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 Macskako Kerekparverseny (PT)
Welcome to Hungary for the seventh edition of the cobbled race Macskako Kerekparverseny, which, according to Google, translates to cat circle race. Can we trust Google, though? The first edition was won by Jerome Baugnies. Later Carlsberg was the only team to win this race twice (with Sinkeldam and Trentin), and last year the victor was Aker - MOT's Lukasz Wisniowski. Let's have a look at the profile.
We see cobbles, we see hills. Only 170 km makes this race not very long, but I'm sure it will be more than hard enough with that profile. Let's find out who the favourites are for the race.
| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | HI | ST | RS | CB | SP | AC |  |  Pedersen Mads | 77 | 65 | 69 | 78 | 80 | 83 | 78 | 77 |  |  Spengler Lukas | 74 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 83 | 62 | 70 |  |  Gerts Floris | 77 | 66 | 78 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 72 | 70 |  |  Van Hooydonck Nathan | 73 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 82 | 61 | 72 |  |  Wisniowski Lukasz | 79 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 82 | 72 | 75 |  |  Per David | 79 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 82 | 74 | 74 |  |  Altur Marcos | 75 | 63 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 82 | 72 | 68 |  |  Senechal Florian | 75 | 61 | 67 | 79 | 74 | 82 | 69 | 74 | |  Teunissen Mike | 76 | 61 | 67 | 77 | 73 | 81 | 67 | 69 |  | Kamyshev Arman | 76 | 56 | 64 | 80 | 74 | 81 | 65 | 59 |  |  Anderberg Hampus | 78 | 64 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 80 | 60 | 73 | |  Theuns Edward | 71 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 79 | 76 | 74 |  |  Tiller Rasmus | 74 | 65 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 79 | 74 | 73 |  | Sulimov Alexander | 73 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 71 | 79 | 65 | 71 |  |  Ferreira Ricardo | 73 | 57 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 79 | 71 | 69 |  |  Gaday Lucas Manuel | 71 | 67 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 78 | 71 | 73 | |  Polanc Jan | 72 | 74 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 78 | 67 | 75 |  |  Siric Ivan | 78 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 77 | 71 |  |  Pidcock Thomas | 78 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 81 |
As with most cobbled races we see Pedersen topping the list. He was fifth here last year, opened the cobbled season in Appia Antica with a second place recently and knows how to survive on an undulating route. His prologue isn't amazing, but it seems unlikely he'll need that tomorrow. The only other 83 rated cobbler on the list of favourites is Spengler, who will be looking for redemption after only finishing 50th in Appia Antica.
The list of 82 cobblers is bigger, and one rider standing out is Gerts. Great puncheur skills that he'll be looking to capitalize on for Rabobank in his last Macskako Paraverseny as a maxed rider, as he's currently 32 years old. Other Dutch team Fastned bring the recently trained Van Hooydonck, who's also not too shabby on short climbs, but might lack pure climbing skill tomorrow. Whereas Gerts finished tenth here last year, Van Hooydonck did that the year before. They both didn't start the year perfectly, finishing ninth and eighth respectively in Appia Antica.
Last year's winner Wisniowski is back for new team Assa Abloy, and needs to make up for his poor performance in Italy (15th). Same can be said for the trained Per, who disappointed with a tenth place there. The Carlsberg slovenian did finish third here last year, so that is something he'll try to recreate. Speaking about recreating, we can see the Tinkoff duo of Sulimov and Senechal want to recreate their 1-6 performance of a couple of days ago, and same can be said for Altur, finishing fourth there, and now racing in the homy country of his team.
Teunissen is not a great climber, but will still hope to improve on that fourteenth place in Appia Antica. Aker - MOT managed to win the race with Wisniowski last year and are back now with Anderberg, finishing sixth in this race as domestique last year, and opening his season with a solid fifth place in Italy recently. Theuns was eleventh as a wildcard racer here last time, and even though he has declined, he'll want to show he can still help his team Jura - GIANTS in their survival hunt. Don't bring him to the line with a large group, because then you're in danger.
Tiller is also not the slowest rider, not the worst climber and has decent energy stats. He's King Power's hope tomorrow. Ferreira is Polar's leader but his lack of climbing skills could hurt him badly, whereas ZARA - Irizar's Gaday is one of the better puncheurs on the list. Speaking about climbing skills, Evonik's Polanc is always dangerous in a race like this, and he showed that last year with a second place. A third place in Appia Antica recently showed he's in good shape. Siric is a physical beast and will try to score some nice points for Cedevita, whereas it was simply unthinkable to not include the already legendary Pidcock in this list. He has already shown us many amazing things, why not add a cobbled classic win to his list?
Full startlist can be found in the spoiler. Good luck to all.
