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 [PT] Giro d'Italia
Report by kandesbunzler26
| | | | | | | | | | | Stage 1 |  | Venezia > Monte Grande | 166 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 2 | | Rovereto > Canneto Pavese | 222 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 3 |  | Torino > Torino (TTT) | 29 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 4 |  | Stupinigi > Novara | 181 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 5 | | Biella > Canale | 191 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 6 | | Piacenza > Lama Mocogno | 156 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 7 | | Modena > Cattolica | 175 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 8 | | Cattolica > San Benedetto del Tronto | 181 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 9 | | Notaresco > Termoli | 175 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 10 | | Foggia > Guardia Sanframondi | 170 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 11 |  | Castel di Sangro > Campo Felice | 158 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 12 | | L'Aquila > Montefiascone | 216 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 13 | | Perugia > Montalcino | 160 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 14 | | Siena > Bagno di Romagna | 203 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 15 | | Ravenna > Verona | 199 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 16 | | Cittadella > Monte Zoncolan | 206 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 17 | | Grado > Gorizia | 143 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 18 | | Sacile > Cortina d'Ampezzo | 211 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 19 | | Canazei > Sega di Ala | 193 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 20 | | Bergamo > Valdengo | 197 KM | | | | | | | | Stage 21 | | Senago > Milano (ITT) | 53 KM | | | | | | |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Points | KOM | U25 | | | | | 2023 | SIKHAI Chen | DOMBROWSKI Joe | HAIG Jack | AHLSTRAND Jonas | PINOT Thibaut | FOUCHE James | | | | | 2022 | LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri | BERNAL Egan | SIVAKOV Pavel | DEMARE Arnaud | SMITH Dion | BERNAL Egan | | | | | 2021 | HERKLOTZ Silvio | DOMBROWSKI Joe | KUDUS Merhawi | HERKLOTZ Silvio | CARBONI Giovanni | ARERUYA Joseph | | | | | 2020 | TAARAMÄE Rein | KRITSKIY Timofey | HAIG Jack | DEMARE Arnaud | CARAPAZ Richard | MALECKI Kamil | | | | | 2019 | SPILAK Simon | HERKLOTZ Silvio | GESINK Robert | HERKLOTZ Silvio | GOOS Marc | HERKLOTZ Silvio | | | | | 2018 | SCHLECK Andy | DOMBROWSKI Joe | AMADOR Andrei | SCHLECK Andy | CHOI Ki Ho | LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri | | | | | 2017 | ALARCON Jose | VELITS Peter | MORTON Lachlan | ALARCON Jose | ALARCON Jose | MORTON Lachlan | | | | | 2016 | PLUCHKIN Aleksandr | ALARCON Jose | MADRAZO Angel | PLUCHKIN Aleksandr | DALL'OSTE Daniele | WELLENS Tim | | | | | 2015 | SCHLECK Andy | MADRAZO Angel | CUNEGO Damiano | MADRAZO Angel | FAIERS Thomas | PINOT Thibaut | | | | | 2014 | CUNEGO Damiano | PLUCHKIN Aleksandr | MADRAZO Angel | CUNEGO Damiano | GOMEZ MARCHANTE José Angel | DOMBROWSKI Joe | | | | | 2013 | PHINNEY Taylor | MADRAZO Angel | SPILAK Simon | PHINNEY Taylor | KÖNIG Leopold | PHINNEY Taylor | | | | | 2012 | RICCO Riccardo | SELLA Emanuele | POZZOVIVO Domenico | RICCO Riccardo | SELLA Emanuele | HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis | | | | | 2011 | CUNEGO Damiano | SELLA Emanuele | NIBALI Vincenzo | CUNEGO Damiano | SELLA Emanuele | HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis | | | | | 2010 | CUNEGO Damiano | PELLIZOTTI Franco | RICCO Riccardo | CUNEGO Damiano | CUNEGO Damiano | NIBALI Vincenzo | | | | | 2009 | CUNEGO Damiano | SELLA Emanuele | PELLIZOTTI Franco | CARRARA Matteo | SELLA Emanuele | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Chen Shikai | Polar | 77h16'53 | | | | | | | | 2 | Joseph Dombrowski | Gazelle | + 4'43 | | | | | | | | 3 | Jack Haig | Amaysim Australia.com | + 5'32 | | | | | | | | 4 | George Bennett | Xero Racing | + 5'46 | | | | | | | | 5 | Miltiadis Giannoutsos | ELCO - ABEA | + 5'58 | | | | | | | | 6 | Jan Hirt | Moser - Sygic | + 7'42 | | | | | | | | 7 | Caio Godoy | EA Vesuvio | s.t. | | | | | | | | 8 | Colin Stüssi | Jura GIANTS | + 9'15 | | | | | | | | 9 | Fredrik Strand Galta | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | + 9'24 | | | | | | | | 10 | Hugh Carthy | cycleYorkshire | + 10'50 | | | | | | |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MT | ST | RS | RC | AC | |  Herklotz | Silvio | GER | 30 | 84 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 76 | |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MT | ST | RS | RC | AC | |  Latour | Pierre | FRA | 31 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 80 | 74 | |  Olivier | Daan | NED | 32 | 81 | 76 | 80 | 77 | 71 | |  Wellens | Tim | BEL | 33 | 81 | 78 | 79 | 75 | 67 | |  Almeida | Joao | POR | 26 | 81 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 67 | |  Hirt | Jan | CZE | 33 | 80 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 73 | |  Carthy | Hugh | GBR | 30 | 81 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 65 | |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MT | ST | RS | RC | AC | |  Eastman | Ryan | USA | 32 | 82 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 69 | |  Choi | Ki Ho | HKG | 33 | 80 | 76 | 75 | 78 | 67 | |  Foss | Tobias | NOR | 27 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 69 | |  Leknessund | Andreas | NOR | 25 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 77 | 69 | | | Cras | Steff | BEL | 28 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 67 | |  Stüssi | Colin | SWI | 31 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 78 | 66 | |  Geoghegan Hart | Tao | GBR | 29 | 79 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 69 | |  Vingegaard | Jonas | DEN | 28 | 78 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 66 | |
