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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 08-08-2013 15:32
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The USAPCC makes it Man-Game debut and is already categorised as a Hors-Category race. That is mainly because of it's very intresting route. 7 stages take the riders trough uphill terrain in Colorado. 3 finishes are uphill, all three after a tough hill which is not that long. 2 hard and long climbs are situated en route for stage 3 but the finish is still 30 km to go after the last top so it will be intresting to see if we get a lot of action there. The 1st and 5th stage are categorised as flat but still some hills have to be tackled. Nothing major to disrupt the sprinters under normal circumstances. The race will then be decided on the final day during a medium length timetrial.
Big favourite must be  Kritskiy. He has been dominant all season and is leading the individual standings. His main opponents will be  Pozzovivo,  Kasheckin,  Karpets and  Keizer. The first two could be stronger than the Russian uphill while the latter two are arguably better timetrialists.  Kiserlovski,  Plaza and  Bibby are all decent bets aswel while punchers like  Zaini or  Schreurs could surprise if the mountain stage isn't ridden hard. They should atleast be considered favourites for the uphill finishes.
The top sprinters clearly weren't intrested to try and survive the mountains here as all of them stayed away. That should make the sprints more intresting with a wide open field led by  Farrar, Brea,  Borrajo and Gatto.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 08-08-2013 15:51
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Will there be a Tour Tracker? 
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 08-08-2013 19:44
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Hoping for a less selective race and Rogers to score some points with the concluding TT.. but with his recent performances in both mountain and hilly stages, I don't expect him to do anything good.
So, maybe our puncheurs will go for stage-wins?!
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| Heine |
Posted on 08-08-2013 21:55
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Hoping for a race eith few attacks and everyone close together until the timetrial, that would be perfect
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 08-08-2013 22:17
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Just another race where i start but will be rarely mentioned in the reports...
Though to predict a winner, depending on how fast the mountain stages are ridden many riders are potential winners. Plus one should never forget that the AI can go crazy...
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| brownwm |
Posted on 08-08-2013 23:52
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I am in need of some points here, hopefully I can get lucky with Kashechkin and get high up in the GC, plus Machado to be in the mix on some of the hilly sprints.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 09-08-2013 05:36
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Metinvest is here for experience and to show our colours in North America, no wonder that we are not mentioned in the report. But maybe Popkov or Vasylyuk can score some points with agressive riding.
It has been some time since break stole the show in the stage race, why not now. 
But in that case, our riders need to jump into them, not avoid them like they do majority of the season.
Anyway, Kritskiy will win it, like he always does. 
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 10-08-2013 21:08
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Could very well be a copy of Österreich for Schreurs. Mountains do look a little too hard for him, and there's a TT anyway, so I guess it's another all-in for stage wins  |
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 12-08-2013 12:27
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Anyway, Kritskiy will win it, like he always does.
I hope so, his last race was 3 months ago!
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 12-08-2013 18:57
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It's not its ManGame debut, there was the Tour of Colroado last season which was the first MG edition, albeit with a different name
It's a good route for Bibby, but some tough competition
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 12-08-2013 21:10
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I based it on the 2013 profiles thread were it said that there weren't any past winners so I thought it was the first time.
It's debut under a new name then
First report later this night
Ahh you've edited the post in the profiles now
Last years winner Raisin wasn't selected by his Bintang team for this race!
Edited by Spilak23 on 12-08-2013 21:14
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 13-08-2013 00:13
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This race has a lot of unassertive stages because of that stupid classification algorithm. It could have been an exciting and surprising event, but unfortunately to us all Kritskiy is here. And he's already winning
Good to see Borges scoring some points on the very first day of competition, and getting a hold of the u25 leader's jersey. I'm hoping to see Plaza and Mendes adding more MG points at the end of the race.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 13-08-2013 06:01
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OlegTinkov wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Anyway, Kritskiy will win it, like he always does.
I hope so, his last race was 3 months ago!
Say what Oleg? He is winning right from the start, incredible rider
Nice sixth from Pokov, he has ton of top10s in harder stage sprints this season. Hopefully he will add some more in next days.
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| brownwm |
Posted on 13-08-2013 18:31
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Nice to see Kashechkin sprinting to make sure he doesn't time, hopefully that bodes well for the rest of the race. Big stage coming up now, lets hope its selective.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 13-08-2013 19:54
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Morabito seems to be up there and Ivars near in the first hilly stage he could go well if he can keep up there in them and make time in the TT |
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| Heine |
Posted on 13-08-2013 19:55
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No major time differences = great for us
Just hopes it contiue like that, so that Keizer can climb in the TT
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 13-08-2013 19:56
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Nah, had hoped for a better result in this second stage, but good to see our most important riders not losing "stupid" time in those rather easy stages.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 13-08-2013 19:56
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Kritskiy is unbelievable. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 13-08-2013 21:23
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Kristkiy with yellow jersey bonus should be able to secure the GC win. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 14-08-2013 07:58
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What a dull stage, nothing happening, bar our best placed rider loosing 45seconds for no reason. What happend with Popkov ,Spilak? He sprinted for points and then just enjoyed the scenery or what?
This race will be horrible for us, if we will not salvage anything from the break. Which we will not, because we are not in any during whole season. 
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