Fetisoff said:I thought Vino's not riding the Giro, did I miss something?
Last time i checked he was doing Giro/tour double? a while ago, so mybe changing his plans because of lack of form?
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Fetisoff said:I thought Vino's not riding the Giro, did I miss something?
BillytheKid said:Kiserlovski made Pais Vaso an epic day that's for sure. I am sure there's more to come.
Libertine Seguros said:The team looks to me a lot like Movistar last year (before all the terrible things that went wrong); a very strong support squad in search of a leader. No super-fast sprinters
Ryo Hazuki said:kreuziger is another massively overrated rider. they also want nibali, who is also overrated.
SHAD0W93 said:Mark my words Kreuziger will win the Giro next year.
Libertine Seguros said:The team looks to me a lot like Movistar last year (before all the terrible things that went wrong); a very strong support squad in search of a leader. No super-fast sprinters, but a couple of guys who can get good placements in trickier stages (Bozic, Gavazzi), some guys who can get decent placements in the classics (Iglinsky, Gasparotto), plus some second-tier contenders for stage races who can win smaller ones but will probably fall in the 5-15 area in GTs (Kreuziger, Kiserlovski, Brajkovic, Kessiakoff), with some strong helpers (Zeits, Tiralongo, Petrov). I am a big fan of Maxim Iglinsky - he is their best classics rider, getting good placings at de Ronde, San Remo and Gent-Wevelgem in his past, but was also Contador's last mountain helper in the '08 Giro, lasting the pace longer than Klöden or Leipheimer. Plus, Bruyneel said in his disputes with the Kazakh team owners over the Tour selections that they wanted Iglinsky in, and he didn't want to pick him because he felt he couldn't trust him.
There are some interesting prospects on the Continental team that could keep them alive for a while, though some like Shushemoin and Tleubayev aren't really all that young anymore (24-25)... Arman Kamyshev looks like a good one for the future though, while the team's only non-Kazakh, the Belarusian Kanstanstin Klimiankou, also could turn out to be pretty useful.
Gloin22 said:Really ? So who isn't overrated then ? I bet many Colombians
Kreuziger and Nibali did great at Tirreno. While I think Kreuziger is bit too much hyped, I don't understand why Nibali. He was immense at Tirreno and will do great at Giro too if he rides. 3rd at MSR for a climber. That's one hell awesome result.
SHAD0W93 said:Mark my words Kreuziger will win the Giro next year.
Ryo Hazuki said:the problem with iglinskiy is that he's great talent and rider, but he's inconsistant and he never wants to work for other riders usually.
Ryo Hazuki said:I'll sya here nibali will never ever win another gt. his vuelta win was a fluke and a pathetic one at that. riding velits on 3 minutes after 3 weeks is downright ridiculous to make you win a gt. last years vuelta and giro he was exposed hard. but through luck and great team he stayed on the podium(in giro), remember finestre. same in the giro that basso won. his timetrials and downhil skils are masisvely overrated. he's no where near top itt/gt riders like wiggins, leipheimer, contador, kloden, samu, menchov etc etc his downhils you ask? well show me where he took some masive time on downhils. savoldelli would take up to 3 minutes in some downhils nibali is lucky to get 20 seconds against riders like menchov and other sucky downhillers. in the tour 2009 was he ever dangerous in a downhil against real gt riders with above average downhil skils?? nope
but by all means keep overrating him like everyone does. I had a good time laying him last year for a vuelta win against great odds and will do so again this giro
step23 said:one of the young guns Maxat Ayazbayev http://translate.google.ru/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fastanafans.com%2Fpobeda-maksata-ayazbaeva-na-1-etape-mnogodnevki-giro-internazionale-della-lunigiana-2010.[url=htmlhttp://translate.google.ru/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fastanafans.com%2Fpobeda-maksata-ayazbaeva-na-1-etape-mnogodnevki-giro-internazionale-della-lunigiana-2010.html]htmlhttp://translate.google.ru/translat ... -2010.html[/url] and http://translate.google.ru/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fastanafans.com%2Fmaksat-ayazbaev-vyjgral-36-uyu-italyanskuyu-mnogodnevku-giro-della-lunigiana-2010.html just turned 20
Swede1 said:Based on your signature I'd say I probably don't have to take this prediction too seriouslyCav didnt win msr and canc didnt win flanders.
SHAD0W93 said:True it seems everyone race I have predicted who will win has gone terrible but mark my words that will change at the Giro next year
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rxgqgxnyfz said:I kinda stopped caring about the team honestly (blasphemous i know).
It's like everyone deteriorates there nowadays, except for Kessiakoff.
They're getting quite a lot top 10 at stages lately, and the team is collecting UCI points steadily. But this is setting the bar way too low.
Maaaaaaaarten said:I kind off lost intrest in this team because of no Vino, until Kiserlovski showed up this year.
Is Kiserlovski doing the Ardennes? He ought to, after climbing well the entire year, especially on puncy climbs and after that epic attack in Pais Vasco.