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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 10-12-2024 07:28
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 [C2] Geraardsbergen-Bosberg
Report by AbhishekLFC
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | | | | | | | | 2023 | GADAY Lucas Manuel | CHATARUNGA Sameera | TEDIASHVILI Giorgi | | | | | | | | 2022 | PAPRSTKA Tomas | SINKELDAM Ramon | CHATARUNGA Sameera | | | | | | | | 2021 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TSATEVICH Alexey | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | | | | | | | | 2020 | SUMMERHILL Danny | BENOOT Tiesj | TRENTIN Matteo | | | | | | | | 2019 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | KASPERKIEWICZ Przemyslaw | KUMARA Amith Udaya | | | | | | | | 2018 | KLUGE Roger | FERREIRA Ricardo | ZHUPA Eugert | | | | | | | | 2017 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | DRUCKER Jempy | HUGENTOBLER Gregory | | | | | | | | 2016 | DE HAES Kenny | DUARTE NARDIN Thiago | THOMAS Geraint | | | | | | | | 2015 | LANGEVELD Sebastian | DE MAAR Marc | KOZONTCHUK Dmitri | | | | | | |
| 1 | Lucas Manuel Gaday | Strava | 5h02'04 | | | | | | | | 2 | Sameera Chatarunga | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | 25" | | | | | | | | 3 | Giorgi Tediashvili | Jura GIANTS | s.t. | | | | | | | | 4 | Taco Van der Hoorn | Fastned | s.t. | | | | | | | | 5 | Lucas Eriksson | Tafjord Kraft | s.t. | | | | | | | | 6 | Yves Lampaert | Stela-Vita | s.t. | | | | | | | | 7 | Arjen Livyns | JEWA TIROL Cycling Team | s.t. | | | | | | | | 8 | Tomas Paprstka | Genii Hyundai N Cycling | s.t. | | | | | | | | 9 | Darren Matthews | Podium Ambition | 50" | | | | | | | | 10 | Hasani Hennis | Podium Ambition | s.t. | | | | | | |
Welcome to the 10th edition of Geraardsbergen-Bosberg. 12 CT teams did register for this combination of cobbles and hills in the heart of the 'Flemish Ardennes'. They are accompanied by 6 PCT teams.
All eyes are on  Ruben Zepuntke for this one. Although his hill qualities are limited, he should compensate more than enough with his pure cobble skill. He will be feeling the pressure after a mere 14th place in Gent-Wevelgem. Within the same team there is an alternative called Beka Nareklishvili, 5th in GP Herning.
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team will count on the duo  Jonas Hvideberg and Brent Van Moer. They finished 7th and 13th in Herning respectively. Then there is Duvel-Tsingtao, who could be seen as the successor of Crabpack. With  Bert Van Lerberghe (4th Herning and 6th in G-W), Timo Roosen (11th Herning), Christoph Noppe they have three cards to play with.
Good old  Tom David (Glanbia) could be seen as a winning candidate, with his cobbles-hill combination and already a winner in Gent-Wevelgem. Then there is Trans Looney Tunes who have three outsiders in  Lecourt De Billot, Clenne Morvan Moulingui (winner in Herning) and Ivan Centrone. The PCT teams have a list of dark horses with  Mathias De Witte (5th in G-W),  Joanis Nielsen (7th in G-W) and Jesse Kaislavuo (8th in G-W) and  Martin Schäppi among others.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HL | ST | RS | CB | SP | | Zepuntke | Ruben | GER | 31 | 72 | 69 | 79 | 72 | 82 | 72 | | Hvideberg | Jonas Iversby | NOR | 25 | 78 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 65 | | Van Lerberghe | Bert | BEL | 32 | 74 | 66 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 75 | | David | Tom | NZL | 34 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 68 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HL | ST | RS | CB | SP | | Lecourt De Billot | Olivier | MRI | 31 | 75 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 61 | | Moulingui | Clenne Morvan | GAB | 29 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 78 | 65 | | Roosen | Timo | NED | 31 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 66 | | De Witte | Mathias | BEL | 31 | 74 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 71 | | Van Moer | Brent | BEL | 26 | 76 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 71 | 58 | | Noppe | Christophe | BEL | 30 | 75 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 75 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HL | ST | RS | CB | SP | | Nielsen | Joanis Albert | FAR | 31 | 75 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 73 | | Kaislavuo | Jesse | FIN | 31 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 67 |  Muhindo | Jimmy | COD | 28 | 74 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 75 | 68 | | Schäppi | Martin | SWI | 28 | 72 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 66 | | Nareklishvili | Beka | GEO | 28 | 72 | 66 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 64 |  Marzuki | Nur Amirul | MAS | 32 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 72 |  Hofstetter | Hugo | FRA | 30 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 77 | | Centrone | Ivan | LUX | 29 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 67 | 76 | 53 |
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| MacC |
Posted on 10-12-2024 08:02
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Thanks Laurens. Indeed, good old Tom David has another chance to make this upside down year even more upside down for Glanbia.
