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Quite a few. It will be the sole focus of the season for nine of their dozen or so strongest riders. They shouldn't be there, but they won't half-ass it.
GenericBoonenFan said:
Quite a few. It will be the sole focus of the season for nine of their dozen or so strongest riders. They shouldn't be there, but they won't half-ass it.
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Seriously, is this really gonna go through? Or do they suddenly invite Roompot / CCC / Androni 2 weeks before the Giro like they did in 2008 with Astana!?
Maybe they gonna go fully CSF Sella instead.jens_attacks said:
Seriously, is this really gonna go through? Or do they suddenly invite Roompot / CCC / Androni 2 weeks before the Giro like they did in 2008 with Astana!?
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Alexander Foliforov and Aleksey Rybalkin are to interesting prospects, they could surprise a few people in the next few years
Nonsense, Zakarin will be the next Berzin and he'll have an army of loyal sputniks riding for him.jens_attacks said:
Alexander Foliforov and Aleksey Rybalkin are to interesting prospects, they could surprise a few people in the next few years
What does Roompot have to offer other than being a Dutch team in the Netherlands for the first 3days?
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Nothing. But they ain't as weak as Gazprom probably. And they would be able to arrive at the Giro start as soon as RCS realizes that 2 days before the team presentation.Breh said:
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Maybe Breukink could arrange a comeback for the Giro. But same can only be hoped for Serhiy Honchar.
They've got Johnny “the locomotive“ Hoogerland as well.Mayomaniac said:
Maybe Breukink could arrange a comeback for the Giro. But same can only be hoped for Serhiy Honchar.
I'd rather RCS sacrifice a wild-card spot to a big money, weak team than lose one of their current races. Racing wise it's not a good decision, but RCS clearly feel that it's better for the long term/bigger picture that Gazprom are invited. They know more than we do about their current financial position, and I doubt they have taken much pleasure from taking this decision. And thus, I'm ok with this decision. Obviously i would be mega-pissed if I were CCC or Androni.
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But again, dirty teams provide for a more exciting racing and more news coverage than just an average clean team. Therefore, the selection, along with a fat support check, makes sense after all
luckyboy said:
But again, dirty teams provide for a more exciting racing and more news coverage than just an average clean team. Therefore, the selection, along with a fat support check, makes sense after all
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Nine riders who had their chance at the top level but now have a ride with a pro-conti team because of their nationality. No thanks.
Zinoviev Letter said:
Nine riders who had their chance at the top level but now have a ride with a pro-conti team because of their nationality. No thanks.
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Riders who have a ride because of their nationality is a particular specialty of both Roompot and Rusvelo. I wouldn't have chosen either. I don't think Roompot were ever serious contenders, mind you. Then again neither were Rusvelo until someone got the chequebook out.
roundabout said:
Riders who have a ride because of their nationality is a particular specialty of both Roompot and Rusvelo. I wouldn't have chosen either. I don't think Roompot were ever serious contenders, mind you. Then again neither were Rusvelo until someone got the chequebook out.
According to https://cccsport.eu/en/ccc-sprandi-...ons-to-tirreno-adriatico-and-milan-sanremo-2/, CCC did not apply for Giro wild card this year:
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So, are we expecting those selected to justify their inclusion?
Likely starters:
Bardiani
ANDREETTA Simone
BOEM Nicola
BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel
CICCONE Giulio
COLBRELLI Sonny
MAESTRI Mirco
PIRAZZI Stefano
RUFFONI Nicola
SIMION Paolo
Gazprom
ERSHOV Artur
FIRSANOV Sergey
FOLIFOROV Alexander
KOLOBNEV Alexandr
OVECHKIN Artem
RYBALKIN Aleksey
SAVITSKY Ivan
SEROV Alexander
SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey
Nippo-Fantini
BERLATO Giacomo
BISOLTI Alessandro
BOLE Grega
CUNEGO Damiano
FILOSI Iuri
GROSU Eduard-Michael
STACCHIOTTI Riccardo
YAMAMOTO Genki
ZILIOLI Gianfranco
Willier-Southeast
AMEZQUETA MORENO Julen
BELLETTI Manuel
BERTAZZO Liam
BUSATO Matteo
MARECZKO Jakub
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
POZZATO Filippo
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian
ZHUPA Eugert
Likely starters:
Bardiani
ANDREETTA Simone
BOEM Nicola
BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel
CICCONE Giulio
COLBRELLI Sonny
MAESTRI Mirco
PIRAZZI Stefano
RUFFONI Nicola
SIMION Paolo
Gazprom
ERSHOV Artur
FIRSANOV Sergey
FOLIFOROV Alexander
KOLOBNEV Alexandr
OVECHKIN Artem
RYBALKIN Aleksey
SAVITSKY Ivan
SEROV Alexander
SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey
Nippo-Fantini
BERLATO Giacomo
BISOLTI Alessandro
BOLE Grega
CUNEGO Damiano
FILOSI Iuri
GROSU Eduard-Michael
STACCHIOTTI Riccardo
YAMAMOTO Genki
ZILIOLI Gianfranco
Willier-Southeast
AMEZQUETA MORENO Julen
BELLETTI Manuel
BERTAZZO Liam
BUSATO Matteo
MARECZKO Jakub
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
POZZATO Filippo
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian
ZHUPA Eugert
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Lol maybe 2-3 top five places more likely judging by his results this year.Still his last year 5th place is the best Romanian result in a GT and a huge one considering the level of cycling in Romania.
VanBsr said:
Lol maybe 2-3 top five places more likely judging by his results this year.Still his last year 5th place is the best Romanian result in a GT and a huge one considering the level of cycling in Romania.
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).
Southeast has a good sprinter and Nippo are bringing Cunego, Bole and Grosu, but Bardiani seems to have the most balanced team.
Right now it's a one man team and before the start of the season I wouldn't have picked Firsanov to be that guy (Jens alredy picked him to be their star before the start of the seasonstaubsauger said:
).Southeast has a good sprinter and Nippo are bringing Cunego, Bole and Grosu, but Bardiani seems to have the most balanced team.
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