Official Movistar Thread - New Unzue's Team

[karlboss]

I count him!!!

As do I. First guy across the line who passed the controls.

Craig...you must have a long list of GTs with no winner.

 

[DAOTEC]

Confirmed

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[Ryaguas]

Well Unzue made an awesome job... survives for other 2 years... would have been a shame lose an structure like Caisse D'Epargne - Banesto - Iles Baleares - etc...

 

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[craig1985]

So we will have two José Iván Gutiérrez's in the same team? Should they both do the same race, and end up in a breakaway, I see this being the result:

WRT to Tondo, I guess this is a an unsurprising/natural move for him.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'd say it would be stupid for both José Iván Gutiérrezs to go in the breakaway. One should stay in the péloton and one go in the breakaway, to cover all eventualities.

 

[taiwan]

They'd be pretty handy in an ITT, I reckon.

Just good that Tondo was able to get a decent contract at such short notice.

 

[craig1985]

I'd say it would be stupid for both José Iván Gutiérrezs to go in the breakaway. One should stay in the péloton and one go in the breakaway, to cover all eventualities.

You ruin my fun

 

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[icefire]

In a recent interview (during Vuelta 2nd stage) Unzué has not confirmed the presence of LLS or Intxausti. His answers on the subject were elusive but his words seemed to suggest that it will be either LLS or Intxausti (but not both) because of budget constraints.

 

[luckyboy]

Think it is time for an update again for Movistar-Telefónica-O2 after the latest revelations:

Unzué 2011 Team roster update:

David Arroyo,
José Iván Gutiérrez,
José Joaquín Rojas,
Vasil Kiriyenka,
Imanol Erviti,
Rubén Plaza,
Marzio Bruseghin,
Mauricio Soler,
Rui Costa,
Andrey Amador,
Angel Madrazo,
Luis León Sánchez,
Rigoberto Uran,
Francisco Ventoso,
Eusebio Unzue,
Branislau Samoilau,
Oscar Pujol
Beñat Intxausti
Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez
Alejandro Valverde

Huh? .......

 

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[jaylew]

In a recent interview (during Vuelta 2nd stage) Unzué has not confirmed the presence of LLS or Intxausti. His answers on the subject were elusive but his words seemed to suggest that it will be either LLS or Intxausti (but not both) because of budget constraints.

Beñat just signed.

 

[luckyboy]

Huh? Yeap that's it ...

You mentioned recent revelations and put Piti in bold?

 

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[Libertine Seguros]

Andrés Pereyra perhaps?

I'd like Óscar Solis (Bolivia)...

Flavio de Luna for the Mexican? Ignacio Sarabia is perhaps more likely; he's spent three years riding in Spain already (with Extremadura-Spiuk).

 

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[Ryo Hazuki]

it depends largely on which country's if it are mexicans, argentineans and brazilians and they will go largely for riders already racing in europe or have done in the past then I'd say possibilities are:

brazil: rafael andriato, already rides in italy and very succesful
magno prado, one of most succesful riders in brazil and still only 24, carlos manarelli, races in liquigas u23, succesful, gideoni monteiro, races also in liquigas u23

argentina: daniel diaz (races in spain and is sheer invincible there), marco fabian flores, succesful sprinter in spain, matias medici (despite age)

mexico: ignacio sarabia, luis pulido, carlos lopez gonzalez, moises aldape, jose ramon aguirre(huge talent), raul alcala (star in mexico)

all 3 countrys have hundreds of pro riders and numerous strong ones on all different disciplines although mexico is probably the worst and brazil and argentina are mostly sprinter country's

 

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It is Official

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[hrotha]

Doesn't Caisse already have its fair share of Latin American riders as it is?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

3 - Andrey Amador (Costa Rican), Juan Mauricio Soler and Rigoberto Urán (Colombian). The others of recent years have left - 2008 and 9 had Marlon Pérez, 2008 José Rujano.

I assume this Latin American contingent will be replacing the French contingent, which are all leaving the squad; the present Latin American contingent seemed to be replacing the Russian contingent that all left the squad in 2007-8.

 

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[jaylew]

3 - Andrey Amador (Costa Rican), Juan Mauricio Soler and Rigoberto Urán (Colombian). The others of recent years have left - 2008 and 9 had Marlon Pérez, 2008 José Rujano.

Yeah, not that many really. It also sounds like they might have trouble holding on to Uran, though I hope he stays.

 

[craig1985]

You know I would of liked have seen Beñat Intxausti ride for a foreign team, instead of just going to a Spanish team. Would of been something different.