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Milano - Torino Discussion
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 25-05-2024 19:51
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Welcome to Italy, we have one of the most interesting classics of the season on the menu with Milano Torino! The Italian classic clashes with Lugano and is generally seen as the more tough of the two and when you look at the course it’s apparent why that’s the case.
While the start is flat, the end of the 192kms is an absolute saw of one tough hill after another that is a guarantee for great racing!
This is a race that has been won by strong hybrids for the last few iterations and we do have a couple of returning winners in  Kelderman and reigning champion  Beltran. Kelderman is among the expected top competitors whereas the Colombian has lost a bunch of power since his last trip to Milano, but you never know what can happen!
We already mentioned two riders that will try to reclaim a win but there is one rider in particular that stands tall above the rest:  Areruya. The Rwandan beast has been incredibly difficult to topple in his races this year but that doesn’t mean we won’t riders that are going to try to test their mettle against him.  Eiking and  Benoot are two riders that have had relatively middling seasons but on paper are among the top riders to make a move here. The investment in  Gesbert’s training has still yet to be fully justified with the Frenchman vying for some taste of success. A rider where the training has paid off though is  Higuita who’s hybrid skillset could be proven to be of great use on the Italian roads.
| Rider | FL | MT | HI | ST | RS | AC | | Kelderman | 70 | 71 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 72 | | Eiking | 71 | 69 | 81 | 78 | 74 | 76 | | Benoot | 71 | 75 | 81 | 75 | 74 | 71 | | Areruya | 72 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 78 | 76 | | Gesbert | 71 | 74 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 73 |  Moscon | 71 | 73 | 80 | 76 | 77 | 73 |  Boswell | 70 | 71 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 76 | | Beltran | 68 | 78 | 80 | 71 | 70 | 74 |  Waeytens | 70 | 71 | 80 | 72 | 70 | 73 | | Gebrezgabihier | 68 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 74 | 69 |  De Plus | 72 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 72 | | Higuita | 69 | 78 | 79 | 76 | 78 | 75 | | Prevar | 71 | 70 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 71 |  Kron | 73 | 70 | 79 | 75 | 75 | 73 |  Vansevenant | 73 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 78 |  Errazkin | 71 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 73 |  Eriksson | 72 | 67 | 78 | 78 | 74 | 76 | | Budyak | 68 | 74 | 78 | 72 | 67 | 68 | | Skjerping | 67 | 70 | 77 | 71 | 67 | 65 |
Startlist:
Spoiler Rider
 Gesbert
Mosca
Hänninen
Gebremedhin
Kvist
Gougeard
Konychev
Hoole
Jans
De Laat
Kawasaki
Askey
Johnson
Fretin
Muhammad
Welch
Kelderman
Gebrezgabihier
Olei
Cabanas
Bdadou
Bonello
Borg
De Marigny-Lagesse
Moscon
Laas
Schönberger
Budenieks
Pronskiy
Sossa
Bereznyak
Rodriguez
Henao
Arndt
Montenegro
Zegklis
Kusi
Inkelaar
Orosco
Diaz Suarez
Vansevenant
Denz
De Kleijn
Bovenhuis
Pluimers
Hessmann
Fisher-Black
van Sintmaartensdijk
Eiking
Skjerping
Rosskopf
Wandahl
Tjotta
Fjellheim
Della Lunga
Bourgoyne
Rohendi
Abdurrahman
Wibisono
Arif Prayogo
Gani
Firdaus
Pernsteiner
Rabitsch
Lienhard
Muhlberger
Livyns
Schlechter
Laurance
Syritsa
Errazkin
Darbellay
Tediashvili
Bakke Christophersen
Davies
Janssen
Raugala
Marchewka
De Plus
Covi
Van Gils
Potocki
Calzoni
Vandenabeele
Benedetti
Piccolo
Higuita
Beltran
Aular
Lopez Nolasco
Galvan Ramirez
Pira
Hollmann
Moutsios
Boswell
Seigle
Mohammad
Warbasse
Hoehn
Quinn
Kuss
Revard
Ulissi
Skivild
Klyver
Verre
Blanca Pareja
Petrucci
Franco
Betancourt
Squire
Siriwardena
Abreu
Reguigui
Merchan
Alarcon
Lopez
Benoot
Tratnik
Shirota
Kozhatayev
Van Dijke
Van Dijke
Hayter
Alben
Eriksson
Asgreen
Hoem
Breen
Waersted
Kulppi
Belevics
Beltran
Prevar
Budyak
Bratashcuk
Sergis
Parashchak
Horvat
Bilyi
La Lavandier
Lipowitz
Magnussen
Finkst
Willwohl
Vangheluwe
Heinrich
Stalberg
Waeytens
Pibernik
Munoz
Sobrero
Centrone
Stimulak
Murn
Kolev
Kron
Seibeb
Pedrero
Kaloniatis
Enggaard
Nyoni
Van De Paar
Blume Levy
Areruya
Kipkemboi
Van Zyl
Tesfaye Heyi
Duyvesteyn
Lazkano
Ackermann
Carr
Lopez
Jorgenson
Ryuki
Gloag
Flynn
Rangel
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| KaiserAdler |
Posted on 25-05-2024 21:10
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After the dissapointment in America, we return close to home in hopes of finally getting a W. Wilco has the ability to perform, he damn sure start to perform otherwise he'll be on the chopping block for 2024. Good luck to everyone!
