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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 04-12-2024 06:01
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 [C1] Tour of Eritrea
Report by Abhishek
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | | | | | | | | 2023 | OOMEN Sam | MEINTJES Louis | YATES Adam | | | | | | | | 2022 | - | - | - | | | | | | | | 2021 | ARNDT Nikias | SPILAK Simon | ALARCON Jose | | | | | | | | 2020 | WARBASSE Lawrence | CHAMORRO Juan Ernesto | NDAYISENGA Valens | | | | | | | | 2019 | PINOT Thibaut | NIBALI Vincenzo | FAIERS Thomas | | | | | | | | 2018 | KUDUS Merhawi | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | MONSALVE Yonathan | | | | | | | | 2017 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | SCHELLING Patrick | PINOT Thibaut | | | | | | | | 2016 | AMADOR Andrei | RICCO Riccardo | PINOT Thibaut | | | | | | | | 2015 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | VALVERDE Alejandro | RUJANO José | | | | | | | | 2014 | MARQUEZ Florentino | KISERLOVSKI Robert | INTXAUSTI Benat | | | | | | | | 2013 | GOMEZ MARCHANTE José Angel | MARQUEZ Florentino | NAZARET Magno | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
S1:Â Issiaka Cisse (Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh)Â S2:Â Adam Yates (Indosat Ooredoo)Â S3:Â Sam Oomen (Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam) Pts: Sam Oomen (Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam) Mtn: Adria Urcelay (Stela-Vita) Yth: Jaka Primozic (Trans Looney Tunes)
| 1 | Sam Oomen | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | 11h31'31 | | | | | | | | 2 | Louis Meintjes | Bralirwa - Stevens Bikes | 32" | | | | | | | | 3 | Adam Yates | Indosat Ooredoo | 44" | | | | | | | | 4 | Orluis Aular | Los Pollos Hermanos | 45" | | | | | | | | 5 | Daan Olivier | Fastned | + 1'13 | | | | | | | | 6 | Mark Padun | Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska | s.t. | | | | | | | | 7 | William Chiarello | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | s.t. | | | | | | | | 8 | Kilian Frankiny | Sauber Petronas Racing | s.t. | | | | | | | | 9 | Antonio Pedrero | Tryg - Gobyk | + 1'54 | | | | | | | | 10 | Jaka Primozic | Trans Looney Tunes | + 2'02 | | | | | | |
Welcome to Eritrea for the Tour of Eritrea, a C1 category stage race where PCT and CT climbers meet for the first time this season.  Sam Oomen (Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam) is here to defend his title. He's again one of the favourites here, backed by the Belgians Maxim Van Gils and Laurens De Plus.  Louis Meintjes (Bralirwa-Stevens) is another name who is returning, after a second place last edition. Local hero Natnael Tesfatsion is also on the startlist for the African-Belgian team. Although the bookmakers tend to go for Brazilian  Caio Godoy (Team UBS) and  Warren Barguil (Specialized) as biggest challengers for Oomen. Godoy finished 11th in PTHC's Volta a Portugal earlier this season. Barguil did one place better and finished 10th.
We find three additional riders in last year's top10 who are returning with  Mark Padun (Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska),  William Chiarello (Llapi-Vita) and  Jaka Primozic (Trans Looney Tunes). Primozic was third in Volta a Catalunya behind ofcourse Jorgenson and Lunke. Tryg-Eni could have a duo leadership with  Tobias Halland Johanessen (13th in Portugal) and Michal Schlegel (21st in Portugal) in the mix.  Matteo Jorgenson (Newton Foundation p/b Zwift) is dominating the C2 circuit as expected, winning GC in Catalunya and TOME. As outsiders we also find the Portugese duo  Joao Rodrigues (Everesting) - 5th in Portugal and  Rafael Reis (Benetton Bimex Cycling).  Suranga Ranaweera is the GC hope for Ekoi - Le Creuset, where Thibaut Pinot will think back with nostalgia about his past results here. Pinot won in 2019, and finished 3rd in 2016 and 2017. Last but not least there is  Richard Carapaz (Zain-Omantel). He warmed up with three second stage places in Tachira and Catalunya and a podium spot in TOME GC.
