Sprinters

[johngoat]

Who will be the sprinters of the french squads; Ag2R, Francais des Jeux, Saur, Cofidis and Europcar?

AG2R: none, maybe Hinault
Francais des Jeux: ?
Saur: ?
Cofidis: ?
Europcar: ?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Saur - probably Casper, but Julien Simon has a reasonable turn of speed.
Cofidis - Duque and Dumoulin, like always.
Europcar - Arashiro, most likely.
Ag2r - if Lloyd Mondory is riding, him too.
FDJ - Hutarovich.

 

[hrotha]

For Saur, Hivert should be up there in the tougher finishes.

 

[johngoat]

Saur - probably Casper, but Julien Simon has a reasonable turn of speed.
Cofidis - Duque and Dumoulin, like always.
Europcar - Arashiro, most likely.
Ag2r - if Lloyd Mondory is riding, him too.
FDJ - Hutarovich.

Casper, Mondory and Hutarovich don't ride TdF!!!
That's the main reason I've asked.

 

[MADRAZO]

AG2R: Hinault
Francais des Jeux: Hutorovich (if included ) otherwice Bonnet or if both is out A. Roux
Saur: Galland
Cofidis: Dumoulin propably the sprinter if he wants to do the massprints, he is a bit like Boonen that way sometimes he wants too and sometimes he wont, otherwice Duque
Europcar: Chavanel and Turgot

 

[johngoat]

In my opinion Hivert is no. 1 sprinter at Saur squad.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

A #1 sprinter who can come top 10 in Paris-Nice? It's a crying shame if they turn him into a bunch sprinter, because he won't win a thing from those. He's more one for a reduced bunch.

 

[Kazistuta]

Since FDJ announced their squad today (http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/TourdeFrance/fdjs-tour-de-france-team.html), I think it's safe to assume that Bonnet will be their main man for the sprints. Roux, though, has surprised me a bit with his sprinting abilities this year.

The lineup:

Bonnet, Casar, Delage, Jeanneson, Meersman, Pauriol, Roux, Roy and Vichot.

It'll be interesting to see Meersman on the slighty uphill finishes, and Jeanneson should be able to break away in one or two mountain stages.

 

[taiwan]

Who will be the sprinters of the french squads; Ag2R, Francais des Jeux, Saur, Cofidis and Europcar?

AG2R: none, maybe Hinault
Francais des Jeux: ?
Saur: ?
Cofidis: ?
Europcar: ?

Hutarovich, Hivert, Dumoulin, Chavanel?

Casper, Mondory and Hutarovich don't ride TdF!!! That's the main reason I've asked.

OK, Bonnet then.

 

[Mambo95]

To be fair, all of these sprinters (Hutarovich aside) would need to get in a break to have a chance of a top three at the Tour, so it's business as usual for their teams.

 

[lucybears]

Europcar: as Chavanel and Arashiro aren't riding, Turgot

 

[TeoSheva]

Europcar: as Chavanel and Arashiro aren't riding, Turgot

last year he did quite well!

 

[fujisst]

Europcar - Yohann Gene

 

[johngoat]

Are you sure of Yohann Gene as 1st sprinter or just guessing?

 

[johngoat]

Sprinter Europcar

Turgot or Gene?

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Why do they need a sprinter?

 

[johngoat]

A French team in the Tour de France, that's why they need a sprinter.

 

[HemmoBosscher]

Turgot had a decent Tour last year. Maybe he could get some more top 10 finishes this year.

 

[Parrulo]

oh look another pointless thread.

there are already threads where you can discuss this, just make sure you look for them before

 

[Anonymous]

Why do they need a sprinter?

why do they need a thread?

Can a mod PLEASE put up a THINK BEFORE YOU START A NEW THREAD STICKY!

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

why do they need a thread?

Can a mod PLEASE put up a THINK BEFORE YOU START A NEW THREAD STICKY!

As long as every fart coming out of Evans, Gesink or a random Sky rider gets his own thread there should be place for the smaller and lovelier teams, too.

Géne is EUC's sprint option. If he gets into the Top 10 of some stages I would already call it a success.

 

[Anonymous]

As long as every fart coming out of Evans, Gesink or a random Sky rider gets his own thread there should be place for the smaller and lovelier teams, too.

thats like saying that because one person is an idiot we might as well all be idiots too.

Im going with Gene

 

[theyoungest]

As long as every fart coming out of Evans, Gesink or a random Sky rider gets his own thread there should be place for the smaller and lovelier teams, too.

Count the Gesink threads. There was one in the last few months.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Count the Gesink threads. There was one in the last few months.

You can replace Gesink with Mollema, van den Broeck, Hagen and every other cyclist hyped here too much.

But that's OT.

I'd love to see Géne getting some decent results or even a stage win; it's just so highly improbable.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Turgot or Gene?

Didn't you yourself start a thread asking who would be the sprinters for the French teams less than a week ago?