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 [PTHC] Great Ocean Road Classic
Report by Imladrik
| Year | Winner | | | | | | | | | 2023 | Nick Van der Lijke (EA Vesuvio) | 2017 | Marco Haller (In-n-Out p/b Carrefour) | | | | | | | 2022 | Alex Wohler (Amaysim Cervelo) | 2016 | William Connolly (Schuh powered by Wiggle) | | | | | | | 2020 | Gasper Katrasnik (Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team) | 2015 | Maximiliano Richeze (SanCor Cycling Team) | | | | | | | 2019 | Morten Reckweg (Netia - Vonin) | 2014 | Sarawut Sirironnachai (Siam Cement - Lenovo) | | | | | | | 2018 | Johannes Schinnagel (Oberfranken) | 2013 | Daniele Bennati (Team Puma - SAP) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Nick Van der Lijke | EA Vesuvio | 3h03'17 | | | | | | | 2 | Max Kanter | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | | | | | | | 3 | Elias Afewerki | Colombini Cycling | s.t. | | | | | | | 4 | Alberto Dainese | Assa Abloy | s.t. | | | | | | | 5 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | | | | | | | 6 | Jasper Philipsen | Polar | s.t. | | | | | | | 7 | Mohamad Izzat Hilmi Abdul Halil | Indosat Ooredoo | s.t. | | | | | | | 8 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | DK Žalgiris | s.t. | | | | | | | 9 | Cees Bol | Jura GIANTS | s.t. | | | | | | | 10 | Madushanka Perera | Spark-BNZ Racing | s.t. | | | | | |
Welcome to our first PTHC encounter of the season with the Australian Great Ocean Road Classic. We are looking for a successor to Nick Van der Lijke (EA Vesuvio). The Dutchman is again on the starting list, but more as an outsider this time. Max Kanter (Team Puma - SAP) is also returning after being runner-up last season. The German warmed up in Qatar with 1x top-5 and 3 additional top-10 sprint outings. Bryan Coquard is the first on the favourite list. He's looking to score big to give Manada Coyote a headstart in the PCT (survival) battle.
Salem Kemboi (Lidl Cycling) is a sprinter who's already travelled to Australia this season. He got a podium spot in the opening stage at Tour of Tasmania, but couldn't confirm in Qatar with only a 7th spot as highest placement. The same can be said from Alberto Dainese (Assa Abloy), the Italian finished 12th, 2x 14th and 2x 15th in Qatar. He'll be looking to do similar or even better than last year in GORC, when he finished fourth. Caleb Ewan (ISA - Hexacta) is eager to do better than his opening race at Down Under Classic, where he finished 11th. Contrary to Ewan, Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Team Popo4Ever) is firing on all cylinders with a win in the opening stage at Tour of Qatar. He added a 4th and 5th place later on in the race.
The main challenger for Coquard looks to be Eduard Grosu (Rabobank): excellent form after finishing 1st, 2nd and 2x 5th in the opening four stages in Qatar. Other guys to watch are Matti Manninen (Xero) with a third place in Qatar S5, Lionel Coutinho (Specialized) with a third place in Down Under Classic and Tour Down Under S1 and Tomohiro Hayakawa (Everesting) with a win in Qatar S5. Finally we close this preview with some rouleurs who have been succesful here in the past. We identify Alexander Konychev (Assa Abloy), Stepan Kurianov (Evonik - ELKO), Goran Antonijevic (cycleYorkshire), Mark Dzamastagic (Specialized) and Peter Varga (Team Popo4Ever) as main options for that scenario.
