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Berlin ProRace Discussion
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 22-12-2024 10:19
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 [C2] Berlin ProRace
Welcome to the Berlin Pro Race
The route and the profile of the race didn’t change much over the years. Owing to the rather flat Brandenburg landscape surrounding the city of Berlin, there aren’t many difficulties for the riders to overcome - none at all to be accurate. So everything looks to be prepared for a bunch sprint - or doesn’t it? Although the profile doesn’t suggest it, the race history has shown that attackers actually have a chance at this race.
The race is held since 2012 with a one-year hiatus in 2021. The character has stayed the same over all this years, so Berlin will welcome once again the best sprinters, this year those of the CT. But the sprinters (and their teams) will have to pay attention, as there were some surprise wins from late attacks (Dzamastagic in 2022 and Silvestre in 2019) or even from the break of the day (Bennett in 2014 and Vink in 2015) in the previous editions.
So far no rider was able to win the race twice, but  Riabushenko,  Dzamastagic and Itami are at the start of the race and have the chance to become the sole record holder – and at least the former two are among the favourites for the win.
Previous winners:
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| Year | Winner | | | | | | | | | 2023 | Aliaksandr Riabushenko (Babymetal Cycling) | | 2022 | Mark Dzamastagic (HelloFresh - Lampre) | | 2020 | Kenji Itami (GCN Racing) | | 2019 | Fabio Silvestre (Berg Cycles) | | 2018 | John Degenkolb (Iberia - Team Degenkolb) | | 2017 | Óscar Guerao (SPAR - Shimano - SCG) | | 2016 | Tosh van der Sande (Strava) | | 2015 | Michael Vink (Risa - Ergon) | | 2014 | George Bennett (Oz Cycling Project) | | 2013 | Allan Davis (Hollister Pro Cycling) | | 2012 | Daniele Bennati (Team Puma SAP) |
2023 results:
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| 1 | Aliaksandr Riabushenko | Babymetal Cycling | 4h04'47 | | 2 | Emils Liepins | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | s.t. | | 3 | Christian Bertilsson | Tafjord Kraft | s.t. | | 4 | Moreno Moser | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | s.t. | | 5 | Xhuliano Kamberaj | Stela-Vita | s.t. | | 6 | Theo Reinhardt | Adidas-Eurocash | s.t. | | 7 | Gabriel Marin | Manada Coyote | s.t. | | 8 | Riccardo Minali | Team Würth MODYF | s.t. | | 9 | John Degenkolb | JEWA TIROL Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas Boudat | JEWA TIROL Cycling Team | s.t. |
The startlist of the race consists of 15 teams form the CT and 4 teams from the PCT - with at least the CT teams sending their best sprinter(s) - not really surprising regarding the profile of the race. So the list of favorites is mainly a list of the best sprinters starting, supplemented by some potential late attackers.
Sprinters:
The list of sprinters is long - and could quite well be a lot longer still. On top of the list there are  Carsi and  Zariff, though both were mostly disappointing so far in this season. Behind them we find more than a dozen sprinters with pretty similar SP/ACC combinations (plus some veterans with low ACC), so it will all come down to positioning and the right timing.
| | FL | ST | RS | SP | AC | | Carsi | Mustafa | 70 | 66 | 69 | 80 | 82 | | Zariff | Nur Aiman | 70 | 71 | 67 | 80 | 80 | | Riabushenko | Aliaksandr | 76 | 71 | 74 | 79 | 77 |  Kennett | Dylan | 75 | 73 | 76 | 79 | 78 |  Welten | Bram | 76 | 72 | 71 | 79 | 75 |  Willwohl | Willi | 73 | 71 | 67 | 79 | 78 |  Minali | Riccardo | 73 | 70 | 74 | 79 | 79 |  Gibbons | Ryan | 75 | 73 | 72 | 78 | 78 |  Havik | Yoeri | 72 | 72 | 66 | 78 | 74 |  Mareczko | Jakub | 74 | 71 | 73 | 78 | 77 |  Keough | Luke | 72 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 77 | | Page | Dylan | 75 | 72 | 72 | 78 | 79 |  Scott | Cameron | 72 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 78 |  Bertilsson | Christian | 72 | 70 | 69 | 78 | 75 | | Altanzul | Maani | 72 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 75 |
Rouleurs:
This riders could launch an attack in the final kilometers if they don’t have to work for their respective sprinter (which is indeed quite improbable regarding the pure amount of sprinters at the start).
| | FL | ST | RS | SP | AC | FG | | Arashiro | Yudai | 81 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 78 | | Suter | Joel | 79 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 74 | 76 | | English | Felix | 78 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 59 |  Andersen | Idar | 78 | 70 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 72 | | Mundle | Benedikt | 78 | 67 | 71 | 58 | 67 | 79 | | Dzamastagic | Mark | 77 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 77 | | Sagiv | Guy | 77 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 66 | | Mraouni | Salah Eddine | 77 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 71 | | Biermans | Jenthe | 77 | 71 | 74 | 66 | 67 | 77 |
Full start list:
Edited by Ulrich Ulriksen on 22-12-2024 14:26
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 22-12-2024 10:28
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This was one of the first races I looked at when I saw that Dzama was C2 eligible, here's hoping he can find some magic and snatch a win!
Thanks for the preview!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 22-12-2024 10:44
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Let's go easy C2 points!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 22-12-2024 21:32
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Can Bertilsson repeat his last years podium? 
Thank you so much kandesbunzler! |
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| Booker |
Posted on 23-12-2024 11:28
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Very strong startlist. Thanks for the preview KB.
Looking forward to seeing if this is the race for Zhao or one of our brave attackers.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 23-12-2024 11:55
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I hope Scott can have a good sprint here and get us some much needed points!
Good luck everyone!
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 23-12-2024 19:07
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A good way to begin the month! It's a nice overperformance for Hofstetter to finish 2nd in the sprint lottery, with Wackerman finding a point too.
Thanks for the report!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 23-12-2024 19:10
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Bad sprinting/Positioning from Mareczko (as he tends to do this year). Suter continuing the good work though. Thanks for the report KB!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 23-12-2024 20:15
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So so so close!!! A great podium for Scott! Really happy with that but the win was in his grasp and he just misses out. Great sprint from Scott though to finish 3rd while not even being on the organisers favourites list!
Congrats to the first double winner of this far and excellent report!
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 23-12-2024 22:54
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13th by Berger is about as good as we could hope for, so I guess we're happy
Thank you Kandesbunzler for the great report and stunning pictures! |
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| Caspi |
Posted on 24-12-2024 10:07
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We really need to score better with the names we are bringing...
Some good pictures in the report
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 24-12-2024 10:46
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Dzama tried to roll back the years but the attack didn't stick  Thanks for a great report!
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 24-12-2024 13:38
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Good stuff that from Gibbons, not to be for the podium but happy with 4th. Hope the MGUCI is lenient on the drug testing and he can celebrate to the extent of his heart's desires in the clubs of Berlin.
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