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GP of Wales Discussion Thread
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-04-2012 15:37
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Welcome to the GP of Wales, a very hilly race. The riders have to ride 14 hard laps on pretty narrow roads before sprinting for the win on a short but steep uphill section.
Lots of big names came to this small country hoping for the win.
Biggest favourite maybe Vespa`s Ginanni. The Italian recently won in Luxembourg and is well prepared on this kind of classics as his 3rd of last year shows. But also Bellis, Di Maggio, Roche or Cobo already proved their strength in the hilly terrain. It will be interesting to see how the favourites will perform on this hard route.
Also last years winner Froome definitely counts to the favourites. He already won some stages this season but the challenge was probably not as hard as here and so his team mate Bellis might be the better option for Rapha Condor.
Other names you really must watch are Roux, Gautier, Kolobnev and Roy. All of them are excellent puncheur although they might miss a bit to the elite in this race. Still they already showed some good racing over this season and could surprise.
Jayco as often this season starts with several possible top10 riders in Calzati, Cherel or Gerrans. Hard to predict their chances but surely they aim to collect some points here.
So do the outsider teams Cyclevox and CSC with Konovalovas and Costa.
Oz Cycling, Koppert and Cerne need luck and will probably be seen in a breakaway group.
Startlist
Spoiler Vespa
1. F. Ginanni
2. M. Bono
3. A. Cappelle
4. D. Garbelli
5. A. Pagoto
6. M. Quinziato
7. R. Traficante
Rapha Condor
11. J. Bellis
12. D. Appleby
13. A. Dowsett
14. C. Froome
15. T. Grmay
16. R. Partridge
17. T. Teklit
Pirelli
21. N. Roche
22. M. Busche
23. G. Cheula
24. A. Flaksis
25. M. Iannetti
26. N. Kinney
27. E. Murgoitio
Bianchi
31. J. Cobo
32. K. Gil
33. W. Gustov
34. S. Locatelli
35. O. Martynenko
36. A. Matzbacher
37. K. Vantornout
Aker Solutions
41. A. Roux
42. R. Jaramillo
43. J. Le Bon
44. J. Rovira
45. W. Vasquez
46. E. Viennet
47. J. Zrimsek
Tinkoff
51. A. Kolobnev
52. A. Khatuntsev
53. P. Korzh
54. I. Rovny
55. B. Shpilevski
56. A. Timofeev
Venchi
61. C. Di Maggio
62. V. Agnoli
63. M. Gonzalez Salas
64. B. Monterastelli
65. F. Reda
66. P. Sagan
67. N. Tirloni
Bpost
71. C. Gautier
72. F. De Greef
73. F. Frison
74. M. La Lavandier
75. M. La Lavandier
76. J. Polanc
77. T. Stubbe
Focus
81. J. Roy
82. D. Beatse
83. J. Debusschere
84. K. Elissonde
85. R. Hardy
86. B. Jungels
87. C. Pineau
Red Bull
91. S. Calzati
92. M. Chérel
93. S. Gerrans
94. A. Hansen
95. A. Jelloul
96. R. Kilun
97. M. Mori
CSC
101. R. Costa
102. B. Armstrong
103. J. Gelabert
104. J. Perez Cuapio
105. J. Rodas
106. C. Verona
107. C. Zaballa
Cyclevox
111. I. Konovalovas
112. C. Beyer
113. S. Casar
114. C. Knees
115. R. Mandri
116. T. Rabou
117. S. Richardson
Koppert
121. S. Langeveld
122. A. Kamyshev
123. J. McCarthy
124. F. Taillefour
125. J. Thomson
126. R. Van Zandbeek
127. P. Vlatos
Cerne
131. B. Pires
132. L. Afonso
133. A. Antunes
134. C. Baltazar
135. B. Borges
136. A. Mourato
137. B. Silva
Oz
141. G. Bennett
142. K. Cheung
143. L. Durbridge
144. W. Gough
145. M. Khalmuratov
146. D. McConnell
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 10-04-2012 15:40
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Keep the break close........and let the race be as hard as possible. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 10-04-2012 15:52
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Hoping for a cheeky breakaway win - though I think the parcours may count against it. It looks very selective which may give me a chance of placing 3 or 4 riders in the top 20 which is probably the best I can hope for.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 10-04-2012 16:51
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So apparently I'm in this race :/
Oh well, hopefully Gautier can aim for a top 10. That may be unlikely though... My money is on Ginanni. The long long and tough race should suit him over some of the riders like Di Maggio who may not be there in the end.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 10-04-2012 17:15
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Gogogo Roche, make me proud! 
