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  • February 10, 2012 at 10:35 am #15051
    veseunr

    The same 16 teams have been invited to Tour of Oman as participated in Tour of Qatar.

    Expect quite a few team changes though; there is the odd hill in Oman and despite 4 sprint stages, there will be the odd hardman stage. Boasson Hagen back in for Sky and punchier climbers like Rodriguez and Gilbert might be more obvious.

    I don’t think the out and out sprinters will stand a chance of the overall so transfers are going to be important.

    Thoughts comrades?

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  • February 11, 2012 at 7:48 pm #664769
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    Stumps

    JAndrewHill wrote:Sohrabi is

    JAndrewHill wrote:
    Sohrabi is a must again . . . its his ‘home’ tour after all.
    and he is cheap so I can afford to buy a decent climber like nibali

    Thought he was from Iran ?

    February 11, 2012 at 12:06 pm #664767
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    JAndrewHill

    Sohrabi is a must again . . .
    Sohrabi is a must again . . . its his ‘home’ tour after all.
    and he is cheap so I can afford to buy a decent climber like nibali

    February 11, 2012 at 12:05 pm #664765
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    JAndrewHill

    Might drop Cav and Gripes for
    Might drop Cav and Gripes for stage 5 :B :B :B
    Bring in some guys with decent sprintability

    February 11, 2012 at 11:41 am #664763
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    veseunr

    Rather have egg on my face
    Rather have egg on my face than road rash all over my back! Poor Mr Cav.

    Greipel v Cav on the sprints with a few other thrown in could be excellent!! It will be fun watching then up Stage 5 too. 😀

    February 11, 2012 at 11:35 am #664761
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    TERatcliffe26

    The big question is to go
    The big question is to go with Cav or not to go with Cav…..I feel i will end up with egg on my face whichever way i go

    basically i have a team with Cav and a team without Cav that causes 3 changes in my team overall

    February 11, 2012 at 11:19 am #664759
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    TERatcliffe26

    Well last week eurosport had
    Well last week eurosport had listed highlights from stage 5 of the ToQ on the same day eurosport 2 had listed live coverage of stage 1 (this being the day of stage 1)

    February 11, 2012 at 9:05 am #664757
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    veseunr

    Why have Eurosport got Stage
    Why have Eurosport got Stage 1 “live” on Wednesday when it starts on Tuesday. No prologue? Confused?

    February 11, 2012 at 8:33 am #664755
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    dave atkinson

    charliemac74 wrote:Why can

    charliemac74 wrote:
    Why can you only quote certain peoples posts?

    Anyway….

    Dave ” provisional start list is up…”

    Glad to see you have torn yourself away from The Big Shimano show – when do us monkeys get to find out out the future?

    not sure about the quoting, i’ll check the cogs.

    March 1 and June 1 for Shimano news. Both very interesting.

    February 11, 2012 at 7:32 am #664753
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    Stumps

    brockhurst5 wrote:I know it

    brockhurst5 wrote:
    I know it may be warmer there, but from bit I’ve seen on Eurosport it’s not exactly exciting racing.

    Oman is completely different from Qatar if your thinking its the same. Oman actually has some decent hills and the mountain top finish looks a belter.

    February 11, 2012 at 12:57 am #664751
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    charliemac74

    Why can you only quote
    Why can you only quote certain peoples posts?

    Anyway….

    Dave ” provisional start list is up…”

    Glad to see you have torn yourself away from The Big Shimano show – when do us monkeys get to find out out the future?

    February 10, 2012 at 10:51 pm #664749
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    Alan Tullett

    Stage 4 is nothing terrible,
    Stage 4 is nothing terrible, a little bumpy, good for breaks maybe; but 5 should be good. Couple of Ks of 13.5% at the end. Going to be interesting to decide when to bring the climbers in.

    February 10, 2012 at 9:59 pm #664747
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    brockhurst5

    I know it may be warmer
    I know it may be warmer there, but from bit I’ve seen on Eurosport it’s not exactly exciting racing.

    February 10, 2012 at 9:35 pm #664745
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    fluffchucker

    Thanks Dave
    For a while I
    Thanks Dave
    For a while I thought there were 900 riders B-)

    February 10, 2012 at 9:13 pm #664743
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    dave atkinson

    provisional start list is
    provisional start list is up…

    February 10, 2012 at 7:39 pm #664741
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    dave atkinson

    stage 5 is a proper
    stage 5 is a proper mountaintop summit finish too, 1,265m

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