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GP Herning discussion
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| Smowz |
Posted on 29-01-2012 16:00
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You'd think the people behind the long standing Continental Tour's cobbled visit to Denmark would be frustrated by the clash with the cobbled tour down in Dunkirk. But maybe that was the plan after all, becuase with much of the cobbled stars away so the oppurtunity for  Matti Breschel increases.
The Danish rider who sprints fast and rides well over the cobbles is here with a bit of back up with Anders Lund and Kevin Ista here.
But the big cobbled outfits of Bpost, Pokerstars and Koppert have not come here empty handed. Indeed whilst his manager may have forgetten him  Frederik Nolf is here with a pretty good back up squad as we expect from the team in green. Bpost haven't their usual awesome strength in depth but  Nikolas Maes is like Nolf a different class to most on the cobbled stuff. Koppert meanwhile have gambled that the cobbles will not make a huge difference veteren sprinter  Oscar Freire leads a young developmental squad.
Speaking of development the Rapha Condor-Qhubeka squad features 6 African riders with  Amadou Bakari perhaps giving us a glimpse into the future of cycling.
With a weaker field the chances also open up for Trilux, Unicredit and Jayco Red Bull. Trilux have a number of very decent engines in  Sven Krauss, Steven Tronet and Aleksei Saramotins. They also have a lot of momentum going into this. Unicredit will likely be looking for  William Bonnet to challenge in small group sprint. That seems to be the plan for  Jérome Giaux of the Red Bull crew, however cobbles have been the teams achilles heel in an otherwise very consistent season.
Rothaus and Venchi have bought young squads up to Denmark, whilst Tinkoff rather strangely have sent just one rider. A small field could give these teams a hope of a breakaway triumph.
Startlist
Spoiler Bpost
1. N. Maes
2. S. Dillier
3. M. La Lavandier
4. J. Polanc
5. R. Stenuit
6. G. Van Keirsbulck
7. J. Vansummeren
Pokerstars
11. F. Nolf
12. G. Atkins
13. D. Boucher
14. J. Degenkolb
15. N. Ingels
16. M. Maaskant
17. N. Terpstra
Saab
21. M. Breschel
22. N. Aistrup
23. K. Ista
24. T. Larsson
25. A. Lund
26. J. Pronk
27. J. Sørensen
Red Bull
31. J. Giaux
32. G. Brown
33. A. Jelloul
34. C. Manarelli
35. C. Sutton
36. G. Tzortzakis
37. S. Vanthourenhout
UniCredit
41. W. Bonnet
42. P. Andersen
43. D. Bragazzi
44. S. Puccio
45. N. Quintana
46. A. Signego
47. T. Van der Sande
Trilux
51. S. Krauss
52. H. Duyn
53. T. Fothen
54. I. Keisse
55. A. Saramotins
56. S. Tronet
57. R. Weissinger
Rapha Condor
61. A. Bakari
62. A. Belmokhtar
63. N. Berhane
64. T. Grmay
65. J. Perrett
66. T. Teklit
67. E. Van Wyk
Koppert
71. O. Freire
72. F. Goesinnen
73. P. Ligthart
74. J. McCarthy
75. T. Stamsnijder
76. R. Te Brake
77. C. Vermeltfoort
Rothaus
81. M. Velits
82. J. Ariesen
83. M. Landa
84. J. Novak
85. F. Scheit
86. N. Schoch
87. D. Vesely
Tinkoff
91. A. Timofeev
Venchi
101. B. Monterastelli
102. M. Bodnar
103. C. Cominelli
104. M. Corti
105. A. Santoro
106. N. Tirloni
107. D. Viganò
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| beagle |
Posted on 29-01-2012 17:09
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just noticed there is a clash between Herning & Dunkerque, that´s why I didn´t send Nolf to France... hopefully those cobble sections will be selective enough & cobblers will dominate here
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| viking90 |
Posted on 29-01-2012 18:06
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Come on Breschel! |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 29-01-2012 21:29
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Maes is one of the few big name cobblers here and I will be thoroughly disappointed if he doesn't try to attack. I am willing to bet that for some reason the AI will try to force it to a sprint though.
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| roturn |
Posted on 29-01-2012 21:58
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Should have brought Boom here seeing that lots of cobblers won`t participate.
Now I just hope for a breakaway or some top 30 small pointers by Velits... |
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| roturn |
Posted on 30-01-2012 21:49
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Pretty much as expected by my team. At least we showed some good riding in the break with 2 men. Sometimes I just think that sending a completely weak team should cause the "leader" to attack in the breakaway. Doesn`T happen in PCM I think,
In this case for example Velits (67) instead of a 50 and 52 cobbler. Then a breakaway would be more senseful imo.
Congrats to Jayco and Giaux. Someone I also wanted in the transfer season. 
Bad luck for Breschel, who had to follow the other moves and wasn`t able to do a real sprint.
Might have been a perfect race for Vantomme actually. Hope he will do well now in Dunkerque instead.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-01-2012 21:55
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Bakari got some ranking points!!! 
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| beagle |
Posted on 30-01-2012 22:47
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Bakari got some ranking points!!!
as did Atkins!!! 
good race & report, congratz to unexpected winner
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| CountArach |
Posted on 30-01-2012 23:51
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Damn. Still, Maes did the right thing and I can't fault him for that. Congrats to our truly surprising winner.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 31-01-2012 16:03
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arrgh, would have been lovely with a win there. Maybe should have send a stronger squad to help Breschel more.
Guess I have to be happy with a 2nd tought,
And great race & report. |
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