TTT
| Shirt | Team name | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | | | | | Oxxo - Frisby | 82 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 78 | | | | | Cedevita | 80 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 76 | | | | | Jura GIANTS | 79 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 75 | | | | | Team Puma - SAP | 77 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 75 | | | | | Evonik - ELKO | 78 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 73 | | | | | ZARA - Irizar | 78 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 74 | | | | | Gazelle | 78 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 74 | | | |
Sprinters
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | RS | RC | SP | AC | | | Thijssen | Gerben | BEL | 26 | 75 | 70 | 78 | 79 | 81 | |  Van Poppel | Danny | NED | 31 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 78 | | | Walls | Matthew | GBR | 26 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 80 | 78 | |  Prasad | Darshana | SRI | 30 | 74 | 74 | 80 | 78 | 79 | | | Kulikovskiy | Alexandr | RUS | 27 | 73 | 73 | 78 | 78 | 79 | | | Szarka | Gergely | HUN | 26 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 78 | |  Sanikwathi | Thanawut | THA | 31 | 72 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | |
Puncheurs
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HL | ST | RS | SP | AC |  Yates | Simon | GBR | 32 | 74 | 81 | 77 | 70 | 77 | 80 | | Lutsenko | Alexey | KAZ | 32 | 69 | 83 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 81 |  Mohoric | Matej | SLO | 30 | 72 | 83 | 78 | 72 | 67 | 77 | | Herklotz | Silvio | GER | 30 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 68 | 76 | | Formolo | Davide | ITA | 32 | 72 | 80 | 76 | 76 | 69 | 71 | | Aranburu | Alex | ESP | 29 | 69 | 80 | 70 | 79 | 68 | 71 |
ITT
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | TT | | | | | | | Zmorka | Marlen | UKR | 31 | 82 | | | | | | | Mullen | Ryan | IRL | 30 | 81 | | | | | | | Lammertink | Steven | NED | 31 | 80 | | | | | | | Howson | Damien | AUS | 32 | 80 | | | | | | | Sütterlin | Jasha | GER | 32 | 80 | | | | | | | Gonzalez Salas | Mario | ESP | 32 | 80 | | | | | |
U25
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MT | ST | RS | RC | AC | | | Leknessund | Andreas | NOR | 25 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 77 | 69 | |  Johannessen | Anders Halland | NOR | 25 | 78 | 72 | 80 | 71 | 76 | | | Plapp | Luke | AUS | 24 | 77 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 68 | | | Chaiyasombat | Thanakhan | THA | 25 | 78 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 74 | | | Skjelmose Jensen | Mattias | DEN | 24 | 77 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 66 | |
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Let's look at all participating teams in detail:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Assa Abloy | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Konychev | Alexander | ITA | 26 | 82 | 61 | 67 | 60 | 77 | 78 | 73 | 63 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 61 | | Kvist | Linus | SWD | 25 | 67 | 71 | 73 | 64 | 74 | 72 | 67 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 73 | | Matsumoto | Yosukue | JPN | 28 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 69 | | Mosca | Jacopo | ITA | 31 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 63 | 73 | 75 | 68 | 60 | 65 | 75 | 80 | 71 | | O'Connor | Ben | AUS | 29 | 70 | 77 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 53 | 58 | 68 | 68 | 70 | | Prasad | Darshana | SRI | 30 | 74 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 80 | 67 | 78 | 79 | 54 | 69 | | Renard | Alexis | FRA | 25 | 75 | 61 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 75 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 67 | | Van Aert | Bernard | INA | 27 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 57 | 72 | 74 | 80 | 71 |
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Assa Abloy is counting on Darshana Prasad to compete in the flat stages, in Paris-Nice he got two fifth places. Apart from that it will be difficult to obtain a result.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Aker - MOT | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Bagioli | Nicola | ITA | 29 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 64 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 66 | | Berwick | Sebastian | AUS | 25 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 61 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 61 | 70 | 69 | 66 | | Bravo | Edison | CHL | 32 | 70 | 70 | 76 | 64 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 71 | | Harper | Chris | AUS | 30 | 67 | 75 | 73 | 62 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 60 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 65 | | Johannessen | Anders Halland | NOR | 25 | 70 | 78 | 72 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 71 | 63 | 67 | 76 | 76 | 84 | | Laporte | Christophe | FRA | 32 | 73 | 62 | 73 | 62 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 67 | 64 | | Lastra | Jonathan | ESP | 31 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 60 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 65 | | Silva | Pedro | POR | 23 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 58 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 60 | 65 | 74 | 74 | 65 |
