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Paris Nice start planning now

So it is two weeks away, but you can do some preliminary research seeing no Omloop Het Volk/Nieuwsblad & Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne (campaigning for them to included in 2013 season).

Offical website with parcours: http://www.letour.fr/2012/PNC/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html

Partial starting list:http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_...

Stage 1 9km ITT (prologue) includes cat 3 1.1km @ 6.6 climb after 500m

Stage 2 flat sprinters stage.

Stage 3 Finishes on a Cat 3 climb 5.2km @ 2.9%

Stage 4 lumpy day 2 Cat 2 & 3 Cat 3 last 500m @ 8% 2 km before line, last km is at 4%

Stage 5 even lumpier 3 cat 1, cat 2 & 2 * cat 3, finish is cat 1 3km @ 10%

Stage 6 less lumpy cat 2, 5 * cat 3, last 20km before finish

Stage 7 lumpy cat 1, 2 * cat 2, cat 3, 20km downhill after cat 1, the 20km flat

Stage 8 ITT Col d'Èze 9.6km @ 4.7%

Start with solid ITT riders, then roulers and escape artists and finish with good ITTs

Likely starters

AG2R LA MONDIALE

PERAUD Jean Christophe France
ROCHE Nicholas Ireland

ASTANA PRO TEAM

BRAJKOVIC Janez Slovenia
SEELDRAYERS Kevin Belgium

BMC RACING TEAM

HUSHOVD Thor Norway
MOINARD Amaël France
PHINNEY Taylor United States
VAN GARDEREN Tejay United States

COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE

DI GREGORIO Rémy France
DUMOULIN Samuel France
MONCOUTIE David France
TAARAMAE Rein Estonia

EQUIPE CYCLISTE FDJ-BIGMAT

FEDRIGO Pierrick France
JEANNESSON Arnold France
ROY Jérémy France

EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI

ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor Spain
ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU Mikel Spain
SICARD Romain France

GARMIN - BARRACUDA

FERNANDEZ DE LARREA Koldo Spain
HAUSSLER Heinrich Australia
LE MEVEL Christophe France
MILLAR David United Kingdom
RASMUSSEN Alex Denmark

GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM

DAVIS Allan Australia
GERRANS Simon Australia

KATUSHA TEAM

GALIMZYANOV Denis Russia
MENCHOV Denis Russia

LAMPRE - ISD

BOLE Grega Slovenia
CUNEGO Damiano Italy
ULISSI Diego Italy

LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE

BASSO Ivan Italy
SZMYD Sylvester Poland
VIVIANI Elia Italy

LOTTO - BELISOL TEAM

BAK Lars Ytting Denmark
HENDERSON Gregory New Zealand

MOVISTAR TEAM

ARROYO DURAN David Spain
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan Spain
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin Spain
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro Spain

OMEGA PHARMA - QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM

BOONEN Tom Belgium
CHAVANEL Sylvain France
LEIPHEIMER Levi United States
MARTIN Tony Germany
PROJECT 1T4I

DEGENKOLB John Germany
KITTEL Marcel Germany

RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM

MOLLEMA Bauke Netherlands
RENSHAW Mark Australia
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Spain

RADIOSHACK - NISSAN

DIDIER Laurent Luxembourg
HORNER Christopher United States
IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel Spain
KLÖDEN Andreas Germany
MONFORT Maxime Belgium
SCHLECK Andy Luxembourg
SCHLECK Frank Luxembourg

SAUR - SOJASUN

COPPEL Jerome France
FEILLU Brice France
GALLAND Jérémie France
HIVERT Jonathan France

SKY PROCYCLING

FROOME Christopher United Kingdom
PORTE Richie Australia
THOMAS Geraint United Kingdom
WIGGINS Bradley United Kingdom

TEAM EUROPCAR

GAUDIN Damien France
ROLLAND Pierre France
VOECKLER Thomas France

TEAM SAXO BANK

AAEN JORGENSEN Jonas Denmark
KROON Karsten Netherlands
MORKOV Michael Denmark
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel Spain
NUYENS Nick Belgium
TOSATTO Matteo Italy

VACANSOLEIL - DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM

DE GENDT Thomas Belgium
FEILLU Romain France
LEUKEMANS Björn Belgium
LIGTHART Pim Netherlands
MORTENSEN Martin Denmark

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STEVESPRO 79 | 12 years ago
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Thought that I was pretty good at this,but Paris-Nice is giving me a headache...Not convinced that Tony Martin is the man for the short TT with a little lump in it..As for the rest...climbers or one day specialists...mmmmm..  39

