Europe - [2.1] Glava Tour of Norway

Dim · « **on:** February 16, 2012, 20:53 »

Stage 1:
Wednesday 16th of May:
Sandefjord – Tønsberg, 185 km(flat terrain).

Stage 2:
Thursday 17th of May:
Oslo – Drammen(final laps), 155km(flat terrain).

Stage 3:
Friday 18th of May:
Lillestrøm – Elverum, 185km(flat terrain).

Stage 4:
Saturday 19th of May:
Hamar – Lillehammer(Final laps), 205km(Partly hilly).

Stage 5:
Sunday 20th of May:
Gjøvik – Hønefoss(Final laps), 165km(Partly hilly).

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Dim · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2012, 20:54 »

post reserved for further race details

Dekker_Tifosi · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2012, 21:54 »

Who can be the successor of the new Merckx Wilco Kelderman?

kanari · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2012, 22:41 »

Libertine Seguros · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2012, 00:07 »

If they are going to persist with this Tour of the Oslofjord-styled route, I hope they put a finishing loop of Holmenkollen in there - it's not a super-hard climb but with a loop certainly enough to create some good racing (a bit like the queen stage of the Tour de Pologne in the last couple of years, only a bit steeper than that - ca 5km @ 5,5%), and it's so easily accessible thanks to the Norwegian passion for wintersports - just get on the T-bane in the city centre and it'll take you almost all the way there. And the views down on the city and the fjord are superb. Far from the best Norway has to offer, sure, but still very good for a place that functions as a finish in and around a capital city AND a place that any commuter or citydweller can get to trouble-free.

Here's hoping stage 4 has a couple of loops to the west of the river in Lillehammer or finishes on the climb up to the ski jump - it's not too big or too steep but will at least provide a platform for attacks to be built up on.

Dim · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2012, 00:16 »

I think with the parcours, its worth remembering that its only being upgraded to 2.2 for this year, after being 1.2 previously.

I cant remember what breakdown that makes but I think there will only be 5 or 6 world tour teams, at the moment, sky, garmin, greenedge and lotto are the only confirmed. Guess with a field mostly made up of pro conti and conti teams they cant make the parcours too tough initially.

I guess if next year they can get commitments next year from more world tour teams then the parcours can be tougher.

kanari · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2012, 09:33 »

Quote from: Dim on February 17, 2012, 00:16

I cant remember what breakdown that makes but I think there will only be 5 or 6 world tour teams, at the moment, sky, garmin, greenedge and lotto are the only confirmed. Guess with a field mostly made up of pro conti and conti teams they cant make the parcours too tough initially.

Saxo Bank is also confirmed. (Not sure if they still are WT in May though

)

http://www.glavatour.no/no/pressemelding-saxo-bank-bekreftet-til-glava-tour/

Libertine Seguros · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2012, 22:16 »

Quote from: Dim on February 17, 2012, 00:16

I think with the parcours, its worth remembering that its only being upgraded to 2.2 for this year, after being 1.2 previously.

I cant remember what breakdown that makes but I think there will only be 5 or 6 world tour teams, at the moment, sky, garmin, greenedge and lotto are the only confirmed. Guess with a field mostly made up of pro conti and conti teams they cant make the parcours too tough initially.

I guess if next year they can get commitments next year from more world tour teams then the parcours can be tougher.

Upgraded from 2.2 to 2.1 actually. That puts it at the same level as some pretty difficult races. However, there are a lot of Norwegian teams that have gone UCI-licenced this year solely so they can ride it. I think at the moment the issue is more to do with the establishing of the race so staying close to easy access for crowds. Perhaps there's also the aim of a race that allows the top Norwegian names to be competitive and thereby induce them to compete, as a way of trying to inspire more fans to the roadside, but that means not using the terrain to its full. Using Holmenkollen would not be especially difficult and would still not exactly be utilising the full possibilities of Norway, of course, but it would make the race a bit trickier. And of course it's very easy access from metropolitan Oslo. The main obstacle, really, is probably that it's one of the region's bigger tourist attractions so they probably don't really want to disrupt too much or close the access road.

kanari · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2012, 17:02 »

The following teams are confirmed as of a press release today:

http://www.glavatour.no/no/pressemelding-lampre-isd-klare-for-glava-tour/

Confirmed WT teams:
GreenEdge Cycling Team (AUS)
Lotto-Belisol ProTeam (BEL)
Saxo Bank (DEN)
Sky Pro Cycling (GBR)
Team Garmin-Barracuda (USA)
Lampre-ISD ( ITA)

Confirmed Pro-Continental:
Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator (BEL)
Team Type 1 – Sanofi (USA)
Rusvelo (RUS)
Caja Rural (ESP)

Confirmed Continental:
Joker Merida (NOR)
Endura Racing (GBR)
Team Cykelcity (SWE)
Christina Watches -Onfone (DEN)

Looks like a very strong start list for a 2.1 race. Maybe we'll even see the mighty JTL. Would expect the Rabo youngsters to get an invite as well as they are defending champions and all.

