Team Columbia for Tour

by Bruce Suomi on Jun 25, 2008 4:00 PM EDT

here:

Kim Kirchen, George Hincapie, Thomas Lövkvist, Kanstantin Siutsou, Mark Cavendish, Gerald Ciolek, Adam Hansen, Marcus Burghardt og Bernhard Eisel.

Kirchen is the captain, but the team wants to try to win on every terrain. This team looks very good, too bad Barry missed out once again.

Hincapie, Siutsou and Lövlvist try to help Kirchen in the mountains, and Ciolec helps Cavendish in the sprints.

Too few words again... Let's try once again. And again...

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actually...

Kirchen is the hope for GC but George is the ‘captain and tactical leader on the bike during the race’. That should be interesting. (Go George!)
I’m disappointed about Barry.

by cg. on Jun 25, 2008 4:13 PM EDT reply actions

Phil said George is has an outside change at TdF GC. And if Phil says it....

it makes it so.

One can always dream.

by ZoeRochelle on Jun 25, 2008 4:33 PM EDT reply actions

certainly...

if Phil says it, it must be so!

by cg. on Jun 25, 2008 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Kirchen

I’m looking for Kirchen to make an early move in the mountains; Siutsou too.

by ursula on Jun 25, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions

is this his first tour?

siutsou, i mean.

by Jen See on Jun 25, 2008 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions

yes

by Sui Juris on Jun 25, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions

and to hear him talk,

post TdG press conf, he wasn’t planning on this.

by Sui Juris on Jun 25, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

I’m thinkin’ he’s Rodgers’ replacement.

by ursula on Jun 25, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

he started last year for Barloworld, but I’m not sure if he finished … he was as high as 3rd in the young rider classification after stages 9 and 10 The letour.fr search function (under history, to look up riders) doesn’t seem to have been updated yet to include 2007 (ie. Evans only has 2005 and 2006 listed), which would explain the “0 participations” listed there for Siutsou.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/tour07/?id=startlist

by guidemd on Jun 25, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

thank you!

I was putting together my (apparently bad) googling and specific recollection that he was asked about and definitely played down any thoughts of heading to France this summer. Appreciate the correction.

by Sui Juris on Jun 25, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions

thanks!

It looks like he did finish, here’s the list of abandons for the 2007 Tour. He finished 32nd on GC, not bad at all for a first Tour, especially at his age.

by Jen See on Jun 25, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Part of the reason that Barry left Disco was for the Tour

How many times is this guy going to get shafted? I like Barry. He’s a stand up guy and a work horse. I see retirement in his near future, what a shame.

If I just had one more gear, I...

by SpunOut on Jun 25, 2008 5:30 PM EDT reply actions

+1

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jun 25, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions

maybe hincapie didn't want his twin on the squad

seriously, when barry wears those shades similar to hincapie’s, they’re almost impossible to tell them apart…

in 2006, during i think it was the dauphine when barry, hincapie, and egoi martinez rode together, you’d swear you were looking at triplets….

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jun 25, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Barry and George

are really good friends so I highly doubt George wouldn’t want him there. Barry’s been hit with some bad luck the past year or so. He seemed to be going okay the last race but maybe the form just isn’t there. I haven’t read anything on his reaction. Maybe with the Olympic nod, he’s not as bummed with the Tour and is focusing for a good Olympics?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 25, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions

ppsst um was joking about Hinc not wanting Barry there

by lyne on Jun 25, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I had picked that up...

I think I was more trying to explaing to myself why he wasn’t selected. It hasn’t quite worked for me even with typing out a possible reason. He’s another one along with DZ and Horner that I am just going to miss reading from and watching clips of. They always bring good stuff to the table for our viewing and reading pleasure.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 25, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions

oh okay, well I'm an idiot then .....

by lyne on Jun 25, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions

You are so not an idiot...

Reading what I wrote, typos and all, I can see why you thought I’d missed it. :-)
(I have even been reading what I typed before hitting “post” and I still miss stuff. Thank goodness we’re not graded on spelling and grammer here… )

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 26, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions

:)

so :) is not considered a word and I had to type something in

by lyne on Jun 26, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions

trying to explain Barry not being picked...

I was thinking that maybe it had something to do with the riders who are used to each other … Ciolek and Cav, and Hincapie/Hansen/Cav I think have worked together in various races IIRC, whereas Barry seemed to be at more of the climber/GC type races. I wonder whether if Rogers and/or Gerdemann were going to the Tour if they would have leaned more towards taking Barry as well… something I read somewhere seemed to suggest concentrating on sprints (Cav) and stage wins and leaving Kirchen to do his own thing on GC… in any case, disappointed again not to see him at the Tour (at least there’s finally a Canadian though, but was hoping for two at once!)

by guidemd on Jun 26, 2008 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions

+2

by Bruce Suomi on Jun 25, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions

looking forward to seeing what lovkvist does

white jersey? maybe.

by Jen See on Jun 25, 2008 5:41 PM EDT reply actions

yeah he looks to be the top contender for that one

by lyne on Jun 25, 2008 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions

oops I keep forgetting schlecklet

mmmm

by lyne on Jun 25, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

someone

needs to preview the kids…

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 25, 2008 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

is that a hint? ;-)

can do!

by Jen See on Jun 25, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions

You mean you didn't have that done already.

Slacker…

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 25, 2008 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah like slacker

just for that , you’ll have to do the KOM preview too

please?

by lyne on Jun 25, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Hm

I might get to the KOM preview next. The white jersey should be fun to look at. KOM… I may have to do a flowchart.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 25, 2008 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions

oooohhh a KOM flowchart

can you incorporate red polka dots in it?

by lyne on Jun 25, 2008 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Well

I just think there are some candidates out there for the polka dots who have to sort through their options before mounting a maillot pois campaign. And what better way to document the complexity of these matters than a flowchart?

OK, maybe the day isn’t long enough for that. I still have three more book reviews to crank out…

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 25, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions

brilliant

a kom flowchart, i like this.

me, i will write about the kids. but not today.

gav <- slacker

by Jen See on Jun 25, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions

no rush

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 25, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

no rush? what? what you mean when you say no rush?

Some us are trying to select a tour team you know. We need these vital tidbits to help move choices around. No rush. What ever dad…

Gavia…. sweetie… sweetheart, can we get you anything? Glass of water? Bottle of beer? Anything to make you more comfortable to help the fingers flow with the keyboard… :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 25, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions

you're funny :-)

when’s the deadline anyway?

i’ll probably have something going soon…

by Jen See on Jun 25, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

7/2, noon PST

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 25, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions

phew.

plenty of time.

no worries nikki, you’ll have your preview :-)

meanwhile, i got an article in dutch ‘bout dekker i’m trying to get sorted out. some good dirt. love me some dirt.

by Jen See on Jun 25, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions

sweet!

And like I totally am just giving our residential slacker some crap cause like you know some of us couldn’t possibly read up on our own. But as a plus, I think what you write rocks so I happily await. Can I get you anything in the meantime? LOL!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 25, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions

a glass of wine would be lovely ;-)

how ‘bout a nice red?

by Jen See on Jun 25, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Consider it on it's way.

I just need to check airlines, car rentals, and get a GPS and I’ll have it to you in just a jiffy… :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 26, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions

I'd share mine with you

but it’s pino grigio tonite

by lyne on Jun 26, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions

that'll do :-)

actually, there was a nice chianti at chez gav this evening. it didn’t have quite the same effect on dutch that it does on italian though. maybe i should have switched to beer.

night night

by Jen See on Jun 26, 2008 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions