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Geraint Thomas:

Santos Tour Down Under
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta
Paris - Nice
Milano - Sanremo
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Tour de Romandie
Tour de Suisse
Tour de France

Quite heavy build-up for the Tour. LOTS of stage races.
 
Jul 28, 2015
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Velolover2 said:
MatParker1711 said:
Cancellara or Kriyienka for first Maglia Rosa?
Neither, Malori will win it. But between these two, it has to be Cancellara, since it's only about 10k. But in a long time trial, Kriyienka beats Cancellara 9 out of 10 times these days.

He has to be mega-favorite for the Chianti stage unless Martin shows up.
Malori in an interview said that he will ride the Tour.
 
Mar 27, 2011
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Velolover2 said:
Geraint Thomas:

Santos Tour Down Under
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta
Paris - Nice
Milano - Sanremo
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Tour de Romandie
Tour de Suisse
Tour de France

Quite heavy build-up for the Tour. LOTS of stage races.

Hopefully he just rides Catalunya and Romandie as a domestique, while targeting the other early stage races to win with the probable exception of the TDU.

With Malori riding the TDF that doesn't mean that he can't ride the Giro for the first week and target the prologue before abandoning when it starts to compromise his TDF preparation.
 
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Nirvana said:
Velolover2 said:
MatParker1711 said:
Cancellara or Kriyienka for first Maglia Rosa?
Neither, Malori will win it. But between these two, it has to be Cancellara, since it's only about 10k. But in a long time trial, Kriyienka beats Cancellara 9 out of 10 times these days.

He has to be mega-favorite for the Chianti stage unless Martin shows up.
Malori in an interview said that he will ride the Tour.
Yes, Malori is one of Nairo's boys. I'd love to see Phinney at the Giro, any news about his scedule?
 
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Velolover2 said:
Geraint Thomas:

Santos Tour Down Under
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta
Paris - Nice
Milano - Sanremo
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Tour de Romandie
Tour de Suisse
Tour de France

Quite heavy build-up for the Tour. LOTS of stage races.

Where did you get this from?

These are all races Thomas can play a major role in but seems quite heavy before Tour and Olympics.
 
Apr 12, 2015
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GdaG said:
Velolover2 said:
Geraint Thomas:

Santos Tour Down Under
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta
Paris - Nice
Milano - Sanremo
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Tour de Romandie
Tour de Suisse
Tour de France

Quite heavy build-up for the Tour. LOTS of stage races.

Where did you get this from?

These are all races Thomas can play a major role in but seems quite heavy before Tour and Olympics.

From a podcast where he talked about it. He said that something about that Sky was the best place to learn and that he'll only ride the Tour in 2016, but maybe target the Giro in 2017 (or even TDF 2017) with another team. He was open to the possibility of leaving Sky if he got a good offer.

Still, I think his program is a bit to heavy. Even Valverde doesn't have such a schedule.
 
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staubsauger said:
Any news whether Kruijswijk leads Lotto-Jumbo at the Giro once again or goes to the Tour!?
He will ride the Giro and will be their sole captain.

Gesink had originally planned to ride the Giro-Tour combo because the Giro started in the Nederlands, but skipped it to focus fully on the Tour.
 
Jul 27, 2009
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Velolover2 said:
staubsauger said:
Any news whether Kruijswijk leads Lotto-Jumbo at the Giro once again or goes to the Tour!?
He will ride the Giro and will be their sole captain.

Gesink had originally planned to ride the Giro-Tour combo because the Giro started in the Nederlands, but skipped it to focus fully on the Tour.
Great news!

Hopefully he's gonna hunt the blue jersey right from the start this time! :)
 
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Is this Tinkoff's Tour team:

Tinkoff Team
CONTADOR Alberto
TOSATTO Matteo
SAGAN Peter
KREUZIGER Roman
ROGERS Michael
BENNATI Daniele
PAULINHO Sérgio
MAJKA Rafał
TROFIMOV Yuri

It could very well be.
 
