Apex Mountain Classic Discussion
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Laurens147 |
Posted on 18-03-2022 09:00
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[C1] Apex Mountain Classic
Year | Winner | | | | | | | | | | 2020 | Merhawi Kudus (Repsol - Netflix) | | | | | | | | | | 2019 | Patrick Schelling (Team UBS) | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | Joseph Dombrowski (eBuddy) - as PTHC | | | | | | | | | |
1 | Merhawi Kudus | Repsol - Netflix | 6h50'41 | | | | | | | | 2 | Eduard Alexander Beltran | Swisslion Cycling Team | 42 | | | | | | | | 3 | Ryan Eastman | Azteca - NBCSN | 47 | | | | | | | | 4 | Hugh Carthy | Farfetch Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | | | | | | 5 | Justo Tenorio | Desigual | s.t. | | | | | | | | 6 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | Berg Cycles | s.t. | | | | | | | | 7 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Tryg - Ritter Sport | + 1'47 | | | | | | | | 8 | Paolo Scarponi | Bakkafrost | + 1'52 | | | | | | | | 9 | Manuel Senni | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | + 2'35 | | | | | | | | 10 | Mark Padun | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | s.t. | | | | | | | |
Last name | First name | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | 2021 Team | Division | Country | Age | Guldhammer | Rasmus | 81 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 65 | Carlsberg-Danske Bank | PCT | DEN | 32 | Carthy | Hugh | 81 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 65 | cycleYorkshire | PCT | GBR | 27 | Quintana | Nairo | 82 | 77 | 76 | 66 | 61 | Jura-Fiat | PCT | COL | 31 | Arndt | Nikias | 79 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 64 | Kraftwerk Man Machine | PCT | GER | 30 | Nerz | Dominik | 80 | 75 | 72 | 68 | 60 | Kraftwerk Man Machine | PCT | GER | 32 | Galta | Fredrik Strand | 81 | 78 | 79 | 66 | 70 | Aker-MOT | PCT | NOR | 29 | Penasa | Pierre Paolo | 80 | 75 | 72 | 76 | 64 | Philips-Force India | PCT | ITA | 30 | Latour | Pierre | 80 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 73 | Polar | PCT | FRA | 28 | Bernal | Egan | 79 | 78 | 78 | 68 | 69 | Polar | PCT | COL | 24 | Padun | Mark | 81 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 70 | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | PCT | UKR | 25 | Wellens | Tim | 82 | 79 | 80 | 68 | 70 | Tryg-Ritter Sport | PCT | BEL | 30 | Amador | Andrei | 80 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 67 | Volcanica-Fox | CT | CRC | 35 |
Let's look at all participating teams in detail:
| | | | | | | | | | | Aker-MOT | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Galta | Fredrik Strand | NOR | 29 | 81 | 78 | 79 | 66 | 70 | | | Laengen | Vegard Stake | NOR | 32 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 75 | | | Wohrer | David | AUT | 31 | 75 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 70 | | | Videika | Airidas | LTU | 27 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 79 | 65 | | | Kaislavuo | Jesse | FIN | 28 | 65 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 70 | | | Pruus | Peter | EST | 32 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 76 | | | Yzeiraj | Marildo | ALB | 27 | 62 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 72 | | |
Fredrik Strand Galta will be looking to extend his good form from Chile, where he finished 7th in the GC.
Vegard Stake Laengen and David Wohrer should be able to provide some help on the climbs.
| | | | | | | | | | | Binance Cycling | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Rodrigues | Joao | POR | 27 | 78 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 68 | | | Fernandes | Jose | POR | 26 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 67 | 68 | | | Henao Montoya | Sergio Luis | COL | 34 | 80 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 60 | | | Valls | Rafael | ESP | 34 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 64 | | | Bartl | David | GER | 30 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 66 | | | Antunes | Amaro | POR | 31 | 76 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 72 | | | Benito | Miguel Angel | ESP | 28 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 61 | 62 | | | Noppe | Christophe | BEL | 27 | 61 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 68 | | |
Sergio Henao is on paper the best climber of this team. He wants to do better than in Eritrea, where he finished 24th. Last year Henao was sixth in this race.
