★★☆☆☆
Assa Abloy is counting on Alberto Dainese to compete in the flat stages, he showed good form recently with a 3rd spot in Rund um Koln. Just like the Giro, no real GC threat for this team.
Aker - MOT
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Donovan
Mark
GBR
25
72
76
71
65
74
77
69
62
63
71
72
74
Groenewegen
Dylan
NED
31
73
61
67
64
74
71
85
59
82
81
59
64
Harper
Chris
AUS
30
67
75
73
62
71
72
74
60
65
74
72
65
Novak
Domen
SLO
29
68
80
77
66
74
76
77
61
66
76
73
75
Räim
Mihkel
EST
31
74
62
67
61
73
72
75
71
76
75
76
68
Santos
Emerson
BRA
33
75
62
63
65
69
70
74
52
77
76
69
66
Silva
Pedro
POR
23
66
69
70
58
75
73
66
60
65
74
74
65
Veyhe
Torkil
FAR
30
80
66
68
65
66
71
69
51
56
78
80
71
★★☆☆☆
Just like Assa Abloy, Aker-MOT has a ambitious sprinter with Dylan Groenewegen (3 stage wins in Paris-Nice, 6th in MSR and 5th in Köln). They also have Novak for GC, although we predict a result like Paris-Nice where he finished 14th.
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Eg
Niklas
DEN
29
67
77
71
74
76
74
75
59
60
68
66
65
Galta
Fredrik Strand
NOR
32
69
81
73
73
78
79
77
52
63
66
66
70
Gregaard
Jonas
DEN
28
71
78
71
66
78
75
75
61
63
70
58
75
Ikibe
Sota
JPN
32
63
74
73
70
70
70
72
60
62
65
73
68
Kragh Andersen
Asbjorn
DEN
32
77
54
64
65
70
74
78
53
81
77
60
61
Krigbaum
Mathias
DEN
29
76
69
70
74
74
75
73
62
65
64
70
69
Olesen
Patrick
DEN
30
68
75
75
62
72
73
74
63
63
73
61
66
Van Tricht
Stan
BEL
25
71
68
70
62
71
72
69
65
71
75
70
65
★★★☆☆
Frederik Strand Galta will be inspired by his colleague Hugh Carthy, who finished 2th in the Giro. Galta looks to be in contention for a top 5, and maybe more? Sprinter Asbjorn Kragh Andersen already won a stage in Qatar this year.
Cedevita
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Buitrago
Santiago
COL
25
67
78
76
66
70
74
76
60
65
80
76
67
Ciccone
Giulio
ITA
30
67
77
73
71
70
70
73
50
51
69
59
59
Power
Robert
AUS
29
67
77
70
66
77
76
79
59
56
63
61
65
Rajovic
Dusan
SER
27
72
58
64
59
70
76
70
55
78
82
57
57
Redy
Dylan
MRI
25
70
69
73
68
71
70
70
65
69
71
69
66
Selimovic
Husein
BIH
23
70
71
69
60
72
75
72
62
65
75
74
71
Sheehan
Riley
USA
24
72
68
72
73
71
72
68
58
66
75
68
68
Stojnic
Veljko
SER
25
72
68
69
73
73
76
72
56
67
70
73
65
★☆☆☆☆
Cedevita brought a couple of stage hunters to this race. They put their hopes on Buitrago for U25 classification and Rajovic for a sprint upset.
EA Vesuvio
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Kirsch
Alex
LUX
31
70
79
74
71
75
73
75
67
68
67
62
62
Onodera
Rei
JPN
29
74
66
69
78
75
74
71
61
65
68
64
68
Pelikan
Janos
HUN
29
75
66
70
78
74
72
70
56
61
69
74
63
Ries
Michel
LUX
26
70
77
70
61
75
75
71
58
61
71
73
78
Tanfield
Harry
GBR
30
73
59
63
79
74
75
71
64
66
72
76
65
Van der Lijke
Nick
NED
33
72
63
75
65
71
69
76
63
81
77
65
62
Vermaerke
Kevin
USA
24
70
69
72
70
74
74
68
62
65
68
64
64
Wirtgen
Luc
LUX
26
70
75
75
64
73
72
74
58
66
68
70
69
★☆☆☆☆
EA Vesuvio brought a sprinter, just like most teams, with Nick van der Lijke and maybe Harry Tanfield can surprise in the ITT. Apart from that, they will be looking for breakaways.
