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SAA Tour d'Afrique - Discussion
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 02-05-2022 17:30
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 SAA Tour d'Afrique - Preview
Teams from the Pro Tour and Pro Continental Tour meet together in South Africa for 4 flat stages which should be a festival of sprinting.
Plenty of riders who will be fighting for the win here. The top favourites are  Coquard, who has a great lead-out in Farantakis, and  Degenkolb who has a capable Santos as his main lieutenant.
 Grosu will be expecting to be up there too.  Kennaugh,  Demare and  Swift also have very capable lead-out men and will be expecting to contest for the Top 5 and better.
| | | FLA | REC | SPR | ACC | Lead-Out | SPR | ACC | | Bryan | Coquard | 73 | 84 | 84 | 83 | Farantakis | 78 | 78 | | John | Degenkolb | 76 | 74 | 84 | 81 | Santos | 78 | 78 | | Eduard | Grosu | 73 | 79 | 83 | 80 | Van der Kooij | 78 | 77 | | Peter | Kennaugh | 77 | 80 | 82 | 81 | Noppe | 75 | 73 | | Arnaud | Demare | 73 | 80 | 82 | 81 | Aregger | 78 | 77 | | Ben | Swift | 72 | 77 | 82 | 79 | Cavendish | 79 | 75 |  | Sondre Holst | Enger | 73 | 77 | 81 | 78 | Schreurs | 72 | 71 |  | Rick | Zabel | 74 | 79 | 81 | 79 | Willwohl | 79 | 78 |  | Matti | Manninen | 74 | 77 | 81 | 80 | Ruiz | 71 | 72 |  | Daniel | Vesely | 73 | 76 | 81 | 80 | Hodeg | 79 | 78 |  | Niccolo | Bonifazio | 79 | 71 | 80 | 80 | Vanbilsen | 72 | 71 |  | Adrien | Petit | 76 | 78 | 80 | 78 | Lovassy | 76 | 75 |  | Kristoffer | Halvorsen | 76 | 80 | 80 | 80 | Einhorn | 76 | 74 |  | Jiankun | Liu | 74 | 80 | 80 | 80 | Zhao | 77 | 81 |  | Kris | Boeckmans | 71 | 76 | 79 | 80 | Lavoine | 79 | 76 |  | Theo | Reinhardt | 71 | 78 | 79 | 84 | Habtom | 77 | 78 |  | Christian | Bertilsson | 73 | 76 | 79 | 77 | Hnik | 72 | 67 |  | Elias | Afewerki | 73 | 81 | 79 | 80 | Hamza | 71 | 71 |  | Matteo | Pelucchi | 74 | 75 | 79 | 77 | Jiang | 75 | 75 |  | Jon | Aberasturi | 74 | 76 | 79 | 78 | Major | 77 | 78 |  | Roman | Lutsyshyn | 70 | 74 | 79 | 80 | Dzervus | 77 | 77 |
Start List
Spoiler | Tobias | Foss | Aker - MOT | | Amund Grondahl | Jansen | Aker - MOT | | Jesse | Kaislavuo | Aker - MOT | | Yuan Tan | Peng | Aker - MOT | | Andreas | Vangstad | Aker - MOT | | Airidas | Videika | Aker - MOT | | Marildo | Yzeiraj | Aker - MOT | | Sameera | Chatarunga | Amaysim Cervélo | | Ryan | Christensen | Amaysim Cervélo | | Marcus | Culey | Amaysim Cervélo | | Sondre Holst | Enger | Amaysim Cervélo | | Jan | Ghyselinck | Amaysim Cervélo | | Hamish | Schreurs | Amaysim Cervélo | | Callum | Scotson | Amaysim Cervélo | | Alex | Wohler | Amaysim Cervélo | | Joao | Almeida | Binance Cycling | | Amaro | Antunes | Binance Cycling | | Peter | Kennaugh | Binance Cycling | | Christophe | Noppe | Binance Cycling | | Rafael | Silva | Binance Cycling | | Georgios | Stavrakakis | Binance Cycling | | Joel | Yates | Binance Cycling | | Kris | Boeckmans | Carrefour - ESPN | | Kevin | Colleoni | Carrefour - ESPN | | Alberto | Dainese | Carrefour - ESPN | | Janis | Dakteris | Carrefour - ESPN | | Maxime | Daniel | Carrefour - ESPN | | Anthony | Lavoine | Carrefour - ESPN | | Frederik | Nolf | Carrefour - ESPN | | Jakub | Skala | Carrefour - ESPN | | Alexandros | Agrotis | Festina - OAKA | | Bryan | Coquard | Festina - OAKA | | Stylianos | Farantakis | Festina - OAKA | | Georgios | Karatzios | Festina - OAKA | | Charalampas | Kastrantas | Festina - OAKA | | Michail | Kortsidakis | Festina - OAKA | | Remy | Rochas | Festina - OAKA | | Aimiliano | Vila | Festina - OAKA | | Ildar | Arslanov | Gazelle | | Jonel | Carcueva | Gazelle | | Moreno | Hofland | Gazelle | | Roman | Senyenov | Gazelle | | Mike | Teunissen | Gazelle | | Jan | Tratnik | Gazelle | | Clement | Champoussin | Huski Chocolate | | Emil | Dima | Huski Chocolate | | Munkhtulga | Erdenesuren | Huski Chocolate | | Eduard | Grosu | Huski Chocolate | | Maurits | Lammertink | Huski Chocolate | | Jordi | Meeus | Huski Chocolate | | Timo | Roosen | Huski Chocolate | | Bas | Van der Kooij | Huski Chocolate | | Ahmad | Arissol | ISA - Hexacta | | Erik | Baska | ISA - Hexacta | | John | Degenkolb | ISA - Hexacta | | Nicholas | Dlamini | ISA - Hexacta | | Chun Kai | Feng | ISA - Hexacta | | Diego Agustin | Ferreyra | ISA - Hexacta | | Guy | Sagiv | ISA - Hexacta | | Emerson | Santos | ISA - Hexacta | | Stefan | Bissegger | Jura - Fiat | | Alexys | Brunel | Jura - Fiat | | Mikiel | Habtom | Jura - Fiat | | Benedikt | Mundle | Jura - Fiat | | Theo | Reinhardt | Jura - Fiat | | Manuel | Stocker | Jura - Fiat | | Cyrile | Thiery | Jura - Fiat | | Brent | Van Moer | Jura - Fiat | | Jan | Dieteren | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Sachin | Dulanjana | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Sang Hong | Park | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Gennadiy | Tatarinov | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Max | Walsleben | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Willi | Willwohl | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Rick | Zabel | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Eugert | Zhupa | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Jenthe | Biermans | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Niccolo | Bonifazio | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Szymon | Sajnok | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Dilmurdjon | Siddikov | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Wout | Van Aert | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Kenneth | Vanbilsen | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Aaron | Verwilst | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Sasha | Weemaes | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Iver Johan | Knotten | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Matti | Manninen | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Oumaru | Minoungou | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Daniel | Munoz | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Alain | Quispe | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Stelly | Robert | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Robinson Steven | Ruiz | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Jose Gerardo | Ulloa | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Mikkel | Bjerg | Minions | | Mathias | De Witte | Minions | | Alvaro | Hodeg | Minions | | Bert-Jan | Lindeman | Minions | | Leandro | Marcos | Minions | | Bjorn | Selander | Minions | | Laurens | Sweeck | Minions | | Daniel | Vesely | Minions | | Felix | English | MOL | | Viktor | Filutas | MOL | | Mujtaba | Hussein | MOL | | Steven | Kalf | MOL | | Krisztian | Lovassy | MOL | | Charles | Matte | MOL | | Adrien | Petit | MOL | | Lars | Van den Berg | MOL | | Josh | Atkins | Moser - Sygic | | Christian | Bertilsson | Moser - Sygic | | Michael | Boros | Moser - Sygic | | Karel | Hnik | Moser - Sygic | | Michal | Kukrle | Moser - Sygic | | Juan | Osorio | Moser - Sygic | | Jiri | Polnicky | Moser - Sygic | | Adam | Toupalik | Moser - Sygic | | Jon | Aberasturi | Podium Ambition | | David | Dekker | Podium Ambition | | Hasani | Hennis | Podium Ambition | | Jay | Major | Podium Ambition | | Jacob | Morales Ortega | Podium Ambition | | Andrew | Norbert | Podium Ambition | | Cristian | Perez | Podium Ambition | | Bram | Welten | Podium Ambition | | Elias | Afewerki | Project: Africa | | Yacine | Hamza | Project: Africa | | Metkel | Kiflay | Project: Africa | | Kent | Main | Project: Africa | | Sirak | Tesfom | Project: Africa | | Eddie | Van Heerden | Project: Africa | | Sulkhan | Akhmaevi | Red Bull Zalgiris | | Itamar | Einhorn | Red Bull Zalgiris | | Kristoffer | Halvorsen | Red Bull Zalgiris | | Matthias | Krizek | Red Bull Zalgiris | | Venantas | Lasinis | Red Bull Zalgiris | | Alexandr | Nepomnyachsniy | Red Bull Zalgiris | | Yevgeni | Nepomnyachsniy | Red Bull Zalgiris | | Mihkel | Räim | Red Bull Zalgiris | | Piter | Campero | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Marc | Hirschi | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Zhihui | Jiang | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Mohammad Saufi | Mat Senan | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Jakub | Otruba | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Matteo | Pelucchi | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Riccardo | Putti | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Yannis | Voisard | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Stanislaw | Aniolkowski | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Dries | De Bondt | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Darijus | Dzervus | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Roman | Gladysh | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Roman | Lutsyshyn | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Vadim | Pronskiy | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Wojciech | Pszczolarski | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Michel | Sibilla | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Marcel | Aregger | Team Puma - SAP | | Narankhuu | Baterdene | Team Puma - SAP | | Arnaud | Demare | Team Puma - SAP | | Lukas | Meiler | Team Puma - SAP | | Yikui | Niu | Team Puma - SAP | | Nils | Politt | Team Puma - SAP | | Johannes | Schinnagel | Team Puma - SAP | | Jannik | Steimle | Team Puma - SAP | | Mikkel | Honore | Tryg - Ritter Sport | | Max | Kanter | Tryg - Ritter Sport | | Magnus Bak | Klaris | Tryg - Ritter Sport | | Mathias | Norsgaard | Tryg - Ritter Sport | | Casper | Pedersen | Tryg - Ritter Sport | | Frederik | Rodenberg | Tryg - Ritter Sport | | Torjus | Sleen | Tryg - Ritter Sport | | Nur Aiman | Zariff | Tryg - Ritter Sport | | Yudai | Arashiro | Voyagin - Bird | | Mingrun | Chen | Voyagin - Bird | | Shiki | Kuroeda | Voyagin - Bird | | Saya | Kuroeda | Voyagin - Bird | | Jiankun | Liu | Voyagin - Bird | | Xianjing | Lyu | Voyagin - Bird | | Yuriy | Natarov | Voyagin - Bird | | Jingbiao | Zhao | Voyagin - Bird | | Mark | Cavendish | Zwift Pro Cycling | | Stepan | Kurianov | Zwift Pro Cycling | | Jhonatan | Narvaez | Zwift Pro Cycling | | Federico | Olei | Zwift Pro Cycling | | Clement | Russo | Zwift Pro Cycling | | Ben | Swift | Zwift Pro Cycling | | Luca | Wackermann | Zwift Pro Cycling | | Eric | Young | Zwift Pro Cycling |
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 02-05-2022 18:25
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A decent performance by Manninen could bring him to a 1000-points season. Go go Matti! Thanks for the preview, looking forward to the reports 
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 02-05-2022 18:33
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We're only here for XP
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 02-05-2022 19:57
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A nice race for me to finally return to MG / Daily for, with Degenkolb a top favourite. Baska then Santos as primary lead-out train option with the likes of Sagiv ready to substitute in if required. Otherwise strong flat-beasts with good engines for controlling the break fill the rest of the roster.
