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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 10-01-2025 08:59
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 [C1] GP Wallonie
Report by Abhishek
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | | | | | | | | | 2023 | ACKERMANN Pascal | STANNARD Robert | ARERUYA Joseph | | | | | | | | | 2022 | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | MEURISSE Xandro | BORGES Bruno | | | | | | | | | 2021 | LUTSENKO Alexey | FORMOLO Davide | SAGAN Peter | | | | | | | | | 2020 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | BOBRIDGE Jack | KORETZKY Clement | | | | | | | | | 2019 | CLAEYS Dimitri | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | DI MAGGIO Cesare | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Pascal Ackermann | Zwift Pro Cycling | 4h31'22 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Robert Stannard | DuckDuckGo - Everesting | s.t. | | | | | | | | | 3 | Joseph Areruya | Xero Racing | s.t. | | | | | | | | | 4 | Pello Bilbao | Indosat Ooredoo | s.t. | | | | | | | | | 5 | Anthony Turgis | Lampre - Pinarello | s.t. | | | | | | | | | 6 | Lilian Calmejane | Trans Looney Tunes | s.t. | | | | | | | | | 7 | Edward Theuns | Jura GIANTS | 19" | | | | | | | | | 8 | Emanuel Buchmann | Team UBS - Tissot | s.t. | | | | | | | | | 9 | Tiesj Benoot | Sony - Force India | s.t. | | | | | | | | | 10 | Elie Gesbert | Assa Abloy | s.t. | | | | | | | |
Welcome to Belgium for the sixth edition of GP Wallonie. Last year we saw a 6 man group make it to the famous finish line on the 'Citadelle de Namur', where Pascal Ackermann beat Robert Stannard and Joseph Areruya.  Ackermann is again amongst the favourites, this year riding for Tafjord Kraft. He was 6th in Strade Bianche earlier this season. There is no way past  Andrea Bagioli in this preview. The Italian got a unbelieveable run in USA, winning all three stages and ofcourse GC.  Arnaud Demare will be hoping to continue his form from South Africa (stage win) and Strade Bianche (5th).
 Marc Hirschi is another one who showed good form after winning a Pologne stage and finishing on the podium of Badaling International and a USA PCC stage. The same can be said from  Robert Stannard, who won in Strade Bianche and got 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the USA PCC stages. Then we have the experienced  Tomohiro Kinoshita. He won a South Africa stage and got solid top-10's in both Strade Bianche and Badaling International.
We have another legend on the startlist with  Peter Sagan. He has been super consistent in the hilly stage races with 10 top-10's so far, can he perform the same in a one day classic? Followed by two outsiders  Anthony Turgis (13th in Strade Bianche) and  Xandro Meurisse (4th in Badaling and 8th in Strade). There is also  Aidan Van Niekerk (2nd in the closing USA PCC stage) and  Petr Vakoc (6th in Badaling).
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HL | ST | RS | RC | SP | AC | | Bagioli | Andrea | ITA | 25 | 71 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 78 | | Demare | Arnaud | FRA | 33 | 72 | 79 | 74 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 80 | | Ackermann | Pascal | GER | 30 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 71 | 79 | 77 | 80 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HL | ST | RS | RC | SP | AC | | Hirschi | Marc | SWI | 26 | 71 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 66 | 75 | | Stannard | Robert | AUS | 26 | 73 | 81 | 75 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 78 | | Kinoshita | Tomohiro | JPN | 33 | 72 | 82 | 79 | 76 | 72 | 67 | 76 | | Turgis | Anthony | FRA | 30 | 73 | 79 | 76 | 78 | 70 | 70 | 77 | | Meurisse | Xandro | BEL | 32 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 78 | | Sagan | Peter | SVK | 34 | 70 | 81 | 75 | 71 | 65 | 71 | 73 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HL | ST | RS | RC | SP | AC | | Calmejane | Lilian | FRA | 32 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 76 | | Paez | Andres | ARG | 29 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 76 |  Moscon | Gianni | ITA | 30 | 71 | 80 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 60 | 73 | | Van Niekerk | Aidan | RSA | 27 | 69 | 80 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 64 | 74 |  Nikiema | Bachirou | BUR | 27 | 69 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 76 |  Borges | Bruno | POR | 33 | 69 | 79 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 79 | | Vakoc | Petr | CZE | 32 | 71 | 81 | 75 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 74 |  Tesfatsion | Natnael | ERI | 25 | 68 | 78 | 68 | 72 | 74 | 69 | 78 |  Müller | Patrick | SWI | 28 | 70 | 80 | 76 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 73 | | Luchshenko | Sergey | KAZ | 30 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 72 | 78 | 75 | 75 | | Eriksson | Lucas | SWD | 28 | 72 | 78 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 65 | 76 |
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Edited by Laurens147 on 10-01-2025 13:31
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| Caspi |
Posted on 10-01-2025 09:47
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Glad to see Nikiema mentioned in the preview, but top 10 is the best we can hope for with such strong competition. Hopefully, that means one of our weaker riders gets to join the BOTD.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-01-2025 10:44
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Not even on the outsider list, but I get it. These short hills are nothing for De Plus. Still hoping for a tough race and maybe a top 10.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 10-01-2025 11:16
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here with little expectations just hoping for a miracle day and a top 10  |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 10-01-2025 12:08
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Praying Xandro keeps up his great from from Pologne and rolls back the years to his 2022 result here!
