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Posted on 23-10-2023 08:45
[PT] Tirreno - Adriatico


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Honor roll

YearWinner
2022Yevgeniy Gidich (King Power)
2021Silvio Herklotz (Team Puma - SAP)
2020Jack Bobridge (Bennelong - Mitchelton)
2019Silvio Herklotz (Team Puma - SAP)
2018Simone Ponzi (Hugo Boss)
2017Aleksandr Pluchkin (Nemiroff - ABBYY)
2016Yuri Trofimov (Tinkoff Sport Academy)
2015Daniel Martin (Aker - MOT)
2014Simone Ponzi (Good Energy)
2013Damiano Cunego (Lotto - Cervelo)
2012Frank Schleck (Vesuvio-Accumalux)
2011Yuri Trofimov (Sony Ericsson)
2010Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Festina - Seiko)
2009Danilo di Luca (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
2008Michael Boogerd (Credit Agricole)
2007Frank Schleck (Saunier Duval - Prodir)


2022 edition


Last year's edition was significantly easier than this year, with no mountains. We started with a TTT of 9,2km and a Duolingo victory. Farantakis (ELCO) and Kamberaj (De Stijl) won the two flat stages after that. Emanuel Buchmann (Team UBS) won the first hilly stage. Then we say two breakaway wins for Turgis (De Stijl) and Burke (Zwift) before finishing of with a TT victory from Sajnok (Lierse SK). Buchmann couldn't hold his GC lead on the final TT, the general win was for Yevgeniy Gidich (King Power).

1Yevgeniy GidichKing Power-
2Emanuel BuchmannTeam UBS4"
3Laurens De PlusLierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam14"
4Jack BobridgeDuolingo37"
5Aurelien Paret-PeintreGrieg-Maersk55"
6Alexey LutsenkoGazelle1'01"
7Simone PonziMoser - Sygic1'02"
8Eduard Alexander BeltranCedevita1'29"
9Petr VakocISA - Hexacta1'32"
10Sergio HiguitaIsostar - Specialized2'08"


GC & Stage 5-7 Favorites

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOSTARESRECTeamDivision
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/mos.png KudusMerhawiERI2985797779Moser - SygicPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/gzl.png DombrowskiJosephUSA3284807878GazellePT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/yor.png MortonLachlanAUS3184797878cycleYorkshirePT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/pol.png LatourPierreFRA3081807880PolarPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ziz.png WellensTimBEL3282798076ZARA - IrizarPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ced.png PogacarTadejSLO2580798080CedevitaPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ldl.png BarguilWarrenFRA3281777782Lidl CyclingPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/cdb.png GaltaFredrik StrandNOR3181787977Carlsberg - Danske BankPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/min.png CattaneoMattiaITA3381757978MinionsPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/aau.png HaigJackAUS3083767578Amaysim Australia.comPT


Stage 1 Favorites

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgePRLTeamDivision
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/akm.png AndersenSoren KraghDEN2983Aker - MOTPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/mol.png ChavanneGabrielSWI3182MOL Cycling TeamPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/kng.png LeungChun WingHKG2982King PowerPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/mol.png KeoughLukeUSA3280MOL Cycling TeamPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/grm.png LarsenNiklasDEN2680Grieg-MaerskPT


Stage 2 & 3 Favorites

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeSPRACCRECTeamDivision
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ela.png FarantakisStylianosGRE28818079ELCO - ABEAPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/pum.png KanterMaxGER26818077Team Puma - SAPPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/rab.png Van PoppelDannyNED30817878RabobankPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/p4e.png AniolkowskiStanislawPOL26807979Team Popo4Ever p/b MorshynskaPCT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ced.png EngerSondre HolstNOR30817877CedevitaPT