Regards to all the usual suspects in terms of fellow managers and reporters/admins in particular. I have been catching up on the season that I have missed, and the ISA - Hexacta 2021 story seems to have been a rollercoaster of ups-and-downs. 3 stages at Le Tour for home-boy Thibault Pinot was a particular stand-out, but there are many other reports that I also need to peruse to fully understand the season to date  . Given LLS was also the reporter in France, hopefully he brings ISA some more good fortune along with his top quality reporting.
Keep an eye out for a near-term resurrection of the team HQ (!!!).
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 02-05-2022 20:09
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Four oppotunities for Vesely to not disappoint me...
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| SotD |
Posted on 02-05-2022 20:35
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You mean four opportunities to keep dissapointing you :-)
On paper a good race for Coquard. Often the theory isn’t backed by praksis here.
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| ember |
Posted on 02-05-2022 20:41
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Absolutely no expectations here. Would be happy if we hit a breakaway or two.
Should be some tense battles between the sprinters, looking forward to see it unfold. |
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 02-05-2022 21:06
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Hoping for breakaways with lots of bonus seconds here, as I can't expect Reinhardt to be competitive enough with that insane competition.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 03-05-2022 07:50
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A good position on the strength chart for Demare to be in, but I also thought that in our home race and it didn't turn out to help at all...
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 03-05-2022 18:44
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Yeah, sure, PCM lets a team with a minor outsider do a lot of the work... We definitely should be in the breakaways and not leading the peloton. But it's nothing new that PCM20 hates our sprint race setup. If anyone could point out what we're doing wrong, that would be welcome.
Nonetheless, congrats to Swift. Obviously those in the Top 10 are all stronger sprinters than Reinhardt, so the result is fine for me - but not the way it happened.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 03-05-2022 20:13
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Even though it should have been an easy win with that leadout, a fourth place gives me good hope for the GC this race.
SotD wrote:
You mean four opportunities to keep dissapointing you :-)
Luckily he listened to me 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 03-05-2022 21:53
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Not off to a great start there.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 03-05-2022 22:07
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Unexpected, but I'll take it! Nice win for Swift. Time for the team to step up and defend the GC lead.
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| ember |
Posted on 03-05-2022 22:58
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Well done Kaislavuo to be present up in the breakaway. I can't ask for more! Would have been great if he could have taken the KoM jersey, but his 4 points anyway makes me hopeful he might want more moving on in this race.
Nice to see former rider Swift win. He still got it! Congratulations, Mre |
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| jaxika |
Posted on 04-05-2022 05:50
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Not even sprinting  |
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| SotD |
Posted on 04-05-2022 08:03
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Not an ideal start to the race, but we were never in charge of things and I guess 7th is a decent position to be in to actually get to sprint in the future.
Let's see what stage 2 brings.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-05-2022 16:41
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Really disappointed to see Grosu fading like that there.
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| SotD |
Posted on 05-05-2022 17:48
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Hmm Coquard. Leaving the season on a low unfortunately.
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 05-05-2022 18:18
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After going AWOL on stage 1, Degenkolb repays team managements continued faith with a well-timed lunge for the line to win stage 2 . Topsy-turvy results s1 vs. s2 from the sprint contenders means this catapults Degenkolb right back into GC contention. Baska as last man in the lead-out suggests maybe Santos was caught in the split and therefore badly positioned as the sprint started forming after the peloton reformed (I assume).
With his 1st decline imminent, these images of a MG institution rider winning bunch sprints must now be numbered, hence every last one is to be cherished!
Thanks for the reports LLS. Fingers crossed no crazy BotD antics stored up for s3 or 4.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 05-05-2022 19:20
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Bad old Vesely...
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