Rider schedules and targets for 2022

[Nirvana]

Ah alright, although I doubt he would stand a chance in Roubaix regardless.

Still better, especially if rainy, than Liege where he'll be destroyed on Roche aux Faucons.
But we know Liege is a fixation for him since 2012.

 

[limak_]

Still better, especially if rainy, than Liege where he'll be destroyed on Roche aux Faucons.
But we know Liege is a fixation for him since 2012.

So Nibali did well in a single one, short, wet cobbbled stage of a GT 8 years ago and just because of that he'd be considered to get a good result in a rainy Roubaix? I don't think it's enough to state so, even if he's generally a good bike handler or whatever.

 

[Nirvana]

So Nibali did well in a single one, short, wet cobbbled stage of a GT 8 years ago and just because of that he'd be considered to get a good result in a rainy Roubaix? I don't think it's enough to state so, even if he's generally a good bike handler or whatever.

A longer distance should suit him better if anything. Anyway the problem is that for Liege nowadays there are probably 50 riders better than him on an explosive climb like the Roche aux Faucons so even if the maximum he could get in Roubaix is something like 20th/25th is better than Liege.

 

[Earns1985]

After a season where he nearly didn´t race, Kämna will start early in the next season. Also he seems to be in better mental condition.

He will ride Saudi Tour, Ruta del Sol, Faun-Ardèche Classic and Drome Classic in February

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Plans about GT not be announced yet. I think he will come back this year..

 

[RedheadDane]

Right, this isn't so much schedules, as it's speculation about which races certain groups of riders might want to ride.

I suppose, just as all* the WT Danes will be wanting to do the Tour, Valter and Peak will be wanting to do the Giro, while Fetter and Dina will be hoping for a WildCard for EOLO (Novo Nordisk isn't getting one. Neither is Uno-X for the Tour). Of course, the Dutch riders will also be wanting to do the Vuelta, but it seems GT starts - especially the Tour - in the Netherlands aren't quite so rare, obviously, since it's just a matter of cutting through Belgium and into France.

*Of course not all of them; at least one Dane - Price-Pejtersen - has already declared that he's very unlikely to get to ride the Tour, and there are probabaly several others that applies to too.

 

[Earns1985]

Right, this isn't so much schedules, as it's speculation about which races certain groups of riders might want to ride.

I suppose, just as all* the WT Danes will be wanting to do the Tour, Valter and Peak will be wanting to do the Giro, while Fetter and Dina will be hoping for a WildCard for EOLO (Novo Nordisk isn't getting one. Neither is Uno-X for the Tour). Of course, the Dutch riders will also be wanting to do the Vuelta, but it seems GT starts - especially the Tour - in the Netherlands aren't quite so rare, obviously, since it's just a matter of cutting through Belgium and into France.

*Of course not all of them; at least one Dane - Price-Pejtersen - has already declared that he's very unlikely to get to ride the Tour, and there are probabaly several others that applies to too.

Yeah, I also think this will play a role in the schedule plans of the teams.

And while Trek announced the schedules and targets of their leaders, at least for Pedersen you are right.

Ciccone and Mollema will both ride Tour and Giro, while Ciccone will go for GC at the giro and stage hunting at the tour. Mollema will go stage hunting at both.

Pedersen and Stuyven are both planned for the tour, while their first big focus in on the Miland-San remo and the cobble classics.

Ciccone and Mollema will also ride the ardennes classics.

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[RedheadDane]

And while Trek announced the schedules and targets of their leaders, at least for Pedersen you are right.

I think Pedersen actually has extra reason for wanting to do the Tour next year. Pretty sure stage 2 goes rather close to his actual home.

 

[tobydawq]

Pogacar will do all monuments except Roubaix, as well as UAE, Strade, Itzulia, FW, Slovenia, TdF.

 

[Red Rick]

Pogacar will do all monuments except Roubaix, as well as UAE, Strade, Itzulia, FW, Slovenia, TdF.

I completely forgot about how the schedule was swapped around, but Itzulia still starts the day after De Ronde?

 

[tobydawq]

I completely forgot about how the schedule was swapped around, but Itzulia still starts the day after De Ronde?

True, I didn't even realise that when I made the post. Let's see if it will happen in the end (him doing both of those races).