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Anders Halland Johannessen finished 5th in the U25 last year. This year he is the co-favourite next to Leknessund. Supporting AHJ and going in breakaways should be the two main options.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Aranburu | Alex | ESP | 29 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 63 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 62 | 67 | | Carthy | Hugh | GBR | 30 | 71 | 81 | 75 | 67 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 56 | 60 | 69 | 65 | 65 | | Eg | Niklas | DEN | 29 | 67 | 77 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 59 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 65 | | Forssell | Hugo | SWD | 25 | 69 | 62 | 69 | 75 | 69 | 74 | 75 | 57 | 77 | 77 | 69 | 67 | | Krigbaum | Mathias | DEN | 29 | 76 | 69 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 62 | 65 | 64 | 70 | 69 | | Matsangos | Alexandros | CYP | 25 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 74 | 61 | 68 | 66 | 67 | | Skjelmose Jensen | Mattias | DEN | 24 | 72 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 58 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 66 | | Walls | Matthew | GBR | 26 | 74 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 62 | 80 | 78 | 60 | 64 |
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Hugh Carthy finished 10th in 2023. Maybe he can go for a top 5 this edition. Alex Aranburu will be targetting the punchier stages.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cedevita | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Christodoulos | Michael | CYP | 27 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 78 | 75 | 69 | 70 | 53 | 53 | 64 | 73 | 65 | | Ciccone | Giulio | ITA | 30 | 67 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 50 | 51 | 69 | 59 | 59 | | Currie | Logan | NZL | 23 | 71 | 62 | 62 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 53 | 63 | 70 | 64 | 72 | | Geoghegan Hart | Tao | GBR | 29 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 62 | 62 | 69 | 70 | 70 | | Groselj | Matic | SLO | 28 | 78 | 58 | 66 | 77 | 74 | 78 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 70 | | Habtemichael | Daniel | ERI | 27 | 67 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 76 | 52 | 59 | 66 | 68 | 69 | | Lammertink | Steven | NED | 31 | 74 | 64 | 69 | 80 | 70 | 76 | 70 | 65 | 63 | 68 | 74 | 68 | | Penko | Izidor | SLO | 28 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 58 | 65 | 70 | 62 | 71 |
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Tao Geoghegan Hart should compete for a top 10 spot. Additionally the team will look forward to the TTT and (mountain) breakaways.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | EA Vesuvio | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Alaphilippe | Julian | FRA | 32 | 72 | 66 | 73 | 62 | 74 | 69 | 81 | 65 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 73 | | Firdaus | Ahmad | INA | 24 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 77 | 74 | | Geniets | Kevin | LUX | 27 | 74 | 70 | 78 | 68 | 75 | 77 | 71 | 64 | 62 | 69 | 75 | 69 | | Girdlestone | Keagan | RSA | 27 | 71 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 75 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 65 | | Gunnlaugsson | Kristofer | ISL | 29 | 77 | 67 | 65 | 76 | 73 | 79 | 70 | 66 | 75 | 72 | 60 | 60 | | John | Naveen | IND | 29 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 58 | 64 | 67 | 73 | 66 | | Mohoric | Matej | SLO | 30 | 72 | 71 | 83 | 64 | 78 | 72 | 72 | 50 | 67 | 77 | 71 | 79 | | Wirtgen | Luc | LUX | 26 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 58 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 69 |
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The best shot for EA Vesuvio looks to be the punchy stages with Matej Mohoric and Julian Alaphilippe as leaders, next to breakaways.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Evonik - ELKO | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Baroncini | Filippo | ITA | 24 | 73 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 71 | 63 | 67 | 72 | 74 | 70 | | Bellan | Juraj | SVK | 28 | 70 | 75 | 69 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 78 | 56 | 62 | 63 | 71 | 65 | | Eekhoff | Nils | NED | 26 | 75 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 67 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 64 | | Foss | Tobias | NOR | 27 | 69 | 78 | 72 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 66 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 66 | | Gavars | Eriks Toms | LAT | 27 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 58 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 67 | | Plapp | Luke | AUS | 24 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 58 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 65 | | Sureda | Jaume | ESP | 28 | 73 | 63 | 71 | 61 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 65 | 77 | 79 | 72 | 65 | | Van Niekerk | Morne | RSA | 29 | 76 | 61 | 67 | 78 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 64 |
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Evonik - ELKO has a well balanced team for the TTT. In the mountains they will support Tobias Foss for GC and Luke Plapp for U25. Maybe Sureda can surprise in the sprints.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fastned | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Bauhaus | Phil | GER | 30 | 74 | 56 | 61 | 56 | 71 | 65 | 77 | 67 | 78 | 75 | 59 | 63 | | Cras | Steff | BEL | 28 | 68 | 78 | 72 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 58 | 60 | 67 | 61 | 67 | | Gonzalez Salas | Mario | ESP | 32 | 70 | 57 | 60 | 80 | 74 | 76 | 67 | 60 | 61 | 54 | 78 | 61 | | Hessmann | Michel | GER | 23 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 74 | 75 | 69 | 70 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 67 | 75 | | Hoole | Daan | NED | 25 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 70 | | Tjotta | Martin | NOR | 23 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 64 | 70 | 67 | 69 | | Waerenskjold | Soren | NOR | 24 | 72 | 59 | 65 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 64 | 60 | | Wellens | Tim | BEL | 33 | 71 | 81 | 74 | 71 | 78 | 79 | 75 | 61 | 62 | 67 | 63 | 69 |