Dim · « **Reply #9 on:** March 08, 2012, 17:20 »

good line up so far. Combination of Sky,Lampre, Garmin and Saxo will be good to watch, throw in breakaway artists Topsport and TT1, and then the wild cards of Christina Watches who will put out a strong squad, and Endura racing, should be good.

kanari · « **Reply #10 on:** May 14, 2012, 13:04 »

The startlist is up on the race website now:

http://www.glavatour.no/no/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Startliste-pr-110512.pdf

Team Sky and Garmin both with pretty strong squads here. Interesting to see that Petacchi is riding as well.

DinZ · « **Reply #11 on:** May 14, 2012, 13:20 »

Yeah saw petacchi was racing in norway yesterday. Punctured towards the end

mc_mountain · « **Reply #12 on:** May 14, 2012, 14:56 »

Quote from: kanari on May 14, 2012, 13:04

The startlist is up on the race website now:

http://www.glavatour.no/no/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Startliste-pr-110512.pdf

Team Sky and Garmin both with pretty strong squads here. Interesting to see that Petacchi is riding as well.

cyclingfever now also have a complete provisional startlist

http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjMzNTk=

Although he's listed to ride, I think JTL might duck the showdown with Sky (wouldnt want to embarrass them), as he crashed at the weekend.

Dim · « **Reply #13 on:** May 16, 2012, 23:00 »

Stage 1
Norge 12-1

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Jamsque · « **Reply #14 on:** May 17, 2012, 10:59 »

Went from WAY too far out

benotti69 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2012, 11:21 »

This race might have done Thor some good.

Jamsque · « **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2012, 11:28 »

Quote from: benotti69 on May 17, 2012, 11:21

This race might have done Thor some good.

Agreed, have to question the decision of the team to send him to the Giro given how poor his form seems to be.

L'arriviste · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2012, 17:44 »

Stage 2 result

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just some guy · « **Reply #18 on:** May 17, 2012, 17:57 »

Quote from: benotti69 on May 17, 2012, 11:21

This race might have done Thor some good.

Quote from: Jamsque on May 17, 2012, 11:28

Agreed, have to question the decision of the team to send him to the Giro given how poor his form seems to be.

How does BMC do that ?

BMC must ride the Giro

BMC being a US team must ride the ToC

Evans would be Thor lead out train

While it might do Thor some good ( so I agree ) was never going to happen, Thor will have to find form in Poland me thinks

ZamanAbbaticchio · « **Reply #19 on:** May 17, 2012, 17:59 »

ram · « **Reply #20 on:** May 17, 2012, 18:02 »

Is Petacchi trying to do a Goss?

Dim · « **Reply #21 on:** May 18, 2012, 19:17 »

ToN 12-3
Stage 3

DinZ · « **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2012, 13:02 »

Break of the day

Klostegaard (Saxo Bank), Harbeaux (Accent Jobs), Cardoso (Caja Rujal), Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen), Rasmussen (Christina Watches), Dempster (Endura Racing) and Perichon (La Pomme Marseille)

DinZ · « **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2012, 14:40 »

Daniel Teklehaymanot and Michael Hepburn attacking the field

DinZ · « **Reply #24 on:** May 19, 2012, 15:06 »

Break still at 3 minutes (not really gone above that)

the two greenedge guys back in the bunch

DinZ · « **Reply #25 on:** May 19, 2012, 15:50 »

Break under a minute and the yellow jersey dropped from the bunch now

kanari · « **Reply #26 on:** May 19, 2012, 16:57 »

Edvald, Firsanov and EBH have left everyone else with 10 km to go.

kanari · « **Reply #27 on:** May 19, 2012, 17:15 »

Edvald wins, Clarke 2nd, Nordhaug 3rd. Pretty cool stage that.

L'arriviste · « **Reply #28 on:** May 19, 2012, 17:23 »

Quote from: kanari on May 19, 2012, 17:15

Edvald wins, Clarke 2nd, Nordhaug 3rd. Pretty cool stage that.

Boasson Hagen or that Siskevicius lad?

kanari · « **Reply #29 on:** May 19, 2012, 17:27 »

Who do you think ;D

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