Team Astana

[bursaomentalis]

Is kiserlovski ok? anyone knows?

broken collarbone and he was just getting into his best form... that guy is so unlucky its almost impossible

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

broken collarbone and he was just getting into his best form... that guy is so unlucky its almost impossible

so no Vuelta either then....................................................... um, oh yea forgot these:.....................................................................

 

[SafeBet]

Anybody can confirm his crash was related to the tacks?

 

[bursaomentalis]

Anybody can confirm his crash was related to the tacks?

a croatian newspaper says thats probably the case

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Man I want Kiserlovski in the Vuelta!

 

[nogav1ca]

Brajkovic said that while Kiserlovski was giving him his front wheel, an OPQS rider (Levi?) crashed into Kiserlovski.

 

[Gloin22]

so no Vuelta either then....................................................... um, oh yea forgot these:.....................................................................

Wiggins broke his collarbone and still rode Vuelta

He will ride Vuelta if there's nothing more to it than broken collarbone.

Still sucks big time...

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Wiggins broke his collarbone and still rode Vuelta

He will ride Vuelta if there's nothing more to it than broken collarbone.

Still sucks big time...

Yea but Wiggo got almost a week more of rehabilitation

 

[cineteq]

Remember when Vino was recruiting Andy at the Dauphiné back in the peloton?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Where is Maxim? Did he party to hard after LBL or did he not even try to target the tour?
(I know this comes a couple of days after the tour finished, but it is almost worrying that he has been racing so badly lately)

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Am I the only one that can't wait for the ardennes next year?

If we do not loose anyone except Kreuziger (seems certain that he will dissapear) and our guys can get in the same shpae next year this can be extrodinary

Maxim, Nibbles, Gaspa, Kiser. All can win LBL
Gaspa and Maxim could both win the AGR.
And in the fleche wallone a top 3 is not at all unrealistic
Bring it on already!

 

[Forunculo]

Am I the only one that can't wait for the ardennes next year?

If we do not loose anyone except Kreuziger (seems certain that he will dissapear) and our guys can get in the same shpae next year this can be extrodinary

Maxim, Nibbles, Gaspa, Kiser. All can win LBL
Gaspa and Maxim could both win the AGR.
And in the fleche wallone a top 3 is not at all unrealistic
Bring it on already!

Well Sky new goal are the classics I can see Cavendish and Eisel beating the whole Astana team

 

[The Hitch]

Well Sky new goal are the classics

Did they say that?

 

[Forunculo]

Did they say that?

After the Tour win DB told the press they failed at the classics so is his next goal because they want to be the best team in the world. With Thomas and Boason Hagen at Ronde van Vlaanderen and Robaix, the ardennes I don't remember one specific name.

 

[The Hitch]

It would be very interesting to see Sky go at the classics. Up until now, Bailsford has won everything by being the strongest. Unless they intend to buy Cancellara, here they will need to rely on some tactics.

Unless of course Kerrison knows how to gear Brads training towards the cobbles.

 

[leftover pie]

Remember when Vino was recruiting Andy at the Dauphiné back in the peloton?

funny you should mention that, i was in paris recently and i noticed someone has already organised a special team bus in astana colours just for andy schleck

 

[The Hitch]

Remember when Vino was recruiting Andy at the Dauphiné back in the peloton?

That is Frank.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

That is Frank.

Yea and he is not recruting. He is telling Frank that he have us all fooled to think that he is not in good form, so when the olympics come he can wins much easier since he wont be one of the favourites

 

[Zam_Olyas]

It would be very interesting to see Sky go at the classics. Up until now, Bailsford has won everything by being the strongest. Unless they intend to buy Cancellara, here they will need to rely on some tactics.

Unless of course Kerrison knows how to gear Brads training towards the cobbles.

They have "G".

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Urán for the Ardennes. He's got the capabilities, as he showed glimpses at Caisse with the Lombardia podium and the late breaks in places like Valdepeñas de Jaén, and he has shown a fair few similar signs of promise at Sky, but they're getting more frequent and more convincing and in a year or two he should be right up there in the mix for sure.

The thing is, though, the Classics are just much harder to control the way Sky have done with stage races, because there's such an element of luck and placing because there's no tomorrow, it's much harder to strangle the life out of the race until people can't even be bothered to attack, like Sky have done in stage races.

 

[Samson]

Since I didn't get answer in Eneco tour thread I'll ask it in here!

Astana Pro Team
Guarnieri, Jacopo
Gruzdev, Dmitriy
Iglinskiy, Valentin
Kangert, Tanel
Muravyev, Dimitriy
Petrov, Evgeni
Ponzi, Simone
Renev, Sergey
Grivko, Andriy
Nepomnyachshiy, Evgeniy

What you guys think how good could be this Astana team in TTT?

 

[janraaskalt]

What you guys think how good could be this Astana team in TTT?

What do you think about it? Keep in mind that only 8 guys will start.

 

[The Hitch]

They have "G".

G is not good enough to win a cobbled classic with no tactics. Only robo wiggins and possibly cancellara are.

 

[The Hitch]

Urán for the Ardennes. He's got the capabilities, as he showed glimpses at Caisse with the Lombardia podium and the late breaks in places like Valdepeñas de Jaén, and he has shown a fair few similar signs of promise at Sky, but they're getting more frequent and more convincing and in a year or two he should be right up there in the mix for sure.

The thing is, though, the Classics are just much harder to control the way Sky have done with stage races, because there's such an element of luck and placing because there's no tomorrow, it's much harder to strangle the life out of the race until people can't even be bothered to attack, like Sky have done in stage races.

Both paragraphs could have been shortened inyo the same.4 short words.

"watch Olympic road race"

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Since I didn't get answer in Eneco tour thread I'll ask it in here!



What you guys think how good could be this Astana team in TTT?

meh... Not enough firepower to top 5, perhaps on a good day top 10