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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To be fair, its hardly a lump, it goes up at 6.6% over 1.1km with a difference of 82 metres

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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Can i just point you to stage 5 and 7 last year

http://www.letour.fr/2011/PNC/LIVE/us/500/etape_par_etape.html

http://www.letour.fr/2011/PNC/LIVE/us/700/etape_par_etape.html

Just to say, he came home 4th on stand 5 and 5th on stage 7

Up against the likes of

Di Gregorio, Sammi Sanchez, Uran, Kloden, Taaramae, Brajkovic, Wiggo, Tondo, Monfort, Carrara, Kiserlovski, LL Sanchez, Rolland

To name but a few, so don't rule out his climbing ability  3

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drheaton | 12 years ago
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I agree with Gkam, not so long ago they were touting Martin as a possible grand tour contender.

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Stumps | 12 years ago
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Good call Gkam, but i still think he's not got the form at the mo. He seems to lift himself for certain races and at other times doesn't seem to be bothered.  7

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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Yeah he's not consistent, but with two ITT's I think he's in his element and having won it last year, he'll be keen to down it again

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JAndrewHill | 12 years ago
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Well I hope everyone elses picks the Belgian time trial specialist from Team Sky, as I have purposefully ignored him, and then I'll get all the points if he doesn't quite perform . . . and if he does perform I'll be chuffed anyway, so I can't lose...  3  3  3

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thefatcyclist | 12 years ago
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This is going to be more of a test of the difficulty of the new game setup than these pancake flat stages in the Oman/Qatar races.

But strongmen that can TT is surely the way to go, and holding back transfers

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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I dont believe he does hold dual nationality, he was born in Ghent but raised in London, I think the reason he was born there was down to his dad (An Aussie) living there as a Pro cyclist aswell, Born in 1980, Wiggo moved back to London in 82 when his parents split

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Stumps | 12 years ago
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We all agree he is British but having lived there until he was 2 he possibly does qualify, but thats not the point, i think he will storm the tt course and may not look back.

Has anyone led for the whole of a race before from stage 1 / prologue through to the end ?????

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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I can only get from 2004-2011 but it seems Jörg Jaksche did it in 2004, the only other result is from 1933 when Alfons Schepers did it

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msw | 12 years ago
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How is Pierre Rolland's time trialling? I'm thinking that Europcar might be taking this kind of race more seriously since they didn't get a Tour invite...

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Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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Rolland is out with a knee injury, that's confirmed.

List of riders for the game is based on the provisional start list and as usual will be updated before the race begins once the final start list is published.

MSW - not sure where your information Europcar hasn't got a Tour invite comes from, the list of teams hasn't been published yet?

With Voeckler and Rolland's performances last year and it being a French team it would be a major surprise if they were not invited.

Are you confusing it with the Giro? They're not taking part in that - because they didn't apply for a wild card in the first place.

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Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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Heh! Well, the UCI's constant changing of things serves to confuse! As things stand, all WorldTour teams aka ProTeams have the right to an automatic invite to WorldTour races, as well as an obligation to compete in them.

The rules were introduced ahead of 2011 season - in 2010, for example, RadioShack chose not to race the Giro to focus on the Tour of California instead and they weren't invited to the Vuelta.

So one of the highest profile teams in the sport missed two of the three Grand Tours...

Thank heavens it all went well for them in the TDF  39  3

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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It may have just been the rumour mill, so dont listen to me, but I understood the same as MSW that Europcar didn't have a place on the Tour this year either  39

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Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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There's certainly been nothing official.

Not much surprises me in this sport any more but I'd be gobsmacked if Europcar weren't at the Tour.

The sans-cuissards would probably re-erect the guillotine in Place de la Concorde and I reckon Christian Prudhomme would be first up  3

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Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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Cuissards = bibshorts - thought I'd give it some added relevance  3

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ray silvester | 12 years ago
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Surprised no-ones talking about Luis Leon Sanchez for Paris-Nice?

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Stumps replied to STEVESPRO 79 | 12 years ago
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STEVESPRO 79 wrote:

Thought that I was pretty good at this,but Paris-Nice is giving me a headache...Not convinced that Tony Martin is the man for the short TT with a little lump in it..As for the rest...climbers or one day specialists...mmmmm..  39

I'm with you on Martin, but i'm usually wrong !

I've gone for nearly all climbing all rounders and might see how it goes in the purist league for this race.

