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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 06-06-2015 13:09
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The season is here!! Weeks, months of preparations, rushed decisions and waiting for others to keep up with the pace are finally over.
And to start it off we have the traditional get together in the Great Wall of China, where the legendary names of Schleck, Cunego and Samuel Sanchez have been inscripted in the past 4 editions of this prestigious event
2014: Frank Schleck (Vesuvio - Accumalux)
Spoiler | 1 | Frank Schleck | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 6h09'23 | | 2 | Jan Bakelants | Bouygues Telecom | + 15 | | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Lotto - Australia Post | s.t. | | 4 | Damiano Caruso | Good Energy | s.t. | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Team Vueling Airlines | s.t. | | 6 | Yuri Trofimov | Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank | s.t. | | 7 | Tejay Van Garderen | Wikipedia | s.t. | | 8 | Francesco Ginanni | Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 9 | Riccardo Ricco | Festina-Canal+ | s.t. | | 10 | Aleksandar Flügel | VolksWagen-Mapei | s.t. | | 11 | Simone Ponzi | Good Energy | s.t. | | 12 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Aker-MOT | s.t. | | 13 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil | Rothaus - Aegon | s.t. | | 14 | Andrey Zeits | Compal-Merida | s.t. | | 15 | Rui Costa | Prio - Porto | s.t. | | 16 | Philippe Gilbert | Pendleton's | s.t. | | 17 | Stefan Schumacher | Swisscom - UBS | s.t. | | 18 | Dimitri Claeys | Lotto - Australia Post | s.t. | | 19 | Jay McCarthy | Wikipedia | s.t. | | 20 | Robin van der Hugenhaben | Team Bpost - Vlaanderen | s.t. | | 21 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Team Vueling Airlines | + 11'28 | | 22 | Shaun Lewis | Lotto - Australia Post | s.t. | | 23 | Arnaud Demare | Festina-Canal+ | s.t. | | 24 | Ben Gastauer | Vesuvio - Accumalux | s.t. | | 25 | Georg Preidler | VolksWagen-Mapei | s.t. | | 26 | Justo Tenorio | Santander | s.t. | | 27 | Peter Sagan | Becherovka - Kiwibank | s.t. | | 28 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Lotto - Australia Post | s.t. | | 29 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Bpost - Vlaanderen | s.t. | | 30 | Aleksandr Pluchkin | Team B&O | s.t. |
2013: Damiano Cunego (Lotto - Cervelo)
Spoiler | 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lotto - Cervelo | 6h20'39 | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Aker - MOT | + 14 | | 3 | Simone Ponzi | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Frank Schleck | Vesuvio - Accumalux | s.t. | | 5 | Tejay Van Garderen | Wikipedia | s.t. | | 6 | Diego Ulissi | Festina-Canal+ | s.t. | | 7 | Cesare Di Maggio | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | s.t. | | 8 | Jan Bakelants | Pearl Adidas | s.t. | | 9 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil | Project 1t4i | + 37 | | 10 | Robin van der Hugenhaben | Koenigsegg | s.t. | | 11 | Marko Kump | Pivovarna Lasko Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Damiano Caruso | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Hassen Ben Nasser | Pivovarna Lasko Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Tanel Kangert | Pearl Adidas | s.t. | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 16 | Matteo Rabottini | Wiggle Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Juan José Cobo | Lotto - Cervelo | s.t. | | 18 | Domenik Klemme | Team B&O | s.t. | | 19 | Stijn Devolder | Pivovarna Lasko Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Zsolt Der | Pivovarna Lasko Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Alejandro Valverde | Koenigsegg | s.t. | | 22 | Julien Simon | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 23 | Santo Anza | Koenigsegg | s.t. | | 24 | William Walker | Pearl Adidas | s.t. | | 25 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | | 26 | Philippe Gilbert | Pendleton's | s.t. | | 27 | Jose Goncalves | Pearl Adidas | s.t. | | 28 | Dan Craven | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | s.t. | | 29 | David De la Fuente | Lotto - Cervelo | s.t. | | 30 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Project 1t4i | s.t. |
2011 Frank Schleck (Vesuvio-Accumalux)
