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Okay, RSF-Community ... let's get serious: IT'S FEBRUARY AND NO ONE HAD THE IDEA TO OPEN THIS THREAD?!?!?!?! WE GETTIN' INSANE NOW?!?!?! Let's talk about the afternoon Giro 2011!!!!! Wizards Cycling will rock this shit. And I want to see the good ol' faces. Robyists of course must be in, FL with Fürstentum-party, maybe RSV, maybe Ticos comeback ( ), maybe the Cat may join us aswell with his mathematical friends. And maybe some totally new faces!!! Everyone ride this race, go!!

Provisional line-up:

No. 1 Andrew Stockdale 81-55-66-60-54, 58 Reg
No. 2 Eddy Eickendreyer 82-54-79-53-57, 58 Reg
No. 3 Tom van Amstel 73-80-74-50-65, 35 Reg
No. 4 Karim Boutannassimi 55-75-54-46-60, 37 Reg
No. 5 Jamal Jemomo 61-79-56-49-56, 35 Reg
No. 6 Michael Murphy 53-84-51-47-48, 46 Reg
No. 7 Ernie Oysters 64-78-61-49-56, 58 Reg
No. 8 Vincent Soneau 49-84-75-52-48, 46 Reg
No. 9 Peter de Vlamingh 48-56-52-51-92, 40 Reg or Barney Stinson 59-76-73-55-53, 54 Reg

You will find me here too!

Dodo Erdemann ... El Capitano
John Watson ... Edelhelfer
Guillermo Magallon ... Edeledelhelfer
Lars Björnby ... Klassikerzusammenhalter
Paul Potts ... für die besonderen Notfälle
Rintje vanRooijen ... die Verbindung zwischen Flach und Berg
Alan Parsons ... das Arbeitstier
Michel Pollentier ... wenns mal am Anfang schnell sein muss
Mauricio Pereyra ... Helfer und "Sprinter" auf den flachen Etappen

The best and expensive team i can find ... hope in the end one place better than the last letour 2010 .-)

And after the giro the bergwerker will make a break again like last year.

Vielleicht auch dabei, bisschen bergwerk ärgern hoffentlich hab ich bis zum start wieder lust zu spielen...

Not interesting anymore, since now that I started winning, I'll keep winning, you'll all be only here to get stages. rosa is mine.

Projected Lineup

Shamshi Urganov Leader
Omar Fahrny Nr 2
Qian Baoyu The man to help in the hills
Uchigasaki Osamu: Topsprinter for flat and hills.
Mori Saburo: Flatrider for flat. and flat. Only flat
Bakthiyar Sagyrbayuli. Flat rider without a purpose, no reg
Pramoedya Haryono: 60-80 or something like that.
Frédéric Montandon: Flatrider with awesome downhill skill

These 8 are virtually assured of their place, nr 9 is fairly open.
New rider, a regmonster with few other skills would have good chances, Berlogea if he stays fit, Uzielli, but more difficult for him. Conti is still in the race, but his chances are at less then 5%, he agrees, no sense riding the Giro for those 2 sprints it looks RSF will get. Olimpiu with 46 mountain no chance, Fouché with 0 skills and less reg not really a favorite either.

Yay, Team FL tries to be there too, of course. Put will be difficult maybe. If it works. this are the Kieslers for the win:

Luigi Mastrangelo is our capitano for the Giro
His main helper is the other Italian in the Team, Tony Longo
Chuck Bass goes for champagne and the Giro girls.
Cédric Schmarotz goes for the sprints
Tim Hamberger will give him theses sprints
as well as Fred Colon
Frantz Granvorka is our Handyman
Haruki Murakami too
and who is No.9, nobody knows yet. Is it El Chupo? Or is it Hugo Marxer? Or is it a new face? Suprise sursprise.

Check it out!

I should be there... ANyway, if I do the Giro, it will be in the afternoon (15 clearly better than 14h for me):

Lineup (prédicted values at start) :

1. Jurgen Bellinckx (23) : 82 - 59 - 70 - 50 - 55 - 57
2. Gilles Cordaro (23) : 59 - 76 - 79 - 51 - 56 - 52
3. Rémy Gaïlle (23) : 64 - 80 - 71 - 51 - 51 - 49
4. Corentin Genez : 48 - 64 - 66 - 52 - 56 - 49
5. JeanMarie Javaux : 60 - 79 - 69 - 69 - 55 - 57
6. Ruben Lodewick (or Prébuisson, Gorius or De neve... Depends of the cost)
7. Lionel Maréchal : 65 - 80 - 64 - 47 - 51 - 42
8. Benoit Pauwels : 48 - 75 - 64 - 67 - 52 - 63
9. Charles Spiroux : 64 - 79 - 79 - 50 - 62 - 59

Goal : Easy... Making everything explode! Reg will be my best weapon!

