Vuelta Espana preliminary start list

[Eldrack]

[size=-1]Vuelta a España (August 27-September 18) Preliminary start list

Liberty Seguros (Sp): 1. Roberto Heras, 2. Dariusz Baranowski Pol), 3. Joseba Beloki, 4. Igor González de Galdeano, 5. Giampaolo Caruso (I), 6. Isidro Nozal, 7. Michele Scarponi (I), 8. Marcos Serrano, 9. Angel Vicioso. Reservas: Rene Andrle (Cze), Carlos Barrero, Jan Hruska (Cze) and Sergio Paulinho (Por).

Phonak (Swi): 11. Santiago Botero (Col), 12. Martin Elmiger, 13. Santos González (Sp), 14. Ignacio Gutiérrez (Sp), 15. José Ignacio Gutiérrez (Sp), 16. Floyd Landis (USA), 17. Martín Perdiguero (Sp), 18. Víctor Hugo Peña (Col), 19. Oscar Pereiro (Sp). Reserves: Aurellen Clerc, Uros Murn (Slo) and Tadej Valjavec (Slo).

Illes Balears (Sp): 21. Francisco Mancebo, 22. José Vicente Acosta, 23. José Iván Palacios, 24. Joan Horrach, 25. José Juliá Cayetano, 26. Pablo Lastras, 27. Mikel Pradera, 28. Aitor Osa and 29. Unai Osa. Reservas: David Arroyo, Toni Colom and Toni Tauler.

Bouygues Telecom (F): 31. Anthony Charteau, 32. Sebastien Chavanel, 33. Pierre Drancourt (F), 34. Pierrick Fedrigo, 35. Anthony Geslin, 36. Jerome Pineau, 37. Franck Renier, 38. Thomas Voeckler and 39. Unai Yus (Sp). Reserve: Yohan Gene, Frederic Mainguenaud, Alexandre Naulleau and Mickael Pichon

Comunidad Valenciana (Sp): 41. Angel Luis Casero, 42. David Bernabeu, 43. David Blanco, 44. Francisco Cabello, 45. Carlos García Quesada, 46. Eladio Jiménez, 47. David Latasa, 48. Javier Pascual Rodríguez and 49. Rubén Plaza. Reserve: Javier Cherro, Jose Luis Martínez, David Muñoz and Javier Pacual Llorente.

Cofidis (F): 51. Daniel Atienza (Sp), 52. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), 53. Jimmy Casper, 54. Arnaud Coyot, 55. Bingen Fernández (Sp), 56. Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz), 57. Nicoladas Inaudi, 58. Luis Pérez (Sp) and 59. Staf Scheirlinckx (B). Reserve: Christophe Edaleine and Guido Trentin (I).

Crédit Agricole (F):
61. Francesco Bellotti (I), 62. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus), 63. Julián Dean (NZ), 64. Thor Hushovd (Nor), 65. Joly Sebastien, 66. Christophe Le Mevel, 67. Eric Leblacher, 68. Benoit Poilvet, 69. Nicolas Vogondy. Reserve: Geoffroy Lequatre.

Davitamon (B): 71. Mauricio Alberto Ardilla (Col), 72. Bart Dockx, 73. Nick Gates (Aus), 74. Jan Kuyckx, 75. Koos Moerenhout (Ned), 76. Gert Steegmans, 77. Tom Steels, 78. Leon van Bon (Ned) and 79. Preben van Hecke. Reservas: Mario Aerts and Aart Vierhouten (Ned).

Discovery Channel (USA): 81. José Azevedo (Por), 82. Manuel Beltran (Sp), 83. Tom Danielson, 84. Stijn Devolder (B), 85. Leif Hoste (B), 86. Benoit Joachim (Lux), 87. Benjamín Noval (Sp), 88. José Luis Rubiera (Sp) and 89. Max van Heeswijk (Ned). Reserve: Michael Barry (Can), Viacheslav Ekimov (Rus), Roger Hammond (GB) and Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus).

