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Strade Bianche Discussion
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 27-06-2015 11:50
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The Strade Bianche, formerly known as Monte Paschi Eroica (2009 and 2010 as ProTour race) is held annually near Siena, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. It is a warm weather precursor to the cobbled classics of the north (Ronde van Vlaanderen a month away). The field is usually made up of riders who can ride well on cobble stones and can handle hills to.
The race starts in Gaiole in Chianti and finishes in the famous public space Piazza del Campo in Siena. The route consists of 188 kilometres around the city of Siena, including 45 kilometres of gravel roads, called "sterrati" in Italy. Parts of the route were originally used in a recreational race, or "gran fondo". The organizers of the race, RCS sports, were inspired by the Tour of Flanders with its hills, and Paris–Roubaix with its cobblestone sections.
The race was lengthened in 2011 (when the race lost his ManGame ProTour status), 9 km and one more gravel sector was added, taking the total unsealed sections to 57.2 km. The riders now leave Gaiole in Chianti (instead of San Gimignano) and head south towards the first of the eight sectors of le strade bianche (Translation: white gravel roads).
2014: Michael Van Stayen (Venchi - Ferranti)
Spoiler | 1 | Michael Van Stayen | Venchi - Ferranti | 4h38'31 | | 2 | Hassen Ben Nasser | Team Kenya Airways | + 17 | | 3 | Diego Ulissi | Bacardi Limited | + 34 | | 4 | Juan José Cobo | Team CSC-Orbea | + 38 | | 5 | Tommy Zaini | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | | 6 | Janier Alexis Acevedo | Repsol-Cativen | s.t. | | 7 | Cesare Di Maggio | Venchi - Ferranti | s.t. | | 8 | Carlos Betancourt | FCB - Polska | s.t. | | 9 | Andrey Zeits | Compal-Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Salvatore Mancuso | Bacardi Limited | s.t. | | 11 | Jérôme Baugnies | Quickstep | s.t. | | 12 | Tomas Okrouhlicky | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Giovanni Visconti | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | | 14 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | | 15 | Marko Kump | AMEXpc | s.t. | | 16 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Puma - SAP | + 53 | | 17 | Cristiano Salerno | Meiji - Cannondale | s.t. | | 18 | Jetse Bol | Team Puma - SAP | s.t. | | 19 | Francisco Ventoso | Team CSC-Orbea | s.t. | | 20 | Daniel Oss | Gazelle | s.t. | | 21 | Jérémy Roy | Allianz-BMW Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Nebojsa Jovanovic | Team Nordeus | s.t. | | 23 | Meiyin Wang | Compal-Merida | s.t. | | 24 | Mickaël Delage | Team Puma - SAP | + 1'03 | | 25 | Marc De Maar | Quickstep | s.t. | | 26 | Natnael Berhane | Jaguar - Eritel | s.t. | | 27 | Sergio Barrio | Team CSC-Orbea | s.t. | | 28 | Vitaliy Popkov | Metinvest-Emirates | s.t. | | 29 | George Bennett | Oz Cycling Project | s.t. | | 30 | Ryan Anderson | RBC Pro Cycling | + 1'14 |
2013: Jonathan Bellis (Rothaus - Aegon)
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Jonathan Bellis | Rothaus - Aegon | 4h58'03 | | 2 | Ben Hermans | Swedbank-PEAB | s.t. | | 3 | Michiel Elijzen | Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim | + 26 | | 4 | Marc De Maar | HTC Nieuwsblad | + 58 | | 5 | Nolan Hoffman | Metinvest-Emirates | + 1'22 | | 6 | Jurgen Roelandts | Bouygues Telecom | s.t. | | 7 | Heinrich Haussler | Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Francisco Ventoso | Prio - Porto | s.t. | | 9 | Fabian Wegmann | Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Vespa-Aprilia Racing | s.t. | | 11 | Nick Van der Lijke | HTC Nieuwsblad | s.t. | | 12 | Cyril Gautier | Team BPost | s.t. | | 13 | Jérôme Baugnies | HTC Nieuwsblad | s.t. | | 14 | Jerome