The preview was set to be posted on the 22nd, but why not give you a few extra hours to get your hopes and excitement up for the People's Grand Tour? The first stage is expected to be online on the 23rd.
It's time! The People's Grand Tour, or the fourth Grand Tour is here, pick your favourite! All is set for the Pro Continental and Continental teams that have found their way to the opening ceremony at the top of the Burj Khalifa. The next three weeks they will battle it out across UAE, Oman, India, Nepal, back again to Nepal and India, before moving east to Thailand and Malaysia, From there, it's the Philippines next, before the final week see the riders and teams face challenges in Hong Kong, Japan and USA. Ulrich made a brilliant route presentation. You don't want to miss it, or at least you want to refresh your memory of the route. This is brilliant! https://pcmdaily....d_id=66952
Profile wise, we're looking at this for the People's Grand Tour:
It's a very varied route that could see a close GC fight across the different countries and challenging mountain stages, not so difficult mountain stages, hilly stages and a short team time trial. It all leads us to the final week, which looks set for late dramatic changes, starting with a steeeeeeep hill finish in Hong Kong on day 15, facing a mountain time trial on Mount Fuji on stage 15, immediately followed by a monster 244 kilometers stage ending on the Mikuni Pass. To finish it all, we have an undulating time trial on stage 20 and arguably the Queen stage to end it all. Well done to all riders making it to Paradise, or Mount Rainier to end stage 21 and the People's Grand Tour.
Who are the contenders and participants, then?
Air New Zealand-Alfa Romeo
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Phelan
Adam
70
63
73
69
71
68
63
55
63
77
79
61
69
De Bondt
Dries
75
61
66
56
70
67
66
71
73
74
75
60
56
Kanepejs
Deins
70
67
77
69
72
71
70
55
62
71
68
65
69
Fabbro
Matteo
65
78
75
67
71
72
74
50
61
73
74
70
70
Visser
Louis
73
64
73
68
75
74
70
65
74
75
77
68
67
Shalunov
Evgeny
70
75
69
70
75
71
73
61
64
63
65
72
68
Gaze
Samuel
74
63
69
58
74
79
70
70
68
71
67
72
63
Scully
Tom
72
50
65
61
63
67
73
65
77
77
53
61
75
Surely the team based in New Zealand must be offended seeing the People's Grand Tour not visit their iceland? Well, they're at least bringing their A game to show the organizers got the route all wrong! Though, to be direct, their A game is Fabbro, who should see solid support from Visser. Other than that, Scully looks set to get involved in the sprints. They probably hope for Fabbro not being considered a top GC rider, to give their other riders, Visser included freedom to chase for breakaway glory.
Babymetal
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Petelin
Jan Drago
69
78
74
62
70
71
71
50
54
75
72
61
61
Verschaeve
Viktor
67
76
73
71
76
75
75
62
62
71
68
65
70
Arashiro
Yudai
81
60
64
62
71
67
73
68
70
75
78
68
66
De Laat
Jasper
67
72
74
64
69
68
73
56
67
70
73
71
67
McGill
Scott
70
63
70
58
70
71
69
58
73
73
69
66
64
Kawasaki
Miori
70
72
71
68
68
74
69
60
61
69
75
64
72
Yamada
Takumi
66
61
65
57
69
69
65
65
67
70
71
68
57
Todome
Yuhi
66
67
67
66
65
65
67
56
60
67
73
72
66
Speaking of visiting their country in the People's Grand Tour, Babymetal must be over the moon. The Japanese team will see home advantage for the crucial GC stages on Mount Fuji and Mikuni Pass. They'll need it as well, as they're bringing two very different climbers to lead the line. Petelin looks to be the explosive one, while Verschaeve is more of a diesel climber and got the look of a GC rider. At least they will never fear crosswinds or gaps on the flat stages, as long as Arashiro keeps them close to the front. Speaking of whom, Arashiro could be a guy to annoy sprinters if he's allowed to do his thing similar to how he likes it in one day races.
