Riders to look out for next year
07-26-09, 09:08 PM
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Riders to look out for next year
- Tony Martin: Impressive young all-rounder.
- Cadel Evans: Will probably jump back from his disappointing '09 TdF. But can he improve enough to catch the likes of Schleck, Contador & Wiggins?
- Bradley Wiggins: If he improves again, a genuine yellow jersey contender.
- Vincenzo Nibali: Slipped under the radar somewhat, judging from press coverage. But he has impressed a lot.
And of course, the usual suspects of Contador, Schleck, Armstrong & co.
- Cadel Evans: Will probably jump back from his disappointing '09 TdF. But can he improve enough to catch the likes of Schleck, Contador & Wiggins?
- Bradley Wiggins: If he improves again, a genuine yellow jersey contender.
- Vincenzo Nibali: Slipped under the radar somewhat, judging from press coverage. But he has impressed a lot.
And of course, the usual suspects of Contador, Schleck, Armstrong & co.
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- Tony Martin: Impressive young all-rounder.
- Cadel Evans: Will probably jump back from his disappointing '09 TdF. But can he improve enough to catch the likes of Schleck, Contador & Wiggins?
- Bradley Wiggins: If he improves again, a genuine yellow jersey contender.
- Vincenzo Nibali: Slipped under the radar somewhat, judging from press coverage. But he has impressed a lot.
And of course, the usual suspects of Contador, Schleck, Armstrong & co.
- Cadel Evans: Will probably jump back from his disappointing '09 TdF. But can he improve enough to catch the likes of Schleck, Contador & Wiggins?
- Bradley Wiggins: If he improves again, a genuine yellow jersey contender.
- Vincenzo Nibali: Slipped under the radar somewhat, judging from press coverage. But he has impressed a lot.
And of course, the usual suspects of Contador, Schleck, Armstrong & co.
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- Tony Martin: Impressive young all-rounder.
- Cadel Evans: Will probably jump back from his disappointing '09 TdF. But can he improve enough to catch the likes of Schleck, Contador & Wiggins?
- Bradley Wiggins: If he improves again, a genuine yellow jersey contender.
- Vincenzo Nibali: Slipped under the radar somewhat, judging from press coverage. But he has impressed a lot.
And of course, the usual suspects of Contador, Schleck, Armstrong & co.
- Cadel Evans: Will probably jump back from his disappointing '09 TdF. But can he improve enough to catch the likes of Schleck, Contador & Wiggins?
- Bradley Wiggins: If he improves again, a genuine yellow jersey contender.
- Vincenzo Nibali: Slipped under the radar somewhat, judging from press coverage. But he has impressed a lot.
And of course, the usual suspects of Contador, Schleck, Armstrong & co.
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07-27-09, 06:29 AM
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Haha, quite true. I'm afraid he might have peaked at the wrong time - at the rate Contador & Schleck are going, he's going to have a hard time catching up.
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Brice Felliu
Levi Leipheimer (10:1 odds say that LA recruits him for Team RadioShack. He raced valiantly, and I think he would have been climbing at least as well as F. Schleck, Kloden, and LA)
Chris Horner (Got screwed out of a spot on Astana this year. I'm calling him as a dark horse candidate.)
Nibali
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Levi Leipheimer (10:1 odds say that LA recruits him for Team RadioShack. He raced valiantly, and I think he would have been climbing at least as well as F. Schleck, Kloden, and LA)
Chris Horner (Got screwed out of a spot on Astana this year. I'm calling him as a dark horse candidate.)
Nibali
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07-27-09, 11:33 AM
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some good choices above. especially tony martin. to finish 2nd by 3 seconds on the
ventoux and turn in a top ten time trial-less than 2 minutes back of contador-on
stage 18 is impressive. some others i'll be watching:
haussler
mikhail ignatiev
jurgen van den broeck
nicolas roche
gerdemann
maxime monfort
christophe le mevol
ventoux and turn in a top ten time trial-less than 2 minutes back of contador-on
stage 18 is impressive. some others i'll be watching:
haussler
mikhail ignatiev
jurgen van den broeck
nicolas roche
gerdemann
maxime monfort
christophe le mevol
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oh, forgot taylor phinney
