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Tag Archives: season review
2010 Team-By-Team Season Review: #1
#1 – Team Saxo Bank (Preview Ranking: #1) What We Said: And last, but certainly not least, Saxo Bank earns the title as Pavé’s #1 Team for 2010. With several riders capable of winning multiple classics, stage races, and Grand Tours, there’s really no better choice. Skipping over Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico—races Saxo certainly has riders … Continue reading
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Tagged A. Schleck, Breschel, Cancellara, Contador, frank schleck, fuglsang, o'grady, riis, saxo bank, season review
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2010 Team-By-Team Season Review: #3
#3 – Team HTC-Columbia (Preview Ranking: #3) What We Said: HTC suffered several key losses after a fantastic 2009 season. Marcus Burghardt, George Hincapie, Edvald Boassen Hagen, Thomas Lokvist, and Kim Kirchen all left for other teams—taking the bulk of HTC’s wins from 2008 and 2009 with them. But all is not lost, as two … Continue reading
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Tagged Cavendish, eisel, goss, greipel, htc-columbia, peter velits, rogers, season review, tony martin, van garderen
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2010 Team-By-Team Season Review: #4
#4 – Astana – (Preview Ranking: #7) What We Said: Another team that benefits largely from the presence of one man is Astana with Alberto Contador. Like compatriot Alejandro Valverde, Contador is a favorite in any race he enters—particularly if it has at least one summit finish, and one mid-length time trial. Like Valverde, Contador’s … Continue reading
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Tagged astana, Contador, gasparotto, maxim iglinsky, season review, vinokourov
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2010 Team-By-Team Season Review: #5
#5 – Rabobank (Preview Ranking: #9) What We Said: Rabobank’s another risky team to place in the top-10 as their performances often fall short of their expectations given the level of talent they have on the squad. Rabobank’s success hinges upon the seasons of four men in two major departments: the classics with Lars Boom … Continue reading
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Tagged boom nuyens, freire, gesink, menchov, rabobank, season review, teams
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2010 Team-By-Team Season Review: #6
#6 – Team Katusha (Preview Ranking: #10) What We Said: Katusha takes #10 by a hair over Omega Pharma-Lotto, due to the depth of talent on its roster. But talent has never been Katusha’s problem—fulfilling it’s potential has. The signings of Kolobnev, Kirchen, and Rodriguez bolster an already impressive squad, while the healthy return of … Continue reading
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Tagged joaquin rodriguez, katusha, kolobnev, mcewen, pozzato, season review
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2010 Team-By-Team Season Review: #7
#7 – Garmin-Transitions (Preview Ranking: 13) What We Said: While on the rise, Garmin’s still not quite there when compared to the truly elite teams in the sport. There’s enough potential on the roster to easily make Jonathan Vaughters’ squad one of the top five or six in the world, but until we start seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged D. Martin, farrar, garmin-transitions, hesjedal, season review, teams, vande velde, vansummeren, zabriskie
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