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Tour of Guadeloupe - Discussion
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 01-12-2025 23:31
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 Tour of Guadeloupe
It’s the 9th year of a sprinters race for the Caribbean nations. Although there is a lot of controversy in that statement as the 9 depends on whether you consider the current Tour of Guadeloupe a successor of the Barbados Cycling Festival and the Caribbean depends on whether you view it as acceptable that the race is on French territory.
One thing is clear is that the race drops to the C2 level this year so defending champion Caleb Ewan won’t be back. Nor will any of the other previous winners whether you consider the Barbados era or not. The team that had the winner of first edition of the Barbados race will be back – Kraftwerk Man Machine took that race with Mark Cavendish.
The race is 4 flat stages although it’s unique twist is that both stage 3 and 4 end uphill so going too early could be costly.
The top 15 sprinters in the race are:
| Rider | FL | HI | SP | AC | RS | ST |  Manninen | 73 | 65 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 69 |  Perera | 71 | 64 | 79 | 80 | 73 | 69 |  Carsi | 69 | 54 | 79 | 80 | 67 | 64 |  Walscheid | 73 | 63 | 79 | 79 | 74 | 71 |  Bol | 76 | 70 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 75 |  Ahlstrand | 70 | 63 | 79 | 76 | 67 | 68 |  Gibbons | 75 | 65 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 73 | | Marin | 74 | 65 | 78 | 78 | 73 | 73 |  Hayakawa | 72 | 64 | 78 | 77 | 66 | 73 |  Plowright | 74 | 60 | 78 | 76 | 73 | 70 | | Harrison | 71 | 66 | 77 | 80 | 69 | 72 |  Ganjkhanlou | 73 | 65 | 77 | 79 | 70 | 70 |  Silva | 75 | 68 | 77 | 78 | 70 | 69 |  Major | 74 | 66 | 77 | 78 | 70 | 74 | | Tivani | 70 | 67 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 68 |
Manninen is the fastest sprinter in the race and probably the favorite although his acceleration is a little weaker. He brings a solid lead out in Noppe and Kiskonen.
Considering sprint and acceleration Perera and Carsi are the best two in the race although the Euskadi man is pretty weak in the secondaries and if climbing ability matters on stages 3 and 4 he is in trouble. Perera has Eislers and Chavanne in the lead out while Carsi has Marin and Darder. Darder is fast for a young guy but might not be strong enough to get Carsi and Marin into position. Perera also has a strongman to set things up in English.
The next two are Walscheid and Kraftwerk’s leader for this season Bol. Walscheid is at similar level to the first 3 mentioned but lacks any kind of leadout, it will be interesting to see how he plays the sprints. While Bol has a wealth of lead out material, led by Harrison and Teutenberg, it wouldn’t be a total surprise if Harrison turned out to be the team leader. However, Bol’s very strong secondaries and ability in the hills seem to make him the best candidate for the GC.
None of the rest stand out one way or another, although Major will carry local hopes and Ganjkhanlou already proved he can do a winning sprint in Eritrea. The question for him is will he get team leadership as the SEE Turtles boast two similar riders in Frame and Tivani.
One of the least subscribed races of the season with just 16 teams and 125 riders. Sprint races don’t hold much attraction for PCT teams, so none of them.
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| seancoll |
Posted on 02-12-2025 01:06
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Looks like our team should get the ability to find a breakaway or two and we'll absolutely be ready to sprint. You'd hope that a train of Frame - Tivani - Ganjkhanlou would be enough to at least create a leadout, but who knows.
If Tivani and Ganjkhanlou switch spots based on RDC, I would not be upset in the slightest based on who can get the better result.
Hoping for two top 10 GC and a number of good stage results.
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Posted on 05-12-2025 07:47
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 02-12-2025 10:17
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Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
One of the least subscribed races of the season with just 16 teams and 125 riders. Sprint races don’t hold much attraction for PCT teams, so none of them.