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Fastned is counting on the Belgian Tim Wellens for a good GC, maybe a podium. Steff Cras is the backup leader and Gonzalez Sales will target the ITT.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grieg-Maersk | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Bazhkou | Stanislau | BLR | 33 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 69 | 52 | 62 | 63 | 66 | 60 | | Gaudu | David | FRA | 28 | 73 | 71 | 78 | 66 | 78 | 75 | 71 | 57 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 69 | | Nesset | Sigurd | NOR | 33 | 68 | 77 | 72 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 53 | 63 | 67 | 59 | 67 | | Rajapakshage | Tushantha | SRI | 32 | 72 | 64 | 70 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 69 | 75 | 54 | | Roman | Aleksandar | SER | 28 | 67 | 77 | 75 | 64 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 61 | 63 | 76 | 74 | 78 | | Ssabagwanya | Samuel | UGA | 30 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 56 | 80 | 75 | 77 | 67 | 60 | 77 | 74 | 72 | | Trondsen | Trond Hakon | NOR | 30 | 75 | 65 | 72 | 64 | 72 | 73 | 83 | 66 | 76 | 76 | 66 | 67 | | Vingegaard | Jonas | DEN | 28 | 67 | 78 | 70 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 69 |
★☆☆☆☆
Jonas Vingegaard is the GC leader for Grieg-Maersk. Mountain breakaways should be the side goal for this team.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gazelle | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Aleotti | Giovanni | ITA | 25 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 62 | 65 | 75 | 69 | 70 | | Carboni | Giovanni | ITA | 29 | 70 | 79 | 76 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 62 | 67 | 69 | 61 | 72 | | Hofer | Andreas | AUT | 33 | 72 | 57 | 64 | 77 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 54 | 62 | 66 | 74 | 63 | | Leknessund | Andreas | NOR | 25 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 81 | 77 | 69 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 69 | | Lutsenko | Alexey | KAZ | 32 | 69 | 73 | 83 | 68 | 76 | 73 | 70 | 54 | 72 | 81 | 69 | 70 | | Nsengimana | Jean Bosco | RWA | 32 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 53 | 66 | 72 | 74 | 66 | | Pavlic | Marko | SLO | 31 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 63 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 70 | | Senni | Manuel | ITA | 32 | 71 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 59 | 66 | 72 | 66 | 73 |
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Giovanni Carboni will be looking to replicate his 2021 KOM jersey. Next to that, Alexey Lutsenko is aiming for the punchy stages.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jura GIANTS | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Brunel | Alexys | FRA | 26 | 75 | 67 | 71 | 78 | 72 | 78 | 73 | 66 | 61 | 65 | 69 | 66 | | Errazkin | Xuban | ESP | 28 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 64 | 63 | 73 | 69 | 67 | | Kung | Stefan | SWI | 31 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 63 | 71 | 73 | 78 | | Rekita | Szymon | POL | 30 | 72 | 58 | 63 | 79 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 62 | 69 | 70 | 63 | 73 | | Setiawa | Andreas Odie Purnama | INA | 28 | 68 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 76 | 72 | 71 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 76 | 66 | | Stüssi | Colin | SWI | 31 | 71 | 79 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 73 | 78 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 65 | 69 | | Szarka | Gergely | HUN | 26 | 77 | 62 | 67 | 61 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 60 | 78 | 78 | 64 | 66 | | Vernon | Ethan | GBR | 24 | 73 | 60 | 65 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 66 | 75 | 70 | 63 | 65 |
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Jura GIANTS has a very nice squad for the TTT. They will support Colin Stüssi throughout the race. Gergely Szarka is a dangerous outsider for the sprints.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | King Power | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Chaiyasombat | Thanakhan | THA | 25 | 69 | 78 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 52 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 69 | | Chiu | Ho San | HKG | 29 | 73 | 67 | 74 | 62 | 76 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 68 | | Phodingam | Sakchai | THA | 26 | 68 | 77 | 74 | 61 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 70 | | Quita | Ronnilan | PHI | 29 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 66 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 60 | 71 | 74 | 83 | 72 | | Rubio | Einer Augusto | COL | 26 | 67 | 77 | 74 | 64 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 60 | 60 | 73 | 73 | 65 | | Salazar | John | PHI | 26 | 76 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 69 | | Sanikwathi | Thanawut | THA | 31 | 72 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 70 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 78 | 78 | 66 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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The Thai team will focus on their local boys: Sanikwathi for the sprints and Chaiyasombat for U25. Mountain breakaways are also an option with Phodingam and Rubio.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Lidl Cycling | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Crncevic | Aleksa | BIH | 29 | 67 | 76 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 64 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 75 | | Gee | Derek | CAN | 27 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 58 | 69 | 72 | 76 | 71 | | Hoang | Thai Phan | VIE | 26 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 57 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 67 | | Larsen | Niklas | DEN | 27 | 77 | 60 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 78 | 64 | 77 | 76 | 65 | 66 | | Mansouri | Hamza | ALG | 25 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 77 | 62 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 65 | | Ponce | Joel | AND | 27 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 64 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | | Prado | Ignacio Jesus | MEX | 31 | 72 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 61 | 64 | 70 | 72 | 70 | | Vine | Jay | AUS | 29 | 68 | 76 | 73 | 66 | 67 | 76 | 76 | 61 | 66 | 73 | 75 | 63 |
