before I come up with anything to say, take the spot.
good thing for being in a different time zone when everyone else is asleep…

podium spot…

Which made me realize all the guys I like aren’t gc contenders in stage races, so I said to hell with it and decided that if ever there was a cycling cage match, I’d have a team to compete.

check too see that I have a decent mix of sprinters/climbers etc + check that I have the calender covered (not 23 riders in the Tour/2 in the Giro) = The Mighty Herd

My main criteria when thinning down the shortlist has been to find riders that are likely to do well in more than one type of race i.e. like Boonen (cobbles+sprints) Kirchen (ardennes+ GT) giving value for money (cost). It was harder this year, I think I have more one-type-race-specialists. Partly for that reason I don’t expect to do as well this year.

Oh , and kill your darlings. This year I dumped Gilbert, Kirchen, Nocentini, Sastre, Mocoutie who all did great in 2008.

My strategy: have one top-guy who can win a GT and a cat-3 tour (Contador) plus the best sprinter of the field (Cavendish).
Then looked at all the 10-18 pointers and try to find some who will be riding a lot, can win races and will ride either Giro or Vuelta. Not only concentrate on Tour de France.
In the 1-6 pointers find the young ones who can be a suprise this year, can do good in GT’s and some small other tours. Plus the cheap sprinters like Gavazzi, Brown, van Hummel.
I expect (hope) to do well in the second half of the season. I didn’t concentrate on the cobble races or the three Ardennes classics.

Would be nice for comparing the teams ….

I talked myself out of him at the last moment. I went heavy on grand tour guys who have some classics prowess. No sprinters at all (unless Oscar Gatto hits the big time) and not much for the cobbles. I dumped Cav for Cunego, a far more established guy and possible world champion… also one of the most consistent scorers around.

I felt I could make my pics without any masterplan, so a combination of heart and bargains. I see my team is ridiculously scandinavian… it has to be a real invasion from the north to make it to a top vds spot

First I collected information about all the riders, vds points; vds price, other results, height, weight, frame size, breakfast preferences, hottitude dummy, etc.. I put all the data in a database and did some regression analysis based on a general equlibrium model.

Then the phone rang, and I woke up. Instead I started with Contador and Cavendish. Then I went through all the low priced riders, using the “yeah, why not” and “seems to be cheap”* methods, before choosing the more expensive riders who most certainly will underperform this year.

• Veikkanen, for example. I have a hunch that Bruce will channel some of the gap to Jussi this year.

Are you succeed? Eeeh…. No

i think i took many risks in guys who changed for new teams.. Chavanel and Karpets i now realize that maybe was a bad choice…

No 25-pointers and only one 20. That allowed me to have 8 picks who cost 10 or more points—and of course to balance that I have a lot of cheapies. I tried to pick guys I liked, but left off a couple of favorites because I thought they were too expensive for their probable return. Found another bargain or two when I did the who-was-worth-it-last-year analysis. Then, ursula’s predictions earned a couple of guys spots on the roster when I was wavering about them. Anytime stats looked close on riders, I went with the one I liked better. Or at least had a nipple ring.

I ended up with ten 1-pointers, largely (a) grabbed from Slipstream because I like that team and think Vaughters has a good eye for talent, and (b) trackies/cross guys who could make big transitions to the road.

With a little luck, I figure my team will bring me 10,500 points. But do bear in mind that my Versus Challenge ATOC team came in…um…1728th.

Oh, and Cav is going to kick ass this year. And he will make it to Paris.

analisy of my team…

3-16pt (GT, climb, sprint, cobbles)
1-14pt (GT, Ardennes)
1-12pt (Chavanel)
2-10pt (GT, sprint)
2-6pt GT
7-4pt GT, cobbles,sprint,ardennes
6-2pt ….
3-1pt GT, puncheurs

average age 27

Oldest 31
youngest 23

looking for specialitties

6 sprinters
9 GT
5/6 cobbles
5/6 puncheurs
pure time trialist….none

Best GT- Menchov
Best puncheur- Wegman, Samuel Sanchez?!
Best Sprinter- Ciolek, Hushovd
Best cobbles: Burghardt, Hushovd?!

I’m thinking my team is a little bottom heavy…..

Glad this is drawing some folks out to post.