The startlist begs to differ 
Not that it matters for me - I'll be happy to get something...ANYTHING from our last C2 outing
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 02-12-2025 11:30
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Finally some racing action for us and another chance for Perera to carry on his good form. No real clear stand out favourites for me but we have a very strong train and Perera isn't too bad on the hills so hoping for some consistent placements in and around the podium and a good GC as a result.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 02-12-2025 13:33
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Perera has to be a hugh favourite to me here.
Hoping Gibbons can top 5 the GC going to take a lot of luck in the sprints and grabbing bonus seconds throughout but should be possible |
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| Heine |
Posted on 02-12-2025 13:40
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jt1109 wrote:
Perera has to be a hugh favourite to me here.
Hoping Gibbons can top 5 the GC going to take a lot of luck in the sprints and grabbing bonus seconds throughout but should be possible
You saying Gibbons will win?
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 02-12-2025 13:47
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Heine wrote:
jt1109 wrote:
Perera has to be a hugh favourite to me here.
Hoping Gibbons can top 5 the GC going to take a lot of luck in the sprints and grabbing bonus seconds throughout but should be possible
You saying Gibbons will win?
haha not this time Perera been faster throughout the season so far though i do think gibbons will go well here |
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 02-12-2025 17:56
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We haven't got one real sprinter now that the race is C2, but maybe Darbynyan can wheelsurf and Renard go on the attack?
Thanks for the preview!
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-12-2025 18:20
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Victory lap time - just without the victory part
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 02-12-2025 22:58
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ivaneurope wrote:
Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
One of the least subscribed races of the season with just 16 teams and 125 riders. Sprint races don’t hold much attraction for PCT teams, so none of them.
The startlist begs to differ
Not that it matters for me - I'll be happy to get something...ANYTHING from our last C2 outing
Oops, sorry.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 02-12-2025 23:12
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We are here. We are present.
And I'm afraid that's all we're gonna offer the spectators this time  |
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| djorzen |
Posted on 03-12-2025 07:15
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Wow, what a nice surprise! All eyes were on Manninen, but Kiskonen showed that he is capable of winning too. Let's hope for another stage win in the following stages. |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 03-12-2025 08:49
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Congrats Djorzen, very happy with 2nd here as Perera had a fair bit of ground to make up due to our train not firing perfectly. Really strange to have Kipruto as the first leadout man when English would be ideal for that role, hopefully this won't repeat itself over the next few stages as well.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 03-12-2025 09:31
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Good start for Gibbons there just need to keep placing around that top 10 raneg and this will be succesful.
Congrats Djorzen and thanks for the report |
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 03-12-2025 10:55
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Kraftwerk have a win goal here, not looking good.
We had a great looking train until Harrison took off, his better acc dropped Bol. If that repeats Bol is not going to get a result.
Congrats to Djorzen and thanks to UU for the report.
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| djorzen |
Posted on 03-12-2025 14:08
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Thank you guys. My team isn't that competitive in GCs but at least we achieved some nice stage wins this season. |
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 03-12-2025 20:03
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Wow, already 4 points more in the bag than we expected here, thanks to Hansen's brilliant breakaway
Congrats djorzen with an amazing win, really cool to see!
And thanks Ulrich for the exciting stage! |
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 04-12-2025 08:50
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As expected, a bit too hard for Darbinyan, but no shame in that. Seems he was blocked on S1 and tried but couldn't get.
Nice ride by Donaldson though, getting 1 or 2 points for now. If he can continue to get in breaks and get GC, YC and KOM placing, this race won't be a waste.
Thanks for th reports, congrats to the sprinters 
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 04-12-2025 15:54
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Absolutely cracking work from the leadout and Perera there to make it look easy. Never intended to be a sprint heavy team going into transfers but I'm very pleased with how it's worked out for us, Perera for 150k an absolute steal. Let's make sure we defend the yellow jersey now!
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 04-12-2025 16:15
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Congrats Dippo, Perera just levels ahead of this field for me do think he goes onto to win this now!
Gibbons with a great ride for 2nd exactly where i was hoping he could be with some good luck just need to continue it for the next two stages and this could be a very profitable race |
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