Stage 4 Favorites

Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeHIACTeamDivision
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ldl.png BettiolAlbertoITA307777Lidl CyclingPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/rab.png FormoloDavideITA318071RabobankPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/akm.png AmezawaTakeakiJPN287775Aker - MOTPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ziz.png MasEnricESP287777ZARA - IrizarPT
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/p4e.png BeltranEduard AlexanderCOL338074Team Popo4Ever p/b MorshynskaPCT


Let's look at all participating teams in detail:

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/akm.png Aker - MOTPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
AmezawaTakeakiJPN2879776860
AndersenSoren KraghDEN2963657683
AriesenTimNED2965687062
Bolor-ErdeneEnkhtaivanMGL2862666571
DversnesFredrikNOR2666686667
JohannessenAnders HallandNOR2476716765
PrasadDarshanaSRI2960687868
Van PouckeAaronBEL2577776766


Aker - MOT brings Soren Kragh Andersen as a big favorite for the opening prologue. He already showed his excellent form in Qatar and Portugal.
Then the focus will shift to Darshana Prasad for the sprints and Takeaki Amezawa for the hilly stage and GC.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/aau.png Amaysim Australia.comPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
EvansAlexanderAUS2677725771
HaigJackAUS3083746177
HarperChrisAUS2975736562
KennaughPeterGBR3456638061
MillerNickNZL3273735765
PowerRobertAUS2877705665
SchultzNicholasAUS2976765864
SunderlandDylanAUS2774726760


Newly promoted Amaysim Australia.com counts on homegrown Jack Haig for GC.
The support comes from countrymen Evans, Power and Schultz. Peter Kennaugh hopes to get in the mix for stages 2 and 3.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/bnb.png BinancePT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
BartlDavidGER3277726075
BenitoMiguel AngelESP3075705673
FigueiredoFredericoPOR3276735972
GoughReganNZL2760657374
IkibeSotaJPN3174736270
KhodayariFarzadIRN3175736462
PerezAnthonyFRA3272726969
TenorioJustoESP3482745777


Binance is mainly focussed on Spaniard Justo Tenorio and his GC classification. They hope to survive the first 4 stages without much time loss.
His climbing support consists of David Bartl and Frederico Figueiredo among others.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/cdb.png Carlsberg - Danske BankPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
GaltaFredrik StrandNOR3181736371
GregaardJonasDEN2778716366
Jimenez RetanaJohnCRC2459647563
OlesenPatrickDEN2975756361
PetrovskiStefanMCD3275736166
QuintanaNairoCOL3381735070
SuredaJaumeESP2763717761


Fredrik Strand Galta and Carlsberg - Danske Bank are looking to continue their good form from Portugal, where Galta won GC.
He can count on Nairo Quintana and Jonas Gregaard to support him on the last 3 stages.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ced.png CedevitaPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
BouchardGeoffreyFRA3177746266
BuitragoSantiagoCOL2476746566
CrncevicAleksaBIH2876706172
CroesJonathanARU2673736273
EngerSondre HolstNOR3063698177
GroseljMaticSLO2758667379
HowsonDamienAUS3159656480
PogacarTadejSLO2580766375


Cedevita brings riders for every terrain to Tirreno-Adriatico. Howson and Groselj will be targeting the prologue.
Then it's up to Sondre Holst Enger for the sprints and Tadej Pogacar for GC. The Slovenian gets the support of Bouchard and Buitrago.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/yor.png cycleYorkshirePT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
AkhmaeviSulkhanGEO2671686173
ButtigiegAidanMLT2662666570
HansenLasse NormanDEN3159657379
MortonLachlanAUS3184765773
SteroboRasmusDEN3271635678
WilliamsStephenGBR2778746566
ZukowskyNickolasCAN2563707274


Lachlan Morton is one of the top candidates for the GC fight. Although he has only Stephen Williams to get through the last 3 days.
The Danish duo Hansen and Sterobo will be eyeing the prologue.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eav.png EA VesuvioPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
GunnlaugssonKristoferISL2867657575
HepburnMichaelAUS3264666679
KirschAlexLUX3079746871
LampawogJayPHI2665686472
RiesMichelLUX2577706161
TanfieldHarryGBR2959636679
ZingleAxelFRA2562687663