I was sure that Sastre was going to win Le Tour, and I started there (well, there and with Oscar Friere). Sastre’s not going to repeat that, and Friere, oh, Friere. Such sweet parting. And I think that Thor’s best days are behind him, too. So I went a little younger with some guys I thought were interesting, and without any particular GT ambition. Which left me with 18 points. And who, at 18 points, is money in the bank? LL.* I am still a little surprised at that. Doesn’t mean I won’t mock him all year long, though.

*Not a ladies love, or legend in leather, but he’s short and clean (and he might wear pleather). Last of the red hot ToC threes, and now you know what LL means.

is that some of the riders who were on my roster until the last moment and then got replaced are going to do REALLY well.
You better earn more points than Uran, Mick Rogers!

george 1st, lance 2nd and then as many of my favorite american riders as i could afford and still have a team (Z, CVV, danny pate, Jmac, etc.) threw in chechu and another astana rider but i really had to work hard not pick a bunch of astana guys in the 1’s and 2’s just because their names were more familiar to me. (poor guys are going to be working like dogs this year and, particularly since la is back, will have few personal opportunites.)

Um now. Went with Contador- too big of a gamble/upside to resist plus I have no worries about OP. Took his SBN too.

Avoided all the top line sprinters- not deliberately but it just came out that way. I can close to Benna.

I took riders who will be team leaders like Sam San, Traksel or Colom or Gesink or Ciolek or Dekker or Garzelli etc.

I took riders who were affected by injury last year (Horner)

I took riders who were affected by Valverde’s presumed suspension- J-Rod, Passamontes

I took a couple Cervelo cobbles guys- Hammond, Haussler.

Took cheap kids- I have 9 one pointers.

List all the people I’ve heard of.
Realize that I’m now packing 300+ points on my team.
Start replacing folks with people I haven’t heard of.
Cuss.
Get sad that I have to ax Bennati but I’m holding on to Hincape gosh darnit.
Finally get it down to 150 points.
Read the list to Mark.
Be told, “um, he’s got a broken [fill in the blank]”
Cuss some more.
Replace broken [fill in the blank] guy.
Read the list to Mark.
Get asked, “Are you suuuuuurre?”
Cuss again.
Realize I have \o/ on the list…but think he may be /o\ this year.
Replace some other guys with one pointer guys I find in Velo News that have potential.
Read the list to Mark.
Get told, “Other’s already "discovered” those 1 pointers…"
Cuss again.
Leave the list alone and declare,
“It’s like being in the marching band, I play my little heart out…but the football team still sucks.”
Submit the list.
Cuss again when I realize we have no beer or wine in the house.
Feel smug because I don’t have Levi on my list…but Mark has the little nugget on his.

My big point guys are Benna, AC, Cunego, Gilbert and Van Avermaet and I’m loaded with a bunch of 2 pt’ers, 13 in all. Looking for riders like Trofimov, Hutarovich, Lhotellerie, and Roelandts to really bust out with some big rides this season and hopefully my trio of youngsters, E.B.Hagen, Ciolek, and Breschel will keep improving on their good results from last year.

Then picked my team in about 15 mins. No research whatsoever. Ten higher price guys, mostly GT guys, and then 15 one-pointers, broomwagoneers. Thus, Team Bushmill’s BroomWagon was born!

That’s about all the time I have to put into it!

I started by trying to figure out a way to multiply C. No luck there, so….

I am much more into enjoying having a team of guys I admire/have fandom for versus one of high point/value ratios that I question too often. My hope is to stay in the upper half. If I do that, I’ll be thrilled. Sadly though in trying to play with the points my guys like George and DZ were left off. And my guy Will was left on. Love the guy but he’s not going to score me much. He’s a breakaway stud who will be exciting cheering for but chances are most likely he’ll be pulled in with 10k to go. :-(

My big pointers were Fabian and Cav. I’m curious to follow Tony with trying for a more GT type roll. It was a gamble at his price but he is my TT guy too so we’ll see. Of course C is on the list, and only once. I prefer Cav over Boonen even if point to values aren’t there. I included Free Andy as I think he’s going to be pretty solid and given more chances to lead this year. Maaskant impressed me early on last year so he was a for sure.

Others were names I knew and remembered from last year and recall liking. I probably should’ve looked at the spreadsheet from last year for comparisons but that’s like work and I just want to pick and have fun.

My last review was trying to find every note Drew wrote about who he selected or not. I was trying to avoid his curse and can only wait to see who is doomed.