Evonik - ELKO
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Ansons
Kristers
LAT
25
76
68
70
71
72
72
69
68
71
74
72
69
Blums
Martins
LAT
29
72
77
77
68
71
73
74
63
64
70
73
78
Dversnes
Fredrik
NOR
27
76
67
69
66
74
75
71
69
67
75
77
67
Eenkhoorn
Pascal
NED
27
71
78
73
69
76
77
80
65
64
71
69
67
Foss
Tobias
NOR
27
69
78
72
77
77
79
79
66
60
69
68
66
Kurianov
Stepan
RUS
28
79
65
65
62
76
74
76
71
75
70
72
70
Plapp
Luke
AUS
24
71
77
75
75
72
77
74
58
62
68
73
65
Sureda
Jaume
ESP
28
73
63
71
61
71
69
75
65
77
79
72
65
★★☆☆☆
Evonik-ELKO has a solid squad with Tobias Foss and Pascal Eenkhoorn as best riders. Foss ended 12th in the Giro, we see another battle for a top 10 this time.
Fastned
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Denz
Nico
GER
30
71
74
76
67
70
70
70
65
63
73
71
65
Guernalec
Thibault
FRA
27
69
67
71
72
65
72
70
60
63
64
63
65
Hessmann
Michel
GER
23
70
70
67
74
75
69
70
53
60
67
67
75
Lipowitz
Florian
GER
24
63
73
73
59
64
73
73
58
59
72
75
64
Schelling
Ide
NED
26
72
77
72
70
76
74
72
63
62
67
72
67
Tjotta
Martin
NOR
23
70
67
68
70
70
68
66
61
64
70
67
69
Waerenskjold
Soren
NOR
24
72
59
65
74
75
74
66
66
69
66
64
60
Wellens
Tim
BEL
33
71
81
74
71
78
79
75
61
62
67
63
69
★★☆☆☆
No sprinter for Fastned in this Vuelta. They count again on Tim Wellens, just like the Giro where he finished 10th. He will be definitely battling again for a top-10 spot and maybe more.
Grieg-Maersk
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Adria
Roger
ESP
26
71
72
73
66
73
72
65
58
72
72
67
68
Brkic
Benjamin
AUT
28
72
74
74
72
74
73
70
65
67
72
64
67
Hulgaard
Morten
DEN
26
71
67
70
76
74
71
71
58
65
65
67
67
Jansen
Amund Grondahl
NOR
30
72
64
70
65
75
72
75
76
75
70
66
65
Nesset
Sigurd
NOR
33
68
77
72
68
75
74
72
53
63
67
59
67
Roman
Aleksandar
SER
28
67
77
75
64
71
73
74
61
63
76
74
78
Trondsen
Trond Hakon
NOR
30
75
65
72
64
72
73
83
66
76
76
66
67
Vingegaard
Jonas
DEN
28
67
78
70
71
76
77
77
60
61
66
68
69
★☆☆☆☆
Just like the Giro, mountain breakaways should be the goal for this team. Vingegaard finished 19th in the Giro and is again the GC leader.
Gazelle
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Bongiorno
Francesco
ITA
34
67
77
73
66
74
74
72
59
56
66
67
63
Dombrowski
Joseph
USA
33
69
83
74
70
79
77
77
54
59
74
66
71
Giulietti
Luigi
SMR
25
72
65
69
72
73
72
72
73
66
69
63
74
Karnulin
Denys
UKR
34
67
76
72
68
73
72
72
56
58
67
52
71
Nsengimana
Jean Bosco
RWA
32
65
74
72
74
72
71
74
53
66
72
74
66
Pavlic
Marko
SLO
31
69
75
72
72
71
73
74
63
68
69
70
70
Sosnitskiy
Anatoliy
UKR
34
68
76
70
62
70
74
63
54
61
70
64
75
Vervaeke
Louis
BEL
31
73
76
73
70
76
77
78
56
60
69
58
69
★★★★☆
All focus on Joe Dombrowski, former winner in 2022. He looks to be the top favourite to get his name on the honour list once again.
