60th Vuelta a Colombia 2010 Milestone - Aug 1st - 15th

[Ryo Hazuki]

Decided that if the tour of Poland deserved a sticky, this one deserved a sticky.

But can anyone give me some names to sollow in the following days, those that are likely to do well at a certain stage and those that are favourites for the overall win?

I give you the startlists with riders to keep in mind, especially for gc.

perhaps you can check of their results on http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurs.php to give you an indication.

LOTERIA DE BOYACA
1 VEN 19820218 RUJANO,Jose
2 COL19751204 RINCON,Daniel
3 VEN 19760714 MEDINA,Manuel
4 COL19810309 NEISA,Mauricio
5 VEN19880612 ALARCON,Jose huge talent from venezuela
6 COL 19740904 FONSECA,Graciano
7 VEN 19880731 CAMARGO,Jonathan
8 COL19840112 VALERO,Aldo
9 VEN 19761019 VASQUEZ,Noel
10 COL19810306 FONSECA,Edgar
DT: HERNAN ALEMAN

EPM-UNE
11 COL 19801022 ORTEGA,Mauricio
12 COL 19810409 BAEZ,Giovanni
13 COL 19791113 GONZALEZ,Javier
14 COL 19840828 INFANTINO,Rafael
15 COL 19800812 ORTIZ,Stiber
16 COL 19820604 PIAMONTE,Fredy
17 COL 19850530 SUAREZ,Juan Pablo
18 COL 19800513 COLORADO,Francisco
19 COL 19861029 CASTAÑEDA,Jaime
20 COL 19751105 MARTINEZ,Jorge
DT:RAUL MESA OROZCO

NECTAR DE C/MARCA-COLDEPORTES-PINTU BLER
21 COL 19691215 CASTELBLANCO,Jose
22 COL 19780618 GONZALEZ,Freddy 2x winner of kom in the giro
23 COL 19820404 MONTENEGRO,Fabio
24 COL19740521 GONZALEZ,Victor Hugo
25 COL 19851019 QUINTERO,Diego
26 COL 19850808 MARENTES,Wilson
27 COL 19831001 CALDERON,Diego
28 COL 19840616 GOMEZ,Alvaro
29 COL 19810524 ROA,Alexander
30 COL 19820126 BALSERO,Giovanni
DT: RAUL GOMEZ

IND ANT-IDEA-FLA-LOT DE MEDELLIN
31 ESP 19760929 SEVILLA,Oscar
32 COL 19871210 HENAO,Sergio Luis arguably the greatest climbing talent ever from colombia and highest paid rider at age 22!
33 COL 19810424 LOPEZ,Juan Carlos
34 COL 19851206 ACEVEDO,Jannier
35 COL 19830619 ATEHORTUA,Julian
36 COL 19810628 MONTIEL,Rafael
37 COL 19820102 RODAS,Julian
38 COL 19741109 PARRA,John Freddy
39 COL 19810815 RAMIREZ CALDERON,Alejandro
40 COL 19891013 BETANCOURT,Carlos SB winner of baby giro this year
DT: RAFAEL ANTONIO NIÑO

BOYACA ORGULLO DE AMERICA
41 COL 19821123 MONTAÑA,Freddy
42 COL 19771217 CAMARGO,Fernando
43 COL 19730118 LADINO,Gregorio look up his list of wins, it's sickening
44 COL 19640826 OCHOA,Israel 46!!
45 COL 19840708 PARRA,Edwin
46 COL 19800612 CASAS,Mauricio
47 COL 19870321 TORRES,Rodolfo
48 COL 19710602 MESA,Uberlino
49 COL 19890729 RODRIGUEZ,Michael
50 COL 19820120 MATTA,Emiro
DT: ANGEL YESID CAMARGO

GW SHIMANO-CHEC-EDEC-ENVIA
51 COL 19731124 CARDENAS,Felix
52 COL 19751015 PARRA,Ivan
53 COL 19760110 PEREZ,Marlon
54 COL 19871015 VILLEGAS,Juan Pablo
55 COL 19841005 GOMEZ,Camilo
56 COL 19870612 VEGARA,Jaime
57 COL 19830720 GARCIA,Juan Alejandro
58 COL 19800210 CHACON,Geovanny
59 COL 19820717 OROZCO,Edwin
60 COL 19860925 SUAZA,Jaime
DT: LUIS ALFONSO CELY