Spoiler | 1 | Frank Schleck | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 7h16'02 | | 2 | Jan Bakelants | Pearl Adidas | s.t. | | 3 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Auber 93 - Look | s.t. | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | La Gazzetta dello Sport | s.t. | | 5 | Diego Ulissi | Festina - Corona | s.t. | | 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team B&O | s.t. | | 7 | Gianpaolo Caruso | Lafarge | s.t. | | 8 | Rubén Plaza | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 9 | Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez | Festina - Corona | s.t. | | 10 | Santo Anza | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 11 | Yuri Trofimov | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 12 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil | Energie - Diesel | s.t. | | 13 | Tejay Van Garderen | Wikipedia | s.t. | | 14 | Matteo Carrara | Petronas - Olympus | s.t. | | 15 | Danilo Di Luca | Team Nespresso | s.t. | | 16 | Sergio Ghisalberti | Lipton Ice Tea | s.t. | | 17 | Jelle Vanendert | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 18 | Sandy Casar | Carmeuse Cyclisme | + 1'58 | | 19 | Nico Keinath | Team B&O | s.t. | | 20 | Sergei Kolesnikov | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | s.t. | | 21 | José Angel Gomez Marchante | Café de Colombia | + 2'06 | | 22 | Mauricio Soler | Energie - Diesel | + 3'02 | | 23 | Wim Van Huffel | Jack Wolfskin | + 3'10 | | 24 | Robin van der Hugenhaben | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 25 | Óscar Pereiro Sio | Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 26 | Andrei Grivko | Team B&O | s.t. | | 27 | Maxim Iglinski | Vesuvio-Accumalux | s.t. | | 28 | David De la Fuente | La Gazzetta dello Sport | + 3'18 | | 29 | Lars Boom | Auber 93 - Look | s.t. | | 30 | Tom Danielson | Lipton Ice Tea | s.t. |
2010 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Festina - Seiko)
Spoiler | 1 | Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez | Festina - Seiko | 7h13'43 | | 2 | Damiano Cunego | La Gazzetta dello Sport | s.t. | | 3 | Riccardo Ricco | White Bear - Wild Horse | s.t. | | 4 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil | Rabobank | s.t. | | 5 | John Gadret | Crédit Lyonnais | s.t. | | 6 | Markus Fothen | SIC Radical - Timberland | s.t. | | 7 | Andrei Kashechkin | Lipton Ice Tea | s.t. | | 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Philips - Hummel | s.t. | | 9 | Patrik Sinkewitz | SIC Radical - Timberland | + 1'12 | | 10 | Frank Schleck | Accumalux-Huez | s.t. | | 11 | Danilo Di Luca | La Gazzetta dello Sport | s.t. | | 12 | Xavier Florencio | Wikipedia | s.t. | | 13 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 14 | Vincenzo Nibali | Domina Vacanze | + 1'39 | | 15 | Koldo Gil | Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne | s.t. | | 16 | José Angel Gomez Marchante | Eurosport | + 2'35 | | 17 | Thomas Lövkvist | Eurosport | + 3'03 | | 18 | Maxim Iglinski | Accumalux-Huez | s.t. | | 19 | Diego Ulissi | Philips - Hummel | s.t. | | 20 | Jelle Vanendert | Domina Vacanze | s.t. | | 21 | Andrei Grivko | Team B&O | s.t. | | 22 | Sérgio Paulinho | SIC Radical - Timberland | s.t. | | 23 | Vladimir Gusev | Philips - Hummel | s.t. | | 24 | David López Garcia | Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 25 | Ruben Elvira Lobato | SIC Radical - Timberland | s.t. | | 26 | Maxime Monfort | White Bear - Wild Horse | s.t. | | 27 | Dario Cataldo | Crédit Lyonnais | s.t. | | 28 | David De la Fuente | La Gazzetta dello Sport | s.t. | | 29 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank | + 3'43 | | 30 | Jérôme Pineau | Wikipedia | s.t. |
2015 brings a new breeze of contenders which will very likely dethrone the names who've dominated this race.  Edvald Boasson Hagen comes as favourite in theory, and will seek an astounding result to bounce back from his 2014 season. On the other side of the spectrum we have  Francesco Ginanni and  Yuri Trofimov who will gladly give continuity to a rather impressive year. Last year’s runner up  Jan Bakelants is also here looking to please his team leader Theo Bos with a triumph in the season opener. The Simon duo of  Spilak and  Ponzi should be a good bet for potential winners as well. Vesuvio's leader  Ben Gastauer will try to please his manager in successfully succeeding to his mentor's legacy. We have another name associated with Vesuvio in  Toms Skujins, but the latvian will be trying to upset SN, rather than amusing him. To finish this preview we have 2 anglo-saxonic threats in  Tejay Van Garderen and  Chris Froome who should provide some fireworks for their eager to win, recently promoted teams.
Here's a list of best puncheurs for reference:
| Name | HILL | | Edvald Boasson Hagen | 85 | | Jan Bakelants | 84 | | Francesco Ginanni | 83 | | Yuri Trofimov | 83 | | Simon Spilak | 82 | | Simone Ponzi | 82 | | Tejay Van Garderen | 82 | | Chris Froome | 82 | | Toms Skujins | 82 | | Ben Gastauer | 82 |  Jay McCarthy | 81 |  Damiano Cunego | 81 |  Maurice Schreurs | 81 |  Stefan Schumacher | 81 |  Aleksandar Flügel | 81 |  Cyril Gautier | 80 |  Diego Ulissi | 80 | | Tommy Zaini | 80 | | Nicolas Roche | 80 | | Frank Schleck | 80 | | Pello Bilbao | 79 | | Sergio Barrio | 79 |  Philippe Gilbert | 79 | | Mohamed Shawal Anuar Aziz | 79 |
Buckle your seatbelts everyone, 2015 is about to take off 
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 06-06-2015 13:16
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Should I take it as a bad omen that Bobridge is not even listed as a contender? 