The supporting cast is more than capable of getting their own results, as Jose Fernandes and Joao Rodrigues proved in Vuelta al Pais Vasco (4th and 6th).
| | | | | | | | | | | Carlsberg-Danske Bank | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Guldhammer | Rasmus | DEN | 32 | 81 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 65 | | | Aranburu | Alex | ESP | 26 | 77 | 70 | 79 | 71 | 67 | | | Eg | Niklas | DEN | 26 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 65 | | | Olesen | Patrick | DEN | 27 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 66 | | | Roe | Timothy | AUS | 32 | 75 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 62 | | | Forssell | Hugo | SWD | 22 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 67 | | | Stocek | Matus | SVK | 22 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 70 | | | Cannister | Goldwijnn | CUR | 22 | 61 | 68 | 63 | 70 | 62 | | |
Leader Rasmus Guldhammer finished eighth in the Tour of Eritrea and was third in the Tour de Romandie.
He will get help from fellow countrymen Niklas Eg and Patrick Olesen, combined with Alex Aranburu and Timothy Roe.
Rasmus Guldhammer winning a stage in Eritrea
| | | | | | | | | | | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | CT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Ariesen | Tim | NED | 27 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 65 | | | Lietaer | Eliot | BEL | 31 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 68 | | | Serry | Pieter | BEL | 33 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 65 | | | Kulikovskiy | Alexandr | RUS | 24 | 64 | 66 | 72 | 73 | 67 | | | Nareklishvili | Beka | GEO | 25 | 61 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 61 | | | Van Tricht | Stan | BEL | 22 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 64 | | | Drizners | Jarrad | AUS | 22 | 60 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 65 | | | Blouwe | Louis | BEL | 22 | 64 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 66 | | |
Crabbe-CC Chevigny is here for the experience. Apart from Serry they don't have any climber in their squad.
| | | | | | | | | | | cycleYorkshire | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Carthy | Hugh | GBR | 27 | 81 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 65 | | | Kennaugh | Tim | GBR | 30 | 77 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 59 | | | Holmes | Matthew | GBR | 28 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 68 | | | Bar | Jocelyn | FRA | 33 | 54 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 62 | | | Rowe | Matt | GBR | 33 | 50 | 78 | 56 | 68 | 65 | | | Hennessy | Jacob | GBR | 25 | 61 | 67 | 68 | 73 | 66 | | | Romo | Javier | ESP | 22 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 63 | 60 | | | Christakos | Dimitrios | GRE | 22 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 69 | | |
Hugh Carthy finished sixth in the Volta a Portugal and fifth in Tour of Eritrea.
Carthy will be supported by fellow countryman Tim Kennaugh.
| | | | | | | | | | | Eddie Stobart | CT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Meyer | Travis | AUS | 32 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 62 | | | Umerbekov | Nikita | KAZ | 30 | 70 | 74 | 67 | 73 | 67 | | | Agostini | Stefano | ITA | 32 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 72 | 73 | | | Lovik | asmund Romstad | NOR | 32 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 66 | 68 | | | Moreno Hernandez | Salvador | COL | 30 | 74 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 57 | | | Medvedev | Dmitri | RUS | 34 | 75 | 60 | 72 | 67 | 72 | | | Malacarne | Davide | ITA | 34 | 72 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 65 | | | Savini | Daniel | ITA | 24 | 70 | 65 | 66 | 61 | 60 | | |
Eddie Stobart is one of the CT teams in this race. Normally they will look for a breakaway appearance.
| | | | | | | | | | | Eurosport x GCN | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Carapaz | Richard Antonio | ECU | 28 | 80 | 71 | 76 | 65 | 61 | | | Pantano Gomez | Jarlinson | COL | 33 | 78 | 72 | 73 | 67 | 67 | | | Landa | Mikel | ESP | 32 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 67 | | | Cuming | Michael | GBR | 31 | 74 | 74 | 70 | 69 | 63 | | | Groves | Kaden | AUS | 23 | 61 | 72 | 70 | 75 | 66 | | | Rutsch | Jonas | GER | 23 | 63 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 68 | | | Stedman | Max | GBR | 25 | 66 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 62 | | | Carr | Simon | GBR | 23 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 58 | | |
Richard Carapaz is more than likely the leader of Eurosport x GCN. The man from Ecuador finished 9th in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco.
