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Gisborne GP - Discussion
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 11-10-2024 12:56
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Hello everybody and welcome to the start of the season for the CT division! 16 CT and 3 PCT teams at the start of the CT opener here in New Zealand. Last year's winner  Pacher has come back for more glory, and the same can be said for 2022 victor  Boswell. Let's have a look at the favourites and leaders.
| Mtn | Hill | Sta | Res | Spr | Acc |  Moscon | 73 | 80 | 76 | 77 | 60 | 73 | | Waeytens | 70 | 79 | 70 | 68 | 65 | 71 | | Boswell | 70 | 79 | 76 | 72 | 64 | 75 |  Jensen | 69 | 79 | 76 | 72 | 65 | 75 |  Bystrom | 68 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 68 | 76 |  Beltran | 76 | 78 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 71 |  Budyak | 74 | 78 | 72 | 67 | 57 | 68 |  Koretzky | 68 | 78 | 72 | 65 | 68 | 74 | | Watson | 65 | 78 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 72 |  Morin | 65 | 78 | 75 | 73 | 69 | 76 |  Raileanu | 77 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 59 | 70 |  Guerreiro | 76 | 77 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 72 |  Lyu | 75 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 63 | 74 | | Lafay | 75 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 63 | 74 | | Mager | 74 | 77 | 68 | 70 | 60 | 71 | | Zordan | 73 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 74 |  Serrano | 72 | 77 | 73 | 75 | 68 | 77 | | Bratashcuk | 71 | 77 | 75 | 70 | 62 | 67 | | Izagirre | 70 | 77 | 67 | 66 | 56 | 58 | | Quevedo | 70 | 77 | 70 | 70 | 64 | 73 | | Skjerping | 70 | 77 | 71 | 67 | 58 | 65 | | Carr | 70 | 77 | 74 | 71 | 59 | 72 |  Nikiema | 70 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 76 |  Lopez | 78 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 60 | 78 |  Seibeb | 75 | 76 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 73 |
Cervelo Test Team clearly has ambitions. Purely looking at the hill stat, they have two riders topping the list here. Apart from Moscon they also should have some good domestiques or even shadow leaders in Waeytens, Watson, Zordan and Izagirre.
Apart from his hill stat Moscon also seems to have the upper hand on the other 79 puncheurs. Former winner Boswell, Jensen and Bystrom are simply not as strong when it comes to climbing and their physical capacities. The difference with Moscon isn't too big either of course. If they manage to stay together until the finish line, all three of them have a better final kick than the Italian from Cervelo though
Beltran for Spark and Budyak for Popo as the first PCT rider on the list are some of the better hybrids at the start. Age is coming up to the Colombian, but he and his manager Jakstar hope to see him fight for results in classics for one more season. Except for his okay mountain stat, Budyak is not really the strongest rider of the bunch when looking at the other stats. Koretzky is the next 34 year old rider on the list, as the Frenchman has the task to make Gjensidige forget about Eiking. Not an easy task. Next Frenchman on the list is Morin who is here to defend the honour of Hilcona Racing Team. Not a great climber, but decent final kick.
Up next is a list of 77 puncheurs, but where several of them are better hybrids than the top puncheurs here. Raileanu hopes to shine for his new team Babymetal, but the same can be said for Guerreiro. The Portuguese can climb and also has a decent sprint. The perfect combo to make Team Würth MODYF victorious tomorrow?
Lyu wants to make new team Duvel - Tsingtao happy they chose a Chinese sponsor, whereas the previewer decides to not even put last year's winner Pacher on the favourite list, but we can see him doing well as well. Serrano is here for Euskadi - Murias. Nikiema is another rider who has a nice finish in his legs, whereas Lopez and Seibeb are two other hybrids to keep an eye on.
Good luck to everyone tomorrow, may the best man win!
