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Great Ocean Road Classic Discussion
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:05
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The Great Ocean Road Classic ends the January. The Australian sprint classic goes into its 3rd edition and while the first ended in a sprint finish of the very best sprinters, the 2014 CT edition was rather a disappointment with a breakaway win.
As C2HC race the division`s best sprinters are here and surely hope for a sprint decision in 2015.
Let`s take it short and have a view over the top favourites:
| Flat | Sprint | Acceleration |  Meyer | 72 | 80 | 76 |  Richeze | 73 | 80 | 79 |  Matthews | 75 | 79 | 79 |  Peeters | 72 | 79 | 77 |  Corioni | 73 | 79 | 75 |  Vanderaerden | 72 | 79 | 75 |  Westling | 70 | 78 | 74 |  King | 75 | 78 | 73 |  Moser | 70 | 78 | 77 |  Abdallah | 68 | 78 | 76 | | Pelucchi | 74 | 78 | 77 | | Andriato | 71 | 78 | 76 | | Park | 70 | 78 | 77 |  Sobota | 72 | 78 | 78 | | Jørgensen | 73 | 78 | 73 |  Uugunbayar | 70 | 77 | 75 |  Rasmussen | 72 | 77 | 79 | | Nielsen | 68 | 77 | 78 | | Sutton | 73 | 77 | 77 | | Tleubayev | 72 | 77 | 77 |  Nateghi | 68 | 77 | 75 |  Giacoppo | 70 | 77 | 75 |  Kuboki | 73 | 76 | 77 |  Tolleson | 76 | 76 | 75 | | Dahlberg | 71 | 76 | 75 | | Carsi | 67 | 76 | 78 | | Belletti | 70 | 76 | 77 | | Franczak | 72 | 76 | 76 | | Haedo | 70 | 76 | 76 | | Tolosa | 71 | 76 | 77 |  Thire | 71 | 76 | 77 | | Ratto | 79 | 75 | 73 |
Strongest sprinter might be B World Champion Maximiliano Richeze. Aussie Cameron Meyer might have the speed but is a bit behind him. Also Michael Matthews surely a high bet for the win here. He might be Australia`s best sprinter here as he is more complete than Meyer even though lacking his top speed.
Then the next list of riders is really similar. Standing out a bit might be Ben King, Taylor Tolleson
and even more Daniele Ratto. Those three might not be the fastest but they have a great engine on the flat and could like those kind of races.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:08
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Yes, yes, yes! So ready for this one!
Bringing Richeze and the best possible lead-out I can provide for him. Looking at the favorites list, I see 3 of them there, too. So I hope all goes well and we can maybe pack up our first victory of the season!
Top 3 would be sufficiant for Richeze's season start, though. But you can't aim high enough, right?! |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:10
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Was really waiting for this thread, our first race of the season. Hopefully Dabkowski-Pelucchi-Peeters can do something here!
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:11
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:12
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Interesting preview with Tolleson mentioned as a possible threat here. Really hoping for a bunch sprint taking it. A few strong sprinters would deserve to battle for line honours..
As always, i'm hoping for either Matthews or Meyer to take it. Giacoppo should not be much of a threat in this field. Will follow his performance closely though.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:26
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Three of my former riders here, two of them even leading their teams. I hope that Matthews can take the victory here. He failed big time here last year, hopefully he can do better this year.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:28
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Slightly worried that the game appears to have set Dahlberg as my leader here. Too lumpy for Westling I guess 
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:30
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This....is.....vital!
We really need a good result here after a miserable C1-race earlier this month.
I think we're in a good position to do well here, but no doubt we need to watch Sancor and make it hard for them.
Richeze and Matthews are quite similar in strength or at least Matthews is not far behind, and best leadout men Andriato and Park are almost identical. I think those to sprint trains will be the strongest ones in the end, because both teams have a lot of backup. Of course Meyer is always a threat as well.
Peeters/Pelucchi combination should not be underestimated either.
Will be a very exciting race to follow, unless the breakaway steals it again  |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:39
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Ollfardh wrote:
Was really waiting for this thread, our first race of the season. Hopefully Dabkowski-Pelucchi-Peeters can do something here!
I'll be cheering for Peeters!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:48
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Well well, wasn't expecting such a big mention for Tolleson. Lets hope he can be that threath 
And The Hottest Thing On Wheels making his debut for us
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 11-06-2015 14:50
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Only real shame of missing Band 4 is this race. I think it will be a close game between Richeze and Matthews.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 11-06-2015 15:43
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For some reason, I omitted Haddou from my line up and will have to hope Thire can do a good job instead
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| matt17br |
Posted on 11-06-2015 15:55
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Hoping for a top 5 but I know it won't happen 
Matthews is going to be the favourite imo. I just have that feeling he's going to take it.
Hopefully Ratto&Moser will prove me wrong and do something unexpected tho 
Spoiler It's always great to look and see Ratto's flat stat
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| cio93 |
Posted on 11-06-2015 15:59
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matt17br wrote:
Spoiler It's always great to look and see Ratto's flat stat
*looks at Bos in Qatar*
I fear I have news for you...
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 11-06-2015 16:18
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Have been waiting for this for a while! Early season race with a B grade team, top 15 would be nice, but that favourite's list is long! Thinking Richeze will miss out, but not sure who'll win.
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 11-06-2015 17:03
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hopefully Abdallah can pull through with a good finish without his low flat stat being too much of a problem |
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-06-2015 17:06
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For all those, who are still waiting.
For ~21h from now I have opened two H2H bets for this race! |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 11-06-2015 18:13
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You know what... Haddou has been brought here  any reason why he isn't classed as a favourite, Roturn?
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-06-2015 18:16
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Well, Thire has the better stats I guess.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 11-06-2015 18:19
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Are the list of favourites you own opinion or as per the game's selection pre-race?
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