Jarlinson Pantano could be the co-leader.
| | | | | | | | | | | Glanbia Foods Cycling Project | CT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Martin | Daniel | IRL | 35 | 78 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 59 | | | Craddock | Lawson | USA | 29 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 68 | 65 | | | King | Ben | USA | 32 | 63 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 61 | | | Brandt | Tyler | USA | 31 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 66 | 71 | | | McConvey | Connor | IRL | 33 | 73 | 69 | 69 | 61 | 66 | | | O'Loughlin | Michael | IRL | 24 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 64 | 64 | | | Murphy | Jack Bernard | IRL | 22 | 68 | 59 | 65 | 59 | 68 | | | Downey | Mark | IRL | 25 | 61 | 65 | 60 | 58 | 62 | | |
Daniel Martin is the leader of Glanbia Foods. The Irishman finished second in the Vuelta al Tachira and sixth in Volta a Catalunya.
He will be supported by Tyler Brandt, Lawson Craddock and Connor McConvey. Craddock himself finished eighth in the Tour of California.
| | | | | | | | | | | Jura-Fiat | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Quintana | Nairo | COL | 31 | 82 | 77 | 76 | 66 | 61 | | | Masnada | Fausto | ITA | 28 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 71 | | | Pernsteiner | Hermann | AUT | 31 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 77 | | | Manfredi | Andrea | ITA | 29 | 78 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 73 | | | Saggiorato | Mirco | SWI | 33 | 76 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 65 | | | Schmid | Mauro | SWI | 22 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 73 | | | Van Poucke | Aaron | BEL | 23 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 66 | | | Tediashvili | Giorgi | GEO | 22 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | | |
Nairo Quintana hopes to find some good form. One of his best results came in Romandie, when he finished seventh.
Quintana will be supported by Masnada, who finished 9th in the Tour of Eritrea and Manfredi.
Nairo Quintana on his way to a mountain TT win in Tour of Japan
| | | | | | | | | | | Kraftwerk Man Machine | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Arndt | Nikias | GER | 30 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 64 | | | Nerz | Dominik | GER | 32 | 80 | 75 | 72 | 68 | 60 | | | Costagli | Teodoro | ITA | 33 | 78 | 69 | 70 | 66 | 66 | | | Helme | Sasu | FIN | 25 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 67 | | | Tatarinov | Gennadiy | RUS | 30 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 63 | | | Scheit | Florian | GER | 30 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 66 | | | Dulanjana | Sachin | SRI | 26 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 61 | 75 | | | Ho | Burr | HKG | 29 | 73 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 66 | | |
Nikias Arndt won the Tour of Eritrea and finished fifth in the Pro Hallstatt Classic.
Also Dominik Nerz could be stated as a favorite. The German was 14th in the first stage in Österreich (stage race wasn't finished when this preview was made).
Nikias Arndt winning a mountain stage and GC in Eritrea
| | | | | | | | | | | Lierse SK-Pizza Ullo | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Novak | Domen | SLO | 26 | 79 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 75 | | | De Plus | Laurens | BEL | 26 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 66 | | | Senni | Manuel | ITA | 29 | 77 | 76 | 79 | 72 | 73 | | | Fedeli | Alessandro | ITA | 25 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 65 | | | Aleotti | Giovanni | ITA | 22 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 69 | | | Van Gils | Maxim | BEL | 22 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 68 | | | Covi | Alessandro | ITA | 23 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 63 | 62 | | | Potocki | Viktor | CRO | 22 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 71 | | |
Leader Domen Novak finished second in Vuelta al Pais Vasco, behind teammate Sam Oomen. He also was sixth in the Tour of Eritrea.
Manuel Senni and Laurens De Plus will be looking to support Novak in the mountains. Senni was ninth here last year.
| | | | | | | | | | | Pas Normal Studios - Mikkeller | CT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Aru | Fabio | ITA | 31 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 70 | | | Ratiy | Vadim | UKR | 33 | 79 | 69 | 72 | 57 | 54 | | | Shapira | Idan | ISR | 32 | 76 | 68 | 72 | 77 | 62 | | | Hacecky | Martin | CZE | 33 | 76 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | | | Hellemose | Asbjorn | DEN | 22 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 69 | | | Johansen | Julius | DEN | 22 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 64 | | | Charmig | Anthon | DEN | 23 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 64 | | | Price-Pejtersen | Johan | DEN | 22 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 64 | 63 | | |
Fabio Aru is the leader of the Danish CT team. In this field it will be difficult for him to get a top 10.