COL ES PASION CAFÉ DE COLOMBIA 472
61 COL 19860611 DUARTE,Fabio
62 COL 19790606 LAVERDE,Luis Felipe
63 COL 19830313 CANO,Alex
64 COL 19880115 ATAPUMA,Darwin
65 COL 19830803 FORERO,Juan Pablo
66 COL 19740710 PEÑA,Victor Hugo
67 COL 19830513 MARTINEZ,John
68 COL 19840308 CHALAPUD,Robinson
69 COL 19851009 OSPINA,Dalivier
70 COL 19840420 MUÑOZ,William
DT: LUIS FERNANDO SALDARRIAGA

EMPRESA DE ENERGIA DE BOYACA EBSA
71 COL 19680926 NIÑO,Libardo 41
72 BOL 19850530 SOLIS,Oscar absolute climbingsensation from bolivia
73 COL 19730604 NIÑO,Victor
74 COL 19800902 CEPEDA,Wilson
75 COL 19730324 PEREZ,Jairo
76 COL 19800530 OJEDA,Santiago
77 COL 19710125 NIÑO,Miguel
78 COL 19861108 PEREZ,Jair
79 COL 19900620 CAMACHO,Alexis SUB
DT: CARLOS MARIO JARAMILLO

SUPER GIROS
81 COL 19710727 RAMIREZ CALDERON,Juan Diego
82 COL 19730213 GUTIERREZ,Hebert
83 COL 19791101 GONZALEZ,Alexander
84 COL 19830323 ALZATE,Carlos
85 COL 19811707 MONTOYA,Alvaro
86 COL 19730506 BERNAL,Nestor
87 COL 19710614 ZAPATA,Argiro
88 COL 19841106 VARGAS,Jefferson
89 COL 19830720 SANCHEZ,Edwin
90 COL 19820120 CARDENAS,Armando
DT: WILLIAM PALACIO

FUERZAS ARMADAS-EJERCITO NACIONAL
91 COL 19831116 BUSTAMANTE,Willinton
92 COL 19830515 RODRIGUEZ,Leonardo
93 COL 19890327 LOPEZ,Wilson
94 COL 19830429 RUBIO,Deivis
95 COL 19840921 RAMIREZ,Gustavo
96 COL 19870201 GOMEZ,Jorge
97 COL 19860424 AGUDELO,Jairo
98 COL 19870902 VELANDIA,Richard
DT: JOSE JAIME GONZALEZ

IMRD COTA-FLEJES BONELO
101 COL 19820427 CABRERA,Samuel
102 COL 19831115 BALSERO,Daniel
103 COL 19791217 RODRIGUEZ,Gerardo
104 COL 19860527 ROMERO,Jose David
105 COL19840311 PANTANO,Andres
106 COL 19730125 LANCHEROS,Edwin
107 COL 19851023 GALVIS,Felipe
108 COL 19720916 SANCHEZ,Yerson
109 COL 19820901 ALFONSO,Ricardo
110 COL 19650611 PAEZ,Fabio
DT: JOSE BONELO

FORMESAN-PANACHI-INDER SANTANDER
111 COL 19670318 BUENAHORA,Hernan 43/47
112 COL 19840905 SERNA,Alejandro
113 COL 19681228 HERRERA,Elder 41
114 COL 19820517 DUARTE,Jorge
115 COL 19720101 CAPACHO,Olmedo
116 COL 19801120 ZAMBRANO,Wilson
117 COL 19880505 ARGUELLO,Lorenzo SB
118 COL 19831223 ROJAS,Alexander
119 COL19830916 JARAMILLO,Remberto
120 COL19900630 JIMENEZ,Jhonatan
DT: FEDERICO MUÑOZ

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Alarcón should be huge. I had no idea Henao was so young.

 

[DAOTEC]

Fabulous post Ryo Hazuki couldn´t agree more ...

