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Bala Verde

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He was a former speed skater I believe.

And in the 'crazy prediction' thread I tipped him to win the polka dot jersey... :D
 
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Barrus said:
this could only mean either Kreuziger, Nibali, or some other big rider is leaving, or that more than one is leaving. Visconti won't be content with no possibility of leadership
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Visconti is a classics guy primarily. Maybe Nibali has his ambitions in the classics, but i think it gives extra tactical options to have a guy with a fast finish as a second leader.
 
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Visconti is a classics guy primarily. Maybe Nibali has his ambitions in the classics, but i think it gives extra tactical options to have a guy with a fast finish as a second leader.
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I thought Visconti wanted to do more on his stage racing, especially considering his beautiful win in Turkye, oh well, my mistake inspired by mistaken commentators

@ afpm90, oh right forgot about that. Well perhaps they aren't expecting Pellizoti to ride for two years ;)
 
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As already mentioned, Visconti is a one day rider, althought he rides very well in short stage races too and Liquigas miss a Classic rider.

Scinto used to refer at him as a copy (??) of Bartoli.
 
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Thaks Joy for the link. I saw in the comments (from the person who I *think* is Vino's relative - gets all the photos and updates from Vino onto the site) I saw that person say that they expect to sign the contract this week, and that all is going well. 3 more years for AC at Astana. That should put an end to people's speculation that Alberto and Vino cannot get along and share a team together.

I'm pleased to see Alberto stay. He seems very happy with Martinelli and Sanquer, and with Vino, the other riders, the staff, etc. Sounds like he's found a good fit.

As both a Vino and an Alberto fan, this is great news!
 
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El Imbatido said:
It is confirmed that AC will stay with Astana, well almost done

http://albertocontadornotebook.info/
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Wonderful news! As is this part of the article:

Contador’s brother expects that the agreement will be resolved as soon as possible so that he can focus on this season’s goals, among whch could be the Vuelta a España.
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It's a good day to be an AC and Vino fan! :)

Edit - I'll take the Vuelta discussion over to the Contador 2010 thread so as not to derail this one.
 
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Contador’s brother expects that the agreement will be resolved as soon as possible so that he can focus on this season’s goals, among whch could be the Vuelta a España.
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Lampre Kashechkin vs Astana Contador on this year's Vuelta?

Sounds pretty epic.
 
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Beech Mtn said:
Edit - I'll take the Vuelta discussion over to the Contador 2010 thread so as not to derail this one.
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Uhm, the vuelta thing does not seem to come from the Brother/manager, but from the editor of the website
 
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