Domina Vacanze (I): 91. Simone Cadamuro, 92. Alessandro Cortinovis, 93. Marco Fertonani, 94, Angelo Furlan, 95. Sergio Ghisalberti, 96. Ruslan Ivanov (MDA), 97. Mirco Lorenzetto, 98. Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) and 99. Luca Solari. Reserve: Ruggero Borghi, Enrico Grigoli, Iván Quaranta and Paolo Valoti.

Euskaltel Euskadi (Sp): 101. Aitor González, 102. Koldo Fernández, 103. Gorka Gonzales, 104. Roberto Laiseka, 105. David López, 106, Egoi Martínez, 107. Iban Mayo, 108. Aketza Peña and 109. Samuel Sánchez. Reserve: Joseba Albizu.

Fassa Bortolo (I): 121. Fabio Baldato, 122. Massimo Codol, 123. Juan Antonio Flecha (Sp), 124. Alberto Ongarato, 125. Alessandro Petacchi, 126. Fabio Sacchi, 127. Julían Sánchez (Sp), 128. Matteo Tosato and 129. Marco Velo. Reserve: Andrus Aug (Est), Paolo Bossoni, Marzio Bruseghin, Lorenzo Bernucchi and Kanstantsin Siutsou (Bel).

Française des Jeux (F): 131. Ludovic Auger, 132. Christophe Detilloux, 133. Bernhard Eisel (A), 134. Frederic Finot, 135. Bradley McGee (Aus), 136. Ian Mcleod (RSA), 137. Jeremy Roy, 138. Benoit Vaugrenard and 139. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin). Reserve: Armand Gerara, Frederic Guesdon, Christophe Mengin, Fabien Sanchez and Matthew Wilson (Aus) .

Gerolsteiner (G): 141 Rene Haselbacher (A), 142. Heinrich Haussler, 143. Sven Montgomery (Swi), 144. Volker Ordowski, 145. Uwel Peschel, Matthias Ruus, 147. Torsten Schmidt, 148. Marcel Strauss (Swi) and 149. Thomas Ziegler. Reservas: Robert Forster, Sven Krauss and Marco Serpellini (I).

Lampre-Caffita (I): 151. Gilberto Simoni, 152. Daniele Bennati, 153. Giualiano Figueras, 154. Juan Fuentes (Sp), 155. Oleksandr Kvachuk (UCR), 156. Marco Marzano, 157. Andreas Matzbacher (A), 158. Sylvester Szmyd ( Pol) and 159. Andrea Tonti. Reserve: Javier Vila (Sp), Alessandro Spezialetti, Marius Sabaliauskas (Lit), Gerrit Glomser (A) and Giosue Bonomi.

Liquigas-Bianchi (I): 161. Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe), 162. Patrick Calcagni, 163. Mauro Gerosa, 164. Marcus Ljungvist (Swe), 165. Nicola Loda, 166. Oscar Mason, 167. Matej Mugerli (Slo), 168. Charles Wegelius (G) and 169. Marco Zanotti. Reserve: Dario Andriotto, Stefano Garzelli, Vladimir Miholjevic (CRO), Devis Miorin and Gianluca Sironi.

Quick Step (B) 171. Paolo Bettini (I), 172. Tom Boonen, 173. Kevin de Weert, 174, José Antonio Garrido (Sp), 175. Juan Miguel Mercado (Sp), 176. Luca Paolini (I), 177. José Antonio Pecharromán (Sp), 178. Guido Trenti (USA) and 179. Rik Verbrugghe. Reservas: Sebastian Rosseler and Jurgen Van Goolen.

Rabobank (Ned) 181. Denis Menchov (Rus), 182. Jan Boven, 183. Bram de Groot, 184. Oscar Freire (Sp), 185. Pedro Horrillo (Sp), 186. Alexandre Kolobnev (Rus), 187. Niels Scheuneman, 188. Jukka Vastaranta (Fin), 189. Thorwald Veneberg. Reserve: Michael Boogerd, Thomas Dekker, Maarten den Bakker, Mathew Hayman (Aus) and Ronald Mutsaars.

