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Clasico San Jose Discussion
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-11-2021 04:59
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We're in sunny Costa Rica for the first edition of the Clasico San Jose. A puncher's race, this will bring an end to the first month of racing in the 2021 ManGame. The best of the best on the hills from the CT, and their teammates, and some decent riders from the PCT have turned up to this race to etch their name into history as the first ever winner of this race.
The course is 212+ kilometers, where the riders will cover a loop around San Jose multiple times from either direction. There are a couple of higher climbs but the business end should favour the punchers, the ones with the strong kick up shorter slopes.
| MON | HIL | STA | RES | ACC |  Eiking | 69 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 76 |  Boswell | 71 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 76 |  Chaves | 76 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 72 |  Bystrom | 68 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 76 | | Calmejane | 71 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 76 |  Palini | 70 | 78 | 75 | 68 | 74 |  Budyak | 74 | 78 | 72 | 67 | 68 | | Felline | 66 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 78 |  Paez | 72 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 76 |  Tsatevich | 62 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 75 |  Vliegen | 67 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 74 | | Bratashcuk | 71 | 77 | 75 | 70 | 67 |  Paulus | 74 | 77 | 71 | 68 | 71 | | Kanepejs | 67 | 77 | 72 | 71 | 71 | | Mudarra | 68 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 68 |  Goh | 74 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 68 |
Eiking and Boswell start of as the top favourites for this race, and they really are the punchers to beat in the division.
Chaves is the best climber among the favourites, but it remains to be seen if that becomes an important on this course. He didn't have a great time in Gisborne and will be hoping to make amends here.
Bystrom is a better pure puncher, with better energy stats but overall, the former should be slightly stronger. With Calmejane, Trans have an excellent second leader, who himself is well capable of challenging for the win in a race like this. It remains to be seen whether team orders come into play.
Strava too have dual leadership at this race, with both Palini and Felline expected to be challenging in and around the Top 5 spots.
Popo4Ever have brought the trio of Budyak, Brataschuk and Kanepejs to this C2 race, to try for the Top 10 spots and depth scoring. Bralirwa with Vliegen and Duolingo with Goh are the other PCT teams with riders among the favourites.
Tstatevich had the best start to the season, winning Gisborne. He will hope to continue that form here. Paez also did well but will hope to do even better. Paulus leads for Tajford.
| MON | HIL | STA | RES | ACC | | Skjerping | 70 | 77 | 71 | 67 | 65 |  Rodriguez Galindo | 74 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 67 | | Gogl | 69 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 75 | | Tanovitchii | 68 | 76 | 75 | 72 | 71 | | Brandao | 73 | 76 | 69 | 71 | 69 | | Lietaer | 67 | 76 | 74 | 71 | 71 | | McCormick | 66 | 76 | 74 | 71 | 73 | | Ziesler | 70 | 76 | 74 | 70 | 65 | | Khederi | 74 | 76 | 68 | 67 | 73 | | Bugge | 74 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 72 | | Weiss | 63 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 74 | | Pibernik | 65 | 76 | 76 | 68 | 74 | | Molard | 71 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 75 |
Quite a few PCT teams have riders in the outsiders, with Polar as the only team with a leader among this group who don't have someone in the favourites' list already!
