TdF Teams

sonny73

I know there are threads for the Sky and Radioshack squads, but here's one for the other teams:

Argos Oil-Shimano: Fröhlinger, Gretsch, Kittel, Huguet, Sprick, Veelers, de Kort, Timmer and Curvers.
Euskaltel-Euskadi: Sánchez, Martínez, Verdugo, Astarloza, Pérez, Urtasun, G Izagirre, Azanza & Txurruka

(from Inner Ring)

sonny73

Katusha: Giampaolo Caruso, Oscar Freire, Vladimir Gusev, Joan Horrach, Aliaksandr Kuchynski, Denis Menchov, Luca Paolini, Yuriy Trofimov, Eduard Vorganov

from http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/ ... ist_224845

RichN95.

Big Money Cycling (BMC): Evans, Gilbert, Hincapie, Moinard, Cummings, Schar, van Garderen, Burghardt, Quinziato

sonny73

RichN95 wrote:

Big Money Cycling (BMC): Evans, Gilbert, Hincapie, Moinard, Cummings, Schar, van Garderen, Burghardt, Quinziato

Chuffed for Cummings that he got a spot.

timoid.

Rabobank: Bauke Mollema (NED), Robert Gesink (NED), Steven Kruijswijk (NED), Laurens Ten Dam (NED), Mark Renshaw (AUS), Luis Leon Sanchez (SPA), Bram Tankink (NED), Maarten Tjallingii (NED), Maarten Wynants (BEL)

Lotto-Belisol: André Greipel (GER), Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL), Jelle Vanendert (BEL), Greg Henderson (NZL), Marcel Sieberg (GER), Lars Bak (DEN), Francis De Greef (BEL), Adam Hansen (AUS), Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)

frenchfighter

Strong Rabo team.

Why isn't Santambroggio riding for Cadel...hmm.

RichN95.

Omega Pharma-QuickStep: Sylvain Chavanel, Kevin De Weert, Dries Devenyns, Bert Grabsch, Levi Leipheimer, Tony Martin, Jerome Pineau, Stijn Vandenbergh, Peter Velits.

Euskaltel-Euskadi: Samuel Sanchez, Ruben Pérez, Gorka Verdugo, Amets Txurruka, Mikel Astarloza, Pablo Urtasun, Gorka Izagirre, Egoi Martinez, Jorge Azanza

Sky announce tomorrow (Thursday)

blazing_saddles

Vacansoleil
Johnny Hoogerland
Lieuwe Westra
Wout Poels
Rob Ruijgh
Kris Boeckmans
Kenny Van Hummel
Gustav Erik Larsson
Marco Marcato
Rafael Valls

inkyfingers

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Vacansoleil
Johnny Hoogerland

The other 8 might as well not bother turning up

rick_chasey

KENNY

Oh I hope he hasn't found his climbing legs.

Please. I LOVED watching him grind his way up with the broom wagon ominously slipstreaming him on every stage with an uphill.

sonny73

What time are Sky due to announce their team, does anyone know?

pat1cp

Sky just tweeted that they will announce the team tomorrow.

rebs

To be fair that Vacans team doesn't seem that bad. They have outsiders for almost every thing stage in the TDF

Turfle

http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290, ... 18,00.html

As expected really. Knees ahead of Pate.

Wiggo
Froome
Rogers
Porte
Siutsou
EBH
Cav
Eisel
Knees

ALaPlage

"Bradley Wiggins will lead the team after his consecutive victories at Paris-Nice, Tour de Romandie and Critérium du Dauphiné, and will be joined by Edvald Boasson Hagen, Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel, Chris Froome, Christian Knees, Richie Porte, Michael Rogers and Kanstantsin Siutsou."

As taken from the Sky website. Any surprises?

skavanagh.bikeradar

No.

ALaPlage

Thats good then I wasn't sure Christian Knees would be in there but other than that it pretty much matches up to what the pundits (BR ones included) have best guessed. Getting V Excited as the Tour gets closer and also as I get to see the final day in Paris. Roll on.

frenchfighter

Sky are not so special a team that they need two separate threads. They can be put under the thread for all TdF teams.

rick_chasey

frenchfighter wrote:

Sky are not so special a team that they need two separate threads. They can be put under the thread for all TdF teams.

I could say the same about your French national TT thread and the national thread .

ALaPlage

frenchfighter wrote:

Sky are not so special a team that they need two separate threads. They can be put under the thread for all TdF teams.

In my excitement I forgot to check out any other post so apologies if this additional thread causes offence

Still a British team on a British Cycle Forum...... maybe that allows an additional thread post

blazing_saddles

Rick Chasey wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Sky are not so special a team that they need two separate threads. They can be put under the thread for all TdF teams.

I could say the same about your French national TT thread and the national thread .

Dump 'em both. Too many new and pointless threads do not aid debate.

rick_chasey

Merging has occured.

frenchfighter

Rick Chasey wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Sky are not so special a team that they need two separate threads. They can be put under the thread for all TdF teams.

I could say the same about your French national TT thread and the national thread .

Touche.

ocdupalais

frenchfighter wrote:

Sky are not so special a team that they need two separate threads. They can be put under the thread for all TdF teams.

I can't think of a more special team.

And that's without Stannard - who can look a bit more special than most.

mroli

I wonder if Pate is gutted, or his "knees" are offering a prayer of thanks...

rick_chasey

Garmin-Barracuda for TdF: Farrar, Vande Velde, Martin, Danielson, Hesjedal, Hunter, Millar, Vansummeren and Zabriskie

Turfle

mroli wrote:

I wonder if Pate is gutted, or his "knees" are offering a prayer of thanks...

Very tough on Pate, as he's been with the Wiggins group all year, both in races and in training. Now he won't get to ride on the front for 1000+ kilometres.

rick_chasey

Rick Chasey wrote:

Garmin-Barracuda for TdF: Farrar, Vande Velde, Martin, Danielson, Hesjedal, Hunter, Millar, Vansummeren and Zabriskie

Old bunch aren't they?

ocdupalais

Rick Chasey wrote:

Garmin-Barracuda for TdF: Farrar, Vande Velde, Martin, Danielson, Hesjedal, Hunter, Millar, Vansummeren and Zabriskie

Would've been a formidable line up had there been a TTT.
I'd imagine Dave Millar is dreading the prospect of doing anything in the service of Hesjedal that compromises Wiggins's Tour; especially as he's just made it onto the Olympic roster amidst much doffing of cap and "thank you, sir, thank you... I promise you won't be sorry, sir".

Turfle wrote:

mroli wrote:

I wonder if Pate is gutted, or his "knees" are offering a prayer of thanks...

Very tough on Pate, as he's been with the Wiggins group all year, both in races and in training. Now he won't get to ride on the front for 1000+ kilometres.

According to Brailsford, they've been studying the "numbers", with a close eye on who's on the up, who's on the down and who's plateau'd in terms of form.
I guess this means that they think Pate could be on his knees at the back end of the Tour, whereas Knees... oh, forget it.

frenchfighter

I think that is the first Tour Dan Martin has gone to.

frenchfighter

If Hej has recovered enough and goes into it with a winning objective he could be a winner. Very unlikely on both counts.