Cervelo Test Team
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Hamilton
Lucas
69
76
75
65
69
73
76
55
64
77
76
70
67
Preidler
Georg
66
78
76
56
68
74
71
50
50
66
71
79
56
Houle
Hugo
76
64
73
67
73
68
74
63
77
75
68
67
67
McCormick
Hayden
70
66
76
65
74
71
70
53
73
73
67
59
65
Boily
David
65
74
76
68
69
69
64
54
66
71
67
77
59
Stroll
Lewis
66
72
69
72
71
72
73
55
62
68
70
75
72
Cheyne
Jordan
71
56
64
74
70
72
67
53
63
64
67
62
73
Vacek
Mathias
68
65
67
72
68
66
66
60
64
69
64
69
71
Looking at double leaderships, Cervelo is another team playing that game, bringing Hamilton and Preidler to the table. Both might look at breakaways to find their best option for success. The former due to his main stat, the latter due to his poor backup stats. There's also old legend Houle to try his luck in the sprints. And you actually thought they wouldn't bring their puncheur armada to the People's Grand Tour? Of course you're wrong, as they will have a full hand to play in all hilly stages they can find, or even create!
ELCO - ABEA
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Giannoutsos
Miltiadis
68
80
72
72
76
78
75
57
64
68
75
67
77
Soulious
Zisis
69
74
75
66
76
75
69
51
71
78
63
76
66
Mavrikakis
Michail
70
79
72
71
74
73
69
54
61
67
63
64
71
Christakos
Dimitrios
69
77
72
70
69
74
72
58
61
70
74
70
73
Vila
Aimiliano
70
71
77
64
70
73
74
54
67
74
76
69
64
Edmondson
Alexander
73
58
64
64
72
71
77
74
77
75
67
64
74
Wenzel
Mats
67
68
69
69
70
69
67
60
58
70
65
68
70
Varotsos
Ioannis
73
62
66
70
69
69
64
63
67
68
72
68
70
Speaking of team depth, ELCO might be the answer for this edition of the ToA. They're looking beastly for the GC. Giannoutsos as their clear #1, and he should be a rider to challenge for the overall win, especially seeing his crew, with Mavrikakis, Christakos, Soulious and Vila all being capable riders on their own when the road rises. They look very well set up for a Giannoutsos push for the title.
Euskotren - Pays Basque
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Rodriguez
Cristian
70
70
76
67
76
70
70
55
65
71
75
74
67
Serrano
Javier
67
64
70
64
73
75
68
72
60
68
70
71
62
Le Berre
Mathis
69
64
70
65
70
70
67
69
66
66
69
66
62
Agirrebeitia
Mikel
66
71
64
71
67
70
65
60
55
66
60
73
67
Politt
Nils
73
63
66
78
70
73
72
60
59
65
69
66
76
Rochas
Remy
67
77
74
61
70
70
73
60
61
73
72
66
62
Darbinyan
Varsham
72
58
66
62
72
71
71
76
76
74
64
68
65
Lafay
Victor
66
75
77
63
72
72
72
62
63
74
78
67
61
Rochas and Lafay both have the stats to be perfect breakaway riders for the three weeks across all those countries. Especially Lafay with his backup stats being a match made in heaven for breakaways. There's also Darbinyan for the sprints, but who knows, will a 76/74 sprinter contest them? Surely Euskotren hope so!
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Lunder
Eirik
72
62
66
58
78
67
68
59
72
77
75
70
63
Della Lunga
Francesco
70
63
65
61
65
68
64
69
69
67
67
69
63
Bourgoyne
Lucas
74
58
61
61
73
71
64
64
68
72
67
69
64
Madsen
Erik Nygaard
67
55
59
59
65
69
68
61
67
69
59
59
69
Lunke
Sindre Skjostad
69
78
72
73
76
74
78
58
60
65
68
69
76
Consonni
Simone
72
58
69
64
71
76
76
66
75
75
65
62
65
Christian
Mark
70
60
66
74
67
66
65
56
65
67
73
68
72
The Norwegians at Gjensidige have looked to be a safe and sure promotion team, if not even the CT ranking winning team, with Newton being their obvious challenger. But hang on. The People's Grand Tour knows how to kill both a title challenge, a promotion push or a fight to avoid relegation. Gjensidige should whatever outcome here still sit firm in the promotion spots. But title push, you say? Good for them also Newton have found their way to the Tour of America, as them battling it out for points could be absolutely crucial to decide the CT ranking winner. Gjensidige put their trust in Lunke. Solid, but will it be enough? To be honest, I doubt that, and we shall see why when we get to their title rivals.
