Tony Martin Bandwagon thread

[bicing]

Tony launching a Blitzkrieg on the whole Peleton
What a ride, gotta love it

Today's ITT had a peloton??!?!!?!!!

 

[Bavarianrider]

Seems like Tony is back in the Top 10 Tour discussion

 

[jens_attacks]

Seems like Tony is back in the Top 10 Tour discussion

levi too haha

 

[luckyboy]

This is the best route Martin could ever hope for, but it still has mountains in it, so no top 10.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

tony martin and bavarianrider ftw.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Nice

1 1 GILBERT Philippe BEL19820705 OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 698
2 2 EVANS Cadel AUS19770214 BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 574
3 3 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ESP19821206 SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 471
4 4 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP19790312 KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 366
5 5 SCARPONI Michele ITA19790925 LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 357
6 13 MARTIN Tony GER19850423 HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 349
7 6 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel ESP19780205 EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) 307
8 7 WIGGINS Bradley GBR19800428 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 289
9 8 SCHLECK Frank LUX19800415 LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 284
10 9 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA19841114 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 272
11 10 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald NOR19870517 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 260
12 11 CANCELLARA Fabian SUI19810318 LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 252
13 12 SCHLECK Andy LUX19850610 LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 252
14 25 FROOME Christopher GBR19850520 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 230
15 14 VINOKOUROV Alexandre KAZ19730916 PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 230
16 15 GESINK Robert NED19860531 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 222
17 16 GOSS Matthew Harley AUS19861105 HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 217
18 17 KLÖDEN Andreas GER19750622 TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 207
19 18 MARTIN Daniel IRL19860820 TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 206
20 19 CUNEGO Damiano ITA19810919 LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 203
21 20 SAGAN Peter SVK19900126 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 198
22 44 MILLAR David GBR19770104 TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 185
23 21 MOLLEMA Bauke NED19861126 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 184
24 22 BASSO Ivan ITA19771126 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 170
25 23 URAN URAN Rigoberto COL19870126 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 169
26 24 LEIPHEIMER Levi USA19731024 TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 158
27 26 CAVENDISH Mark GBR19850521 HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 152
28 34 PERAUD Jean-Christophe FRA19770522 AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 151
29 27 HORNER Christopher USA19711023 TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 143
30 28 BOONEN Tom BEL19801015 QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 140
31 29 FUGLSANG Jakob DEN19850322 LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 136
32 30 KREUZIGER Roman CZE19860506 PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 135
33 31 GREIPEL André GER19820716 OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 132
34 32 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL19830201 OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 125
35 33 HUSHOVD Thor NOR19780118 TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 123
36 35 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED19870607 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 120
37 36 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat ESP19860320 MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 118
38 37 GADRET John FRA19790422 AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 116
39 38 GERRANS Simon AUS19800516 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 111
40 39 PINOTTI Marco ITA19760225 HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 110
41 40 FARRAR Tyler USA19840602 TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 108
42 41 MEYER Cameron AUS19880111 TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 106
43 42 MARCATO Marco ITA19840211 VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 102
44 46 NUYENS Nick BEL19800505 SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 101
45 43 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto POR19861005 MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 101
46 45 VAN SUMMEREN Johan BEL19810204 TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 100
47 47 BALLAN Alessandro ITA19791106 BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 100
48 48 ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin ESP19850608 MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 95
49 49 BENNATI Daniele ITA19800924 LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 94
50 50 POELS Wouter NED19871001 VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 94
51 51 BOLE Grega SLO19850813 LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 91
52 52 SWIFT Ben GBR19871105 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 91
53 53 CHAVANEL Sylvain FRA19790630 QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 90
54 54 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL19850517 BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 90
55 55 TONDO VOLPINI Xavier ESP19781105 MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 90
56 56 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP19840526 EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) 86
57 57 PETACCHI Alessandro ITA19740103 LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 81
58 58 SÖRENSEN Chris DEN19840905 SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 80
59 59 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel ESP19810905 KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 80
60 60 MONFORT Maxime BEL19830114 LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 78
61 61 LEUKEMANS Björn BEL19770701 VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 76
62 62 MATTHEWS Michael AUS19900926 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 74
63 63 TEN DAM Laurens NED19801113 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 73
64 143 CUMMINGS Stephen GBR19810319 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 71
65 64 PHINNEY Taylor USA19900627 BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 71
66 65 BRAJKOVIC Janez SLO19831218 TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 71
67 66 DANIELSON Thomas USA19780313 TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 71
68 67 TJALLINGII Maarten NED19771105 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 70
69 68 ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor ESP19830302 EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) 70
70 69 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José ESP19820506 MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 70
71 70 CIOLEK Gerald GER19860919 QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 67
72 71 ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL19850702 OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 66
73 110 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon ESP19831124 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 64
74 72 BARREDO LLAMAZALES Carlos ESP19810605 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 60
75 73 RAST Grégory SUI19800117 TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 60
76 74 VANENDERT Jelle BEL19850219 OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 58
77 75 SIVTSOV Kanstantsin BLR19820809 HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 58
78 76 BOZIC Borut SLO19800808 VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 57
79 77 WEENING Pieter NED19810405 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 56
80 78 PONZI Simone ITA19870117 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 54
81 79 BAK Lars Ytting DEN19800116 HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 54
82 80 KENNAUGH Peter GBR19890615 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 51
83 81 DEVENYNS Dries BEL19830722 QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 50
84 - KAISEN Olivier BEL19830430 OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 50
85 83 VAN EMDEN Jos NED19850218 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 50
86 82 POZZATO Filippo ITA19810910 KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 50
87 84 LANGEVELD Sebastian NED19850117 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 50
88 85 NOCENTINI Rinaldo ITA19770925 AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 46
89 86 EISEL Bernhard AUT19810217 HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 44
90 87 WEGMANN Fabian GER19800620 LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 43
91 88 FRANK Mathias SUI19861209 BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 42
92 89 HINCAPIE George USA19730629 BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 40
93 90 VAN LEIJEN Joost NED19840720 VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 40
94 91 FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar ESP19760215 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 38
95 92 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo ESP19760120 MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 36
96 93 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA19890130 LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 35
97 101 HAEDO Juan José ARG19810126 SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 34
98 94 MACHADO Tiago POR19851018 TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 33
99 95 LOPEZ GARCIA David ESP19810513 MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 32
100 115 CATALDO Dario ITA19850317 QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 32

