2015 Tour de France Start List

[Velolover2]

But I agree with Gigs_98. Kittel stages shouldn't even exist.

 

[b.broadhurst]

Team Sky's squad will be announced on Monday.

 

[mihhint]

Interested in who Astana decides to cut. They have 10 names who all supposed to be locks.

 

[nuvolablu]

Re:

Interested in who Astana decides to cut. They have 10 names who all supposed to be locks.

I was wondering the same. In the last article from Passo San Pellegrino (http://tribunatreviso.gelocal.it/sport/2015/06/24/news/io-nibali-ed-il-tour-slongo-fa-il-punto-sulla-sfida-bis-di-luglio-1.11672803) Slongo says Scarponi, Westra, Kangert, Grudvez, Taaramae are training with Nibali while other two sure of a place are Vanotti and Grivko who are now resting after Baku.

He's forgetting one name but it seems one of Fuglsang/Boom is out

 

[neineinei]

Re: Re:

Katusha is finalized on procyclingstats.
Rodriguez
Kristoff
Losada
Caruso
Paolini
Kozontchuk
Haller
Guarnieri

Why isn't Moreno there?

It has already been discussed a bit in this thread two pages back
To me it seems like Kristoff and Purito more or less could handpick three helpers each. At least Alex said to the Norwegain media a month ago that he wanted Haller, Paolini and Guanieri and he got all three. Kozuntchuk is a proven man to do the dogs work on the early part of most stages, and Machado might have been chosen ahead of Moreno for the TTT?

Link? If so, it's kinda strange that he would pick Machado over Moreno.

Rumour is Moreno is leaving Katusha, so they won't pick him for the big races, or something. Moreno sent out some angry tweets about it before Katusha announced the TdF team.

 

[mihhint]

Re: Re:

Interested in who Astana decides to cut. They have 10 names who all supposed to be locks.

I was wondering the same. In the last article from Passo San Pellegrino (http://tribunatreviso.gelocal.it/sport/2015/06/24/news/io-nibali-ed-il-tour-slongo-fa-il-punto-sulla-sfida-bis-di-luglio-1.11672803) Slongo says Scarponi, Westra, Kangert, Grudvez, Taaramae are training with Nibali while other two sure of a place are Vanotti and Grivko who are now resting after Baku.

He's forgetting one name but it seems one of Fuglsang/Boom is out

Yes, seems like they set up a 10 member team expecting some casualty on the way. But everyone is still healthy, all of them were 'supposed' to go, and they don't know among themselves yet who's the one that gets cut. I wonder if it could be Kangert though, just because he the only one of them who did Giro already this year.

 

[BigMac]

Don't know if Giant's lineup has been shared already.

Warren Barguil
Roy Curvers
John Degenkolb
Tom Dumoulin
Simon Geschke
Koen de Kort
Georg Preidler
Ramon Sinkeldam
Albert Timmer

 

[Happy dude]

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For Etixx its likely:
Cavendish
Kwiatkowski
Martin
Renshaw
Trentin
Stybar
Golas
Alaphillipe
Wisniowski/Sabatini

Well. I got 7.

Cavendish
Kwiatkowski
Martin
Renshaw
Trentin
Stybar
Golas
Vermote
Uran

That's a hell of a train

 

[pastronef]

Cannondale's Alex Howes will not race the Tour, he's been ill
he'll prepare for Utah-Colorado-Worlds

 

[Anderis]

Cannondale's Alex Howes will not race the Tour, he's been ill
he'll prepare for Utah-Colorado-Worlds

Don't think he would have made it to the roster anyway. It's his worst season since he joined WT.

I guess it's between: Talansky, Hesjedal, Martin, Cardoso, Ben King, Haas, Bauer, Langeveld, Van Baarle, Navardauskas and Koren. Maybe Moser, but I doubt.

Would like to see more climbers since it's likely they won't be focused on protecting one guy on flat/hilly stages and they won't have a pure sprinter also. But Howes and Danielson are already confirmed to skip. Dombrowski is supposed to ride Vuelta. Formolo no way he is doing Giro-Tour at this young age. The same goes with Brown. Acevedo has been woeful this season. And Slagter seems not to be doing his 2nd GT this year also.

 

[Gigs_98]

moreno will ride the österreich rundfahrt instead of the tour, thats bitter for him
btw, I read that in an austrian internet article, where they wrote that moreno will be the captain of team KATJUSCHA in austria

 

[fungusbear]

Anyone else suprised that Alaphilippe is not going? Also what kind of form do you think Uran will come in? Good enough to challenge top 10 (or even top 5)?

 

[Happy dude]

Anyone else suprised that Alaphilippe is not going? Also what kind of form do you think Uran will come in? Good enough to challenge top 10 (or even top 5)?

He's not going for GC. Just a stage. And in the mean time he can drive the train for a few hundred metres before the Panzewagen takes over

 

[Põhja Konn]

Astana:
Nibali
Kangert
Taaramäe
Grivko
Boom
Gruzdev
Fuglsang
Scarponi
Westra
Revealed by Taaramäe on his Facebook page.