Glanbia
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Ryan
Archie
65
72
69
62
75
75
72
59
62
67
58
66
64
Wade
Aaron
68
60
65
63
69
69
67
59
68
68
69
70
63
Mannion
Gavin
67
76
70
63
70
74
63
54
60
69
66
62
63
McCambridge
Kevin
63
68
68
57
66
70
68
60
65
62
66
69
62
Curley
Liam
71
60
68
67
70
68
68
69
67
67
73
71
68
Crowley
Liam
69
62
68
63
68
69
66
69
67
68
64
66
66
David
Tom
72
60
73
63
73
71
65
76
68
70
66
68
63
Jones
Taj
64
60
61
58
68
67
63
62
70
70
61
62
58
Glanbia clearly made a choice to not send their TTT squad here to grab that stage win. Wise choice, you'd definitely say seeing it would have costed 20 more race days... They must hope Mannion can challenge from breakaways in the mountains, and then there is honestly not much more. Ryan is a rider with a bright looking future. I'm sure the fans would love to see him try his luck and show off their jersey. There can't at least be no doubt if we get to join their team meetings. This must be all about breakaways. Tom David, the grand old cobbler could even fancy his chances on the early flat stages. Who knows, whatever it takes to show off their jersey!
Hilcona Racing Team
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Krieger
Alexander
70
57
61
54
69
72
73
62
78
77
61
67
54
Martinelli
Alessio
66
70
67
65
69
68
73
55
64
66
70
68
66
Foldager
Anders
68
64
66
63
66
70
64
58
67
69
68
68
65
Van Uden
Casper
68
64
63
66
70
73
69
52
74
74
63
72
65
Aebi
Antoine
69
69
72
64
72
70
63
60
69
71
63
77
63
Haldimann
Guillaume
67
54
58
69
63
63
67
51
59
61
65
65
69
Majoral
Jordi
66
76
70
67
69
72
71
55
63
70
69
71
69
Johanson
Kristjan
63
74
69
54
63
65
60
52
62
68
56
76
54
Hilcona bring an interesting team for the three weeks. They definitely focus on the flat stages bringing Krieger here. With Van Uden present as his expected leadout, that could work very well. It could obviously also be a total bust. We all know how this AI works. If the AI decides Krieger is worthy a consistent leadout, you must wonder about their pilot, who shall deliver Van Uden and Krieger in a solid position? We could see them put their faith in still developing Aebi. That will definitely be interesting to follow in the first week.
Lotto-Caloi
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Wouters
Enzo
75
66
68
59
73
75
83
64
77
79
56
60
61
Bouchard
Geoffrey
70
77
74
67
70
72
76
55
62
70
78
76
66
Zana
Filippo
66
69
70
65
69
68
69
62
67
72
72
65
63
Min
Kyeng Ho
68
79
76
66
75
77
70
63
62
66
69
69
66
Bergstrom Frisk
Hannes
67
75
69
73
73
72
76
61
55
65
67
66
73
Price-Pejtersen
Johan
70
61
62
74
68
74
65
60
61
64
65
64
73
Quintana
Nairo
66
80
72
69
74
73
73
50
50
63
71
59
69
Van Aert
Wout
75
63
66
70
72
73
72
68
64
68
69
75
79
Now we are getting serious regarding the GC battle. Giannoutsos was mentioned earlier as an obvious candidate, even for the win, but wow, look at this from Lotto-Caloi! They're bringing both Quintana and Ho Min to lead the line. Think the latter must be favoured to lead them if it comes down to a pure test of strength with his considerably better backup stats, but what would be even better for them, is if they can use their numerical advantage to exhaust their opponents. Add Bouchard as a super domestique for the climbs, and you definitely expect Lotto-Caloi to show themselves in the mountains. Add the fact that they bring super sprinter Wouters, at least for this season, and this could be THE race for Lotto-Caloi this season. Surely they must be super excited for what is to come.