EA Vesuvio also has a duo who focus on the prologue with Hepburn and Tanfield.
Apart from that, we think the team will look to be aggressive in the breakaways. As they don't have the top favorites for either terrain.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ela.png ELCO - ABEAPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
AgrotisAlexandrosCYP2573706573
BesterShaun NickRSA3268727172
BouglasGeorgiosGRE3363697757
FarantakisStylianosGRE2859668179
GiannoutsosMiltiadisGRE2679726477
KaratziosGeorgiosGRE3357706258
KortsidakisMichailGRE2963696873
MavrikakisMichailGRE2979726171


Stylianos Farantakis the man to lead ELCO - ABEA in the first 3 outings. He has good memories from this race, as he won a stage last year.
After the sprints, the focus will shift to Miltiadis Giannoutsos in his (second tier) GC fight.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/evo.png Evonik - ELKOPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
BattistellaSamueleITA2573736772
EenkhoornPascalNED2678736475
GavarsEriks TomsLAT2675746772
JanuskeviciusMantasLTU2471736869
KurianovStepanRUS2765657564
UlysbayevDinmukhammedKAZ2574716269


Evonik - ELKO will be counting on Pascal Eenkhoorn for GC. Top-15 looks like a reasonable goal for the Dutchman.
Apart from that, I wouldn't surprised if they would join breakaways.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/gzl.png GazellePT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
DombrowskiJosephUSA3284756071
KarnulinDenysUKR3377735969
MundleBenediktLIE3259655955
PetersNansFRA2974766669
SosnitskiyAnatoliyUKR3377716263
VervaekeLouisBEL3076736070


Joe Dombrowski is one of the GC favorites for this year's edition. The first four stages will be mainly about limiting the time loss.
Gazelle has brought in Karnulin, Sosnitskiy and Vervaeke as main support.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/grm.png Grieg-MaerskPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
AndersenMichael ValgrenDEN3155645177
ArensmanThymenNED2476726372
BrkicBenjaminAUT2774746774
HulgaardMortenDEN2567706575
KiflayMetkelERI3263686677
KorsaethTruls EngenNOR3056606678
LarsenNiklasDEN2660687780
LastraJonathanESP3074756962


Don't be surprised if Grieg-Maersk leads the team classification after the prologue. With Larsen, Korsaeth, Kiflay and Andersen they have four specialists.
After the prologue it would make sense if they get aggressive in the breakaway formation.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/isa.png ISA - HexactaPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
AndersenIdarNOR2468696873
BongiornoFrancescoITA3378745767
HarrisonSamGBR3162677872
JuradoCristofer RobinPAN2867696972
MartinezDaniel FelipeCOL2777726472
OsorioJuanCOL2876727071
PinotThibautFRA3379736164
SantosEmersonBRA3263647874


Sam Harrison is one of the outsiders for the two flat stages. ISA - Hexacta looks like another team that could benefit from breakaways.
Pinot and Bongiorno look on paper more suited for a top 20 spot in GC.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/kng.png King PowerPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
ChaiyasombatThanakhanTHA2476726670
ChamorroJuan ErnestoCOL3278756664
ChiuHo SanHKG2867747164
LeungChun WingHKG2957646982
PhodingamSakchaiTHA2577746461
VanthourenhoutMichaelBEL3066686870


King Power selected Chung Wing Leung for this race, who is another favorite for the prologue.
Phodingam and Chamorro could maybe go for a breakaway win in the mountains.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ldl.png Lidl CyclingPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
BarguilWarrenFRA3281756470
BettiolAlbertoITA3071777167
CatafordAlexandorCAN3072706079
Cort NielsenMagnusDEN3078745472
PradoIgnacio JesusMEX3077736478
VermeerschGianniBEL3163707463