Well Rujano is already trailing Sevilla by almost -2m at the moment:

57.- 5 VEN19880612 ALARCON,Jose SUB23 LOTERIA DE BOYACA a 3:01
59.- 1 VEN19820218 RUJANO,Jose ELITE LOTERIA DE BOYACA a 3:01
48.- 41 COL19821123 MONTAÑA,Freddy ELITE BOYACA ORGULLO DE AMERICA a 2:30
18.- 61 COL19860611 DUARTE,Fabio ELITE COL PASION-472-CAFE COL a 2:00

and there is not so much difficult climbing to be done as last year ... and Nino has a strong motivated team at the moment and the best TT from the climbers is it ?

There is no Mountain TT like last year so if and I say if ... there is a tie ... this will be a historic TdF like decider >

15.08 | Etappe 14 | Medellín-Medellín, I.T.T (34.8 km)

For today´s stage 3 video click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_svfJHPZ0_I&feature=player_embedded

And here the old hunk in yellow

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

rujano isn't trailing by 3 minutes, only 1 minute behind sevilla, little more

and the mountains are very hard, it may not seem so hard but in colombia every inch uphill is raced like a sprint. every climb it's mayhem and as for the itt riders, the strongest gc riders with good itt are:

sevilla, duarte, rujano, ortega, montana, they are all pretty equal to each other in itt, only libardo nino used to be much stronger but he's now 41 and not as strong as in 2007 when he was the 2nd best itt rider behind botero.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well Rujano is already trailing Sevilla by almost 3m at the moment:

Unless Sevilla got a minute bonus, I don't see how - Sevilla's 1'23" down (if his team are 1'31" down, then with his 8" bonus he'd be 1'23" down) and Rujano's 3'01" down, so that's 1'38" deficit.

 

[DAOTEC]

I have a vision ! No, you are correct, just wanted to see if you were all still awake

 

[ericthesportsman6]

When's the first mountain stage? BTW thanks to the poster who highlighted some of the favorites. Also, isn't Betancourt going to Acqua & Sapone at the end of the year? And, are there any other of the standout youngster coming to Europe soon? Or will they stay in Colombia. Sorry, I just don't know as much about Colombian riders.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

When's the first mountain stage? BTW thanks to the poster who highlighted some of the favorites. Also, isn't Betancourt going to Acqua & Sapone at the end of the year? And, are there any other of the standout youngster coming to Europe soon? Or will they stay in Colombia. Sorry, I just don't know as much about Colombian riders.

No Acqua and many other teams wanted him but he has decided to stay in Colombia. As has Henao and duarte who've had offers from basically every pt team there is.

Let's hope Colombian teams will set a next step in coming to Europe and hopefully get a wildcard for a gt.

Colombia right now is having the most talented generations they've ever had from 1986/1991 generation there are many top talents. I don't know about juniors too much but I think the trend continues.

Riders to keep in mind for future: the lest may seem endless and that's because the talentpool is almost endless there's no country in the world that has a better youth structure than colombia.

- Javier "El Pito Loco" Gomez, 18 years old and youngest winner ever this year of vuelta colombia u23 and last year winner of vuelta vanezuela for juniors, the biggest junior race in america.
- Darwin Atapuma
- Nairo Quintana
- Jose Cayetano Sarmiento
- Fabio Duarte
- Sergio Luis Henao
- Edward Beltran
- Carlos Betancourt
- Daniel Jaramillo
- Edwin Avila (mostly track)
- Juan Esteban Arango (mostly track)
- Rigoberto Uran
- Camilo Castiblanco
- Janier Acevedo
- Rodolfo Andres Torres
- Didier Chaparro
- Winner Anacona
- Jarlinson Pantano
- Luis Felipe Lopez
- Jeffry Romero
- Jaime Castaneda (one day racer/sprinter)
- Hugo Sebastian Salazar
- Alvaro Duarte (Fabio's younger brother, 18)
- Isaac Bolivar
- Marvin Angarita (sprinter/one day racer)
- Ronald Gomez (sprinter/one day racer, big talent)
- Salvador Moreno
- Heiner Parra
- Robinson Oyola
- Maikol Rodriguez
- Darwin Pantoja
- Juan Pablo Villegas


Most of these guys we will probably never see in Europe unless they come with a Colombian team.