1. Ivan Basso (Grand Tours)
2. Danielle Bennati (Sprints)
3. Philippe Gilbert (Classics)
4. Robert Gesink (Climber)
5. Greg Van Avermaet (Stage Hunter)
6. Sylvain Chavanel (Classics)
7. Martin Maaskant (Classics)
8. Christian Vande Velde (Grand Tours)
9. Rinaldo Nocentini (Sprinter)
10. Svein Tuft (Tough Guy Shit)
12. Allan Davis (Sprinter)
13. Will Frischkorn (Stage Hunter)
14. Dominique Rollin (More Tough Guy Shit)
15. Danny Pate (Stage Hunter)
16. Andre Greipel (Stage Hunter)
17. Simon Gerrans (Stage Hunter)
18. Aurelien Clerc (Stage Hunter)
19. Kevin Hulsman (Stage Hunter)
20. Koldo Gil Hernandez (Climber)
21. Rene Hasselbacher (Stage Hunter)
22. Nicki Sorensen (Stage Hunter)
23. Mike Creed (Stage Hunter)
24. Lucas Euser (Climber)
25. Alexander Efimkin (Stage Hunter)

and ended up keeping 8 guys, including my 25 pointer Fabian. ANd I went with guys I like and either did well for me last year, or look to do better – I hope – this year. I had Oscar till yesterday afternoon, but ended up replacing him with Thor. I know he could heal up fine, but he’s getting older too, so….. Others include: Cunego, Bennati – couldn’t resist – A. Schleck, CVV, Matti Breschel, LLS, Soler, Dan Martin. And I’m on the Haussler and Boom wagon too.

I had Contador top of my list for nearly three weeks and then changed to Basso last night before submitting. I don’t regret it (yet!) I’ve went a bit sprinter crazy with Boonen, Cavendish, Ciolek, Pettachi (despite the LPR developments) and Brown. The rest are young cheap riders like Weylandt, Vellits, Inglisky, Madrazo, Rohregger and di Gregorio and dependables (hopefully) like A Schleck, Wegmann, Gilbert, Colom and Breschel.

followed a simple strategy.

If you have big teeth, your in!

gl to all

Went more GT-heavy this year. Last year was very cobbly and the highlight was 1-3-4 at Flanders. That was great but I’m not going to try to aim for that again; and it was all downhill from there. Still, I have a number of spring classics guys, including Ballan again, and despite my best efforts, ended up with more Belgians and Dutch than Spaniards and Italians.

Meanwhile, I almost feel bad for saying this, but can our Fearless Leader stop drooling over his new wheels long enough to post the final team list?

I have no aspirations of winning anymore, I just want to select guys that I enjoy watching race. that means that my team shows up in force during the classics, and is pretty poorly represented for the GTs.

about having 25 points invested in one guy, even if I do think he’s the favorite for the Giro and probably the Vuelta as well. So, I traded him for Baby Schleck and Mick Rogers. The two of them combined will probably score fewer points than Basso, but at least if one of them gets injured, the other one will still be in the game.

I picked Friere, then reluctantly dropped him after his California crash. I had to drop a couple of two-pointers to one-pointers in order to substitute Boonen for Friere, but Boonen seemed like the only comparable sprint/classics threat to Oscarito.

I picked Gibo, of course, because he’s my favorite rider, and I couldn’t very well have a team called Simoni Hooligans without Simoni at the helm.

Then it was just a question of filling out the roster with other favorites and guys who seemed like good values, and then watching helplessly as all my “secret weapons” showed their stuff before the VDS deadline had passed.

First Haussler, who I’ve been nurturing on my team for the past two seasons and who was a steal at two points, starts winning everything in sight two weeks before the deadline, then Ginanni goes and wins Trofeo Laigueglia last weekend, and finally Lorenzetto, who re-upped with my team after scoring big for me as a one-pointer last year, wins two Giro di Sardegna stages in a row in the closing hours before the VDS deadline.

I keep telling these guys, don’t show your hand before Het Volk Whatchamacallit, but do they listen?

Next year, my team’s winter training camp is going to be run by former poker world champions Phil Hellmuth and Scotty Nguyen.

have a algorithm to find the perfect team of last year? :P (the best possible combination)

Started off with The Accountant but the cost was too pricey since his point total will be half of what it was last year. I considered Valverde until I realized that I just can’t bring myself to put him on my squad. Cadel? Never. Davide Rebellin… I went old last year and wont make that mistake again. Fabian Cancellara… ooohhhhhh man did I want to put him on the team, but I just didn’t go through with it. Basso? He’s dead to me. So, no 25 pointers. Had SBN, dropped SBN, added SBN again, dropped SBN finally…

Had Kirchen… then Kirchen donated his clavicle to the Great God of Cycling. Had Greipel until I read that he lost an arm in a dog fight. Contemplated Devo, Samu and Leeeeenoooooosss, but never asked any of them out. Actually had The Killer on my squad at one point then I came to my senses. Saw the massive disparity in 10 pointers vs. 12 pointers

My biggest point man is Alessandro Ballan… I’m hoping for some classics points there and maybe some GT stuff as well.

Here’s the full roster that will go off to rule the Universe from beyond the grave…

Ballan
Benna
Sastre
God of Smoke
Shleck the Younger
Nuyens
Maaskant
Gasparotto
Nocentini
Fedrigo
Astarloza
Gerrans
Iglinksy
Lloyd
Renshaw
Mauricio Soler
Van Summeren
Haussler
Rast
Sorensen
Bodrogi
John Lee Augustin
Kuschynski
Losada
Hansen

Way better team than I had last year. Most depressing thing about selecting it? At no point… not once… did I ever consider putting McEwen on my team.

See if you can find the pattern…

Alberto Contador
Mark Cavendish
Alessandro Ballan
Daniele Bennati
Philippe Gilbert
Robert Gesink
Jens! Voigt
David Moncoutie
Chris Horner
Maxim Iglinsky
Nicki Sorensen
Benoit Joachim
Pieter Weening
Mikael Cherel
Adam Hansen
Aaron Kemps
Addy Engels
Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
Alan Perez Lezaun
Alberto Fernandez
Alberto Fernandez de la Puebla
Alberto Losada
Andrei Kunitski
Alex Rasmussen
Angel Gomez

I view picking a team as an exercise in energy conservation… I don’t so much choose the riders as allow the riders to choose me… very zen… the result is a bunch of top performers from last year, a few pure sentimental options (Horner, Weening), and a bunch one-pointers who’s names start with the letter “A” (less scrolling = more zen). Total elapsed time from start to finish was 15 minutes….

I picked cyclists I liked, regardless of how good they are. Which is why I fail. Team Gunners will be hot, but not very good.

I was ready to pull the trigger on this neo-pro squadra about a month ago until Kirchen got all selfish on me and decided to take an early vacation. I almost de-Greipelfied myself, but felt guilty after I gave up on Kirchen. Anyhoo, I was focused on using all 150 pts and I didn’t want to commit to a 25 pointer…I have no good reason, I just didn’t. I basically searched through last years results and tried to pull some YOUTH and STRENGTH from the mid-pointers (8 – 18 pts). Coincidentally, quite a few of those ALSO happened to be guys I like (i.e. Pierrick Fedrigo, Maxime Monfort, J-Rod, etc).

Benna was my last minute replacement for Kirchen and I scratched Lars Boom and filled with Pieter Weening based on ATOC results. And becaue he FINISHED the TdF stage after taste testing the road furniture, Cunego was first on my list.

Damiano Cunego
Daniele Bennati
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
Thomas Dekker
Roman Kreuziger
Enrico Gasparotto
Matti Breschel
Steven De Jongh
Pierrick Fedrigo
Maxime Monfort
Domenico Pozzovivo
Michael Albasini
Carlos Barredo Llamazales
Pietro Caucchioli
John Gadret
Andre Greipel
Heinrich Haussler
Wouter Weylandt
Antonio Colom
Remi Pauriol
Oliver Zaugg
Simon Gerrans
Pieter Weening
Gorazd Stangelj

… I’m thinking Valverde is screwed for bike racing this season.

strategy: as a first year VDS, not get dropped.

overall: no research. save my time for anguish between nibali and steegmans and the performance/price/potential difference.