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | ST | RC | SP | AC |  Coquard | Bryan | FRA | 32 | 73 | 71 | 84 | 84 | 83 |  Grosu | Eduard | ROM | 32 | 73 | 74 | 79 | 83 | 80 |  Aniolkowski | Stanislaw | POL | 27 | 76 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 79 |  Kemboi | Salem | KEN | 29 | 78 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 80 |  Dainese | Alberto | ITA | 26 | 76 | 75 | 79 | 81 | 82 |  Ewan | Caleb | AUS | 30 | 75 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 81 |  Kanter | Max | GER | 27 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 80 |  Cullaigh | Gabriel | GBR | 28 | 74 | 73 | 78 | 82 | 81 |  Vesely | Daniel | CZE | 32 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 81 | 80 |  Manninen | Matti | FIN | 32 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 81 | 80 |  Coutinho | Lionel | POR | 32 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 80 |  Hayakawa | Tomohiro | JPN | 32 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 79 | 79 | | Konychev | Alexander | ITA | 26 | 82 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 75 | | Hamza | Yacine | ALG | 27 | 77 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 77 |  Enger | Sondre Holst | NOR | 31 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 81 | 78 | | Contreras | Emiliano | ARG | 30 | 72 | 73 | 77 | 78 | 80 |  Einhorn | Itamar | ISR | 27 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 80 | 78 |  Stallaert | Joeri | BEL | 33 | 76 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 75 |  Van der Lijke | Nick | NED | 33 | 72 | 71 | 76 | 81 | 77 |  Kurianov | Stepan | RUS | 28 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 70 |  Perera | Madushanka | SRI | 31 | 71 | 69 | 77 | 79 | 80 |  Rodenberg | Frederik | DEN | 26 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 79 | 79 | | Antonijevic | Goran | SER | 30 | 78 | 67 | 65 | 71 | 74 | | Dzamastagic | Mark | SLO | 33 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 76 | | Varga | Peter | HUN | 31 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 65 | 80 |
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Last name First name
 Dainese Alberto
Kaloniatis Georgios
Kolev Yoan
Konychev Alexander
Prasad Darshana
Renard Alexis
Rickaert Jonas
Wisniowski Lukasz
Feiereisen Kevin
Habimana Jean Eric
Kuypers Gerben
Stallaert Joeri
Teggart Matthew
Uhiriwe Renus
Van Eetvelt Lennert
Willems Jago
Albanese Vincenzo
Antonijevic Goran
Buttigieg Aidan
Cullaigh Gabriel
Dujardin Sandy
Hansen Lasse Norman
Wippert Wouter
Zukowsky Nickolas
Bablidze Irakli
Dakteris Janis
Kmieliauskas Rokas
Raugala Gustas
Tarvis Peeter
Tediashvili Giorgi
Vesely Daniel
Videika Airidas
Alaphilippe Julian
Banzer Gordian
Gunnlaugsson Kristofer
Lampawog Jay
Pelikan Janos
Sweeck Laurens
Van der Lijke Nick
Vermaerke Kevin
Askey Lewis
Daniel Maxime
Delbove Joris
Hadi Janvier
Hodeg Alvaro
Juntunen Antti-Jussi
Lapeira Paul
Louvel Matis
Hayakawa Tomohiro
Hindley Jai
Kennaugh Peter
Kusi Clement
Lau Wan Yau
Montenegro Santiago
Phonarjthan Patompob
Silva Thomas
Ansons Kristers
Baroncini Filippo
Dversnes Fredrik
Eekhoff Nils
Kurianov Stepan
Neilands Krists
Silva Nihal
Van Niekerk Morne
Bauhaus Phil
Bobridge Jack
De Kleijn Arvid
Havik Piotr
Hoole Daan
Robeet Ludovic
Van der Hoorn Taco
Van Hooydonck Nathan
Baska Erik
Contreras Emiliano
Ewan Caleb
Jurado Cristofer Robin
Mraouni Salah Eddine
Owen Logan
Sagiv Guy
Sanogo Abou
Chiu Ho San
Leung Chun Wing
Menten Milan
Salzmann Jodok
Sanikwathi Thanawut
Vanthourenhout Michael
Bakke Christophersen Cedric
Baterdene Narankhuu
Bettiol Alberto
Dekker David
Hoang Thai Phan
Kemboi Salem
Stewart Jake
Vermeersch Gianni
Arias Villanueva Sergio
Coquard Bryan
Huertas Jason
Jimenez Retana John
Mendoza Bryan Fernando
Peden George
Rojas Gabriel Francisco
Samudio Joseph Ivan
Barbier Pierre
Hecht Gage
Hoehn Alex
Julajuj Alex
Milesi Lorenzo
Mostov Zeke
Simmons Quinn
Wolf Justin
Gayral Joshua
Hopkins Kaden
Marte Jesus Roniel
Mayer Alexandre
Norbert Andrew
Perez Cristian
Vanderpool Kristian
White Connor
Dima Emil
Frigo Marco
Grosu Eduard
Kooij Olav
Vader Milan
Van den Berg Julius
Van Den Berg Marijn
Van der Kooij Bas
Einhorn Itamar
Eislers Sandis
Ghani Muhammad Suhaimi
Maccagli Andrea Enrico
Menicucci Samuele
Noia Carlo
Putti Riccardo
Rossi Diego
Coutinho Lionel
Dzamastagic Mark
Kasperkiewicz Przemyslaw
Marsman Tim
Milan Jonathan
Naud Patrick
Svestad-Bardseng Embret
Van Keirsbulck Guillaume
Ackermann Pascal
Berger Hakon Frengstad
Bertilsson Christian
Enger Sondre Holst
Liepins Emils
Manakov Viktor
Nielsen Joanis Albert
Waersted Syver
Aniolkowski Stanislaw
Bilyi Maksym
Golovash Oleksandr
Lutsyshyn Roman
Manamalage Nipuna Shira
Orlov Andriy
Varga Peter
Zumer Matic
Cemazar Nik
Heidemann Miguel
Hollmann Juri
Kanter Max
Nieuwenhuis Joris
Rutsch Jonas
Steimle Jannik
Wibisono Rachmad Noka
Blum Elia
Fominykh Daniil
Haugard Phan Age
Jacobs Johan
Maciejuk Filip
Perera Madushanka
Van Asbroeck Tom
Weiss Fabian
Broxham Ricardo
Davies Scott
Hellemose Asbjorn
Iversen Rasmus
Norsgaard Mathias
Rodenberg Frederik
Silvestre Fabio
Wright Fred
Bloem Joren
Ganjkhanlou Mohammad
Hamza Yacine
Horvat Ziga
Manninen Matti
Novardianto Jamalidin
Schreurs Hamish
Tesfaye Heyi Henok
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Posted on 23-10-2024 08:38
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Kurianov worked nicely here with a 16th place last year. A repeat of that would be nice but i also wouldnt mind a proper late attack by any of my guys - particularly here with late attacks working in two of the last three editions.