Jura GIANTS
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Berthet
Clement
FRA
25
65
75
74
60
70
74
66
60
62
73
72
75
Bol
Cees
NED
29
76
64
70
67
75
77
81
68
79
77
68
67
Colombo
Filippo
SWI
27
72
64
68
67
73
72
64
72
71
72
71
71
Page
Hugo
FRA
23
69
65
67
61
71
69
65
63
73
76
68
69
Rohendi
Teten
INA
28
70
75
75
70
73
75
74
55
62
73
71
70
Setiawa
Andreas Odie Purnama
INA
28
68
70
75
74
76
72
71
57
62
70
76
66
Stehli
Felix
SWI
24
67
68
71
62
70
70
69
62
69
71
69
69
Stüssi
Colin
SWI
31
71
79
73
75
77
73
78
55
63
66
65
69
★★☆☆☆
Jura GIANTS would be delighted with a replicate of the Giro, where Stüssi ended 7th. Apart from that, Bol is the sprinter who is looking for a maiden victory this season.
King Power
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Chaiyasombat
Thanakhan
THA
25
69
78
74
70
71
75
75
52
66
74
73
69
Fung
Ka Hoo
HKG
27
68
77
71
76
69
73
75
50
62
71
71
67
Hsu
Hsuan Ping
TPE
28
75
65
67
69
75
70
73
72
80
79
67
71
Mano
Yuttana
THA
27
71
72
75
80
72
73
74
62
60
66
69
72
Rubio
Einer Augusto
COL
26
67
77
74
64
76
74
75
60
60
73
73
65
Salazar
John
PHI
26
76
71
70
70
74
73
73
69
70
73
70
69
Sanikwathi
Thanawut
THA
31
72
58
66
65
70
67
75
72
78
78
66
72
★★☆☆☆
King Power has some cards to play on all terrains: Chaiyasombat for U25, Hsu for the sprints and Mano for the TT.
Lidl Cycling
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Burke
Jack
CAN
29
69
77
76
69
75
74
80
55
60
71
77
71
Craddock
Lawson
USA
32
71
73
74
76
75
75
72
54
62
68
72
65
Crncevic
Aleksa
BIH
29
67
76
70
73
70
70
75
64
61
69
67
75
Dekker
David
NED
26
77
61
66
60
81
77
74
73
77
76
66
64
Faglum Karlsson
Marcus
SWD
30
71
79
73
73
78
75
76
56
60
68
66
74
Fernandes
Jose
POR
29
71
75
70
77
78
77
76
53
62
67
60
68
Gee
Derek
CAN
27
71
73
69
72
71
74
75
58
69
72
76
71
Schultz
Nicholas
AUS
30
68
76
76
64
74
80
75
53
58
71
69
65
★★☆☆☆
Marcus Faglum Karlsson is an outsider who will compete for the top 10. In Paris-Nice he finished 7th. Apart from that, a lot of possible stagehunters in (mountain) breakaways or support for Karlsson.
MG - Lotto - Caloi
[MG] New Manager of the Year - PCM.daily Awards 2022
★★★☆☆
MOL Cycling Team should aim for a top 5 with Takeaki Amezawa. Just like Lidl, very deep mountain depth to support or go for breakaways themselves.
