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Tour of Iceland Discussion
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 23-08-2015 18:16
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 Tour of Iceland
A brand new race on the schedule and it's a pretty special one: we're heading for Iceland, where the inaugaral Tour of Iceland makes for a novum in the MG history. It's not just a special event for the new CT team Verkefnid Iceland.
Four stages and one key stage right at the beginning: the 38km timetrial in Reykjavik. Two quite tricky flat stages and of course the key hilly stage on third day should make for an interesting race. Definitely a race for strong allrounders, but we may see both TT-specialists and pure puncheurs battling for the overall victory here.
The Startlist
The GC-Favorites | TTlers | HI | TT | | Puncheurs | HI | TT |  Tennant | 69 | 78 | |  Lejman | 77 | 58 |  Boaro | 71 | 77 | |  Vastaranta | 76 | 69 | | Rolland | 70 | 77 | |  Simon | 76 | 67 |  AramendÃa | 67 | 77 | | Passalacqua | 76 | 58 |  Sebright | 60 | 77 | | Durasek | 75 | 74 | | Pökälä | 71 | 76 | |  Kinney | 75 | 69 |  Bontenackels | 62 | 76 | |  Chérel | 75 | 67 | | Renäng | 56 | 76 | | Gougeard | 75 | 67 | | Fejes | 70 | 75 | |  Godoy | 75 | 65 |  Ignatiev | 69 | 75 | | Cioban | 75 | 64 | | Sagan | 68 | 75 | | Favilli | 75 | 63 |  Rosas | 65 | 75 | |  Ilias | 75 | 63 | | Sakellaridis | 62 | 75 | |  Bazhkou | 74 | 74 | | Van Aelbroeck | 61 | 75 | |  Rosskopf | 74 | 74 | | Goldstein | 60 | 75 | |  Omarsson | 74 | 73 |
Let's begin with the chronomen: Tennant, Boaro/Rolland, AramendÃa and some better puncheurs like Pökälä or Fejes could well fight for the GC til the end. It all depends on how hard the hilly stage will be raced though. Someone like Boaro can pull a strong performance when in yellow there!
Lejman as the best puncheur, but obviously lacking the TT-skills. Vastaranta, Simon, Durasek or Kinney probably with better odds here. Especially those allrounders like Durasek, Bazhkou, Rosskopf and also local hero Omarsson should benefit from the early TT.
The Sprinters | Rider | HI | SPR | ACC | Rider | HI | SPR | ACC | | Richeze | 66 | 80 | 79 | Hutarovich | 62 | 78 | 80 | | Lavoine | 60 | 80 | 78 |  Pelucchi | 68 | 78 | 77 | | Meyer | 60 | 80 | 76 | Moser | 67 | 78 | 77 | | Forero | 61 | 80 | 75 | Westling | 56 | 78 | 74 |  Hochmann | 54 | 79 | 80 | King | 65 | 78 | 73 | | Corioni | 64 | 79 | 75 |  Giacoppo | 64 | 77 | 75 |
Richeze, Lavoine, Meyer and Forero make for a pretty packed list of sprinters. Also Hochmann, Corioni, Hutarovich and Pelucchi or Moser can be real threats. Looking at the profiles, especially the first flat stage looks quite challenging, so better "climbers" like Pelucchi may suit this particular stage.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 23-08-2015 18:42
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Durasek with good chances here 
Lavoine to take a stage and Richeze will take the other I guess 
We could win this and Zielinski can pull a Middle East perhaps ?
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| Selwink |
Posted on 23-08-2015 19:16
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I seriously regret not bringing Rabon. Hopefully we can surprise somewhere, but expectations are low.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 23-08-2015 19:19
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Hoping one either a good TT by Haga/Griffith or a good punch by Kinney, top 10's can hopefully be reached in both situations
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 23-08-2015 21:09
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Why aren't we racing this.  perfect for Der or Zeits.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 23-08-2015 23:55
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Maybe a few top 10's on the sprint stages. Daspuntsag might be able to do well. Delgerbayar for a high finish in the TT maybe...
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| roro_352 |
Posted on 24-08-2015 15:58
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I have a KOM goal here, but it will be difficult to reach it i think :/ Let's hope that Ilias assures and that Simantirakis does the same as in Trentino
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 24-08-2015 16:37
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I wish that I had been able to race here, it being Scandinavian and all. Plus the parcours are quite interesting. But I chose the other band, so it was not to be.
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| Roextro |
Posted on 24-08-2015 18:39
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Would expect better out of Simon and Fejes, let's hope the other stages don't follow suit of this one |
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 24-08-2015 18:45
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Durasek lost a lot of time and could probably have done much better.
My plan is to get Lejman far enough behind to be able to join the break on the hilly stage and take the GC from there. Plan A is Durasek and he lost a chunk of time to the non punchers, still strongest puncher in the GC after this stage, but will be tough.
Now come Lavoine and hopefully he can do something on next stage
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| Shonak |
Posted on 24-08-2015 18:49
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FINALLY Tennant delivers. In a goal race nonetheless. Now it's important to hold the lead all the way and win the GC. Come on guys 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 24-08-2015 19:14
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Have been looking quite a bit forward to this. Vastaranta lost more on the TT than I had hoped, but Pökälä and Renäng did decently, and Pökälä is actually my buggest GC hope here so that's ok.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 24-08-2015 19:22
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Great win for Tennant!
Pretty rubbish day for Generali though
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| Selwink |
Posted on 24-08-2015 19:58
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Didn't expect much, didn't get much. If there's no break succeeding Tennant probably has the GC already.
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Posted on 24-08-2015 20:07
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Prerace my money was on the Generali duo for the GC but this TT was disastrous for them.
Nice to see Strava with a win once again. As usually I'm cheering for them to keep that jersey 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 24-08-2015 22:00
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A bit disappointing for both Haga and Griffith, but nothing's lost yet
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 24-08-2015 22:07
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To say that I had ruled out the opening TT, I will gladly accept the Top 5 from Gallopin.
Nice TT from Tennant, who lived up to his favourite tag pre-race (finally as Shonak said!).
Thanks for the report tsmoha
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 25-08-2015 02:30
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bit dissapointed with rosskopf's performance, but hopefully it gets better for our team |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 25-08-2015 10:30
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Congratulations Minions, we're now officially the only CT team without victory.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-08-2015 10:41
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lol Tennant's high flat stat completely killed Corioni.. good day to keep the jersey. Tomorrow is when it counts.
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