Full startlist:
Spoiler  Raileanu Cristian
De Laat Jasper
Verschaeve Viktor
Ryuki Uga
McGill Scott
Todome Yuhi
Yamada Takumi
Itami Kenji
Moscon Gianni
Waeytens Zico
Watson Calvin
Zordan Andrea
Izagirre Ion
Boily David
McCormick Hayden
Grosser Aaron
Bablidze Irakli
Mikutis Aivaras
Vahtra Norman
De Lie Arnaud
Dakteris Janis
Kochetkov Mikhail
Lyu Xianjing
Hermans Quinten
Egger Mike Aaron
Dewulf Stan
Roosen Timo
Noppe Christophe
Brenner Marco
Pollefliet Gianluca
Bystrom Sven Erik
Schönberger Sebastian
Hamilton Chris
Vendrame Andrea
Goncalves Gaspar
Khederi Souheil
Bevin Patrick
Kipruto Ivan
Serrano Gonzalo
Quevedo Xavier
Scheit Florian
Barbero Carlos
Barcelo Fernando
Garcia Jhojan
Adriamihajanarivo Herizo
Domene Ramon
Lafay Victor
Rodriguez Cristian
Doubey Fabien
Pacher Quentin
Wackermann Luca
Cabanas Oscar
Le Berre Mathis
Hofstetter Hugo
Jensen Kristian Haugaard
Robov Momchil
Tratnik Jan
Hagen Carl Fredrik
Theorpanous Stavros
Klahan Noppachai
Sillankorva Jaakko
Young Darren
Koretzky Clement
Skjerping Kristoffer
Conti Valerio
Lunder Eirik
Christian Mark
Della Lunga Francesco
Bourgoyne Lucas
Madsen Erik Nygaard
Boswell Ian
Squire Robbie
Main Kent
Crowley Liam
Scotson Miles
Oram James
Yon Hin Daniel
Geary Dillon
Morin Emmanuel
Carr Simon
Aebi Antoine
Majoral Jordi
Johanson Kristjan
Martinelli Alessio
Arrieta Igor
Lopez Juan Pedro
Debesay Yacob
Van Garderen Tejay
Abreu Jorge
Mengoulas Alex
Canal Carlos
Ivanov Viacheslav
Wallinder Willhelm
Nikiema Bachirou
Laas Martin
Smit Willie
Aru Fabio
De Comarmond Aurelien
Manfredi Andrea
Mundle Benedikt
Schomber Nils
Beltran Eduard Alexander
Svab Jernej
Duchesne Antoine
Lemus Davila Luis Enrique
Diaz Suarez Andy Alihonay
Thompson Reuben
Scott Cameron
Mudgway Luke
Budyak Anatoliy
Bratashcuk Andrii
Prevar Oleksandr
Kachur Dmytro
Petrov Yordan
Sitchinava Nika
Fratczak Radoslaw
Ponomar Andrii
Guerreiro Ruben
Mager Christian
Lehtinen Sakari
Goossens Kobe
Campenaerts Victor
Van Bekkum Darren
Andersen Kasper
Vangheluwe Warre
Govekar Matevz
Pibernik Luka
Sobrero Matteo
Glivar Gal
Kunkumpai Kantaphon
Murn Bostjan
Tulett Ben
Peng Yuan Tan
Seibeb Costa
Broxham Ricardo
Davies Scott
Pedersen Rasmus Sojberg
Enggaard Victor Grue
Van De Paar Jarne
Malmberg Matias
Holm Jorgensen Adam
Zahiri Abderrahim
Vinokurov Nicolas
Al-Wahibi Mohammed
Alajmi Abdulhadi
Buratti Nicolo
Albalooshi Khalid
Ballerstedt Maurice
Minali Riccardo
Edited by Nemolito on 11-10-2024 12:59
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-10-2024 12:58
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So it begins..
Also, Moscon and Waeytens reunited?????
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 11-10-2024 13:12
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Very excited to get up in the middle of the night to watch our CT debut 
Hoping Bystrom's superior finishing ability can come to the fore here but realistically the race might be a bit too hard for him to stay with the likes of Moscon until the finish line. He's got all his main supporting cast alongside him, and it looks like all the division's big puncheurs are there too, so this should be a good bellwether for what we can expect for the rest of the season.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 11-10-2024 13:29
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Time to see if Lopez can hang with the true puncheurs.
Let the season begin!
