Vuelta Andalucia 2012. feb 19th - feb 23th(2.1 UCI Europe Tour)

[theyoungest]

1st, 2nd, 2nd last three years in Murcia, which happens right after Andalucia

This isn't really a course for Menchov.

 

[Fetisoff]

This isn't really a course for Menchov.

And yet he's still going to rock it

 

[Der Effe]

Lars Boom will not start.

Edit: Might first read the thread before posting something.

 

[greenedge]

Stage 2 and 4 for me will decide the GT. Of course Anton will lose time ( stage 1 ) but he should gain some more time on those 2 stages. He also has Samu who will probably not be in great form ( but maybe Anton will not be either ). Two cards to play is a strong factor.

I would like to see Frank do something/ anything. Konig and Vanendert can hopefully surprise as well. Moreno has got a chance ( he was Spanish ITT champ once i think ) and climbed great last year.

Valverde is favourite because he has a short prologue, nice steep climbs and a strong team/ one race already under his belt.

I want to see Matthews win a stage here.

 

[Von Mises]

I do not get this from profiles, but how long are these climbs? Are these climbs or more like hills?

Also, descents stage 3 and 4, how hard are these, is it possible to get away?

 

[Kwibus]

for god sake rabo if you don't have Kelderman ride here now I will personally go to Breukink and give him a piece of my mind. And fists.

I agree and I will personally make sure you go to Breukink as well

Somehow we all know they will probably send Bos.

edit: Right after I posted this I checked http://www.rabosport.nl and they are sending Kelderman to replace Boom.
Thank god!
Well now we all know who will win this.

 

[Der Effe]

Edit: I am turning blind, nevermind

 

[theyoungest]

Dekker Tifosi's prayers have been heard

Now Rabo's line up looks like their team for the 2014 Tour de France.

Gesink
Kruijswijk
Mollema
Kelderman
Matthews
Niermann
Garate

(okay, those last two guys will probably be retired by then)

 

[TeoSheva]

Dekker Tifosi's prayers have been heard

Now Rabo's line up looks like their team for the 2014 Tour de France.

Gesink
Kruijswijk
Mollema
Kelderman
Matthews
Niermann
Garate

(okay, those last two guys will probably be retired by then)

I'm happy to see him in this race!

 

[FF'Wilco]

Great to see Wilco added to the roster !
I just hope he wont follow his mates diet

 

[greenedge]

Are they following the Chris Horner style of race philosophy so Rabos' young talent they have been developing for a while can peak when they are 38???

 

[Escarabajo]

Great to see Wilco added to the roster !
I just hope he wont follow his mates diet

LOL.

Now if I am a cyclist and decide to eat a juicy hamburger I'll definitely go to a different place.

 

[theyoungest]

I think it's a pre race meeting in Qatar, I don't think they'll eat a hamburger before a race. But who knows.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

this will have coverage?

pretty exciting lineup for rabo

 

[The Hitch]

Great to see Wilco added to the roster !
I just hope he wont follow his mates diet

Is this Rabos pitch to get Horner?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

RADIOSHACK - NISSAN

1. IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel
2. SCHLECK Frank
3. VOIGT Jens
4. ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
5. BENNATI Daniele
6. GERDEMANN Linus
7. MONFORT Maxime

LOTTO - BELISOL TEAM

11. DE GREEF Francis
12. VANENDERT Jelle
13. DE CLERCQ Bart
14. VAN DE WALLE Jurgen
15. VAN LEIJEN Joost
16. WILLEMS Frederik
17. VANENDERT Dennis

RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM

21. GARATE Juan Manuel
22. BARREDO LLAMAZALES Carlos
23. MOLLEMA Bauke
24. KRUIJSWIJK Steven
25. MATTHEWS Michael
26. NIERMANN Grischa
27. KELDERMAN Wilco

VACANSOLEIL - DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM

31. MARCATO Marco
32. POELS Wouter
33. CARRARA Matteo
34. LIGTHART Pim
35. RUJGH Rob
36. VAN HUMMEL Kenny Robert
37. SELVAGGI Mirko