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STEVESPRO 79 replied to Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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Gkam84 wrote:

To be fair, its hardly a lump, it goes up at 6.6% over 1.1km with a difference of 82 metres

Gkam...I did say a little lump.....lol....For a short TT,I think it will make a difference to the outcome...Not Martin for me....  1

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drheaton replied to JAndrewHill | 12 years ago
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JAndrewHill wrote:

Well I hope everyone elses picks the Belgian time trial specialist from Team Sky

Unless your Belgian is actually a Brit I'm thoroughly confused. I reckon he'll do well but if Porte puts in a cracking TT he might get the support instead as he's been in some good form.

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msw replied to msw | 12 years ago
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...although he's not on that ASO start list but is in the game list for the next stage.

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msw replied to Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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Simon_MacMichael wrote:

MSW - not sure where your information Europcar hasn't got a Tour invite comes from, the list of teams hasn't been published yet?

With Voeckler and Rolland's performances last year and it being a French team it would be a major surprise if they were not invited.

Are you confusing it with the Giro? They're not taking part in that - because they didn't apply for a wild card in the first place.

Whoops. Actually I half-remembered that they didn't have ProTour status so didn't have a 100% guaranteed Tour spot. And now I'm can't remember if ProTour status does guarantee that any more, anyway, or if it's still called that. Excellent work all round from me.

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nick_rearden replied to Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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Simon_MacMichael wrote:

There's certainly been nothing official.

Not much surprises me in this sport any more but I'd be gobsmacked if Europcar weren't at the Tour.

The sans-cuissards would probably re-erect the guillotine in Place de la Concorde and I reckon Christian Prudhomme would be first up  3

I agree. Inconceivable not to have Europcar, Voeckler and their lovely traditional French bikes. No, wait....

Anyway, sans-cuissards? I thought they were sans-culottes or is that something else? Google Translate says 'sans-cuissards' means 'without waders.' WTF!

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nick_rearden replied to Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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Simon_MacMichael wrote:

Cuissards = bibshorts

Don't let anyone tell you road.cc isn't educational...and that the French don't have a sense of humour. I'll never be able to look at my bibshorts again without thinking of waders.

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Gkam84 replied to ray silvester | 12 years ago
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ray silvester wrote:

Surprised no-ones talking about Luis Leon Sanchez for Paris-Nice?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhht  3  3

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Stumps replied to drheaton | 12 years ago
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drheaton wrote:
JAndrewHill wrote:

Well I hope everyone elses picks the Belgian time trial specialist from Team Sky

Unless your Belgian is actually a Brit I'm thoroughly confused. I reckon he'll do well but if Porte puts in a cracking TT he might get the support instead as he's been in some good form.

Born in Ghent - does he hold dual nationality  39

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msw replied to nick_rearden | 12 years ago
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nick_rearden wrote:

I agree. Inconceivable not to have Europcar, Voeckler and their lovely traditional French bikes. No, wait....

Anyway, sans-cuissards? I thought they were sans-culottes or is that something else? Google Translate says 'sans-cuissards' means 'without waders.' WTF!

Sans-culottes, soixante-huitards, "sans-cuissards"... *bof*.

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nickobec replied to STEVESPRO 79 | 12 years ago
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STEVESPRO 79 wrote:

Thought that I was pretty good at this,but Paris-Nice is giving me a headache...Not convinced that Tony Martin is the man for the short TT with a little lump in it..

Well no prologues with a lump this year to gauge form, how about the Tour de Suisse prologue on a similar profile
2011 results
1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Leopard-Trek, 9:41
2. Tejay Van Garderen (USA), HTC-Highroad, at 0:09
3. Peter Sagan (SVK), Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0:17
4. Gustav Larsson (SWE), Saxobank-Sungard, at 0:17
5. Andreas Klöden (GER), Team RadioShack, at 0:18
6. Thomas Danielson (USA), Garmin-Cervelo, at 0:20
7. Peter Velits (SVK), HTC-Highroad, at 0:21
8. Bauke Mollema (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:22
9. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Team RadioShack, at 0:22
10. Linus Gerdemann (GER), Leopard-Trek, at 0:22

(editted due to auto correction of my original prologue = problem???)

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drheaton | 12 years ago
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Who do you guys think will be the main man for Ag2r?

Peraud seems to run well in this race but if Roche is racing will he be team leader? And if they're both raciing do you think one work for the other to help them succeed or will it end up like the TdF a few years ago?

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