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Maybe Niklas Larsen can surprise in a flat sprint for Lidl. Apart from that they'll hope to score from the break with Crncevic, Prado or Vine.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Almeida | Joao | POR | 26 | 69 | 81 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 67 | 71 | | Brozyna | Piotr | POL | 29 | 69 | 78 | 69 | 72 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 63 | 67 | | Carretero Millan | Hector | ESP | 29 | 64 | 78 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 71 | 57 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 62 | | Cole | Tyler | TRI | 25 | 74 | 64 | 69 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 66 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 69 | | Filutas | Viktor | HUN | 28 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 76 | 69 | | Kelly | Jacob | BAR | 25 | 72 | 63 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 66 | | Kennaugh | Tim | GBR | 33 | 73 | 76 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 53 | 65 | 61 | 71 | 58 | | Scotson | Callum | AUS | 28 | 72 | 56 | 63 | 76 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 66 | 75 | 68 | 63 |
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MOL Cycling Team will count on Joao Almeida to compete for the podium. He warmed up with a 7th place in his local race Volta a Portugal.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Atkins | Josh | NZL | 32 | 75 | 54 | 68 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 66 | 61 | 63 | 70 | 64 | | Hirt | Jan | CZE | 33 | 69 | 80 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 51 | 64 | 75 | 73 | 66 | | Kolar | Michael | SVK | 32 | 65 | 77 | 75 | 61 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 50 | 54 | 66 | 72 | 60 | | Kukrle | Michal | CZE | 30 | 72 | 68 | 66 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 70 | 58 | 65 | 71 | 58 | 63 | | Monsalve | Yonathan | VEN | 35 | 64 | 77 | 72 | 68 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 61 | | Parra Bustamente | Heiner Rodrigo | COL | 33 | 68 | 76 | 73 | 66 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 50 | 50 | 69 | 74 | 64 | | Skala | Jakub | CZE | 31 | 74 | 56 | 71 | 56 | 70 | 72 | 65 | 74 | 66 | 71 | 72 | 74 | | Turek | Daniel | CZE | 31 | 73 | 64 | 68 | 77 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 58 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 60 |
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Just like Almeida, Hirt is aiming for a podium spot. Last year the Czech finished sixth. The TT imbalance between the riders might hurt their TTT performance.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Eastman | Ryan | USA | 32 | 70 | 82 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 66 | | Eaton | Daniel | USA | 31 | 75 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 62 | 68 | 70 | 66 | | Erdenebat | Bilguunjargal | MGL | 27 | 75 | 60 | 65 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 74 | 51 | 59 | 64 | 69 | 68 | | Lopez Nolasco | Luis Enrique | HON | 27 | 65 | 79 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 52 | 59 | 70 | 74 | 68 | | Ocampo | Victor Alejandro | COL | 25 | 70 | 61 | 66 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 59 | 66 | | Sütterlin | Jasha | GER | 32 | 71 | 59 | 65 | 80 | 73 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 59 | 60 | 76 | 73 | | Vlatos | Panagiotis | GRE | 34 | 70 | 50 | 64 | 79 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 66 | 50 | | Zmorka | Marlen | UKR | 31 | 74 | 61 | 66 | 82 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 61 | 62 | 70 | 67 | 60 |
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Oxxo - Frisby is the n° 1 favourite for the TTT. From there on Ryan Eastman should aim for a top 5, maybe more. There is limited mountain support, with only Lopez Nolasco to guide Eastman around.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Christensen | Ryan | NZL | 28 | 78 | 67 | 70 | 64 | 76 | 74 | 76 | 52 | 68 | 65 | 71 | 76 | | Eyob | Mektel | ERI | 31 | 68 | 76 | 76 | 66 | 74 | 69 | 73 | 55 | 62 | 66 | 72 | 73 | | Krul | Stef | NED | 29 | 76 | 63 | 66 | 78 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 75 | 63 | | Latour | Pierre | FRA | 31 | 69 | 81 | 75 | 70 | 80 | 78 | 80 | 52 | 65 | 74 | 80 | 73 | | Lauk | Karl Patrick | EST | 27 | 78 | 65 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 66 | 65 | | Mullen | Ryan | IRL | 30 | 75 | 62 | 70 | 81 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 60 | 70 | 61 | 64 | | Nych | Artem | RUS | 29 | 78 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 65 | 76 | 84 | 74 | | Sweeny | Harry | AUS | 26 | 78 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 76 | 72 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 66 |
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Pierre Latour is our pick to be the 'best of the rest' after Herklotz. He prepared in Paris-Nice, where he finished 6th. Just like Oxxo-Frisby, no real deep mountain support.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Cavagna | Remi | FRA | 29 | 77 | 64 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 60 | 63 | | Cemazar | Nik | SLO | 25 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 56 | 61 | 65 | 68 | 66 | | Heidemann | Miguel | GER | 26 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 77 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 64 | | Herklotz | Silvio | GER | 30 | 72 | 84 | 81 | 74 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 67 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 76 | | O'Brien | Kelland | AUS | 26 | 75 | 67 | 75 | 77 | 74 | 77 | 70 | 61 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 66 | | Stork | Florian | GER | 27 | 69 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 76 | 58 | 61 | 70 | 62 | 68 | | Van Wilder | Ilan | BEL | 24 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 60 | 67 | 69 | 65 | 67 | | Wibisono | Rachmad Noka | INA | 25 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 55 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 65 |