Ok, today the team announced the 12 pre-selected riders for the Giro:

Septimiu Berlogea Good, that's the first step, in the 12 pre-selected. Now I have to earn a place in the 9 starters. I think I still can perform well enough to help our team defend the Giro title from last year.
Fabrizio Conti Certo, voglio partecipare. So che le tappe adatte a me saranno pochissime, però anché per una sola tappa vale la pena partecipare.
Omar Fahrny No, don't take the spot for granted, not at all. I know I'll need to continue to progress to get the spot. Goals? I take it step by step, first I have to earn it, then we'll see.
Pramoedya Haryono Yeah, I think I'll be there. If Fabulous comes, I can help him, if he doesn't come, I can be useful for Osamu, Qian, Omar and Shamshi. Maybe even get my own chance one stage.
Frédéric Montandon The Giro.... I think if Fabulous gets selected I'm there for sure, if not, maybe. Just wait and see
Saburo Mori The ape has almost guaranteed me a place, so I think I will be there. Not easy of course all those mountains, but I'm though, recover well, I think I can help Urganov or Fahrny to win it
Qian Baoyu Nr 1 goal will be the GC win, Urganov, Fahrny, one of the 2. Nr 2 a stage for myself. Both of course would be perfect.
Bakhtiyar Sagyrbayuly Not an easy course for somebody like me, that's sure. But I hope to be there, regardless of Fabulous. With him, I'll be happy to ride for him, without I'll go for my own chances on certain stages.
Caius Todea Just signed the contract for next season today, and I get pre selected for the Giro. It's a dream come true! 2 dreams! Now I will just continue training until I join the team next month. If I actually get selected it would be fantastic.
Osamu Uchigasaki Well, 12 riders, I'm one of them. I hoped that the ape would announce the fix riders and a few for the open spots, hoping to be fix, to know for sure. A bit nervous now, yes, I think the Giro actually fits me well, there are a few stages I could have a chance.
Shamshi Urganov I know I haven't fully convinced everybody so far. But I feel I can do very well in this Giro, either as leader, then fight for the win, or in support for Omar, who can win it too.
Wei Dehuai I think I have my chances to be there. The team will need somebody like me in the TTT. Mountains? I don't feel bad in the mountains, I'm much more confortable riding in the mountains and hills that people seem to assume, I might surprise a lot of "experts" in my career.

Most disappointed not to be in the list was Feng Ouyang, who hoped to finish his career with his second Giro participation. He is now thinking about terminating his career immediately, just announced that he didn't feel ready to start tomorrow, he'll be replaced in the line-up for Amstel by his compatriot Wei Dehuai. The 5 other riders, the Ducu-brothers, Fouché, Kusi Leibundgut and Uzielli took it better. We hope Feng will continue riding though, he won't be at the Giro, but we still appreciate is work and knowledge and his retirement would be a huge loss to the team at this point.

maybe maybe, dont know if with an alternative cheap Climber or with The Cat, he said he wants the Glcokner Stage, hm dont know, how high do the really go now? to the Franz-Josef-Höhe or not that high hm....

Conti there... well, saves me a lot of energy in the flat stages... the four...

He's one of the 12! Not sure he'll actually start. REspectively the ape hasn't told me yet, maybe he knows. The Ape seems to know everything anyway.

The ape just analyzed the details on the Gazzetta...

Fabulous analysis

Stage 2, possible. 170 meters up in 3 km 40 or so km from the end.
Stage 3 impossible
4 impossible (and officially medium mountain anyway)
8 at least a 5 in the second to last km.
10 no problem
12 no problem

So 3 likely, 4 maybe, not really sure, depends on the design. Basically what was known before..

1. Stefan Nipp 81-54-79-60-53, 48 Reg : 22 years
2. Fabian Höhenflug 72-80-79-75-61, 42 Reg : 28 years
3. Martin Schmalzbrot 73-82-70-59-43, 48 Reg : 28 years
4. Willi Wollschläger 60-77-79-58-61, 57 Reg : 21 years
5. Franz Hose 56-83-80-60-63, 485 Reg : 25 years
6. Karl Hilti 56-78-70-46-46, 40 Reg : 21 years
7. Attila Kiss 50-79-70-46-45, 46 Reg : 23 years
8. Boleslav Popolek 46-79-70-49-49, 64 Reg : 27 years
9. Leider Preciado 53-61-73-54-89, 35 Reg : 24 years

i´m not sure. perhaps i will change höhenflug with lutz putz and leider with a cheap 20 years old rider.

