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Great Ocean Road Classic Discussion
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:19
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Welcome to Australia for the first C2HC race of this season, and in fact Man-Game history. The Great Ocean Road Classic has a route, as suggested by the name, near the south eastern coastline of Australia. The race is flat, without any real hills, atleast none that should cause any troubles, so it should be the sprinters who have a shot at winning. Let’s see who’ll start here, shall we?
Starting with the home favourites, who could get an extra morale boost from riding in front of their own fans, in their own country.
 Fletcher – Garneau is the team with the most fans here. The team from New Zealand is here with Aussie sprinter Cameron Meyer, who should have an excellent lead-out man in the form of Vanderaerden.
 Bank of Ireland Cycling also brings an Aussie sprinter here, Damion Drapac. Irishman Peter Hawkins should be his lead out.
 Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling brings no less than five Australians here, with Renshaw as a potential leader. I say potential leader because Opie should be about as fast as Renshaw.
 Risa – Ergon is the last team to bring an Australian leader to this race, and Matthews could well be the strongest of the four Australian leaders. With Sutton as his helper Matthews is one of the favourites to take a win here.
The other favourites here are:  Matt Rowe, who is stunningly fast but probably he could use an extra helper or two.  Aleksandr Serebriakov should always be considered a favourite in CT races, and with a train including Hochmann and Iglinksi he’s in a really strong position.  Juan José Haedo also has a strong support team, both Crespo and Duque are capable of getting him the right position when the sprint starts.  Marco Guillén has proven he can win races last year, and even though this race might be a bit too long for him he could be up there, and if he is, watch him!
Behind those there is a long list of sprinters who could sneak in to the the top 5, if not more.  Alex Rasmussen,  Eloy Teruel,  Benoît Sinner,  Kevin Peeters,  Mattias Westling,  Azizulhasni Awang,  Michael Vingerling and  Armindo Fonseca should all be there.
Finally there’s a third group sprinters who are fast, but not as fast as those already mentioned. They need some luck to get in to the top 10, but surely could do better if positioned well.  Sébastien Chavanel,  Artur Gajek,  Mauro Richeze,  Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar and  Saïd Haddou lack the top speed. A final mention goes to  Tiziano Dall’Antonia, a rider with a rare skillset which makes him a favourite for any flat-rated race he’s in. He lacks the top speed others have, but he always finds a way to do well!
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:22
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Excellent preview! Hoping Haddou can pick up a few points, if not any amazing result.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:27
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Cool preview, maybe you should crop the starlist (just because it will look better)?
I am really curious to see what's going to happen with Schinker/Dall'Antonia duo. Hope one of them can get a Top 10 here. Anything more than that would be big bonus.
Edited by admirschleck on 17-04-2014 12:31
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:28
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Pretty packed startlist - looks like Forero's pretty much the only top CT sprinter missing here  Should make very interesting viewing as a neutral though.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:30
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A Top10 would be a dream result here, anything that brings at least some points in is appreciated, though
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| Bikex |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:34
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The season goes on for Siam Cement, hoping for Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar to score some points. Otherwise January will be a 0 points month for Siam Cement! |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:38
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C'mon Tiziano! I'm rotting for him, maybe he can pull off something like Donetsk last season. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:43
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Hoping the Eddie Stobart boys put in a good ride here in Australia  |
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:44
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I'd say less than a win would be slightly disappointing for this one with my two best guys here.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 17-04-2014 12:49
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After last year's season of constant disappointment from Awang the goal is simply to score some points. Hopefully he'll be able to get us off the mark in our Asia Tour goal.
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| knockout |
Posted on 17-04-2014 13:03
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I would be surprised if Teruel can sneak into the top 5. Everything in the Top 15 is okay. Hopefully, all of Teruel, Dupont and Saramotins try to join the sprint..
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 17-04-2014 13:03
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Thought I would be the team with least riders, but turns out that I got one more rider than the control team. 
Really not expecting much from Guillen here without any support. I hope nevertheless that Cano - Guillen duo will bring me some points throughout the season and not prove entirely wasted.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 17-04-2014 13:06
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Anything less than a podium would be a massive disappointment here.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 17-04-2014 13:54
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Let's hope for those Aussies to do better than the Aussies did at the Down Under Classic! Cheering for Drapac and Meyer, just like in New Zealand maybe a Bit early with the preview, seeing that NZCC ain't finished tomorrow, most probably
Anyway, should be fun. Go Aussies!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 17-04-2014 14:51
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Darn, I thought Peeters would be amongst the top favourites here, seems like the sprinter field is really strong in the ManGame
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 17-04-2014 15:49
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Those speed bumps do not look nice for Rasmussen, but we'll see what happens. Maybe Niki's nursing on the flats an get him to the finish. I doubt it.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 17-04-2014 15:59
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Important race for TomTom here. STA should help, but that's not exactly an advantage for Vingerling, I suppose.
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| knockout |
Posted on 17-04-2014 16:01
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Kind of forgot that this is the home race for our loanee Edmondson. I hope to see him in the early break!
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 17-04-2014 16:13
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tsmoha wrote:
Let's hope for those Aussies to do better than the Aussies did at the Down Under Classic! Cheering for Drapac and Meyer, just like in New Zealand maybe a Bit early with the preview, seeing that NZCC ain't finished tomorrow, most probably
Anyway, should be fun. Go Aussies!
Well, maybe early but since I'm going to a wedding later today I think I'll sleep tomorrow, so definately no report until Saturday
Edited by fjhoekie on 17-04-2014 16:13
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 17-04-2014 16:16
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fjhoekie wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
Let's hope for those Aussies to do better than the Aussies did at the Down Under Classic! Cheering for Drapac and Meyer, just like in New Zealand maybe a Bit early with the preview, seeing that NZCC ain't finished tomorrow, most probably
Anyway, should be fun. Go Aussies!
Well, maybe early but since I'm going to a wedding later today I think I'll sleep tomorrow, so definately no report until Saturday
Well, I think this will need to be posted after NZCC is finished with lots of riders in both races. |
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