Ruta del Sol (Vuelta a Andalucia) 17/2 - 21/2

[rune1107]

The first profiled spanish race of the season is upon us. "Route of the sun" is always a good race, and it seems like it is super open this year, but with Valverde, Mollema, Kreuziger and Majka as the main favourites. Likely the winner will be found on stages 4 and 5, where we will see a TT and a MTF on Alto Penas Blancas. Valverde usually does good in this one, winning in both 2012, 2013, 2014. European racing is upon us guys. What's not to like?!

Live coverage:

Eurosport

SKY (SKY)
GBR
1 SWIFT Ben GBR
2 KIRYIENKA Vasil BLR
3 KNEES Christian GER
4 INXAUSTI Benat ESP
5 MOSCON Gianni ITA
6 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP
7 POELS Wouter NED


TINKOFF (TNK)
RUS
11 MAJKA Rafal POL
12 KREUZIGER Roman CZE
13 BENNATI Daniele ITA
14 BOARO Manuele ITA
15 GATTO Oscar ITA
16 MCCARTHY Jay AUS
17 TRUSOV Nikolay RUS


MOVISTAR (MOV)
ESP
21 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro ESP
22 ERVITI OLLO Imanol ESP
23 FERNANDEZ Ruben ESP
24 LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose ESP
25 MORENO BAZAN Javier ESP
26 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel ESP
27 SUTHERLAND Rory AUS


TREK - SEGAFREDO (TFS)
USA
31 MOLLEMA Bauke NED
32 FELLINE Fabio ITA
33 REIJNEN Kiel USA
34 STETINA Peter USA
35 IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel ESP
36 ZOIDL Riccardo AUT
37 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar ESP


LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS)
BEL
41 DE CLERCQ Bart BEL
42 MARCZYNSKI Tomasz POL
43 VAN DER SANDE Tosh BEL
44 MONFORT Maxime BEL
45 VANENDERT Jelle BEL
46 VERVAEKE Louis BEL
47 WELLENS Tim BEL


GIANT - ALPECIN (TGA)
GER
51 LUDVIGSSON Fredrik SWE
52 CURVERS Roy NED
53 OOMEN Sam NED
54 PREIDLER Georg AUT
55 GESCHKE Simon GER
56 LUDVIGSSON Tobias SWE
57 TIMMER Albert NED


IAM CYCLING (IAM)
SUI
61 CHEVRIER Clement FRA
62 COPPEL Jerome FRA
63 CLEMENT Stef NED
64 ELMIGER Martin SUI
65 FRANK Mathias SUI
66 HOLLENSTEIN Reto SUI
67 NAESEN Oliver BEL


LOTTO NL - JUMBO (TLJ)
NED
71 KELDERMAN Wilco NED
72 BATTAGLIN Enrico ITA
73 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED
74 KEIZER Martijn NED
75 LINDEMAN Bertjan NED
76 MARTENS Paul GER
77 TJALLINGII Maarten NED


BMC RACING (BMC)
USA
81 VAN GARDEREN Tejay USA
82 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel ESP
83 GILBERT Philippe BEL
84 HERMANS Ben BEL
85 CARUSO Damiano ITA
86 BOOKWALTER Brent USA
87 ATAPUMA HURTADO Darwin COL


DIMENSION DATA (DDD)
RSA
91 BERHANE Natnael ERI
92 BRAMMEIER Matt IRL
93 CUMMINGS Stephen GBR
94 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar ESP
95 ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor ESP
96 SBARAGLI Kristian ITA
97 SIUTSOU Kanstantsin BLR


CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA (CJR)
ESP
101 ARROYO DURAN David ESP
102 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio ESP
103 MAS BONET Luis ESP
104 GONÇALVES José POR
105 BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello ESP
106 MADRAZO RUIZ Angel ESP
107 ARAMENDIA LORENTE Javier Francisco ESP


DIRECT ENERGIE (DEN)
FRA
111 CHAVANEL Sylvain FRA
112 COQUARD Bryan FRA
113 GRELLIER Fabien FRA
114 MORICE Julien FRA
115 PETIT Adrien FRA
116 PICHOT Alexandre FRA
117 QUEMENEUR Perrig FRA


COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS (COF)
FRA
121 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel ESP
122 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel ESP
123 BOUHANNI Nacer FRA
124 BOZIC Borut SLO
125 LAPORTE Christophe FRA
126 LEMOINE Cyril FRA
127 SOUPE Geoffrey FRA


CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE (CCC)
POL
131 DE LA PARTE Víctor ESP
132 PLUCINSKI Leszek POL
133 OWSIAN Lukasz POL
134 HIRT Jan CZE
135 MROZEK Marcin POL
136 GROSSCHARTNER Felix AUT
137 SZMYD Sylwester POL