Thanks for the great preview, feeling a Hirschi win here!
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 10-01-2025 12:40
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Bagioli with a quick turn around - we did well with Bilbao here last year as a similar rider, and the route suits him well. Would be happy with a top-10 as anything can happen in a hilly race like this, but if he has good positioning going into the finals, anything can happen.
I expect Standard to step up and show the division why he should be the best puncheur - with Hirschi not far behind also.
Thank you for the preview!
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| quadsas |
Posted on 10-01-2025 16:19
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Posted on 13-01-2025 16:59
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 10-01-2025 17:10
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We won this race with Claeys in 2019, who was slightly past his prime. Kinoshita finished second that time, and is now slightly past his prime. I feel the stars are aligned
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 10-01-2025 19:23
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Thank you for the detailed preview Laurens! 
I really like this race and I hope Ackermann can do the same things this year.
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| Booker |
Posted on 10-01-2025 22:41
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Thanks for the preview Laurens, looking forward to seeing if Lyu or Hermans can hang in there and upset the apple cart a little bit.
I'm not holding out high hopes, but hopefully we can get some decent points from the team here!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 11-01-2025 10:45
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First goal of the season. Stannard should behave well here, but Im slightly worried he isnt in the top tier of favourites. Anyway we would need him to win this twice or thrice to offset the desert of results we have elsewhere. Thanks for the thorough preview, Laurens!
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 11-01-2025 11:45
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super happy with Acerkmann 2nd!
Nothing to do with Bagioli today, but cool to see the Italian and German champion battling it out for victory. Huge congrats to Eden and our friends in Indosat.
We'll come back stronger next time 
Thank you so much Abhi for the really exciting report! |
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 11-01-2025 13:09
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I have no idea what the chefs are feeding this man on the team bus, but long may it continue. It’s a good route for Bagioli, but with all of the big dogs present a top-10 is about all you can hope for, and he goes and outdoes himself again. What a man!
Seriously no words to describe it. Dunbar’s gonna have a run for his money if he thinks this is still his team. Hopefully it’ll motivate him to do better Obviously luck plays a big part, but I never would have imagined how well Bagioli would have done when we signed him. I knew he’d be good, but the way things are going this guy is getting himself a national holiday in Indonesia.
Good to see Ackermann in 2nd and Hirschi also doing well - Standard having a rough race again is very strange. Hopefully he can pull himself up by the bootstraps and finish the season strong.
Thank you for the report!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-01-2025 14:54
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Just to stay positive: we beat both Moscon and Waeytens!
Congrats Eden, Bagioli is incredible this year. And thanks for the report!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 11-01-2025 16:02
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Ollfardh wrote:
Just to stay positive: we beat both Moscon and Waeytens!
Congrats Eden, Bagioli is incredible this year. And thanks for the report!
We will get you next time
Expected result loved the report thanks |
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 11-01-2025 16:12
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I like this, Bagioli won in USPCC and Yates won in Poland. Bagioli won Wallonie - back to you Adam.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 11-01-2025 16:53
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Thanks Abhi for the excellent report, much appreciated!
And congrats Eden to another victory, what a run from Bagioli! 7th from Vakoc is definitely okay. Although I must admit it’s a bitter aftertaste seeing Edmondson score big with the trade Vakoc-Edmondson in mind.
All in all again some points on the board, on to Lisbon!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 11-01-2025 19:16
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Fine, we always liked the CT division better anyway.
Seriously, congrats again, Eden. Stellar season from Bagioli! And thanks for the sympathetic words.
Thanks for the lively report Abi!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 11-01-2025 20:08
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Eighth is another one of those unspectacular results from Kinoshita. Sure it brings in the points but from his stature we expect more from these kinds of races.
Thanks for the report Abhi and congrats Eden. Bagioli is in fine form this part of the season
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 13-01-2025 08:59
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Very nice result from Bystrom against some top competition, probably his strongest showing of the season considering who he was up against. Thanks for the nice report Abhi!
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