Moser - Sygic
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Cerny
Josef
CZE
31
71
70
76
68
75
67
66
61
75
79
74
66
Frankovic
Mateo
CRO
30
74
62
71
64
71
78
70
67
74
76
66
71
Gaviria
Fernando
COL
30
76
63
72
65
74
76
80
72
83
84
68
71
Hosek
Josef
CZE
33
70
74
73
63
72
72
72
51
63
68
66
63
Otruba
Jakub
CZE
26
68
75
74
70
69
69
71
60
63
70
71
69
Stocek
Matus
SVK
25
71
68
77
61
75
70
72
68
70
75
75
71
Toupalik
Adam
CZE
28
76
65
75
63
73
73
69
68
65
70
66
74
Turek
Daniel
CZE
31
73
64
68
77
72
73
71
58
61
68
71
60
★★☆☆☆
Moser-Sygic seems to be all-in on Gaviria this Vuelta. He won Tour of Qatar earlier this year, and finished 4th in Rund um Koln and 9th in Milano San Remo.
Oxxo - Frisby
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Abolaji
Fatiu
NGR
26
72
64
61
74
70
73
71
65
60
61
66
65
Aguilar Mendez
Jose Pablo
MEX
24
73
55
56
76
70
71
70
51
64
69
65
66
Aular
Orluis
VEN
28
68
81
72
70
76
75
77
52
63
69
67
71
Halvorsen
Kristoffer
NOR
28
76
58
65
63
74
71
80
70
81
80
70
61
Merchan
Didier
COL
25
63
77
69
59
67
68
70
58
58
67
67
63
Osorio
Alejandro
COL
26
69
77
72
72
73
72
74
55
56
68
62
64
Parashchak
Yaroslav
UKR
24
70
68
75
58
70
70
71
58
60
72
73
67
Ruiz
Robinson Steven
PER
26
79
68
68
64
73
71
68
66
73
75
67
71
★★★☆☆
Oxxo-Frisby has Orluis Aular as their GC threat. With only 2 RD's, he should be fresh to aim for a spot between 5 and 10. They also bring Kristoffer Halvorsen for the sprints.
Polar
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Antonelli
Michael
SMR
25
69
73
72
63
68
71
71
56
65
74
73
76
Bernal
Egan
COL
27
71
82
74
80
80
80
82
64
67
69
65
69
Brockhoff
Jan
GER
30
79
63
70
65
74
76
71
63
62
73
64
68
Christensen
Ryan
NZL
28
78
67
70
64
76
74
76
52
68
65
71
76
Eyob
Mektel
ERI
31
68
76
76
66
74
69
73
55
62
66
72
73
Inkelaar
Kevin
NED
27
64
80
70
64
75
76
79
56
60
74
69
69
Jaramillo
Daniel Alexander
COL
33
65
76
74
59
68
67
67
59
66
74
75
65
Zambanini
Edoardo
ITA
23
66
72
72
58
73
69
70
56
63
72
67
68
★★★★☆
After Pierre Latour finished 3th in Giro d'Italia, Egan Bernal is seeking another GT podium for Polar. With Inkelaar he has a strong support guy in the mountains.
Team Puma - SAP
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Gross
Felix
GER
26
74
61
61
62
69
75
76
63
79
79
60
61
Hollmann
Juri
GER
25
72
62
66
73
71
72
64
73
61
64
62
65
Kämna
Lennard
GER
28
71
77
71
78
76
73
75
62
63
67
71
70
Schinnagel
Johannes
GER
28
68
75
74
65
77
72
71
57
65
73
69
74
Wibisono
Rachmad Noka
INA
25
70
73
71
74
72
74
73
55
59
69
74
65
Zegklis
Nikolaos
GRE
28
71
70
73
64
73
73
71
65
68
73
78
78
Zimmermann
Georg
GER
27
68
77
73
61
77
78
75
52
60
71
70
75
Zwiehoff
Ben
GER
30
68
77
75
60
73
76
73
62
61
76
67
77
★☆☆☆☆
Team Puma-SAP looks to be counting on their local boys: sprint success with Felix Gross and breakaways with Kämna, Zimmermann and Zwiehoff.
