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Tour d'Rwanda Discussion
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| roturn |
Posted on 08-06-2014 08:27
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The Tour d'Rwanda brings the Man Game peloton for the first time to the Central African country. The debut is for the Continental teams but actually a few PCT teams also decided to start here.
The profiles are interesting with 3 flat and one hill top finish. The race opener though could be too hard for pure sprinters with a few hills. Also the next two stages are not completely flat. That said a sprint finish is expected here as those hills shouldn`t make it too difficult.
Last statge then for the GC most likely. The 7km long climb to the finish should lead to some selection of the stronger puncheurs or even climbers here.
Let`s come to the favourites. We have pure climbers, pure puncheurs and also some stage racers, which are pretty good in both kind of climbs.
The top puncheurs here are riders like:
 Lejman
 Tiernan Locke
 Kolobnev
 Wyss
 Passalacqua
 Firsanov
 Ito
Valencia
 Konte
 Machado
Then some stage racers to hope for a stronger hill top climb for sure lead by a strong ONCE duo:
 Kulhavy
Jumabekov
Morton
 Fernandez
 Bugge
Masuda
 Kimeli
Infantino
Richardson
 Chamorro
Last but not least a duo of pure climbers:
Parra Bustamante
Landa
Those guys will most likely have best chances to perform well in the GC. It`s hard to say, what kind of rider is suited the most for the hill top finish. Most likely a mix of puncheur and stage racer should do best, while the pure climbers might struggle on the shorter climbs.
With 2-3 possible sprint finishes we have lots of sprinters here. First the fastest riders:
 Drapac
Vanderaerden
Andriato
Sutton
Caethoven
 Rangel
Nielsen
 Dupont
Poulhies
Uugunbayar
Pierzga
Korkotyan
 Selig
Meenhorst
The biggest CT sprinters might be missing but the top5 here in especially are well known sprinters with a decent palmares already. Some like Caethoven even performed well on PT level.
Due to the sometimes harder sprint stages also some sprinters, who perform better after some selection:
Iglinski
Lang
Fernandez
Machado
Golas
So standout team here might be Grupo Nutresa with strong riders for every terrain. A low pointer here would be hugely disappointing for them.
Also ONCE, Risa, Repsol look very strong while other teams are having a hard time here to score big. Most notable probably PCT team AMEX with 4 riders only.
I will wait for the running PCT/CT races to be finished before posting the first report. |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 08-06-2014 10:49
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Took a gamble taking Drapac here and not to Himmerland, but should pay off as I do expect a stage win from him here, since he also has amazing support.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 08-06-2014 10:52
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No, that's fine, Dippo. Every sprinter here is a sprinter less in Himmerlandt, which is not only a TomTom goal, but a goal from other sprinter teams as well 
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 08-06-2014 10:57
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Judging by alot of small and steepy hills in first three stages, Drapac will hardly stand a chance in final sprints there. At least that's experience I got from reporting Algarve.
Good luck to everyone, Nordeus once again making a pause...we'll be back!
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 08-06-2014 11:07
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admirschleck wrote:
Judging by alot of small and steepy hills in first three stages, Drapac will hardly stand a chance in final sprints there. At least that's experience I got from reporting Algarve.
Good luck to everyone, Nordeus once again making a pause...we'll be back!
Nah, San Luis proved the opposite. Stage 1 is definitely too hard for him, but two and three should work out fine.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 08-06-2014 11:09
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Stage 1 seems perfect for Iglinski. Hopefully at least a podium there. Not too many expectations of Korkotyan, but Firsanov should be able to top-10.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 08-06-2014 11:16
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Should have sent Angarita or Arango here instead of enslaving them for a Forero train in Himmerland. Could easily get some top 10s in this field. 
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| knockout |
Posted on 08-06-2014 11:34
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I have no idea what to expect here so I am looking forward to get surprised. I hope that Boivin will feature on stage 1 while the rest of the team might go into breaks.
Hopefully, Dupont finds the same speed in his legs on stage 2 and 3 he had in San Luis.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 08-06-2014 11:41
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Looking forward to this race. Should be a good one.
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 08-06-2014 14:24
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No big expectations here considering I sent Kulhavi.. but would be a nice see my team active in the breaks sometimes.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 08-06-2014 20:07
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Hoping for great results here from my team.
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 09-06-2014 13:39
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Looking forward to this race even if it's not the most important one for us.
We aim for a controlled performance without breakaway adventures. With Schuler, Montaguti and Lang, Marcel Wyss got a great support crew here...
The final stage will tell the truth!
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 09-06-2014 17:26
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AMEXpc is using this race for young rider trainng. Three sprinters Theo Geinhardt, Daniel Klemme and Rudiger Selig will do their best to contend on the flat courses.
Young Frenchman Arnaud Godet will try for a couple of breakaways.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 09-06-2014 17:29
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Came here for experience along with our Africa Tour goal. Kimeli or Chaabane should be able to get a decent GC result at least, and otherwise breaks will be the target. |
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 10-06-2014 10:52
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With three mentioned riders being Fernandez, Infantino and Parra Bustamante I don't just want a good result here, I need a great result here. Hopefully my team is very active.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 10-06-2014 17:48
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Kudus was great in the break there, king of the mountains lead is great, grabbing some points. Shame Kimeli was dropped though, Chaabane will have to take on the leading duties from now on.
Wyss carrying on his great form for Vontobel, congrats to Margh Norway. |
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| ryant |
Posted on 10-06-2014 17:51
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Team working hard on the front to force a selection, not bad as both Richardson and JTL are only 20 sec back, will hope my team shows up in that stage 
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| Selwink |
Posted on 10-06-2014 17:56
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Although Firsanov did well with 4th Iglinski was quite disappointing here...
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 10-06-2014 18:10
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Nice ``attempt`` by Kulhavi. Atleast he seemed fresh and ready to attack. Promising good for the final stage
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 10-06-2014 18:12
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Kelly did well to stay in the front group, blah, looking good for GC, blah blah, Drapac did well to not end up with Walsleben, blah blah blah. Overall not the most important stage ever for us, looking forward to the next two stages though.
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