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GP Herning Discussion
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 19-08-2015 16:31
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GP Herning
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GP Herning is an annual cycling event that takes place in and around Herning, Denmark. Since 2008, the race has been organised as a C1 event on the MG Europe Tour.
The race organizers were unable to secure sponsorships for the 2011, 2013 and 2014 editions of the race and were forced to cancel the events, but this year the race is back on the calendar as an C2HC event.
None of the past winners are present this year, so maybe we can see a Danish rider taking the GP Herning for the first time? Home crowd pressure for  Niki Østergaard, who already finished 16th in 2010 (riding for Team Telenor-SAS) and is co-leading Carlsberg (together with Marc De Maar).
Looking at the startlist it looks like  Strava has the strongest line-up with Langeveld leading, the other favourites might be on their own fast, but a bigger group sprint is possible aswell.
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Winners
2012: Jérome Giaux (Jayco - Red Bull)
Spoiler | 1 | Jérome Giaux | Jayco - Red Bull | 4h37'05 | | 2 | Matti Breschel | Saab - Scania | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Stamsnijder | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | John Degenkolb | Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 5 | Aleksei Saramotins | Team Trilux - Falke | s.t. | | 6 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. | | 7 | William Bonnet | UniCredit | s.t. | | 8 | Nikolas Maes | Team Bpost | s.t. | | 9 | George Atkins | Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 10 | Martijn Maaskant | Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 11 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Bpost | s.t. | | 12 | Nick Ingels | Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 13 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Team Bpost | s.t. | | 14 | David Boucher | Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 15 | Sven Krauss | Team Trilux - Falke | s.t. | | 16 | Steven Tronet | Team Trilux - Falke | s.t. | | 17 | Kevin Ista | Saab - Scania | s.t. | | 18 | Oscar Freire | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Remco Te Brake | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Amadou Bakari | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 21 | Frederik Nolf | Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 22 | Ermin Van Wyk | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 23 | Martin Velits | Team Rothaus - Aegon | s.t. | | 24 | Jay McCarthy | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Anders Lund | Saab - Scania | s.t. | | 26 | Floris Goesinnen | Koppert Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Carlos Alexandre Manarelli | Jayco - Red Bull | s.t. | | 28 | Nevio Tirloni | Team Venchi ProCycling | s.t. | | 29 | Niki Terpstra | Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 30 | Iljo Keisse | Team Trilux - Falke | s.t. |
: Niels Albert (Team IKEA - Bianchi)
Spoiler | 1 | Niels Albert | Team IKEA - Bianchi | 5h28'38 | | 2 | Adam Blythe | 100% Me | + 1'01 | | 3 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 1'39 | | 4 | Bernhard Eisel | Bimbo Nutella | + 2'25 | | 5 | Geraint Thomas | 100% Me | s.t. | | 6 | Vladimir Gusev | Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X | + 3'30 | | 7 | Gert Steegmans | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 3'40 | | 8 | Thor Hushovd | Milka | + 4'04 | | 9 | Evert Verbist | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. | | 10 | Roger Kluge | Team Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 11 | Anthony Geslin | Team Pokerstars.com | + 4'18 | | 12 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Team Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 13 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team Telenor-SAS | s.t. | | 14 | Kevin Van Impe | Team Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 15 | Xavier Florencio | Team Telenor-SAS | s.t. | | 16 | Niki Østergaard | Team Telenor-SAS | s.t. | | 17 | Aleksei Saramotins | Team Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 18 | Nick Ingels | Team Pokerstars.com | s.t. | | 19 | Andreas Klier | Team Telenor-SAS | s.t. | | 20 | Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy | Milka | s.t. | | 21 | Timothy Vangheel | Team Falcon-Husqvarna | + 4'40 | | 22 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Team Telenor-SAS | + 5'00 | | 23 | Johan Coenen | Cillit Bang - IT-Factory powered by The Moon X | s.t. | | 24 | Andy Cappelle | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. | | 25 | Jonas Vangenechten | Bimbo Nutella | s.t. | | 26 | Magnus Bäckstedt | Team Falcon-Husqvarna | s.t. | | 27 | Jurgen Van Loocke | Team Pokerstars.com | + 6'49 | | 28 | Jérome Giaux | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. | | 29 | Björn Leukemans | Milka | s.t. | | 30 | Zdenek Stybar | Milka | + 7'51 |
