2014 UCI Road championship teams (Ponferrada, Spain)

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HappyLoser

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Poland looks ok for Kwiatkowski, he's got 2 team mates (Gołaś and Wiśniowski), Bodnar is Sagan's lieutenant and Poljański is Majka's dom.

RR:
Maciej Bodnar - Cannondale
Michał Gołaś - Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Cycling Team
Bartosz Huzarski - Team NetApp-Endura
Michał Kwiatkowski - Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Cycling Team
Przemysław Niemiec - Lampre-Merida
Maciej Paterski - CCC Polsat Polkowice
Michał Podlaski - ActiveJet Team
Paweł Poljański - Tinkoff-Saxo
Łukasz Wiśniowski – Etixx

ITT:
Maciej Bondar - Cannondale
Mateusz Taciak - CCC Polsat Polkowice
 
DirtyWorks

DirtyWorks

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HappyLoser said:
Poland looks ok for Kwiatkowski, he's got 2 team mates (Gołaś and Wiśniowski), Bodnar is Sagan's lieutenant and Poljański is Majka's dom.

RR:
Maciej Bodnar - Cannondale
Michał Gołaś - Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Cycling Team
Bartosz Huzarski - Team NetApp-Endura
Michał Kwiatkowski - Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Cycling Team
Przemysław Niemiec - Lampre-Merida
Maciej Paterski - CCC Polsat Polkowice
Michał Podlaski - ActiveJet Team
Paweł Poljański - Tinkoff-Saxo
Łukasz Wiśniowski – Etixx

ITT:
Maciej Bondar - Cannondale
Mateusz Taciak - CCC Polsat Polkowice
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yeah, but compared to the cycling rich countries, not much depth to make it to the final lap at the sharp end of a race with lots of climbing.

Maybe if Kwia plays his cards right he can be there for the final selection, sort of like a Sagan during the regular season.

What I love about this race on a tough circuit is so often the person winning is simply not watched as closely as others.
 
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jaylew

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France:

Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale)
Warren Barguil (Giant-Shimano)
Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ.fr)
Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling)
Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol)
Cyril Gautier (Europcar)
Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R-La Mondiale)
Kevin Reza (Europcar)
Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ.fr)

Chava and Coppel for the TT

So no Démare and Bouhanni drama. :(
 
Flamin

Flamin

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Der Effe said:
Dutch squad:

Dylan van Baarle (Garmin-Sharp)
Stef Clement (Belkin Pro Cycling)
Tom Dumoulin (Giant Shimano)
Wilco Kelderman (Belkin Pro Cycling)
Steven Kruijswijk (Belkin Pro Cycling)
Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling)
Wout Poels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
Tom-Jelte Slagter (Garmin-Sharp)
Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEDGE)
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Kelderman? Give the guy a break :eek: also Poels sucked hard in Vuelta. What's up with Langeveld?
 
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pablohidalgo7

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I'd have taken Langeveld at least, always good to have him. Terpstra... idk, don't think the rest of the team likes him that much. And not sure about his form. Same as Boom I guess?
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For me boom is the best dutch rider in a parcour like that, but he has renounced to take part in the worlds, and also in other races like tour of britain and the summer classics because he is very tired, it is a bit strange. Yes they should have taken langueveld and other kinds of allrounders domestiques and with more experience as tankink or something similar.
 
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May0maniac

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La squadra azzurra:

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)
Fabio Aru (Astana)
Giovanni Visconti (Movistar)
Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
Daniele Bennati (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale)
Damiano Caruso (Cannondale)
Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha)
Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing)

No surprises there I think? One helluva team to make the race hard.
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Yeah, i just don't know how useful Aru will be on a course like this, Cassani should have taken Pirazzi, he could make every race great to watch. A healthy Pozzovivo would have been even better.
 
ciranda

ciranda

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DirtyWorks said:
yeah, but compared to the cycling rich countries, not much depth to make it to the final lap at the sharp end of a race with lots of climbing.

Maybe if Kwia plays his cards right he can be there for the final selection, sort of like a Sagan during the regular season.

What I love about this race on a tough circuit is so often the person winning is simply not watched as closely as others.
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'cycling rich countries' what does that even mean?

It's easily one of the strongest lineups in the race. There's Belgium, Spain and then I can't see any other country that will be stronger. Maybe a little odd that Majka was selected though. But all these riders go well uphill and can make the race seriously hard for Kwiatkowski who is the only leader I guess.
 
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damian13ster

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ciranda said:
'cycling rich countries' what does that even mean?

It's easily one of the strongest lineups in the race. There's Belgium, Spain and then I can't see any other country that will be stronger. Maybe a little odd that Majka was selected though. But all these riders go well uphill and can make the race seriously hard for Kwiatkowski who is the only leader I guess.
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Majka wasn't selected. He finished his season in Colorado. Poljanski also has big amount of racedays on him but he did good in the States so might be in decent shape. Then there is Huzarski, Wisniowski (apparently similar kind of rider to Kwiatkowski) and of course Niemiec. They have to make race reallu hard to drop pure sprinters and Gerrans.
Kwiatkowski in shape vs Valverde in a sprint is 50-50 for me
 
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Bushman

Jun 3, 2012
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ciranda said:
'cycling rich countries' what does that even mean?

It's easily one of the strongest lineups in the race. There's Belgium, Spain and then I can't see any other country that will be stronger. Maybe a little odd that Majka was selected though. But all these riders go well uphill and can make the race seriously hard for Kwiatkowski who is the only leader I guess.
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Are you serious? Take a look at the French team. Netherlands are also stronger.
 
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el_angliru

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Danish RR squad:

Matti Breschel (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Michael Mørkøv (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Chris Anker Sørensen (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Nicki Sørensen (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Michael Valgren (Tinkoff-Saxo)
Christopher Juul-Jensen (Tinkoff-Saxo)
 
DFA123

DFA123

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The bookmakers don't think the hills will make much of a selection. The only riders with odds under 20/1 are Gerrans, Degenkolb, Sagan, Matthews, Kwiatowski and Cancellara.

I'm don't think Italy and Spain will have the organisation and ability to drop all of the above.
 
Akuryo

Akuryo

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Well, if the sprinters survive I would say Degenkolb wins it in front of Cancellara (like always :p ) and Sagan. If they can't hang on, it will be decided between Valverde, Kwiatkowski and Gerrans. Those are simply the fastest "non-sprinters". Out of that group Gerrans probably would take the win. :eek:
 
SKSemtex

SKSemtex

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DFA123 said:
The bookmakers don't think the hills will make much of a selection. The only riders with odds under 20/1 are Gerrans, Degenkolb, Sagan, Matthews, Kwiatowski and Cancellara.

I'm don't think Italy and Spain will have the organisation and ability to drop all of the above.
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It was the same before the Florence and we know the result.
 
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Pantani_lives

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I'm trying to decide which riders this course suits best. I usually have a rule that you need a kilometer of 7% to get rid of the strong sprinters. Now it turns out there's a kilometer of 6,5%. Will this be steep enough to drop fast guys like Degenkolb, Sagan, Gerrans?
 
DFA123

DFA123

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SKSemtex said:
It was the same before the Florence and we know the result.
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This is very true. Though I was surprised not to see at least Valverde in the mix. Also, if Degenkolb is there, then why not Bouhanni? I know Degenkolb is slightly better over hilly terrain, but Bouhanni proved at the Vuelta that he's no Kittel or Cavendish in that regard.

Edit: Also meant to say that the weather was arguably the biggest factor in Florence, chances are it will be dry in Ponferrada.
 
DFA123

DFA123

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Netserk said:
I think Degenkolb will be dropped, Sagan and Gerrans won't, but a small handful of riders could still escape away from a group containing those two.
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If Gerrans is there towards the end (and he most likely will be), I certainly hope that at least one rider like Sagan or Degenkolb will be there. Would make for a more interesting finale than Gerrans simply following whoever attacks before out-sprinting them for the line.
 
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Geraint Too Fast

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