Columbia Tour team

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited June 2009 in Pro race
According to Podiumcafe according to Swedish Eurosport...

* Mark Cavendish
* George Hincapie
* Kim Kirchen
* Tony Martin
* Michael Rogers
* Maxime Monfort
* Markus Burghardt
* Bernhard Eisel
* Mark Renshaw

No real surprises, really, apart from Michael Barry not making it.

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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    A very strong team. Hincapie, Eisel, Renshaw and Burghardt there for Cavendish. Monfort and Martin should be interesting to watch in support roles for Kirchen and Rogers.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Greipel is gonna be p1ssed. Again.
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  • chickenkiev
    chickenkiev Posts: 7
    Adam Hansen missed out :shock:

    Rouleur, strong in the Chrono (Aussie TT Champion), has done the dirty work for Cav in the Grand tours...
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Surprised at Barry!

    Rouler extraordinaire...
  • greeny12
    greeny12 Posts: 759
    Looks about what I'd expect. No way was Greipel going - you simply don't need two lead sprinters. Just reading Cav's book tells you all you need to know about what he thinks of Hincapie, Burghardt and Eisel, while Renshaw is the best lead-out man in the book IMHO.

    The other four pick themselves really, although Rogers is going to have to step up to justify his place.

    It's one of the problems of having a 'super team' - some people have to miss out...just ask Astana!!
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,859
    To be honest, I'm more interested in this confirmation.
    Liquigas’ nine man team for the Tour de France will be:
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    Vincenzo Nibali,
    Franco Pellizotti,
    Roman Kreuziger,
    Fabio Sabatini,
    Aliaksandr Kuschynski,
    Alessandro Vanotti,
    Fredrik Willems
    Brian Bach Vandborg.

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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Elite by category blazing, look at the results for if he did it in style, half of his breakaway companions aren't even in teams that would qualify for the Giro.

    The cyclingnews.com podcast had it right, Columbia could field A and B teams quite easily. You could have Barry, Hansen and Greipel plus more and they'd field a quality team. I can see why Ciolek left and suspect Greipel might want to do the same.
  • kloftus1044
    kloftus1044 Posts: 20
    To me, the surprise was leaving Hansen at home. Including him would have all but guaranteed Columbia the TTT stage (though they'll probably win it anyway).

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