Pro Tour Pundit : Volta Ciclista a Catalunya

andrewgturnbull
andrewgturnbull Posts: 3,861
edited May 2007 in Pro race
Hi folks.

Time to put aside your Italian phrase books and dig out the Castillian ones. The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya runs from Monday 21st for 7 days. see this page:

http://www.voltacatalunya.cat/87volta.htm

This starts with the now fashionable short team time trial, then a couple of hilly stages, a mountain top finish, a mountain TT, a downhill stage and a tough circuit into a hill top finish in Barcelona.

Start list here:

http://www.cycling4all.com/index.php?co ... 7rcata.php

Cheers, Andy

http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk
http://www.andyturnbull.co.uk
http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk
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  • Joc
    Joc Posts: 132
    Overall: Vinokorov
    Team Time Trial: (bit of a long shot) T-Mobile (with Cavendish getting a chance to go for the leader's jersey)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    TTT Astana
    Overall Pereiro
  • lucybearscp
    lucybearscp Posts: 51
    Valverde DNS !

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    cyclingfever.com/
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by lucybears</i>

    Valverde DNS !

    cyclingfever.com/
    <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

    cheers lucybears[:)]
  • mangaman
    mangaman Posts: 704
    Overall ; Danielson
    TTT : Discovery

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  • andrewgturnbull
    andrewgturnbull Posts: 3,861
    Hi Folks.

    Overall: scar Pereiro Sio
    TTT: T-Mobile.

    Oscar is an angry young man with a few critics in the (italian) media to silence. This has become a race where the Spanish TdF candidates hone their form and show their sponsors that they are building form to challenge in July. So Oscar is my obvious choice. No Idea what his 2007 form is like though... T-Mobile have got some big engines on board for the TTT so I'll have a stab at them.

    Cheers, Andy

    http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk
    http://www.andyturnbull.co.uk
    http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Overall: Linus Gerdeman
    TTT: Liquigas
    Stage 2: O'Grady
    <font size="1">"Hincapie's Disco pants are the best,
    They go from his arse to his chest,
    They're better than 'Sandro Ballans.
    Hincapie's Disco pants"</font id="size1">
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • lucybearscp
    lucybearscp Posts: 51
    Saunier:-

    Britain's David Millar will take part in the Tour of Catalonia, which starts on Monday

    http://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/vuel ... 6894.shtml

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by andrewgturnbull</i>

    Hi folks.

    Time to put aside your Italian phrase books and dig out the Castillian ones.

    http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk
    <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

    Castillian? Never say that in Barcelona!!! [;)]



    TdG
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    T MObile for the TTT
    Vinokourov for the overall.


    Dave Hinde - probably the worst bike shop in the world.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • miffedcp
    miffedcp Posts: 315
    Vino for overall
    Astana for TTT

    Edit for mispelling of Astana
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Overall - Pereiro
    TTT - Liquigas
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Overall: Mancebo

    Stage 1: Saunier Duval
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Overall - PEREIRO SIO Oscar

    Stage 1 TTT - Team CSC

    http://aolpictures.aol.co.uk/galleries/ ... xQp5Fd3Ig=
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Overall: Samuel Sanchez
    TTT: T-Mobile

    TdG
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Overall : Thomas Danielson

    TTT : Slipstream
  • laurencecp
    laurencecp Posts: 3,866
    overall: Sam the man Sanchez
    TTT: the Disco bunnies

    <font size="1">"When the earth is ripe all the worms wake up, with their stars 'n' stripes and their swastikas"
    "I may not go to heaven, i hope you go to hell" </font id="size1">
    <font>"When the earth is ripe all the worms wake up, with their stars \'n\' stripes and their swastikas"
    "I may not go to heaven, i hope you go to hell" </font>
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Ah, Catalunya, overshadowed by the Giro, no TV coverage, and stuck with weak squads cursing the long weeks between the classics and the Tour... the Pro Tour race no-one loves.

    Overall: Vladimir Karpets
    Stage 1 TTT: Saunier Duval-Prodir

    PS: Catalunya has a top level domain?! Where is my .cy for Wales? We'll fight Cyprus for it!
  • Stephen Sorba
    Stephen Sorba Posts: 1,036
    Overall: Vinokourov
    TTT: Astana

    'e pur si muove
    'e pur si muove
  • Cheshire_Cat
    Cheshire_Cat Posts: 464
    Hi,

    Overall :- Alexandre Vinokourov

    Stage 1 TTT :- CSC

    Thanks
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Overall - Tommy Lovkvist
    TTT - Liquigas


    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by afx237vi</i>

    Ah, Catalunya, overshadowed by the Giro, no TV coverage, and stuck with weak squads cursing the long weeks between the classics and the Tour... the Pro Tour race no-one loves.

    Overall: Vladimir Karpets
    Stage 1 TTT: Saunier Duval-Prodir

    PS: Catalunya has a top level domain?! Where is my .cy for Wales? We'll fight Cyprus for it!
    <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

    ...as long as we don't have to play them at football for it![;)]
    Did you get planning permission for that sense of humour bypass?
  • Mr Bumble
    Mr Bumble Posts: 572
    Overall: Vinokourov

    Stage 1: Tmobile
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    overall: Vino
    stage 1 TTT: Gerolsteiner
  • yace
    yace Posts: 351
    Overall: Luis Perez Rodriguez
    Stage 1: Caisse d'Epargne
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Overall - Vinokourov

    Stage 1 TTT- Astana

    ________Our behaviour is a function of our experience.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Overall: Oscar Sevilla

    Stage 1: T-Mobile
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Overall: Janez Brajkovic

    Stage 1: Discovery Channel
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by afx237vi</i>

    Ah, Catalunya, overshadowed by the Giro, no TV coverage, and stuck with weak squads cursing the long weeks between the classics and the Tour... the Pro Tour race no-one loves.

    Overall: Vladimir Karpets
    Stage 1 TTT: Saunier Duval-Prodir

    PS: Catalunya has a top level domain?! Where is my .cy for Wales? We'll fight Cyprus for it!
    <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

    I'm not copying you honest, but...

    Overall: Vladimir Karpets
    Stage 1: Saunier

    Although I have a feeling that Mancebo or Sevilla may be up there at the end, but conscience dictates not picking either of them!
    Herd of gnus?

    No! What's the news?

    <font size="1">WANTED: rear track wheel clincher</font id="size1">
    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • Greggyr
    Greggyr Posts: 1,075
    Overall - S Sanchez

    TTT - Liquigas

    cheers
    Greg

    ...The Invisible Cyclist...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Overall: John Gadret
    TTT: Milram

    (Just to be different)
    Twitter: @RichN95

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