|
Strada Appia Antica - Discussion
|
| Nemolito |
Posted on 11-04-2026 18:31
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3936
Joined: 20-04-2020
PCM$: 425.00
|
 Strada Appia Antica (PT) - Preview
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
|
| |
|
|
| Ad Bot |
Posted on 12-04-2026 22:39
|
Bot Agent
Posts: Countless
Joined: 23.11.09
|
|
| IP: None |
|
|
| alexkr00 |
Posted on 11-04-2026 19:43
|
World Champion
Posts: 13742
Joined: 05-08-2008
PCM$: 400.00
|
Hopefully the uphill sections will tire out some of Gerts' rivals.
|
| |
|
|
| SotD |
Posted on 11-04-2026 19:48
|
World Champion
Posts: 12787
Joined: 29-11-2006
PCM$: 2980.00
|
It’s always interesting to see what a new game engine does with a route like this. Not ideal for Altur when looking at the route and his skillset, but then again, that goes for a lot of cobblers. He’s not the worst in the hills and most of our domestiques aren’t bad in that aspect either, so who knows. We hope to see him get a top 5, and some good depth.
|
| |
|
|
| knockout |
Posted on 11-04-2026 20:02
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 8378
Joined: 21-12-2010
PCM$: 500.00
|
SotD wrote:
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.
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
| |
|
|
| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-04-2026 03:04
|
Directeur Sportif
Posts: 12889
Joined: 27-07-2015
PCM$: 1961.50
|
It's cobbles, so we're happy with just a Top 20.
Thanks for the preview Nemo 
|
| |
|
|
| ember |
Posted on 12-04-2026 05:14
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7171
Joined: 27-03-2008
PCM$: 900.00
|
Wasn’t convinced when sending Anderberg here, but definitely happy all other cobblers are here too. Should increase the chances of having them fight for the win instead of puncheurs with decent cobbles stat.
Difficult to expect a result, but assuming the cobblers fight it out, I hope Anderberg’s energy stats make him a good rider for a top 5. |
| |
|
|
| roturn |
Posted on 12-04-2026 08:07
|
Team Manager
Posts: 22089
Joined: 24-11-2007
PCM$: 3900.00
|
Hard to judge really with that profile. Ideally van Hooydonck can continue his recent performances and fight for the top5 or podium.
But the climbs might mix it up a lot and cobbles are only in the final.
Looking forward to the outcome. |
| |
|
|
| Caspi |
Posted on 12-04-2026 10:57
|
Breakaway Specialist
Posts: 872
Joined: 22-09-2022
PCM$: 17300.00
|
We're just here for the experience. Let's see if we can tease the favorites from a breakaway.
|
| |
|
|
| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 12-04-2026 15:37
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 16743
Joined: 27-07-2011
PCM$: 15038.70
|
Fun race for Per to end the year. I reckon his mountain should help him in theory a bit. But honestly I'm fine with anything at this point. A win would be great, but as we're out of the relegation fight, even a poor result that pulls down his wage a little wouldn't be terrible.
Thanks for the preview!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
| |
|
|
| alexkr00 |
Posted on 12-04-2026 19:43
|
World Champion
Posts: 13742
Joined: 05-08-2008
PCM$: 400.00
|
We never left!
Fantastic to see Gerts taking what could be his last professional win. He was not very consistent this year, but it's good to see him kind of going out with a bang.
Thanks for the report!
|
| |
|
|
| SotD |
Posted on 12-04-2026 19:53
|
World Champion
Posts: 12787
Joined: 29-11-2006
PCM$: 2980.00
|
There you go! Great result to take 3rd aswell as a good depth. Also we animated the race with 4 different attackers during the race. That was very nice to see!
|
| |
|
|
| knockout |
Posted on 12-04-2026 20:04
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 8378
Joined: 21-12-2010
PCM$: 500.00
|
Congrats Alex, probably the "right" rider to win this race even when i would not have minded seeing someone else on top 
For us this race was about as bad as it could have been. We played no role whatsoever.
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
| |
|
|
| Heine |
Posted on 12-04-2026 20:08
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4632
Joined: 08-04-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Id day Gerts is the perfect winner in this race.
I would not look forward to renewals if I were you Alex
|
| |
|
|
| alexkr00 |
Posted on 12-04-2026 20:28
|
World Champion
Posts: 13742
Joined: 05-08-2008
PCM$: 400.00
|
Heine wrote:
Id day Gerts is the perfect winner in this race.
I would not look forward to renewals if I were you Alex
Pretty sure he'll end up with less points overall than last year. And he will decline even more too
The only ones I'm really worried about are Remco and Aniolkowski. But the Pole was already kind of overpaid due to being a FA signing.
|
| |
|
|
| ember |
Posted on 12-04-2026 20:51
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7171
Joined: 27-03-2008
PCM$: 900.00
|
Congratulations, Alex! Gerts with the best timing in the end there, very well done! Was really hopeful going into that sprint, as I felt Anderberg had ridden smartly after his early attack, and thought he might have something left for the sprint. Not sure he had, but it also looked like he got kind of blocked, so maybe we'll probably never find out
4th is a solid result for us! And with his win in Arenberg and our good race in Latvia, we've done well in our last one day races |
| |
|
|
| Caspi |
Posted on 12-04-2026 20:58
|
Breakaway Specialist
Posts: 872
Joined: 22-09-2022
PCM$: 17300.00
|
How did we not win this? 
Some cool pictures in the report!
|
| |
|
|
| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 12-04-2026 21:20
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 16743
Joined: 27-07-2011
PCM$: 15038.70
|
I'd have been frustrated with this race a few months ago, but as I previewed, I'm feeling pretty comfortable with our ability to avoid relegation now, so we'll just chalk it up to poor daily form for Per and move on. Gerts is a fitting winner and nice to see him snag it as his skills wane.
Thank you for the great report!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
| |
|