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Posted on 24-11-2024 22:10
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| Caspi |
Posted on 11-10-2024 13:36
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Pft, get outta here. Strong competition!
This will be Cervelo's race to lose.
I hope Nikiema can sneak in the top-10.
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 11-10-2024 14:04
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A new era begins tomorrow. What a time to be alive!
Also wierd not to see Eiking on the startlist? Woooot?
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-10-2024 14:46
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hillis91 wrote:
A new era begins tomorrow. What a time to be alive!
Also wierd not to see Eiking on the startlist? Woooot?
Maybe on Sunday only. 
Previews are coming today, opening reports on Sunday!
Was a bit shocked to not see former rider and actually winner Bennett at the start, now riding for a home NZ team in the CT division.
Understandably with Beltran leading, still a bit of a pity story wise in his likely last winner season.
The Moscon/Waeytens duo will be interesting. You normally would expect the win by first in that field and this support, but there are simply too many almost equal riders here. So quite a wide open event. |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 11-10-2024 16:46
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At least it will be nice to see if this works early on in the season instead of hoping for a long period of time before!
From what happened last year and a small bunch finish I'll go for Guerriero to win just hoping to see a few riders in the top 20 if it's only one this may not work for the season |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 11-10-2024 19:25
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Going to be really fun to see how Koretzky will do in a declined state at the CT level and also to see if the Cervelo duo threat can make it work or if they keep carrying the ghosts of Lierse's past with them, thanks for the preview!
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| Booker |
Posted on 11-10-2024 23:42
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Oh wow, can't wait! Thanks to Nemolito for the preview. Here's to hoping that the first opportunity for Lyu to demonstrate his ability in mountains, hills, stamina and resistance goes well!
I'd love to see Hermans do well with his acceleration for some depth scoring, if it turns into a slightly more puncheur-favoured race.
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| seancoll |
Posted on 12-10-2024 00:39
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I'm going to throw a hailmary and say Guerreiro takes the win here. I just think that it will be a 10-12 rider group that crests the final hill and has to sprint the small plateau. I just like the combo of hill/mo/sprint that should do a ton for him here.
Fascinated by how the Cervelo super strong squad works together.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 12-10-2024 02:29
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We are finally here!! Can’t wait! Beltran hopefully can perform well! Keen to see the jersey in action too! Very excited! Great preview as well!
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 12-10-2024 10:13
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Let's see how useless or maybe valuable Budyak will be in those C2 hilly races! Could be much needed extra points
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 12-10-2024 17:39
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seancoll wrote:
I'm going to throw a hailmary and say Guerreiro takes the win here. I just think that it will be a 10-12 rider group that crests the final hill and has to sprint the small plateau. I just like the combo of hill/mo/sprint that should do a ton for him here.
I think this is a good call. Not sure it is a hail mary. Question is whether his SP/AC combo is good enough to get him some positioning.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 13-10-2024 07:57
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Wow, what a start from the new teams  Congrats booker and jt!
Also great depth from Euskotren finishing with three in the top 10.
Thanks Abhi for the report!
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| Caspi |
Posted on 13-10-2024 09:02
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Not the winner I expected, but congrats to Quint and Booker with the great start to the season 
Nikiema in 12th is decent, but we're going to need some overperformances in the hills to stay in promotion contention.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 13-10-2024 09:05
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QUIN HERMANS  He is by far one my favourite riders I have ever managed in this game and still sad I had to let him go after just one season love to see him shine in the CT, congrats on a strong return Booker!
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 13-10-2024 09:27
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 That was embarrassing
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 13-10-2024 09:50
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Weird very very weird!!! But will completely take 18 pprd to start the season. Duvel starting strong as expected there and also a huge race for Euskotren congrats to them as well |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 13-10-2024 11:22
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New teams aren't messing around I see. Was expecting more out of Lopez tbh but I guess the inclines weren't to his liking. Nice to see Abreu getting into the morning BOTD. He still holds our team record for most breakaways in a single season with 11 back in 2016 with Movistar-US Postal. So something to keep an eye on moving forward if he is gunning to beat his own mark.
Thanks for the report!
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