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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | K-B-K | Strade Bianche 2016
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 25-02-2016 10:59
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The season opening is here!
After several warm up stage races in middle east and southern Europe it's time for real racing. Opening with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on saturday.
Bombekeberg replaced Molenberg as the final climb of the race 30 from the finish as the latter is under roadworks. Bombekeberg is not as steep as Molenberg and this change should suit the likes of Alexander Kristoff for the win.
Favourites:
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 Alexander Kristoff
 Greg Van Avermaet
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Tom Boonen
 Peter Sagan
 Niki Terpstra
Philippe Gilbert
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Tiesj Benoot
 Jempy Drucker
 Sylvain Chavanel
Jurgen Roelandts
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Stijn Vandenbergh
 Tony Martin
Jens Debusschere
Dries Devenyns
 Daniele Bennati
Jens Keukeleire
Moreno Hofland
Edward Theuns
Jasper Stuyven
 Luke Rowe
Elia Viviani
Arnaud Demare
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Preben Van Hecke
Gerald Ciolek
Daniel Oss
Tom Van Asbroek
Michael Van Staeyen
A bit disappointing not to see Team Dimension Data at the start since EBH is in smoking hot form. Kristoff and GVA are favourites form wise. Both looked very good in middle east races. Should be a fun saturday. |
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| miguejack |
Posted on 25-02-2016 12:33
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So many people that I want to win Omloop 
Costa ~ Machado ~ Quintana ~ Gallopin
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 25-02-2016 12:35
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Is Stannard injured or something? Really odd not to see him here.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| roturn |
Posted on 25-02-2016 12:38
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Stannard wants to be stronger in the Flandres week. Hence he changed his schedule a bit. Might also come due to the absence in Qatar this year.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-02-2016 12:50
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Omloop has been one of the best races in recent years, of course also thanks to Stannard's two great wins.
Unbelieveable actually but GVA still hasn't scored a big flandriennes classics win in the classics season, might as well start at Omloop. Personally I would prefer a Lotto Soudal win tho, preferably through some sweet tag-team action of Benoot and Roelandts.
Classic debut for Tony Martin going to be fairly interesting to see.
Sad face that Roma Maxima is out of the calendar again and possibly for good by now. ;(
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 25-02-2016 13:06
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I´m putting my bets on one for Kristoff and one for Vandenbergh/Martin
interesting that Shonak is going for Benoot/Roelandts of Lotto-Soudal, I´m with Debusschere there....
Would love to see Demare up there in one of the races, but I´m not too confident for that.
Really miss Lampaert & Stybs in here, but Etixx is strong on cobbles with any line-up
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| krisa |
Posted on 25-02-2016 14:26
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Knee injury for Michael van Staeyen
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:01
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Come on Tommeke!
And Stannard doesn't stand a chance in RVV and PR.His stamina is very bad. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:02
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Hoping that Geraint Thomas can shine in the Classics  |
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| roturn |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:04
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He might not start one of those races, Sutty. I guess he might do the later classics Ronde or Roubaix, but none of those early cobbles. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:07
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roturn wrote:
He might not start one of those races, Sutty. I guess he might do the later classics Ronde or Roubaix, but none of those early cobbles.
Ahhh right, i was hoping for that short while anyway  |
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:26
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I'm really interested to see, what Tony can do on proper cobbled races.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:26
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Besides the first stage of Down Under, I have not watched a single cycling race this year. That will change now. Hoping for a good race but cycling is pretty hard to keep interested in when you have no one to root for.
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| Strydz |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:30
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Besides the first stage of Down Under, I have not watched a single cycling race this year. That will change now. Hoping for a good race but cycling is pretty hard to keep interested in when you have no one to root for.
Can't you just enjoy good racing? I'm not a fanboy of any team/rider yet can watch races and be interested
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:33
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I call dibs on the next preview Kirchen! |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:33
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Paul23 wrote:
I'm really interested to see, what Tony can do on proper cobbled races.
It's great to see him having a go at these races but he's in the wrong team to do it with, they already have options (far to many in my opinion) and I fear he won't get a real chance to develop in the cobbled races.
Hope i'm completely wrong as he's an exciting rider to watch
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 25-02-2016 16:20
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Anybody know why Cance isn't on the startlist? Probably some obvious reason I've forgotten.
Hoping for a good race here, maybe a chance for GVA to win for once? Here's hoping.
And a small part of me still wants Chavenal to win
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 25-02-2016 16:26
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Strydz wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Besides the first stage of Down Under, I have not watched a single cycling race this year. That will change now. Hoping for a good race but cycling is pretty hard to keep interested in when you have no one to root for.
Can't you just enjoy good racing? I'm not a fanboy of any team/rider yet can watch races and be interested
Sounds like someone needs to get into the always exciting Womens scene 
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 25-02-2016 16:29
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Strydz wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
I'm really interested to see, what Tony can do on proper cobbled races.
It's great to see him having a go at these races but he's in the wrong team to do it with, they already have options (far to many in my opinion) and I fear he won't get a real chance to develop in the cobbled races.
Hope i'm completely wrong as he's an exciting rider to watch
Maybe because the team does have so many options he will just be given a free roll to do what he wants. That's the best way to find out what he's capable of on cobbles. |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 25-02-2016 16:46
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No clue of how to root for. I think I like Stybar the most of the classics riders, but he doesn't seem to attend? Canc and Sep doesn't either. Woulda liked to see them all there. Maybe we would have to wait for Strade in order for that to happen? |
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