Pro Tour Pundit: Clasica San Sebastian 04-Aug-2007

Bronzie
Bronzie Posts: 4,927
edited August 2007 in Pro race
Right I'm off on hols so early pick for me:

(Very) Provisional Start List here:
http://www.cycling4all.com/index.php?co ... 7rclss.php

Iban Mayo is ..............errrrr, otherwise engaged :wink: ............so I'll go for:
Paolo Bettini
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  • owaingibby
    owaingibby Posts: 240
    Oscar Freire for me.
  • laurencecp
    laurencecp Posts: 3,866
    sam the sanchez man for me

    L
    <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>
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    laurencecp wrote:
    sam the sanchez man for me

    L

    Gee there's a surprise! :roll:

    Do you ever pick anyone else? :lol:
    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I'll go for Damino Cunego - it's about time he won something
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Greggyr
    Greggyr Posts: 1,075
    Dear All

    Mr Allan Davis

    Rgds
    Greg
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    Kim Kirchen (Lux)
    http://fendrieneu.home.blog
    My blog and pod...
    Beers of Belgium Cycling Club UK
  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    My fiver's on Di Luca.
    As an aside, why are some teams listed under their DS's name and not their sponsor?
    Remember that you are an Englishman and thus have won first prize in the lottery of life.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    OffTheBackAdam wrote:
    As an aside, why are some teams listed under their DS's name and not their sponsor?
    Wim van Rossum, who runs the www.cycling4all.com site, is an advocate for cleaner cycling. Part of his campaign is to not give teams who have drugs history the oxygen of publicity so he refers to them by the name of the team director, hence Team Bruyneel, Team Aldag, Team Riis etc.

    Whilst I agree with a lot of what he advocates I do think he's a little inconsistent in how he applies this, i.e. how come it's not Team Gianetti instead of Saunier Duval?
  • Stephen Sorba
    Stephen Sorba Posts: 1,036
    OffTheBackAdam wrote:
    As an aside, why are some teams listed under their DS's name and not their sponsor?
    In joke to do with admission, allegation and assumptions of having been doping or condoning doping....it's a long story.
    'e pur si muove
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    The official site:

    http://canales.diariovasco.com/clasica-sansebastian/

    With race profile (recorrido) and another startlist (participantes).

    This is the lowest rank Pro Tour race, so the scoring goes from 1st to 10th: 40, 30, 25, 20, 15, 11, 7, 5, 3, 1.
  • millar time
    millar time Posts: 392
    Di Luca for me please.
  • campagchris
    campagchris Posts: 773
    Andy Schleck please
  • Cheshire_Cat
    Cheshire_Cat Posts: 464
    Hi

    Davide Rebellin for me please.

    Thanks!
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Davide 'tin-tin' Rebellin for me too thanks.

    Does anyone else think he invented that nickname to avoid the obvious Soft Cell references?
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Philipe Gilbert
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Davide Rebellin,please.
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Kim Kirchen

    Go go go
    Half man, Half bike
  • andrewgturnbull
    andrewgturnbull Posts: 3,861
    Hi folks.

    Alejandro Valverde

    Definitely a Spanish winner again me thinks...

    Cheers, Andy
    http://www.andyturnbull.co.uk
    http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk
  • laurencecp
    laurencecp Posts: 3,866
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    laurencecp wrote:
    sam the sanchez man for me

    L

    Gee there's a surprise! :roll:

    Do you ever pick anyone else? :lol:

    i did once... and Sanchez won!

    L
    <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>
  • yace
    yace Posts: 351
    Davide Rebellin
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Alejandero Valverde for the win
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • graham56
    graham56 Posts: 634
    Valverde please

    Ta
    It`s a state of mind.
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Hmmm torn between Kirchen, Cobo or one of the Euskatel tour team....but I think I'll go for Kirchen please.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Davide Rebellin.
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Picking a winner for this one brings needles and haystacks to mind!

    But as he finished well in this one last year and has won lots this year (and no-one's talking about him) I'll have...

    Riccardo Ricco

    (by the way Paolo Bettini isn't riding whoever picked him)
    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    That was Bronzie at the start of the thread but I didn't think there was much point telling him as he is away - it'll be a surprise for him on his return :lol:

    anyway, it'll probably be some cheatie Spaniard (like what most of you have seemed to have picked) what wins but I refuse to pick one, so for me it's gonna be

    Andy Schleck

    <moral highground :wink: >
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    My bid for overall GC glory has crashed and burned, so its time to go for stage victories. To be a little different I'm going to say

    Allan Davis

    He'll be fresh and Spain's his back yard. Its not a pure climbers classic and if he can stay with the front group he would have on of the best kicks amongst them.

    Also Iain says its alright to pick Disco riders now.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Stephen Sorba
    Stephen Sorba Posts: 1,036
    Danilo Di Luca

    And I suggest we give him to Bronzie too as he's a similar rider. (Well he speaks the same language)
    'e pur si muove
  • Mr Bumble
    Mr Bumble Posts: 572
    Oh dear.....

    Sanchez- he will be in the mix
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Di Luca.

    Which of course means George Hincapie is bound to win.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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