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Lincoln GP Discussion
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-02-2012 17:56
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The Lincoln GP is the last big cobbled classic of the season. Criterium Hainleite in Germany may still be to come, but the amount of cobbles there is minimal. Here in Lincoln we have 15 laps to look forward to, each lap ending in the steep, narrow and cobbled Michaelgate climb. Positioning is going to be so vital, as the front of the peloton will have finished the climb before the back of the peloton has even started it.
The race is similar to Nokere-Koerse, which  Damien Gaudin won, and he will hope for a repeat here. With Veelers and Boom absent, the only other winner of a cobbled classic this season here is  Jerome Giaux. He will struggle to do aswell today though!
Lacking a classic are  Team Bpost, but they are the form team for sure. Pieter Vanspeybrouck being the winner of the 5 Jours de Dunkerque ahead of teammate Niels Albert, who won the other cobbled stage race of the season - KBD De Panne Tour. Vanspeybrouck did win 4 classics last year though, and he will want to make that at least one this year.
Without a win at all has been an underperforming  Adam Blythe, who does have home advantage today.  Ricardo van der Velde is the best hope for fellow British team Cyclevox.
 Sebastian Langeveld,  Frederik Nolf,  Arnaud Coyot and  Matti Breschel lead their teams, with squads also from  TCS Bank - surprisingly bringing their hilly A-team with the likes of Kolobnev,  Cerne,  Oz Cycling,  Venchi and D2 wildcards  Eurovision and  Skoda-KB.
Startlist:
Spoiler Bpost
1. P. Vanspeybrouck
2. N. Albert
3. R. Broers
4. N. Maes
5. J. Polanc
6. J. Stallaert
7. J. Vansummeren
Rapha Condor
11. A. Blythe
12. A. Bakari
13. H. Kiprotich
14. T. Last
15. R. Partridge
16. T. Teklit
17. E. Van Wyk
Pokerstars
21. F. Nolf
22. A. Geslin
23. N. Ingels
24. R. Kluge
25. M. Maaskant
26. N. Terpstra
27. K. Van Impe
Koppert
31. S. Langeveld
32. J. Dieteren
33. A. Kamyshev
34. P. Ligthart
35. T. Slagter
36. J. Thomson
37. P. Vlatos
Focus
41. D. Gaudin
42. K. Elissonde
43. R. Hardy
44. A. Kirsch
45. C. Pineau
46. J. Roy
47. T. Skujins
Trilux
51. A. Coyot
52. H. Duyn
53. M. Eichler
54. S. Krauss
55. G. Rast
56. A. Saramotins
57. R. Zepunkte
Saab
61. M. Breschel
62. U. Galiev
63. T. Larsson
64. G. Likhaya
65. J. Lindgren
66. A. Lund
67. M. Wyss
Cyclevox
71. T. Vaitkus
72. L. Holohan
73. I. Konovalovas
74. D. McLay
75. K. Pauwels
76. S. Thwaites
77. R. Van der Velde
Red Bull
81. J. Giaux
82. G. Brown
83. A. Jelloul
84. C. Manarelli
85. C. Sutton
86. G. Tzortzakis
87. S. Vanthourenhout
Skoda
91. R. Simunek
92. J. Frohlinger
93. J. Hirt
94. K. Klimiankou
95. Z. Machac
96. L. Petrus
97. J. Simek
Eurovision
101. D. Foder
102. G. Bonnafond
103. O. Chuzhda
104. A. Klöden
105. M. McNally
106. R. Retschke
107. T. Thömel
Venchi
111. B. Monterastelli
112. M. Bodnar
113. C. Cominelli
114. M. Corti
115. A. Santoro
116. N. Tirloni
117. D. Viganò
Tinkoff
121. D. Galimzyanov
122. P. Ignatenko
123. A. Khatuntsev
124. A. Kolobnev
125. A. Ovechkin
126. I. Rovny
127. K. Yatsevich
Cerne
131. J. Insausti
132. B. Borges
133. P. Lucas Martins
134. M. Portela
135. R. Reis
136. R. Vilela
137. A. Vital
Oz
141. D. McConnell
142. J. Bobridge
143. J. Clarke
144. L. Durbridge
145. A. Gate
146. S. Lewis
147. G. O'Shea
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| roturn |
Posted on 05-02-2012 18:03
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Seeing that Boom and Vantomme did pretty well in the other cobbled classics I really regret not sending them to Herning and Lincoln. Could have been nice amount pf points for less race days.
But obviously Vantomme`s schedule wasn`t planned that well and Boom is more or less concentrating on the time trial stage races. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 05-02-2012 18:50
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Will be fun to see what we can do in this race. |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 05-02-2012 20:16
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viking90 wrote:
Will be fun to see what we can do in this race.
+ 1  I don't expect anything, I even wonder, why my team is here  Even though I'm pretty sure, that the cobbles don't have a too bug impact here. So maybe some decent puncheurs can fight for the win.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 05-02-2012 20:18
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The picture probably reveals all that needs to be said about my team - no doubt they will send the worst rider in the break and then lose position.
It suited me in Herning but not here, Bpost will cause a selection and only the best will be able to stick with it.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 05-02-2012 22:56
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Hopefully Vanspeybrouck can do something really special here. The cobbled climb really suits him and might cause some trouble for the flat cobble specialists. I still expect a Blythe win though.
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| jaxika |
Posted on 06-02-2012 06:32
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Good luck for Eurovision and Skoda (in good luck i mean a good breakaway )  |
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| beagle |
Posted on 08-02-2012 19:33
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risky play by Nolf paid off!!! great ride & 2nd place, Vanspeybrouck showed once more his class, though, and achieved another prestigious win
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| Smowz |
Posted on 08-02-2012 19:42
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Well thats the Vanspeybrouck we remember from last year.
CTour manages to come up with another obscure British cobbled classic for Blythe and he still cannot win Only joking that climb is a bastard I have been to Lincoln and can well believe the result, it was too tough for a sprinter type like Blythe. Would he have done better if Thomas was here as well?
As predicted a pretty naff performance from my team, but lessons have been learned from this cobbled debacle, having a team in them helps me realise the sort of team you need to put out for them.
Bpost of course were strong, but I noticed that Pokerstars whilst strong didn't have that winner - some nuggety little performances from Koppert, Trilux, Saab, Rothaus and Focussed caught my eye also.
It also was a far more entertaining cobbled season than that one dimensional snooze fest (that goes for the Protour too) that we were treated to last year, a few more teams about, victories a lot more varied and the addition of some CDiv2's helped bump up the fields too.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 08-02-2012 19:52
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I'd like to Vanspeybrouck strut his stuff in the PT. Enjoyed the race - crazy attack from Nolf. |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 08-02-2012 20:02
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3 D2 teams in the breakaway way to fly the flag guys!
And Vanspeybrouck looked strong but surpriced nolf couldn't hang on at least untill the sprint. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 08-02-2012 22:24
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fenian_1234 wrote:
I'd like to Vanspeybrouck strut his stuff in the PT. Enjoyed the race - crazy attack from Nolf.
Except for wild cards (which I am sure to apply for), that just isn't happening. He was second at Gent Wevelgem this year though.
I'm so glad that I won one cobbled classic, even if I was hoping for more. A GC and a classic are enough to say that Vanspeybrouck had a strong season, if not necessarily as strong as last year.
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| ANFreeman |
Posted on 09-02-2012 12:38
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Not bad in 9th. Best finish we've had for awhile, with a string of bad results.
Exciting the race though; congrats to BPost
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