38ème Tour du Méditerranéen 690K (Feb 09-13)

[DAOTEC]

38ème Tour du Méditerranéen 690K (Feb 09-13)

Web: [http://letourmed.fr]

Stages
09.02 | stage 1 | Maubec-Coustellet - Pertuis 120k
10.02 | stage 2 | Saint Cannat - Rousset 120k
11.02 | stage 3 | Carnoux-en-Provence - La Farlede 130k
12.02 | stage 4 | La Londe Les Maures - Biot 155k
13.02 | stage 5 | Biot - Toulon > Mont-Faron^^~9 % > 5.5k: [climbs/Mont-Faron.php] 165k

Line-Up Pro Teams (7):
Ag2r-La Mondiale (Nocentini), Movistar (Oyarzun), Team Sky (Possoni), Garmin-Cervelo (Le Mevel), Team Saxo Bank (L.Haedo), Katusha (Brutt) & Vacansoleil-DCM (v. Leijen).

Pro-Continental (7): Saur-Sojasun (Casper), EuropCar (Voeckler, Chavanel, Rolland), Cofidis (Duque), Francaise des Jeux (Roux), Bretagne-Schuller (Hardy), Skil-Shimano (Geniez) & Acqua e Sapone (Napolitano).

Continental (5):
BigMat-Auber 93, Roubaix-Lille Metropole, V.C La Pomme Marseille (Daniel Diaz), Endura Racing (Camaño) & Miche (Zaballa).

Starter-list: [startlists.com/11/Med.htm]

Honor Roll
2010 Rinaldo Nocentini (Fra)
2009 Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp)
2008 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
2007 Jose Ivan Gutiérrez (Spa)
2006 Cyril Dessel (Fra)
2005 Jens Voigt (Dui)
2004 Jörg Jaksche (Dui)
2003 Paolo Bettini (Ita)
2002 Michele Bartoli (ita)
2001 Davide Rebellin (Ita)
2000 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1999 Davide Rebellin (Ita)

Last Year 2010

Alejandro Valverde (Esp/Caisse d'Epargne) 14h:55m:17s
2. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita/AG2R) à 2s
3. Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz/Astana) à 5s
4. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned/Vacansoleil PCT) à 9s
5. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz/Astana) à 35s
6. Yannick Talabardon (Fra/Saur-Sojasun) à 1:13
7. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin/Française Des Jeux) à 1:18
8. Robert Gesink (Ned/Rabobank) à 2:11
9. Jean Marc Marino (Fra/Saur-Sojasun) à 2:13
10. Julien El Fares (Fra/Cofidis) à 2:18

Mont Faron

 

[kease7]

I shouldn't really care but it will be interesting to see how the Mecon does for Miche in this tour as he has been having some ok results in Italy.

 

[DAOTEC]

MoviStar changed it's bid:

Juan Mauricio Soler,
Carlos Oyarzun,
Francisco Pérez,
David López,
Ignatas Konovalovas,
Ángel Madrazo,
Enrique Sanz.

Lire la suite sur Velochrono.fr - http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2011/movistar-avec-soler-sur-le-tour-mediterraneen/#ixzz1DGlHRI4F

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Mallorca and the Tour Med are an adequate warm-up for season openers like the Volta ao Algarve. Med gives you some wind, some bumps and an MTF.

 

[roundabout]

I thought Algarve was a warm-up for Paris-Nice.

Good to see that Soler is riding here. If he doesn't fall he can make a good result.

Pinot to surprise.

 

[Ryaguas]

Yep Soler is going... I want to see the battle between Riccó and Soler in the last stage...

I'm expecting to see Duque taking at least 1 stage =D
Schumacher there too... cool =D

 

[Kvinto]

I hope this year's edition will not be damaged by the weather like it was last year. Med is interesting, really, I have not seen the profiles yet, but Mont Faron is there once more... It should be the great race, despite it's preparation status if only the weather would be fine.

 

[Anonymous]

I was going to start a thread for this, but with NO stage profiles available :/ and a lack of tv coverage, couldnt be bothered.

No idea who will win, there is one mountain top finish but what the rest of the stages are like god only knows. Possibly daily highlights available via fr3 online.

Stage 1 route map

 

[DAOTEC]

Cobra from Serramazoni

Vac-DCM press release: Riccardo Riccò 'No start' will be replaced by Frederik Veuchelen in this race.

 

[ingsve]

I was going to start a thread for this, but with NO stage profiles available :/ and a lack of tv coverage, couldnt be bothered.

No idea who will win, there is one mountain top finish but what the rest of the stages are like god only knows. Possibly daily highlights available via fr3 online.