 

[tobydawq]

I think that Feltet.dk had mistaken the Vuelta for Itzulia (I don't know how such a mistake is possible to make). Wielerflits doesn't say he will do Itzulia.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Pogacar is going to win Sanremo the way Contador could have done.

Looks like he will skip Tirreno where Almeida will be the leader.

 

[Earns1985]

Pogacar is going to win Sanremo the way Contador could have done.

Looks like he will skip Tirreno where Almeida will be the leader.

Yeah, in the spring he will only ride UAE as stage race. With Roglic normally not riding UAE, we will likely not see a stage race battle between Roglic and Pogacar before the tour in 2022.

 

[Bonimenier]

Ganna will go for yellow in the Tour. He might also go for the world hour record in 2022.

He'll start his season in San Juan.

 

[Earns1985]

Porte will ride the giro instead of the tour next year. It´s also likely that he will try to win Tirreno-Adriatico.

Porte dreams of going full circle with Giro d’Italia ride in final season

Australian looks ahead to his last year as a pro rider

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Champoussin will also ride the giro in 2022 to finish it this year. Tirreno and Starde Bianche also on his schedule.

Champoussin seeks consistency after rollercoaster first full season

Frenchman looks back on his spectacular Vuelta win and the other highs and lows of 2021

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[Bonimenier]

Porte will ride the giro instead of the tour next year. It´s also likely that he will try to win Tirreno-Adriatico.

Porte dreams of going full circle with Giro d’Italia ride in final season

Australian looks ahead to his last year as a pro rider

www.cyclingnews.com

Champoussin will also ride the giro in 2022 to finish it this year. Tirreno and Starde Bianche also on his schedule.

Champoussin seeks consistency after rollercoaster first full season

Frenchman looks back on his spectacular Vuelta win and the other highs and lows of 2021

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What a phenomenal performance. Riding the Giro in 2022 and already finishing in 2021.

 

[Earns1985]

What a phenomenal performance. Riding the Giro in 2022 and already finishing in 2021.

Haha, for me after christmas the new year already begins..

 

[RedheadDane]

What a phenomenal performance. Riding the Giro in 2022 and already finishing in 2021.

Excellent! People are learning. Good, good!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Valverde has confirmed:
-Mallorca
-Volta Valenciana
-Vuelta Murcia
-Ruta del Sol
-Strade Bianche
-Catalunya/Pais Vasco (undecided)
-Fleche
-LBL
-Giro
-Spanish Championships
-San Sebastian
-Vuelta

 

[Koronin]

Valverde has confirmed:
-Mallorca
-Volta Valenciana
-Vuelta Murcia
-Ruta del Sol
-Strade Bianche
-Catalunya/Pais Vasco (undecided)
-Fleche
-LBL
-Giro
-Spanish Championships
-San Sebastian
-Vuelta

This is the type of calendar I expected from him for a final season.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Caruso to the Tour with Teuns, Mäder, Haig, Mohoric and Colbrelli.
He'll race Ruta del Sol, Tirreno, MSR, PV, Romandie and Suisse before the Tour.
Landa and Bilbao to the Giro once again.
Looks pretty reasonable to me.

 

[Red Rick]

Caruso to the Tour with Teuns, Mäder, Haig, Mohoric and Colbrelli.
He'll race Ruta del Sol, Tirreno, MSR, PV, Romandie and Suisse before the Tour.
Landa and Bilbao to the Giro once again.
Looks pretty reasonable to me.

Landa for Tour or Vuelta as his 2nd GT?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Landa for Tour or Vuelta as his 2nd GT?

No idea, the printed edition of La Gazzetta only mentioned the Giro for him.
I hope he'll go to the Vuelta, they already have 2 leaders for the Tour and Bilbao is probably doing Giro-Tour, like always. Adding another potential team leader to the Tour team wouldn't make a lot of sense, send him to the Vuelta as his 2nd gt.

 

[Anderis]

Caruso to the Tour with Teuns, Mäder, Haig, Mohoric and Colbrelli.

Landa and Bilbao to the Giro once again.

Does that mean that Bilbao will finish the Giro on the podium?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Wise men would put money on Bilbao for the Giro win