I really like the idea of riding the Giro although I will miss some stages.
It could be the afternoon Giro, depends on my working schedule in May.
If I start, it will be a cheap team. Maybe around Jamie, maybe only with two Classics.
I am still thinking/analysing/hoping...

hm 75% i am Here. Dont know the line-up, will be like

Schrödinger: 85-69 59sprint
Heuser: 77-79
Gödel/2nd climber: 72-80-65/85-60-75
Kohlhuber: 67-74-79
Laplace: 63-81-79
Fatou:63-80-78
Möbius: 52-87-80
Keagan: 57-78 61TT
Hugendubel: 55-74

would be the expensive squad

or: the Romandie Team

or: Team without Schrödinger but Bürgi hmhm but nice stages for Schrödinger...

schrödi has to ride! he is a real hero

So bin nun dabei mit Schrödiner, Heuser und Rondeau

Final line-up:

No. 1 Andrew Stockdale 84-55-66-61-54, 58 Reg
No. 2 Eddy Eickendreyer 84-54-78-53-57, 58 Reg
No. 3 Tom van Amstel 74-80-74-50-65, 35 Reg
No. 4 Karim Boutannassimi 58-78-54-46-60, 37 Reg
No. 5 Jamal Jemomo 61-83-56-49-56, 35 Reg
No. 6 Michael Murphy 53-85-51-47-48, 46 Reg
No. 7 Ernie Oysters 68-78-61-49-56, 58 Reg
No. 8 Vincent Soneau 49-85-75-52-48, 46 Reg
No. 9 Barney Stinson 63-80-73-55-53, 54 Reg

Uber-salary: 551.070 Credits

P.S.: Lobyklebt, don't forget giving me that -1 for no italian rider again and again

You might get -2..... not sure about that alphabet after all... Van Amstel as A or as 3rd leader???

1st All riders in my team with a "de" or "van" before the last name I don't count to the alphabet... so it's Amstel -> A, nevermind, just my own tradition. 2nd in any case Stockdale and Eickendreyer both as captains.. so alphabetically everything clean

No no, Stock before Eicken!!!! I see a problem there!

Robyklebt wrote:No no, Stock before Eicken!!!! I see a problem there!

Stockdale is the predestined first captain because of the TT.

Then they are not co-captains, but captain and vice captain! Ha, now I know your secret plan!

Robyklebt wrote:Then they are not co-captains, but captain and vice captain! Ha, now I know your secret plan!

You are right with your intuition. Stay in wheel of your losers with my losers and then together beat bergwerks ass!

A preview to the Giro d'Italia 2011

Climbers and stage race riders:

Jurgen Bellinckx (BEL), 81-59-70-50-55, 57 Reg
Cesare Corvia (ITA), 85-59-78-51-55, 53 Reg
Eddy Eickendreyer (BEL), 84-54-78-53-57, 58 Reg
Dodo Erdemann (GER), 88-53-65-59-51, 60 Reg
Omar Fahrny (SUI), 84-57-71-54-59, 37 Reg
Luigi Mastrangelo (ITA), 87-57-79-52-52, 35 Reg
Stefan Nipp (GER), 81-54-79-60-53, 48 Reg
Fabi Rondeau (SUI), 85-60-75-50-58, 35 Reg
Erwin Schrödinger (AUT), 85-69-66-50-59, 59 Reg
Andrew Stockdale (AUS), 84-55-66-61-54, 58 Reg
Shamshi Urganov (KAS), 84-56-76-53-47, 53 Reg
John Watson (GBR), 86-60-78-50-45, 48 Reg

Classic riders:

Tom van Amstel (NED), 74-80-74-50-65, 35 Reg
Valeri Bojinov (BUL), 73-80-75-50-48, 44 Reg
Hans Peter Heuser (AUT), 77-79-46-52-50, 39 Reg
Fabian Höhenflug (GER), 72-80-79-75-61, 42 Reg
Goran Pandev (SRB), 75-82-74-54-61, 36 Reg
Baoyu Qian (CHN), 77-81-74-49-49, 37 Reg
Martin Schmalzbrot (GER), 73-82-70-59-43, 48 Reg


P.S.: After university will add more details.

i'm here too with this line-up:

n°1: Ange GIRARD 88-50-72-55-48-49,1-49reg
n°2: Timo BURGENER 54-83-76-50-59-72,8-54reg
n°3: Andrey GALYAK 56-77-74-56-51-68,3-43reg
n°4: Romain JOUBERT 68-78-77-75-65-71,4-43reg
n°5: Jozsef LAKATOS 50-75-46-66-55-74,1-41reg
n°6: Emil LUKACS 51-71-51-63-46-66,8-38reg
n°7: Florent ROUQUET 71-81--77-63-47-72,6-49reg
n°8: Arpad SZARVAS 50-77-58-63-43-68,3-43reg
n°9: Igor ZHENYA 76-56-68-50-52-54,7-56reg