Tour of Oman. Stage 1.

Ah brilliant, sohrabi not in Lotto team Great start for me again!

Mark Cavendish
Andre Greipel
David Millar
Daniel Oss

Aidis Kruopis
Mehdi Sohrabi
Christopher Sutton
Adam Blythe
Gert Steegmans

Kittel
Cav
Greipel
Wagner
Steegmans
Gallopin
*****(climber)
Kruopis
Selig

I have to admit that I didn't think much about this team, completely omitted Guardini without realising. So with this in mind I'll probably get my best result so far!

There seemes to be some very similar teams out there, Guess it will start to boil down to who backs that random DS for the the shock result

For me:

Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Andre Greipel (LOT)
Denis Galimzyanov (KAT)
Sylvain Chavanel (OPQ)

Domestiques
Christopher Sutton (SKY)
Aidis Kruopis (GRE)
Ramunas Navardauskas (GRM)
Gert Steegmans (OPQ)

I am hoping that Chavanel will be quicksteps main main rather than boonen in this tour and that they will try to set Steegmans up for at least one stage win/ high position as a little reward for last week.

I was going to go for kittel but took a last min change. Hope it wont bite me today. In both the TDU and TOQ i seemed to have quite poor starts good middles then and ok last stage so hoping his time to make better start

I read on velonation that sohrabi was out of the lotto team.

I have gone for

Star riders

Vicenzo Nibali (LIQ)
Fabian Cancellara (RSN)
Denis Galimzyanov (KAT)
Daniel Oss (LIQ)

Domestiques
Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)
Christian Vande Velde (GRM)
Ramunas Navardauskas (GRM)
Aidis Kruopis (GRE)
Alexander Kristoff (KAT)

Bit of a punt really as this my team selection, was debating going for an out and out sprint team first then changing but in the end decided to go for this.

For me:

Kittel
Cavendish
Gatto
Greipel
Kruopis
Selig
Steegmans
Blythe
Navardauskas

Wanted to get Kittel in, but left him out at last minute for Sagan. Ended up with

Cav
Sagan
Oss
Griepel
Steegmans
Guardini
Kruopis
Sutton
Selig

My team is completely different:

Sagan
Boonen
Goss
Greipel

Guardini
Kruopis
Bouhanni
Sutton
Navardauskas

Kittel
Cavendish
Galimzyanov
Greipel
Kruopis
Selig
Steegmans
Sutton
Sohrabi

So only one different from you rjl

I went

Greipel
Galymzianov
Oss
Boonen

Steegmans
Selig
Blythe
Navardaskas
Eisel