Lidl Cycling has brought a balanced team. First they will count on Cataford and Prado for the prologue.
After two easy stages, the team has Alberto Bettiol for the hilly stage and Warren Barguil for GC.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/min.png MinionsPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
BarbierRudyFRA3150677760
CattaneoMattiaITA3381695078
KalabaDusanSER2765697978
QuintanaDayerCOL3176716170
RubioEiner AugustoCOL2575726064
VoisardYannisSWI2573706164
VosekalnsAndrisLAT3178756762


Mattia Cattaneo is the GC leader for Minions at this Tirreno-Adriatico. A top 5 would be a major success.
Serbian Dusan Kalaba is an outsider for the two flat sprints.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/mol.png MOL Cycling TeamPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
AlmeidaJoaoPOR2580716373
CampenaertsVictorBEL3254695378
ChavanneGabrielSWI3158647682
HuertasJasonCRC2563687374
KennaughTimGBR3277706672
KeoughLukeUSA3260627980
ScotsonCallumAUS2756636678
StashMamyrRUS3056647778


Just like Grieg-Maersk, MOL has a variety of options for the prologue. Chavanne and Keough look like the best options.
Joao Almeida is another GC prospect for a top 10, with the help of Tim Kennaugh.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/mos.png Moser - SygicPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
HosekJosefCZE3275746464
KudusMerhawiERI2985776472
NommelaAkselEST2957677665
OtrubaJakubCZE2575746370
SalazarJohnPHI2570696971
TurekDanielCZE3064686176
71726167


Moser - Sygic is all about Merhawi Kudus and not without reason.
The man from Eritrea is the top candidate for GC. Although the climbing support isn't at his level.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/pol.png PolarPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
ChristakosDimitriosGRE2475706173
LatourPierreFRA3081756574
OldaniStefanoITA2571716867
PostlbergerLukasAUT3158686977
ShikaiChenCHN3181715776
VivianiEliaITA3457636876


Polar has another GC first tier leader in Pierre Latour. He will be backed by the Chinese Chen Sikai.
Just like many other teams, they will be hoping to keep their GC man without time loss.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/rab.png RabobankPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
DimaEmilROM2673696373
FormoloDavideITA3179806969
HofstedeLennardNED2970766162
KalfStevenEST2858667367
MeeusJordiBEL2561657460
TolhoekAntwanNED2975755864
VaderMilanNED2773686170
Van PoppelDannyNED3060648172


Danny Van Poppel is the Rabobank leader for the flat stages.
After these, Davide Formolo will take over in the hilly stage where he could shine. His energy stats look a bit weak for GC.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/p4e.png Team Popo4Ever p/b MorshynskaPCT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
AniolkowskiStanislawPOL2662658059
BeltranEduard AlexanderCOL3378806565
KachurDmytroUKR2261686059
PadunMarkUKR2782776065
PluchkinAleksandrMOL3678686072
SergisKasparsLAT3175765858
VasylivYuriyGER3077746272
ZumerMaticSLO2670686557


After the prologue, TeamPopo4Ever will be looking to set up Stanislaw Aniolkowski for a stage win.
Then the attention will turn to Eduard Beltran, one of the main guys for the hills stage. There is also Mark Padun for GC, although his energy isn't top notch.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/pum.png Team Puma - SAPPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
HeidemannMiguelGER2568686073
JohannessenTobias HallandNOR2478736767
KanterMaxGER2663678168
KmieliauskasRokasLTU2367686376
NieuwenhuisJorisNED2764697560
SteimleJannikGER2766707871
ZimmermannGeorgGER2677736061
ZwiehoffBenGER2977756160


