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[C1] Apex Mountain Classic


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Honor roll

YearWinner
2020Merhawi Kudus (Repsol - Netflix)
2019Patrick Schelling (Team UBS)
2018Joseph Dombrowski (eBuddy) - as PTHC


2020 edition

1Merhawi KudusRepsol - Netflix6h50'41
2Eduard Alexander BeltranSwisslion Cycling Team42
3Ryan EastmanAzteca - NBCSN47
4Hugh CarthyFarfetch Pro Cyclings.t.
5Justo TenorioDesiguals.t.
6Sergio Luis Henao MontoyaBerg Cycless.t.
7Magnus Cort NielsenTryg - Ritter Sport+ 1'47
8Paolo ScarponiBakkafrost+ 1'52
9Manuel SenniLierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam+ 2'35
10Mark PadunTeam Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroffs.t.


Favourites

Last nameFirst nameMTNSTARESACCDHL2021 TeamDivisionCountryAge
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/cdb.png GuldhammerRasmus8174757665Carlsberg-Danske BankPCTDEN32
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/yor.png CarthyHugh8177766965cycleYorkshirePCTGBR27
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/jur.png QuintanaNairo8277766661Jura-FiatPCTCOL31
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/kmm.png ArndtNikias7977767564Kraftwerk Man MachinePCTGER30
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/kmm.png NerzDominik8075726860Kraftwerk Man MachinePCTGER32
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/akm.png GaltaFredrik Strand8178796670Aker-MOTPCTNOR29
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/pfi.png PenasaPierre Paolo8075727664Philips-Force IndiaPCTITA30
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/pol.png LatourPierre8080787473PolarPCTFRA28
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/pol.png BernalEgan7978786869PolarPCTCOL24
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/p4e.png PadunMark8172747570Team Popo4Ever p/b NemiroffPCTUKR25
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/trg.png WellensTim8279806870Tryg-Ritter SportPCTBEL30
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/vlf.png AmadorAndrei8071686667Volcanica-FoxCTCRC35


Let's look at all participating teams in detail:

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/akm.pngAker-MOTPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
GaltaFredrik StrandNOR298178796670
LaengenVegard StakeNOR327676756775
WohrerDavidAUT317568727370
VideikaAiridasLTU276368677965
KaislavuoJesseFIN286573737270
PruusPeterEST327271737376
YzeirajMarildoALB276274747172


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/bnb.pngBinance CyclingPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
RodriguesJoaoPOR277873757268
FernandesJosePOR267578776768
Henao MontoyaSergio LuisCOL348072767060
VallsRafaelESP347775746964
BartlDavidGER307773747066
AntunesAmaroPOR317671696772
BenitoMiguel AngelESP287572716162
NoppeChristopheBEL276174737368


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).

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/cdb.pngCarlsberg-Danske BankPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
GuldhammerRasmusDEN328174757665
AranburuAlexESP267770797167
EgNiklasDEN267776746865
OlesenPatrickDEN277572737366
RoeTimothyAUS327571697462
ForssellHugoSWD226266697267
StocekMatusSVK226468676970
CannisterGoldwijnnCUR226168637062


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.

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Rasmus Guldhammer winning a stage in Eritrea

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/ccc.pngCrabbe-CC ChevignyCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
AriesenTimNED276574737165
LietaerEliotBEL316774717168
SerryPieterBEL337469686765
KulikovskiyAlexandrRUS246466727367
NareklishviliBekaGEO256167697061
Van TrichtStanBEL226567707064
DriznersJarradAUS226065697065
BlouweLouisBEL226465686766


Crabbe-CC Chevigny is here for the experience. Apart from Serry they don't have any climber in their squad.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/yor.pngcycleYorkshirePCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
CarthyHughGBR278177766965
KennaughTimGBR307771706359
HolmesMatthewGBR287271737168
BarJocelynFRA335473707462
RoweMattGBR335078566865
HennessyJacobGBR256167687366
RomoJavierESP226870726360
ChristakosDimitriosGRE226966696669


Hugh Carthy finished sixth in the Volta a Portugal and fifth in Tour of Eritrea.
Carthy will be supported by fellow countryman Tim Kennaugh.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/esc.pngEddie StobartCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
MeyerTravisAUS326974717762
UmerbekovNikitaKAZ307074677367
AgostiniStefanoITA326978767273
Lovikasmund RomstadNOR327572736668
Moreno HernandezSalvadorCOL307470747457
MedvedevDmitriRUS347560726772
MalacarneDavideITA347267666465
SaviniDanielITA247065666160


Eddie Stobart is one of the CT teams in this race. Normally they will look for a breakaway appearance.

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Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
CarapazRichard AntonioECU288071766561
Pantano GomezJarlinsonCOL337872736767
LandaMikelESP326970696967
CumingMichaelGBR317474706963
GrovesKadenAUS236172707566
RutschJonasGER236372726768
StedmanMaxGBR256666707162
CarrSimonGBR236870696958


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/gla.pngGlanbia Foods Cycling ProjectCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
MartinDanielIRL357871727059
CraddockLawsonUSA297375756865
KingBenUSA326373717361
BrandtTylerUSA317674696671
McConveyConnorIRL337369696166
O'LoughlinMichaelIRL246466706464
MurphyJack BernardIRL226859655968
DowneyMarkIRL256165605862


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/jur.pngJura-FiatPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
QuintanaNairoCOL318277766661
MasnadaFaustoITA287776757371
PernsteinerHermannAUT317573717277
ManfrediAndreaITA297868737373
SaggioratoMircoSWI337670727065
SchmidMauroSWI227069747273
Van PouckeAaronBEL237267707166
TediashviliGiorgiGEO226668717065


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.