ROOMPOT - ORANJE PELOTON (ROP)
NED
141 DE MAAR Marc NED
142 DUIJN Huub NED
143 VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd NED
144 KREDER Michel NED
145 KREDER Raymond NED
146 LAMMERTINK Maurits NED
147 TOLHOEK Antwan NED


WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT (WGG)
BEL
151 BAUGNIES Jérôme BEL
152 DEGAND Thomas BEL
153 CLAEYS Dimitri BEL
154 DEVRIENDT Tom BEL
155 VAN MELSEN Kevin BEL
156 NAPOLITANO Danilo ITA
157 VEUCHELEN Frederik BEL


GAZPROM-RUSVELO (GAZ)
RUS
161 FIRSANOV Sergey RUS
162 MAIKIN Roman RUS
163 SHALUNOV Evgeny RUS
164 RYBALKIN Aleksey RUS
165 BOEV Igor RUS
166 OVECHKIN Artem RUS
167 ARSLANOV Ildar RUS


TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE (TSV)
BEL
171 SPRENGERS Thomas BEL
172 VAN LERBERGHE Bert BEL
173 FARAZIJN Maxime BEL
174 LIETAER Eliot BEL
175 VAN HOECKE Gijs BEL
176 HELVEN Sander BEL
177 VAN GESTEL Dries BEL


FUNVIC SOUL CYCLES - CARREFOUR (FSC)
BRA
181 PIEDRA PEREZ Antonio ESP
182 URTASUN PEREZ Pablo ESP
183 DA SILVA RAMOS Kleber BRA
184 NOT Found ---
185 PEREIRA GASPAR João Marcelo BRA
186 CARDOSO SANTOS Flavio BRA
187 CHAMORRO Francisco ARG


SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA (STH)
ITA
191 POZZATO Filippo ITA
192 BELLETTI Manuel ITA
193 BUSATO Matteo ITA
194 FEDI Andrea ITA
195 RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian ESP
196 SANZ Enrique ESP
197 ZHUPA Eugert ALB


BURGOS BH (BUR)
ESP
201 CUBERO GALVEZ Jorge ESP
202 DEL PINO CORROCHANO Jesus ESP
203 MERINO CORTAZAR Igor ESP
204 MARTIN HERNANDEZ Victor ESP
205 TORRES MUINO Pablo ESP
206 SALAS Ibai ESP
207 SOLE VALL Arnau ESP


MATRIX POWERTAG (MTR)
JPN
211 TORIBIO ALCOLEA Jose Vicente ESP
212 SANO Junya JPN
213 NOT Found ---
214 FERNANDEZ CASASOLA Airan ESP
215 YOSHIDA Hayato JPN
216 YASUHARA Daiki JPN
217 TAKUBO Kenji JPN


EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS (EUS)
ESP
221 BRAVO OIARBIDE Garikoitz ESP
222 TXOPERENA MATXIKOTE Benat ESP
223 INSAUSTI IRASTORZA Jon Ander ESP
224 BAGÜES Aritz ESP
225 BIZKARRA Mikel ESP
226 ESTEVEZ Imanol ESP
227 LIZARRALDE Eneko ESP


STRADALLI - BIKE AID (BAI)
GER
231 NSENGIMANA Jean Bosco RWA
232 GHEBREINDRIAS Amanuel Mengis ERI
233 TESHOME HAGOS Meron ERI
234 GARCIA Damien FRA
235 SCHÄFER Timo GER
236 HOLLER Nikodemus GER
237 BICHLMANN Daniel GER

 

[MatParker117]

Poels

 

[Ricco']

Henao and Landa aren't part of Sky. They have been replaced by Intxausti and Swift.

I really hope to see if Anton's move to Dimension Data has done him any good.

 

[rune1107]

Re:

Henao and Landa aren't part of Sky. They have been replaced by Intxausti and Swift.

I really hope to see if Anton's move to Dimension Data has done him any good.

I see, it is not the complete startlist

 

[Mr.White]

Re:

Poels

You forgot Sky's lineup

 

[whynotme101]

Valverde, poels and van Garderen are my podium picks. Should be a good race, seems like a pretty even split of big riders between this and algarve

 

[DBotero]

Stage 1 - Almonaster la Real › Sevilla 165,2 km

Stage 2 - Palomares del Río › Córdoba 186,3 km

Stage 3 - Monachil › Padul 157,9 km

Stage 4 - Alhaurín de la Torre › Alhaurín de la Torre 21 km

Stage 5 - San Roque › Peñas Blancas 164,2 km

Valverde ftw! It will be hard to beat Poels,but i think it's possible.