Any Top-15 in such a field would be pleasant anyway. Maybe taking benefit of his ACC with an earlier attack, this should be Bobridge's only chance.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 06-06-2015 13:19
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Very strong field here 
Hopefully Paavo will be able to help Schleck to a good result in his first race in Vesuvio colours.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 06-06-2015 13:21
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And so it begins, I can only hope that strength in depth turns out to be really useful here. Thanks for doing this Gustavovskiy 
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| Heine |
Posted on 06-06-2015 13:21
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Decided to only send Flügel here, hoping for a good top 10 from him. My bet however is placed on Spilak, as the other punchy opening race I believe this is one for the riders with good Mon stats. Part of the reason I sent Denifl here aswell, had a few race days left and hoped the Mon stat could help him a bit to score some points.
Great to see the PT starting, really looking forward to this season
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 06-06-2015 13:25
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Time to see how lethal the combination of TVG and Barrio are together. Need to get off to good start here so we don't start our relegation fight by being dropped in quicksand.
I got money down on TVG but in reality I think Trofimov takes the opener.
Good luck everyone.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 06-06-2015 13:29
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Damn, exciting stuff. Froome hopefully with a Top 10 here to start off, otherwise no expectations on Aziz, with Serry/Barbin/Waytens/Kump hope we can put some mid-stage attacks or get some minor places points.
Should be a cracker, Spilak to win it.
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| ember |
Posted on 06-06-2015 13:33
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It's here!
Looking a lot forward to this one. Like Heine and Alakagom I fancy Spilak for the win due to his mountain stat. The steep final kilometer or so should be perfect for him, assuming it's the same as in previous editions.
Though, I obviously hope Boasson Hagen is strong enough to get there first. It should at least not come down to the support he has for this one, as the 75-76 guys should be strong enough to control most of the race, as I suspect we'll be forced to do just that considering the bib numbers. Then it should come down to picking the right move in the decisive part of the race, and of course avoid a crash like last year.
Edited by ember on 06-06-2015 13:34
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| jph27 |
Posted on 06-06-2015 13:46
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Well, this startlist is quite the reality check for our PT debut breakaway win please  |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 06-06-2015 14:02
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If we do better than last year, I'll be happy.
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-06-2015 14:11
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I'm looking very much forward to this. Spilak with his two 77HI helpers needs to do atleast a top 5 here, eventhough that could be tough enough to complete.
I have Trofimov as the winner here ahead of Boasson Hagen and Bakelants.
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| Kami |
Posted on 06-06-2015 14:12
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Happy that it's finally here. It'll be a tough task for Ulissi to get a good result here, but if he can stay in the front group after the hill, he should be able to sprint to a good placing. A top 10 would certainly be nice.
My guess is on Cunego or Trofimov for the win.
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 06-06-2015 14:25
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TJ Slagter and Mudarra are my first ever riders to ride in PT (Brajko etc. dont count since they weren't mine when they rode in PT) So i'm really looking forward to seeing what they can do at this level.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 06-06-2015 14:58
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My money's on Spilak, this seems like a profile that will need a good mountain stat along with a strong hilly one. Supporting him along with Bakelants, as we've got Grmay riding for Festina and Kebede for Bouygues. Interested to see how they get on in the PT. |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 06-06-2015 15:22
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ALLEZ JAN!
Although I'm expecting Trofimov to take this one
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| cio93 |
Posted on 06-06-2015 15:23
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The old generation seems to love this race, so I hope Cunego isn't quite done yet and can add another podium performance here.
I'd love to see Spilak give Festina a reason to cheer again by taking a solo win.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 06-06-2015 15:39
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Yeah here we go into a brve new world of having a rider that can actually do something in a PT Hilly race.
Would be great to see a top 10 here as we have sponsors to please - this race does tend to suit the all rounder so Spilak may be a guy to watch. Would be nice to see Hagen get the nod for me.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 06-06-2015 16:11
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I'm gonna call Trofimov on this one, but I would not be surprised to see Spilak win as everyone expects. Hopefully Schumacher can top 10, but this is a very strong field.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 06-06-2015 16:56
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At what point did it seem like calling my team "The Irish Rovers" was a good idea? 
Anyway, hoping for a Top 10 from McCarthy, could be possible with a bit of luck.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-06-2015 17:25
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Jeez what a startlist strenght Will be quite an opening here! |
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