Cousin | Team BPost | s.t. | | 15 | Dmitri Kozontchuk | Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC | s.t. | | 16 | Johan Vansummeren | Team BPost | s.t. | | 17 | Francesco Gavazzi | Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim | s.t. | | 18 | Jesus Tendero | Rothaus - Aegon | s.t. | | 19 | Valentin Iglinski | Rothaus - Aegon | s.t. | | 20 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Mobil - Castrol Cycling | s.t. | | 21 | Johnny Hoogerland | Swedbank-PEAB | s.t. | | 22 | Roberto Traficante | Vespa-Aprilia Racing | s.t. | | 23 | Xavier Zabalo | Rothaus - Aegon | s.t. | | 24 | Michal Golas | Team Credexbank | s.t. | | 25 | Gatis Smukulis | Sram-Riboxx Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Pieter Serry | HTC Nieuwsblad | s.t. | | 27 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC | s.t. | | 28 | Matteo Priamo | Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim | s.t. | | 29 | Stefano Locatelli | Bouygues Telecom | s.t. | | 30 | Sander Armee | HTC Nieuwsblad | s.t. |
2012: Rui Costa (Team CSC-Orbea)
Spoiler | 1 | Rui Costa | Team CSC-Orbea | 5h11'36 | | 2 | Dale Appleby | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | + 22 | | 3 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Bpost | s.t. | | 4 | Cristiano Salerno | Ferrari - ERG | + 1'26 | | 5 | Francesco Ginanni | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | + 1'46 | | 6 | Marcel Wyss | Saab - Scania | + 2'01 | | 7 | Dimitri Claeys | Team Bianchi | s.t. | | 8 | Nicolas Roche | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | s.t. | | 9 | Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | s.t. | | 10 | Matteo Carrara | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | s.t. | | 11 | Aleksandr Kolobnev | T.CS Bank - OJSC | s.t. | | 12 | Frantisek Rabon | Team Bianchi | s.t. | | 13 | Maxime Monfort | Team Bianchi | s.t. | | 14 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Trilux - Falke | s.t. | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Team Bpost | s.t. | | 16 | Alex Dowsett | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 17 | Gabriele Bosisio | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | s.t. | | 18 | Matteo Bono | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | s.t. | | 19 | Luis Pasamontes | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | s.t. | | 20 | Cyril Gautier | Team Bpost | s.t. | | 21 | Boris Shpilevski | T.CS Bank - OJSC | s.t. | | 22 | Ivan Rovny | T.CS Bank - OJSC | s.t. | | 23 | Gatis Smukulis | Team Trilux - Falke | s.t. | | 24 | Massimo Iannetti | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | s.t. | | 25 | Ben Hermans | Team Rothaus - Aegon | s.t. | | 26 | Matthew Busche | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | s.t. | | 27 | Andrea Pagoto | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | + 3'51 | | 28 | Evgeni Petrov | T.CS Bank - OJSC | s.t. | | 29 | Andrei Kunitski | Team Rothaus - Aegon | s.t. | | 30 | Manuel Quinziato | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | + 4'36 |
2011: Nick Nuyens (Domina Vacanze)
Spoiler | 1 | Nick Nuyens | Domina Vacanze | 5h30'50 | | 2 | Alessandro Ballan | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 3 | Fabian Cancellara | Carmeuse Cyclisme | + 8 | | 4 | Danny Summerhill | Café de Colombia | + 47 | | 5 | Marcus Burghardt | Wikipedia | s.t. | | 6 | Enrico Franzoi | Pearl Adidas | s.t. | | 7 | Nikolas Maes | Auber 93 - Look | s.t. | | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | + 1'40 | | 9 | Geert Steurs | Team Nespresso | s.t. | | 10 | Juan-Antonio Flecha | Warner Brothers - Carrefour | s.t. | | 11 | Frederik Nolf | Festina - Corona | + 1'53 | | 12 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lipton Ice Tea | s.t. | | 13 | Sebastian Langeveld | Auber 93 - Look | + 2'17 | | 14 | Gert Steegmans | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 3'20 | | 15 | Sam Bewley | Festina - Corona | + 3'35 | | 16 | Damien Gaudin | Auber 93 - Look | s.t. | | 17 | Nicolas Portal | Team Nespresso | s.t. | | 18 | Stijn Devolder | Philips - TDC | s.t. | | 19 | Lars Boom | Auber 93 - Look | s.t. | | 20 | Arnaud Coyot | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | s.t. | | 21 | Laurens Ten Dam | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | 22 | Manuel Quinziato | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 4'00 | | 23 | Sébastien Joly | Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 24 | Pieter Jacobs | Carmeuse Cyclisme | s.t. | | 25 | Evert Verbist | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. | | 26 | Matti Breschel | Team Starbucks-RadioShack | s.t. | | 27 | Jempy Drucker | Team B&O | + 4'12 | | 28 | Michel Sibilla | Team Nespresso | s.t. | | 29 | Wim De Vocht | Pearl Adidas | s.t. | | 30 | Marcel Sieberg | Jack Wolfskin | + 4'42 |
2010 (as ProTour): Marcus Burghardt (Wikipedia)
Spoiler | 1 Marcus Burghardt Wikipedia 5h32'56 | | 2 Tom Boonen Warner Brothers s.t. | | 3 Alessandro Ballan SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. | | 4 Juan-Antonio Flecha Warner Brothers + 47 | | 5 Vladimir Gusev Philips - Hummel s.t. | | 6 Jérôme Baugnies Lipton Ice Tea + 1'42 | | 7 Nick Nuyens Domina Vacanze + 2'26 | | 8 Filippo Pozzato Crédit Lyonnais s.t. | | 9 Adam Blythe 100% ME s.t. | | 10 Thor Hushovd Festina - Seiko s.t. | | 11 Tom Veelers Team B&O s.t. | | 12 Sebastian Langeveld Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. | | 13 Frederik Nolf Festina - Seiko s.t. | | 14 Nikolas Maes Wikipedia + 3'08 | | 15 Steven Kruijswijk Team B&O s.t. | | 16 Andreas Klier American Suzuki s.t. | | 17 Geraint Thomas British Airways - Martini s.t. | | 18 Anthony Geslin Festina - Seiko + 4'01 | | 19 Jempy Drucker Team B&O s.t. | | 20 Pieter Jacobs Unicef RT s.t. | | 21 Evert Verbist Domina Vacanze s.t. | | 22 Gert Steegmans Rabobank s.t. | | 23 Matti Breschel Philips - Hummel + 4'49 | | 24 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t. | | 25 Kevin Van Impe Warner Brothers + 6'21 |
2009 (as ProTour): Clément Lhotellerie (Nintendo - Honda)
Spoiler | 1 Clément Lhotellerie NINTENDO - HONDA 5h41'35 | | 2 Bernhard Eisel CARLSBERG + 1'11 | | 3 Filippo Pozzato CREDIT LYONNAIS s.t. | | 4 Nick Nuyens DOMINA VACANZE s.t. | | 5 Fabian Cancellara ACCUMALUX - FORMEX s.t. | | 6 Marcus Burghardt FESTINA s.t. | | 7 Gert Steegmans PHILIPS - HUMMEL s.t. | | 8 Nikolas Maes WIKIPEDIA s.t. | | 9 Arnaud Coyot ERSTE s.t. | | 10 Wim De Vocht MAGENTA ALL-STARS s.t. | | 11 Sebastian Langeveld VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t. | | 12 Frederik Nolf FESTINA s.t. | | 13 Leif Hoste WIKIPEDIA s.t. | | 14 Pieter Vanspeybrouck CARLSBERG s.t. | | 15 Paolo Bettini AMERICAN SUZUKI s.t. | | 16 Michael Boogerd PHILIPS - HUMMEL s.t. | | 17 Magnus Bäckstedt PROCYCLING - BBC + 5'35 | | 18 Bobbie Traksel DOMINA VACANZE s.t. | | 19 Koen De Kort FRANCE TELEVISIONS s.t. | | 20 Manuel Quinziato EUROSPORT s.t. | | 21 Leonardo Duque DOMINA VACANZE s.t. | | 22 Evert Verbist DOMINA VACANZE s.t. | | 23 Michael Schär FRANCE TELEVISIONS s.t. | | 24 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle FRANCE TELEVISIONS s.t. | | 25 Staf Scheirlinckx WIKIPEDIA s.t. |
Today is a busy day in the world of cycling, later today you can watch the best climbers of the Continental Circuit during the Tour of the Middle East. Or if you enjoy uphill sprinting more, you can go watch the Gisborne GP instead, but we start this day with the early morning broadcast of the Strade Bianche in Tuscany, Italy.
The first edition (2009) was won by Clément Lhotellerie (Nintendo - Honda), he soloed to the finish, and looking at the startlist, most teams are again hoping for a solo win on the Piazza del Campo in Siena.