-pick all around dream team. unfortunately, realize i’m 300 points over the limit.
-start again
-pick my favorite riders. then in a flash of self awareness, realize i’ve never, ever, picked a winner. eliminate these riders.
-start again
-even though i’m american, eliminate american riders.
-start again, pick contador.
-then focus on picks under 6 points. mollema and haussler might be upside surprises.
-the middle point range guys were difficult but i wanted a few 12-16’s for diversity (crash, injury) instead of 2 20’s.
-end up with an awkward point distribution but i’ve already spent an inordinate amount of time as a VDS.
-quickly submit, not looking back. but instantly regret popovych.
1-25
3-16
1-14
1-12
2-6
5-4
7-2
5-1

Is your real name Marc Sargeant? OH SNAP!!!

As the name indicates my teams heart and soul is composed of the canucks in the peleton (Tuft, Rollin, Hesjedal, Barry and Meier), then I added a sprinkle of riders who I love to watch/look forward to watching improve (SamSan, Flecha, Vandevelde, Maaskant & Ciolek). I then rewatched last years Flanders and decided that I liked Rabo’s cobbles crew (added Nuyens and Langeveld) and filled in the rest with some guys who may actually get me some points (Gilbert, Pfannenberger, Dekker T), some young guys who may surprise me (Costa, Alex Rasmussen and Hans Dekker)…and some other guys (JAGM, Barredo, Igor Anton, Haussler, Davis A).

Overall my strategy is to peak early (April) and get a handful of top-10 at the Vuelta (much cheaper than getting top ten’s at the Giro/Tour but worth the same points).

Probably THE best VDS team I’ve ever assembled. First of all, the Cricket retired so I didn’t have to spend any points on him. Second of all, I decided not to spend any points on the losers I spent points on last year (Heinrich Haussler, can you hear me?) Third of all, I kept the youngsters who didn’t do very well last year, counting on their maturing for this year. Fourth of all, I left off the popular GT contenders who do Fuck All in the early season and thus when the Grant Tours finally do roll around you are so far in the VDS hole that you can never get back up, despite the VDS grand tour points. Fifth of all….say, can you pass that fifth over here? Thusly, I present bethie’s team: Cunning Stunts

Mark Cavendish
Andy Schleck
Linus Gerdeman
Filippo Pozzato
Janez Brajkovic
Nick Nuyens
Martyn Maaskant
Christian Vandevelde
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Vincenzo Nibali
Bernhardt Eisel
Leife Hoste
Yaroslav Popovych
Gregory Rast
Mark Renshaw
Carlos Barredo Llamazales
Andre Greipel
Sylvester Szmyd
Samuel Dumoulin
Julian Dean
JJ Haedo
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez
Pavel Brut
Johan Van Summeren
Lars Bak

The Smiling Hashashins!

Ivan Basso
Daniele Bennatti
Philippe Gilbert
Robert Gesink
Greg Van Avermaet
Sylvain Chavanel
Christian Vandevelde
Martyn Maaskant
Rinaldo Nocentini
Allan Davis
Svein Tuft
Will Frischkorn
Dominique Rollin
Danny Pate
Andre Greipel
Simon Gerrans
Rene Haselbacher
Kevin Hulsmans
Nicki Sorensen
Mike Creed
Lucas Euser
Frederic Guesdon
Daniele Nardello
Graeme Brown
Fabio Duarte

but I’m new to this game. Next year I will do better. Anyway, here is, or are, Txirrindulariak:

Alberto Contador
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Daniele Bennati
Philippe Gilbert
Roman Kreuziger
Christian Pfannenberger
Igor Anton Hernandez
Matti Breschel
Carlos Barredo Llamazales
Remi Pauriol
Heinrich Haussler
Mark Renshaw
Bauke Mollema
Beñat Intxausti
Gert Steegmans
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Marco Pinotti
Maxime Monfort
Mikel Astarloza
Pierrick Fedrigo
Lars Boom
Wouter Weylandt
Yauheni Hutarovich
Mattia Gavazzi
Antonio Colom

Ostia Albertina!

With OP investigations on the horizon in Spain itself, I can see that you are a gambling woman!

Or Ka-BOOM!!!!

The Flatulent Flahutes!

Best not ride behind me!

