2015 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey(2.HC), 26/04-03/05

[Ruudz0r]

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Stage 1
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Stage 2
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Stage 3
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Stage 4
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Stage 5
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Stage 6
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Stage 7
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Stage 8
No profile – but is flat

 

[Ruudz0r]

Astana Pro Team: Lopez, Agnoli, Guardini
Bretagne – Seche Enivronnement: Sepulveda, Hutarovich
Tinkoff – Saxo: Beltran, Trusov, Kolar
Torku Sekerspor: Marczynski, Seeldraeyers
Caja Rural – Seguros RGA: Barbero
Team Novo Nordisk: Megias
Etixx – Quick Step: Cavendish, Boonen
Lampre – Merida: Durasek, Modolo
UnitedHealthCare: Ratto
Lotto Soudal: Greipel
Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise: Wallays
Orica GreenEDGE: Meyer, Ewan, Cort
Androni Giocattoli: Chicchi, Appollonio
Bardiani CSF Pro Team: Barbin, Colbrelli, Ruffoni
CCC Sprandi Polkowice: Rebellin
Team Colombia: Cano
MTN – Qhubeka: Berhane, Bos, Sbaragli
Southeast: Belletti, Mareczko, Petacchi
Wanty – Groupe Gobert: Jans
Nippo – Vini Fantini: Colli, Grosu, Marini
Drapa Professional Cycling: Brown

Top 10 2014
1. Adam Yates
2. Rein Taaramae +0:05
3. Romain Hardy +0:39
4. Davide Formolo +0:40
5. Davide Rebellin +0:44
6. Juan Jose Cobo +0:45
7. Kristjian Durasek +0:45
8. Luis Leon Sanchez +0:51
9. Adam Hansen+0:58
10. Enrico Barbin+1:04


2015 GC Favourites
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*Lopez might have some knee troubles

 

[DFA123]

Stage 5 in particular looks great. With a profile like that a rider could make a realistic winning break 100km from the finish!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: 2015 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey(2.HC), 26/04-03

Not a lot of firepower here. Berhane vs Seeldraeyers vs Rebellin.

 

[greenedge]

Sepulveda and Lopez to also challenge FTW.

 

[Velolover2]

De Gendt to win stage 1 and overall from a far-out attack.

 

[DBotero]

Re: 2015 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey(2.HC), 26/04-03

Grosu ready to fight out with Cav,Mr.Langkawi,Ewan for a stage win.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nice line up of sprinters: Greipel, Guardini, Ewan, Hooters, Cav, Modolo and

but lets not forget Sonny.

 

[jaylew]

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Nice line up of sprinters: Greipel, Guardini, Ewan, Hooters, Cav, Modolo and

but lets not forget Sonny.

OK, I'll bite. Is it Chicchi? Bos? Boonen? Damn, there are a bunch of sprinters in this race.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

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Nice line up of sprinters: Greipel, Guardini, Ewan, Hooters, Cav, Modolo and

but lets not forget Sonny.

OK, I'll bite. Is it Chicchi? Bos? Boonen? Damn, there are a bunch of sprinters in this race.

Forty clicks minimum. None of the above qualify.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Re: 2015 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey(2.HC), 26/04-03

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yep the restriction on pic sizes isn't good.

Stage 1:

Bizz end:

All jpegs shamelessly lifted from http://06.live-radsport.ch/

 

[markene2]

One of my favorite races of the year, always a blast and a charm to watch live!

 

[Jagartrott]

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Nice line up of sprinters: Greipel, Guardini, Ewan, Hooters, Cav, Modolo and

but lets not forget Sonny.

Looks a bit like Horner, but he's not a sprinter and not participating.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Re:

Nice line up of sprinters: Greipel, Guardini, Ewan, Hooters, Cav, Modolo and

but lets not forget Sonny.

OK, I'll bite. Is it Chicchi? Bos? Boonen? Damn, there are a bunch of sprinters in this race.

Petacchi I guess.

 

[rainman]

Just looking at a slow motion shot, no wait its real time.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Asthma-Jet > Bos or Chicchi though.

 

[rainman]

Cav!

 

[goggalor]

Perfect sprint by QS and Cav. Very nice by Ewan also. Bit of a miracle that there was no crash, especially sketchy around where Ewan was at 400-500 m to go.

 

[Happy dude]

That's was the most relaxed winning sprint I've ever seen

 

[argyllflyer]

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One of my favorite races of the year, always a blast and a charm to watch live!

Likewise, a visual treast and usually some great action

 

[DBotero]

Re: 2015 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey(2.HC), 26/04-03

No surprise today,Etixx too strong,good performance for Ewan.Interesting tactics from Lotto,they managed to isolate Greipel perfectly.

 

[Happy dude]

Why does greipel always sit in the middle of his train. I never got that

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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Why does greipel always sit in the middle of his train. I never got that

Greipel's burst is limited, he's more a guy who has great top end speed but needs to build up the speed to it, he doesn't explode into his sprint. Therefore having a guy tailing him makes it harder for riders who do have that burst to get around him. He never used to need that racing the 2nd tier events for HTC, as a) their train was too strong for the opposition and b) he was a better sprinter than most of those he was competing against. But now he has to compete against the best regularly, it's probably something they've tried out to help him out, since he's always been quite good at putting in just about the best sprint but from a bad position as he has a tendency to let himself get boxed in.

 

[Happy dude]

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Why does greipel always sit in the middle of his train. I never got that

Greipel's burst is limited, he's more a guy who has great top end speed but needs to build up the speed to it, he doesn't explode into his sprint. Therefore having a guy tailing him makes it harder for riders who do have that burst to get around him. He never used to need that racing the 2nd tier events for HTC, as a) their train was too strong for the opposition and b) he was a better sprinter than most of those he was competing against. But now he has to compete against the best regularly, it's probably something they've tried out to help him out, since he's always been quite good at putting in just about the best sprint but from a bad position as he has a tendency to let himself get boxed in.

So why have 3 riders behind him? Surely he only needs 1. A bit like kittel with Veelers. Because surely sitting 4th wheel all day saps energy

 

[Pricey_sky]

Just caught up on highlights, a chaotic leadout with no team taking control until Etixx got Boonen, Renshaw and Cav clear with 600m to go. Nice win for Cavendish.