good luck all
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 10-12-2024 08:03
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Awesome preview here, thank you!
A bit more hopeful seeing our rising superstar on the favorites list. Let's see how we handle this one 
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 10-12-2024 08:58
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Thanks for the preview!
A top 10 could be possible for our duo of Darbinyan and Hofstetter. It worked well for now, but maybe the hills are a bit too much? In any case, both of them have their chances in a grouped arrival.
Good luck everyone!
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| Booker |
Posted on 10-12-2024 13:42
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Thanks so much for the preview Laurens! This is one on the calendar where we thought we could do some damage, but looking closer at the race profile, it looks like the hills will have a part to play.
I'd put my money on Trans Looney Tunes scoring very well, with quite a few solid looking riders in their contingent this race.
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| SotD |
Posted on 10-12-2024 17:07
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I hope Edmondson Can do something here. We deliberately chose this race to give him a chance for leadership.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 10-12-2024 20:12
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C2 cobbles, so a good chance for some points here!
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 11-12-2024 20:25
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Let’s just get into the breakaway again and hope for a higher finish because of that. Not expecting anything obviously.
Good luck everyone!
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| SotD |
Posted on 12-12-2024 08:48
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Great job by Miltiadis to take 7th here
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 12-12-2024 08:51
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Not great for us with a PCT 1-2, but nonetheless congratulations to Lotto and Minions on a great race. Also this race never dissapoints, thanks for a great report Abhi
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 12-12-2024 09:18
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Great report, thank you.
PCT 1-2, oh well.
We'll take a 3rd, that also makes it the best we've ever done in a cobble race in the teams history. Milestone.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 12-12-2024 10:31
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A 5th place here for Kaislavuo atleast get us some points.
Good to see our former rider Hvideberg on the podium for Gjensidige too
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 12-12-2024 11:25
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Talk about going out on a whimper 
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 12-12-2024 12:14
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Wow, didn't see that one coming! Epic win  These 50 points will come in very handy in the survival battle.
Thanks Abhi for the report!
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 12-12-2024 13:44
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Three in the top 20 is decent, if not good enough. Still, if that enters our lower PPRD on the trimester, I'll be happy.
Also Serrano already this high up is good.
Thanks for the report, congrats Laurens.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 12-12-2024 20:11
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PCT kicking some ass here, congrats Laurens!
Races like this is why we need to have someone like De Witte around, not letting the mandatory C2 go to waste. Great second place.
Thanks for the report Abhi!
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 13-12-2024 07:48
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Hmmmm, i have thought a while what to think about it. I mean I cant really be super dissapointed with a 4th place. BUT with Zepuntke I just expected more and if i look at the outcome and how it went at the final kilometres i cant even unedrstand why he couldnt make it. Anyway, congrats to Laurens and thanks fo the report.
Hopefully Zepuntke and also Nareklishvili can step up their game a bit ????
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| Booker |
Posted on 14-12-2024 15:20
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Congrats Laurens and thanks for the report Abhi. 8th and 10th is an alright return for us, but we aren't quite taking advantage of the cobbles the way we'd like. On the bright side, it was just PCT punching down on us lowly CT teams in this one 
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