According to the Team Sky website it seems most stages are a bit bumpy so there will be chances for attacking riders to win stages and get a good GC position going into Faron. Some stages will certainly be sprints but the question is if all sprinters survive all bumps.

 

[Anonymous]

According to the Team Sky website it seems most stages are a bit bumpy so there will be chances for attacking riders to win stages and get a good GC position going into Faron. Some stages will certainly be sprints but the question is if all sprinters survive all bumps.

I started doing them in bikeroute to get profiles but the routes are so damn windy i got bored. First stage is certainly lumpy. Completely frustrating theyve posted no profiles. Riders have them in the pack. And the local press over there puts the profiles in the paper the day AFTER the race in the roundups. V. annoying.

 

[DAOTEC]

BIB > Wed/Feb 9 | stage 1: Maubec-Coustellet-Pertuis 120k


SKY SKY PRO CYCLING GBR
1 APPOLLONIO Davide
2 KNEES Christian
3 BARRY Michael
4 CUMMINGS Stephen
5 CARLSTROM Kjell
6 PAUWELS Serge
7 POSSONI Morris
8 ZANDIO Xabier

ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE FRA
11 NOCENTINI Rinaldo
12 BONNAFOND Guillaume
14 GODDAERT Kristof
15 LELAY David
16 LOUBET Julien
17 MONTAGUTI Matteo
18 PERAUD Jean Christophe
19 BERARD Julien

EUC TEAM EUROPCAR FRA
21 VOEKLER Thomas
22 BOUYER Franck
25 CLAUDE Mathieu
26 ROLLAND Pierre FR
27 TURGOT Sebastien
28 JEROME Vincent
29 GAUDIN Damien

COF COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN FRA
31 DUQUE Leonardo
32 BAGOT Johann
33 BUFFAZ Mickael
34 EDET Nicolas
35 EL FARES Julien
36 MATE MARDONES Luis
37 MONCOUTIE David
38 MONIER Damien

SAX SAXO BANK SUNGARD DAN
41 TANNER David
42 DIDIER Laurent
43 KOSTERGAARG Kasper
44 SORENSEN Nicki
45 NUYENS Nick
46 HAEDO Sebastian
47 CRISTENSEN Mads
48 MARYCZ Jaroslaw

FDJ LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX FRA
51 BONNAIRE Olivier
52 DELAGE Michael
53 GERARD Arnaud
54 HUTAROVICH Yauheni
55 PAURIOL Remi
56 PINOT Thibault
57 ROUX Anthony
58 SOUPE Geoffrey

KAT KATUSHA TEAM
61 GUSEV Vladimir
62 ARGUELYES Arkimedes
63 BRUTT Pavel
64 MIRONOV Alexander
65 PLIUSCHIN Alexandr
66 PORSEV Alexander
67 TROFIMOV Yuriy
68 ISAYCHEV Vladimir

GRM TEAM GARMIN CERVELO USA
71 KREDER Michel
72 LE MEVEL Christophe
74 MARTIN Dan
75 PETERSON Tom
78 STETINA Peter
79 LANCASTER Brett
80 MAIT Wilson

ASA ACQUA & SAPONE ITA
81 PRONI Alexendro
82 CIAVATTA Paolo
83 SARMIENTO TUNARROSA José
84 DONATI Alessandro
85 TABORR Fabio
86 MARZOLI Ruggero
87 MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir
88 NAPOLITANO Danilo

EDR ENDURA RACING GBR
91 MANDRI René
92 CAMAÑO Iker
93 BLAIN Alexandre
94 BAUER Jack
95 PARTRIDGE Robert
96 VOS Paul
97 DE JONGE Maarten
98 MOSS James

BSC BRETAGNE SCHULLER FRA
101 CALZATI Sylvain
102 BIDEAU J MARC
103 HARDY Romain
104 PICHON Laurent
105 DELPECH Jluc
106 GUILLOU Florian
107 MALACARNE Gael
108 VACHON Florian
110 BERTHOU Eric

SKS SKIL-SHIMANO NED
111 GENIEZ Alexandre
112 SPRICK Matthieu
113 HUGUET Yann
114 CURVERS R
115 HUPOND Thierry
116 DE BACKER Bert
117 HAN FENG

MIE MICHE ITA
122 MUTO Pasquale
123 ZABALLA Coustantino5
125 PINIZZOTTO Leonardo I
126 CESARO Roberto
127 DI SALVO Giuseppe
128 RANDAZZO Gianluca
129 ORTO Pietro
130 SZCZAWINSKI Krysztof

GCE MOVISTAR ESP
131 SOLER Mauricio
132 SANZ UNZUE Enrique
133 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
134 LOPEZ David
135 PEREZ Francisco
136 OYARZUN Carlos Ivan
137 IRIARTE Francisco javier
138 MADRAZO Angel

