Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian 30 July 2011 234km

[maltiv]

OMFG this is absolutely awesome.

The Belgians have in one move become my favourite faction on this forum. Dutch what? When have they ever done anything like this for us. Belgium rocks.

Thanks a lot for the write up pisti. Appreciate it. And for mentioning the interview in the first place that led to the write up and to the video link. Many thanks to BS for the link.

A shame Phil speaks in that language, but some day ill know what he said.

Ps did anyone hear something about Voeckler and the Badger going on Frances biggest talkshow. Anyone saw it?

I was surprised by how little English Samuel Sanchez knew. I guess he doesn't talk much to the non-spanish guys in the peloton

 

[cineteq]

I was surprised by how little English Samuel Sanchez knew. I guess he doesn't talk much to the non-spanish guys in the peloton

Why should he know English? If anything, he should know Basque

Note: If you watched the interview, you can see he understands, he's just to shy to speak it.

 

[El Pistolero]

Why should he know English? If anything, he should know Basque

Note: If you watched the interview, you can see he understands, he's just to shy to speak it.

No, he's wearing an ear plug and everything gets translated to him in Spanish. It's why he always responds so late.

 

[The Hitch]

Ah crap, Samus eldest son doesnt watch his dad at the Tour.

Come on Samu, get a grip on things

 

[mewmewmew13]

Some are our bet was that Contador would not ride the tour - he did so we had the tin tin for the tour a few others have a month starting now.

[posted by Jobiwan
Nope
Just some guys got out of it, and now all of THESE GUYS now get to torment us!! ]

funny!

 

[AussieGoddess]

awesome interview (my language skills totally suck so I only got the english parts - so thanks for the translations El Pistolero)

Stupid Australians who dont appreciate a real sport. We never get stuff like this

 

[cineteq]

No, he's wearing an ear plug and everything gets translated to him in Spanish. It's why he always responds so late.

Yup, but you missed his English answer. Guess you were not paying attention...as usual

 

[ansimi]

Great interview! When Thor is talking about wanting a Norwegian cycling team, it sounds like he actually has some sort of plan and it's not just a dream. He seems very smart and I think he's got big plans for after his riding career

 

[cineteq]

awesome interview (my language skills totally suck so I only got the english parts - so thanks for the translations El Pistolero)

Stupid Australians who dont appreciate a real sport. We never get stuff like this

I wonder if that interview happened after Sanchez's win @ Roeselare criterium:

"Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) evened the score in the Belgian post-Tour exhibition criterium races, with victory in the Natourcriteiumvan Roeselare. The polka-dot jersey winner, still wearing the jersey, escaped the rest of the stars in the race escaped Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto), the winner of the previous night’s race in Aalst, and World champion Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) on the final lap to win by three seconds."

Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9...to-win-Roeselare-criterium.aspx#ixzz1TGLCoCDh

 

[luckyboy]

Cool interview. Would be great if Britain had that sort of culture to have cyclists on chat shows.

 

[mewmewmew13]

Cool interview. Would be great if Britain had that sort of culture to have cyclists on chat shows.

Ditto the U.S....(excepting a cyclist/celebrity)

 

[ericthesportsman6]

Velits and De Gendt could surprise here.

 

[bicing]

In no particular order...

Sammy Sanchez
Philippe Gilbert
Thomas De Gendt
Carlos Sastre
Richie Porte

 

[greenedge]

You do know those crits the podium is predetermined don't you? You don't actually need form. Most are hungover from the previous night.

No i did not know that

I agree with you Eric they could. I wonder if Geox will go well.

 

[Spaniard]

Watch it here: http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1075656

LOL Thor is a true viking , he is twice the size of Samu.

 

[KassyC]

Watch it here: http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1075656

Fantastic interview, all three guys seemed really nice! Felt sorry for Samu having to wait for the translation. All three of them looked like they would be great fun to have a beer with at the pub.

I won't be able to watch san sebastian on the night, so please make your post on the thread really good so when I read them it'll be almost like I watched it

I'll be hoping for good things out of Thomas de Gendt, Samu and Gilbert.

 

[PedalCastro]

I'll be interested to see how P. Deignan is doing. But he probably wont be allowed ride for himself.
Also Uran?

 

[l.Harm]

RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM
1 SANCHEZ Luis León
2 FREIRE Oscar
3 Unknown (was Gesink)
4 GARATE Juan Manuel
5 BARREDO Carlos
6 TANKINK Bram
7 WYNANTS Maarten
8 TEN DAM Laurens

HTC - HIGHROAD
11 MARTIN Tony
12 BRAMMEIER Matt
13 GHYSELINCK Jan
14 GRETSCH Patrick
15 PATE Danny
16 ROULSTON Hayden
17 VAN GARDEREN Tejay
18 VELITS Peter

LEOPARD-TREK
21 SCHLECK Andy
22 SCHLECK Frank
23 MONFORT Maxime
24 GERDEMANN Linus
25 FEILLU Brice
26 FUGLSANG Jakob
27 DENIFL Stefan
28 ZAUGG Oliver

TEAM RADIOSHACK
31 ZUBELDIA Haimar
32 IRIZAR Markel
33 McCARTNEY Jason
34 BEPPU Fumiyuki
35 BEWLEY Sam
36 DEIGNAN Philip
37 HERMANS Ben
38 SELANDER Bjorn

LAMPRE - ISD
41 CUNEGO Damiano
42 PEREZ Aitor
43 GAVAZZI Francesco
44 KOSTYUK Denys
45 BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo
46 BOLE Grega
47 BONO Matteo
48 MORI Manuele

OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO
51 GILBERT Philippe
52 VANENDERT Jelle
53 DEBUSSCHERE Jens
54 DE HAES Kenny
55 DOCKX Gert
56 KAISEN Olivier
57 LODEWYCK Klaas
58 NEYENS Maarten

BMC RACING TEAM
61 BOOKWALTER Brent
62 KROON Karsten
63 VAN AVERMAET Greg
64 FRANK Mathias
65 TSCHOPP Johann
66 LOUDER Jeffry
67 EIJSSEN Yannick
68 ZAHNER Simon

SAXO BANK SUNGARD
71 PORTE Richie
72 GUSTOV Volodymir
73 NOVAL Benjamin
74 NAVARRO Daniel
75 STEENSEN André
76 SORENSEN Chris
77 HERNANDEZ Jesus
78 CHRISTENSEN Mads

SKY PROCYCLING
81 ROGERS Michael
82 FLECHA Juan Antonio
83 URAN Rigoberto
84 CIONI Dario
85 GERRANS Simon
86 PAUWELS Serge
87 ARVESEN Kurt-Asle
88 ZANDIO Xabier

KATUSHA TEAM
91 RODRIGUEZ Joaquin
92 DI LUCA Danilo
93 KARPETS Vladimir
94 HORRACH Juan
95 LOSADA Alberto
96 MORENO Daniel
97 VORGANOV Eduard
98 GUSEV Vladimir

PRO TEAM ASTANA
101 KREUZIGER Roman
102 DI GREGORIO Rémy
103 DAVIS Allan
104 FOFONOV Dmitriy
105 IGLINSKIY Maxim
106 JUFRE POU Josep
107 TIRALONGO Paolo
108 STANGELJ Gorazd

TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO
111 HUSHOVD Thor
112 MILLAR David
113 DEAN Julian
114 HESJEDAL Ryder
115 WILSON Mattew
116 RASCH Gabriel
117 FISCHER Murilo
118 VAN SUMMEREN Johan

LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE
121 BASSO Ivan
122 AGNOLI Valerio
123 BELLOTTI Francesco
124 FINETTO Mauro
125 KOREN Kristijan
126 LONGO Paolo
127 PONZI Simone
128 VANOTTI Alesandro