Spoiler | Last Name | First Name | Team | | Paez | Andres | Aramco DP | | Fernandez | Ruben | Aramco DP | | Hasnaoui | Maher | Aramco DP | | Sureda | Jaume | Aramco DP | | Cardona | Julian | Aramco DP | | Hesters | Jules | Aramco DP | | Thijssen | Gerben | Aramco DP | | Noia | Carlo | Aramco DP | | Vliegen | Loic | Bralirwa - Stevens | | Khederi | Souheil | Bralirwa - Stevens | | Hadi | Janvier | Bralirwa - Stevens | | Tesfatsion | Natnael | Bralirwa - Stevens | | Debesay | Yacob | Bralirwa - Stevens | | Mulubrhan | Henok | Bralirwa - Stevens | | Tsatevich | Alexey | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | | Lietaer | Eliot | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | | Declerq | Tim | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | | Naesen | Oliver | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | | Kulikovskiy | Alexandr | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | | Ariesen | Tim | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | | Vandousselaere | Sven | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | | Nareklishvili | Beka | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | | Holmes | Matthew | cycleYorkshire | | Skaarseth | Anders | cycleYorkshire | | Romo | Javier | cycleYorkshire | | Kennaugh | Tim | cycleYorkshire | | Hayter | Ethan | cycleYorkshire | | Christakos | Dimitrios | cycleYorkshire | | Turner | Ben | cycleYorkshire | | Goh | Choon Huat | Duolingo | | McCormick | Hayden | Duolingo | | Kaczmarek | Jakub | Duolingo | | Hiratsuka | Yoshimitsu | Duolingo | | Sipos | Zoltan | Duolingo | | Christian | Mark | Duolingo | | Quaade | Rasmus | Duolingo | | Malacarne | Davide | Eddie Stobart | | Savini | Daniel | Eddie Stobart | | Joeaar | Gert | Eddie Stobart | | Cimolai | Davide | Eddie Stobart | | Andersson | Emil | Eddie Stobart | | Medvedev | Dmitri | Eddie Stobart | | Dahlberg | Linus | Eddie Stobart | | Taillefour | Fabien | Eddie Stobart | | Eiking | Odd Christian | Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team | | Skjerping | Kristoffer | Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team | | Ziesler | Johan Fredrik | Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team | | Arensman | Thymen | Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team | | Finkler | Leonardo Henrique | Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team | | Ulysbayev | Dinmukhammed | Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team | | Bauhaus | Phil | Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team | | Ratto | Daniele | Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team | | Boswell | Ian | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Seigle | Roman | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Chaiyasombat | Thanakhan | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Januskevicius | Mantas | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Tivani | German Nicolas | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Rojus | Adomaitis | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Van Winden | Dennis | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Rodriguez Galindo | Michael | Polar | | Brandao | Joni | Polar | | Brockhoff | Jan | Polar | | Postlberger | Lukas | Polar | | Kwok | Ho-Ting | Polar | | Bernaudeau | Mathieu | Polar | | Palini | Andrea | Strava | | Felline | Fabio | Strava | | Molard | Rudy | Strava | | Kreder | Wesley | Strava | | Hansen | Jesper | Strava | | Tarvis | Peeter | Strava | | Sanikwathi | Thanawut | Strava | | Kluge | Roger | Strava | | Paulus | Daniel | Tafjord Kraft | | Gogl | Michael | Tafjord Kraft | | Bugge | Vegard Robinson | Tafjord Kraft | | Weiss | Martin | Tafjord Kraft | | Doubey | Fabien | Tafjord Kraft | | Andersen | Sander | Tafjord Kraft | | Urianstad | Martin | Tafjord Kraft | | Hjemsaeter | Olav | Tafjord Kraft | | Budyak | Anatoliy | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Bratashcuk | Andrii | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Kanepejs | Deins | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Tanovitchii | Nicolae | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Orlov | Andriy | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Gladysh | Roman | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Pronskiy | Vadim | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Papanov | Martin | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Badilatti | Matteo | Team UBS | | Ramos Ticona | Basilio | Team UBS | | Abreu | Jorge | Team UBS | | Fuchs | Dominik | Team UBS | | Grigrian | Artur | Team UBS | | Cemazar | Nik | Team UBS | | Jacobs | Johan | Team UBS | | Fominykh | Daniil | Team UBS | | Bystrom | Sven Erik | Trans Looney Tunes | | Calmejane | Lilian | Trans Looney Tunes | | Pibernik | Luka | Trans Looney Tunes | | Korosec | Rok | Trans Looney Tunes | | Primozic | Jaka | Trans Looney Tunes | | Geniez | Alexandre | Trans Looney Tunes | | Knox | James | Trans Looney Tunes | | Chaves | Johan Esteban | Volcanica - Fox | | Mudarra | Pablo | Volcanica - Fox | | Barbero | Carlos | Volcanica - Fox | | Villalobos | Roman | Volcanica - Fox | | Boivin | Guillaume | Volcanica - Fox | | Jurado | Cristofer Robin | Volcanica - Fox | | Rivera | Kevin | Volcanica - Fox | | Jimenez Retana | John | Volcanica - Fox | | Shirota | Yamato | Voyagin - Bird | | Lyu | Xianjing | Voyagin - Bird | | Salcone | Jacob | Voyagin - Bird | | Bagioli | Andrea | Voyagin - Bird | | Matsuda | Shoi | Voyagin - Bird | | Chen | Mingrun | Voyagin - Bird | | Koide | Itsuki | Voyagin - Bird | | Barbier | Pierre | Voyagin - Bird |
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| DarkWolf |
Posted on 16-11-2021 06:39
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Our home race and the first big goal of the season, winning it. Achieving the objective is quite a challenge though, Chaves has work to do for that, but hopefully he'll not be as reckless as he was at Gisborne. As much as I love aggressive riding he needs to be patient and play his chances well. With luck Mudarra and Barbero can provide some help here too as they put a good effort in New Zealand.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 16-11-2021 06:59
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Paez with another chance early in the season to get a good result. After 5th in Gisborne, I would definitely hope for another Top 5 and he’s always a chance of even better!
