Eneco Tour (WT) August 6 - 12

[Zam_Olyas]

I don´t care if AC wins this, all I care about is he stays on the bike.

Do you have a source for this opinion?

 

[alberto.legstrong]

Who is not cute in Saxo Bank in your opinion?

Noval is quite ugly and bad. Alberto should pick good riders and not good friends

He definitely seems to have had to work unnecessarily hard relative to his competitors due to mediocre teammates (again, relative to the competitors). Whoever is driving the decisions needs to do a little better.

 

[snackattack]

RB

Graeme Brown
Mark Rensham
Theo Bos
Lars Boom
Stef Clement
Rick Flens
Dennis van Winden
Bram Tankink

 

[snackattack]

Sky Procycling
Appollonio, Davide
Dowsett, Alex
Hunt, Jeremy
Lovkvist, Thomas
Puccio, Salvatore
Rowe, Luke
Sutton, Christopher
Knees, Christian
Pate, Danny
Stannard, Ian

Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
Contador Velasco, Alberto
Boaro, Manuele
Kroon, Karsten
Noval Gonzalez, Benjamin
Nuyens, Nick
Roberts, Luke
Tanner, David
Tosatto, Matteo
Cantwell, Jonathan
Haedo, Juan Jos

Omega Pharma- Quick Step
Boonen, Tom
Kwiatkowski, Michal
Chavanel, Sylvain
Martin, Tony
Steegmans, Gert
Terpstra, Niki
Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume
Vandenbergh, Stijn
Devenyns, Dries
Trentin, Matteo

Rabobank Cycling Team
Boom, Lars
Bos, Theo
Brown, Graeme
Clement, Stef
Flens, Rick
Renshaw, Mark
Tankink, Bram
Van Winden, Dennis
Martens, Paul
Ssnchez Gil, Luis Leon

BMC Racing Team
Van Avermaet, Greg
Phinney, Taylor
Burghardt, Marcus
Kohler, Martin
Lodewyck, Klaas
Blythe, Adam
Quinziato, Manuel
Ballan, Alessandro
Cummings, Stephen
Eijssen, Yannick

Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
Boeckmans, Kris
De Gendt, Thomas
Keizer, Martijn
Larsson, Gustav Erik
Marcato, Marco
Mol, Wouter
Veuchelen, Frederik
Westra, Lieuwe
Devolder, Stijn
Ruijgh, Rob

Lotto-Belisol Team
Robert, Frederique
Cordeel, Sander
Vanendert, Jelle
Dehaes, Kenny
Dockx, Gert
Neyens, Maarten
Roelandts, Jurgen
Sieberg, Marcel
Van Der Sande, Tosh
Bille, Gaetan

Team Radioshack - Nissan
Bakelants, Jan
Gallopin, Tony
Gerdemann, Linus
Hermans, Ben
Irizar Aramburu, Markel
Nizzolo, Giacomo
Oliveira, Nelson
Wagner, Robert
Roulston, Hayden
Sergent, Jesse

Astana Pro Team
Guarnieri, Jacopo
Gruzdev, Dmitriy
Iglinskiy, Valentin
Kangert, Tanel
Muravyev, Dimitriy
Petrov, Evgeni
Ponzi, Simone
Renev, Sergey
Grivko, Andriy
Nepomnyachshiy, Evgeniy

Katusha Team
Belkov, Maxim
Brutt, Pavel
Ignatiev, Mikhail
Isaychev, Vladimir
Kristoff, Alexander
Selig, Rudiger
Smukulis, Gatis
Spilak, Simon
Kuchynski, Aliaksandr
Vantomme, Maxime

Team Garmin-Sharp
Kreder, Raymond
Vanmarcke, Sep
Fischer, Murilo Antonio
Millar, David
Dekker, Thomas
Haussler, Heinrich
Klier, Andreas
Bauer, Jack
Navardauskas, Ramunas
Rosseler, Sebastien

Team Argos-Shimano
Kittel, Marcel
De Backer, Bert
De Kort, Koen
Geschke, Simon
Curvers, Roy
Sinkeldam, Ramon
Timmer, Albert
Veelers, Tom
Damuseau, Thomas
Degenkolb, John

Lampre - ISD
Spezialetti, Alessandro
Petacchi, Alessandro
Hondo, Danilo
Malori, Adriano
Mori, Manuele
Bono, Matteo
Pietropolli, Daniele
Righi, Daniele
Ulissi, Diego
Bole, Grega

Orica - GreenEdge
Langeveld, Sebastian
Howard, Leigh
Keukeleire, Jens
Kruopis, Aidis
Lancaster, Brett
Durbridge, Luke
Mouris, Jens
Tuft, Svein
Beppu, Fumiyuki
Teklehaymanot, Daniel

Liquigas-Cannondale
Moser, Moreno
Canuti, Federico
Da Dalto, Mauro
Dall Antonia, Tiziano
Marangoni, Alan
Bodnar, Maciej
Oss, Daniel
Sabatini, Fabio
Nerz, Dominik
Vanotti, Alessandro

