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Rund um den Eschborn-Frankfurt discussion thread
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| Smowz |
Posted on 21-01-2012 13:01
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With eight classics over the month of May it is Germany that will bookend the month which will build up to the Berlin Pro Race. First though we have the much hillier race in Frankfurt, though we do still have a flat run in. There are three main climbing sections with a fairly lengthy climb mixed in with short sharp ones in the first two sections. It is the last climb which could cause a platform for the race win, or at the very least form a small group.
However any break will need to be controlled, we have seen plenty of breakaway success on the tour this year these hilly classics have been unpredictable affairs .
The startlist reflects that a number of director sportif's do not really have an idea how this one will play out. We have a mixture of punchaers and sprinters who can climb in the main.
Riders like  Hassen Ben Nasser,  Jérémy Roy,  Jelle Vanendert
and  Dimitri Claeys may well try to break things up.
But this is an important race for the likes of Trilux with their duo of  Fabian Wegmann and Matthias Kessler have been waiting in the wings for some time for this. In the mean time  Jonathan Bellis has building his reputation as a fantastic punchaer-sprinter, we will see how good he is here.
 Ben Hermans,  Manuele Mori,  Marcel Wyss,  Giovanni Visconti and Aleksandr Kolobnev need mentioning also as punchy men who could be there if things are shaken up.
There are plenty of dangerous sprinters also who will need to be dropped the likes of  Daniele Bennati, Danilo Napolitano, Romain Feillu,  Bruno Santos and Pokerstars pair  Samuel Dumoulin/ Erik Mohs will be trying to hang on to any moves or claw their way back into contention.
startlist
Spoiler Rapha Condor
1. J. Bellis
2. C. Anguilet
3. D. Appleby
4. A. Dowsett
5. T. Grmay
6. W. Sulzberger
7. T. Teklit
Bianchi
11. D. Claeys
12. G. Lequatre
13. S. Locatelli
14. O. Martynenko
15. F. Odebrecht
16. F. Rabon
17. P. Rooijakkers
Trilux
21. M. Kessler
22. D. Devenyns
23. M. Eichler
24. H. Haussler
25. G. Rast
26. G. Smukulis
27. F. Wegmann
Proximus
31. H. Ben Nasser
32. M. De Maar
33. H. Ma
34. D. Shatskikh
35. Y. Stoltz
36. K. Uugunbayar
37. M. Zenagui
Bpost
41. J. Vanendert
42. F. De Greef
43. C. Gautier
44. M. La Lavandier
45. M. La Lavandier
46. T. Stubbe
47. J. Vansummeren
Tinkoff
51. A. Kolobnev
52. M. Belkov
53. P. Ignatenko
54. A. Ovechkin
55. E. Petrov
56. I. Rovny
57. K. Yatsevich
Rothaus
61. B. Hermans
62. T. Koep
63. A. Krieger
64. M. Landa
65. R. Ruijgh
66. C. Van Heerden
67. C. Westphal
UniCredit
71. G. Visconti
72. D. Bragazzi
73. M. Lorenzetto
74. D. Napolitano
75. S. Puccio
76. N. Quintana
77. T. Van der Sande
Focus
81. J. Roy
82. B. Feillu
83. R. Feillu
84. D. Gaudin
85. A. Kirsch
86. T. Meyer
87. T. Skujins
Saab
91. M. Wyss
92. M. Breschel
93. N. Brolin
94. T. Gudsell
95. P. Lavery
96. J. Lindgren
97. J. Sørensen
Red Bull
101. M. Chérel
102. J. Giaux
103. A. Hansen
104. A. Jelloul
105. M. Mori
106. M. Priamo
107. E. Vorganov
Puma
111. E. Gasparotto
112. J. Bar
113. D. Bennati
114. J. Bol
115. M. Delage
116. G. Meersman
117. M. Vogt
Venchi
121. P. Sagan
122. F. Aru
123. C. Cominelli
124. O. Haavardsholm
125. B. Monterastelli
126. F. Reda
127. A. Santoro
Pokerstars
131. K. Van Impe
132. J. Degenkolb
133. S. Dumoulin
134. A. Geslin
135. R. Kluge
136. E. Mohs
137. N. Terpstra
Team VW
141. B. Noval
142. W. Li
143. K. Predatsch
144. G. Preidler
145. D. Schorn
146. J. Veikkanen
147. R. Zabel
Cerne
151. M. Biondo
152. L. Afonso
153. B. Borges
154. L. Coutinho
155. M. Cunha
156. J. Insausti
157. B. Santos
Koppert
161. B. Traksel
162. H. Dekkers
163. J. Hopman
164. A. Kamyshev
165. F. Taillefour
166. R. Te Brake
167. P. Vlatos
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| CountArach |
Posted on 21-01-2012 13:07
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This is going to be a really tough race to ca- Oh no, wait, nevermind. Bellis is here.