Homegrown Max Kanter is one of the challengers of Aniolkowski for the flat stages.
Team Puma - SAP will count on Zimmerman, Zwiehoff and Johannessen to get in breakaways afterwards.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/tti.png Tinkoff - La Datcha TeamPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
ArslanovIldarRUS2976716174
FoliforovAlexanderRUS3175726170
MamykinMatveyRUS2977726265
NovikovSavvaRUS2474706166
RikunovPetrRUS2677736776
VlasovAlexanderRUS2775726477
YatsevichKirilRUS3255686080


Tinkoff - La Datcha Team could grab a stage win with Yatsevich in the prologue.
They have a solid core of climbers in support of Mamykin, who has excellent energy stats to rely on.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ziz.png ZARA - IrizarPT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
FernandezRubenESP3275756065
HofstetterHugoFRA2962707766
MasEnricESP2878776068
OvsyannikovAlexandrKAZ2661687964
RodriguezOscarESP2877756374
SolerMarcESP3076715477
WellensTimBEL3282756372


When the prologue is finished, ZARA - Irizar has a candidate for every terrain.
First up is Ovsyannikov for the sprints. Then there is Enric Mas for the hills and Tim Wellens for GC.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/zpc.png Zwift Pro CyclingPCT
Last nameFirst nameCountryAgeMOHISPRPRL
FraileOmarESP3375715978
GirmayBiniamERI2364707465
GloagThomasGBR2269686560
JorgensonMatteoUSA2477746573
LopezJuan PedroESP2678756063
PowlessNeilsonUSA2778726578
RyukiUgaJPN2468706664
TejadaHaroldCOL2677735971


Last but not least, the second PCT team in Zwift Pro Cycling. With Girmay, Gloag and Jorgenson they have a lot of talented riders lining up.
Maybe they can score in the breakaway in one of the last days with Powless, Lopez or Tejada.

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Edited by Laurens147 on 23-10-2023 12:46
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redordead
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Posted on 23-10-2023 09:27
The list if 80+ climbers for Pogacar to go up against is pretty scary, but I figured it will be.

Thanks for the preview, you summed up my team perfectly Smile

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Posted on 23-10-2023 09:37
Didn't I train Haig to 83? Embarassed

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Posted on 23-10-2023 10:40
Sending Formolo to the more mountainous race of the triple header worked quite well last year. Hopefully it will be the same this time, though this one looks a bit harder.
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Posted on 23-10-2023 11:56
I hope Farantakis can find his legs here when Coquard surely couldn't so far! Otherwise this will be another (on paper decent) dissapointing race.

We have sent a very strong support team with Farantakis here so it would be very dissapointing to not see him figure close to a stagewin, preferably a stagewin on stage 2 to claim the leaders jersey would be key.

Giannoutsos and Mavrikakis are here with a free role to chase some luck
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Laurens147
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Posted on 23-10-2023 12:47
tsmoha wrote:
Didn't I train Haig to 83? Embarassed


Apparently the training wasn't included in the participation file that I got. The database should be up to date.
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tsmoha
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Posted on 23-10-2023 13:12
Thanks!

In this case, I obviously expect Haig to fight for the podium. We desperately need him to deliver in any race he's attending. Otherwise relegation is quite a certain thing, I fear.

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baseballlover312
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Posted on 23-10-2023 13:55
Triple clash, and yet I think this is the one race of the year where Galta and Quintana are riding together. The other two race just didn't favor either, and would let have led to goo race day allocation. The problem, of course, is that basically every PT GC guy has made the trip, because where else would they go.

A realistic goal has to be a top 10, with the though that Quintana can also finish in the top 15-20 and allow depth points to make up some of the gap to better climbers. IDK how the game is going to handle that, but that's the strategy that I think makes sense.

Thanks for the preview!
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Posted on 23-10-2023 14:29
Top 10 is the realistic target here for Barguil, perhaps pushing for a top 5 with a bit of good fortune. With both Prado and Cort Nielsen here as well there's a secondary aim to try and put 3 riders in the GC top 20 and try and win the teams classification.
 
