Welcome to Italia for the Strada Appia Antica! Last year Tinkoff's Sulimov won this race, with the record winner being Sam Bewley (five victories). We except the cobblers to do well again tomorrow, as the profile hasn't changed.
A bit up and down first, but the real racing is done on the two long cobbled sectors in the finale. Let's have a look at the best cobblers here.
Fla
Mtn
Sta
Res
Cob
Spr
Acc
Pedersen
Mads
77
65
78
80
83
78
77
Spengler
Lukas
74
58
74
73
83
62
70
Per
David
79
68
74
75
82
74
74
Anderberg
Hampus
78
64
77
76
82
60
73
Altur
Marcos
75
63
75
70
82
72
68
Van Hooydonck
Nathan
73
63
75
74
82
61
72
Senechal
Florian
75
61
79
74
82
69
74
Gerts
Floris
76
65
75
79
81
71
69
Siric
Ivan
78
63
77
80
80
77
71
Gamper
Patrick
77
62
77
77
80
64
71
Teunissen
Mike
75
60
76
72
80
66
68
Kamyshev
Arman
75
55
78
72
80
64
57
Tiller
Rasmus
74
65
76
75
79
74
73
Rutsch
Jonas
77
63
76
75
79
69
68
Ovsyannikov
Alexandr
74
61
75
72
79
79
78
Jacobs
Johan
76
60
77
76
79
67
68
Owen
Logan
73
65
73
71
78
64
71
Vermeersch
Florian
78
62
76
77
78
78
77
Neilands
Krists
77
56
74
73
78
71
67
Ferreira
Ricardo
72
56
72
68
78
70
67
Pedersen should be the top favourite, but he hasn't won this race before. Anderberg and Senechal have, so let's see if that gives them wings. Startlist below in spoiler. Good luck to everybody!
Spoiler
Anderberg Hampus Stokbro Andreas Kalf Steven Laporte Christophe Swift Connor De Lie Arnaud Räim Mihkel Salby Alexander Per David Meiler Lukas Menten Milan Resell Erik Nordsaeter Askey Lewis Cannister Goldwijnn Le Berre Mathis Finkst Tilen Siric Ivan Fedorov Yevgeniy Duric Dorde Poljanec Miha Kuypers Gerben Wright Fred Selimovic Husein Fagundez Eric Antonio Ballerini Davide Antonijevic Goran Dujardin Sandy Albanese Vincenzo Harper Chris Berwick Sebastian Asgreen Kasper Kanerva Joni Spengler Lukas Lampawog Jay Sweeck Laurens Curley Liam Gunnlaugsson Kristofer Geniets Kevin Bax Sjoerd Onodera Rei Altur Marcos Kortsidakis Michail Stavrakakis Georgios Boutopoulos Georgios Cavagna Remi Welsford Samuel Bonneu Kamiel Davies Scott Ovsyannikov Alexandr Neilands Krists Kurianov Stepan Dversnes Fredrik Ansons Kristers Michels Jente Gomez German Dario Mendoza Bryan Fernando Van Hooydonck Nathan Van der Hoorn Taco Taubel Christoph Robeet Ludovic David Tom Havik Piotr Braet Vito Loland Sakarias Koller Teunissen Mike Chokri El Mehdi Vahtra Norman Horvat Ziga Kubis Lukas Ponomar Andrii Malecki Kamil Budenieks Kristaps Pedersen Mads Bohli Tom Blume Levy William Jansen Amund Grondahl Abrahamsen Jonas De Gendt Aime Van Gestel Dries Klaris Magnus Bak Klahan Noppachai Jurado Cristofer Robin Trondsen Trond Hakon Ben Ameur Hatem Silva Thomas Firdaus Prasetyo Hefnar Ilham Sultansyah Arif Prayogo Dealton Nur Stewart Jake Uhlig Henri Colombo Filippo Sommer Jan Delco Lorenzo Osborne Jason Castrillo Pablo Setiawa Andreas Odie Purnama Tiller Rasmus Salzmann Jodok Chiu Ho San Van Baarle Dylan Milesi Lorenzo Salazar John Hoang Thai Phan Phonarjthan Patompob Gamper Patrick Van Den Bossche Fabio Verwilst Aaron Siddikov Dilmurdjon Suter Joel Van Gils Maxim Van Poucke Aaron De Plus Laurens Ulloa Jose Gerardo Malacarne Alex Abolaji Fatiu Busatto Francesco Vacek Mathias Fisher-Black Finn Quintana Hector Exequiel Yamamoto Masaki Ferreira Ricardo Garcia Cortina Ivan Barthe Cyril Sweeny Harry Diaz Suarez Andy Alihonay Oldani Stefano Lau Wan Yau Brockhoff Jan Gerts Floris Van den Berg Julius Meeus Jordi Van Den Berg Marijn Bloem Joren Kielich Timo Frigo Marco Bolor-Erdene Enkhtaivan Yechezkel Aviv Lecourt De Billot Olivier Bittner Pavel Holzer Roman Vandenabeele Henri Moiruri Moses Kulindwa Lameck Marco Demiri Mikel Owen Logan Hoole Daan Rossi Diego Ringheim Jo Kogstad Hofstetter Hugo Allegaert Piet Van Dijke Mick Van Dijke Tim Rutsch Jonas Matsangos Alexandros Hollmann Juri Rubenis Pauls Amari Hamza O'Brien Kelland Van Wilder Ilan Zahiri Abderrahim Jacobs Johan Schäppi Martin Serrano Javier Maciejuk Filip Dillier Silvan Ryan Archie Buchmann Emanuel Jenni Luca Senechal Florian Kamyshev Arman Bocharov Dimitry Labrosse Jordan Rybalkin Aleksey Skujins Toms Tikhonin Evgenii Yatsevich Kiril Polanc Jan Paprstka Tomas Marzuki Nur Amirul Per Gorazd Madan Ahmed Pedersen Rasmus Sojberg Van De Paar Jarne Enggaard Victor Grue Vermeersch Florian Novardianto Jamalidin Frankovic Mateo Redy Dylan Van Niekerk Morne Houle Hugo Lutsyshyn Roman Bazhkou Stanislau
It’s always interesting to see what a new game engine does with a route like this. Not ideal for Altur when looking at the route and his skillset, but then again, that goes for a lot of cobblers. He’s not the worst in the hills and most of our domestiques aren’t bad in that aspect either, so who knows. We hope to see him get a top 5, and some good depth.
It’s always interesting to see what a new game engine does with a route like this. Not ideal for Altur when looking at the route and his skillset, but then again, that goes for a lot of cobblers.
Pretty much this. Seemed like climbs didnt matter all too much in the past, curious whether that might have changed now. Not expecting too much from my team here but happy to get surprised.
Strada Appia Antica (PT) 