VAC VACANSOLEIL DCM PRO TNEEADM
141 FEILLU Romain
142 KEIZER Martijn
143 MOURIS Jens
144 ANZA Santo
145 POELS Wout
146 VEUCHELEN Frederik
147 RUYGH Rob
148 VAN LEIJEN Joost

LPM V.C LA POMME MARSEILLE FRA
151 ANTOMARCHI Julien
152 CAUQUIL Yohann
153 GONZALO Eduardo
155 GIRAUD Benjamin
156 VAUBOURZEIX Thomas
157 DIAZ Daniel
158 JULES Justin
159 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas

SOJ SAUR-SOJASUN FRA
161 CASPER Jimmy
162 GALLAND Jérémie
163 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice
164 JOLY Sébastien
165 MANGEL Laurent
166 MARTIAS Rony
167 TALABARDON Yannick
168 TURPIN Ludovic

AUB BIGMAT AUBER 93 FRA
171 BACQUET Fabien
172 FAUCON Guillaume
173 GEORGES Sylvain
174 LE BOULCH Dimitri
177 RACAULT Ronan
178 THIRE Jonathan
179 BACON Romain
180 DASSONVILLE Flavien

RLM ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE
181 BONNET Nicolas
182 COLIN Anthony
183 DESRIAC Loïc
184 FLAHAUT Denis
185 GUAY Julien 09
186 LALOUETTE Kevin
187 KNEISKY Morgan
188 TRONET Steven
.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

According to the Team Sky website it seems most stages are a bit bumpy so there will be chances for attacking riders to win stages and get a good GC position going into Faron. Some stages will certainly be sprints but the question is if all sprinters survive all bumps.

I'd be careful with the team sky previews - last year they repeatedly talked up 100m climbs like they were going to decide GCs

 

[WillyWoet]

TV coverage/streams`??

Any streams going for the Tour Med???

 

[Anonymous]

Any streams going for the Tour Med???

Nope, there wont be either. Its got brief highlights nightly on Fr3 (south of france regional, not national) - like 1m30s each night. If I can find last years Fr3 news stream they will be youtubed, if not, im pretty sure worldcyclingchannel will be youtubing them also.

 

[The Hitch]

Vamos Nocentini

 

[lucybears]

Team Sky
1. APPOLLONIO Davide
2. AUGUSTYN John-Lee
3. BARRY Michael
4. CUMMINGS Stephen
5. CARLSTROM Kjell
6. PAUWELS Serge
7. POSSONI Morris
8. ZANDIO Xabier

AG2R La Mondiale
11. NOCENTINI Rinaldo
12. BONNAFOND Guillaume
13. BERARD Julien
14. GODDAERT Kristof
15. LELAY David
16. LOUBET Julien
17. MONTAGUTI Matteo
18. PERAUD Jean-Christophe

Europcar
21. VOECKLER Thomas
22. BOUYER Franck
23. ROLLAND Pierre
24. CHAVANEL Sébastien
25. CLAUDE Mathieu
26. GENE Yohann
27. JEROME Vincent
28. LE FLOCH Guillaume

Cofidis
31. DUQUE Leonardo
32. BAGOT Johann
33. BUFFAZ Mickael
34. EDET Nicolas
35. EL FARES Julien
36. MATE Luis
37. MONCOUTIE David
38. MONIER Damien

Saxo Bank
41. TANNER David
42. CHRISTENSEN Mads
43. LARSSON Gustav
44. SORENSEN Nicki
45. NUYENS Nick
46. HAEDO Lucas Sebastian
47. KLOSTERGAARD Kasper
48. MARYCZ Jaroslaw

FDJ
51. VAUGRENARD Benoît
52. COURTEILLE Arnaud
53. GERARD Arnaud
54. HUTAROVICH Yauheni
55. PAURIOL Remi
56. PINOT Thibault
57. ROUX Anthony
58. SOUPE Geoffrey

Katusha
61. GUSEV Vladimir
62. ARGUELYES Arkimedes
63. BRUTT Pavel
64. MIRONOV Alexander
65. PLIUSCHIN Alexandr
66. PORSEV Alexander
67. TROFIMOV Yuriy
68. ISAYCHEV Vladimir

Garmin-Cervélo
71. KREDER Michel
72. LE MEVEL Christophe
73. LLOYD Daniel
74. MARTIN Daniel
75. PETERSON Tom
76. NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
77. RASCH Gabriel
78. STETINA Peter

Acqua & Sapone
81. BETANCOUR Carlos
82. CIAVATTA Paolo
83. CODOL Massimo
84. DONATI Alessandro
85. GARZELLI Stefano
86. MARZOLI Ruggero
87. MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir
88. NAPOLITANO Danilo