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 25-05-2024 21:54
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Moscon liked this race, but he's gone (still looking forward to see what he can do here with his hills training). Errazkin is a tad weaker on the short uphills, but has a better skillset for repeated climbs, which we definitely have here. On paper, he should be a Top 20 candidate; Top 15 would be nice. Darbellay will hopefully support him for most of the race, the punchy climbs then definitely won't be for him.
Good luck to all, thanks for the preview!
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| quadsas |
Posted on 25-05-2024 23:49
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Moscon needs to up his market value or buddy better start learning Chinese
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 25-05-2024 23:57
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Boswell still looking for a decent result this year, not optimistic, but with Bagioli and Narvaez in Lugano this is his chance to lead the bad one last time.
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| seancoll |
Posted on 26-05-2024 04:39
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I've got a very weird group here and I hope that someone finds a strong breakaway. Any sort of top 15 result from Squire(?) maybe Betancourt would be amazing.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 26-05-2024 10:42
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Hope higuita is able to follow areruya as long as possible! Thanks for the great preview, wj!
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 26-05-2024 22:12
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PCT hills have become sooooo boring 
Congrats nonetheless to Xero once again, Areruya really is a cheat code this year. We'll see if he can bring the team to PT singlehandedly ^^
Nice to see Beltran get another (maybe final?) top result here, and Higuita also shows that he's a future superstar!
15th place by Errazkin is pretty OK; not quite the 10 points we were hoping for, but not far off. Job done I'd say.
Thanks for the report!
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 27-05-2024 04:50
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Fairly typical from Boswell, good enough to stay in the front group but not good enough to do anything. Nice spirit from Seigle and 16th is a good result from him.
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 27-05-2024 06:14
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We knew it would be hard and it was for us. We could present our colours early a bit but thats it. Our wish to score at least a point couldnt be achieved. Well, next year then... maybe.
Congratulations to the guys on the podium and thanks for thje report!
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| redordead |
Posted on 27-05-2024 08:31
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This is Beltran's favourite race, his last four results here:
1st, 3rd, 1st, 2nd 
"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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| Bjartne |
Posted on 27-05-2024 09:53
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Great win by Areruya again, go Rwanda! 
25th by Eriksson is unfortunately nothing to report home about.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 27-05-2024 09:54
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The race was less selective than I thought it would be, but looking at the podium in the end the mt stat was still of big importance. Glad to see Areruya do well again, and happy with Higuita's podium spot for sure.
Thanks for a great report, whitejersey, and congratulations to jandal
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 27-05-2024 10:00
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Areruya beasting his way to the top as costumary, Kudos jandal.
Good to see Arndt clinch a top10 for us with Henao closely behind. Not much but every point counts I guess.
Thanks for the report WJ!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 27-05-2024 11:57
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What a top 4 
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Posted on 27-05-2024 11:57
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What a top 4
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| quadsas |
Posted on 27-05-2024 12:11
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5th is more than acceptable
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 27-05-2024 12:13
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Veni, vidi, vici. Just hulking out for 1500m, no leadout, no nothing. I thought it was too long on this finish - he continues to find ways to impress Thanks wj!
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11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 28-05-2024 11:06
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Benoot finally waking up in the hills to get a good result. Might be too little too late for our promotion push but at least we're not going out with a whimper.
Congrats to jandal and thanks for the report
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