 

[Bavarianrider]

Tony Martin has thrown down the gautlet to the peleton for the 2012 Tour.
He says that his big goal remains London, but isn't going to the Tour to lose time either. He'll fight as good as he can for the GC.

 

[Midnightfright]

Tony Martin has thrown down the gautlet to the peleton for the 2012 Tour.
He says that his big goal remains London, but isn't going to the Tour to lose time either. He'll fight as good as he can for the GC.

By the sounds things he could have a 3 minute advantage on the nxt got going GC after the timetrials ( which would probably be Wiggans) and I'm positive he will lose more than 3 mintues to Wiggans on the mountains and that's not even talking about the other contenders.

 

[Angliru]

Am I blind or is Cobo missing from this list you just posted?? Just riders from World Tour teams?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Am I blind or is Cobo missing from this list you just posted?? Just riders from World Tour teams?

In the official WT ranking there is no PCT riders or teams.

Only in the ridersvalue ranking.
2010 was the only exception when PCT riders/teams were counted in WT(or PT) rankings

 

[Old School]

Maybe...maybe not.

Depends on how many contenders fall and knock themselves out...get hurt...run into cars...potholes...dogs....get drug tested.

 

[Parrulo]

are you still going at this? how many failed attempts at a GT will it take for you to finally realize that tony can't climb over a road bump with the best nor the second best . . .

 

[gregrowlerson]

are you still going at this? how many failed attempts at a GT will it take for you to finally realize that tony can't climb over a road bump with the best nor the second best . . .

Let's keep it going. I love the Tony Martin climbing banter

 

[jens_attacks]

cadel feeds bavarianrider hahaha


Preguntado por quiénes pueden ser sus rivales más peligrosos en Tour 2012, teniendo en cuenta las etapas presentadas, el australiano señala "Tony Martin, Bradley Wiggins y Levi Leipheimer estarán ahí para la victoria".

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=44261

also lol at the answer about contador,big mistake.don't pisz him off cadel,stage 7 stage 7.