DubbelDekker
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Posted on 23-10-2023 17:19
Let's fight for the win, but trained Kudus will of course be hard to beat. Second or third would also be an acceptable result.

Nice touch to highlight every team in the preview
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ember
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Posted on 23-10-2023 17:43
On paper, probably the best stage race for Amezawa all season to race for a GC placing, with only the prologue as a time trial. Very curious to see how he does!

Fingers crossed Kragh can keep his prologue/epilogue streak here, grabbing another stage and also a leader's jersey on the opening day. Also excited to see Johannessen and Van Poucke, as it's their first outing for us where we have PT mountains (not counting our passive PTHC Portugal affair). Would be cool to see them try to feature in a breakaway or two Grin

Looking forward for this one!
 
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Posted on 23-10-2023 18:24
Lack of big TTs for Cattaneo does not give me much hope for a good GC, but we'll see where we get. Kalaba can teach our lead sprinter a thing or two.

Thanks for the preview!
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cio93
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Posted on 23-10-2023 19:05
Thank you for the extremely detailed and thus enjoyable preview! Smile Much appreciated.


I did consider to bring Herklotz here, but in the end we settled on trying to pick up some minor prizes here.

Loanee Kmieliauskas should be the favorite to end day 1 in white (which might not mean much), before Kanter hopes to repeat some of our early season sprint magic a couple of times with our already successful Nieuwenhuis-Steimle train at his side.
Additionally, our second loanee THJ aims to get on the U25 podium with the help of returning Zimmermann and maxed Zwiehoff at the end of the race, with Pogi and Almeida clearly one step above but many others fighting for the final position.

The two Z's hopefully try to get into a break or two late into the race too, although gaps might not be large enough by then to facilitate the GT-style breakaways those two would like to see.
 
Fabianski
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Posted on 23-10-2023 20:12
Wow, what a startlist with 15 80+ climbers Shock There are so many of them that Tenorio, Quintana, Almeida, Shikai and Padun don't even make it to the favourite list - looking forward to this climbing festival from a completely neutral perspective Smile

Kudus should be in a great position to win the race, but Dombrowski's strong acceleration could give him the edge in the fight for bonus seconds, which could be decisive given the low amount of TT kilometers.
Speaking of TT, I'm rooting for Gabby to take a win here, would be cool to see MOL getting some nice points out of our Theuns deal as well Wink

Thanks for the great preview, and good luck to those participating!


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Posted on 23-10-2023 21:36
We've come here with riders for almost every stage. Ovsya to try mix it up in the sprints and Mas an unlikely candidate for the more Puncheur favoured stage.

Wellens with his first opportunity to impress. Although it is a very strong field, I have to hope he can be in and amongst the Top 5 if not better.

Thank you for the comprehensive preview! Good to all teams and let's see how the race turns out Wink
 
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Posted on 23-10-2023 22:44
Just here for our XP and have some breakaway fun. Wink
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Posted on 23-10-2023 22:49
Great preview!

We're mainly hoping that Larsen can beat the main man himself, SKA, and snatch the win in the prologue. But looking at SKA recently, it will be tough.

Also hoping that Arensman can try something, but against this field my expectations are quite low.
 
knockout
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Posted on 24-10-2023 07:06
First opportunity for Eenkhoorn to show what he can do. Hoping for a top 15 fight. The rest of the team is picked with the hope of getting into breaks.
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redordead
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Posted on 24-10-2023 08:32
Nice to start off the race with some points Smile

5th for Howson is about right. Groselj just missed out on a top 10, but I'm happy with the effort from both.

Pogacar with probably his best prologue to date is already leading the U25s, not something I thought about to be honest. With some luck maybe he can wear that jersey from start to finish, but more likely someone goes in the breakaway and scores bonus seconds in the next two stages.

Speaking of the next two stages, hopefully Enger adds more to our points total.

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Posted on 24-10-2023 09:36
Solid start from Haig. Nothing else to say, tbh Smile

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