Altough he has a good climbing group with Ratiy, Shapira and Hacecky.
| | | | | | | | | | | Philips-Force India | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Penasa | Pierre Paolo | ITA | 30 | 80 | 75 | 72 | 76 | 64 | | | Talansky | Andrew | USA | 33 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 68 | 65 | | | Anguilet | Charles | GAB | 32 | 76 | 69 | 71 | 64 | 60 | | | Henttala | Joonas | FIN | 30 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 71 | | | Schelling | Ide | NED | 23 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 66 | | | Moricz | Daniel | HUN | 25 | 58 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 64 | | | Leemreize | Gijs | NED | 22 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 65 | | | Kooistra | Marten | NED | 24 | 59 | 68 | 66 | 70 | 62 | | |
The Italian Penasa was 6th in the first stage in Österreich (stage race wasn't finished when this preview was made).
The support will come from Andrew Talansky and Charles Anguilet.
| | | | | | | | | | | Polar | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Latour | Pierre | FRA | 28 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 73 | | | Bernal | Egan | COL | 24 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 68 | 69 | | | Carpenter | Robin | USA | 29 | 76 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 69 | | | Soler | Marc | ESP | 28 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 61 | | | Rodriguez Galindo | Michael | COL | 32 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 71 | | | De Luna | Flavio | MEX | 31 | 74 | 67 | 72 | 68 | 67 | | | Brandao | Joni | POR | 32 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 74 | | | Brockhoff | Jan | GER | 27 | 63 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 68 | | |
Pierre Latour and Egan Bernal are looking to share the leader role of Polar.
Egan Bernal finished 14th in the Giro d'Italia, while Pierre Latour was second in Tour de Romandie and fourth in Tour of Chile.
Pierre Latour winning a stage in Romandie
| | | | | | | | | | | Project: Africa | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Denifl | Stefan | AUT | 34 | 81 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 61 | | | Ssabagwanya | Samuel | UGA | 27 | 72 | 80 | 75 | 77 | 72 | | | Pidcock | Thomas | GBR | 22 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 80 | | | Reguigui | Youcef | ALG | 31 | 76 | 72 | 69 | 69 | 62 | | | Main | Kent | RSA | 25 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 68 | 71 | | | Tesfom | Sirak | ERI | 27 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 64 | | |
Leader Stefan Denifl was ninth in the Tour de Romandie.
The main support will come from Youcef Reguigui, who was seventh in the Vuelta al Tachira.
| | | | | | | | | | | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Padun | Mark | UKR | 25 | 81 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 70 | | | Laas | Martin | EST | 28 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 76 | 57 | | | Topchanyuk | Artem | UKR | 32 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 63 | | | Nitu | Adrian | ROM | 31 | 76 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 62 | | | Dzhus | Volodymyr | UKR | 28 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 63 | | | Gladysh | Roman | UKR | 26 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 68 | | | Pronskiy | Vadim | KAZ | 23 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 69 | | | Papanov | Martin | BUL | 22 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 66 | | |
Mark Padun finished seventh in the Pro Hallstatt Classic, fourth in the Tour of Eritrea and thirth in Tour of Chile. He was also tenth last year here.
He can count on an excellent domestiques like Topchanyuk, Nitu and Dzhus.
| | | | | | | | | | | Team UBS | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Schelling | Patrick | SWI | 31 | 80 | 75 | 76 | 70 | 72 | | | Bouchard | Geoffrey | FRA | 29 | 77 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 76 | | | Bohli | Tom | SWI | 27 | 63 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 68 | | | Schir | Thery | SWI | 28 | 77 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 68 | | | Badilatti | Matteo | SWI | 29 | 76 | 67 | 72 | 65 | 62 | | | Grigrian | Artur | ARM | 32 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 73 | 56 | | | Fuchs | Dominik | SWI | 31 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 64 | 65 | | | Cemazar | Nik | SLO | 22 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 66 | | |
Patrick Schelling finished eighth in the Volta a Portugal and tenth in Tour de Romandie.
