Cobbles Week Continues: Ghent Wevelgem Discussion Thread (could be a spoiler)

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So guys, who is your man? Below is the strart list from Velonews.com. Their money is on Cavendish. Hoshovd is on the list but will Cervelo just let Haussler ride for himself? No Chavanel on the Quickstep Blue Train…are they saving him for Roubaix? What about Pozatto?

Put your discussion here :slight_smile:
2009 Ghent-Wevelgem preliminary start list Posted Apr. 3, 2009
Rabobank
1 Brown, Graeme
2 Flecha Giannoni, Juan…
3 Hayman, Mathew
4 Horrillo MunÞoz, Pedro
5 Leezer, Tom
6 Nuyens, Nick
7 Stamsnijder, Tom
8 Van Emden, Jos
**Quick Step **
11 Boonen, Tom
12 Devolder, Stijn
13 Hovelijnck, Kurt
14 Hulsmans, Kevin
15 Tosatto, Matteo
16 Van Impe, Kevin
17 Velo, Marco
18 Weylandt, Wouter
**Silence - Lotto **
21 Cretskens, Wilfried
22 Elijzen, Michiel
23 Hoste, Leif
24 Kaisen, Olivier
25 Lang, Sebastian
26 Ljungblad, Jonas
27 Roelandts, Jurgen
28 Scheirlinckx, Staf
**Ag2R - La Mondiale **
31 Clerc, Aurelien
32 Dion, Renaud
33 Elmiger, Martin
34 Hinault, Seìbastien
35 Mondory, Lloyd
36 Pineau, Cederic
37 Poulhies, Steìphane
38 Smukulis, Gatis
**Astana **
41 Bazayev, Assan
42 Dmitriyev, Valeriy
43 Kupeshov, Berik
44 Muravyev, Dimitri
45 Raimbekov, Bolat
46 Rast, Gregory
47 Schär, Michael
48 Vaitkus, Tomas
**BBox Bouygues Tele… **
51 Claude, Mathieu
52 Gaudin, Damien
53 Haddou, Saïd
54 Jerome, Vincent
55 Labbe, Arnaud
56 Martias, Rony
57 Pichot, Alexandre
58 Turgot, Sebastien
**Caisse d’Epargne **
61 Coyot, Arnaud
62 Drujon, Mathieu
63 Erviti, Imanol
64 Garcia Acosta, Joseì V…
65 Gutierrez Palacios, J…
66 Lastras Garcia, Pablo
67 Perez Arango, Marlon …
68 Rojas, Joseì Joaquiìn
Cofidis
71 Blain, Alexandre
72 Blot, Guillaume
73 Brard, Florent
74 Duclos-Lassalle, Herveì
75 Duque, Leonardo
76 Portal, Seìbastien
77 Usov, Alexandre
78 Villa, Romain Advertisement
**Euskaltel - Euskadi **
81 Agirre Aseginolaza, J…
82 Aramendia Lorente, Ja…
83 De Lis De Andreìs, Ser…
84 Fernandez, Koldo
85 Galdos, Aitor
86 Irizar Aranburu, Markel
87 Lafuente Olaguibel, A…
88 Urtasun Perez, Pablo
**Francaise des Jeux **
91 Gerard, Arnaud
92 Geslin, Anthony
93 Gudsell, Timothy
94 Guesdon, Frederic
95 Hutarovich, Yauheni
96 Ladagnous, Matthieu
97 Offredo, Johann
98 Sulzberger, Wesley
**Fuji-Servetto **
101Bailetti, Paolo
102Capelli, Ermanno
103Dominguez, Ivan
104Gomez Gomez, Angel
105Jufre Pou, Josep
106Nardello, Daniele
107Shpilevskiy, Boris
**Garmin-Slipstream **
111Dean, Julian
112Dekkers, Hans
113Duyn, Huub
114Farrar, Tyler
115Friedman, Micheal
116Frischkorn, William
117Maaskant, Martijn
118Sutton, Chris
**Lampre - N.G.C. **
121Bandiera, Marco
122Da Dalto, Mauro
123Furlan, Angelo
124Lorenzetto, Mirco
125Mori, Massimiliano
126Righi, Daniele
127Sapa, Marcin
128Spilak, Simon
**Liquigas **
131Bennati, Daniele
132Fischer, Murilo Antonio
133Franzoi, Enrico
134Guarnieri, Jacopo
135Kuschynski, Aleksandr
136Oss, Daniel
137Quinziato, Manuel
138Sabatini, Fabio
Team Columbia - Highroad
141Boasson Hagen, Edvald
142Burghardt, Marcus
143Cavendish, Mark
144Eisel, Bernhard
145Hincapie, George
146Renshaw, Mark
147Reynes Mimo, Vicente
148Sieberg, Marcel
**Team Katusha **
151De Haes, Kenny
152Ignatiev, Mikhail
153Ivanov, Sergei
154Mikhaylov, Gennady
155Pozzato, Filippo
156Steegmans, Gert
157Vandenbergh, Stijn
158Vantomme, Maxime
**Team Milram **
161Ciolek, Gerald
162Eichler, Markus
163Forster, Robert
164Fothen, Thomas
165Knaven, Servais
166Terpstra, Niki
167Velits, Martin
168Wrolich, Peter
**Team Saxo Bank **
171Arvesen, Kurt-Asle
172Bak, Lars Ytting
173Breschel, Matti
174Cancellara, Fabian
175Hoj, Frank
176Klostergaard, Kasper
177Ljungqvist, Marcus
178O’Grady, Stuart
**Cerveìlo TestTeam **
181Hammond, Roger
182Haussler, Heinrich
183Hunt, Jeremy
184Hushovd, Thor
185Klier, Andreas
186Lancaster, Brett
187Rasch, Gabriel
188Reimer, Marcel
**Landbouwkrediet **
191Amorison, Frederic
192Barbe, Koen
193Bellemakers, Dirk
194Drouilly, Mathieu
195Flahaut, Denis
196Peeters, Kevin
197Ricci Poggi, Martial
198Scheirlinckx, Bert
**Skil - Shimano **
201Beppu, Fumiyuki
202Curvers, Roy
203Deroo, David
204Houanard, Steve
205Lemoine, Cyril
206Van Hummel, Kenny
207Veelers, Tom
208Wagner, Robert
Topsport
211Goddaert, Kristof
212Lodewyck, Klaas
213Maes, Nikolas
214Renders, Sven
215Steurs, Geert
216Van Hecke, Preben
217Vandewalle, Kristof
218Vanspeybrouck, Pieter
**Vacansoleil **
221Bozic, Borut
222Cooke, Baden
223De Vocht, Wim
224Groen van, Arnoud
225Leukemans, Bjorn
226Traksel, Bobbie
227Veuchelen, Frederik
228Westra, Lieuwe

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I have to think that Cav will win based on his early season form. I suspect Cervelo will have at least one guy on the podium!

Ken

3

Wouter Weylandt from Quick Step. They will control the race again, and have a few men in a break that gets away. Boonen will be a marked man, as wil Cav. Columbia will miss the break. Garmin will be active again, but miss out on the main push to the end.

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Well like I said, Dom Rollin is the one I’m watching for both today and Sunday, though it might be wishful thinking he’ll be my pick. He’s not on the start list for today, but he’s racing. And remember, he’s Canadian! Though I try not to hold it against him.

5

Dom Rollin will do something impressive today or Sunday or both. Thor is going to be pissed about the crash and super motivated, and Haussler …, well he’s Haussler. Test Team will take a win by Sunday evening.

6

With 80k to go there’s a split with about 30 riders (due to crosswinds), there are 5 or 6 CTT riders in it (including Rollin). This looks like the winning move.

7

He’s not on the start list for today, but he’s racing. And remember, he’s Canadian!

Michael,

Please don’t curse us - it’s been a long dry spell for Canadian men Pro cyclists. I can’t remember the last time that a Canadian man won something of significance at this level. I think we would have to go back to the days of Steida/Bauer/Walton to find a win.

Fortunately our bikes have done better!! :slight_smile:

8

The group split after the Kemmelberg–2 in the lead, 13 chasing-Dom’s in there! If he makes it over the Kemmelberg again… :^)

9

Thanks for the update. You should have seen them control the front on the Kwaremont!

10

Dom was dropped on the climb, another CTT rider made it, not sure who.

11

Just got out of a meeting…work getting in the way of being a sports fan (I guess technically that is a good thing…actually being able to work in today’s economy).

Dev

12

anyone else see in the tour of flanders that Fabian Cancellara has now become far too strong?

He snapped his chain up a steep climb!

13

Wouter Weylandt from Quick Step. They will control the race again, and have a few men in a break that gets away. Boonen will be a marked man, as wil Cav. Columbia will miss the break. Garmin will be active again, but miss out on the main push to the end.
Well, I was way off. Given the way Hincapie shut down any jumps to catch Boasson Hagen, he played the perfect team role, but he must have been pissed.

14

Wouter Weylandt from Quick Step. They will control the race again, and have a few men in a break that gets away. Boonen will be a marked man, as wil Cav. Columbia will miss the break. Garmin will be active again, but miss out on the main push to the end.
Well, I was way off. Given the way Hincapie shut down any jumps to catch Boasson Hagen, he played the perfect team role, but he must have been pissed.
Next time he should attack or at least be able to follow the move of his team mate then. It wasn’t like Hagen escaped in a tactical move, he went on the Kemmelberg.

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Wouter Weylandt from Quick Step. They will control the race again, and have a few men in a break that gets away. Boonen will be a marked man, as wil Cav. Columbia will miss the break. Garmin will be active again, but miss out on the main push to the end.
Well, I was way off. Given the way Hincapie shut down any jumps to catch Boasson Hagen, he played the perfect team role, but he must have been pissed.

Doesn’t sound too pissed.

ghincapie305 average Watts today for 5 hours. Epic day. Legs were good though. Very happy my roomate won.

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Holly cow! 305 watts for 5 hours is insane. Makes me feel a little weak with my 268 FTP. Damn!

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Please note that there is no FTP column in the sportstats results sheet for IMLP :-)…agreed, I can barely do that for a few minutes.

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Please note that there is no FTP column in the sportstats results sheet for IMLP :-)…agreed, I can barely do that for a few minutes.

That’s too bad, because daily TSS, weight, hours trained and FTP columns would be greatly appreciated. Tubular or clincher would be nice also. hehe

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If they give out Kona slots by hours trained, I should qualify every year. If they give them out by FTP, I’ll be off the back. I might score high on daily TSS…I can go either way WRT clinchers or tubulars :slight_smile:

Alright, where is the smart money going to be placed for Sunday’s sprint in the Roubaix velodrome? Or will there be a sprint? Love to see Cav sprinting in there!

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I’ve never seen the end of PR. How does a Peleton get into a velodrome without crashing? I want to see Haussler or Cancellara win, but as always if Cav can see the finish line with a group he’ll likely take it.

Ken