Mar 31, 2015
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Velolover2 said:
Is this Tinkoff's Tour team:

Tinkoff Team
CONTADOR Alberto
TOSATTO Matteo
SAGAN Peter
KREUZIGER Roman
ROGERS Michael
BENNATI Daniele
PAULINHO Sérgio
MAJKA Rafał
TROFIMOV Yuri

It could very well be.

Jesús?
 
May 15, 2011
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Velolover2 said:
Is this Tinkoff's Tour team:

Tinkoff Team
CONTADOR Alberto
TOSATTO Matteo
SAGAN Peter
KREUZIGER Roman
ROGERS Michael
BENNATI Daniele
PAULINHO Sérgio
MAJKA Rafał
TROFIMOV Yuri

It could very well be.
Is this just what you think it'll be? I don't think anything has been announced yet.
 
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LaFlorecita said:
Velolover2 said:
Is this Tinkoff's Tour team:

Tinkoff Team
CONTADOR Alberto
TOSATTO Matteo
SAGAN Peter
KREUZIGER Roman
ROGERS Michael
BENNATI Daniele
PAULINHO Sérgio
MAJKA Rafał
TROFIMOV Yuri

It could very well be.
Is this just what you think it'll be? I don't think anything has been announced yet.

It is what PCS is saying. I know that they are not always 100% but they tend to be pretty spot-on.
 
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Brullnux said:
Velolover2 said:
Is this Tinkoff's Tour team:

Tinkoff Team
CONTADOR Alberto
TOSATTO Matteo
SAGAN Peter
KREUZIGER Roman
ROGERS Michael
BENNATI Daniele
PAULINHO Sérgio
MAJKA Rafał
TROFIMOV Yuri

It could very well be.

Jesús?

Hopefully not. Paulinho is the "roommate rider". He doesn't need two.
 
Jun 24, 2013
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Velolover2 said:
Brullnux said:
Velolover2 said:
Is this Tinkoff's Tour team:

Tinkoff Team
CONTADOR Alberto
TOSATTO Matteo
SAGAN Peter
KREUZIGER Roman
ROGERS Michael
BENNATI Daniele
PAULINHO Sérgio
MAJKA Rafał
TROFIMOV Yuri

It could very well be.

Jesús?

Hopefully not. Paulinho is the "roommate rider". He doesn't need two.

This is always funny. :D
 
Apr 2, 2010
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Velolover2 said:
Geraint Thomas:

Santos Tour Down Under
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta
Paris - Nice
Milano - Sanremo
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Tour de Romandie
Tour de Suisse
Tour de France

Quite heavy build-up for the Tour. LOTS of stage races.

Very similar to this year (2015) in terms of race days. Catalunya is the only new race for him but in 2016 he won't ride Dubai, E3, GW, Scheldeprijs and Roubaix. As long as he treats the TDU like a training ride as he did in 2015 I don't see a big problem with that schedule. Peak for the Paris-Nice to Flanders section and then again for Suisse and TdF.
 
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Sky TDU:
Sergio Henao
Thomas
Kennaugh
Puccio
Rowe
Stannard
Swift

Surprised no DVP or Viviani but other than that strong team.
 
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MatParker1711 said:
Sky TDU:
Sergio Henao
Thomas
Kennaugh
Puccio
Rowe
Stannard
Swift

Surprised no DVP or Viviani but other than that strong team.

Really? There is only one flat stage and that's the last one, pure sprinter is just useless here.
 
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Daniel Hoelgaard (FDJ)

Etoile de Bessèges
La Méditerranéenne
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne
GP Samyn
Paris-Nice
MSR

Nice schedule for his first real professional year.
 
Apr 2, 2010
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Gloin22 said:
MatParker1711 said:
Sky TDU:
Sergio Henao
Thomas
Kennaugh
Puccio
Rowe
Stannard
Swift

Surprised no DVP or Viviani but other than that strong team.

Really? There is only one flat stage and that's the last one, pure sprinter is just useless here.

Yup. Swift is the right choice. Henao should do well. When there isn't a flat TT he tends to always do well in one week stage races.