Spoiler  Anderberg Hampus
Laporte Christophe
Potts Marc
Klaris Magnus Bak
Swift Connor
Räim Mihkel
Kamp Alexander
Bolor-Erdene Enkhtaivan
Wisniowski Lukasz
Girmay Biniam
Taubel Christoph
Blume Levy William
Rickaert Jonas
Renard Alexis
Kaloniatis Georgios
Kolev Yoan
Per David
Meiler Lukas
Resell Erik Nordsaeter
Bolivar Isaac
Matsangos Alexandros
Cannister Goldwijnn
Finkst Tilen
Van Tricht Stan
Siric Ivan
Poljanec Miha
Fedorov Yevgeniy
Duric Dorde
Salby Alexander
Redy Dylan
Katrasnik Gasper
Selimovic Husein
Ballerini Davide
Buttigieg Aidan
Antonijevic Goran
Dujardin Sandy
Holmes Matthew
Stedman Max
Lazkano Oier
Gloag Thomas
Spengler Lukas
Lampawog Jay
Sweeck Laurens
Gunnlaugsson Kristofer
Geniets Kevin
Vermaerke Kevin
John Naveen
Banzer Gordian
Polanc Jan
Neilands Krists
Eekhoff Nils
Silva Nihal
Kurianov Stepan
Dversnes Fredrik
Ansons Kristers
Van Niekerk Morne
Van Hooydonck Nathan
Van der Hoorn Taco
Robeet Ludovic
Hoole Daan
Havik Piotr
De Kleijn Arvid
Waerenskjold Soren
Tjotta Martin
Teunissen Mike
Giulietti Luigi
Lander Sebastian
Godon Dorian
Balmer Alexandre
Karnulin Denys
Sosnitskiy Anatoliy
Hofer Andreas
Pedersen Mads
Stokbro Andreas
Bohli Tom
Jansen Amund Grondahl
De Gendt Aime
Abrahamsen Jonas
Van Gestel Dries
Ssabagwanya Samuel
Theuns Edward
Paprstka Tomas
Kung Stefan
Colombo Filippo
Schmid Mauro
Delco Lorenzo
Stehli Felix
Berthet Clement
Tiller Rasmus
Menten Milan
Salzmann Jodok
Van Baarle Dylan
Vanthourenhout Michael
Chiu Ho San
Salazar John
Phodingam Sakchai
Vermeersch Gianni
Stewart Jake
Basso Leonardo
Van der Poel Mathieu
Pons Gaetan
Baterdene Narankhuu
Bakke Christophersen Cedric
Hoang Thai Phan
Altur Marcos
Moricz Daniel
Ariesen Tim
Scotson Callum
Kelly Jacob
Stash Mamyr
Cole Tyler
Gonzalez Abner
Boros Michael
Skala Jakub
Nommela Aksel
Stocek Matus
Toupalik Adam
Frankovic Mateo
Atkins Josh
Vacek Karel
Ulloa Jose Gerardo
Vlatos Panagiotis
Abolaji Fatiu
Pira Yesid Albeiro
Parashchak Yaroslav
Merchan Didier
Healy Ben
Aguilar Mendez Jose Pablo
Ferreira Ricardo
Garcia Cortina Ivan
Lauk Karl Patrick
Barthe Cyril
Sweeny Harry
Nych Artem
Oldani Stefano
Brockhoff Jan
Gerts Floris
Van den Berg Julius
Kalf Steven
Meeus Jordi
Van Den Berg Marijn
Frigo Marco
Vader Milan
Van den Broek Frank
Rutsch Jonas
Cavagna Remi
Hollmann Juri
Nieuwenhuis Joris
Zegklis Nikolaos
Wilksch Hannes
Heidemann Miguel
Schinnagel Johannes
Senechal Florian
Kamyshev Arman
Sulimov Alexander
Syritsa Gleb
Tikhonin Evgenii
Yatsevich Kiril
Gonov Lev
Strakhov Dmitry
Ovsyannikov Alexandr
Wright Fred
Iversen Rasmus
Norsgaard Mathias
Pedersen Rasmus Sojberg
Sleen Torjus
Broxham Ricardo
Holm Jorgensen Adam
Schreurs Hamish
Vermeersch Florian
Pidcock Thomas
Bester Shaun Nick
Horvat Ziga
Van Zyl Johann
Novardianto Jamalidin
Ganjkhanlou Mohammad
Gaday Lucas Manuel
Monk Cyrus
De La Cruz Chapulin Luis Fernando
Miquel Pau
Vandevelde Yentl
Storer Michael
Gilmore Brady
Blanca Pareja Nichol
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| Bikex |
Posted on 03-12-2024 16:30
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Cat Circle Race indeed sounds weird. So far I was convinced the name of this race was just an arbitrary combination of letters without any meaning.
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Posted on 03-12-2024 19:04
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Come on Mike, you have to make that top 10 happen this time.