MOVISTAR TEAM
131 ROJAS José Joaquin
132 INTXAUSTI Beñat
133 LOPEZ David
134 KIRYIENKA Vasil
135 HERRADA Jesus
136 GARCÍA José Vicente
137 PLAZA Ruben
138 SAMOILAU Branislau

EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
141 SANCHEZ Samuel
142 IZAGUIRRE Gorka
143 ISASI Iñaki
144 PEREZ Rubén
145 OROZ Juan José
146 URTASUN Pablo
147 PEREZ Alan
148 LANDA Mikel

AG2R LA MONDIALE
151 ROCHE Nicolas
152 PERAUD Jean-Christophe
153 LOUBET Julien
154 KADRI Blel
155 GADRET John
156 BONNAFOND Guillaume
157 DESSEL Cyril
158 DUPONT Hubert

QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM
161 CHAVANEL Sylvain
162 PINEAU Jérôme
163 DE WEERT Kevin
164 DEVENYNS Dries
165 ENGELS Addy
166 BANDIERA Marco
167 TERPSTRA Niki
168 VERMOTE Julien

VACANSOLEIL-DCM TEAM
171 DE GENT Thomas
172 DEVOLDER Stijn
173 LAGUTIN Sergey
174 LEUKEMANS Björn
175 MARCATO Marco
176 RUYGH Rob
177 SELVAGGI Mirko
178 VAN LEIJEN Joost

GEOX - TMC
181 SASTRE Carlos
182 MENCHOV Dennis
183 ARDILA Mauricio
184 COBO Juan José
185 DE LA FUENTE David
186 FELLINE Fabio
187 GUTIERREZ David
188 VALLS Rafael

CAJA RURAL
191 CUESTA Iñigo
192 HERRADA José
193 MORENO Javier
194 MORA Arturo
195 GARCIA Egoitz
196 SANCHEZ Julian
197 ROMERO Igor
198 FERRARI Fabricio

ANDALUCIA - CAJA GRANADA
201 BENITEZ José Alberto
202 LOBATO Juan José
203 PIEDRA Antonio
204 TORIBIO José Vicente
205 BERNABEU Vicente David
206 PALOMARES Adrián
207 ROSENDO Jesús
208 RAMIREZ Javier

 

[Ruudz0r]

Ruijgh wil probably not start, he prefers riding criteriums since he is pretty tired.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I'll be interested to see how P. Deignan is doing. But he probably wont be allowed ride for himself.
Also Uran?

is uran racing? He was sick in the end of the tour

 

[Kvinto]

According to this Uran is in the Sky startlist. There thay also say he "got a lung infection" and "started antibiotics on the second rest day" which took its toll in his contention for a white jersey. Imo Rigoberto had enough time to recover and should be OK for San Sebastian. Anyway he's the only Sky rider (among those in their startlist) who can really be competitive in this race.

 

[maltiv]

According to this Uran is in the Sky startlist. There thay also say he "got a lung infection" and "started antibiotics on the second rest day" which took its toll in his contention for a white jersey. Imo Rigoberto had enough time to recover and should be OK for San Sebastian. Anyway he's the only Sky rider (among those in their startlist) who can really be competitive in this race.

Simon Gerrans occasionally does well in this kind of race too but he was quite unimpressive at the TDF.

 

[Kvinto]

Simon Gerrans occasionally does well in this kind of race too but he was quite unimpressive at the TDF.

yes, Gerrans seems to be totally out of form, so I didnt count him

 

[Mshengu]

My prediction for the outcome:

1. Philippe Gilbert
2. Samuel Sanchez
3. Richie Porte
4. Frank Schleck
5. Carlos Sastre
6. Luis Leon Sanchez
7. Andy Schleck

 

[Kvinto]

My prediction for the outcome:

1. Philippe Gilbert
2. Samuel Sanchez
3. Richie Porte
4. Frank Schleck
5. Carlos Sastre
6. Luis Leon Sanchez
7. Andy Schleck

Hmmm, I don't know what would surprise me more: Richie Porte on the podium or Andy Schleck doesn't abandon the race?