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  • February 20, 2012 at 7:06 am #15152
    nickobec

    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_idd=MjI4OTk=

    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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  • February 25, 2012 at 1:52 pm #666611
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    Stumps

    We all agree he is British
    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 ?????

    February 25, 2012 at 1:12 pm #666609
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    Gkam84

    I dont believe he does hold
    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

    February 25, 2012 at 1:02 pm #666607
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    drheaton wrote:JAndrewHill

    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 😕

    February 25, 2012 at 12:01 pm #666605
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    thefatcyclist

    This is going to be more of a
    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

    February 25, 2012 at 10:22 am #666603
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    drheaton

    JAndrewHill wrote:Well I hope

    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.

    February 25, 2012 at 10:07 am #666601
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    JAndrewHill

    Well I hope everyone elses
    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… 😉 😉 😉

    February 24, 2012 at 11:55 pm #666599
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    nickobec

    STEVESPRO 79 wrote:Thought

    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???)

    February 24, 2012 at 5:19 pm #666597
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    Gkam84

    Yeah he’s not consistent, but
    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

    February 24, 2012 at 4:29 pm #666595
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    Stumps

    Good call Gkam, but i still
    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. :/

    February 24, 2012 at 3:31 pm #666593
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    drheaton

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

    February 24, 2012 at 3:03 pm #666591
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    Gkam84

    Can i just point you to stage
    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 😉

    February 24, 2012 at 2:32 pm #666589
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    STEVESPRO 79

    Gkam84 wrote:To be fair, its

    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…. 🙂

    February 24, 2012 at 1:58 pm #666587
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    Gkam84

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

    February 24, 2012 at 1:31 pm #666585
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    Stumps

    STEVESPRO 79 wrote:Thought

    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.. :?

    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.

    February 24, 2012 at 12:44 pm #666583
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    STEVESPRO 79

    Thought that I was pretty
    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.. 😕

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