Relax Fuenlabrada (Sp) 191. Nacor Burgos, 192. Moisés Dueñas, 193, José Miguel Elias, 194, Xavier Florencio, 195, Jorge García, 196. Josep Jufre, 197. Oscar Laguna, 198. Luis Pasamontes and 199. Luis Pérez. Reservas: Javier Benitez, Fredy González (Col), Julio López and Daniel Moreno.

Saunier Duval-Prodir (Sp): 201 David Cañada, 202. Rubén Lobato, 203. Iñigo Cuesta, 204. David de la Fuente, 205. Gómez Marchante, 206, Leonardo Piepoli (I), 207. Joaquín Rodríguez, 208. Francisco José Ventoso and 209. Constantino Zaballa. Reserve: Rafael Casero, Angel Gómez and Oliver Zaugg (Swi).

Team CSC (Den) 211. Carlos Sastre (Sp), 212. Manuel Calvente (Sp), 213. Linus Gerdemann (G), 214. Vladimir Gusev (Rus), 215. Giovanni Lombardi (I), 216. Andrea Peron (I), 217. Jakob Piil, 218. Nicki Sorensen and 219. Christian Vandevelde (USA). Reserve: Lars Bak, Thomas Bruun, Allan Johansen, Bobby Julich (USA) and Luke Roberts (Aus).

T. Mobile (G): 221. Rolf Aldag, 222. Marcus Burghardt, 223, Serguei Ivanov (Rus), 224. Andrea Klier, 225. Bernhard Kohl (A), 226, Francisco José Lara (Sp),227. Daniele Nardello (I), 228. Oscar Sevilla (Sp) and 229. Erik Zabel (G). Reserve: Bas Gling (Ned), Torten Hiekmann (Ned), Andre Korff, Bran Schmitz and Christian Werner.[/size]


Liberty have a strong team in theory, although this years TDF performances wouldn't rate Heras and Beloki very highly. Discovert have a strong line up too, looking for all three grand tours this year maybe.

 

[Roadrash Dunc]

Discos team maybe strong , but they have no one capable of winning a GT.Not by a long shot in that 9.They might have someone like Azevedo or Danileson in the Amarillo for a few days early , but they wont be in the top 10 at the end.
Mancebo is my tip.If he doesnt win it , some other Spaniard will.

 

[justanothergirl]

[size=-1]Vuelta a España (August 27-September 18) Preliminary start list

T. Mobile (G): 221. Rolf Aldag, 222. Marcus Burghardt, 223, Serguei Ivanov (Rus), 224. Andrea Klier, 225. Bernhard Kohl (A), 226, Francisco José Lara (Sp),227. Daniele Nardello (I), 228. Oscar Sevilla (Sp) and 229. Erik Zabel (G). Reserve: Bas Gling (Ned), Torten Hiekmann (Ned), Andre Korff, Bran Schmitz and Christian Werner.[/size]

I suppose it's bad of me to want something to happen to either one or two of the T-Mo riders so that Bas and Christian can go to the Vuelta. Especially Christian, since he's no longer going to be a member of T-Mo after this year.

But then again, I was happy when Juan Gone got hurt so Grady Sizemore could play center. /baseball

 

[iBanesto]

Mancebo
Heras
Azevedo

Should be a good Vuelta

 

[guncha]

Valverde is not there. But anyway, Vuelta is preatty strong. I guess stronger than last year...

 

[Roadrash Dunc]

Big big shame about Valverde , he would have really ritzed the field up.

Id like to see Botero go well after his relatively poor Tour , and funnily enough id like to see Gibo Simoni mix it up even though hes a little gobshyte.

 

[musette]

As expected, very strong Liberty squad. Very strong (relative to other teams) Phonak squad. Wonder how much the Phonak team choice has to do with Phonak trying to win the team Protour competition, and needing their three best riders esp in the mountains and time trials to do that (Landis, Perreiro, Botero).