As for my team, I think it will come down to a reduced bunch sprint so I'm hoping Gautier can do well in that like he did in MTN.
Edited by CountArach on 21-01-2012 13:12
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 21-01-2012 13:10
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I hope Sagan is able to stick to the 1st group to the finish. If he continues his great sprinting from Turkey, I think he can get a good result.
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| roturn |
Posted on 21-01-2012 13:40
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Top 5 goal here....
But seeing riders like Wegmann and Bellis I think I can`t beat these two.
Also riders like Sagan or Bennati could survive the hills.
Just can hope that the hills are selective enough to get rid of the sprinters. Then Hermans with 77 flat skill must do something for me. 
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 21-01-2012 13:47
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I really hope that the national bonus and the fact that i have two possible winners is good enough. I'm confident Wegmann can outsprint Bellis, plus i have some good all-rounders who can survive the hills and prepare a sprint for him.
Winning also needs some luck, but anything else than the podium would be disaster. Probably even a 4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-finish.
Edited by felix_29 on 21-01-2012 13:48
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| Rin |
Posted on 21-01-2012 14:03
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I wouldn't underestimate Rabon here
He can sprint too but if he is allowed to by the game/AI
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| Heine |
Posted on 21-01-2012 20:46
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I planned to send Flügel here... Then had to send him to the Giro for the experience, so any result here would be good
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 22-01-2012 20:23
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felix_29 wrote:
I really hope that the national bonus and the fact that i have two possible winners is good enough. I'm confident Wegmann can outsprint Bellis, plus i have some good all-rounders who can survive the hills and prepare a sprint for him.
Winning also needs some luck, but anything else than the podium would be disaster. Probably even a 4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-finish.
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 22-01-2012 20:51
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Great report&race, i feared a messed-up race with some crazy AI decision but everything went fine. I think the win was well deserved, almost seemed too easy to be true. Anyway, the 1-2 win gets a
I hope the other goal races will have similar good results, i don't think that wil happen, though
And of course, i'm happy
Edited by felix_29 on 22-01-2012 20:51
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 22-01-2012 20:58
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Well done to Team Trilux.
Pretty obvious from the profile that this was the way it was going to finish - big-gish group sprinting it out for the win. Should really have been Bellis who won, but he went far too early. Rare slip up for him. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 22-01-2012 21:05
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Disappointing. Hermans being in top 5-10 on flat sprints with several great sprinters but then failing in a sprint without the big ones. Totally failed my top 5 goal.
Luckily it was supposed to be one of the harder ones. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 22-01-2012 21:32
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must be my personal record - best placed rider as 50th...
congrats to felix_29
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 22-01-2012 21:35
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Amazing race for Trilux, with three in the Top 5. Nationality bonus really proved it's importance here.
Congrats!
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 22-01-2012 21:57
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Stupid tactics. Bellis would have been favourite in almost any spot in that group .. except the front. Shame Sulzberger crashed, he could probably have sprinted well, but good that Dowsett joins Bellis in the Top 10.
But great report, and well done to Trilux!
Edited by SportingNonsense on 22-01-2012 21:58
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| CountArach |
Posted on 22-01-2012 22:19
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I'm fairly unimpressed with my team's results but I'm very happy with the aggression with which we raced for once. Gautier has proven himself to be a fantastic buy.
Congratulations to Trilux, they raced brilliantly.
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 23-01-2012 13:00
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It was a great read (maybe the best report of the year so far). In division 2 with just 5 mn teams we have not seen much of the type of strategy moves as this race had.
Really a great race to follow and see what was going to wotk.
Trilux had a plan and they made it work - very well done.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 23-01-2012 14:27
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That was an intense race! Great report, Smowz 
At first congratulations to Trilux, certainly a deserved result just based on the strenght of their line-up.
Hoping for Gasparotto or Bennati to survive the hills turned out once more to be too optimistic, but thanks to the second great performance by Delage right after Battenkill, we exceeded all expectations again.
Finishing 4th in such a big group after bridging up to the break mid-race and still outsprinting several big guns, chapeau!
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| Heine |
Posted on 23-01-2012 14:42
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Iirc this was the race I sent the most sucky team to this year, so not really dissapointed ;-)
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