McCormick Pro Cycling
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Sosa
Ivan
67
79
78
67
75
79
80
60
59
74
75
66
65
Hoehn
Alex
67
75
72
70
71
74
75
64
64
61
78
68
70
Hecht
Gage
73
69
73
73
74
77
70
68
67
71
79
69
76
Daniel
Gregory
75
67
72
77
75
74
72
55
56
68
73
69
76
Haller
Marco
71
60
64
55
70
69
74
57
79
77
65
63
70
Kuss
Sepp
68
78
71
64
74
76
71
50
55
69
66
72
65
Cabrera
Nicolas Alejandro
69
75
72
76
71
73
77
61
68
65
63
71
74
Revard
Thomas
69
76
70
70
69
74
74
61
58
70
67
63
69
McCormick is another team with great ambitions in the People's Grand Tour. They're bringing Haller for the sprints, but that's not why they're really here. That mountain depth is beautiful! And with former super talent Sosa to lead the line, who definitely should be able to take advantage of the hillier terrain too, he surely must be a candidate for the podium and maybe even the GC win. Sosa really should have all tools required to perform at his best all three weeks, which should be very, very handy for that brutal final week.
Newton Foundation p/b Zwift
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Elosegui
Inigo
65
79
71
72
77
80
83
60
60
71
65
66
71
Quinn
Sean
70
74
73
70
72
76
73
60
66
69
64
63
73
Pronskiy
Vadim
65
77
73
63
73
72
77
58
61
73
73
70
63
Canal
Carlos
68
71
68
61
74
70
66
62
66
69
74
76
62
Jussaume
Tristan
68
55
72
74
72
71
66
63
60
65
62
66
74
Ivanov
Viacheslav
63
69
65
60
69
71
69
52
55
67
64
66
61
Wallinder
Willhelm
65
59
59
68
65
66
64
63
63
66
64
66
67
Debesay
Yacob
66
69
75
60
72
70
71
62
64
75
73
66
60
And this is why Gjensidige must be nervous for their CT title ambitions. Newton's team look quite a lot better on paper. They come purely for the GC, where this writer expected/hoped to see both JP Lopez and Elosegui, but clearly the former has been given other options by the team. Elosegui is a rider made for the long, grinding, tough races, and there's no better for him on this level than the Tour of America. With his amazing backup stats, he surely is a podium contender, but I must admit I struggle to see him challenge for more in this fierce lineup, due to his limited flat stat, but also his rather low hill stat. Surely his opponents must look to exploit that.
Sauber Petronas Racing
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Misbah
Mushin
68
79
70
75
76
73
74
62
62
68
70
70
74
Chen
Mingrun
69
75
72
62
71
75
76
56
65
71
60
64
62
Tiberi
Antonio
66
72
67
71
67
69
65
54
60
68
69
67
70
Campero
Piter
64
77
69
68
73
68
70
54
55
69
68
73
68
Dulanjana
Sachin
67
74
72
74
75
71
77
63
62
61
60
75
75
Voisard
Yannis
66
75
72
62
69
70
75
60
61
67
73
69
64
Skivild
Robin Juel
65
71
69
69
68
72
67
57
58
67
63
67
71
Van Sintmaartensdijk
Roel
75
62
65
68
70
69
69
65
65
73
67
64
68
Sauber is another very, very deep team for the mountains. There's loads of breakaway options here with Chen, Campero and Voisard, but they also got their GC leader Misbah present. Must admit I struggle to value his skills compared to other GC riders. At best a top 5 contender, but likely a top 10-12? I'm sure Sauber happily takes the latter if it also allows their mountain armada to be active and aggressive on the difficult stages.
