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Delta Tour Zeeland Discussion
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| roturn |
Posted on 09-09-2013 22:03
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Being a D2 race last season the Delta Tour Zeeland will be raced as Continental 3-day race in 2013. But different to the cobbled course back then it`s a perfect route for the pure sprinters, who will get their chance on 2 completely flat routes and also for prologue experts, who will have to try to distance the sprinters on the first 5,7km prologue.
So it`s not very surprising to see some of the very best sprinters in the field.
Starting with the brilliant duo  Guillén/Steegmans. Definitely the strongest duo here but while Guillén might be the faster sprinter, Steegmans has a decent strength in short time trials, which surely helps him here. Will be interesting to see how or if they work together.
Another very high rated sprinter is  Kankovský. The Czech might be one of the best prologue riders in general here and most important for him, the best within the sprinters.
Behind those two teams we have lots of other great sprinters, who could be put into two groups. One group for the better prologue riders like  Chavanel/Duque,  Keough,  Giacoppo and the 2nd group of pure sprinters, who need to gain the time back with bonus seconds:  Dekkers,  Abdallah,  Lasca,  Gavazzi or  Barclay.
But on a course like this we mustn`t forget the prologue specialists, where Flens definitely is on top of all others. The Dutch is the clear favourite on the first stage, but the big question is how much time he is able to gain on the sprinters.
Other prologue riders are: Joeaar,  Horgan, Hacecky or Sebright.
A surprising outside team is the Dutch  Gazelle squad, who usually is named within the top favourites, while  Adira and  Barcelona have to hope for some individual performances.
Edited by roturn on 09-09-2013 22:03
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| fintas |
Posted on 10-09-2013 00:03
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I do not know what to expect of this race since my sprinters do not give any guarantee of good results. Therefore whatever comes will be welcome ...
Guillen is my main favorite but others may surprise you.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 10-09-2013 00:16
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Very strong field. Glad I decided to not split up my time-trialists and focus 100% on doing well in Ireland.
I love how the calendar sometimes forces us to make decisions like that, SN. That's deliberate I assume?
As clear underdogs I hope Sentjens and Vangenechten try a breakaway. Other than that I'm content with zero points.
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| jaxika |
Posted on 10-09-2013 05:17
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On the road again. I hope Dekkers can do well in home soil  |
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 10-09-2013 08:46
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I don't remember why I chose this race... Whitout a top sprinter we don't have a chance to do anything in this race.
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 10-09-2013 13:37
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Keough has fared well in his earlier C2 races, so AMEX has hopes he will be challenging here in Zeeland. We also have a strong tt rider in Sebright.
As a long shot we have Yannick Stoltz a breakaway threat on this flat courses and once away he is hard to ride down.
Looking forward to this tour.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 10-09-2013 15:36
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Decent start that. Need a good result here so I hope the boys can climb in the GC.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 10-09-2013 15:51
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Interesting gaps. Still not sure whether a TT'er or a sprinter will win this.
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 10-09-2013 18:22
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Kankovsky is a position to strike on the first sprint stage, just hope he can deliver the goods for us 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-09-2013 09:17
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And Abdallah delivers. Well, the fight is on. |
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| jaxika |
Posted on 11-09-2013 09:30
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Well done by Dekkers. Same place or improvement need for stage 3 and we are ok |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 11-09-2013 09:35
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Finally a win for Abdallah! We brought the strongest team possible for him. Great lead out. Now just hoping for a miracle on the next stage
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| Smowz |
Posted on 11-09-2013 10:08
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Four guys in the top 15 from Cadburys - another solid race for the mid table wannebes 
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-09-2013 10:15
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Smowz wrote:
Four guys in the top 15 from Cadburys - another solid race for the mid table wannebes
This team is one of those teams, that proves how important planning is in the Man Game!
You did a good job there, Smowz. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 11-09-2013 10:38
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aww shucks thank you roturn 
This type of race is one for the chrono men and Cadburys whilst lacking a really good one have several decent ones. Time for some unstylish points yum yum.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 11-09-2013 14:33
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A pity that Howson and Enger was on the wrong side of the split. Decent sprint from Giacoppo, hopefully he will get a train in the next stage. Looking like it will be a race for the TT riders now..
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| ANFreeman |
Posted on 12-09-2013 11:24
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Good results there for BNCR and Amex, but as for the race itself, felt as though something was missing; may have been how short it was, but it lacked any real excitement.
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| fintas |
Posted on 12-09-2013 11:47
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As expected this race was a complete waste of race days ..
Congrats to BNCR and thanks for the reports Roturn
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 12-09-2013 11:59
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This was a good outing for AMEX. Jake Keough continues his strong sprinting in the CT and TT specialist Aubrey Sebright hangs in for a top 10 GC.
Add to that Sebright snags the U-25 Jersey.
It was also nice to see two of our stagiaries get their first pro experience.
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 12-09-2013 12:56
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fintas wrote:
As expected this race was a complete waste of race days ..
Congrats to BNCR and thanks for the reports Roturn
+1
Spoiler I don't have much more to add... 1 point in 3 days...
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