Some have already done some races in Colombia and with much success as can be seen in the giro bio of this year and also Henao in every u23 race he rode last year for the ncup. Also Duarte has won many races in Europe already including the world road championships as u23.

Maybe a lesser known result but equally impressive was last year in subida Urkiola, mountaintop finish:
1 11 ANTON HERNÁNDEZ, Igor ESP EUS 3h48'58"
2 41 TONDO VOLPINI, Xavier ESP ACA a 08"
3 103MONTAÑA, Freddy COL BOY a 09"
4 1 ARROYO DURAN, David ESP GCE a 10"
5 21 INTXAUSTI, Beñat ESP FUJ a 17"
6 32 SINKEWITZ, Patrik GER PSK a 25"
7 107QUINTANA, Nairo COL BOY a 36"
8 22 DE LA FUENTE RASILLA, David ESP FUJ a 44"
9 27 DURÁN DAROCA, Arkaitz ESP FUJ a 51"
10 88 PONT, Gillaume FRA EQA a 55"
11 69 HERRERO LLORENTE, David ESP XAC a 01'02"

Only 18 years old... and he was actually coming back along the climb, if the climb would've been longer I think he could've come back to the first 4.

 

[DAOTEC]

Mountain stages are: 5-6-9-10-11-12-13

ericthesportsman6 wrote: When's the first mountain stage?

Stage 4 - Wednesday, August 4 - Barrancabermeja, Bucaramanga - 117 Kilometers ^^

Here the link to stage profiles: http://nuestrociclismo.com/site2010/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1018:definido-el-recorrido-y-la-altimetria-de-la-vuelta-a-colombia-60-anos&catid=44:vuelta-a-colombia&Itemid=147

OK, return to the mountains is in today stage 4 and starts at the city la Ciudad Bonita. This is a day of mixed topography but large in mountainous difficulties which undoubtedly will force a natural selection of the peloton. Technical and cyclists are well aware they face this day and will not miss the opportunity to register on that list.

Known worthy
During this edition, a team sponsored by the national army, Fuerzas Armadas-Ejército Nacional led by former rider José Jaime González. Some of their riders are even partime soldiers.

-The oldest rider is the good old Israel Ochoa. With almost 46 years of age, he is going up for his 21st edition, to the youngest dubuting, Jonathan Jimenez (20 years). A difference of more than 25 years ..

- Once a Belgian rider knew to cross the line first. Jean Philippe Vandenbrande won in 1984 the 7th stage. A 'real' Flandrien and that in the years that a lot of European riders traveled to South America to give it a try: Andrei Tchmil in the early years of his career came closest.

-In 2004, during the course a rider died. Juan Antonio Barrero (31) crashed during the fifth downhill, collided with his head against a rock and later died on way to hospital.

Mountain appetizer: '10 election ongoing at this moment

 

[Kwibus]

Tour of Colombia needs protour status. Really this stuff is crazy.
I'm really looking forward to see the greatest colombian talents in Europe or the biggest euroriders riding in the Tour of Colombia.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Tour of Colombia does NOT need ProTour status. The race being full of Euro Pros would fundamentally change the character of the event, not to mention that most of the teams that take part wouldn't be able to participate in the same race as PT teams due to the present UCI rules, except for EPM-UNE and Colombia es Pasión - and then only if it's 2.1 rated.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Tour of Colombia needs protour status. Really this stuff is crazy.
I'm really looking forward to see the greatest colombian talents in Europe or the biggest euroriders riding in the Tour of Colombia.

no it should never be pro tour. a race being made pro tour doesn't improve a race at all and the colombians will never have that happening. european teams flooding the race would make it boring and cowardly like they race in europe.

 

[DAOTEC]

Yeah better keep politics out ... this one is still so pure ... but on the other hand a couple of invites in the coming years won't do them any harm, and might even be a must as the sportsmarket is becoming more global year by year and the groupe contenders is drying up.

But if the UCI takes control over who/where/when ? - the end of independance is in sight.


