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| Smowz |
Posted on 13-06-2013 15:52
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The stage racing season continues in earnest with a six stage race in Serbia. It is a mixed route of flat stages at either end with two nasty hilly stages in the middle.
We have a really decent sized field here of 13 CT squads, with  Pivovarna Lasko dropping in from the PCT ranks.
The bookending short pan flat stages has attracted the top sprinting names of this level.
Loanee sprint fiend  Maksimov,
Crit sprint king  Lay,
Costa Rican hill hater  Guillen,
Fragile Australian speedster  Thorsen and
Lardy brit kicker  Nelson have all made the trip and all could be eyeing this opening short test.
A hilly rider must be short odds for the overall, Iberia have probably the headline name in this regard through Joaquin Rodriguez, though
Experienced Italian  Marzano,
Magnificent Moroccan  Chaofi,
Attacking French climber  Fiellu,
God not another Gazelle contender oh yes him again  Furdi,
Swede journeyman  Gingsjo and
fast finishing punchaer Carrara are all names to consider.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 13-06-2013 15:54
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God not another Gazelle contender oh yes him again
Purito for the overall... should be an interesting race.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 13-06-2013 16:06
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Purito should be the strongest here. Let's hope he can create a gap on one of the hilly stages
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 13-06-2013 16:09
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Vorganov not mentioned? I'm sad now...
Let's hope Maksimov can get two stage wins 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 13-06-2013 16:15
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Ciocan, bonus seconds to hang in the hilly stages. |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 13-06-2013 16:16
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Looking forward to this race. Should be a good one.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 13-06-2013 16:26
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Haha, funny preview 
I wonder how much impact the climbing stat has in those hilly stages as they look quite mountainy. Maybe that would give Marzano a chance. But even then the big favorite is Rodriguez.
Surprised to see no Sauber with Schurter. Stage 3 is perfect for him.
As for Gazelle; we hope for gaps in the hilly stages, a GC top 5 for Furdi and an offensive Vangenechten in the flat stages.
Edited by DubbelDekker on 13-06-2013 16:28
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 13-06-2013 18:32
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Hopefully Chaoufi and Schinker can achieve something here to collect some points. Don't know how Chaoufi will deal with the tough hilly stages but hopefully a top 5 overall is possible. |
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| Stevenag |
Posted on 13-06-2013 19:40
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A little annoyed that i have to use Marzano here. Two of the races he was meant to race clashed with each other (rookie mistake), and there was no more mountains left for him to capture. The third stage should suit him well though. And a top five should be in reach.
No real sprinter in this race though, so we need to do good on the two hilly stages. |
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| tyriion |
Posted on 14-06-2013 10:21
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Going to follow this race, should be fun as the hill stages are pretty mountainous.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 12:35
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Ciocan just loves that 5th place doesn't he? |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 15-06-2013 12:36
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Good work Maksimov.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 12:39
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Schinker 4th Didn't expect that, his best result since January. Hopefully he can continue doing well. In theory we could collect some good points here. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 12:40
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Good start from Lay
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 15-06-2013 12:42
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Maksimov to pull of a Hoffman xD
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 13:32
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DubbelDekker wrote:
Surprised to see no Sauber with Schurter. Stage 3 is perfect for him.
while stage 3 would have been a brilliant match for Schurter, this year we are goign all in for the Asian Tour goal.
as such apart from the 21 days of America Schurter's only trip out of the asian continent was the Tropicale Amissa Bongo(in the end this would have been a better choice due to lack of gaps in Africa and a puncture making him lose 5 mins+ on the final stage) and Lugano because it was a one day race in his home country
in fact the only Asian race we miss is the HC one day Japan Cup on the final day of the season.
Any way back to this race and it definately looks like one Rodriguez will do really well in, I hoipe for his sake he won't have to do anything for Lay in the flat stages.
It should be an interesting race to follow especially if the riders can create some gaps on the harder stages.
Edited by sammyt93 on 15-06-2013 13:32
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| CountArach |
Posted on 15-06-2013 14:41
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Another for Maksimov! 
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 19:42
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2nd, yes
Weird that Schinker does well in January, fails up until now and then starts doing well again. Too bad he was overtaken by Lay, but he should be thrashing Nico anyway. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 19:42
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Bad. That' is. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 19:45
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We're on a roll!
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