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.
Favourites & outsiders
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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
**
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
*
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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Full startlist:
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Last name
First name
Afewerki
Elias
De Marigny-Lagesse
Llucie
Moiruri
Moses
Onley
Oscar
Quispe
Alain
Reis
Rafael
Ruvalcaba Reyes
Davide
Xandri
Jan
Blouwe
Louis
Feiereisen
Kevin
Meintjes
Louis
Ndayisenga
Valens
Tesfatsion
Natnael
Uwizeyimana
Bonaventure
Van Eetvelt
Lennert
Verstrynge
Emiel
Boily
David
Camrda
Karel
Cheyne
Jordan
Izagirre
Ion
Pickrell
Riley
Preidler
Georg
Rucigaj
Ziga
Vacek
Mathias
Belohvosciks
Kristians
Delbove
Joris
Garibian
Arman
Hodeg
Alvaro
Lund Andresen
Tobias
Pinot
Thibaut
Ranaweera
Suranga
Vauquelin
Kevin
Berhane
Natnael
Chamorro
Juan Ernesto
Goncalves
Gaspar
Grmay
Tsgabu Gebremaryam
Khederi
Souheil
Kipruto
Ivan
Penasa
Pierre Paolo
Schönberger
Sebastian
Ablenado
Aberlardo
Acosta
Ruben
Garcia
Jhojan
Quevedo
Xavier
Scheit
Florian
Serrano
Gonzalo
Benito
Miguel Angel
Fortunato
Lorenzo
Hayakawa
Tomohiro
Kennaugh
Peter
Riccitello
Matthew
Rodrigues
Joao
Sunderland
Dylan
Vasko
Levente
Barta
William
Bernard
Julien
Hagen
Carl Fredrik
Jensen
Kristian Haugaard
Robov
Momchil
Stoenchev
Valentin
Tratnik
Jan
Ulysbayev
Dinmukhammed
Arrieta
Igor
Carr
Simon
Foldager
Anders
Johanson
Kristjan
Krieger
Alexander
Majoral
Jordi
Martinelli
Alessio
Morin
Emmanuel
Abdurrahman
Muhammad
Affonso
Murilo
Arifin
Muhammad Imam
Canty
Brendan
Hefnar
Ilham Sultansyah
Sakalou
Andrei
Tenorio
Justo
Van Vliet
Indy
Benedetti
Gabriele
De Plus
Laurens
Mareczko
Jakub
Oomen
Sam
Piccolo
Andrea
Sajnok
Szymon
Van Gils
Maxim
Vandenabeele
Henri
Bechkov
Aleks
Borges
Bruno
Chiarello
William
Culey
Marcus
Freuler
Jan-Andre
Goos
Marc
Jarc
Aljaz
Yzeiraj
Marildo
Cepeda
Jefferson Alexander
Chumil
Sergio
Gomez
German Dario
Granados
Kevin
Jimenez
Dylan Roberto
Mendoza
Bryan Fernando
Rivera
Kevin
Tejada
Harold
Abreu
Jorge
Canal
Carlos
Debesay
Yacob
Jorgenson
Matteo
Lopez
Juan Pedro
Pronskiy
Vadim
Van Garderen
Tejay
Welten
Bram
Aru
Fabio
Carpenter
Robin
De Comarmond
Aurelien
Laas
Martin
Liphongyu
Nawuti
Manfredi
Andrea
Moutsios
Martinos
Seboka
Matala
Barguil
Warren
De Vos
Adam
Dzamastagic
Mark
Kumara
Amith Udaya
Naud
Patrick
Potocki
Pavel
Riesebeek
Oscar
Van Keirsbulck
Guillaume
Budyak
Anatoliy
Fratczak
Radoslaw
Lutsyshyn
Roman
Padun
Mark
Petrov
Yordan
Ponomar
Andrii
Sergis
Kaspars
Sitchinava
Nika
Badilatti
Matteo
Brun
Nils
Godoy
Caio
Perera
Madushanka
Schelling
Patrick
Schir
Thery
Sequera
Pedro
Stöckli
Jan
Goossens
Kobe
Guerreiro
Ruben
Lehtinen
Sakari
Mager
Christian
Osborne
Jason
Predatsch
Kevin
Stalberg
Albin
Vangheluwe
Warre
Glivar
Gal
Knox
James
Kunkumpai
Kantaphon
Munoz
Cristian
Murn
Bostjan
Pibernik
Luka
Primozic
Jaka
Vingerling
Michael
Hellemose
Asbjorn
Holm Jorgensen
Adam
Iversen
Rasmus
Johannessen
Tobias Halland
Ovsyannikov
Alexandr
Pedersen
Rasmus Sojberg
Schlegel
Michal
Silvestre
Fabio
Alajmi
Abdulhadi
Altanzul
Maani
Bartl
David
Buratti
Nicolo
Carapaz
Richard Antonio
Minali
Riccardo
Vinokurov
Nicolas
Zahiri
Abderrahim
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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.
[C1] Tour of Eritrea 
