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Himmerland Rundt Discussion
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| roturn |
Posted on 21-06-2014 07:51
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Welcome to the first ever MG appearance of the Himmerland Rundt in Denmark. It`s a pan flat course and so the C2 sprinter elite is here to challange for the crown.
Top favourites might be  Guillen,  Rowe and  Serebriakov.
But while last two have decent support here and probably could get their sprint train, Guillen only has three teammates! While those have some quality with Cano in especially the quantity might lead to problems when chasing the breakaway and later positioning the leader.
Not far behind this top trio we have a good amount of very fast sprinters:
 Forero
 Vingerling
 Farrar
 Matthews
 Peeters
All 5 have decent support and are capable to win this race. Some of those already have a stage win in 2014, others are still waiting but proved their worth in previous seasons.
The next list of sprinters also could surprise as they differences here are pretty small:
 Fonseca
 Westling
 Richeze
 Rasmussen
 Opie
 Gayek
First 2-3 probably the stronger here but Rasmussen in his home race could be a good bet as well on such a flat course.
That`s also the time for the special mention of Team Carlsberg, the only Danish team here. With Ostergaard they have a 2nd Danish leader, who might want to go for an attack or a good leadout?
Edited by roturn on 21-06-2014 08:04
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 21-06-2014 14:16
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It's our win goal as the Danish CT race, but honestly our chances of winning are slim. the team really needs to show up for it to work out.
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| knockout |
Posted on 22-06-2014 01:30
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I don't expect much here but it would be nice to see teruel sprinting. I can also imagine a top25 or Sth in this range for Yannick Stoltz 
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 22-06-2014 04:17
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Yep it's time for some more fun facts.!
Lets start with age -
Evonik's Alexander Edmondson is the youngest rider here only 20 years old, Owain Doull for Eddie Stobart is the 2nd youngest and Carlos Henrique Cancellara rounds out our youngest riders podium for Alpina.
On the other side, my own Leonardo Duque is the oldest in the field at 34 years of age. Live Nation's Jussie Veikkanen comes in 2nd and I get a second on the stage with Yohann Gene in third.
Now on to stats -
The highest rider average here belongs to Carlsberg's Alex Rasmussen at 74.92. Second is Michael Schär of Vontobel (74.42) and then Aleksandr Serebriakov for Ameriabank (74).
On the other end the worst rider average here belongs to Rasim Reis of Team Live Nation at 61.42 average. Second to him is Robin Stenuit (65) for team TomTom then Owain Doull (65.67) of Eddie Stobart.
And then there is always the money-
Aleksandr Serebriakov is easily the highest paid at 300k by Ameriabank. Armindo Fonseca is the second best paid earning 215k from Vontobel, with Matt Rowe right behind had 210k on Team ASDA-Savers.
There are 70 riders (out of 102) that are earning the minimum 50k wage.
How about some nationalism-
Only one rider is a national champion here, and he is a dual champion:
 , Olli Kulppi, of Team Live Nation.
34 different countries are represented in this race. Belgium is the best represented country with 9 riders here, while host Denmark has 8 along with Great Britain and Colombia. 15 nations including the USA only have 1 rider representing them.
Regionally Europe leads the way with 77 riders, South America is represented by 13, Oceania has 4, North America and Asia both have 3 riders present and Central America only has two, ONCE's Marco Guillén and my own Yohann Gene.
And I guess that's all!
EDIT: Startlist attached.
Edited by Kentaurus on 22-06-2014 04:19
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 22-06-2014 07:10
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March got (almost) better every race. And with less than hundred riders at the starting line even Armindo Fonseca should be able to prevail. Team is required to ensure a sprint finish.
Thanks for the fun facts, Kent, is always a nice addition to the previews!
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-06-2014 09:08
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This is a win goal. Very tricky, I'd be amazed if we pull that off, even though we have a great leadout train(please PCM AI, give us a leadout train
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| ryant |
Posted on 22-06-2014 10:48
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well it would be good if Rowe manages to do better than what he has done so far this season, a top 10 would be a good place to start. 
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 22-06-2014 11:18
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Kinda hoped for more in the end but when I send these kind of squads to races I can't really expect anything either. Anyway first time I'm not sure that it was a smart move joining the breakaway considering our very limited team here.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-06-2014 11:27
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5th. Damn. Well, couldn't have expected a lot more in this field.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-06-2014 12:43
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Nooooo!!!!
So close. The team played it perfectly. But Rasmussen just didn't want to get involved apparently. What a shame. Another goal failed, but what did I expect?
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 22-06-2014 18:19
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Will anything ever go right for us this season? 
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| tastasol |
Posted on 22-06-2014 18:39
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Another goal failed... Matthews a bit isolated, but decent performance anyway.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 22-06-2014 18:56
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Time for Peeters to prove himself 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Posted on 22-06-2014 19:02
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Brave attempt by Yannick Stoltz who was close to a surprising result just like I expected. Thats what i expect from him with his high fighter stat and his great FL stat.
Hansen did great to get a few points (?).
I liked Kent's Fun Facts since again. It seems as if my team always fields the youngest rider when we are starting. Sometimes it is Willwohl, sometimes Bauhaus and sometimes Edmondson. But it always is one of my riders
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 22-06-2014 19:03
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knockout wrote:
I liked Kent's Fun Facts since again. It seems as if my team always fields the youngest rider when we are starting. Sometimes it is Willwohl, sometimes Bauhaus and sometimes Edmondson. But it always is one of my riders
Helps when half your team hasn't hit puberty yet.
Edited by Kentaurus on 22-06-2014 19:03
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| ryant |
Posted on 22-06-2014 19:06
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well, that wasn't good at all, poor performances in march has pretty much damaged my PPRD score, hope things will pick up soon :/
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 22-06-2014 20:56
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Somewhat ironic that one of the few roundabouts I use in my stages seals the teams fate.
Gratz to Live Nation and thanks again for another entertaining report, roturn!
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| Selwink |
Posted on 22-06-2014 20:59
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I'm quite surprised by Serebriakov's incapability of winning
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-06-2014 23:48
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Nice to see Partridge involved in another long break  and glad to see Chris Opie grab a top ten finish too |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 23-06-2014 17:09
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So close for Peeters, but another very good ride from the boys!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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