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  • August 15, 2012 at 12:30 pm #16585
    TERatcliffe26

    Seems a rather nice route……however a complete lack of stars compared to DS’s in the race! I count just 13 stars from the 16 teams, with 10 teams not having a single star….it could be quite fun

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  • August 20, 2012 at 5:48 pm #695841
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    obutterwick

    7 Americans, 2 Italians.
    7 Americans, 2 Italians.

    August 20, 2012 at 2:56 pm #695839
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    TERatcliffe26

    ok so ive decided getting rid
    ok so ive decided getting rid of farrar is a good plan…although if he wins now i will not be happy

    August 20, 2012 at 12:37 pm #695837
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    chrisdstripes

    I’ve gone for…
    Peter
    I’ve gone for…
    Peter V
    Sutherland
    Tejay and Cadel
    Moser
    Kyer, Salas, Boily and Lewis

    Thought it might be fun to go for breakaway points – its good when it works! (no Jacques-Maynes tho, hmm…) My season’s record for the premium comps is ToC 24th, TdS 1st, TdP 108th, Eneco 16th, so I’m due a comedown…

    August 20, 2012 at 12:03 pm #695835
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    silas chime

    TheBigMong wrote:I went

    TheBigMong wrote:
    I went all-American and have like 20+ points to spare. Couldn’t stomach having Farrar on my team… in fact I can’t really stomach the thought of having him in the race at all. It’s usually pretty likely he’ll spazz out and take down a bunch of legitimate riders. :|

    Absolute classic B-)

    I think he’s a Colorado resident so he’ll probably ride around waving to his celeb friends as he takes down half the peleton like a goddam bowling ball

    I’m going to start with

    VanGarderen
    Danielson
    Nibali
    P.Velits
    Tschopp
    Kangert
    Duggan
    VanDeVelde
    Euser

    August 20, 2012 at 11:48 am #695833
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    chrisdstripes

    Agreed today will be one for
    Agreed today will be one for the all-rounders – sprint from a group of 40-50. I fancy Sutherland but still waiting to see if he’s racing (he had dropped off the startlists but is now back on again).

    August 20, 2012 at 11:13 am #695831
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    TheBigMong

    I went all-American and have
    I went all-American and have like 20+ points to spare. Couldn’t stomach having Farrar on my team… in fact I can’t really stomach the thought of having him in the race at all. It’s usually pretty likely he’ll spazz out and take down a bunch of legitimate riders. 😐

    August 20, 2012 at 9:00 am #695829
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    TERatcliffe26

    Im not sure how that first
    Im not sure how that first stage is gonna pan out so ive took a risk….i may as well just name my team

    Farrar
    Peter Velits
    Tejay
    Fuglsang

    Jaques-maynes
    Moser
    Phinney
    Rodriguez
    Bazzana

    if it isnt a proper sprint i think the finish is flat enough that it will be a sprint of GC guys which is why ive gone with velits, fuglsang, moser, phinney…and it was a toss up between Bazzana and colli, im pretty sure one of them will be up there in the top 10, just which 1?

    August 20, 2012 at 8:16 am #695827
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    chrisdstripes

    I’ve gone for 2 stars each
    I’ve gone for 2 stars each from BMC and OPQ, one DS who could win stages, and 4 breakaway guys from the little American teams, at least for today and tomorrow. Still might leave it as purist, I’ll decide on Weds…

    August 18, 2012 at 9:22 pm #695825
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    Gkam84

    Yeah its a pain in the neck,
    Yeah its a pain in the neck, only 13 stars and I only want 2 of them X(

    August 18, 2012 at 9:10 pm #695823
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    frankiejay

    Picking a team is a huge
    Picking a team is a huge challenge. I want to pick 5 BMC guys and I only want three stars 🙂

    August 17, 2012 at 11:54 am #695821
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    silas chime

    Schleck’s pulled out….no
    Schleck’s pulled out….no real surprise there (|:

    August 15, 2012 at 5:51 pm #695819
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    frankiejay

    I take it back. I do remember
    I take it back. I do remember Infantino Abreu, and apparently he finished 6th in the GC in last year’s race, so I’d go with him 🙂

    August 15, 2012 at 5:32 pm #695817
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    chrisdstripes

    Raleigh wrote:frankiejay

    Raleigh wrote:
    frankiejay wrote:

    KOM will be some guy from the Columbian team (I honestly don’t know who any of them are).

    You mean to say you’ve never heard of Darwin Atapuma!

    :O


    Not that Columbian team actually Raleigh – Coldeportes aren’t in it. This team are called EPM-UNE…

    August 15, 2012 at 5:17 pm #695815
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    Raleigh

    frankiejay wrote:
    KOM will be

    frankiejay wrote:

    KOM will be some guy from the Columbian team (I honestly don’t know who any of them are).

    You mean to say you’ve never heard of Darwin Atapuma!

    :O

    August 15, 2012 at 4:50 pm #695813
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    frankiejay

    Here are my thoughts about
    Here are my thoughts about the second incarnation of this race. The first was really bad. I mean, just not exciting racing and the coverage was awful because the picture kept breaking up with the mountains/altitude/whatever.

    This year’s course looks loads better (as for the coverage we’ll see). This seems like a perfect race to do purist because so many of the stages look very similar. Stages 2, 4 and 6 all have hilltop/mini-mountain finishes after a lot of climbing. Stage 3 is two giant mountains (it really is too bad that they seem set on finishing in destination towns and not at any of these passes, because a final climb up Cottonwood or Independence would be sweet). Then there is stage 1 and 5 which might be sprints–or not–but they won’t have huge GC ramification. Actually, the hardest stage to predict will probably be stage 1. Then there’s an ITT in Denver for stage 7 (not a sprint… yes, I should have known that).

    It seems to me the favorites should be Leipheimer (just had a fantastic Tour of Utah, undone only by an awful TTT where he lost over 2 minutes), van Garderen, Nibali, Evans, Fuglsang (dunno what kind of shape he’ll come in) and Tschopp (just dominated the Tour of Utah). The only reason Tschopp may not win is he may be riding for van Garderen.

    Other lesser names to watch: Joe Dombrowski (will probably dominate a couple climbs, though he’s much better suited to the big, long ones. Watch for him on stage 6); and Lucas Euser (dropped Horner, Danielson, Vande Velde, and company on the final big climb in Utah).

    KOM will be some guy from the Columbian team (I honestly don’t know who any of them are), or some combination of Louder, Salas, Jacques-Maynes, or Venell.

    If there are sprints (stage 5… maybe stage 1) and Farrar doesn’t win (because he doesn’t win this year… ever), then probably Freddie Rodriguez, Chicchi, Keough, Caruso or Hincapie are the guys to beat, though Phinney could steal one too.

    Of course, Horner will finish top 5 somehow (in spite of losing a minute on a 9.5 mile TT), and Tom Danielson will be a big disappointment (though at least two separated shoulders from the TdF are a good excuse). Also Andy Schleck and Kloden will be in every day’s shots falling off the pace.

    That pretty much covers it. I just hope we get actual coverage this year and not just Paul and Phil chatting in a commentary box about a race that’s going on off in the distance.

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