Rabobank
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Dima
Emil
ROM
27
68
75
70
74
72
72
73
59
63
62
71
62
Frigo
Marco
ITA
24
71
69
71
69
69
67
67
64
59
64
71
70
Goldstein
Omer
ISR
28
75
66
66
77
72
75
72
63
66
67
63
68
Kron
Andreas
DEN
26
73
71
79
66
75
75
71
64
66
73
75
71
Meeus
Jordi
BEL
26
77
61
65
60
74
71
71
75
74
71
65
63
Sossa
Juan
COL
23
67
70
74
57
74
71
72
55
61
68
71
67
Van den Broek
Frank
NED
24
69
72
71
63
70
70
70
60
58
66
72
69
Van Poppel
Danny
NED
31
72
60
64
67
74
71
78
64
81
78
56
69
★☆☆☆☆
Rabobank is another team that bring a sprinter to the table. Danny Van Poppel had some good results in Paris-Nice (1x 2th), but didn't deliver as hoped in the Giro (3x top-10). Kron could surprise in the hilly stages.
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Arslanov
Ildar
RUS
30
68
76
71
73
76
76
76
53
61
66
62
68
Foliforov
Alexander
RUS
32
73
75
72
70
79
77
76
50
61
59
67
73
Mamykin
Matvey
RUS
30
66
77
72
67
80
76
85
52
62
67
66
69
Novikov
Savva
RUS
25
67
76
71
69
72
73
72
60
61
70
70
65
Rybalkin
Aleksey
RUS
31
65
75
73
71
78
77
81
65
65
69
67
73
Samolenkov
Artem
RUS
31
74
64
64
69
75
71
78
60
81
79
60
70
Sivakov
Pavel
RUS
27
69
81
72
76
79
77
82
58
66
69
66
74
Trakhov
Dmitry
RUS
29
68
69
79
65
78
74
69
55
69
75
70
69
★★★☆☆
Another all Russian team for Tinkoff Team - La Datcha. Pavel Sivakov has all the qualities to get a GC top 5. He has decent mountain support and they also bring a sprinter with Artem Samolenkov and a stage hunter with Trakhov.
Xero Racing
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Hamza
Yacine
ALG
27
77
60
67
60
73
72
78
63
77
77
65
65
Horvat
Ziga
SLO
26
75
66
69
56
73
76
67
72
67
71
72
68
Khodayari
Farzad
IRN
32
66
75
73
62
71
72
72
52
64
72
72
80
Manninen
Matti
FIN
32
74
65
66
69
71
75
77
58
81
80
70
71
Martin
Guillaume
FRA
31
68
75
72
66
74
71
75
52
59
71
63
65
Novardianto
Jamalidin
INA
30
76
61
68
68
70
78
74
69
73
79
74
68
Pomoshnikov
Sergei
RUS
34
69
77
72
62
75
73
69
50
62
63
59
65
Vermeersch
Florian
BEL
25
76
62
68
70
74
75
73
76
76
77
68
76
★★☆☆☆
Xero Racing will have their eyes on the flat sprints with Matti Manninen. The Fin showed he's ready by winning Rund um Koln recently.
cycleYorkshire
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Antonijevic
Goran
SER
30
78
61
66
68
67
74
65
68
71
74
80
72
Elissonde
Kenny
FRA
33
65
77
72
62
74
75
77
65
54
64
60
71
Gloag
Thomas
GBR
23
70
73
71
60
72
73
71
55
65
71
62
69
Morton
Lachlan
AUS
32
70
84
76
73
79
78
78
54
57
67
68
68
Oliveira
Ivo
POR
28
70
70
72
79
76
72
67
61
70
72
68
68
Romo
Javier
ESP
25
71
72
80
66
78
76
70
60
67
71
78
63
Skaarseth
Anders
NOR
29
67
75
72
70
70
71
73
55
61
67
58
69
Williams
Stephen
GBR
28
68
78
74
66
72
76
76
63
65
74
75
72
★★★★☆
After finishing 3rd last year, Lachlan Morton is eager for the overall victory. He won GP Liechtenstein in his only raceday so far. They also have Javier Romo for the hilly stages.