Spark Team NZ
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Diaz Suarez
Andy Alihonay
66
69
71
62
66
72
67
64
64
72
67
73
61
Lemus Davila
Luis Enrique
70
77
72
72
75
70
68
56
57
62
71
72
72
Marryatt
Jake
71
61
68
77
67
74
67
57
60
58
67
63
77
Huera
Richard
67
70
70
61
69
70
68
61
64
69
71
65
62
Thompson
Reuben
71
70
67
64
68
72
67
57
67
68
62
73
63
Mudgway
Luke
70
59
64
60
71
66
76
65
76
78
65
65
65
Karatsivis
Panagiotis
69
74
70
68
70
72
71
60
64
73
73
67
67
Rodriguez
Carlos
68
74
70
71
71
72
72
55
65
70
66
70
68
Mudgway for the sprints! That surely is Spark Team's biggest hope for stage glory. He'll be an interesting one to follow in the flat stages here. His relatively low sprint stat could be compensated by his great acceleration, but then there's also his rather poor resistance, which there can be no secred this writer greatly values. Who knows, Mudgway might have all the answers and put my scepticism to bed! Except for Mudgway, they have also brought Lemus Davila for mountain aggression. At least I expect him to rather prioritize breakaway opportunities late in the race instead of going all out for a GC race.
Zain-Omantel
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FI
DH
PR
Borisavljevic
Milos
68
77
73
74
74
74
75
54
59
65
64
68
74
Altanzul
Maani
72
65
69
70
68
73
78
55
78
75
59
63
75
La Lavandier
Mathieu
66
75
73
62
73
70
72
52
53
63
77
68
61
La Lavandier
Maxime
68
74
72
56
72
72
71
54
63
66
68
73
56
Al-Wahibi
Mohammed
62
61
69
54
69
68
64
56
65
72
64
68
54
Zahiri
Abderrahim
70
69
70
63
71
64
60
57
61
63
69
70
69
Alajmi
Abdulhadi
64
60
66
68
66
65
64
60
64
74
62
64
68
Albalooshi
Khalid
69
61
64
63
67
67
71
63
60
67
76
71
66
Borisavljevic looks like a solid option for the GC battle with his good, but not brilliant backup stats. That should make Zain-Omantel hopeful he can outperform his 77 mountain stat. He will seek support from the La Lavandier's. They also bring Altanzul for the sprints, and they're crossing fingers he figures out the sprint on his own, as there's not much support for him. And who knows, Altanzul is one of many riders in this lineup who could surf wheels and find the perfect stage for a surprise sprint win.
Due to technical difficulties, it has been a bit tricky to get overviews from this race for the different main stats. Below follows what at least I think are all 77+ climbers and sprinters and also the 75+ time trialists. Why all the previous talk when you best can figure out how this will go all by yourself? Take a look at the stats and voice your opinions, hopes or excitement.
Thanks ember for the extensive preview, great work
I didn’t expect Min and Quintana so high up on the list. I hope AI treats them well. One in the top 5 and two in the top 10 could be a nice goal. Also Wouters in the mix for the sprints, should be 21 days of fun
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Thanks ember for the extensive preview, great work
That was exactly what I thought, too! Although the rest of you shouldn't be disappointed when Ulrich isn't reporting as I did that So no more commenting on the actual race on my behalf, but I was mourning just a bit what would have been possible here with Ranaweera and / or Hodeg when I saw the startlist the first time. But there surely will be others with the same feeling.
Pretty surprised to see Giannoutsos with an actual shot of winning the race - atleast on paper. I wouldn't be too confident however, given how the Grand Tours have played out these last couple of seasons, but we do come with a lot in order to give it a realistic shot for some succes.
Pretty happy to see where Edmondson is situated in the sprinters hierarchy. We shouldn't really pick up the depeche as the leading train, and those who are leading doesn't really have much of a train present - so it could all become nice and chaotic which I think is the best chance for some sprinting succes we could get. In case we do need to get some things done Varotsos is among the "better" flat riders in the pack so he should be able to see him safe, while Soulious is among the faster puncheurs if some of those bumpy stages should come to a sprint.
On paper I would think Sosa should win here, with Min and Giannoutsos being his fiercest rivals. But we know that GT's are tricky so everyone from that list could end up winning it all!
Really happy also to see Karatsivis riding here. I'm not sure he's the top U25 favorite, but as Lemus Davila probably isn't going to need a full setup around him, Karatsivis could have a couple of chances to ride for himself here, and maybe pick up a U25 podium behind Quinn and teammate (who is placed wrongly in the preview btw) Rodriguez. I suppose those are the top 3 guys just from the top of my head.