The organisation of the Strade Bianche has invited 24 teams to compete; there are twenty-three Professional Continental teams and one ProTour team:  Meiji - JR East but surprisingly they don't have the best riders of the field, they do however have good old  Cristiano Salerno in their line-ups (who finished 4th in 2012). In total there are 27 riders from Italy on the startlist,  Eddie Stobart is the main supplier with 5 Italians.
Last year winner Michael Van Stayen isn't here to defend his title, but  Rui Costa (winner of 2012 (Team CSC-Orbea), now riding for Prio - Porto) and  Nick Nuyens (winner of 2011 (Domina Vacanze), now riding for Gazelle) are.
The two main contenders are  Danny Summerhill (best cobbler) and  Cesare Di Maggio (best puncheur).
Behind these main favorites there are a lot of other good puncheurs here in Italy like  McCarthy,  Kelderman,  Dowsett,  Roy,  Ben Nasser,  Sanchez Gil,  Boswell and Mehr-Wenige.
Also cobblers like  Vanmarcke,  Vandenbergh,  Trentin, Steurs and Declerq are present, Filippo Pozzato is an outsider who both can handle hills and gravel roads really well.
| Aegon - Lavazza | AMEX | Azteca | | Vanmarcke | Boswell | Summerhill | | Villella | Mehr-Wenige | Villegas | | Thurau | Taborre | Quevedo | | Sbaragli | Le Gac | Coronel | | Bazzana | O'Brien | Pulido | | Clement | Busche | Vaquera | | Scheit | Formolo | Corwin | | Bovenhuis | Yemane | Codrington | | Bank of Ireland | Bonsucro | Buff - Polska | | McCarthy | Roy |  Ventoso | | Shaw | Mansilla | Megias | | Puusepp | Egidio | Bartl | | Jelfs | Soto Pereira | Gradek | | McConvey | Navarrete | Bostner | | Clarke | Ballan | Haddi | | Barclay | Maldonado | Bernas | | Petrie-Armstrong | Santos | Marchewka | | cycleYorkshire | Eddie Stobart | Eritel |  Konovalovas | De Marchi | Dowsett | | Lampier | Zabriskie | Teklit | | Richardson | Pozzo | Amanuel | | Brammeier | Lewis | Reguigui | | Meenhorst | Gavazzi | Abelouache | | Semple | Benfatto | Okbamariam | | Tang | Ruffoni | Tewelde | | Chan | Voeckler | Hamza | | Evonik | Gazelle | Nutresa | | Sanchez Gil | Pozzato | Chaves | | Geschke | Furdi | Vandenbergh | | Mohoric | Hofland | Gavazzi | | Dakteris | Oss | Modolo | | Smirnovs | Nuyens | Fonte | | Bekmanis | Nardin | Del Nero | | Bogdanovics | Westra | Mebrahtu | | Weiss | Zordan | Parra Bustamente | | Lululemon | Meiji (PT) | Prio |  Lloyd | Hatanaka | Costa | | Ivanov | Appollonio | Afonso | | Yates | Salerno | Nascimento | | Ewan | Hiratsuka | Allonca | | Alaphilippe | Othman | Figueiredo | | Bardet | Tatarinov | Domene | | Stoenchev | Fominykh | Costa | | Fritsch | Yamamoto | Mas | | Africa | Risa | Sauber |  Hoffman | Trentin |  Zardini | | Hategeka | Steurs | Zoidl | | Ngock Ngue | Vink | Krizek | | Thomson | Clarke | Schurter | | Ndayisenga | Laengen | Forcellini | | Seibeb | Rake | Pranata | | Smit | Vassdål | Mutsumine | | Drobisch | Kochetkov | Wahyudi | | Siam | BPost | Kenya |  Wang |  Zingle | Ben Nasser | | Boonratanathanakorn | Wallays | Impey | | Jang | De Vreese | Marcato | | Sayar | Maesen | Konte | | Quaade | La Lavandier | Rossetto | | Poorseyedi | Cousin | Chaoufi | | Changpad | Naesen | Lang | | Sirironnachai | Vansummeren | Chaabane | | Puma | TomTom | Vontobel | | Kelderman |  Kreder | Di Maggio | | Felline | Libert | Penasa | | Demare | Schoonbroodt | Wyss | | Bongiorno | Vermeltfoort | Gatto | | Arndt | Toribio | Lane | | Bol | Lebris | Manfredi | | Vogt | Bulgac | Pellaud | | Declerq | Stenuit | Addy |
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 27-06-2015 12:02
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Nice Preview! Summerhill will take it for me. Very happy to not be present here atleast 
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Posted on 27-06-2015 12:23
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Brilliant preview. Loved the geographical information as well. Mainly because I already visited the piazza del Campo and San Gimignano.