ZARA - Irizar
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Blanca Pareja
Nichol
PHI
24
70
63
69
62
70
71
74
56
63
71
73
68
Choi
Ki Ho
HKG
33
70
80
73
74
76
75
78
62
58
67
67
70
De La Cruz Chapulin
Luis Fernando
MEX
24
69
67
75
61
75
75
70
64
68
75
75
68
Miquel
Pau
ESP
24
69
68
75
59
75
75
70
61
64
69
69
68
Rodriguez
Oscar
ESP
29
69
77
75
70
71
74
74
55
63
73
72
64
Sam
Henry Alberto
GUA
25
74
66
67
74
74
73
71
58
66
69
76
68
Soler
Marc
ESP
31
69
76
71
74
76
74
76
54
54
66
60
61
Thijssen
Gerben
BEL
26
75
61
63
60
74
70
78
65
79
81
65
64
★★★☆☆
ZARA - Irizar has brought the same two big leaders as the Giro: with Ki Ho Choi for GC and Gerben Thijssen for the sprints. Choi finished 6th and Thijssen won two stages, so maybe a repeat?
Tryg - Eni
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Demare
Arnaud
FRA
33
72
66
79
60
74
71
79
62
81
80
69
62
Hellemose
Asbjorn
DEN
25
67
74
74
60
71
72
74
61
62
69
71
70
Holm Jorgensen
Adam
DEN
22
70
53
58
67
65
62
69
53
58
64
63
65
Honore
Mikkel
DEN
27
71
69
76
68
74
73
72
67
65
73
71
70
Pedersen
Casper
DEN
28
76
61
67
67
73
76
75
63
77
77
71
69
Pedersen
Rasmus Sojberg
DEN
22
67
58
66
69
64
65
68
61
61
67
68
65
Rodenberg
Frederik
DEN
26
74
60
64
64
70
77
73
59
79
79
63
64
Schlegel
Michal
CZE
29
69
79
77
65
71
74
76
55
64
75
73
66
★★☆☆☆
The first wildcard team Tryg-Eni could score on different terrains with Demare and Rodenberg for different kind of sprints or hills and Schlegel for mountain breakaways or a minor GC.
Lotto-Caloi
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FL
MT
HL
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
Berckmoes
Jenno
BEL
23
72
55
57
72
71
70
73
70
60
66
63
66
Bergstrom Frisk
Hannes
SWD
29
67
75
69
73
73
72
76
61
55
65
67
66
Bouchard
Geoffrey
FRA
32
70
77
74
67
70
72
76
55
62
70
78
76
Min
Kyeng Ho
KOR
28
68
79
76
66
75
77
70
63
62
66
69
69
Price-Pejtersen
Johan
DEN
25
70
61
62
74
68
74
65
60
61
64
65
64
Quintana
Nairo
COL
34
66
80
72
69
74
73
73
50
50
63
71
59
Wouters
Enzo
BEL
28
75
66
68
59
73
75
83
64
77
79
56
60
Zana
Filippo
ITA
25
66
69
70
65
69
68
69
62
67
72
72
65
★☆☆☆☆
The last wildcard team Lotto-Caloi is ready for their first GT ever. They will be focussing on bunch sprints with Enzo Wouters and mountain breakaways with Min, Quintana and Bouchard.
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Looking at the startlist a top-10 in GC must really be doable for Aular, and if he really feels amazing perhaps a fifth. Realistically, seventh should be doable. He'll need to lost as little time as possible on the flat time trial and hills and make up for it in the mountains. If he performs like he did last year this is possible, but as seen in the Giro a bad start to the race can mean you're just trailing a good form for the rest of it. Hopefully Colombian domestiques Osorio and Merchan can aid him, with Osorio perhaps finishing somewhere in that top-25.
Halvorsen here for the sprints agains quite some other strong sprinters. Hoping he can grab us our first Vuelta stage win, and in theory he has enough chances to make it work somewhere. Hopefully he's not the fourth sprinter though. He should have a great final man in Ruiz, and also decent other helpers in Aguilar Mendez, Abolaji and Parashchak, who could also help Aular over some hills.
Well, shit. Not the startlist luck I wanted at all - Manninen in a sea of top sprinters and this really shouldn't have been the GT that Fouche missed looking at that open third tier. Willing to give Matti (with our best possible support including Vermeersch) a chance to perform still, but this is giving me a huge sinking feeling knowing that 21/23 remaining race days of his are going to be in this field potentially not scoring much.
