Tour Méditerranéen 2.1 (6th-10th February)

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Dazed and Confused said:
I agree, but these days Kreuziger will likely always get stiff competition in most races.



ok, but not sure why.



I think Roche have more upside in 1 week races than Kreuziger.



Boom's ambition level is too high to be a support rider. Not sure about Monfort, current top 5 domestique, but does he want more moving forward?
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Monfort has gotten co-leadership at the Vuelta the past 2 years and is always the leader in a few small stage races early on. Think he is satisfied with his role.
 
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Dazed and Confused said:
I agree, but these days Kreuziger will likely always get stiff competition in most races.
ok, but not sure why.
I think Roche have more upside in 1 week races than Kreuziger.
Boom's ambition level is too high to be a support rider. Not sure about Monfort, current top 5 domestique, but does he want more moving forward?
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This is the first french race of season. So a good performance is always welcome for a french sponsor. IAM is a pro-conti team and their goals are very different from Saxo-Tinkoff

Good for Boom if his ambition is high but Blanco is not gonna find a sponsor because of Boom. He is a good piece of a very good team. Sometimes he have to work for a GC captain. True that Rabo GC captains are a joke most of the times.


Dekker_Tifosi said:
Boom is no support rider. He's (co)leader in cobble races and also one-week races which contain ITT and no real climb (like eneco).
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Cancellara is an elite cobble rider and had to work for the team captains at Tour de France. Boom hasn't got a strong GC captain in the team. The context of Blanco cycling favours him but you never know. If Blanco dissapear, or a very strong GC rider land on his team he sometimes has to work as a domestique
 
Forunculo

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Dekker_Tifosi said:
You're clearly underestimating Boom.
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No, I told he was sublime as always;)



‏@TourDeJose
Third stage in Tour de Mediterrannee cancelled. Reasons outside of organization cited (via @cyclismactu)
 
Ruudz0r

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Forunculo said:
This is the first french race of season. So a good performance is always welcome for a french sponsor. IAM is a pro-conti team and their goals are very different from Saxo-Tinkoff

Good for Boom if his ambition is high but Blanco is not gonna find a sponsor because of Boom. He is a good piece of a very good team. Sometimes he have to work for a GC captain. True that Rabo GC captains are a joke most of the times.




Cancellara is an elite cobble rider and had to work for the team captains at Tour de France. Boom hasn't got a strong GC captain in the team. The context of Blanco cycling favours him but you never know. If Blanco dissapear, or a very strong GC rider land on his team he sometimes has to work as a domestique
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This is not the first french race of the season. There was the Etoille de Besseges (6 stages) and GP cycliste la Marseille
 
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Forunculo said:
Good for Boom if his ambition is high but Blanco is not gonna find a sponsor because of Boom. He is a good piece of a very good team. Sometimes he have to work for a GC captain. True that Rabo GC captains are a joke most of the times.
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In 2010 Menchov made the podium in the Tour, and Gesink finished 6th (5th). If this were Garmin the hype would know no end ;)

Anyway, Boom isn't born to be a helper. Last year he didn't even want to ride the Tour because he'd be a pure domestique there. The Dutch Gilbert, as it were.
 
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Forunculo said:
No, I told he was sublime as always;)



‏@TourDeJose
Third stage in Tour de Mediterrannee cancelled. Reasons outside of organization cited (via @cyclismactu)
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Cancelled as in not riding at all or changing route? :confused:

Anyway, really happy about Löfkvist's performance today! He was a good TT'er before Sky, but somehow did virtually zero good ITT's there. So it's great to see him back in the top 5 of an ITT, even if it's a small race.
 
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Ruudz0r said:
Can you post the profile here?
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You posted it yourself. ;)

Ruudz0r said:
Tomorrow
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Rebellin :cool:
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The last 50 kms are on the circuit. Triple that and you'll have the alternative stage.

edit: but it seems like they canceled it altogether
 
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Dazed and Confused

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Forunculo said:
This is the first french race of season. So a good performance is always welcome for a french sponsor. IAM is a pro-conti team and their goals are very different from Saxo-Tinkoff

Good for Boom if his ambition is high but Blanco is not gonna find a sponsor because of Boom. He is a good piece of a very good team. Sometimes he have to work for a GC captain. True that Rabo GC captains are a joke most of the times.
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Race in France today, Italy next etc. Same difference. There will always be a bunch of riders who will target a race for various reasons.

IAM a pro conti team and therefore doesn't count in the competition? ok, but surely we can find similar scenarios in most races. To recap: I think Kreuziger belongs around 10 in a TT. Lets see where he lands as the season moves forward. P-N next I believe?

Boom.
My point is he would want a race schedule as captain. Could be on Blanco or another team, but there should be space for it. Monfort is more flexible I think.

Cancellara is a Champion today and I am pretty sure he can decide most of his race schedule.
 
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Ruudz0r said:
This is not the first french race of the season. There was the Etoille de Besseges (6 stages) and GP cycliste la Marseille
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You can't compare Etoille and Marseille with Tour Méditerranéen, it's the first time where the french teams are racing against an international peloton at least at high level
 
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theyoungest said:
In 2010 Menchov made the podium in the Tour, and Gesink finished 6th (5th). If this were Garmin the hype would know no end ;)

Anyway, Boom isn't born to be a helper. Last year he didn't even want to ride the Tour because he'd be a pure domestique there. The Dutch Gilbert, as it were.
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I'm not a fan of Vaughters but he won il Giro with Hesjedal:p

The second part wasn't my point. I was talking about Blanco dissapearing at the end of the season, an hypothetical scenario where top teams could offer him a different role (and big money). My point was he would be an excellent superdomestique. Of course depends of his will but it depends of the market too (Financial crisis, LA and Puerto sagas, etc). While he finds the right team where he is no less than a co-captain everything is ok and my point meaningless.

Dazed and Confused said:
Race in France today, Italy next etc. Same difference. There will always be a bunch of riders who will target a race for various reasons.

IAM a pro conti team and therefore doesn't count in the competition? ok, but surely we can find similar scenarios in most races. To recap: I think Kreuziger belongs around 10 in a TT. Lets see where he lands as the season moves forward. P-N next I believe?

Boom.
My point is he would want a race schedule as captain. Could be on Blanco or another team, but there should be space for it. Monfort is more flexible I think.

Cancellara is a Champion today and I am pretty sure he can decide most of his race schedule.
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IAM depends of wild cards so they, more or less, have to be alert (in form) most part of the calender. Kreuziger knows since December what races Saxo goes. Yes, Paris-Nice is the next big goal. With Contador, Evans, Nibali, Wiggo, Froome going to Italy. There are chances for many riders.


I agree Monfort is more flexible and his bank account is glad for that:D
 
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