Evonik rides for LLS but should this end up as a group sprint we also have Geschke here who could also deliver a strong result (if he would at least try for once  ).
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| tastasol |
Posted on 27-06-2015 12:25
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For some reason I thought Strade was a cobbled race, have no clue why. Well, at least Trentin can handle climbs...
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| roturn |
Posted on 27-06-2015 12:33
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No idea about this one.
Thurau, Villella and Bazzana could surprise with some points I hope.
Vanmarcke could attack I hope but he should struggle on the hills. Just got some rd left with him. |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 27-06-2015 13:01
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Packed startlist. It's a win goal for us, and we have two good options in Ben Nasser (2nd last year) and Impey. Both should have an outside chance, got to hope for another surprise though. Should be a great race whatever happens. |
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 27-06-2015 13:03
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Trying to cover all eventualities with Chaves for hills, Gavazzi and Modolo for sprint if big group prevails, and VDB and del Nero as wildcards. Given the many different scenarios this parcours could throw up, will certainly be an interesting read!
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 27-06-2015 13:58
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It will be very interesting to see how the new AI handles AMEX's co-leaders: Ian Boswell & Dieter Mehr-Wenige.
We hope it is not a disaster.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 27-06-2015 14:44
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Nice background story Oleg!
The competition is pretty huge, so it will be a though race for Pozzato and Furdi.
Still, anything is possible if Pozzo manages to hang on.
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 27-06-2015 15:28
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Thanks for the nice preview to our win goal this season. Best scenario will be Di Maggio gapping the rest, but the race development isreally hard to predict.
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 27-06-2015 16:35
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While I think this should be considered a cobbled race, I'm not sure how tough the game thinks the gravel roads should be. If they do add some aspect of cobbles to the race, think I've got a great shot with Summerhill, if not, then it might be a bad day. ... ... Who am I kidding I'm still counting on Danny to pull something out here.
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| The Rider |
Posted on 28-06-2015 10:01
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Some preview! 
Cobblers doing something here? Hm, don't see it. A top 10 by Roy would make it a decent race. Getting in the break would be nice. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 28-06-2015 16:42
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Hoping that Eddie Stobart can get some Italian success |
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| ryant |
Posted on 28-06-2015 16:52
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Hope we can 'snatch' some TV time by getting in the break, not sure if Kono will do anything here as the startlist is packed, any points will be a bonus to be truthful
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 28-06-2015 16:59
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Cobbled stat is irrelevant here. For the first 3 MG editions the gravel was set as cobbles, but it's all about the hills now.
Dowsett's first race of the season. Gisborne clashing hasn't helped as it might have since all the very top puncheurs are still here anyway. Should be a good fight.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 29-06-2015 08:39
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@ Dippofix (Bank of Ireland), ggDonovan (Buff – Polska), TheManxMissile (Lululemon/Bulgaria Blackfish), valverde321 (Meiji – JR East), Gustavovskiy (Prio - Porto), aidanvn13 (Project: Africa), sammyt93 (Sauber Petronas Racing), Bikex (Siam Cement – Lenovo), CountArach (Team Bpost), cio93 (Team Puma – SAP) and Jesleyh (Team TomTom):
You don't have much time left to leave your pre-race comments!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-06-2015 08:59
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Oops sorry, forgot to check this side of the Man Game forums.
Hopefully Hatanaka can pull out a good result here, but with the limits of PT riders, Im not expecting much more than a Top 10 at best.
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 29-06-2015 09:02
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I feel I made the right decision sending Betancourt to Gisbone instead of Tuscany since allmost all the top guns are here.
Oleg, you showed few love to Ventoso in the preview but I don't blame you seeing the competition. Even so, I'm reasonably confident that he can archive a good result. Taking a look at the previous years it's been a hilly-sprinter friendly race. Hope is this case one more.
Thanks Oleg for a really nice an inmersive preview
Good luck to everybody!
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 29-06-2015 09:20
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PCM screwed us again in Gisborne, despite us having one of those strongest teams. Don't have much hope here, maybe Hoffman and or Hategeka can at least get a top 10.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 29-06-2015 09:21
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I'm only here because the HC banding forced me. I'd be happy with being in the break or a top 15-20 from Zingle.
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