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Strada Appia Antica Discussion
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 13-08-2015 19:24
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 Strada Appia Antica
The Strada Appia Antica goes into it's fourth edition (third as a ProTour event) and offers the world's best cobblers another chance to grab a prestigious victory.
We're heading for Roma, following the famous paths with several challenging cobbled sectors (also close to the finish).. defending champion? Sam Bewley. Former race winner? Fabian Cancellara. Oh, and Bert Wellens (who won the race as a CDiv2 event back in 2012).
The Startlist
The Favorites | Rider | COB | SPR | | Rider | COB | SPR |  Burghardt | 84 | 69 | |  Gusev | 79 | 56 |  Bewley | 83 | 83 | |  Teunissen | 79 | 65 |  Cancellara | 82 | 70 | |  Fenn | 79 | 70 |  Summerhill | 82 | 70 | |  Vanbilsen | 78 | 70 | | Blythe | 82 | 76 | |  Kristoff | 78 | 81 |  Zepuntke | 81 | 72 | |  Altur | 78 | 70 |  Sibilla | 81 | 66 | |  Jacobs | 78 | 65 |  Baugnies | 80 | 65 | |  Kluge | 77 | 77 |  Franzoi | 80 | 56 | | Breschel | 77 | 77 |  Kamyshev | 80 | 64 | |  Sinkeldam | 77 | 68 | | Nolf | 80 | 63 | |  Gaudin | 77 | 57 |  Senechal | 80 | 67 | |  Lhotellerie | 77 | 59 |
Well, of course it's Bewley. 2nd in 2013, 1st in 2014. Dominating the season so far.
And then it's probably Cancellara. 1st in 2013, 2nd in 2014. Coming back to beat Bewley this year?
How about Summerhill then? 4th in 2013, 4th in 2014. Should aim for the podium at least.
Of course Burghardt as another top-favorite.. struggling last year (12th), still okay (5th) two years ago.
Blythe (6th last season) as the last big gun and definitely as dangerous as all those mentioned names.
The usual suspects then: Sibilla/Nolf, Baugnies, Franzoi, Kamyshev, Senechal, a strong Gusev.. Kristoff, Kluge or Breschel as serious threats as well. They all will hope for a bigger group entering Rome to battle for line honours!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 13-08-2015 19:30
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If only that climb would count for something.
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| matt17br |
Posted on 13-08-2015 19:56
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I smell Bewley.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 13-08-2015 20:32
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Yeah well a podium would be nice ... Bewley is bastard.
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Posted on 05-12-2025 22:52
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| Shonak |
Posted on 13-08-2015 20:35
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Uh, would have loved to see Strava here but alas, the team is not there yet. Maybe downgrade that race  We'll be a great race surely.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 13-08-2015 20:36
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Bewley streak will be broken I think, but by who, feck knows.
Vanbilsen another fight for Top10 would be nice,
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-08-2015 20:36
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Top 10 hopes, doubt it happens though.
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| SotD |
Posted on 13-08-2015 20:47
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Yeah, so I totally forgot that we weren't through with all this cobble shit. And then theres TONE later on aswell. Bah!
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| beagle |
Posted on 13-08-2015 20:51
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I guess it´s time to present our new jersey 
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| ember |
Posted on 13-08-2015 21:08
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Top 10 is the goal, but as the preview rightfully says, we'll need some luck in how the race is played out. With a little bit of that luck Kristoff could even fight for more, but 8th-10th will surely do.
And then I'm hoping Kogstad Ringheim and Breen do something constructive as they've been somewhat disappointly invisible so far in the classics, not making any splits, trying an attack/breakaway or anything. Most likely due to Kristoff's status as leader, but let's hope one of them can make the first proper split if so happens, and there are 30-50 riders left.
Another one for Bewley to loose, which he just refuses to do this season. There has been some great racing here in the past though, definitely hoping for an exciting race again, eventhough it might harm Kristoff's chances. |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 13-08-2015 22:01
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Mangame betting will refuse to take any on Bewley... is it even worth reading the report?
Edited by wackojackohighcliffe on 14-08-2015 15:46
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 13-08-2015 23:36
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Would love to see Danny steal some points out of the PT again. Certainly a podium finish is possible, perhaps even more if we can wheelsuck Bewley. Should be an exciting race, or at least the second half after the climb will be eventful.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 14-08-2015 07:30
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Cobbled race...so Bewley wins and we at Metinvest are hoping for top10 with one of our guys (lets call them Nolfilla) and other one also in top15-20.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 14-08-2015 10:44
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Gusev for another surprising result please!
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| Roman |
Posted on 14-08-2015 15:40
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Well, Bewley better should try to win this race! This race is my 4th goal of the season, and as Bewley was able to successfully accomplish my win goals in Flanders and Roubaix, he better should try to not fail here after not the best possible Giro from Velits! Even through the 3rd place was maybe a little bit too much to expect from Peter, it would be cool to have a realistic chance to successfully fulfill 4 from 5 goals of the most difficult team goal option available (23 points). Oh and in another words we need to really score some points here, Vuelta is not being a good race for us and Dauphine/Suisse are likely not going to be much better. Go Bewley!
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| Heine |
Posted on 14-08-2015 17:58
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Bewley winning, I can only hope that Zepuntke can steal one of the places behind him
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 14-08-2015 18:00
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Another strong showing from Blythe and the team pretty please! Lets beat Bewley! Or at least try to.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-08-2015 18:36
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Bewley won. I am shocked. But seriously, when will he stop winning? I am happy with 9th place here, Franzoi (probably) has the worst sprint stat of the group he was in, so hard for him to do much better there at the end.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-08-2015 18:37
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I was expecting a bit more. Sinkeldam seems to be scoring more fails that success in cobbles so far.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-08-2015 18:41
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5 wins in 6 races for Bewley is just huge - but he hasn't managed 4 in a row like Ponzi yet! It was good that it wasnt quite so straight forward, but Cancellara's couldn't quite pull off possibly his last chance for a PT classic win.
Nice that Schlechter made it into the Top 50, and Paajanen ensured we featured in the report.
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