The Classics

['Dale]

Rollin' retro at Milan-San Remo

 

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Azz saver

 

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Pics by Kristoff Ramon & Cor Vos

 

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[rock]

oh my.....

 

['Dale]

 

Gerald Ciolek ‏@GeraldCiolek 1h

Now THAT was cold! I felt really good but got boxed in a bit at the end... Congrats to @Kristoff87!

 

If ze German says it was cold, then you better believe it.

Another rider tweeted he got hypothermia at 200 kms and got in the bus.

 

Paolini was throwing warm tea over his gloves at some point.

 

Brr

[rock]

 

as was mentioned on twitter - just won MSR with a "wonky potty"

 

(this is worse than doping)

['Dale]

as was mentioned on twitter - just won MSR with a "wonky potty"

 

(this is worse than doping)

 

He's won all the bunch sprints over the last while if the parcourse exceeded 250 kms.

Even the Olympics too, I think.

The man has some engine, that Kristoff.

[jcza]

Froome vs Contador this week in Volta a Catalunya

['Dale]

Froome vs Contador this week in Volta a Catalunya

 

Oh yeah

Gonna be interesting

[jcza]

Preview from Cycling News

 

The first Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Chris Froome (Team Sky) showdown of 2014 will take place at the seven-stage Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, the fourth-oldest cycling stage race in the world, beginning on Monday.

 

Neither rider has won the race but the WorldTour event will be a vital test before their expected face off at the Tour de France. Numerous Spaniards have won the race while Robert Millar in 1985 is the only British rider to win the race.

 

Despite defending his Tour of Oman title in February, Froome was pulled from Tirreno-Adriatico due to a back injury and took a precautionary break from racing. Richie Porte was then drafted into Sky's team for the Italian race, forgoing his defence of the Paris-Nice title he won last year to the ire of ASO.

 

"It's definitely been disappointing to miss out on Tirreno. It was an important race for me and offered me a good opportunity to build on the form I had at the Tour of Oman," Froome told TeamSky.com.

 

"With my back problem though, we felt it was a better idea to play it safe and look at the bigger picture, which is making sure I'm ready for the Tour de France in July. We've erred on the side of caution in that respect.

 

"I'm training hard for that right now and looking forward to competing again. It's a very testing race and they've put some pretty hard stages in there with some tough summit finishes. It's going to be a good test for everyone, and with it being a WorldTour race, we've got a really strong squad going there.

 

The first stage of the race contains three categorised climbs over 165km of racing with a fast run to the finish sure to decide the early leader of the race and could possibly see a resumption of the rivalry between Froome and Contador before the big mountain stages.

 

"I've ridden Catalunya twice before at Team Sky and really enjoyed it. It's hard to find races that go high up into the mountains at this time of year, but Catalunya always provides that and it attracts the best general classification riders as a result."

 

While Bradley Wiggins has withdrawn from the race to focus on Paris-Roubaix, Sky will have a strong squad in support of Froome including Nathan Earle who recently impressed at the Tour du Haut Var with his climbing abilities.

 

Team Sky for Volta Ciclista a Catalunya: Chris Froome Richie Porte, David Lopez, Vasil Kiryienka, Nathan Earle, Mikel Nieve, Danny Pate and Kanstantsin Siutsou.

[tombeej]

The next event on the Spring Classics calendar takes place tomorrow...

 

The Dwars door Vlaanderen.

 

Tommeke is confirmed on the start list, so many eyes will be on him tomorrow.

 

DWARS DOOR VLAANDEREN

 

The race, which can be translated as "Across Flanders", was for the first time organised in 1945. During the first years, it was called "Dwars door België", which means "Across Belgium".

 

Traditionally, it takes place on a Wednesday, a week and a half before the Tour of Flanders. The arrival is in Waregem.

 

The 2014 edition takes place on Wednesday, March 26th.

 

This 69th edition starts in Roeselare. The first part is rather flat. After 91 km, the first hill, the Nieuwe Kwaremont, has to be climbed.

 

From then on, the climbs follow each other at regular intervals:

 

Kattenberg after 111 km

Leberg after 123 km

Valkenberg after 131 km

Eikenberg after 144 km

Taaienberg after 149 km

Oude Kwaremont after 167 km

Paterberg after 171 km

Vossenhol after 181 km

Holstraat after 186 km

Nokereberg after 193 km

 

The arrival lies in Waregem, after a total distance of 201 km has been covered.

[tombeej]

The start list for tomorrow below.

 

It will be interesting to see how the guys who did MSR hold up just 3 days later, most notably the newly crowned 2014 champ...

 

And good luck to the MTN-Qhubeka boys .

 

 

Cannondale

1. Oscar Gatto (ITA)

2. Maciej Bodnar (POL)

3. Edward King (USA)

4. Kristjan Koren (SLO)

5. Matthias Krizek (AUT)

6. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA))

7. Alan Marangoni (ITA)

8. Marco Marcato (ITA)

 

Movistar

11. Alejandro Valverde (ESP)

12. Francisco Ventoso (ESP)

13. John Gadret (FRA)

14. Alex Dowsett (GBR)

15. Imanol Erviti (ESP)

16. Benat Intxausti (ESP)

17. Juan Jose Lobato (ESP)

18. Jasha Sütterlin (GER)

 

Sky

21. Geraint Thomas (GBR)

22. Bernhard Eisel (AUT)

23. Christian Knees (GER)

24. Salvatore Puccio (ITA)

25. Gabriel Rasch (NOR)

26. Luke Rowe (GBR)

27. Ian Stannard (GBR)

28. Christopher Sutton (GBR)

 

BMC Racing

31. Daniel Oss (ITA)

32. Michael Schär (SUI)

33. Stephen Cummings (GBR)

34. Silvan Dillier (SUI)

35. Sebastian Lander (DEN)

36. Klaas Lodewyck (BEL)

37. Danilo Wyss (SUI)

38. Rick Zabel (GER)

 

Garmin-Sharp

41. Nick Nuyens (BEL)

42. Jack Bauer (NZL)

43. Tyler Farrar (USA)

44. Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN)

45. Raymond Kreder (NED)

46. David Millar (GBR)

47. Dylan van Baarle (NED)

48. Steele Von Hoff (AUS)

 

Trek Factory Racing

51. Stijn Devolder (BEL)

52. Jesse Sergent (NZL)

53. Eugenio Alfaci (ITA)

54. Markel Irizar (ESP)

55. Fabio Silvestre (POR)

56. Jasper Stuyven (BEL)

57. Boy van Poppel (NED)

58. Danny van Poppel (NED)

 

Omega Pharma-Quick Step

61. Tom Boonen (BEL)

62. Niki Terpstra (NED)

63. Andrew Fenn (GBR)

64. Iljo Keisse (BEL)

65. Nikolas Maes (BEL)

66. Gert Steegmans (BEL)

67. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL)

68. Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)

 

Astana

71. Borut Bozic (SLO)

72. Danil Fominykh (KAZ)

73. Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)

74. Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)

75. Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA)

76. Valentin Iglinskiy (KAZ)

77. Arman Kamyshev (KAZ)

78. Dimitry Muravyev (KAZ)

 

Orica-GreenEdge

81. Matthew Goss (AUS)

82. Mathew Hayman (AUS)

83. Mitchell Docker (AUS)

84. Michael Hepburn (AUS)

85. Jens Keukeleire (BEL)

86. Aidis Kruopis (LTU)

87. Jens Mouris (NED)

88. Svein Tuft (CAN)

 

Katusha

91. Alexander Kristoff (NOR)

92. Alexey Tsatevich (RUS)

93. Gatis Smukulis (LAT)

94. Rudiger Selig (GER)

95. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR)

96. Viatcheslev Kuznetsov (RUS)

97. Alexander Porsev (RUS)

98. Alexander Rybakov (RUS)

 

Tinkoff-Saxo

101. Michael Morkov (DEN)

102. Christopher Juul Jensen (DEN)

103. Manuele Boaro (ITA)

104. Michael Kolar (SVK)

105. Marko Kump (SLO)

106. Jay McCarthy (AUS)

107. Nicki Sörensen (DEN)

108. Nikolay Trusov (RUS)

 

Ag2r-La Mondiale

111. Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)

112. Davide Appollonio (ITA)

113. Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)

114. Steve Chainel (FRA)

115. Maxime Daniel (FRA)

116. Damien Gaudin (FRA)

117. Hugo Houle (CAN)

118. Lloyd Mondory (FRA)

 

Belkin

121. Moreno Hofland (NED)

122. Jos van Emden (NED)

123. Maarten Wynants (BEL)

124. Jetse Bol (NED)

125. Rick Flens (NED)

126.Barry Markus (NED)

127. Nick van der Lijke (NED)

128. Robert Wagner (GER)

 

Lotto-Belisol

131. Kris Boeckmans (BEL)

132. Vegard Breen (NOR)

133. Sean De Bie (BEL)

134. Jens Debusschere (BEL)

135. Kenny Dehaes (BEL)

136. Pim Ligthart (NED)

137. Jonas Van Genechten (BEL)

138. Frederik Willems (BEL)

 

IAM Cycling

141. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)

142. Marcel Aregger (SUI)

143. Kevyn Ista (BEL)

144. Dominic Klemme (GER)

145. Roger Kluge (GER)

146. Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)

147. Jérôme Pineau (FRA)

148. Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT)

 

Wanty-Groupe Gobait

151. Björn Leukemans (BEL)

152. Laurens De Vreese (BEL)

153. Jean-Pierre Drucker (LUX)

154. Jan Ghyselinck (BEL)

155. Wesley Kreder (NED)

156. Marco Minnaard (NED)

157. Mirko Selvaggi (ITA)

158. Frederik Veuchelen (BEL)

 

Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise

161. Yves Lampaert (BEL)

162. Tim Declercq (BEL)

163. Jarl Salomein (BEL)

164. Stijn Steels (BEL)

165. Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL)

166. Gijs Van Hoecke (BEL)

167. Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL)

168. Jelle Wallays (BEL)

 

Cofidis

171. Edwig Cammaerts (BEL)

172. Egoitz Garcia (ESP)

173. Gert Joeaar (EST)

174. Cyril Lemoine (FRA)

175. Adrien Petit (FRA)

176. Florian Senechal (FRA)

177. Louis Verhelst (BEL)

178. Romain Zingle (BEL)

 

Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela

181. Marco Bandiera (ITA)

182. Matteo Di Serafino (ITA)

183. Patrick Facchini (ITA)

184. Johnny Hoogerland (NED)

185. Antonio Parrinello (ITA)

186. Nicola Testi (ITA)

187. Kenny van Hummel (NED)

188. Andrea Zordan (ITA)

 

MTN-Qhubeka

191. Gerald Ciolek (GER)

192. John Lee Augustyn (RSA)

193. Ferekalsi Debesay (ERI)

194. Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)

195. Bradley Potgieter (ZAF)

196. Martin Reimer (GER)

197. Jim Songezo (RSA)

198. Andreas Stauff (GER)

 

Netapp-Endura

201. Sam Bennett (IRL)

202. Blaz jarc (SLO)

203. Ralf Matzka (GER)

204. Jonathan McEvoy (GBR)

205. Andreas Schillinger (GER)

206. Daniel Schorn (AUT)

207. Michael Schwarzmann (GER)

208. Scott Thwaites (GBR)

 

UnitedHealthcare

211. Martijn Maaskant (NED)

212. Alessandro Bazzana (ITA)

213. Ken Hanson (USA)

214. Aldo Ilesic (SLO)

215. Christopher Jones (USA)

216. Luke Keough (USA)

217. John Murphy (USA)

218. Danny Summerhill (USA)

Edited March 25, 2014 by tombeej

[jcza]

Thomas & Eisel out of Dwars door Vlaanderen for Team Sky, not sure why.

['Dale]

PICS COURTESY OF VELONEWS:

 

Appetizers for Flanders-Roubaix week!

 

 

Cool image: Rekelberg, Tour of Flanders

 

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Edited March 26, 2014 by ' Dale

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