Team UBS brings a fine collection of climbers, with also Bouchard, Schir, Badilatti, Grigrian and Fuchs at the start.
| | | | | | | | | | | Tryg - Ritter Sport | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Wellens | Tim | BEL | 30 | 82 | 79 | 80 | 68 | 70 | | | Rodenberg | Frederik | DEN | 23 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 63 | | | Nieuwenhuis | Joris | NED | 25 | 63 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 75 | | | Johannessen | Tobias Halland | NOR | 22 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 71 | | | Klaris | Magnus Bak | DEN | 25 | 61 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 64 | | | Sleen | Torjus | NOR | 24 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 64 | | | Gross | Felix | GER | 23 | 60 | 64 | 71 | 73 | 60 | | | Iversen | Rasmus | DEN | 24 | 62 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 64 | | |
Belgian Tim Wellens finished third in the Volta a Portugal and fifth in the Vuelta a Colombia.
All the other riders lack the necessary experience. Johannessen could aim to compete in a few years.
| | | | | | | | | | | Volcanica - Fox | CT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Chaves | Johan Esteban | COL | 31 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 64 | | | Amador | Andrei | CRC | 35 | 80 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 67 | | | Brenes | Gregory | CRC | 33 | 78 | 71 | 78 | 68 | 64 | | | Herrada | Jesus | ESP | 31 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 64 | | | Gonzalez Cortes | Josue | CRC | 33 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 67 | | | Herrera | Erick | ESA | 25 | 73 | 68 | 73 | 66 | 64 | | | Jurado | Cristofer Robin | PAN | 26 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 66 | | | Rivera | Kevin | CRC | 23 | 69 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 63 | | |
DarkWolf brings an excellent collection of climbers to this race, especially for a Continental Team.
Andrei Amador is the man to watch, he won the Tour of California and finished fourth in Volta a Catalunya.
Andrei Amador winning the GC in Trentino
| | | | | | | | | | | Voyagin-Bird | PCT |
Last name | First name | Country | Age | MTN | STA | RES | ACC | DHL | | | Shikai | Chen | CHN | 29 | 81 | 74 | 76 | 66 | 69 | | | Shirota | Yamato | JPN | 27 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 78 | 58 | | | Rajapakshage | Tushantha | SRI | 29 | 64 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 54 | | | Plucinski | Leszek | POL | 31 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 69 | | | Lyu | Xianjing | CHN | 23 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 73 | | | Chen | Mingrun | CHN | 25 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 67 | 63 | | | Matsuda | Shoi | JPN | 22 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 63 | | | Barbier | Pierre | FRA | 24 | 58 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 64 | | |
Chen Shikai finished eighth in the Vuelta a Colombia. The Chinese climber could aim for a top-10/top-15 spot.
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Good luck to all participants! This preview was made around 15 February, so not all results are taken into account.
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MacC |
Posted on 18-03-2022 11:02
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Nice preview.
Hoping with some support here Dan Martin can break top 15, maybe even top 10 on a very good day.
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baseballlover312 |
Posted on 18-03-2022 14:08
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Very nice preview, thanks Laurens! Cool to see the integration of previous screenshots and captions.
Very happy to see Pluchkin is not here. Still, obviously quite a deep startlist with most PCT and some CT climbers choosing to come. This kind of race will be very dependent on daily form and AI strategy. One mess up and you're done.
It's cool to see Guldhammer at the top of the favorites list, but I'm not going to rely too much on that. Guldhammer has had some tremendous performances this year, but also some weaker ones when we actually needed scoring. He's taken a bunch of PT wins as an outsider, and finished runner up to a dominant Pluchkin too. But these races where he's a favorite have led to him cracking in some weird spots. Hopefully we can avoid that his time, and hopefully the race is sorted out before the descent, cause that's a weakness for him. He needs to use his acceleration before the top.