 

[karlboss]

cadel feeds bavarianrider hahaha


Preguntado por quiénes pueden ser sus rivales más peligrosos en Tour 2012, teniendo en cuenta las etapas presentadas, el australiano señala "Tony Martin, Bradley Wiggins y Levi Leipheimer estarán ahí para la victoria".

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=44261

also lol at the answer about contador,big mistake.don't pisz him off cadel,stage 7 stage 7.

didn't think about velits, darkhorse for sure on this course

 

[The Hitch]

cadel feeds bavarianrider hahaha


Preguntado por quiénes pueden ser sus rivales más peligrosos en Tour 2012, teniendo en cuenta las etapas presentadas, el australiano señala "Tony Martin, Bradley Wiggins y Levi Leipheimer estarán ahí para la victoria".

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=44261

also lol at the answer about contador,big mistake.don't pisz him off cadel,stage 7 stage 7.

Has Cadel gone totaly cookoo? To write off Contador because he didnt win this year. I can understand saying you dont expect him to be there, but to say he expects the likes of Wiggins and Martin to beat Contador because Contador didnt win this year, geez Cadel.

As I recall the last person to ignore Contador when listing favourites was Andy, overjoyed at the fact that Contador wouldnt be there.
Contador ended up costing him the race.

 

[El Pistolero]

Has Cadel gone totaly cookoo? To write of Contador because he didnt win this year. I can understand saying you dont expect him to be there, but to say he expects the likes of Wiggins and Martin to beat Contador because Contador didnt win this year, geez Cadel.

As I recall the last person to ignore Contador when listing favourites was Andy, overjoyed at the fact that Contador wouldnt be there.
Contador ended up costing him the race.

Don't worry, he'll crush Cadel next year at Tirreno-Adriatico already if not banned and with it all his hopes for a second Tour win

 

[Angliru]

In the official WT ranking there is no PCT riders or teams.

Only in the ridersvalue ranking.
2010 was the only exception when PCT riders/teams were counted in WT(or PT) rankings

Thanks!

 

[Angliru]

Has Cadel gone totaly cookoo? To write off Contador because he didnt win this year. I can understand saying you dont expect him to be there, but to say he expects the likes of Wiggins and Martin to beat Contador because Contador didnt win this year, geez Cadel.

As I recall the last person to ignore Contador when listing favourites was Andy, overjoyed at the fact that Contador wouldnt be there.
Contador ended up costing him the race.

I think ACF has gotten a job as PR man for Cadel. Delusional and a bit cocky to write Contador off. I truly am looking forward to the Tour now with hopes of Contador ripping Johann, Andy and Cadel new ones and bringing them all back to reality.

 

[The Hitch]

I think ACF has gotten a job as PR man for Cadel. Delusional and a bit cocky to write Contador off. I truly am looking forward to the Tour now with hopes of Contador ripping Johann, Andy and Cadel new ones and bringing them all back to reality.

What did Andy and Brunyeel say?

 

[Angliru]

What did Andy and Brunyeel say?

Nothing, they were included just because....

 

[jens_attacks]

just like bavarianrider would say:

jan ullrich back for tour de france 2012!!!

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?page=news&cod=43610&tp=n

 

[will10]

Am I the only one who finds it odd that people hype Froome and Velits for next year's Tour based on the TT milage, despite the fact that both of them have only done one world class time trial in their entire careers?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Am I the only one who finds it odd that people hype Froome and Velits for next year's Tour based on the TT milage, despite the fact that both of them have only done one world class time trial in their entire careers?

Not that odd when you consider that the last time Froome raced a GT before he came 2nd at the Vuelta, he was disqualified for hanging on to a motorbike after being dropped on the first climb of the day on the Aprica stage in 2010.

If he can improve at that kind of rate, he's a threat to win anything. And we know Sky will be strong, especially since the route means they can bring plenty of rouleurs for both Cav and Froome/Wiggins. Their biggest problem might be if they have too many chiefs and not enough Indians. How Velits does is more of a crapshoot since he's at a different team, and how he gels with them will be a key factor (especially if Leipheimer is in good shape at the time as well).

 

[jens_attacks]

libertine do you still have nightmares with froome motoring pena cabarga?

the hype is normal because they did incredible things(who can forget that itt by velits and the whole froomy's vuelta)?i'm sure both of them will have a succesful tour,froome especially