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 10-04-2012 17:29
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Ember told me before he burried down in the deep, cold snow, that this race was nothing but narrow. My guess is that this will be just another huge lottery. 
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| CountArach |
Posted on 10-04-2012 17:50
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Sykkel_Freak wrote:
Ember told me before he burried down in the deep, cold snow, that this race was nothing but narrow. My guess is that this will be just another huge lottery.
Okay so a mid race break will take it. If not then the early one.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 10-04-2012 17:59
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Sykkel_Freak wrote:
My guess is that this will be just another huge lottery.
That's fine with me  Go Costa!
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-04-2012 21:32
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Looking forward to this brutal little race after I gave it a test out a few weeks ago. I dont see how a break could have any hope of surviving really - theyd run out of energy
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| Rin |
Posted on 10-04-2012 21:34
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I hope Cobo starts a really crazy attack at the beginning and holds on to win it like Gil the Spanish Championship last year or Cobo at some recent races
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 10-04-2012 21:38
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Looking forward to this brutal little race after I gave it a test out a few weeks ago. I dont see how a break could have any hope of surviving really - theyd run out of energy
Looking at the profile that was my opinion as well.
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-04-2012 17:14
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Hope you can enjoy the race more than I did.
Probably the weirdest race I have ever played in PCM and surely the one with less joy...
At least some of you will be happy for sure.  |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 11-04-2012 17:23
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I had no idea what was going on until the end. Good result for Venchi though, and Rapha did well although I daresay SN will be disappointed not to have won. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 11-04-2012 17:26
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I was really confused about the kit Kadri was riding, until the results said he was Mandri
A shame you didnt enjoy reporting it - I had fun watching all the madness when I gave it a test run
Obviously a good result for Rapha. Weird what happened to Ginanni and Roche
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-04-2012 17:27
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Good job on the reports, roturn. I know, this race ain't fun to play or report, so I feel with you
No points for Oz, no surprise at all.. congrats to Venchi for this win!
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| Smowz |
Posted on 11-04-2012 17:28
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What an interesting little race - it was a weird one for sure and with some randomness.
I will certainly take the 42 points the 10th, 13th, 14th and 16th will offer me. Roche, Roy and Ginanni I would have expected to finish ahead but got lost somehow.
This 'Kadri' guy did well whoever he is, his performance certainly led to the Rapha power chase that seemed to constantly split things up.
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-04-2012 17:30
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True. Mandri. Max them all the time. Also in real cycling. Won`t learn it probably.
The report wasn`t the biggest problem except of the difficulty to name all the right riders in the group.
But it was hard to decide, when you should do a screenshot as several times I just made one and 2s later everything was back together again. |
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 11-04-2012 18:59
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roturn wrote:
Hope you can enjoy the race more than I did.
Probably the weirdest race I have ever played in PCM and surely the one with less joy...
At least some of you will be happy for sure.
Correct!
Nice to win a race again. First one since Tour of Med.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 11-04-2012 19:22
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Bit of a nightmare to report on that one.
No explanation for that result though. Even on a -5 day, I've never seen the strongest rider in the race (on paper) lose that amount of time in a race.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 11-04-2012 19:59
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Every nice result for Costa, I was happy with 9th (As it said in the report) and was really happy to see he actually got 8th
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