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Gisborne GP - Discussion
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 27-03-2026 10:04
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It was a rather surprising win by  Hermans last year, but with the race getting a category upgrade this year, it will be even harder for the Belgian rider to defend his title. Interestingly enough no rider has won here twice.  Boswell and  Bennett are the only other previous winners on the startlist but it doesn't look likely that any of them could become the first rider to get mentioned twice here on the list of winners.
 Eiking and  Hirschi are the two top favorites to take the win this year, while  Moscon is hungry for a good result after a disappointing title defense in San Luis earlier.
 Vakoc, Gesbert,  Van Niekerk  Ardila and Kelderman complete the list of 80hill riders here, but it will be interesting to see what other stats will be in the mix to do well here. All the big favorites look well covered when it comes to the medium mountain stat as well, with MOL's Colombian climber clearly the best in that department. But his back up stats are by far the worst so he'll definitely be praying for the medium mountain to come into play here big time.
| Rider | FL | MT | MM | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | | Eiking | 71 | 69 | 75 | 81 | 78 | 74 | 68 | 76 | | Hirschi | 71 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 78 | 78 | 66 | 75 | | Moscon | 71 | 73 | 77 | 80 | 76 | 77 | 60 | 73 | | Vakoc | 70 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 73 | | Gesbert | 71 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 68 | 73 | | Van Niekerk | 69 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 72 | 75 | 64 | 74 | | Ardila | 67 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 69 | 70 | 62 | 75 | | Kelderman | 68 | 69 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 72 | 65 | 69 |  Sagan | 68 | 70 | 75 | 79 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 70 |  Vogt | 72 | 61 | 70 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 61 | 62 |  Storer | 70 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 72 | 73 | 64 | 74 |  Tesfatsion | 68 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 78 |  Errazkin | 71 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 63 | 73 |  Govekar | 72 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 73 | 75 | 70 | 78 | | Boswell | 68 | 69 | 74 | 78 | 74 | 70 | 63 | 73 | | Watson | 70 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 72 | | Bystrom | 71 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 67 | 75 | | Morin | 70 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 75 | 73 | 69 | 76 | | Edmondson | 69 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 74 |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 27-03-2026 10:11
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muich stronger spot for Moscon here hopefully this is hard enough for a top 5
Gesbert must be a strong fav with how long the course is which should rule out Ardila, Testfation and Sagan from good results find it hard to see any making the top 20. |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 27-03-2026 10:30
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I had to give Bennett another go in Gisborne. Who knows  Kelderman is our big man guy though. Hopefully we can get a decent result here! Points arenimportsnt for us at the moment!
Good luck everyone! Thanks for the preview
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| Booker |
Posted on 27-03-2026 10:45
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Hoping Lyu can stick around the favourites here, his medium mountain is easily the strongest in our lineup this year. But we do have a few options with Bettiol, Blouwe and defending champ Hermans also in the group. Hoping to be competitive though this does look like an extremely competitive race for C1 level.
Thanks for the preview Alex 
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| Caspi |
Posted on 27-03-2026 10:53
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Booker wrote:
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Hoping to be competitive though this does look like an extremely competitive race for C1 level.
Thanks for the preview Alex
+1
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 27-03-2026 10:54
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In retrospect I should've probably sent Buitrago here but oh well. As JT said the length will play against Sagan, but he has overperformed on long races before this season, so who knows. Good luck everyone!
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| redordead |
Posted on 27-03-2026 11:17
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Dippofix wrote:
In retrospect I should've probably sent Buitrago here but oh well. As JT said the length will play against Sagan, but he has overperformed on long races before this season, so who knows. Good luck everyone!
I'd say Sagan is the correct choice for this race.
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 27-03-2026 11:31
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Should be a suitable race for Gesbert with the long and quite hard course. Needs to preserve his power for the right moment though, which he does not always do!
Thanks for the preview!
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 27-03-2026 11:54
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redordead wrote:
Dippofix wrote:
In retrospect I should've probably sent Buitrago here but oh well. As JT said the length will play against Sagan, but he has overperformed on long races before this season, so who knows. Good luck everyone!
I'd say Sagan is the correct choice for this race.
Agreed think Buitrago would have struggled even more with his ST, Im actually surprised we didn't see Jorgensen, Eriksson and some of the other high ST riders turn up for this one i've noticed Vincent is lurking in Peugeots team but they have a good option in Vogt anyway so he probably wont get a chance |
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| Heine |
Posted on 27-03-2026 12:29
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Crossing fingers for some luck here, Vogt or Vincent
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| jph27 |
Posted on 27-03-2026 13:37
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In theory this should be a parcours that suits Errazkin, but given his underwhelming season so far I'm not expecting too much. Hoping that with Burke and Mansouri we have a trio that can get the equivalent of a top 10 between them in points terms. |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 27-03-2026 19:59
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Van Niekerk high up the favorites list, let's make good on that expectation
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