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GP Izola - Race Discussion
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
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 GP Izola - Preview
It's the final classic of the month of March and we gather here in the South-West of Slovenia for the GP Izola which starts and finishes in the coastal town after which the race is named.
The race is in the C2 category after being in the C2HC category last year so it's still CT heavy with 2 PCT Teams making the trip as well.
2021 wasn't the fastest ridden but it was a selection of 9 riders who contested the win with Marko Kump proving to be too strong as McEvoy and Tsatevich joined him on the podium. Only 2 of last year's Top 10 return this year.
A perennial favourite in the CT now is  Ian Boswell. The American is here again but he only managed 9th of the first 9 riders last year so he'll need to try his luck and go alone if he wants the win.
Two riders who look very well suited to this profile are  Joshua Edmondson and  Travis Meyer. Both are very strong in the hills but also capable of packing a punch over a short sprint.
We'll finish by highlighting what looks to be a rather interesting situation for 2 teams with the line-ups that they have.
 Tafjord Kraft is the first of these teams. They have a now very old Edvald Boasson Hagen but he's still the strongest pure puncheur here and he has somewhat of a kick. The other very interesting rider on this team is Martin Weiss who was 6th last year. He's not a great puncheur but he is a capable sprinter. They also have Kristian Drynes and Daniel Paulus who will no doubt want to be involved too.
It's a similar situation for  Bianchi - Panerai who have Sergey Luchshenko who may very well win this race if it isn't too selective but he'll be fighting for team leadership with Andrea Zordan and Romain Le Roux. Some interesting team dynamics for sure.
| | | HIL | STA | SPR | ACC | FTR | | Edvald Boasson | Hagen | 81 | 75 | 69 | 73 | 71 | | Ian | Boswell | 80 | 77 | 65 | 76 | 72 | | Joshua | Edmondson | 79 | 75 | 70 | 76 | 68 | | Travis | Meyer | 78 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 76 | | Kristian | Dyrnes | 78 | 73 | 65 | 77 | 78 | | Andrea | Zordan | 77 | 72 | 65 | 74 | 72 |  | Daniel | Hoelgaard | 77 | 72 | 68 | 74 | 73 |  | Loic | Vliegen | 77 | 76 | 66 | 74 | 71 | | Romain | Le Roux | 77 | 74 | 65 | 72 | 71 |  | Olivier | Le Gac | 77 | 73 | 64 | 69 | 74 |  | Deins | Kanepejs | 77 | 72 | 62 | 71 | 68 |  | Felix Emilio | Besada | 77 | 74 | 56 | 77 | 58 | | Daniel | Paulus | 77 | 71 | 62 | 71 | 73 |  | Sean | McKenna | 76 | 69 | 65 | 77 | 73 |  | Michael | Gogl | 76 | 74 | 67 | 75 | 73 | | Martin | Weiss | 76 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 69 |  | Luka | Pibernik | 76 | 76 | 68 | 74 | 72 | | Sergey | Luchshenko | 75 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 71 |  | Fabien | Doubey | 75 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 63 |
We should be in for quite the race! Let's see a full list of riders who will take their places on the start line tomorrow.
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Euskotren | | Fabien | Doubey | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | | Oscar | Guerao | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | | Oier | Lazkano | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | | Dario | Puccioni | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | | Alexis | Renard | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | | Marc | Sarreau | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | | Luca | Wackermann | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | | Xabier Mikel | Azparren | Caja Rural Cycling Team | | Alfredo | Balloni | Caja Rural Cycling Team | | Fernando | Barcelo | Caja Rural Cycling Team | | Ramon | Domene | Caja Rural Cycling Team | | Jhojan | Garcia | Caja Rural Cycling Team | | Andrea | Guardini | Caja Rural Cycling Team | | Ramon | Sinkeldam | Caja Rural Cycling Team | | Jose Pablo | Aguilar Mendez | Colombini-Adler AP | | Abolfazl | Gilanipoor | Colombini-Adler AP | | Luigi | Giulietti | Colombini-Adler AP | | Stan | Martino | Colombini-Adler AP | | Federico | Olei | Colombini-Adler AP | | Felix | Sprenger | Colombini-Adler AP | | Oskari | Vainionpää | Colombini-Adler AP | | Loic | Vliegen | Colombini-Adler AP | | Linus | Dahlberg | Eddie Stobart | | Floris | De Tier | Eddie Stobart | | Damion | Drapac | Eddie Stobart | | Gregory | Hugentobler | Eddie Stobart | | Gert | Joeaar | Eddie Stobart | | Travis | Meyer | Eddie Stobart | | Gihan | Pushpakumara | Eddie Stobart | | Nikita | Umerbekov | Eddie Stobart | | Liam | Curley | Glanbia | | Conor | Dunne | Glanbia | | Nathan | Haas | Glanbia | | Ben | Healy | Glanbia | | Francis | Juneau | Glanbia | | Sean | McKenna | Glanbia | | Jack Bernard | Murphy | Glanbia | | James | Oram | Glanbia | | Marcel | Aregger | Jura GIANTS | | Leonardo | Basso | Jura GIANTS | | Gabriel | Chavanne | Jura GIANTS | | Noam | Cohen | Jura GIANTS | | Christoph | Janssen | Jura GIANTS | | Panagiotis | Karatsivis | Jura GIANTS | | Alexandros | Matsangos | Jura GIANTS | | Mauro | Schmid | Jura GIANTS | | Julian | Alaphilippe | Le Creuset | | Francois | Bidard | Le Creuset | | Clement | Chevrier | Le Creuset | | Joris | Delbove | Le Creuset | | Michael | Gogl | Le Creuset | | Chris | Hamilton | Le Creuset | | Sebastian | Henao | Le Creuset | | Maxime | La Lavandier | Le Creuset | | Ian | Boswell | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Kevin | Feiereisen | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Noah | Granigan | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Gage | Hecht | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Welle | Jallays | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Fikri Azka | Mohammad | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Jakob | Rathe | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Michael | Rodriguez Galindo | McCormick Pro Cycling | | Deni | Banicek | Oktal Pharma - 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BHP | | Aaron | Grosser | Staffbase - BHP | | Roy | Jans | Staffbase - BHP | | Jonas | Koch | Staffbase - BHP | | Eliot | Lietaer | Staffbase - BHP | | Maximillian | Schachmann | Staffbase - BHP | | Tim | Van Dijke | Staffbase - BHP | | Gianni | Vermeersch | Staffbase - BHP | | Vegard Robinson | Bugge | Tafjord Kraft | | Kristian | Dyrnes | Tafjord Kraft | | Ole | Haavardsholm | Tafjord Kraft | | Edvald Boasson | Hagen | Tafjord Kraft | | Philip | Lindau | Tafjord Kraft | | Daniel | Paulus | Tafjord Kraft | | Martin | Weiss | Tafjord Kraft | | Michael | Cuming | Trans Looney Tunes | | Jan | Ghyselinck | Trans Looney Tunes | | Sergio Luis | Henao Montoya | Trans Looney Tunes | | Tomoyuki | Iino | Trans Looney Tunes | | Nikita | Novikov | Trans Looney Tunes | | Luka | Pibernik | Trans Looney Tunes | | Rüdiger | Selig | Trans Looney Tunes | | Matteo | Sobrero | Trans Looney Tunes | | Fatiu | Abolaji | Tryg - Gobik | | Roger | Adria | Tryg - Gobik | | Juraj | Bellan | Tryg - Gobik | | Daniel | Hoelgaard | Tryg - Gobik | | Rasmus | Iversen | Tryg - Gobik | | Tobias Halland | Johannessen | Tryg - Gobik | | Similo | Nyoni | Tryg - Gobik | | Ingvar | Omarsson | Tryg - Gobik |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 29-11-2022 13:12
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Breakaway? (I'll be honest, i'm very much running out of ways to say this is our goal for a race)
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| KaiserAdler |
Posted on 29-11-2022 13:21
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Lets fly to the win, Vliegen!
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 29-11-2022 13:53
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Obviously we aren't even near to getting a mention in the preview, but given how Aregger has performed so far in way more difficult stages, I hope he can have a great race tomorrow. Otherwise, I guess it's all in for breakaways this time ^^
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| MacC |
Posted on 29-11-2022 15:36
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Same comments for all hilly classics- McKenna to aim for a top 10!
and maybe Dunne to attack
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 29-11-2022 23:32
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Not a great route for Boswell this one but don't really have a better alternative. So lets hope for a hard race and some long range attacks.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 30-11-2022 09:03
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Time to get our first hilly classic win!  |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 30-11-2022 10:25
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I love this race! Tafjord looks very well set, but it could be anyones game. Should be a reduced bunch sprint.
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| TinxiaS |
Posted on 30-11-2022 19:58
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It's nice to be back at home
Last year we had a lot of luck and great result with 2nd place and I think 2 or 3 cyclist in top 10.
This will be impossible to repeat compare to other stronger teams but I hipe our leader Luka Pibernik can at lest get a few points.
Thanks for preview.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 01-12-2022 19:33
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Another really solid result from Aregger, that guy really rarely disappoints! It was pretty opportunistic to send him here as our leader, so I'll happily take 7th here. Too bad he's already 32, I'd love to train him to 74-75 hill, and he'd be a killer in CT - looking at the likes of Russo or Alaphilippe. Congrats to the former by the way.
Schmid, Basso and even Cohen adding one point each is a nice surplus, and also seeing our Greek-Cypriot duo and Schmid all active during the stage was nice to see
Thanks to LLS for the report - once again, looks like you're single-handedly pushing CT forward right now 
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 01-12-2022 23:35
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Note to self: Sign punchy sprinter next season.
Definitely agree with Fab, big thanks to LLS for pushing the CT forward.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 02-12-2022 00:02
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Roy Jans!  very cool Race with a fantastic podium and great fun
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| KaiserAdler |
Posted on 02-12-2022 08:54
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Good result from Vliegen once again. Too bad he couldn’t keep up with the late attack. Sanmarinese Champ Olei coming in at a surprising 13th place aswel. Congrats to the winners and thanks for the reporting LLS <3
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| MacC |
Posted on 02-12-2022 10:01
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Ouch, 90th place!
Like Ulrich, I think a hilly sprinter is a missing card in my deck
Thanks LLS
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 02-12-2022 19:19
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Another nice result for Alaphilippe, but congratulations to our friends from Bonduelle-Eesti for taking the win back to France.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 03-12-2022 14:50
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Thank you JMO for getting into the break!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 03-12-2022 16:03
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Not a massive favourite winning this is a testament to why punchy sprinters are. Enjoyed reading the report, congrats to the two new teams with a nice top 2 here!
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| TinxiaS |
Posted on 04-12-2022 20:41
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As I tought Pibernik will be our bets rider and this happened but with no special result. Congrats to the winner.
Thanks for the report.
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 05-12-2022 05:32
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This one was for us more succesful than expected, but i won't complain. Jans on Podium, Grosser at P6 and also Schachmann in Top 20. I am satisfied.
Congrats to the winners and thanks for the report!
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| 2kignacio2020 |
Posted on 06-12-2022 06:49
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Congrats to everybody dissapointed with my team but we will still growing |
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