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GP Plouay Discussion
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-03-2026 07:57
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GP Plouay Preview
The 12th edition of GP Plouay is upon us. A race that was on the calendar for the first nine years of the MG, took a break for seven years, and is now back for the third straight year! This race has always been a favourite for the flat beasts, with the occasional sprinter bucking the trend to claim the top prize.
With that said let's look at some of the favourites for this season's race:
| Last name | First name | FLT | STA | RES | SPR | ACC |  Walscheid | Maximilian | 73 | 71 | 74 | 79 | 79 |  Van der Lijke | Nick | 70 | 68 | 66 | 79 | 74 |  Plowright | Jensen | 74 | 70 | 73 | 78 | 76 |  Kiskonen | Siim | 74 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 |  Norbert | Andrew | 75 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 75 | | Major | Jay | 74 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 78 |  Liepins | Emils | 72 | 71 | 66 | 77 | 77 |  Tivani | German Nicolas | 70 | 68 | 78 | 77 | 78 |  Alaphilippe | Julian | 71 | 73 | 68 | 76 | 76 | | Sinclair | Shaquille | 70 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 75 |
Walscheid and Van der Lijke are the top favourites among the sprinters, but the competition is close with the likes of Plowright, Kiskonen and Norbert biting at their wheels. Those behind are fast, but lack a little in the support stats.
| Last name | First name | FLT | STA | RES | SPR | ACC |  Renard | Alexis | 77 | 70 | 76 | 71 | 71 | | Belevics | Arturs | 76 | 73 | 72 | 63 | 66 |  Eekhoff | Nils | 75 | 76 | 77 | 70 | 71 | | Norbert | Andrew | 75 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 75 | | Venturini | Clement | 75 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 77 | | Noppe | Christophe | 75 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 73 |  Eaton | Daniel | 75 | 74 | 76 | 62 | 68 | | Nielsen | Joanis Albert | 75 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 71 |
Renard is the strongest on the flats, with Belevics and Eekhoff also strong in those profiles. Sinclair, Venturini and Noppe combine their good flat skills with equally decent sprinting abilities, which could make the difference when it matters.
Spoiler | Last name | First name | Team | | Drizners | Jarrad | Air New Zealand-Prada | | Fritsch | Sven | Air New Zealand-Prada | | Raccani | Simone | Air New Zealand-Prada | | Persico | Davide | Air New Zealand-Prada | | Piganzoli | Davide | Air New Zealand-Prada | | White | Alexander | Air New Zealand-Prada | | Insausti | Jon Ander | Air New Zealand-Prada | | Petilli | Simone | Air New Zealand-Prada | | Korosec | Rok | Bianchi Enel | | Livyns | Arjen | Bianchi Enel | | Romele | Alessandro | Bianchi Enel | | Rota | Lorenzo | Bianchi Enel | | Sandri | Edoardo | Bianchi Enel | | Nerurkar | Lukas | Bianchi Enel | | Miltiadis | Andreas | Bianchi Enel | | Sangulin | Robert | Bianchi Enel | | Alaphilippe | Julian | Duvel-Tsingtao | | Venturini | Clement | Duvel-Tsingtao | | Van Tricht | Stan | Duvel-Tsingtao | | Dewulf | Stan | Duvel-Tsingtao | | Del Grosso | Tibor | Duvel-Tsingtao | | Poole | Max | Duvel-Tsingtao | | Ju | Jinyang | Duvel-Tsingtao | | Uijtdebroeks | Cian | Duvel-Tsingtao | | Vendrame | Andrea | Ethiopian Airlines | | Gladysh | Roman | Ethiopian Airlines | | Sagan | Peter | Ethiopian Airlines | | Svab | Jernej | Ethiopian Airlines | | Laas | Martin | Ethiopian Airlines | | Schönberger | Sebastian | Ethiopian Airlines | | Van Heerden | Eddie | Ethiopian Airlines | | Nunes | Hugo | Ethiopian Airlines | | Darder | Sergi | Euskadi-Murias | | Turgis | Anthony | Euskadi-Murias | | Garcia Pierna | Raul | Euskadi-Murias | | Eaton | Daniel | Euskadi-Murias | | Zubov | Matvey | Euskadi-Murias | | Sterbini | Luca | Euskadi-Murias | | Rodriguez | Juan Felipe | Euskadi-Murias | | Doull | Owain | Euskotren - Pays Basque | | Renard | Alexis | Euskotren - Pays Basque | | Touze | Damien | Euskotren - Pays Basque | | Donaldson | Robert | Euskotren - Pays Basque | | Weinstein | Domenic | Euskotren - Pays Basque | | Huby | Antoine | Euskotren - Pays Basque | | Gougeard | Alexis | Euskotren - Pays Basque | | Politt | Nils | Euskotren - Pays Basque | | Plowright | Jensen | Glanbia | | Yon Hin | Daniel | Glanbia | | Crowley | Liam | Glanbia | | Wade | Aaron | Glanbia | | Scotson | Miles | Glanbia | | Meehan | Jamie | Glanbia | | Peden | George | Glanbia | | Dunne | Conor | Glanbia | | Kiskonen | Siim | Kone-Nordea | | Noppe | Christophe | Kone-Nordea | | Kallberg | Axel | Kone-Nordea | | Pagtalunan | John Patrick | Kone-Nordea | | Juntunen | Antti-Jussi | Kone-Nordea | | Vainio | Veeti | Kone-Nordea | | Vainionpää | Oskari | Kone-Nordea | | Lock | Dennis | Kone-Nordea | | Teutenberg | Tim Torn | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Donze | Robin | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Ho | Burr | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Masnada | Fausto | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Aebersold | Nils | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Gall | Felix | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Luehrs | Luis-Joe | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Mager | Christian | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Eekhoff | Nils | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Macias | Cesar | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Hecht | Gage | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Hoehn | Alex | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Kessler | Cole | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Faingezicht | Emry | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Palma | Anderson David | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Rafferty | Darren | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Van der Lijke | Nick | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | | Consonni | Simone | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | | Molano | Juan Sebastian | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | | Wackermann | Luca | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | | Restrepo | Jhonatan | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | | Price-Pejtersen | Johan | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | | Pinarello | Alessandro | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | | Miholjevic | Fran | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | | Norbert | Andrew | Podium Ambition | | Major | Jay | Podium Ambition | | Sinclair | Shaquille | Podium Ambition | | Hennis | Hasani | Podium Ambition | | Mayer | Alexandre | Podium Ambition | | Gayral | Joshua | Podium Ambition | | Vera Hernandez | Hidalgo | Podium Ambition | | Richardson | Chequan | Podium Ambition | | Tivani | German Nicolas | SEE Turtles | | Singh | Ronaldo Laitonjam | SEE Turtles | | Kelly | Joshua | SEE Turtles | | Senyenov | Roman | SEE Turtles | | Vermaerke | Kevin | SEE Turtles | | Tuyizere | Etienne | SEE Turtles | | Stroll | Lewis | SEE Turtles | | Revelo | Franklin Joel | SEE Turtles | | Liepins | Emils | Tafjord Kraft | | Nielsen | Joanis Albert | Tafjord Kraft | | Fredheim | Stian | Tafjord Kraft | | Feldmann | Karsten | Tafjord Kraft | | Hansen | Alexander Arnt | Tafjord Kraft | | Gudmestad | Tord | Tafjord Kraft | | Kaislavuo | Jesse | Tafjord Kraft | | Belevics | Arturs | Tafjord Kraft | | Walscheid | Maximilian | Team Zappes Kölsch | | Behrens | Niklas | Team Zappes Kölsch | | Buck-Gramcko | Tobias | Team Zappes Kölsch | | Steinhauser | Georg | Team Zappes Kölsch | | Majoral | Jordi | Team Zappes Kölsch | | Antunes | Tiago | Team Zappes Kölsch | | Engelhardt | Felix | Team Zappes Kölsch | | Johnson | Cooper | Team Zappes Kölsch | | Kuroeda | Shiki | THE ONE - Fox God | | Paulus | Milan | THE ONE - Fox God | | Yamada | Takumi | THE ONE - Fox God | | Verre | Alessandro | THE ONE - Fox God | | Wai Chu | Tsun | THE ONE - Fox God | | Shirota | Yamato | THE ONE - Fox God | | Gaspar | Joao | THE ONE - Fox God | | Raileanu | Cristian | THE ONE - Fox God |
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 02-03-2026 08:25
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Thanks for putting up the preview Abi.
Goal race as always, and as we failed to get a sprinter, we went the rouleur option. Hopping Renard can use the final hill maybe, or at least try something.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 02-03-2026 14:16
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Hoping for a Korosec top 10 , this race is a real lottery though so anything could happen! |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 02-03-2026 14:37
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Decided to go for a puncheur approach here - perhaps missed a trick not sending English for a potential attack, or in fact Perera for a sprint, but feels like too much of a lottery to bring a pure sprinter like him.
We did absolutely nothing here last year with Vendrame as our leader, but this time around Sagan and Gladysh should hopefully be able to make it a hard race and get us a result.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 02-03-2026 19:07
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Liepins have been in good form lately so hopefully he can grab a podium here  |
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| Booker |
Posted on 02-03-2026 23:12
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Thank you for the preview Abhi, hoping a couple of our four chances (Venturini, Alaphilippe, Dewulf and Van Tricht) can get into the top 25, and if we’re being a bit greedy, maybe one in the top 10. Looks like a relatively modest startlist so we’re hopeful.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 03-03-2026 02:18
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Love this race, Hecht misses the preview but has proven the real threat so far this season. We were pretty lucky to get both him and Eekhoff in a winning late attack in Frankfurt Eschborn so probably greedy to hope for that again, on the other had if we do get it hopefully we can do better than 7th and 12th
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| seancoll |
Posted on 03-03-2026 02:33
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Tivani has done really well here the past two seasons and we need him to finally sprint for a real result this time. Think he's got a real shot for a victory if things go right
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Posted on 03-03-2026 22:59
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 03-03-2026 22:52
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Two riders in top 10 is certainly more than we hoped for, but Liepins not being one of them is the huge surprise for us!
Congrats to the other point scorers and cheers to Abhi for the thrilling report! |
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