 

[BigMac]

Re:

Astana:
Nibali
Kangert
Taaramäe
Grivko
Boom
Gruzdev
Fuglsang
Scarponi
Westra
Revealed by Taaramäe on his Facebook page.

Beast team.

 

[b.broadhurst]

Re:

Astana:
Nibali
Kangert
Taaramäe
Grivko
Boom
Gruzdev
Fuglsang
Scarponi
Westra
Revealed by Taaramäe on his Facebook page.

Mighty strong team. Taaramae and Boom in for Iglinsky and Vanotti from last year.

 

[del1962]

No Kittel?
Okay this will be the best gt ever . Seriously I am normally never happy when someone can't race somewhere but Kittel is just the most unspectacular racer ever

Ever seen Gerrans Simon?

Still 100 times better than Kittel. And not as big a wheelsucker.

Kittel is not really a wheelsucker though, he doesn't get into breaks and refuse to work, he relies on his team and when fit is power wise the fastest sprinter in the peloton.

 

[Vasilis]

No Kittel?
Okay this will be the best gt ever . Seriously I am normally never happy when someone can't race somewhere but Kittel is just the most unspectacular racer ever

Ever seen Gerrans Simon?

Still 100 times better than Kittel. And not as big a wheelsucker.

Kittel is not really a wheelsucker though, he doesn't get into breaks and refuse to work, he relies on his team and when fit is power wise the fastest sprinter in the peloton.

Well his team usually hardly work and they tend whine when other teams do leave it up to them. Etixx always ride regardless and they never complain.

 

[Happy dude]

No Kittel?
Okay this will be the best gt ever . Seriously I am normally never happy when someone can't race somewhere but Kittel is just the most unspectacular racer ever

Ever seen Gerrans Simon?

Still 100 times better than Kittel. And not as big a wheelsucker.

Kittel is not really a wheelsucker though, he doesn't get into breaks and refuse to work, he relies on his team and when fit is power wise the fastest sprinter in the peloton.

Well his team usually hardly work and they tend whine when other teams do leave it up to them. Etixx always ride regardless and they never complain.

They do do little work for how good kittel is. And Etixx definitely do the most. But they do complain. Cavendish complains... A LOT

 

[rm7]

Is there a deadline for team selection?

 

[Vasilis]

Still 100 times better than Kittel. And not as big a wheelsucker.

Kittel is not really a wheelsucker though, he doesn't get into breaks and refuse to work, he relies on his team and when fit is power wise the fastest sprinter in the peloton.

Well his team usually hardly work and they tend whine when other teams do leave it up to them. Etixx always ride regardless and they never complain.

They do do little work for how good kittel is. And Etixx definitely do the most. But they do complain. Cavendish complains... A LOT[/quote]

Mainly when he loses. And after his team worked day after day. Giant cry it's unfair after one day. At least that's my observation.

 

[Happy dude]

Still 100 times better than Kittel. And not as big a wheelsucker.

Kittel is not really a wheelsucker though, he doesn't get into breaks and refuse to work, he relies on his team and when fit is power wise the fastest sprinter in the peloton.

Well his team usually hardly work and they tend whine when other teams do leave it up to them. Etixx always ride regardless and they never complain.

They do do little work for how good kittel is. And Etixx definitely do the most. But they do complain. Cavendish complains... A LOT

Mainly when he loses. And after his team worked day after day. Giant cry it's unfair after one day. At least that's my observation.[/quote]
Maybe giant should watch HTC 2009-2011 and then say its unfair

 

[Gubby Allen]

Anyone else suprised that Alaphilippe is not going? Also what kind of form do you think Uran will come in? Good enough to challenge top 10 (or even top 5)?

I'm very surprised, that he has not been picked. Will be interesting if he wins the national jersey over the weekend.

 

[May0maniac]

Cannondale's Alex Howes will not race the Tour, he's been ill
he'll prepare for Utah-Colorado-Worlds

Don't think he would have made it to the roster anyway. It's his worst season since he joined WT.

I guess it's between: Talansky, Hesjedal, Martin, Cardoso, Ben King, Haas, Bauer, Langeveld, Van Baarle, Navardauskas and Koren. Maybe Moser, but I doubt.

Would like to see more climbers since it's likely they won't be focused on protecting one guy on flat/hilly stages and they won't have a pure sprinter also. But Howes and Danielson are already confirmed to skip. Dombrowski is supposed to ride Vuelta. Formolo no way he is doing Giro-Tour at this young age. The same goes with Brown. Acevedo has been woeful this season. And Slagter seems not to be doing his 2nd GT this year also.

Moser will ride the Österreichrundfahrt, he said that in an interview a few days ago.

 

[Anderis]

Moser will ride the Österreichrundfahrt, he said that in an interview a few days ago.

Ok. So I will be really surprised if the final 9 is not all between 11 other names I mentioned.