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 23-10-2024 08:51
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Chance to win this is obviously there with both Aniolkowski and Varga, and I feel like it's time for some Varga magic, it's already been too long without some of that!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 23-10-2024 09:14
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Australia hasn't been too sympathetic with us and this race doesn't really suit our strengths either, so any result is a good result here. Thanks for the preview, Laurens!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 23-10-2024 09:49
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Thanks for the preview! Classics have been our go to this season already with two really good results, time to go three for three!
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 24-10-2024 03:57
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Only here because we have to be. A day in the break would be fun.
Be nice to see Dainese or Cullaigh do something after they both suffered in Qatar.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 24-10-2024 09:27
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Expect an easy W
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 24-10-2024 13:55
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Another flat race this month, another chance for Hodeg to steal some points. If he gets anywhere near his Guadeloupe results we'll be happy, but probably we'll rather get a DUC kind of result.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 24-10-2024 17:03
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We're in attendance, we won't do sh*t 
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Posted on 24-10-2024 21:23
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I would like to see something nice happen for us here at this race!!!
(if Antonijevic wins - fine! I won't cry at that result) 
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| liefwarrior |
Posted on 25-10-2024 01:59
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Maybe I need to start investing in baroudeurs instead of sprinters. Very nicely done by Davies! Thank you for the report Imladrik.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 25-10-2024 07:00
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Marte! Wow, terrific result for the team! Main peloton botched that one and created a tense race 
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Posted on 25-10-2024 07:37
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Kurianov tried at least but I'm not happy about the timing (when the chase after the break is still on) and i am really a bit annoyed that we didnt get into the break as we didnt have much else to hope for
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 25-10-2024 09:17
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What a wild result, congrats on the upset KB!
Best result of the season for us as well. Was already happy to see the Ghanainan NC jersey on the break, but I'll take 5th in a PTHC race every day of the week. It's even more important given Hayakawa missed the sprint entirely.
Thanks for the breautiful report Imladrik!
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 25-10-2024 09:19
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A big surprising win here for us, adding 200 points we wouldn't have dreamed of to our tally and turning January from the expected low-scoring season opening to a huge success! We'll happily take it in our battle against relegation.
To the race itself: getting two riders into the break was already a good sign (and having the breakaway-legend-to-be Marte with them too), leaving us with some actual hope early in the race. We had lots of success with such a setup last season (I recall five stage wins out of multi-rider-appearances in breaks) and though we didn't get an additional podium (as in four of those cases) it's clearly one of the biggest wins in team history: it's our first PTHC win (in our first PTHC race) and also our first win in a classic. And it's done by a great team effort from our talents Louvel and Askey, which is a great sign for the season(s) to come as we clearly need our youngsters to score well (and it's also great fun on top).
Finally big thanks to Imladrik for the report, you're clearly a good omen for us (after last year's ToA)!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 25-10-2024 11:09
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Huge day for the PCT teams, especially for Ekoi. Congrats!
Would have been nice to get a podium here. Should have been more careful with the breakaway.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 26-10-2024 04:53
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Congrats to Ekoi! Love seeing PCT teams scoring big in PTHC races I'm not in.
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Posted on 26-10-2024 12:18
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Can second 100% of this post
Really weird to see a breakaway win in a PT/PTHC flat classic. Late attacks happen, but a breakaway taking it is a rare sight at this level if I'm not wrong. So well done, definitely some huge unexpected points for Ekoi!
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-11-2024 07:47
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I didn't really fancy Van der Lijke for pure sprinting options this season but couldn't pass over the chance to defend a title. 20th but well, you have to try!
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| jph27 |
Posted on 18-11-2024 19:41
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Kemboi winning the sprint for 8th with one of our loaned out riders ahead in 4th just about sums up this season so far. Congrats to kb and thanks for the report! |
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