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Team Puma - SAP will come for one thing only: the GC victory with Herklotz. A former winner in 2021, he has all the skills to do it all over again. The TTT squad is on point, maybe his mountain train could have used an upgrade.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Formolo | Davide | ITA | 32 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 53 | 69 | 71 | 66 | 65 | | Frigo | Marco | ITA | 24 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 59 | 64 | 71 | 70 | | Kalf | Steven | EST | 29 | 72 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 76 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 65 | 67 | | Kooij | Olav | NED | 23 | 73 | 63 | 66 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 65 | 75 | 77 | 64 | 66 | | Tolhoek | Antwan | NED | 30 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 64 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 60 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 70 | | Vader | Milan | NED | 28 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 67 | 72 | 78 | 72 | 62 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 68 | | Van den Broek | Frank | NED | 24 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 69 | | Van Poppel | Danny | NED | 31 | 72 | 60 | 64 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 78 | 64 | 81 | 78 | 56 | 69 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Alben | Esow | IND | 23 | 73 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 71 | 64 | 61 | 52 | 72 | 75 | 62 | 64 | | Carcueva | Jonel | PHI | 29 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 75 | 69 | | Cataford | Alexandor | CAN | 31 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 79 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 60 | 69 | 67 | 71 | | Hayter | Leo | GBR | 23 | 72 | 75 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 66 | 74 | 65 | 70 | | Hocevar | Kristjan | SLO | 25 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 54 | 66 | 75 | 72 | 70 | | Howson | Damien | AUS | 32 | 71 | 59 | 65 | 80 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 58 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 63 | | Kulikovskiy | Alexandr | RUS | 27 | 73 | 64 | 71 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 78 | 61 | 78 | 79 | 65 | 67 | | Olivier | Daan | NED | 32 | 72 | 81 | 76 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 77 | 59 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 71 |
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The only PCT wildcard team is Sony - Force India. They bring a well rounded squad with Daan Olivier for GC, Cataford and Howson for the ITT and Kulikovskiy for the sprints.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Arslanov | Ildar | RUS | 30 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 62 | 68 | | Foliforov | Alexander | RUS | 32 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 50 | 61 | 59 | 67 | 73 | | Novikov | Savva | RUS | 25 | 67 | 76 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 60 | 61 | 70 | 70 | 65 | | Razumov | Nikita | RUS | 28 | 74 | 63 | 70 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 56 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 65 | | Rikunov | Petr | RUS | 27 | 69 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 51 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 74 | | Rybalkin | Aleksey | RUS | 31 | 65 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 78 | 77 | 81 | 65 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 73 | | Vlasov | Alexander | RUS | 28 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 78 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 70 | 74 | | Zakarin | Aydar | RUS | 30 | 74 | 66 | 66 | 79 | 75 | 70 | 75 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 74 | 65 |
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Tinkoff Team - La Datcha bring an all Russian team to this Grand Tour. They will mainly focus on the ITT's and mountain breakaways.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Bloem | Joren | NED | 25 | 75 | 60 | 68 | 61 | 73 | 75 | 71 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 61 | | Fouche | James | NZL | 26 | 66 | 78 | 75 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 77 | 62 | 61 | 75 | 75 | 65 | | Ganjkhanlou | Mohammad | IRN | 27 | 71 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 62 | 75 | 77 | 55 | 74 | | Hamza | Yacine | ALG | 27 | 77 | 60 | 67 | 60 | 73 | 72 | 78 | 63 | 77 | 77 | 65 | 65 | | Plowright | Jensen | AUS | 24 | 72 | 59 | 60 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 76 | 74 | 58 | 63 | | Schreurs | Hamish | NZL | 30 | 72 | 54 | 67 | 52 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 77 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 63 | | Strong | Corbin | NZL | 24 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 72 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 65 | 67 | | Tesfaye Heyi | Henok | ETH | 31 | 75 | 70 | 73 | 67 | 74 | 76 | 65 | 55 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 66 |
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Xero Racing will have their eyes on the flat sprints with Yacine Hamza and breakaways with James Fouche. Fouche won the U25 last year, but isn't eligible anymore. .
