One rider from the breakaway of the day managed to held off the pack last year and denied the sprinters the change to take the win. The sprinters are the main favorites this year as well, but the parcourse definitely can help attackers, either from the original breakaway or late ones.
Coquard is not here, but that doesn't mean it will be an easy job for Ewan to take the win that he was denied last year as the recent Berlin winner Dainese is here and ready to put another one day race to his name.
Van Poppel, Zabel, Peak, Manninen, Liu, Einhorn, Demare will all be eyeing a podium spot here at the very list, under the right circumstances any of them could even be the one to cross the finish line first.
Sprinters
Rider
FL
HI
RS
ST
SP
AC
Ewan
75
71
71
73
83
81
Dainese
76
69
76
75
81
82
Van Poppel
72
64
71
74
81
78
Zabel
74
69
70
74
81
79
Peak
80
69
77
73
80
78
Manninen
73
65
73
69
80
78
Liu
74
67
69
76
80
80
Einhorn
74
61
71
71
80
78
Demare
71
78
69
72
80
78
Willwohl
73
65
67
71
79
78
Adomaitis
75
67
74
66
79
78
Boudat
73
68
74
71
79
78
Bol
76
70
77
75
79
77
Riabushenko
76
68
74
71
79
77
Walscheid
73
63
74
71
79
79
The Ekoi boys didn't get a chance to show themselves off in Berlin and will surely be trying to make that forgotten. The slightly hilly route could favor some attacks though I'm not sure that will be exactly in their favor.
