Yeah no question. Garmin is an unknown. Liquigas and Rabobank are the dark horses.SafeBet said:BMC looks great. OPQS ang Greenedge too.
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Yeah no question. Garmin is an unknown. Liquigas and Rabobank are the dark horses.SafeBet said:BMC looks great. OPQS ang Greenedge too.
swuzzlebubble said:In-form Nathan Haas may come in as replacement for Mick Rogers. Or Wes Sulzberger.
SafeBet said:It's Sulzberger.
And we have the italian official 9 starting:
Vincenzo Nibali
Luca Paolini
Dario Cataldo
Oscar Gatto
Marco Marcato
Moreno Moser
Rinaldo Nocentini
Matteo Trentin
Diego Ulissi
Capecchi and Nizzolo out. Don't really get all the love for Trentin.
Afrank said:Why leave Nizzolo out? Seems like a mistake.
Pippo_San said:Definitely. I'd have swapped Trentin and Marcato for Capecchi and Nizzolo.
Really what's with this Trentin?
El Pistolero said:More talented than Nizzolo for starters. Might want to pay closer attention sometimes, he's an amazing domestique. That's what he's been doing the whole year for OPQS.
search said:Nizzolo never did a race of that length - Trentin, on the other side, would have finished in the Top 10 of Milan Sanremo this year without his crash in the last corner.
Pippo_San said:On what basis exactly? Because he rides for OPQS?
The palmares doesn't lie:
NIZZOLO -> http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=38022
TRENTIN -> http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=24871
Big fail.
El Pistolero said:Based on what he actually did during a race. Palmares doesn't reflect that. Why do you think Trentin made it into the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix team? He worked his **** off in the beginning of the Ronde to make sure the big breakaway didn't get a too big lead. He would've been in the top ten of Milan-San Remo in his first edition if it wasn't for that crash in the final corner. That's impressive.
El Pistolero said:How is it speculation when they crashed right near the finish in the leading group?
Watch Milan-San Remo first.
They don't need fast men, as if any (pure) sprinter will survive.
Pippo_San said:Guys you should think before posting trash.
He was 3rd in Hamburg FFS!