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| niconico |
Posted on 28-01-2014 21:21
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It is time for Paris-Tours, the sprinters classic. As ever a lot of big-name fastmen from the Pro Continental ranks.
The race is 234 kilometres long and will most likely be decided in mass sprint in a big group. Other things could go down though. Wind is a factor if there is any, and then there are the small punchy hills in the finale, which for the most are so short that they don't cause a big selection.
Let's talk favourites. By the looks of it there are five top favourites here. Maxime Vantomme, Danilo Napolitano, Jürgen Roelandts, Mark Cavendish and Peter Kennaugh. Expect Rothaus, Evian, Bouygues, airBaltic and Vueling to try to control this race to set it up for these five guys.
In the second rank, but still fast guys indeed are the likes of Hoffmann, Kupfernagel, Avelino, Drujon, Kreder, Haussler and Hutarovich. Position one of these in a good position and they should deliver.
What if there's no mass sprint, you say? What then? In that case we will either have a select group of puncheurs sprinting it out, or a solo win, which is most likely not going to happen in this kind of race.
There's only one way to find out, eh?
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-01-2014 21:24
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I really hope Vantomme will easily survive the hill in the end to make a podium here.
Geschke could do well here in case the hill is ridden fast (if he is not waiting for Vantomme then). |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 28-01-2014 21:30
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Napolitano is leader as I don't expect much damage from the hills. If there is then Sonnery could surprise. Looking forward to it.  |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 28-01-2014 22:58
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My penultimate race. It's going to be decisive we need all the points that we can get. Such a packed startlist reduces Avelino's chances, but who knows, maybe if he is in a good day the result will come. Fingers crossed.
Btw nice preview nico.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 28-01-2014 23:08
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Need Jurgen Roelandts to deliver big-time here
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| tyriion |
Posted on 29-01-2014 08:18
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I'm not here, and maybe I should have been. Good luck to all those glass cannons 
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| CountArach |
Posted on 29-01-2014 10:18
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Lots of big competitors here so Drujon really has to perform on home soil. He has been great with consistent top 10s in sprint classics and anything less than that here could be disastrous.
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| Heine |
Posted on 29-01-2014 10:46
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Would be great if all teams over me in the rankings here would fail... (A)
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| roturn |
Posted on 29-01-2014 16:46
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Ouch.
At least I get some points with 13/14/22 and some promotion teams did not score a lot neither.
Tinkoff secured it now.
Bouygues with a big step.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 29-01-2014 16:50
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Very poor race for us, but never really expected anything. Rijntjes on the attack early on was a good way to get on camera. |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 29-01-2014 16:56
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Disappointed but not surprised. Thanks niconico |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 29-01-2014 17:26
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I was hoping that the late hill would not become a major decider for this race. But congratulations to Tinkoff, Kozontchuk's attack couldn't have been more well-timed. Also
After VW-Mapei's triumph in Torino, Bouygues also shows they can't be discounted for promotion it seems.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 29-01-2014 17:30
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Party!
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 29-01-2014 18:10
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Another brutal sprinters race for AMEX. We invested too many Euros on sprinters and we have had almost zero success. I season waylaid, but hopefully with lessons learned to build on for the future.
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| tyriion |
Posted on 29-01-2014 18:18
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There's bound to be a lot of disappointed managers with this crazy result, but for the neutral viewer it was awesome. (helps that the promotion candidates score big as well)
Thanks for the report and heroic effort for Tinkoff to seal the deal(?)
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| CountArach |
Posted on 29-01-2014 22:55
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Well... Shit.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 29-01-2014 23:12
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Quite a hectic finish, for me fairly believable for the Paris Tours, though would have expected a few more sprinters to be at the front.
Some teams did really well out of it. Have to admire the plucky Tinkoff rider.
Does hint at the possible carnage in the upcoming protour flat classic.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 30-01-2014 06:04
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Wow, Vitoria and Hoffman are tailor made exactly for this, great job from them to escape the chaos and finish 3rd and 4th, that is nice result in penultimate race after 0 point September for Metinvest.
Congrats to Tinkoff, game is so kind to this team. 
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 31-01-2014 09:07
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What a win for Tinkoff! Beautiful.
Feared that Kennaugh had been left behind, but seems he made it through with little to no help. Had hoped for more, perhaps even a win. 9th is OK given the circumstances. |
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