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Albanese | Vincenzo | ITA | 28 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 59 | 72 | 75 | 70 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 71 | | Ballerini | Davide | ITA | 30 | 73 | 65 | 71 | 57 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 80 | 74 | 72 | | Bonnamour | Franck | FRA | 29 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 61 | 76 | 75 | 72 | 62 | 69 | 74 | 76 | 68 | | Lazkano | Oier | ESP | 25 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 62 | | Stedman | Max | GBR | 28 | 69 | 67 | 74 | 63 | 69 | 71 | 67 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 66 | 63 | | Williams | Stephen | GBR | 28 | 68 | 78 | 74 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 76 | 63 | 65 | 74 | 75 | 72 | | Wippert | Wouter | NED | 34 | 68 | 54 | 65 | 57 | 72 | 67 | 75 | 59 | 76 | 79 | 56 | 65 | | Yates | Simon | GBR | 32 | 74 | 70 | 81 | 68 | 77 | 70 | 73 | 52 | 77 | 80 | 74 | 64 |
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No real GC candidate for cycleYorkshire. Instead they bring Simon Yates to hunt for stage wins in the punchy stages.
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | MT | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | | Castrillo | Jaime | ESP | 28 | 77 | 66 | 67 | 76 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 55 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 67 | | Choi | Ki Ho | HKG | 33 | 70 | 80 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 78 | 62 | 58 | 67 | 67 | 70 | | Conci | Nicola | ITA | 27 | 71 | 77 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 78 | 56 | 63 | 68 | 63 | 71 | | Finkler | Leonardo Henrique | BRA | 25 | 69 | 69 | 77 | 65 | 76 | 71 | 70 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 75 | 70 | | Sam | Henry Alberto | GUA | 25 | 74 | 66 | 67 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 58 | 66 | 69 | 76 | 68 | | Soler | Marc | ESP | 31 | 69 | 76 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 76 | 54 | 54 | 66 | 60 | 61 | | Thijssen | Gerben | BEL | 26 | 75 | 61 | 63 | 60 | 74 | 70 | 78 | 65 | 79 | 81 | 65 | 64 | | Vandevelde | Yentl | BEL | 24 | 73 | 59 | 64 | 76 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 72 | 66 |
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ZARA - Irizar has two big leaders with Ki Ho Choi for GC and Gerben Thijssen for the sprints. Choi is another of the long list who qualify to reach a top 10.
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| waitloof |
Posted on 23-12-2024 09:19
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hmmm, thank you much. I hope you visit my game website: slope |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-12-2024 09:20
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Didn't expect to have Olivier so high in the favourites list but we'll take. Also, this is just fun for us, with no points on offer from wildcards. Coincidentally, this is the first race for Olivier this season, go figure! Hoping for some fun in the sprints with Kulikovskiy as well. Not sure how much either of our TT guys will have left by the time we reach the last stage.
Thanks for the preview 
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Posted on 23-12-2024 09:48
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Thanks for the extensive preview, Laurens!
Our goal(s) here is/are clear. Eastman for a podium, ideally a second place. Latour seems to be the biggest rival in the mountains for that, with a good TTT as well. But Eastman's ITT and TTT must be enough to make up for possible lost time in the mountains against other rivals, at least that's the hope. And with 82 mtn and decent back ups he might as well gain time himself in the mountains. Just a little bit scared of the hills in the beginning and possible stupid timegaps that could be easily avoided but where pcm itself has shown multiple times stupid stuff can happen.
We're here to win the TTT and hopefully the ITT as well, although the competition is definitely strong as well. Good luck to all!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 23-12-2024 11:31
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What a preview, makes me regret not asking for wildcards. Hard to see past Herklotz here, but we all know what happened last year 
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| tastasol |
Posted on 23-12-2024 12:05
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Excited to see if Gaudu and Roman can prove some value here. Mostly looking for breakaways, so hopefully the AI sees us as stage hunters.
Herklotz the big, big favourite. The question mostly seems to be just how dominant the race will be from him.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
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Thanks to Laurens for the great preview and for KB for taking on the reporting
This was my course so interested to see how it plays out. Idea was to avoid any really decisive stages until late in the race and keep lots of folks in with a shot at pink. However, Herklotz' talents are hard to account for.
I do worry a little about Eastmen, steep hills at the end of easy stages are ridden fast and that his where his weak HI can come in. But if he gets the lead in the TTT that should help to get him good positioning.
Good luck to everyone.
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Posted on 23-12-2024 22:20
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Weakest GT lineup for us but between Foss and Plapp as well as Sureda, we do have a few intriguing options available for us that should keep this race interesting for me. Very unusual for us to be mentioned amongst the better TTT teams, could give us an edge especially in the youth classification since the other contenders seem to have below average TTT lineups. Getting in the lead there early would be very sweet.
If Foss could finish near the top of that third tier of stage racers competing for a top 10 finish, that would be pretty good.
Enough teams without a good sprinter that Sureda should at least join the sprints. From there, everything is possible...
Herklotz the obvious favourite for pink. Rather weak podium contenders list behind him. Main question is: How many stages can he win? Maybe some of the puncheurs can limit his success a bit. Wouldnt mind if they prevent the complete journey in pink from the first day to the last 
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 23-12-2024 23:37
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We had a great time at the Giro last year, let's hope we can repeat that with a somewhat different lineup. Stüssi is still there, but with a weaker support cast, mostly due to our general lack of climbers, but also because of the TTT.