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Posted on 03-12-2024 19:13
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This is one of the cobbled classics where Polanc historically does really well. The cobbled hill at the end really benefits him a lot. Hopefully he can deliver once again!
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 03-12-2024 21:01
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Me to Pidcock and Vermeersch for the rest of cobbles season:
Excited to see whatever they can do, hoping for more long-range attacks like Pidcock did in Italy. This should be one of the strongest profiles for Pidcock I guess, so hopefully he can bring in some more points, while it's not a terrible one for Vermeersch either. Would love to see Florian in the long-range attacking role here or at least improving on his position from Strada.
Thanks for the preview Nemo, very excited for the report
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Posted on 03-12-2024 21:39
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Cobbles and hills, on paper a perfect fit for Theuns. But we had that in Italy, and he didn't do too well. And he was here last year, but didn't have it in the end for his only non-Top10 result in a cobbled race all year long. So let's hope he manages his energy better this time and gets us a better result.
Also interested to see what Schmid can do here, he got a Top 30 unmaxed last year, maybe this route could really suit him...
Thanks for the preview, good luck to all!
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Posted on 03-12-2024 23:14
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As always, to be on the podium is the goal. We got some good answers in Strada Appia Antica, so that's hopefully something we can build on.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 04-12-2024 05:23
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Praying for miracles
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Posted on 04-12-2024 06:37
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The profile and final kilometer doesn’t suit Anderberg very well. Hoping he can make use of the flat sections and potentially be liv ly with positioning. Then it could be possible to fight for a top 5. A top 10 must be the goal, nevertheless. |
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Posted on 04-12-2024 06:52
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Nemolito wrote:
[...] Macskako Kerekparverseny, which, according to Google, translates to cat circle race.
I don't know which Google you use, but mine results in "Macskako Cycling Race" 
Looks like Macskakő actually means cobblestone, so the race name should simply be translated to "Cobblestones Cycling Race"
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| redordead |
Posted on 04-12-2024 07:01
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I don't think this is a great race for Siric, but I thought the same about Appia and he certainly managed to prove me wrong there
I think Pidcock could pull a fast one here on all the cobble specialists.
Thanks for the preview
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 04-12-2024 10:30
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Hopeful for a big Gaday performance as the team is floundering a bit at the moment!
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Posted on 05-12-2024 09:38
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The way Tiller is treated by the AI is starting to worry me slightly. However it was again a great depth result for us with 6 riders in the Top 30 this time. Menten unfortunately just missed the top 10. It was cool to see Chiu try something.
Great victory for Evonik, congrats knockout!
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Posted on 05-12-2024 09:42
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Sorry for not mentioning this in the report, but the video was recorded by Abhishek
Oxxo once again an anonymous cobbled race, but Ulloa got some screen time as 41st rider in the race when that big split occurred, so we'll take it
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| ember |
Posted on 05-12-2024 10:12
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Wow, perfectly executed by Polanc to claim a surprise win. Super strong in the sprint and final kilometer, and also taking advantage of everyone else up to that point. Congratulations, knockout!
Anderberg was mighty impressive, especially watching the movie and everything he did in the final kilometers. A pity he didn’t get even more from it, as it seemed quite close to be even a win for him, but the gap he created with his attack wasn’t big enough to hold on to.
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Posted on 05-12-2024 10:32
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Yes baby 
He doesnt stop. The Polanc is on fire 
I had high hopes for this race as that final climb always helps him a lot but coming in with the victory is just outstanding.
The action in this race was perfect for the filmed version, really cool we got it here! The amount of action starting 100km out was perfectly suited to this and in the end, I really thought Pidcock would stay away. I felt weirdly confident to at least get a 3rd or 4th place with Polanc in the final since he looked really good all the way without spending much unnecessary efforts but the victory is of course a bit of a pleasant surprise.
Again our depth was a bit underwhelming with no additional top 50 finisher but Polanc of course overshadows that. But its hard to get further riders high when King Power already has 6 riders in the top 30
Thanks Bikex & ember!
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Posted on 05-12-2024 10:45
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That was a fun race to watch!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| redordead |
Posted on 05-12-2024 10:51
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I'm very happy with another top 10 result for Siric. The video really showed his good positioning and I'm not suprised he struggled a bit on the uphill finish. Again nobody else in the top 50, but it was a nice ride by Poljanec in the breakaway. Still a very nice cobbled campaign so far
Congrats to knockout and thanks to Nemo and Abhi for the report
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Posted on 05-12-2024 11:20
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Wtf was that, mr Teunissen?!
I like offensive cycling, but this was probably a bit too opportunistic. We should have been top 10 contenders but now we have no rider inside the top 35. Bad day for Gazelle.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 05-12-2024 11:53
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Great race and report, super fun to follow!
As much as I'd love to see a win for former loanee Mads P, you can't be mad at a win for Polanc, grats to Knockout!
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