Movistar Team
Amador Bikkazakova, Andrey
Herrada Lopez, Jesus
Herrada, Jose
Iriarte, Javier
Konovalovas, Ignatas
Madrazo Ruiz, Angel
Samoilau, Branislau
Sanz, Enrique

Ag2R - La Mondiale
Hinault, Sebastien
Shpilevskiy, Boris
Casper, Jimmy
Belletti, Manuel
Elmiger, Martin
Gazvoda, Gregor
Goddaert, Kristof
Mondory, Lloyd
Montaguti, Matteo
Ravard, Anthony

Euskaltel - Euskadi
Cazaux, Pierre
Perez Lezaun, Alan
Perez Moreno, Ruben
Cabedo Carda, Victor
Izaguirre Insausti, Jon
Minguez Ayala, Miguel
Azanza Soto, Jorge
Saez de Arregui Egurrola, Adrian
Urtasun Perez, Pablo

FDJ- Big Mat
Bonnet, William
Boucher, David
Chainel, Steve
Delage, Mickael
Demare, Arnaud
Ladagnous, Matthieu
Rasch, Gabriel
Rollin, Dominique
Hutarovich, Yauheni
Mourey, Francis

Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
Vanspeybrouck, Pieter
Declercq, Tim
Jacobs, Pieter
van Asbroeck , Tom
Van Staeyen, Michael
Vandousselaere, Sven
De Vreese, Laurens
Wallays , Jelle
Jodts, Sven
Neirynck, Stijn

Accent.Jobs-Willems Verandas
Van Goolen, Jurgen
Caethoven, Steven
Habeaux, Gregory
Ista, Kevin
De Wilde, Sjef
Drucker, Jean-Pierre
Scheirlinckx, Staf
Van Dijk, Stefan
Van Groen, Arnoud
Vanlandschoot, James

 

[CasperVg]

Am I right to assume that those are the teams with their reserves? 10-man teams would be really overkill for this race

 

[snackattack]

yep last 2 are and Garmin can use one on the spot as Thomas Dekker is out and replaced.

Also no Vuelta for TD ... looks the end of the road in a lifelong struggle.

 

[Another_Dutch_Guy]

yep last 2 are and Garmin can use one on the spot as Thomas Dekker is out and replaced.

Also no Vuelta for TD ... looks the end of the road in a lifelong struggle.

Yeah, this isn't looking good. Very curious where he will end up next season.

 

[will10]

Hopefully Ruben will weigh in with some info on Thomas. Very unusual.

 

[Fidolix]

Do you have a source for this opinion?

How old are you?

 

[LaFlorecita]

How old are you?

You take zam too seriously

 

[Zam_Olyas]

How old are you?

How sane are you?

 

[Fidolix]

You take zam too seriously

I´m not! I never did!
It´s always nice to have a good laugh, and he surely provide that.
I´m just curious how far out I can make him go, so far it´s all positive

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I´m not! I never did!
It´s always nice to have a good laugh, and he surely provide that.
I´m just curious how far out I can make him go, so far it´s all positive

Mirror Mirror on the wall.

 

[Samson]

Astana Pro Team
Guarnieri, Jacopo
Gruzdev, Dmitriy
Iglinskiy, Valentin
Kangert, Tanel
Muravyev, Dimitriy
Petrov, Evgeni
Ponzi, Simone
Renev, Sergey
Grivko, Andriy
Nepomnyachshiy, Evgeniy

What you guys think how good could be this Astana team in TTT?

 

[LaFlorecita]

I just read that there isn't a finish on Muur van Geraardsbergen, the finish lies 5 km after the top That is just so stupid.

 

[LaFlorecita]

So it will most likely be a reduced bunch sprint.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I think it is almost certain now that Tony Martin will win. Another stage race decided in the TT, woo-hoo..

 

[janraaskalt]

I think it is almost certain now that Tony Martin will win. Another stage race decided in the TT, woo-hoo..

There's only 1 problem: Tony Martin will not participate.

 

[LaFlorecita]

There's only 1 problem: Tony Martin will not participate.

He won't? Do you have a source?

 

[LaFlorecita]

There's only 1 problem: Tony Martin will not participate.

Kwiatkowski, Tom Boonen, Tony Martin and Nikki Terpstra confirmed for the Eneco Tour.

...........

 

[El Pistolero]

...........

http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/competitions/race/175

They changed their line up.

As for the finish of the last stage, it's on the Vesten of the Muur.

 

[jyhjyh]

He won't? Do you have a source?

http://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_76937.htm

 

[LaFlorecita]

http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/competitions/race/175

They changed their line up.

As for the finish of the last stage, it's on the Vesten of the Muur.

Oh okay thanks , I had expected you to keep me up to date about OpQs lol.

And what is "Vesten"

 

[LaFlorecita]

Taylor Phinney confirmed, I will be cheering for him, he has a good chance I believe.

 

[El Pistolero]

Taylor Phinney confirmed, I will be cheering for him, he has a good chance I believe.

The part of the Muur where Cancellara cracked big time last year.