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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 24, 2012 at 12:35 pm #666581
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    drheaton

    Who do you guys think will be
    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?

    February 23, 2012 at 11:19 pm #666579
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    nickobec

    JAndrewHill wrote:How is this

    JAndrewHill wrote:
    How is this for a tactic. If you think Tony Martin is going to win the ITT, don’t pick him. Instead pick 2 cheap DS from his team OPQ, and pick the stars who you think will come 2nd and third.
    😕 😕 😕

    Good tactics ???


    No

    It is the opening stage of race. Bonus points on line for winner.

    ie you pick the best chances possible to win
    1st place = 35pts + 10pts GC + 5 pt points + depending speed up climb KOM points. ie If Tony wins he is worth at least 50pts, 2nd place at least 43pts, 3rd etc.

    February 23, 2012 at 10:47 pm #666577
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    Gkam84

    stumps wrote:
    Bugger me, i

    stumps wrote:

    Bugger me, i have gone through every world flag and still cant find them. I give up unless it’s a state flag. [(

    Its nowt to down with a flag 😉

    February 23, 2012 at 10:25 pm #666575
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    JAndrewHill

    Gkam84 wrote:JAndrewHill

    Gkam84 wrote:
    JAndrewHill wrote:
    How is this for a tactic. If you think Tony Martin is going to win the ITT, don’t pick him. Instead pick 2 cheap DS from his team OPQ, and pick the stars who you think will come 2nd and third.
    😕 😕 😕

    Good tactics ???

    It works if you think you can do that, BUT why not have Martin, plus a DS from his team AND the 2nd and 3rd guys?? ;)

    Thats two points less i think….

    February 23, 2012 at 10:23 pm #666573
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    JAndrewHill

    Greg Henderson?
    Greg Henderson?

    February 23, 2012 at 10:19 pm #666571
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    Stumps

    Unless one of my team pulls
    Unless one of my team pulls out its now set in stone with my 2 transfers for the next day also sorted.

    February 23, 2012 at 10:11 pm #666569
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    Stumps

    Gkam84 wrote:Still no guesses

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Still no guesses on my

    1 Rider from a place near a gate where their twin nuns eat on “Anchor” 👿

    Work back from the clues ;)

    Bugger me, i have gone through every world flag and still cant find them. I give up unless it’s a state flag. [(

    February 23, 2012 at 9:36 pm #666567
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    Stumps

    I was being a bit cheeky with
    I was being a bit cheeky with my team and tried to throw in a low baller with my descriptions – Wiggins is British but was born in Ghent, Belgium so dont know if he holds dual nationality 👿

    February 23, 2012 at 9:36 pm #666565
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    Gkam84

    Still no guesses on my
    1
    Still no guesses on my

    1 Rider from a place near a gate where their twin nuns eat on “Anchor” 👿

    Work back from the clues 😉

    February 23, 2012 at 9:34 pm #666563
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    Gkam84

    Luke Rowe is more your
    Luke Rowe is more your endurance guy, so he’ll be pulling the sky guys along to get them into the finish in a good position

    If you want a sky sprinter then Hunt or Nordhaug would be your best bets, but most sprinters will have stayed away from this race

    February 23, 2012 at 9:26 pm #666561
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    JAndrewHill

    So
    2 from down under
    2 from
    So
    2 from down under
    2 from America
    1 from former eastern bloc
    1 brit
    1 german
    2 from the med (i.e Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal might be on the med,Tunisia Algeria or Libya)

    February 23, 2012 at 9:19 pm #666559
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    JAndrewHill

    So i can pick an OPQ DS who
    So i can pick an OPQ DS who can sprint, ready for stage 2, and an OPQ DS who can time trial a bit…this should cver me a bit.

    February 23, 2012 at 9:17 pm #666557
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    Mikeh789

    Starting with;
    2 Belgians
    1
    Starting with;

    2 Belgians
    1 German (team mate of 1 of the above Belgians!)
    1 Brit
    1 Aussie (team mate of above Brit)
    1 Russian
    2 French (1 of whom was highly rated by Tommy Voeckler in a recent interview)
    & 1 Lithuanian

    Not finalised yet tho.. 😕

    February 23, 2012 at 9:16 pm #666555
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    JAndrewHill

    I’m also trying to work out
    I’m also trying to work out which sky rider will finish highest on stage 2 … but no obvious sprinter stands out. Can Luke Rowe sprint? Or will he go for a long one? 😕 😕 😕

    February 23, 2012 at 9:06 pm #666553
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    drheaton

    Hmmm, might work but there’s
    Hmmm, might work but there’s no points listed for the next stage yet so not sure how it’d stack up.

    The major down side is that if you pick two of Martin’s team mates and he doesn’t win that is then two wasted picks. You also don’t get any ongoing GC points for those two DSs after that stage.

    Picking Martin and using a throwaway cheap DS pick on his teammate might work better. That being said its all about the gamble and if you get it right it could pay off.

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