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Volta a Catalunya stage 2

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  • March 19, 2013 at 8:15 am #18260
    Stumps

    I thought i would start this off early as i’ve been up for ages.

    It appears to be a flat stage with only one cat 3 climb, although the laps around the lake at the end might suit a classics style rider if they get away.

    However there are 18 riders at nearly 3 mins and higher so i think we will see a break coming from a mixture of those riders.

    Personally i think with some of the main GC contenders already in the top 10 it will come down to a sprint.

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  • March 19, 2013 at 1:52 pm #723083
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    simon F

    KoM 1 (cat 3) – 1 Laborie, 2
    KoM 1 (cat 3) – 1 Laborie, 2 Kaisen & 3 Meier

    Sprint 1 – 1 Meier, 2 Kaisen & 3 Laborie

    97km to go. Gap down to 2’30”

    March 19, 2013 at 1:36 pm #723081
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    ray silvester

    stumps wrote:Yeah, Gavazzi

    stumps wrote:
    Yeah, Gavazzi has the better form of late but Guardini is their sprinter so will just have to wait and see.

    As for Orica never thought the Aussies had much sense in any case #o

    Meier’s on the go again!!

    March 19, 2013 at 1:31 pm #723079
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    simon F

    At 47km, 1km from the top of
    At 47km, 1km from the top of the only climb of the day, Kaisen, Laborie and Meier have 3:05 on the peloton.

    March 19, 2013 at 1:11 pm #723077
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    Stumps

    Made one change:
    Gianni
    Made one change:

    Gianni Meersman
    Francesco Gavazzi
    Samuel Dumoulin
    Joaquin Rodriguez
    Robert Wagner
    Simon Spilak
    Danny Pate
    Blel Kadri
    Martin Kohler

    Like the good Dr will be making sweeping changes tomorrow and may also take a penalty or 2. Lets hope my fubar with Gavazzi / Guardini works out.

    March 19, 2013 at 12:38 pm #723075
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    drheaton

    Unchanged from
    Unchanged from yesterday:

    Valverde
    Simon
    Meersman
    Davis
    Guardini
    Dumoulin
    Cardoso
    Haedo
    Kreder

    Hoping for a sprint finish today with Haedo taking the win followed by Cardoso and Dumoulin as I reckon they’ll be the three least popular of my riders.

    All change tonight though, gutting my team and bringing in as many climbers as I can afford. May even go as far as to make a couple of penalty transfers to maximise my budget.

    March 19, 2013 at 9:09 am #723073
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    Stumps

    Yeah, Gavazzi has the better
    Yeah, Gavazzi has the better form of late but Guardini is their sprinter so will just have to wait and see.

    As for Orica never thought the Aussies had much sense in any case #o

    March 19, 2013 at 9:08 am #723071
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    TERatcliffe26

    I have Simon, Dumoulin,
    I have Simon, Dumoulin, Meersman, Wellens and Ratto for today

    March 19, 2013 at 9:04 am #723069
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    chrisdstripes

    stumps wrote:Big mistake on

    stumps wrote:
    Big mistake on my part, picked Gavazzi instead of Guardini, bugger. They should not be allowed to have riders with similar names on the same team, it hurts my brain :”(

    Just wait until Orica have C Meyer, T Meyer and C Meier racing at the same time :”(
    You might get lucky – Gavazzi likes an uphill sprint, although I suspect today will be close enough to flat that Guardini gets the nod. 😕

    March 19, 2013 at 9:01 am #723067
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    ray silvester

    I’m reading it as a slightly
    I’m reading it as a slightly uphill sprint finish so sticking to the plan of no transfers for today leaving 4 for tomorrow’s mountain stage to get my sprinters(DuMoulin,Fenn,Meersman and Davis) out for J-Rod + 3 cheaper climbers that may be contesting KOM points.

    Sky have shown though that if there’s a split or echelons form (and one may be caused by wind of the lake)then if Brad’s in the front group with help then they may look to open it up.

    March 19, 2013 at 8:57 am #723065
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    Stumps

    Big mistake on my part,
    Big mistake on my part, picked Gavazzi instead of Guardini, bugger. They should not be allowed to have riders with similar names on the same team, it hurts my brain :”(

    March 19, 2013 at 8:50 am #723063
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    chrisdstripes

    I’m expecting a sprint as
    I’m expecting a sprint as there won’t be (m)any more opportunities for sprinters if they miss out today. It does look like a bit of an uphill drag – is that the kind of thing that could affect someone like Guardini?

    Whenever I pick Koldo Fernandez he does nothing, so I’d expect him to win today as I’ve avoided him.

    Could be Allan Davis’ type of finish, but he came in a long way back yesterday and I’ve been unable to find out if he’s OK…

    March 19, 2013 at 8:45 am #723061
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    adholman

    I’m totally sucked into this
    I’m totally sucked into this game…I worry if I dont know the last km profile!!!!!!

    March 19, 2013 at 8:41 am #723059
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    drheaton

    See here:
    See here: http://www.voltacatalunya.cat/ca/etapa/2/

    The last circuit is about 9.2km long, starts at 170m, climbs to 225m after 4km then drops to 150m at 8km before climbing back up to 170m for the finish.

    No idea about % gradients or anything but it seems fairly flat, 20m over 1.7km isn’t steep by any means but it could well be a steep ramp in the middle or spread across that 2km.

    March 19, 2013 at 8:35 am #723057
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    adholman

    Any idea on the last 3km
    Any idea on the last 3km profile??? and the last 1km? Sprint? Uphill sprint or J-Rod uphill finish?

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