KATUSHA TEAM

41. FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar
42. MENCHOV Denis
43. SPILAK Simon
44. VORGANOV Eduard
45. MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel
46. TROFIMOV Yuriy
47. PAOLINI Luca

EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI

51. SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel
52. ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
53. LANDA MEANA Mikel
54. VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI Gorka
55. URTASUN PEREZ Pablo
56. MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi
57. OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose

MOVISTAR TEAM

61. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
62. MORENO BAZAN Javier
63. ARROYO DURAN David
64. GUTIERREZ PALACIOS José Ivan
65. INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat
66. ERVITI Imanol
67. KIRYIENKA Vasil

TEAM NETAPP

71. BARTA Jan
72. SCHORN Daniel
73. KONIG Leopold
74. HUZARSKI Bartosz
75. DIETZIKER Andreas
76. HOLLENSTEIN Reto
77. BRANDLE Matthias

SPIDERTECH POWERED BY C10

81. ANDERSON Ryan
82. DE LUNA Flavio
83. FAIRLY Caleb
84. ROTH Ryan
85. ROUTLEY Will
86. KUNZLI Raymond
87. EUSER Lucas

SAUR - SOJASUN

91. COPPEL Jerome
92. ENGOULVENT Jimmy
93. JEANDESBOZ Fabrice
94. LE LAY David
95. MARINO Jean Marc
96. POULHIES Stephane
97. TALABARDON Yannick

PROJECT 1T4I

101. GRETSCH Patrick
102. HUGUET Yann
103. FROHLINGER Johanner
104. DOI Yukihiro
105. GESCHKE Simon
106. GENIEZ Alecandre
107. DUMOULIN Tom

CAJA RURAL

111. CARDOSO Manuel Antonio Leal
112. ARAMENDIA LORENTE Javier
113. GALDOS ALONSO Aitor
114. PIEDRA PEREZ AntonioDavid
115. FERRARI Fabricio
116. ROMERO ETXEBARRIA Igor
117. DE LA FUENTE RASILLA

ANDALUCIA

121. PALOMARES VILLAPLANA Adrian
122. RAMIREZ ABEJA Javier
123. ROSENDO PRADO Jesus
124. LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose
125. CABELLO BAENA Antonio
126. LECHUGA RODRIGUEZ Pablo
127. CESAR VELOSO Gustavo

COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE

131. MATE MARDONES Luis Angel
132. DEMARET Jean-Eudes
133. BUFFAZ Mickaël
134. DUMOULIN Samuel
135. DUQUE Leonardo
136. MONIER Damien
137. VALENTIN Tristan

ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDAS

141. VAN GOOLEN Jurgen
142. VAN DIJK Stefan
143. DEGAND Thomas
144. VAN MELSEN Kevin
145. HABEAUX Gregory
146.CAETHOVEN Steven
147. CHUZHDA Oleg

TEAM NSP - GHOST

151. FOTHEN Markus
152. MENVILLE Léo
153. FUCHS Sergej
154. FIEDLER Jacob
155. RADOCHLA Steffen
156. HOOGHIEMSTER René
157. DOMINGUEZ Daniel

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Prologue underway.

Best time so far for Grischa Niermann (7'07"), a few hundredths of a second ahead of Linus Gerdemann (!). Ignatas Konovalovas has just done 7'09".

 

[Samson]

Live coverage from somewhere (text or live picture)?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Mathews shuffles on to the top step.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Matthews, Bille, Voigt and Kiryienka the new top 4.

 

[classicomano]

Did TMWK work his magic yet?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Live coverage from somewhere (text or live picture)?

Live coverage from 14:00 CET.

 

[theyoungest]

Live coverage from 14:00 CET.

Huh? When the prologue has already finished?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Huh? When the prologue has already finished?

Well, there is apparently SOME coverage starting at 14:00CET. Not sure what it will actually be, since as you say they'll have wrapped up by then.

 

[Samson]

No live text either?