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Super excited for this GT! It’s by far our strongest GT lineup with both Groenewegen and Novak present. Groenewegen must get the sprints right here, it’s key for our season as a whole, and we’ve also brought flat support to try to help him do it. Just hope AI lets us do it
For Novak, a top 10 looks very doable looking at the startlist (think he is missing from the overview of climbers/GC riders). I am hoping he can use the early hilly rated stages to his advantage, giving himself a good GC position before the TT, thus making it less to gain on others after the TT.
Thank you for a very extensive preview, Laurens! Really enjoyed reading about all teams and your coverage of key riders within each team. Looking a lot forward to see the race get going!
I guess the Tour startlist is gonna bee crazy deep because I expected a stronger one here. Also surprised by how much doubling up there is from the Giro leaders, though I guess I would have done the same thing if I didn't have Galta.
We have a top 10 goal here, and I think that's reasonable. We got our overperformance in the Giro, so i can't ask for too much more than that. Obviously fighting for a top 5 would be great, but if we settle in the 7-8th range that we're projected, I can work with that. No Aranburu or Skjelmose side quests this time, so it should be a fairly straightforward race tactics wise unless we flub things. Keep Galta in front, and hope he doesn't get swamped int he final weeks.
As opposed to the GC guys, the sprinter startlist is stacked. Looks like people finally got the memo that this is the GT to be at. Kind of disappointed I didn't give AKA a run at the Tour sprints now, but I like that he's not a favorite here as compared to Walls in the Giro. AKA traditionally thrives in these situations as a wheelsurfer. And with this being his last maxed GT, I think it gives him the best chance at a stage, even if he won't have the consistency to contest for the points jersey.
Thanks for the great preview!
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Agree with bbl, the startlist looks rather weak again in terms of GC riders. At least we should get an actual fight for the win here - and honestly, I've got no clue whether it's going to be Morton's Mo/Hi superiority that will prevail, or Dombrowski's aggressiveness along with some good acceleration - or Bernal's great TTing backed up by monster energy stats. I think the route design is such that we could indeed have the final decision only on day 20 and the Bola del Mundo stage, which would be great for the race.
Looking at my team, Top 15 looks doable for Stüssi. If he can keep up with most 80/81 climbers, he has a TT advantage over most of them and might even get another Top 10, but it's not a must, in particular after his great Giro performance. And yeah, given that we don't have a TTT here, he'll likely lose another GT duel against Choi.
We've got some talents here, and we've got Berthet and Rohendi for breakaways (and mountain support). And we've obviously got Bol. But given that not even the 80 sprinters are good enough to make the list, not sure what we can expect. I picked him because I supposed a stronger sprinter field here than at Le Tour (which could well be the case) and wanted to send Groves to France. Otherwise, he's just a very solid sprinter on paper, getting over some hills, having a good engine on the flat and great energy stats. We'll see if that helps him starting from week 2 - if we want to reach our expected points, we definitely need some good results from him, despite the strong competition. At least one stage podium would be nice.
Im really intrigued by what my team can do here. On paper, i see four potential top 25 gc riders with Foss, Plapp, Eenkhoorn and Blums. Not sure how the game will play that out but i see multiple ways in which this could have positive return for us incl break success, KoM, team classification. Particularly with the final week looking harder than the giro one i suspect that the breaks might get more return on their efforts there which should be positive for us. Of course, a top 10 gc might be possible for foss even without that. I really hope that plapp will be recognized as a gc rider as he looks good in the u25 table.
On the other hand, i kinda lack the 73-75mo guys who tend to be more active in the start of the race. Which could be bothering for me.
Ansons, Kurianov and Dversnes are also intriguing break rider for the flat stages. And sureda is if course a solid sprinter. I think between them i dont have any rider here that has no possible role. Of course that doesnt help if kurianov attacks on the mountain stages.
The fight for red looks pretty open which could make this a great race to watch. Eyes are of course on Dombo as a potential victory could really solify their title ambitions after the fantastic giro.
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