in the ITT

 

[MatParker117]

The last 30km of stage 7 are going to be a right killer.

I like the route overall.

Only 10km off TT, Quintana should be all over this one.

Straight after the giro? No bloody way.

 

[Netserk]

Straight after the giro? No bloody way.

http://www.grassyknolltv.com/2011/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/photos/stage-06/320-PIC203159920.jpg

 

[The Hitch]

Straight after the giro? No bloody way.

Dude

http://www.grassyknolltv.com/2011/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/photos/stage-06/320-PIC203159920.jpg

And great to see you link to a Purito win

 

[trevim]

Ahah Szmyd likes the Giro-Dauphine as a warm to Poland.

 

[Ferminal]

wtf not real Courchevel.

 

[theyoungest]

Straight after the giro? No bloody way.

Quintana will be almost unbeatable with the Giro in his legs. Even Stef Clement almost rode top-10 in the Dauphiné after the Giro last year... and he isn't even a climber.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

La LAMPRE-MERIDA affronterà le singole gare con le seguenti formazioni:

- Gp Camaiore (186 km, con 6 passaggi sul Monte Pitoro): Anacona, Cunego, Durasek, Mori, Niemiec, Polanc, Ulissi e Wackermann.
Ds: Bruno Vicino.
.


C

- Roma Maxima (195 km, con partenza e arrivo a Roma, con scollinamenti sulle salite di Rocca Massima, Colle Callaccio, Rocca Priora e Campi di Annibale):
Anacona, Bonifazio, Cimolai, Dodi, Modolo, Palini, Richeze e Pozzato.
Ds: Orlando Maini.

http://www.teamlampremerida.com/2014/03/tris-di-corse-italiane-per-la-lampre-merida/

 

[Gabriel Gray]

Sky for
Strade Bianchi: Wiggins, Cataldo, Puccio, Boswell, Earle, Stannard, Eisel, Rowe
Roma Maxima: Edmondson, Cataldo, Puccio, Boswell, Earle, Sutton , Swift , Rowe
Paris Nice: Porte, Kiryienka, Knees, Rasch, Lopez, Thomas, Zandio, Boasson Hagen

leaves a strong Tirreno-Team for Froome

 

[Lupetto]

This year's Volta a Portugal will start in Fafe.

http://jornalciclismo.com/?p=34188

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Tirreno-Adriático

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=69820

Ag2r La Mondiale: Damien Gaudin, Patrick Gretsch, Blel Kadri, Lloyd Mondory, Matteo Montaguti, Rinaldo Nocentini, Jean-Christophe Peraud y Domenico Pozzovivo.

Bardiani-CSF: Sonny Colbrelli, Filippo Fortin, Stefano Pirazzi, Nicola Ruffoni, Enrico Battaglin, Nicola Boem, Marco Canola, Marco Coledan.

Belkin Pro Cycling Team: Robert Gesink, Marc Goos, Tom Leezer, Bauke Mollema, Bram Tankink, Maarten Tjallingii, Sep Vanmarcke and Robert Wagner.

Cannondale: Peter Sagan, Ivan Basso, Moreno Moser, Oscar Gatto, Maciej Bodnar, Kristijan Koren, Paolo Longo Borghini, Alan Marangoni.

FDJ.fr: William Bonnet, David Boucher, Mickaël Delage, Arnaud Démare, Murilo Fischer, Alexandre Geniez, Yoann Offredo, Thibaut Pinot.

IAM Cycling: Martin Elmiger, Heinrich Haussler, Thomas Löfkvist, Dominic Klemme, Roger Kluge, Matteo Pelucchi, Vicente Reynes, Marcel Wyss.

Movistar Team: Andrey Amador, Igor Antón, Eros Capecchi, Jonathan Castroviejo, Alex Dowsett, Beñat Intxausti, Adriano Malori y Nairo Quintana.

Orica-GreenEdge: Cameron Meyer, Daryl Impey, Ivan Santaromita, Jens Mouris, Luke Durbridge, Michael Hepburn, Simon Clarke y Svein Tuft.

Team Europcar: Yukiya Arashiro, Tony Hurel, Vicent Jerome, Davide Malacarne, Alexandre Pichot, Pierre Rolland, Romain Sicard y Bjorn Thurau.

Trek Factory Racing: Fabian Cancellara, Rayden Roulston, Jesse Sergent,
Julián David Arredondo, Markel Irizar, Robert Kiserlovski, Stijn Devolder y Yaroslav Popovych.