Endura Racing
91. MANDRI René
92. CAMANO Iker
93. BLAIN Alexandre
94. BAUER Jack
95. PARTRIDGE Robert
96. WETTERHALL Alexander
97. DE JONGE Maarten
98. WILKINSON Ian

Bretagne-Schuller
101. CALZATI Sylvain
102. BLOT Guillaume
103. HARDY Romain
104. PICHON Laurent
105. BONSERGENT Stéphane
106. GUILLOU Florian
107. MALACARNE Gaël
108. VACHON Florian

Skil-Shimano
111. GENIEZ Alexandre
112. SPRICK Matthieu
113. HUGUET Yann
114. BONNIN Thomas
115. GESCHKE Simon
116. REIMER Martin
117. DE KORT Koen
118. DOCKER Mitchell

Miche
121. SCHUMACHER Stefan
122. MUTO Pasquale
123. ZAGORODNIY Volodymyr
124. ROCCHETTI Leopoldo
125. PINIZZOTTO Leonardo
126. CESARO Roberto
127. DI SALVO Giuseppe
128. RANDAZZO Gianluca

Movistar
131. GUTIERREZ José Ivan
132. INTXAUSTI Benat
133. KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
134. LOPEZ David
135. PEREZ Francisco
136. PLAZA Ruben
137. ROJAS José Joaquin
138. TONDO Xavier

Vacansoleil
141. FEILLU Romain
142. KEIZER Martijn
143. MOURIS Jens
144. ANZA Santo
145. POELS Wout
146. VEUCHELEN Frederik
147. RUYGH Rob
148. VAN LEIJEN Joost

La Pomme Marseille
151. ANTOMARCHI Julien
152. CAUQUEL Yohann
153. TARRIDE Grégoire
154. SKUJINS Toms
155. GIRAUD Benjamin
156. VAUBOURZEIX Thomas
157. DIAZ Daniel
158. JULES Justin

Saur-Sojasun
161. CASPER Jimmy
162. GALLAND Jeremie
163. JEANDESBOZ Fabrice
164. JOLY Sébastien
165. MANGEL Laurent
166. MARTIAS Rony
167. TALABARDON Yannick
168. TURPIN Ludovic

Big Mat – Auber 93
171. BACQUET Fabien
172. FAUCON Guillaume
173. GEORGES Sylvain
174. LE BOULCH Dimitri
175. MEDEREL Maxime
176. MOLMY Arnaud
177. RACAULT Ronan
178. THIRE Jonathan

Roubaix – Lille Métropole
181. BONNET Nicolas
182. COLIN Anthony
183. DESRIAC Loïc
184. FLAHAUT Denis
185. GUAY Julien
186. LALOUETTE Kevin
187. KNEISKY Morgan
188. TRONET Steven

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wouldn't rely on it...for instance
52. COURTEILLE Arnaud
http://www.equipecyclistefdj.fr/actualites/arnaud-courteille-ne-sera-pas-opere-107.html
and is 77. RASCH Gabriel commuting from Qatar?

 

[Anonymous]

wouldn't rely on it...for instance
52. COURTEILLE Arnaud
http://www.equipecyclistefdj.fr/actualites/arnaud-courteille-ne-sera-pas-opere-107.html
and is 77. RASCH Gabriel commuting from Qatar?

always more reliable to link to a startlist like this than physically posting it in a thread. They always change

 

[Roland Rat]

Great to see Dave Clarke in the Endura squad, I'm of the opinion that he's much more suited to being a continental pro than UK-based. I actually thought Sky should have picked him up as a domestique - the man's an endurance monster. Stick him on the front and leave him there, Yates mark II.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

hopefully van leijen and poels can have a decent ride.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

does anyone know if betancourt starts or not??

 

[Lupetto]

does anyone know if betancourt starts or not??

No start for him.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=35433

 

[will10]

Great to see Dave Clarke in the Endura squad, I'm of the opinion that he's much more suited to being a continental pro than UK-based. I actually thought Sky should have picked him up as a domestique - the man's an endurance monster. Stick him on the front and leave him there, Yates mark II.

I live near Dave and am quite friendly with him, often one to talk down his training but is no stranger to regular 7-8 hour rides. I believe he's had a shot on the continent before but didn't quite come up with the goods? Hope things are different this season, Endura have a great race program. As you say he probably more suited to continental races rather than 2 crits a week as last season

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Profiles here

Some basic stage profiles are here:

http://letourmed.fr/archives/roadbook_2011.pdf.zip

starting on page 8 of the zipped pdf.

 

[DAOTEC]

Stage profiles and roadbook here: [http://letourmed.fr/archives/roadbook_2011.pdf.zip]