How I chose :-)

1) If I liked the look of their rear
2) If I liked their Hotittude
3) Friends of mine

It was easy to pick, only person I’m sorry I didn’t add Benna :-((

Sweet Rears -
Tom Boonen
Jens! Voigt
Alessandro Ballan
Adam Hansen
Alex Rasmussen
Allan Davis
Yoann Offredo
Vincenzo Nibali
Frank Schleck
Andy Schleck
Philippe Gilbert
Kenny Dehaes
Manuel Quinziato
Thomas Dekker
Ivan Dominguez
Heinrich Haussler
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Oscar Pereiro Sio
Stijn Vandenbergh
Jose Luis Rubiera
Tom Stubbe
Christian Vandevelde
Hans Dekkers
Jesus Hernandez
Jacob Fuglsang

Tom Boonen
Damiano Cunego
Levi Leipheimer
Marzio Bruseghin
Martyn Maaskant
Marcus Burghardt
Thomas Lovkvist
Gilberto Simoni
Will Frischkorn
Ryder Hesjedal
Egoi Martinez
Leif Hoste
Trent Lowe
Allan Davis
Heinrich Haussler
Janek Tombak
Vincenzo Nibali
Chris Anker Sorensen
Sebastian Langeveld
Romain Feillu
Aurélien Clerc
Andre Greipel
Danilo Napolitano
Yuriy Trofimov
Samuel Dumoulin

But I can’t remember who I switched with Greipel. Yo Chris – little help.

I think I left Greipel in and switched Feillu when it turned out his team will only be riding the Italian version of Kermesse races.

Pfft, whatever, the core of the team is solid.

Boy, I do love Belgian beers. And Italian cheese…….and macaroni. Venison is good too.

Say, that reminds me of a story about bees. There was this bee and…………………………..

really pick many winners of any kind. Here’s hoping the third time’s the charm!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Team Verbotene Liebe:
Fabian Cancellara
Mark Cavendish
Damiano Cunego
Andy Schleck
Michael Rogers
Enrico Gasarotto
Juan Antonio Flecha
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Allan Davis
Bauke Mollema
Leif Hoste
Maxime Monfort
Carlos Barredo Llamazales
Daniel Martin
Daniel Moreno Fernandez
Dominique Rollin
Heinrich Haussler
Martin Elmiger
Oliver Zaugg
Simon Spilak
Amael Moinard
Armold Jeannesson
Martin Reimer
Jacopo Guarnieri
Lars Boom

And only 5 will come down with unheard of diseases, thanks Drew. At least you left my Kroon and Boom alone. ;-)

Fabian Cancellara
Mark Cavendish
Andy Schleck
Greg Van Avermaet
Roman Kreuziger
Christian Vandevelde
Martyn Maaskant
Karsten Kroon
Manuel Quinziato
Leif Hoste
Chris Anker Sorensen
Bernhardt Eisel
David Arroyo Duran
Steven De Jongh
Simon Gerrans
Yuriy Trofimov
Will Frischkorn
Daniel Martin
Mark Renshaw
Matthew Lloyd
Adam Hansen
Christopher Laurent
Cameron Meyer
Lars Boom
Killian Patour

But Vini, Vidi, Vici is gonna rock… In the ronde of Lombardie

Ivan Basso
Damiano Cunego
Robert Gesink
Linus Gerdemann
Rigoberto Uran
Gerald Ciolek
Enrico Gasparotto
Matti Breschel
Sebastian Langeveld
Kanstantin Siutsou
Bauke Mollema
Igor Anton Hernandez
Alessandro Petacchi
Peter Velits
Niki Terpstra
JJ Cobo Acebo
Paul Martens
Simon Spilak
Juan Mauricio Soler Hnd’z
Maxim Iglinsky
Mikel Nieve Iturralde
Lars Boom
John Lee Augustyn
Pierre Rolland
Dario Cataldo

Seems nice.. But I see I have 4 sprinters.. Aah well… C’est la Vie..

btw Maybe I get a teamname switch… The :) backwardsmilers :).. It’s good to annoy your opponent isn’t it?

here are my heroes for this season:
Alberto Contador
Mark Cavendish
Daniele Bennati
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
Filippo Pozzato
Danilo DiLuca
Vincenzo Nibali
Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
Alessandro Petacchi
Bauke Mollema
Igor Anton Hernandez
Chris Anker Sorensen
Allan Davis
JJ Cobo Acebo
Heinrich Haussler
Daniel Moreno Fernandez
Mattia Gavazzi
Graeme Brown
Mikel Nieve Iturralde
Kenny Van Hummel
Manuel Vazquez Huesco
Jose Luis Rubiera
Eugeni Petrov
Tom Leezer
Lars Boom