Paris - Nice 2015 (2.WT) 8.3 - 15.3

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The race to the sun starts Sunday, so lets start discussing this brilliant race!

C-Cycling preview: http://www.c-cycling.com/sites/Paris-Nice_2015_Preview.html

Startlist:

MOVISTAR (MOV)
ESP
ERVITI OLLO Imanol ESP
IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon ESP
FERNANDEZ Ruben ESP
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin ESP
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney COL
CAPECCHI Eros ITA
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat ESP
IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka ESP

FDJ (FDJ)
FRA
DEMARE Arnaud FRA
VICHOT Arthur FRA
ROUX Anthony FRA
JEANNESSON Arnold FRA
PICHON Laurent FRA
DELAGE Mickael FRA
CHAVANEL S?bastien FRA
BONNET William FRA

COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS (COF)
FRA
AHLSTRAND Jonas SWE
BOUHANNI Nacer FRA
EDET Nicolas FRA
LEMOINE Cyril FRA
MATE MARDONES Luis Angel ESP
ROLLIN Dominique CAN
SENECHAL Florian FRA
SOUPE Geoffrey FRA

AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)
FRA
DUMOULIN Samuel FRA
BARDET Romain FRA
BAKELANTS Jan BEL
CHEREL Mikael FRA
GASTAUER Ben LUX
PERAUD Jean-Christophe FRA
VAN SUMMEREN Johan BEL
MINARD S?bastien FRA

LOTTO NL - JUMBO (TLJ)
NED
KELDERMAN Wilco NED
HOFLAND Moreno NED
TJALLINGII Maarten NED
WYNANTS Maarten BEL
TANKINK Bram NED
BENNETT George NZL
VAN EMDEN Jos NED
KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED

ASTANA (AST)
KAZ
BOOM Lars NED
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon ESP
FUGLSANG Jakob DEN
ARU Fabio ITA
TAARAMAE Rein EST
GRIVKO Andriy UKR
BOZIC Borut SLO
DE VREESE Laurens BEL

ETIXX - QUICK STEP (EQS)
BEL
ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA
BOUET Maxime FRA
MARTIN Tony GER
BOONEN Tom BEL
KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL
VANDENBERGH Stijn BEL
TRENTIN Matteo ITA
GOLAS Michal POL

TREK FACTORY RACING (TFR)
USA
JUNGELS Bob LUX
ZOIDL Riccardo AUT
VANDEWALLE Kristof BEL
STEEGMANS Gert BEL
RAST Gr?gory SUI
COLEDAN Marco ITA
NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA
ALAFACI Eugenio ITA

EUROPCAR (EUC)
FRA
COQUARD Bryan FRA
DUCHESNE Antoine CAN
GAUTIER Cyril FRA
GENE Yohann FRA
NAULLEAU Bryan FRA
SICARD Romain FRA
TULIK Angelo FRA
VOECKLER Thomas FRA

KATUSHA (KAT)
RUS
MACHADO Tiago POR
KRISTOFF Alexander NOR
SILIN Egor RUS
TROFIMOV Yury RUS
SPILAK Simon SLO
KUZNETSOV Viacheslav RUS
GUARNIERI Jacopo ITA
CHERNETSKI Sergei RUS

LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS)
BEL
WELLENS Tim BEL
GALLOPIN Tony FRA
GREIPEL Andr? GER
HANSEN Adam AUS
DE GENDT Thomas BEL
SIEBERG Marcel GER
HENDERSON Greg NZL
BAK Lars Ytting DEN

ORICA GreenEDGE (OGE)
AUS
KEUKELEIRE Jens BEL
MATTHEWS Michael AUS
YATES Simon GBR
ALBASINI Michael SUI
CLARKE Simon AUS
DOCKER Mitchell AUS
IMPEY Daryl RSA
MEIER Christian CAN

BMC RACING (BMC)
USA
VAN GARDEREN Tejay USA
GILBERT Philippe BEL
MOINARD Ama?l FRA
HERMANS Ben BEL
DENNIS Rohan AUS
VELITS Peter SVK
SCH?R Michael SUI
DILLIER Silvan SUI

IAM CYCLING (IAM)
SUI
REYNES MIMO Vicente ESP
CHAVANEL Sylvain FRA
TANNER David AUS
FRANK Mathias SUI
VANGENECHTEN Jonas BEL
HAUSSLER Heinrich AUS
PINEAU J?r?me FRA
DEVENYNS Dries BEL

LAMPRE - MERIDA (LAM)
ITA
CATTANEO Mattia ITA
FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto POR
SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe POR
VALLS FERRI Rafael ESP
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben ESP
CIMOLAI Davide ITA
BONO Matteo ITA
BONIFAZIO Niccolo ITA

CANNONDALE - GARMIN (TCG)
USA
VAN BAARLE Dylan NED
TALANSKY Andrew USA
LANGEVELD Sebastian NED
SLAGTER Tom Jelte NED
KING Benjamin USA
KING Edward USA
BAUER Jack NZL
HOWES Alex USA

GIANT - ALPECIN (TGA)
GER
BARGUIL Warren FRA
SINKELDAM Ramon NED
DEGENKOLB John GER
DUMOULIN Tom NED
DE KORT Koen NED
WAEYTENS Zico BEL
PREIDLER Georg AUT
CURVERS Roy NED

SKY (SKY)
GBR
NORDHAUG Lars Petter NOR
THOMAS Geraint GBR
WIGGINS Bradley GBR
SWIFT Ben GBR
PORTE Richie AUS
ROCHE Nicolas IRL
EISEL Bernhard AUT
ROWE Luke GBR

TINKOFF - SAXO (TCS)
RUS
POLJANSKI Pawel POL
KISERLOVSKI Robert CRO
BRESCHEL Matti DEN
ANDERSEN Michael Valgren DEN
MAJKA Rafal POL
MORKOV Michael DEN
MOREIRA PAULINHO Sergio Miguel POR
S?RENSEN Chris Anker DEN

BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT (BSE)
FRA
HIVERT Jonathan FRA
FEDRIGO Pierrick FRA
SEPULVEDA Eduardo ARG
MCLAY Daniel GBR
HUTAROVICH Yauheni BLR
VACHON Florian FRA
GERARD Arnaud FRA
DELAPLACE Anthony FRA

Prologue:

Stage 1:

Stage 2:

 

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Stage 3:

Stage 4:

Stage 5:

 

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Stage 6:

Stage 7:

 

[Dr. Juice]

Bouhanni has to win this time. Most top tier sprinters do T-A. Maybe he kickstarts his season here. Win and gain confidence.

 

[CyclingEnthusiast]

I see it being a three horse race between Majka, Porte and Van Garderen with a little flash from Aru, I think Porte and Van Garderen will be too strong in the time trials however, Porte to take the GC

GC Poll would be nice.

 

[greenedge]

Tony Martin to gain revenge on Bradley Wiggins in the prologue.

Porte or TJVG to win the overall. Also Geraint should not be discounted, Sky have a very strong squad and can definitely do 1-2 attacks. Matthias Frank is also another dark horse.

 

[May0maniac]

I see it being a three horse race between Majka, Porte and Van Garderen with a little flash from Aru, I think Porte and Van Garderen will be too strong in the time trials however, Porte to take the GC

GC Poll would be nice.

Aru already said that he dosen't think that he'll be one of the top guys in this race, but he wants to be in good shape and able to compete with everyone durning Catalunya.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

anyone know what happened with wellens at andalucia?

 

[De Snelle Duif]

anyone know what happened with wellens at andalucia?

I remember he fell in the first stage, like VDB and the rest of the Lotto team except for Ligthart. I think he just relaxed after that.

 

[jens_attacks]

i'm curious about valls. and majka
otherwise, should be a showdown between richie and tejay

 

[Vesica]

Porte, TJvG, Kelderman, Aru, Majka, Dennis ftw

Too bad Dumoulin is still recovering from illness...

 

[Netserk]

Top-5

1st: Richie Porte
2nd: Tejay van Garderen
3rd: Michał Kwiatkowski
4th: Wilco Keldermerckx
5th: Rafał Majka

 

[Arredondo]

Top-5

1st: Richie Porte
2nd: Tejay van Garderen
3rd: Michał Kwiatkowski
4th: Wilco Keldermerckx
5th: Rafał Majka

Agree with everyting, expect changing Kelderman for Costa. Rui is always there in one week races.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

1. Porte
2. TJVG
3. Kelderman
4. Majka
5. Talansky

 

[Carstenbf]

Dennis to break through as a GC rider, through massive climbing improvements. Wild speculation, but my fantasy cycling team would approve.

 

[pastronef]

Dennis to break through as a GC rider, through massive climbing improvements. Wild speculation, but my fantasy cycling team would approve.

maybe a bit early now, but that will happen soon, he'll sign for Sky in 2018 and everybody will go mad

 

[trevim]

No love for Rui Costa here... I think he may land somewhere in the top10

 

[rune1107]

I see it being a three horse race between Majka, Porte and Van Garderen with a little flash from Aru, I think Porte and Van Garderen will be too strong in the time trials however, Porte to take the GC

GC Poll would be nice.

Poll is now added

 

[miha1234]

Guys, i do not know why but you are forgeting Spilak.

One of first three places will be his. It is always like that in first part of season.

 

[Vesica]

Where is the other/Vino option in the poll?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Guys, i do not know why but you are forgeting Spilak.

One of first three places will be his. It is always like that in first part of season.

How on earth is it always like this when he has never finished on the podium before?

 

[MBotero]

1.Majka
2.Porte
3.TVG

 

[rune1107]

Where is the other/Vino option in the poll?

Oh forgot that one, can you edit a poll?

 

[miha1234]

How on earth is it always like this when he has never finished on the podium before?

in first part of season ?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

in first part of season ?

What? You said "One of first three places will be his. It is always like that in first part of season." "Like that" refers to Spilak taking one of the podium places which he has never done before :facepalm: