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Tour of South China Sea Discussion
SportingNonsense
To Hong Kong we go for the first C1 race of February, the Tour of South China Sea. It's flat rated and should be decided in a sprint, but that is only half the story. The tricky Tsing Yi island circuit plays a prominent part throughout the race and will make it tough for the weak climbing sprinters to do well here. There is certainly an opportunity for making the race tough, if some teams so wish.

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Last Year

A prime example that a sprint finish with all the top sprinters cannot be expected. A group of attackers went away with just 10km to go, and joined the break of the day in a large group of 9. Those 9 stayed away comfortably. 3 of the day's break ended up in the Top 4, but the winner was Tomas Vaitkus.

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This Year

23 teams line up in quite a popular race: 17 PCT and 6 CT. The top sprinters, and their hill stats, are:

CiolekGeraldGERTeam Puma - SAP PCT6683
VantommeMaximeBELQuickstepPCT6482
NapolitanoDaniloITAMeiji - CannondalePCT6682
Van StayenMichaelBELVenchi - FerrantiPCT7681
KupfernagelDaniloGERKarcher-Adira RacingPCT6280
HollowayDanUSAHeineken-Cal GiantPCT6980
CastañedaJaime AlbertoCOLAllianz-BMWPCT5980
RichezeMaximilianoARGAllianz-BMWPCT6680
ForeroJuan PabloCOLAlpina - AviancaCT6180
DrapacDamionAUSBank of Ireland - Irish CyclingCT5380
Van AvermaetGregBELVenchi - FerrantiPCT6680
SerebriakovAleksandrRUSAmeriabank-NovatekCT6180
AberasturiJonESPBacardi - Itera PCT6479
DockerMitchAUSRBC Pro CyclingPCT6879
NelsonRickiAUSCompal-MeridaPCT5979
AwangAzizulhasniMASSauber PetronasCT5279
HochmannJíriCZEAmeriabank-NovatekCT5479
VanderaerdenMichaelBELFletcher-GarneauCT6179
AhlstrandJonasSWDSwedbank-PEABPCT6578
KrederMichelNEDSwedbank-PEABPCT7078
HoffmanNolanRSAMetinvest-EmiratesPCT6878
MananAnuarMASCompal-MeridaPCT6078
GavazziFrancescoITATeam HornbachPCT7378
CortiMarcoITAVenchi - FerrantiPCT6378
KeoughJakeUSAAMEXpcPCT6478
Haidar AnuawarAhmadMASCompal-MeridaPCT5678
ParkSung BaekKORCompal-MeridaPCT6378

Certainly i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/Gustavovskiy/microjerseys14/ven.png Van Stayen has to be favourite, based on his stats and performances at the Tour Down Under. i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/Gustavovskiy/microjerseys14/pum.png Ciolek, i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/Gustavovskiy/microjerseys14/qst.png Vantomme and i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/Gustavovskiy/microjerseys14/mei.png Napolitano would fancy beating him in an out and out sprint though, if they get over the hills ok. i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/Gustavovskiy/microjerseys14/kar.png Kupfernagel won the Down Under Classic of course - but he is less suited to this route, and 62 hill seems a bit low to actually win again here.

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Miguel98
February races already? Pfft

I imagine the January rankings will be posted before the report though. Is this correct SN?
 
welker3257
I think a top 10 is an achievable result for Fletcher, but I think the break will take this one.
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Alakagom
welker3257 wrote:
I think a top 10 is an achievable result for Fletcher, but I think the break will take this one.


There's 12 80+ sprinters here, I'd be happy with Vantomme getting Top 10 Pfft

Could go to break indeed, who knows. Should be a great race. No big expectations as the course is bit unexpected for sure.
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FroomeDog99
Miguel98 wrote:
February races already? Pfft

I imagine the January rankings will be posted before the report though. Is this correct SN?

Maybe, but it doesn't need to be. I'm yet to do the Tachira rankings, and they will be done tomorrow at the earliest when I get the files from tsmoha.

Looking forward to watching this from a neutral perspective. Think Van Staeyen is the definite winner of a bunch sprint if the hills are ridden fast but an attack could win again.
 
Stromeon
Hoping for a top 10 here, although 61 hill might count against Forero Frown
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tsmoha
Giacoppo for the win!

Well, seriously. No Goss here for me, so I'll hope for a similar race like last year, with Giovanni Visconti and William Ford grabbing the same result Wink Otherwise, maybe Sulzgberger could do something.. not expecting special things, so quite comfortably following this sprinters-battle.
 
tsmoha
FroomeDog99 wrote:
Miguel98 wrote:
February races already? Pfft

I imagine the January rankings will be posted before the report though. Is this correct SN?

Maybe, but it doesn't need to be. I'm yet to do the Tachira rankings, and they will be done tomorrow at the earliest when I get the files from tsmoha.


Opposing to my initial plan to visit a concert today, I'm at home Sad So I will send you the files soon!
 
cio93
Good to see few top sprinters here, bad to see Van Stayen here of course.
Very expectedly so though, this is really an interesting profile and a slight gamble for Ciolek (not that there was a significantly better alternative).

I should've tried and fit Delage in our lineup in case Ciolek has a bad day and not everyone waits for him, but now it's all for him trying to keep the pace steady over the hills, and Bar, Giaux and Minard should be some of the leadouts better suited to the course in that case.
This might well be the race where the 725k spent on Ciolek's hill stat could be the most effective...


Of course there's the evident threat of a break surviving especially with recent NZCC experiences and other results, but I am optimistic and say a Top 5 is a must.
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valverde321
Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst Pfft
 
DubbelDekker
Wouldn't be surprised to see the Van Stayen monster take another win.

I hope for Nuyens to attack.
Edited by DubbelDekker on 21-04-2014 21:29
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jph27
Was going to come with Haussler but last season's experience scared me off. Should be easy for Van Stayen.
 
SportingNonsense
Miguel98 wrote:
February races already? Pfft

I imagine the January rankings will be posted before the report though. Is this correct SN?


Well, I am posting this tomorrow evening.

Whether January Rankings come first depends on me getting the stage race points info from reporters, and also me having any time to do the rankings update. I don't see it as vital that the update comes before racing for the next month begins - many times last season it did not.
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fintas
Van Staeyen for the win and Kupfernagel for a top10 is what I think will happen
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cio93
I don't see why it has to be strictly chronological either as well.

Rankings updates require interaction between reporters and SN as every reporter does his own calculations and SN compiles and adds them together, so it can't always be completely simultaneously.
 
Miguel98
SportingNonsense wrote:
Miguel98 wrote:
February races already? Pfft

I imagine the January rankings will be posted before the report though. Is this correct SN?


Well, I am posting this tomorrow evening.

Whether January Rankings come first depends on me getting the stage race points info from reporters, and also me having any time to do the rankings update. I don't see it as vital that the update comes before racing for the next month begins - many times last season it did not.


Okay, just had a doubt regarding that. Well, as long as the racing continues at a good pace, I have no complaints. Smile
 
Dippofix
Drapac. Logically seen, he should be in with a shout for a Top 15. NZCC has shown that he can do (surprisingly) well under chaotic circumstances, but seems to struggle a bit in an organised sprint. He might be dropped though, and maybe he just won't do shit. Going by last years result, and because the Irish never give up without a fight, a man in the break is a must for us.
 
sutty68
The Eddie Stobart are on a high after there performance in New Zealand so hopefully they will keep up there good run of form here Wink
 
Levi4life
valverde321 wrote:
Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst Pfft


I'm just expecting the worstPfft
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Bjartne
I was sure I picked this race as a goal, but I confused it with Taihu Lake. I guess the competition won't be easy in any of those, but let's try to at least manage to hang on to a sprint train with a rider this time Wink
 
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