But Liberty Seguros is right in the way that the Colombians can't. close their eyes for it and on the other hand have it both ways, with them competing in Europe, I think that Liberty is more leaning this way as I try to read his good post by the way. There must be a time and place the 2 cycling powers face off

 

[Kwibus]

I understand your reasons for not wanting this Tour becoming a Protour. Still I'd love to see this on tv with some good european names racing along. Some pure european climbers to join the carnage.
And I wish to see the colombians on the roads in Europe too. The big guys that is. Like Duarte and Rojas (not colombian I think?).

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

totally agree it should get PT status. PT is a joke.
I would like to see some young european talents ride here tho.
agree with the 2.1 suggestion.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

there was a canadian u23 team that rode the vuelta juventud last year, which is the vuelta colombia for u23 riders. only 1 guy finished and that was david boily, 1 hour and 9 minutes behind Betancourt after 1 week of racing. Boily is considered to be a pretty big allround canadian talent.

 

[DAOTEC]

Here is the link to that story honorable Ryo Hazuki: http://www.sdvmag.com/david-boily-16e-du-contre-la-montre-a-la-42e-vuelta-a-colombia-u23/

David Boily est en 49e position, à 1h09:14.

 

[DAOTEC]

Today ^^ a stage starting from the finish line of yesterday, Barrancabermeja to Bucaramanga. A short ride, but today might have some first skirmishes between the favorites. At the beginning of the race it is as flat as yesterday, but halfway through the ride it goes up and they get the first mountain of second category in this Vuelta. The final arrival point is not easy because Bucaramanga is located on a plateau.

Bucaramanga is the capital of the department of Santander (which will host at the end of this season also the Colombian championships ..) and lies on a plateau in the Cordillera Oriental (Oriental one of the three mountains in Colombia, belonging to the Andes). The city has more than one million inhabitants and is thus one of the largest cities in addition to multi million cities as Bogota, Medellin and Cali. The city is also known for its many parks (more than 150 ..).

Start and Finish city yesterday, Barrancabermeja (Santander) is much lower and it is there today like yesterday, also very warm (between 35 and 38 degrees). Barrancabermeja is an important town along the Magdalena River in Colombia and has the largest oil refinery in the country. But it also brought with it, that in the past several guerrilla groups raged terror on the gasoline cartels to seize them. So much war here between guerrillas and the military (currently it is a lot quieter). In this place you go not out eating quickly, because it has a high murder and crime levels, which have also declined of late.

Over the race then. The chances are pretty high that after tonight the Vuelta will have a new leader. Because given the track and the qualities of Perez (plus what forces it took to win yesterday), it is likely that he loses today to the Colombians who are better uphill than the EBSA rider...

Perhaps in the second stage an initial indication of the relative strengths of the favorites. On the last climb of the day (about halfway through the stage, a climb of the third category showed up) were the teammates of Rujano picked up the pace to see how the opposition digested when it went up hill. There were no more than 30 people hanging on (most were subsequently just hanging on). For the elderly, it seems now really over. For Buenahora; Castel Blanco, Ladino and Ochoa they survived this one. But for Carlos Betancourt it went too fast here, while surprisingly Sevilla had it equally difficult. Duarte, Henao, Ortega and Infantino gave the strongest impression on that show of climbing skills from Rujano and co ..

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

that will be mayhem in the middle of the stage. in colombia favorites don't wait till final climb or final km, they attack on every piece of climb. I'm afraid though they won't show the climb on tv?

 

[Barrus]

that will be mayhem in the middle of the stage. in colombia favorites don't wait till final climb or final km, they attack on every piece of climb. I'm afraid though they won't show the climb on tv?

The climb is already over, if I read Daotec his post correctly.

But this will probably be in the youtube video for today's stage, right?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

no. there's only 55 k passed so far.

 

[Barrus]

no. there's only 55 k passed so far.

You're right, I misread the post.

Do you have a stream at the moment or something, because at the moment the entire site of Senal Colombia is not available for me

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

me neither. I just follow on ticker now. they are starting the climb and loteria boyaca/zulia, from rujano are pressing the tempo hard.

edit: 4 are in the attack now on the climb, colorado, janier acevedo, aldo valero and another

 

[DAOTEC]

Service>

Ticker: http://www.revistamundociclistico.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=156

 

[Barrus]

Pérez is already out of the group. He'll definitely lose his leadership today