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Tour de Suisse

1 rider short of a 100% Swiss purist team..  39

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ray silvester replied to TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Sagan is in my purist team, but not my standard

same.....until stage 3 anyway!!

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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how do you think sagan will fare on an 8km tt?

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livestrongnick replied to backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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backflipbedlem wrote:

how do you think sagan will fare on an 8km tt?

He won the opening time trial last year ahead of Spartacus(Cancellara)

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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I've heard it mentioned a few time but what are the classics?

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ray silvester replied to backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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backflipbedlem wrote:

I've heard it mentioned a few time but what are the classics?

The high prestige 1 day races such as Paris-Roubaix,Amstel Gold Race,Tour of Flanders,Milan San-Remo,Fleche Wallone,Liege-Bastogne-Liege,Strade Bianchi and so on.

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ray silvester | 11 years ago
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To be honest only stage 2(in its original format) and stage 7 I'd see as proper mountain stages......the others i reckon classics 'tough guys'?

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Its worth considering but probably by working back from the team you want in the hills to work out how many transfers you can make and therefore how many TTers you want.

Either that or pick climbers who can TT like Van Garderen or Kelderman.

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ray silvester | 11 years ago
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That's me taking Pozzovovo out then!!

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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So whats up with this 8km time trial? is it worth worrying about it too much when selecting your team, as the rest of the stages after are all mountain ones.

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Benway | 11 years ago
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Better check the news for changes to stage 2. Closed roads means stage has been flattened.

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Stumps replied to Benway | 11 years ago
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Benway wrote:

Better check the news for changes to stage 2. Closed roads means stage has been flattened.

Where did you see that mate ?

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simon F replied to Stumps | 11 years ago
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stumps wrote:
Benway wrote:

Better check the news for changes to stage 2. Closed roads means stage has been flattened.

Where did you see that mate ?

It's here ...
http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/news/news_detail/article/tour-de-suisse-20...

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simon F | 11 years ago
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Given that Jose Herrada Lopez was 2nd in today's Dauphine stage, doesn't it seem a bit unlikely that he'll be starting the TdS  7

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Gkam84 replied to simon F | 11 years ago
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simon F wrote:

Given that Jose Herrada Lopez was 2nd in today's Dauphine stage, doesn't it seem a bit unlikely that he'll be starting the TdS  7

Jose was never listed....Its Jesus Herrada that's in TdS  3

Kangert in is now. Everything should be right.

Apart from Vacansoleil, I have 9 riders listed, as today's news about Novikov rules him out. So I don't know which reserve will be riding  39

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simon F replied to Gkam84 | 11 years ago
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Gkam84 wrote:
simon F wrote:

Given that Jose Herrada Lopez was 2nd in today's Dauphine stage, doesn't it seem a bit unlikely that he'll be starting the TdS  7

Jose was never listed....Its Jesus Herrada that's in TdS  3

Kangert in is now. Everything should be right.

Apart from Vacansoleil, I have 9 riders listed, as today's news about Novikov rules him out. So I don't know which reserve will be riding  39

Fair enough. I'll shut up and go away now  40

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robacairns | 11 years ago
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Is Kangert not racing in this? He's listed in a few places, including the Astana website - but he's not on the list?

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ray silvester | 11 years ago
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They may as well have called it the Tour Du Spartacus...I expect at least 2 stage wins for him.

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Gkam84 | 11 years ago
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SUI  3

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Ghedebrav | 11 years ago
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What's the three letter code for Switzerland? Can't figure it out...

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Gkam84 | 11 years ago
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I'll be double checking the start list in the morning, you might be lucky.....

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livestrongnick | 11 years ago
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I wanted to do that too....  22

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