2014 UCI Road championship teams (Ponferrada, Spain)

[gospina]

Looking for the next Quintana, aren't they?

I think that this may mean Vino is a great scout/manager/influence outside of being a racer .
Nibali, Aru and Lopez for GC wins? unstoppable.

 

[search]

Elite Men:
Rigoberto Urán – Omega Pharma (BEL)
Winner Anacona – Lampre Merida (ITA)
Jánier Acevedo – Garmin Sharp (USA)
Sebastián Henao – Team Sky (GBR)
Julián Arredondo – Trek Factory (USA)
Esteban Chaves – Orica GreenEDGE (AUS)
Carlos Betancur – Ag2r La Mondiale (FRA)
Miguel Ángel Rubiano – Team Colombia (COL)
Carlos Julián Quintero – Team Colombia (COL)

is there any particular reason to leave out Duque? Do they only line him up for courses that are not suited to him?

 

[Ricco']

Spain pre-selection:

Contador
Valverde
Erviti
I. Izagirre
G. Izagirre
Je. Herrada
Jo. Herrada
Castroviejo
Purito
Dani Moreno
Losada
Samu
Nieve
L.L. Sanchez
Navarro.

Valverde all in. Think that a sprinter, perhaps one of Lobato/Rojas/Barbero should have been added, kind of a Plan B.

Italy:

Aru
Bennati
D. Caruso
G. Caruso
Colbrelli
De Marchi
Gasparotto
Nibali
Nizzolo
Pozzato
Quinziato
Rabottini (out now)
Trentin
Vanotti
Visconti
Zardini

TT:
Malori
Cataldo

 

[pink_jersey]

Spain pre-selection:

Contador
Valverde
Erviti
I. Izagirre
G. Izagirre
Je. Herrada
Jo. Herrada
Castroviejo
Purito
Dani Moreno
Losada
Samu
Nieve
L.L. Sanchez
Navarro.

Valverde all in. Think that a sprinter, perhaps one of Lobato/Rojas/Barbero should have been added, kind of a Plan B.

Italy:

Aru
Bennati
D. Caruso
G. Caruso
Colbrelli
De Marchi
Gasparotto
Nibali
Nizzolo
Pozzato
Quinziato
Rabottini (out now)
Trentin
Vanotti
Visconti
Zardini

TT:
Malori
Cataldo

Valverde will sprint for them.I think they will try to get rid of Degenkolb,Bouhanni,Kristoff,Matthews or Sagan and sprint with Valverde from a group of 10-15 riders maximum.

 

[Ricco']

Valverde will sprint for them.I think they will try to get rid of Degenkolb,Bouhanni,Kristoff,Matthews or Sagan and sprint with Valverde from a group of 10-15 riders maximum.

Yeah I know. But in case that doesn't work out and a larger group arrives they may resent not having one. Lobato did well in MSR. Well, at least they could included one in the pre-selection, no harm at all.

Can the federation and the UCI oblige a cyclist to take place in the race and if he doesn't show up can he get a penalty? Contador said that he didn't want to take part.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Italy:

Aru
Bennati
D. Caruso
G. Caruso
Colbrelli
De Marchi
Gasparotto
Nibali
Nizzolo
Pozzato
Quinziato
Rabottini (out now)
Trentin
Vanotti
Visconti
Zardini

I would add Pirazzi, at least it will be fun.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Contador said that he didn't want to take part.

And Javier Minguez has said that he'll respect that.

 

[May0maniac]

I would add Pirazzi, at least it will be fun.

Yeah, i think he would be more useful than Aru. I'm a big Aru fan, but the circuit like this other rides are more useful.

 

[roundabout]

Valverde all in. Think that a sprinter, perhaps one of Lobato/Rojas/Barbero should have been added, kind of a Plan B.

They want to win. Not finish 4th.

 

[Netserk]

They want 2nd or 3rd. Not finish 4th.

Corrected that for you

It is Valverde after all...

 

[SeriousSam]

All those silvers and bronzes show how strong and consistent he is, not that he is magically incapable of winning.

 

[Netserk]

All those silvers and bronzes show how strong and consistent he is, not that he is magically incapable of winning.

He would find a way to lose to GVA if he had to, to not win it. In Valverde we trust.

 

[Bushman]

He would find a way to lose to GVA if he had to, to not win it. In Valverde we trust.

Valverde has 10 times the palmarés that GVA has though.

 

[SKSemtex]

I think Kwiatko with quite strong Polish team will be man to beat here. Unless they allow the guy like Gerrans to wheelsuck the show.

 

[SeriousSam]

Gerrans winning would be disgusting. Can't rule it out though.

 

[Jagartrott]

Saw a number of contenders yesterday.
*Australia will surely be in the mix: Hansen as a domestique, Matthews and Gerrans looking strong;
*Germany has Degenkolb, who impressed as he made it over a quite tough climb with the best, but can Germany have the team to support him?
*The Netherlands has Dumoulin, a man that oozes quality
* Belgian manager will have difficuly selecting a squad as there seem to be so many contenders for a place in the team, not only GVA, Gilbert and likely Boonen, but also Van Marcke, Wellens, Bakelants, Stuyven, Keikeleire.
* France lost an important rider yesterday, but still have Gallopin and Bouhanni
* Poland has Kwiatkowski, who we know can deal with the distance, the parcours and can sprint

I don't think the contenders for the Vuelta will be a factor here. Valverde's season has been so long, I cannot imagine he has the strength to win against all these fresher riders.
It'll be interesting how guys without a team will be doing (like Navardauskas).

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Where can I find details of the course? Last year was 3000 metres of climbing, right? And 4200 this year, right? If so, it sounds weird that Kristoff, Degenkolb etc. are the favorites then.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Where can I find details of the course? Last year was 3000 metres of climbing, right? And 4200 this year, right? If so, it sounds weird that Kristoff, Degenkolb etc. are the favorites then.

http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/fondo-lite-masculino#.VBP_7vl_uH4

stage 17 of la vuelta had 2800 meters of climbing. Degenkolb won. The profile looked like this:

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Thanks alot! It does certainly look like a fairly easy route then

 

[Flamin]

Where can I find details of the course? Last year was 3000 metres of climbing, right? And 4200 this year, right? If so, it sounds weird that Kristoff, Degenkolb etc. are the favorites then.

Iirc altitude meters in Firenze were also around 4000. Difference is that Firenze had a flat 100k run-in before entering the circuit, while Ponferrada is nothing but circuit.

 

[Netserk]

It's quite similar to Varese, just with a descent after the last climb. 15-man group max in the end.

 

[SKSemtex]

I am also surprised that people like Bouhani, Degenkolb are among top favorites. How can people compare GT stage with WCRR race.

It will be completely different race then Vuelta stage 17.

Italians and Spaniards will kill these semiclimbers.

 

[ILovecycling]

I am also surprised that people like Bouhani, Degenkolb are among top favorites. How can people compare GT stage with WCRR race.

It will be completely different race then Vuelta stage 17.

Italians and Spaniards will kill these semiclimbers.

yeah we saw that in valkenburg

 

[Lupetto]

I am very afraid, that Gerrans will wheelsuck his way into the rainbow jersey.

 

[DFA123]

I am very afraid, that Gerrans will wheelsuck his way into the rainbow jersey.

Australia look very strong at the moment and have got most bases covered. Gerrans to wheel suck if it gets into an elite group, Matthews if it comes down to a larger sprint and a couple of others in good form for a long distance break.