Looks like we have a decently strong mountain squad here as well to back him up. Obviously since it's C1, a few spots had to go to talents. But it's really only Warbasse missing from our main climbing cohort. Aranburu, Eg, Olesen, Roe is good depth I think if we play our cards right. I could tolerate a slightly lower result from Guldhammer if we score well in depth points, but we've always struggled with those. So let's aim to win.
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redordead |
Posted on 18-03-2022 14:12
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I probably should have picked this race in hindsight.
Nice preview
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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Fabianski |
Posted on 18-03-2022 20:17
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According to the stats, Nairo should have some good chances for a good result. But he's been pretty bad on mountain stages that were no TTs so far. Wouldn't even be surprised if Masnada was our best finisher here.
I guess Guldhammer will take it again. He definitely shouldn't, as there are riders with better or at least equal Mo, better Sta, better Res - but somehow he just outperforms his stats again and again. PCM20 just loves Carlsberg - I prefer other beers
Thanks for the preview!
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 19-03-2022 09:10
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Hoping that Penansa can keep his recent consistency going. Top 10 should be a realistic target but hoping he can challenge for a Top 5 placing here.
Thanks for the great preview Laurens
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Croatia14 |
Posted on 19-03-2022 10:17
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Well deserved! Congrats to a great win bbl!
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Posted on 19-03-2022 11:52
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This race turned out to be worse than I expected. Although I wasn't expecting a brilliant result I thought we would be able to get a place in the top 15.
Thanks for the great preview and report, and congrats BB
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baseballlover312 |
Posted on 19-03-2022 15:05
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I've never come close to winning so much at this level, but it just keeps happening. I don't know what to say. Guldhammer just looked in complete control the whole time. Nerz tried to attack again and again, but judging by Guldhammer's posture, he never looked to be in danger from them. I was a little scared because our superdomestiques were well out of the picture by the final climb (and indeed finished well down the results). But he didn't seem to need them since the race broke up quickly.
I was also a bit scared once that second group came back on the descent. Once there are 10 guys there, it's really a tossup on a downhill finish. But I think I misjudged the profile. It does flatten out a bit at the end, which offered the perfect chance for Rasmus to flex his sprint and acceleration over the other riders in the lead group. There are very few if any pure climbers who can beat him on a flat finish when they all have energy from a descent. So this profile really suited him.
Thank you for an amazing report Nemo!
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valverde321 |
Posted on 19-03-2022 15:44
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Pretty good result for us. I'll take a 6th anyday with this startlist. Need this consistency for the rest of the season. Theres not going to be any big results with my team.
Thanks for the report.
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ember |
Posted on 19-03-2022 15:50
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Disappointing to see Galta never really in contention. A top 10 was the goal, and 12th isn't good enough then.
Great win for Guldhammer and bbl, congratulations! Just a brilliant season your Danish leaders are having |
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Fabianski |
Posted on 19-03-2022 15:52
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Better than what I was afraid of, definitely worse than what the shared best climber in the race should have done. Rest of team complete crap.
Guldhammer just annyoing by now. No explanation why there are some completely OP riders with PCM20. Although this profile obviously suited him tbh.
Thanks for the report.
Think I'll take some steps back from MG again, team does way better when I don't follow. Annoying.
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Laurens147 |
Posted on 19-03-2022 20:09
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baseballlover312 wrote:
It's cool to see Guldhammer at the top of the favorites list, but I'm not going to rely too much on that. Guldhammer has had some tremendous performances this year, but also some weaker ones when we actually needed scoring.
Told ya so Congrats, and thanks Nemo for the report!
MG - Lotto - Caloi
[MG] New Manager of the Year - PCM.daily Awards 2022
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DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 20-03-2022 17:22
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Wow, Nerz was on a +10 day! Multiple attacks and still enough in the tank to finish 3rd.
Useful depth points from Arndt and Helme make this a very rewarding race for Kraftwerk.
Thanks for the great report Nemo and congrats to BBL.
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AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 21-03-2022 06:23
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Was hoping for a Top5 but 8th is an ok result for Penasa. Would've have been nicer with some depth points though. No reason for someone for Talansky to not be in the points scoring places here.
Congrats to bbl and thanks for the report Nemo
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DarkWolf |
Posted on 25-03-2022 09:01
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I was hoping for a better result here, but at least we scored some points.
Congratulations, bbl, and thank you for the report!
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