Speaking of the latter, we'd obviously take a podium spot, and if we play it well (i.e. dropping Szarka and Errazkin early on), it could indeed happen.
These two should be our stage hunters, Errazkin in the hills and maybe some breakaways, Szarka in the sprints - which might even work, given that the sprinter list is extremely thin. TTT maybe being a reason, but probably mainly everyone seeing Herklotz and Yates coming here, so no serious chance for the Ciclamino.
Herklotz should - on paper - easily win this race. But we might remember last year's Giro, with Shikai's upset, not the least due to rather weak climbing support - which could happen again. And he's not the best TTer, so if Eastman in particular can stay close, and Herklotz doesn't win too many hilly stages...
Generally speaking, I only see two stages for the climbers to gain a lot of ground - and also two where they could lose quite some time, the TTT and the ITT. Even though I agree that Latour is a great rider, he'll have to be very strong in the mountains to get a GC podium imho, with the TTT lineup being heavily unbalanced and Latour not the best rider in the ITT as well. Instead, I definitely fancy Eastman's chances - and why not Tao Hart? His TTT is great, and he's one of the best against the clock, so if he doesn't lose too much time in the high mountains, a Top 5 could be on the table. At least he's my dark horse. Otherwise, I think Almeida could do a great job here.
Thanks for the preview, good luck to all!
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Posted on 24-12-2024 01:11
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Very interesting squad that I totally forgot I sent here.
Gonna need a lot of luck here, but it's not impossible for us to do something GC wise. TTT is gonna be rough, but beyond that it's not a ton of TT KM's. Hopefully Carthy has good climbing legs and can make the most of his opportunities with that. I also totally forgot I sent Aranburu here, so hopefully that isn't wasted. SOme stage oportunities, and maybe he can do KOM? And cool to see Skjelmose already as a white jersey contender. He won't get it, but still cool to see him on the list.
A bit worried about Walls. Kinda thought he would be in the 4-7 range sprinter wise, but he's actually probably a top 3 favorite, which is often less than ideal. We don't have a sprint train, so hopefully he just surfs wheels and doesn't go too early.
We obviously need to overperform, so chances are we will do something at our level that I'm still not satisfied with. But I will do my best to enjoy the race and process regardless of the outcome. Easier said than done.
Thanks for the preview!
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Posted on 24-12-2024 07:12
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This is complicated for AHJ, I’m afraid. We don’t have any team to support him, but it is him only we hope for to go breakaway and stage hunting in the mountains. He is our only card. Really hope AI threats him as GC top 20 rider, with the obvious breakaway attempts in the final week. Though, with the hilly stages and TTT early on, I fear he won’t be seen as a GC rider.
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Posted on 24-12-2024 08:27
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Very simple race for us. We're all in for Tao Geoghegan Hart to get a top 10 GC since that's our sponsor goal. We don't expect a lot of scoring in the race, but if we get the top 10 then I'll be happy. Of course I wouldn't mind Habtemichael and Ciccone giving us depth points and some scoring from the TTs
It should be a very easy race for Herklotz to win. Best case maybe Yates finds a way to wrestle ciclamino away from him.
Thanks for the preview to Laurens and to KB for the upcoming reports
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| roturn |
Posted on 24-12-2024 10:27
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This came faster than expected.
Wellens with his season debut here. And immediately a top5 chance. Top7 is the goal. Cras as only support will struggle a bit but it's more a TTT support lineup.
Unfortunately I struggle to be active right now. Xmas days being around travelling more than 2000 km around Germany in total this week and then going onto vacation until 2nd week of January and at many times with very limited internet.
Will try to re-read all missed reports and the Giro as consistent as possible.
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Posted on 24-12-2024 10:49
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Seems like Herklotz is not here to play! Just starts off in style!
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| tastasol |
Posted on 24-12-2024 11:40
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Decent start, but had hoped to have a man in the front group. Herklotz ready to dominate from the start, congrats cio!
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Posted on 24-12-2024 11:50
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As Laurens' great preview plainly says, a super weak squad from us here - certainly compared to Bennett + Fouche + Pidcock + Tesfaye and more last year! Fouche and Tesfaye return for more breakaway fun - last year Fouche won a stage and Tesfaye was super aggressive and got a stage podium (?) and nearly held onto another late attack, so just want more of the same - good to see Fouche starting well there and actually having his strongest finish of the season so far really hanging onto the front group! Wouldn't mind him losing some time though but taking it day by day.
Expected it but slightly sad at how strong the sprint startlist is in terms of lots of the third tier guys which will make it hard for Hamza to get a look in. If he can be competing for Top 10 placings while we enter into breakaways then I'll be happy.
Congrats cio on the stage, Mission 20 Days in Pink starts now!
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Posted on 24-12-2024 12:37
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Nice job by TGH on the opening stage. Keeping the time gaps at a minimum will be his goal for the majority of the uphill stages.
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Posted on 24-12-2024 13:11
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Not an ideal start. Foss losing a minute on most direct opponents is far from perfect and Plapp basically already lost touch to the top 20 GC spots which could have been a somewhat ambitious GC target for him.
Only positive is that every other u25 rider also lost a ton of ground already. So Plapp is still very much in the front group there and might be in the scoring are after the ttt, depending on the next stage.
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