Not surprisingly, Saiz has brought Nozal back despite Nozal's drug testing levels around the time of the Tour.

nteresting Bruyneel is not going to have Popo build up experience as team leader. Maybe Popo is worried that he will do poorly and lose some of the sheen from the TdF Best Young Rider designation. Presumably, choice of Classics team members L Hoste and S Devolder signals these cyclists being considered for stage races more as well as their Classics emphasis. Devolder is getting a lot of appreciation on the team, and is Demol's protege of sorts. Interesting both made the team over Barry. It's not surprising that Joachim made it over Barry, though, given that Joachim and Hoste were the "backups" for the 05 TdF team (more Joachim) after Eki got injured. Also, Joachim in 04 and VHP were named as the two TdF backups, and lost out to Padrnos and Noval.

Interesting Euskatel does not have Zubeldia.

Also, I wonder why Sevilla is not the first person listed x1 number, as leader, for TM. I believe he will function in that role, as TM promised him. Zabel at least gets Aldag.

The Quickstep dynamic will be interesting, with Bettini and Boonen.

 

[Dead Star]

As expected, very strong Liberty squad. Very strong (relative to other teams) Phonak squad. Wonder how much the Phonak team choice has to do with Phonak trying to win the team Protour competition, and needing their three best riders esp in the mountains and time trials to do that (Landis, Perreiro, Botero).

Not surprisingly, Saiz has brought Nozal back despite Nozal's drug testing levels around the time of the Tour.

nteresting Bruyneel is not going to have Popo build up experience as team leader. Maybe Popo is worried that he will do poorly and lose some of the sheen from the TdF Best Young Rider designation. Presumably, choice of Classics team members L Hoste and S Devolder signals these cyclists being considered for stage races more as well as their Classics emphasis. Devolder is getting a lot of appreciation on the team, and is Demol's protege of sorts. Interesting both made the team over Barry. It's not surprising that Joachim made it over Barry, though, given that Joachim and Hoste were the "backups" for the 05 TdF team (more Joachim) after Eki got injured. Also, Joachim in 04 and VHP were named as the two TdF backups, and lost out to Padrnos and Noval.

Interesting Euskatel does not have Zubeldia.

Also, I wonder why Sevilla is not the first person listed x1 number, as leader, for TM. I believe he will function in that role, as TM promised him. Zabel at least gets Aldag.

The Quickstep dynamic will be doped, with Bettini and Boonen.

you'll never work for cyclingnews if you're gonna make accusations like that!

 

[MJtje]

Huh did she really wrote that.......whaha funny

you'll never work for cyclingnews if you're gonna make accusations like that!

 

[musette]

Chechu is not riding the Vuelta; M Barry is subbing for him. DC confirms that Ace is the leader of the team, although it sounds like Danielson will have a bit of wiggle room.

Very interesting situation, since Bruyneel has been trying to encourage Ace to take on greater leadership responsibilities. My sense is that Ace was pretty happy being super-domestique to LA. Query how he will transition to greater responsibilities as he will be looked to more for leadership of some events (although definitey not sole leadership of the TdF, of course).


In an International Herald Tribune article on life after LA retirement, Bruyneel says that Popo and Paolo are leaders on the team. "Maybe Azevedo too, with a bit more freedom...."

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/08/sports/BIKE.php

Ace probably won't win the GC, but he has a podium chance.

 

[musette]

A very close race for the UCI Pro Tour teams competition, with the top two teams both interested in winning that designation and separated by 1 point, with Vuelta and after that only one more Pro Tour event to go:

"1 PHO PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS SWITZERLAND 286
2 CSC TEAM CSC DENMARK 285
3 DVL DAVITAMON-LOTTO BELGIUM 281
4 RAB RABOBANK NETHERLANDS 277
5 SDV SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR SPAIN 253
6 LSW LIBERTY SEGUROS - WÜRTH TEAM SPAIN 239
7 TMO T-MOBILE TEAM GERMANY 224
8 C.A CREDIT AGRICOLE FRANCE 222
9 GST GEROLSTEINER GERMANY 217
10 DSC DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 217
11 FAS FASSA BORTOLO ITALY 210"

Positions 7 through 11 are separated by 14 points only. Presumably, DC will at least want to stay within the top ten.