Welcome to the 7th edition of Tour of Britain and welcome to the first big race in September! There are only two month of action left of the season and several teams need to score big points here if they want PT in 2016! Not all the big names are here, but that doesn't mean this years edition won't have any action! Recent winners are : Mikhail Ignatiev (2014), Fransisco Ventoso (2013) and Jonathan Bellis (2012)

The route goes off the bat with a hilly stage and a TT to spice things up followed by hilly stages to figure out the winner of all this. In general we have a lot of action each day and also the sprinters have many opportunities to score some extra points. Last big edition is the addition of high scoring KoM sprints, where the winner of the competition will have to fight for several hundreds of points here.

The Favorites

Rider	Hill	TT	ACC	Rider	Hill	TT	ACC
McCarthy	81	58	74	Levarlet	79	66	68
Kelderman	80	70	72	Meyer	78	69	77
Dowsett	80	63	71	Craven	78	75	71
Costa	80	76	72	Boswell	78	67	74
van der Hugenhaben	80	71	66	Mehr-Wenige	78	63	67
Klemme	80	67	66	Zingle	77	68	76
Sanchez Gil	79	75	75	Chaves	77	68	70
Ben Nasser	79	66	77	Kangert	77	77	72
Roy	79	73	67	Furdi	77	65	72

Stage Hunters

Rider	FL	SPR	ACC	Rider	TT	PRL	RES
Cavendish	73	82	81	Cornu	81	81	76
Nelson	72	81	81	Van Winden	80	80	70
Impey	74	80	81	Dempster	79	79	74
Groenewegen	71	80	79	Robert	79	79	70
Rowe	72	80	70	Koren	78	78	75
Kip	69	80	82	Boom	78	78	76
Drapac	71	80	79	Quaade	78	76	70
Demare	72	79	79	Gretsch	77	79	72
Boeckmans	71	79	81	Bodnar	77	77	72
Manarelli	72	79	79	Vandousselaere	76	76	72

The Startlist

Alakagom wrote:
If Costa can win this and Prio continue doing well in America things could spice up suddenly

cio93 wrote:
Since two of our three direct competitors for promotion are here with relatively similar lineups, it is absolutely crucial that Kelderman&Demare keep up with the points scoring of Ben Nasser&Impey and LLS&Geschke here.

I hope the TT has enough impact to deny McCarthy a good shot at the GC, but also little enough impact to keep Kelderman within Costa/LLS/Craven/Kangert range.
From then on it's all about attack timing to be in the good moves.

Demare would've preferred less competition for the stages likely ending in a sprint (which may include 1 and 4), but I hope Cav and Nelson tire by stage 8 and we at least attempt a train here and there with Bar and Lander who are very well suited to that job with that route as well as Felline and Arndt as backups in the case of a very tough race.

We fill up the squad with Bol and Vogt who hopefully get some minor GC points as well as provide great support for Kelderman. No spot here is "wasted" for a weak rider, so we better show ourselves.






"continue doing well"? So far they're not looking to increase much on their 19pprd over there. *jinxes it*

Alakagom wrote:
Considering the length and startlist of the race 19pprd would be ridiculously good outcome

cio93 wrote:


Which is exactly what I pointed out as a mistake in your logic.

Alakagom wrote:


Continue doing well can mean hitting their average pprd which is absolutely necessary to keep them in any fight for promotion whatsoever.

No mistakes.