Thanks for the preview! Can't wait to get going, and hopefully not be too dissapointed
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Really happy also to see Karatsivis riding here. I'm not sure he's the top U25 favorite, but as Lemus Davila probably isn't going to need a full setup around him, Karatsivis could have a couple of chances to ride for himself here, and maybe pick up a U25 podium behind Quinn and teammate (who is placed wrongly in the preview btw) Rodriguez. I suppose those are the top 3 guys just from the top of my head.
Thanks for the preview! Can't wait to get going, and hopefully not be too dissapointed
Thank you for pointing out the Rodriguez mistake. Should be fixed now. Did all lists manually, so I'm hoping there's not too many more mistakes
surprised to see such a small turnout. Very good opportunity for the small number of teams involved. This should be the first time Im skipping the ToA, so Im kind of jealous to miss out, but I guess I have to remind myself I wouldnt have anyone to have an impact on the race.
Giannoutsos the favourite, but would like to see McCormick do well here. Some big bumps could come out of this race in both divisions I guess.
The Tour of America is more important now then it was at the start of August. We need to try score as much as we possibly can here. Davila is our GC guy and hopefully he can achieve that, or as ember said, some breakaway wins would be amazing too from Davila! We have Mudgway here too and he has been racing well in the sprints so I hope to see some podiums and top 10s, maybe even a win! Marryatt seeing him that high in the TT order is exciting too! He may have a shot at a decent finish in the time trials. Finally, Rodriguez and Karatsivis should be able to have a decent finish in the U25. Hopefully SotD is right and they both finish on the podium or even lead or win the U25 ranking.
Great and amazing preview! Really excited for this race! Hopefully its a good one for us!
Wow, if I had kept McNulty I would be feeling pretty good right now. Although I doubt I would have sent him to this parcours even I had kept him.
Sosa really should have a chance to win but he has to make the punchy finishes count, to offset the IT losses. TTT should be interesting, I assumed we would be mid-table but looks like we have some stronger riders, although we can't afford to drop Sosa.
I would say Giannoutsos is the GC favorite as the best of the traditional GC guys while his extra MT and TT should be enough to see off Sosa. Glad to have his strong team here as I worry about the breakaways.
Little worried about how high Haller is up on the sprint list, don't have a team to support him and don't really want our guys exhausting themselves on sprint stages. I think he needs one win for the record so hope he gets that.
Surprised not to see someone with 81 MO on the startlist after how packed the field felt last year, but excited to see where this goes. Sprinter list also feels much weaker than last year if I recall correctly but makes sense with the parcours I'd say.
Ilosegui and Misbah are the two I'm really looking at, but we'll see how they're able to perform.
A weak ass startlist as compared to the two seasons I was here! Olivier would've been top favourite here but we made our choice of not coming here a long time ago.
I think the GC list basically confirms the PCT division title to ELCO now. They're going to walk the GC, the Teams, and maybe the other classifications as well.
Last Tour of America of three weeks, so hopefully we get a nice battle. Would love to see Sosa do well for Ulrich in the relegation battle, as well as the Lotto battle in support of my fellow Limburgian. Of course seeing a team with as good as only self trained talents aim for the win is also very nice to see as a talent-lover. Might indeed be the thing that clinches the title for ELCO, would be a great memory for them. In addition to a great podium fight between these three active managers and outsiders from other active teams such as Elosegui and Misbah there are are some fun teams with talents and/or breakaway riders aiming for the win, so hope they can find some luck/the right timing as well!
we went with a pretty strong team here but based on there previous races Hamilton and Prediler won't do much. Did pick this out as something that would suit Houle early on though and i'm hopeful he can have a few big stages
Huge race for McCormick, seems like Sosa kind of has to make his whole season here. But hard to look past ELCO for the win here. Interested to see how the AI handles Mavrikakis for them.
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Impressed with how many people see this race as a PCT division winning race for us. How many points do you expect us to score? We aren’t even in top 5 right now, and the teams above us win races on a regular basis.
We would need to score 7-800 points here to use it as a title contender race, which we clearly won’t. Anything above 250 points would be a great result IMO.
So no more commenting on the actual race on my behalf, but I was mourning just a bit what would have been possible here with Ranaweera and / or Hodeg when I saw the startlist the first time. But there surely will be others with the same feeling.