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 16-11-2021 11:25
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After the blow up in Gisborne, and dropping the first objective of the season. Eiking and company better do better here! 
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 16-11-2021 11:25
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After the blow up in Gisborne, and dropping the first objective of the season. Eiking and company better do better here!
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 16-11-2021 13:46
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Khederi never did much in these types of races last year, let's see if Vliegen can do better. The puncheur field in CT feels slightly worse compared to the previous season, so who knows. But there's no pressure, any points at all would be a bonus. Rooting for Volcanica here in their home race!
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| TinxiaS |
Posted on 16-11-2021 20:02
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I'm really curious what this race will bring. In the first race, both my leaders did good but I hoped for a slightly better result. In the next race, which was C1 Calmejane was alone without Bystrom next to big names or strong competition and he didn't do best in hilly parts. but I hope this time in a lower category can be better.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 17-11-2021 03:11
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A little more total climibing here than Gisborne so hopefully the low MT guys will be less of a threat. On the other hand we can't expect Eiking and Chaves to both self-destruct again. Also, the McCormick support team is pretty weak with my other quality climbers all in Venezuela.
Would be happy with another top 5.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 17-11-2021 08:40
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This sort of field is pretty stacked for what I was hoping for. Here's hoping for the MON stat to be a relevant factor in the outcome.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 17-11-2021 09:28
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Home race for Volcanica, so I hope they win it! Chaves will need to resist the urge of attacking with 150 km to go though 
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| mascudkoray |
Posted on 17-11-2021 09:57
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The puncheur field in CT feels slightly worse compared to the previous season, so who knows. |
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| mascudkoray |
Posted on 17-11-2021 09:57
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The puncheur field in CT feels slightly worse compared to the previous season, so who knows. |
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 17-11-2021 10:26
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Congratz on the win CycleYorkshire! Impressive.
It's written Eiking took his second podium, did i miss a race result?
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| redordead |
Posted on 17-11-2021 10:30
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I'm gonna guess the MO stat had a fair bit of influence, but the final results still look a bit weird to me.
Congrats to those who did well.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 17-11-2021 10:32
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hillis91 wrote:
It's written Eiking took his second podium, did i miss a race result?
Sorry, probably haven't been paying too much attention
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-11-2021 10:59
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What a weird result, but what a beautiful result for us as well I was surprised to see us working at the front of the peloton throughout the race, but Vliegen certainly justified that. These types of unexpected bonus points could be huge for us.
Also shoutout to Natnael Tesfatsion for sneaking into the points at 25th as a level 1 rider. Incredible racing to be with Vliegen for so long. That more than makes up for Khederi once again being slightly disappointing, but maybe he was among those working early on.
Shame for Chaves to only finish 7th here for Volcanica, but he wasn't the only favorite to struggle. Again, weird result, but I think it's kinda cool that this is possible, even if it's of course frustrating for the top favorites. Thank you for the report Abhi, very enjoyable and thorough read!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 17-11-2021 11:50
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Well, that's an unexpected winner! Congratulations to cycleYorkshire and all other strong PCT teams, although I would have preferred all of you to finish a bit lower Shame that home team Volcanica couldn't get closer than a seventh place.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 17-11-2021 11:56
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Some questionable stuff there from the AI…
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-11-2021 14:15
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Nice result for Shirota in a C2 race for us. Always want to score well in races, and while its not much for us, its not a 0 pointer which is positive.
Thanks for the report
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| TinxiaS |
Posted on 17-11-2021 14:51
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This was definitely a disappointment from my two leaders Bystrom and Clemanje who were dropped in the last climb.
If this is a prediction of how the season will go then we will be another two seasons at CT level. 
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