Ups Forgot to post Sky team.I know that people are waiting:Intxausti,Kiryienka,Knees,Moscon,Nieve,Poels,Swift

 

[jens_attacks]

Tejay will kill here.

 

[johnymax]

Re:

Valverde, poels and van Garderen are my podium picks. Should be a good race, seems like a pretty even split of big riders between this and algarve

And yet the Algarve thread has 7 pages already while Andalucia has 7 posts. I wonder why.

I also think it's between Bala, Poels and TvG with Majka also beeing up there.

 

[rune1107]

Re: Re:

Valverde, poels and van Garderen are my podium picks. Should be a good race, seems like a pretty even split of big riders between this and algarve

And yet the Algarve thread has 7 pages already while Andalucia has 7 posts. I wonder why.

I also think it's between Bala, Poels and TvG with Majka also beeing up there.

Take Contador out of Algarve and put him in the Ruta del Sol, and then you will see 7 pages here, and 7 posts in the Algarve thread...

 

[pastronef]

Re: Re:

Valverde, poels and van Garderen are my podium picks. Should be a good race, seems like a pretty even split of big riders between this and algarve

And yet the Algarve thread has 7 pages already while Andalucia has 7 posts. I wonder why.

I also think it's between Bala, Poels and TvG with Majka also beeing up there.

Take Contador out of Algarve and put him in the Ruta del Sol, and then you will see 7 pages here, and 7 posts in the Algarve thread...

the Volta Algarve owners asked Contador to race there, so their thread on cyclingnewsforum would get more hits, posts, and pages. he already helped the Ruta del Sol race thread last year when he raced that.

 

[staubsauger]

Luckily next year it's gonna be all over with Alberto!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Luckily next year it's gonna be all over with Alberto!

You think

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Valverde, poels and van Garderen are my podium picks. Should be a good race, seems like a pretty even split of big riders between this and algarve

And yet the Algarve thread has 7 pages already while Andalucia has 7 posts. I wonder why.

I also think it's between Bala, Poels and TvG with Majka also beeing up there.

The Algarve thread was created 1 week ago while this one was created 5 hours ago.

 

[rick james]

SKY Line up anybody??

 

[Gigs_98]

Re:

SKY Line up anybody??

Joke or meant seriously?

 

[rick james]

what do you think?

 

[Flamin]

Great OP. Seriously, what happened to including the most basic information?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Great OP. Seriously, what happened to including the most basic information?

I could have sworn the OP included the entire startlist, maybe the poster edited it out later

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

SKY Line up anybody??

It's in DBotero's post

 

[May0maniac]

De La Parte to finish in the top 10, Kiry to win the ITT and I hope that Funvic will be able to do something.

 

[Flamin]

Re: Re:

Great OP. Seriously, what happened to including the most basic information?

I could have sworn the OP included the entire startlist, maybe the poster edited it out later

Hm that's weird.

 

[johnymax]

Re: Re:

Valverde, poels and van Garderen are my podium picks. Should be a good race, seems like a pretty even split of big riders between this and algarve

And yet the Algarve thread has 7 pages already while Andalucia has 7 posts. I wonder why.

I also think it's between Bala, Poels and TvG with Majka also beeing up there.

Take Contador out of Algarve and put him in the Ruta del Sol, and then you will see 7 pages here, and 7 posts in the Algarve thread...

I know that. And put Froome with Contador in Algarve and you suddenly have 5 more pages in that thread. It's the hype. I don't have a problem with it. It's just an interesting/funny observation.

 

[rune1107]

Re: Re:

Great OP. Seriously, what happened to including the most basic information?

I could have sworn the OP included the entire startlist, maybe the poster edited it out later

Hm that's weird.

I did because it was provisional. I will include it again when the final one arrives

 

[rune1107]

Re: Re:

Valverde, poels and van Garderen are my podium picks. Should be a good race, seems like a pretty even split of big riders between this and algarve

And yet the Algarve thread has 7 pages already while Andalucia has 7 posts. I wonder why.

I also think it's between Bala, Poels and TvG with Majka also beeing up there.

Take Contador out of Algarve and put him in the Ruta del Sol, and then you will see 7 pages here, and 7 posts in the Algarve thread...

I know that. And put Froome with Contador in Algarve and you suddenly have 5 more pages in that thread. It's the hype. I don't have a problem with it. It's just an interesting/funny observation.

I sure agree with you! Often, the best racing in one-week races is seen between the riders just below the best. Even though I have been a big Alberto Contador fan for 6 years, I still enjoy some of the spring races that he is not in, more than the ones he is in. Sadly though, the races doesn't get the same attention on here..