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Nairo Quintana on his way to a mountain TT win in Tour of Japan

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/kmm.pngKraftwerk Man MachinePCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
ArndtNikiasGER307977767564
NerzDominikGER328075726860
CostagliTeodoroITA337869706666
HelmeSasuFIN257571727667
TatarinovGennadiyRUS307571717363
ScheitFlorianGER307272717166
DulanjanaSachinSRI267475716175
HoBurrHKG297368737166


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).

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Nikias Arndt winning a mountain stage and GC in Eritrea

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/lpu.pngLierse SK-Pizza UlloPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
NovakDomenSLO267974767675
De PlusLaurensBEL267674737266
SenniManuelITA297776797273
FedeliAlessandroITA257171697065
AleottiGiovanniITA226671707169
Van GilsMaximBEL226967717068
CoviAlessandroITA236867676362
PotockiViktorCRO226468696771


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/min.pngPas Normal Studios - MikkellerCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
AruFabioITA317874757070
RatiyVadimUKR337969725754
ShapiraIdanISR327668727762
HaceckyMartinCZE337669747366
HellemoseAsbjornDEN226968696469
JohansenJuliusDEN226066696964
CharmigAnthonDEN236765686664
Price-PejtersenJohanDEN226065716463


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/pfi.pngPhilips-Force IndiaPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
PenasaPierre PaoloITA308075727664
TalanskyAndrewUSA337874756865
AnguiletCharlesGAB327669716460
HenttalaJoonasFIN307473726771
SchellingIdeNED237272716666
MoriczDanielHUN255870686364
LeemreizeGijsNED226966696665
KooistraMartenNED245968667062


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/pol.pngPolarPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
LatourPierreFRA288080787473
BernalEganCOL247978786869
CarpenterRobinUSA297672717269
SolerMarcESP287676746661
Rodriguez GalindoMichaelCOL327472726771
De LunaFlavioMEX317467726867
BrandaoJoniPOR327369716974
BrockhoffJanGER276374767368


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.

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Pierre Latour winning a stage in Romandie

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/afr.pngProject: AfricaPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
DeniflStefanAUT348170666061
SsabagwanyaSamuelUGA277280757772
PidcockThomasGBR227171737680
ReguiguiYoucefALG317672696962
MainKentRSA257169726871
TesfomSirakERI276268716764


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/p4e.pngTeam Popo4Ever p/b NemiroffPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
PadunMarkUKR258172747570
LaasMartinEST287468737657
TopchanyukArtemUKR327772727063
NituAdrianROM317673707062
DzhusVolodymyrUKR287674747563
GladyshRomanUKR266670707268
PronskiyVadimKAZ237271706969
PapanovMartinBUL226968686666


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/ubs.pngTeam UBSPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
SchellingPatrickSWI318075767072
BouchardGeoffreyFRA297770727076
BohliTomSWI276379756868
SchirTherySWI287773726568
BadilattiMatteoSWI297667726562
GrigrianArturARM327672687356
FuchsDominikSWI317575716465
CemazarNikSLO226968696466


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/trg.pngTryg - Ritter SportPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
WellensTimBEL308279806870
RodenbergFrederikDEN236068737563
NieuwenhuisJorisNED256367727375
JohannessenTobias HallandNOR227167707171
KlarisMagnus BakDEN256168696664
SleenTorjusNOR246967706864
GrossFelixGER236064717360
IversenRasmusDEN246265666464


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/vlf.pngVolcanica - FoxCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
ChavesJohan EstebanCOL317674737264
AmadorAndreiCRC358071686667
BrenesGregoryCRC337871786864
HerradaJesusESP317572726964
Gonzalez CortesJosueCRC337168707067
HerreraErickESA257368736664
JuradoCristofer RobinPAN266766696766
RiveraKevinCRC236966676963


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.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Reports/C2/Trentino/GDTS3%2027.jpg
Andrei Amador winning the GC in Trentino

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2021/Micros/voy.pngVoyagin-BirdPCT

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMTNSTARESACCDHL
ShikaiChenCHN298174766669
ShirotaYamatoJPN277569687858
RajapakshageTushanthaSRI296471726954
PlucinskiLeszekPOL317370707069
LyuXianjingCHN237072727173
ChenMingrunCHN257170736763
MatsudaShoiJPN226565706963
BarbierPierreFRA245867686964


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
Nice preview.

Hoping with some support here Dan Martin can break top 15, maybe even top 10 on a very good day.
 
baseballlover312
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
I probably should have picked this race in hindsight.

Nice preview Smile

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Fabianski
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 Pfft

Thanks for the preview!
 
AbhishekLFC
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 Smile
 
Croatia14
Well deserved! Congrats to a great win bbl!
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fintas
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
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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
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.
 
ember
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 Smile
 
Fabianski
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.
 
Laurens147
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 Pfft Congrats, and thanks Nemo for the report!
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DaveTwoBob
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
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 Smile
 
DarkWolf
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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