From a sprinter's POV there is the opening stage in Asmara that suits them perfectly. All eyes will be on local boy Elias Afewerki (Benetton Bimex Cycling). At first glance he seems to miss a leadout, but maybe he can surf some wheels along the way. We also note Tomohiro Hayakawa (Everesting) - Tour of Qatar stage winner, Madushanka Perera (Team UBS), Alexandr Ovsyannikov (Tryg-Eni) - 5th in Milano San Remo, Bram Welten (Newton Foundation p/b Zwift), Riccardo Minali (Zain-Omantel) and Jakub Mareczko (Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo) as main contenders.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MT | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC | | Oomen | Sam | NED | 29 | 81 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 69 | | Godoy | Caio | BRA | 29 | 81 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 75 | | Barguil | Warren | FRA | 33 | 80 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 80 | 74 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MT | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC | | Meintjes | Louis | RSA | 32 | 80 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 69 | | Padun | Mark | UKR | 28 | 82 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 75 | | Johannessen | Tobias Halland | NOR | 25 | 80 | 74 | 73 | 77 | 77 | 75 | | Jorgenson | Matteo | USA | 25 | 79 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 71 | | Rodrigues | Joao | POR | 30 | 81 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 72 | | Reis | Rafael | POR | 32 | 81 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 78 | 64 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MT | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC | | Primozic | Jaka | SLO | 26 | 76 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 79 | 73 | | Schlegel | Michal | CZE | 29 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 75 | | Van Gils | Maxim | BEL | 25 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 76 | | Ranaweera | Suranga | SRI | 29 | 80 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 65 | | Carapaz | Richard Antonio | ECU | 31 | 80 | 71 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 65 | | Chiarello | William | BRA | 33 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 70 |
Sprinters
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | RS | RC | SP | AC | | | Afewerki | Elias | ERI | 32 | 73 | 70 | 81 | 79 | 80 | | | Hayakawa | Tomohiro | JPN | 32 | 73 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 79 | | | Perera | Madushanka | SRI | 31 | 71 | 73 | 77 | 79 | 80 | | | Ovsyannikov | Alexandr | KAZ | 27 | 74 | 72 | 80 | 79 | 78 | | | Welten | Bram | NED | 27 | 76 | 71 | 82 | 79 | 75 | | | Minali | Riccardo | ITA | 29 | 73 | 74 | 79 | 79 | 79 | | | Mareczko | Jakub | ITA | 30 | 74 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 77 | |
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 04-12-2024 08:03
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Thanks for the preview, Laurens!
We're hoping for a GC top 10 from Ranaweera and a good sprint result from Hodeg in stage 1. Both of them being rather down the list of favourites (if on it at all) also means we expect the rest of the team going for the breaks.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-12-2024 10:06
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It's going to be hard to repeat last year's success. Thanks for the preview!
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 04-12-2024 11:20
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Very tough start list for c1. I'm hoping Godoy can get on the podium, but it will be tough. Thanks for the preview!
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 05-12-2024 02:30
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Skipped this one because I figured it wasn't as favorable to the punchier guys as some other races. Others disagreed with me so that might have been a misjudgement, still a pretty deep field I am happy to miss out on.
Oomen going back-to-back seems like a good bet. Be interesting to see how Jorgenson can do among the bigger boys.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 05-12-2024 08:33
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Let's go team classification!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 05-12-2024 09:20
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Dzama mixing it with a stage podium and Naud making a BotD appearance we take those for sure, thanks for the report!
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| Caspi |
Posted on 05-12-2024 13:19
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As expected, nothing noteworthy to report from the African lions yet. S2 might fit Carpenter decently, but I actually hope Seboka and Manfredi lose time. That way, there's at least a small chance one of them will be allowed in the BOTD on S3, and somehow secure top 10 in the GC, as it's our sponsor objective.
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| knockout |
Posted on 06-12-2024 10:34
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Bit late to the party but Dzama finishing on the podium stage 1 has to be mentioned once more 
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 06-12-2024 10:51
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Really positively surprised by Penasa, wasn't expecting him to finish in the lead group on a hilly stage. Set himself up well to take a GC result in the closest thing we have to a home race, against some pretty formidable opposition. Excited to see what stage three holds!
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 06-12-2024 11:02
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At least we are visable thanks for the great report  |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 06-12-2024 11:21
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Barguil attentive and at the front, would have loved another podioum but I'll be more than happy if he keeps this up tomorrow! Thanks for the report and congrats to Oldfardh on the win!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 06-12-2024 11:48
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Big Sam delivering again for us! Unless tomorrow is a total disaster, this is going to be a good race for us.
Thanks for the report, any chance the KoM ranking could be added?
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 06-12-2024 12:12
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Genius if it works, stupid if it doesn't. Jorgenson with a bad blunder there. Not quite sure what he was thinking there.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 07-12-2024 14:15
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Had a giggle when I read Sunderland and Kennaugh were performjng a leadout for Hayakawa. That would be a story to remember had it not gone predictably wrong.
Stage 2 was kind enough for us, lets see if we can strike something before the end of the race.
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 07-12-2024 14:59
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Congrats to Ollfardh for a dominant performance by Oomen! Also thanks to Abhi for the nice reports!
It's been a rather unspectacular race for us, but Ranaweera 7th and Pinit 13th in the GC make for some nice scoring and that's good enough for us.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-12-2024 15:22
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So it was possible to do even better than last year! What a performance by Oomen and his support cast. Thanks for the great reports Abhi!
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 07-12-2024 16:59
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Well, the depth allowed us to finish 2nd in the Teams Classification and got 3 riders in Top 25 (shame that Robov fell short of being the 4th rider) + 8th in KOM for CFH. A bit disappointed that KHJ was invisible - was expecting him to be in the hunt in Stage 2, but it wasn't meant to be. But no one is perfect and he'll have his chances to shine. While the ranking points aren't that much - they could be the difference at the end of the day.
Nice reports Abhi and congrats to Ollfardh and Oomen.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 07-12-2024 19:43
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Three guys in top 100 
...What a shitshow this was from us. At least we were visible in the breaks I guess
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 07-12-2024 20:38
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Barguil dropping out of the top 5 here is a tad bit annoying but great race from Oomen! Thanks for the reports!
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