: Marcel Sieberg (Jack Wolfskin)
Spoiler | 1 | Marcel Sieberg | Jack Wolfskin | 5h36'21 | | 2 | Geert Steurs | Nespresso - SportZone | s.t. | | | 3 | Leif Hoste | Nvidia Intel | s.t. | | | 4 | Niels Albert | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | | 5 | Markus Eichler | Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne | s.t. | | | 6 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. | | | 7 | Enrico Franzoi | Nvidia Intel | s.t. | | | 8 | Adam Blythe | 100% ME | + 58 | | | 9 | Nicolas Portal | Nespresso - SportZone | + 1'49 | | | 10 | David Kopp | Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne | s.t. | | | 11 | Koen De Kort | Jack Wolfskin | + 2'36 | | | 12 | Greg Van Avermaet | Team NOS | s.t. | | | 13 | Jimmy Casper | Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy | s.t. | | | 14 | Bjorn Leukemans | Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy | s.t. | | | 15 | Roy Sentjens | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | | 16 | Magnus Backstedt | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. | | | 17 | Amadou Bakari | Nokia-Nike | s.t. | | | 18 | Heinrich Haussler | Nokia-Nike | s.t. | | | 19 | Bas Giling | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | | 20 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Team NOS | s.t. | | | 21 | Bart Wellens | Team NOS | s.t. | | | 22 | Oscar Freire | Nokia-Nike | s.t. | | | 23 | Luca Paolini | Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy | s.t. | | | 24 | Bobbie Traksel | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. | | | 25 | Johan Vansummeren | Team NOS | s.t. | | | 26 | Stuart O'Grady | Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne | s.t. | | | 27 | Zdenek Stybar | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. | | | 28 | Murilo Fischer | Nespresso - SportZone | s.t. | | | 29 | Michel Sibilla | Nespresso - SportZone | s.t. | | | 30 | Jarno Van Mingeroet | Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy | s.t. |
: Geraint Thomas (BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS)
Spoiler | 1 | Geraint Thomas | BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS | 5h41'42 | | 2 | Magnus Bäckstedt | PROCYCLING - BBC | + 25 | | 3 | Matti Breschel | B&O | + 1'22 | | 4 | Stuart O'Grady | LA/MSS/PEARL JAM | s.t. | | 5 | Pieter Jacobs | FED-EX | + 1'50 | | 6 | Tom Veelers | B&O | + 2'30 | | 7 | Luca Paolini | CHAMPION | s.t. | | 8 | Jimmy Casper | CHAMPION | s.t. | | 9 | Tom Leezer | LA/MSS/PEARL JAM | s.t. | | 10 | Jonas Vangenechten | LA/MSS/PEARL JAM | s.t. | | 11 | Niels Albert | BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS | s.t. | | 12 | Fabrice Jeandesbosz | LA/MSS/PEARL JAM | s.t. | | 13 | Gerben Löwik | CHAMPION | s.t. | | 14 | Frank Høj | BRITISH AIRWAYS B | s.t. | | 15 | Michiel Elijzen | LA/MSS/PEARL JAM | s.t. | | 16 | Rik Kavsek | DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR | + 3'56 | | 17 | Greg Van Avermaet | MOLTENI | s.t. | | 18 | Jukka Vastaranta | LA/MSS/PEARL JAM | s.t. | | 19 | Gennadi Mikhailov | CHAMPION | s.t. | | 20 | Roger Hammond | PROCYCLING - BBC | s.t. | | 21 | Nick Ingels | DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR | s.t. | | 22 | Radomir Simunek | DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR | s.t. | | 23 | Jesus Del Nero | ZENMIND - EVOLUTION | s.t. | | 24 | Steven Kruijswijk | B&O | s.t. | | 25 | Jempy Drucker | B&O | s.t. | | 26 | Benoît Joachim | DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR | s.t. | | 27 | Stijn Joseph | LA/MSS/PEARL JAM | s.t. | | 28 | Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg | B&O | s.t. | | 29 | Adam Blythe | PROCYCLING - BBC | s.t. | | 30 | Kristoffer Nielsen | B&O | s.t. |
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| Actavis | | AkzoNobel | | Alpina | |  Giger | 68 |  Eeckhout | 77 |  Affonso | 56 | | Vitoria | 66 | Lindeman | 76 | Bravo | 55 | | Keller | 62 | Vandaele | 72 | Cancellara | 55 | | Kuboki | 59 | Planckaert | 68 | Bru | 55 | | Alafaci | 58 | Kocjan | 61 | Henao | 53 | | Brüngger | 55 | Jørgensen  | 55 | Rubiano Chavez | 52 | | Lienhard | 51 | Wilman | 54 | Navarro | 52 | | Flückiger | 50 | Galle | 52 | Chalapud | 51 | | Carlsberg | | Chiquita | | DeLaval | | | Østergaard | 75 |  Rathe | 71 |  Dahlberg | 69 | | De Maar | 73 | Le Montagner | 68 | Cioban | 62 | | Lilholt | 73 | Esmaeli | 66 | Aaltio | 62 | | Stevenson | 72 | Murphy | 63 | Manninen | 61 | | Mortensen | 72 | Selander | 63 | Westling | 60 | | Rosseler | 69 | Santambrogio | 57 | Lehtinen | 60 | | Sabatini | 66 | Friedman | 56 | Tiainen | 54 | | Hansen | 64 | Sinclair | 55 | Colex | 51 | | Elta | | Fablok | | Fox Sports | |  Karatzios | 73 |  Janiaczyk | 63 |  De Vocht | 77 | | Saramotins | 70 | Kurek | 58 | Steegmans | 73 | | Drakakis | 67 | Stimulak | 57 | Delgerbayar | 66 | | Bouglas | 66 | Matysiak | 56 | Losch | 66 | | Skettos | 58 | Sagan | 56 | Teruel | 57 | | Sakellaridis | 56 | Vicelich | 54 | Altanzul | 55 | | Ebejer | 52 | Pszczolarski | 53 | Daspuntsag | 55 | | Efstathiou | 51 | Durasek | 52 | Chavanel | 50 | | Fred Whitton | | Gatorade | | Generali | |  Field | 74 |  Delgado Rubio | 67 |  Taillefour | 78 | | Last | 69 | Sulzberger | 62 | Jeandesbosz | 73 | | Meyer | 63 | Dibben | 61 | Fonzi | 69 | | Handley | 62 | Varabei | 56 | Sterbini | 63 | | Hassan | 61 | Weiss | 54 | Ratto | 55 | | Briggs | 54 | AramendÃa | 52 | Belletti | 54 | | Sebright | 52 | Fairly | 51 | Finetto | 53 | | Carsi | 52 | Blazquez | 50 | Vauvourzeix | 53 | | In-n-Out | | Lierse SK | | Netia | |  Paiani | 73 |  Joseph | 76 |  Gil | 74 | | Aulas | 73 | De Winde | 72 | Mørkøv | 70 | | Offredo | 71 | Verhelst | 70 | Sobota | 61 | | Lemoine | 70 | Debusschere | 66 | Hagen | 60 | | Ruiz | 70 | Vanoverberghe | 65 | Franczak | 60 | | Hardy | 66 | Vasilyev | 63 | Pierzga | 52 | | Matteau | 54 | Stuyven | 62 | Mazur | 51 | | Chevrier | 50 | Cerny | 61 | Fahnert | 51 | | Novatek | | OTP Bank | | Severstal | |  Kuznetsov | 69 |  Lovassy | 72 |  Pibernik | 61 | | Pozdnyakov | 65 | Molnar | 55 | Jenko | 59 | | Kharatyan | 65 | Sipos | 55 | Ignatiev | 57 | | Popov | 58 | Potocki | 54 | Savitskiy | 56 | | Iglinski | 58 | Tybor | 54 | Balykin | 56 | | Avetisyan | 57 | Ilesic | 54 | Mironov | 55 | | Hochmann | 57 | Jurco | 52 | Grželj | 53 | | Räim | 55 | Simon | 50 | Foliforov | 50 | | Strava | | Type 1 | | Verkefnid | | | Langeveld | 76 |  Wynants | 75 |  Bakari | 81 | | De Backer | 75 | McLay | 70 | Brynjolfsson | 73 | | Van Wyk | 74 | Verschoor | 68 | Elfarsson | 64 | | Selvaggi | 73 | Wiggins | 57 | Jonasson | 63 | | Dupont | 72 | Clancy | 56 | Jakin | 63 | | Corioni | 70 | Swift-Metcalfe | 55 | Einarsson | 62 | | Pfingsten | 67 | Eldridge | 52 | Agustsson | 53 | | Tulik | 67 | Lewis | 51 | Thorsteinsson | 53 | | Compal | | Indosat | | | |  Walker | 65 |  Lee | 73 | | | | Bauer | 64 | Chawchiangkuang | 58 | | | | Sutton | 63 | Zhang | 58 | | | | Tleubayev | 63 | Wijaya | 56 | | | | Park | 54 | Rocchetti | 54 | | | | Hung | 53 | Banihammad | 53 | | | | Jang | 53 | Lee | 51 | | |
...stay tuned for more pre-race info!
Edited by OlegTinkov on 20-08-2015 10:06
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| Selwink |
Posted on 19-08-2015 16:41
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Brought my strongest cobblers here, so I expect absolutely nothing. Hopefully a break magically survives or magically the cobbles have 0 selectivity so Kuznetsov can go Kuznetsov mode.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 19-08-2015 17:09
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Rathe has surprised me a lot (positive way) in the Benelux Challenge, so I'm hoping on a top 10 here.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 19-08-2015 17:27
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Ah, the dreaded home race and win goal. Before the season I assumed we'd be the favorite's again in the cobbles, but the cobbled scene flooded too much.
It's still a very important race to me obviously. I desperately need Ostergaard to get leadership, and since the startlist isn't sorted, I'll just have to wait and see. The only thing I can hope for is that with the pan flat but tough root, Ostergaard's backup stats will help. If we use our team right, and Ostergaard attacks from distance, we have a shot at a podium I think.
Very much looking forward to this one, despite the fact that I don't have much of a chance. Maybe the Nationality bonus is real after all? 
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 19-08-2015 18:35
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Here's hoping for a top 15 result.
Gotta stay optimistic, right?
Thanks for the preview!
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| Kagemusha |
Posted on 19-08-2015 18:51
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Ok so I'm completely screwed, but still can't fault a guy for not making cobbles a focus in the CT, eh? 
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 19-08-2015 20:02
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No expectations at all from me 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 19-08-2015 20:12
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On one hand we want to do well in Denmark. On the othr hand we suck on cobbles. Granted: Some suck more but we'll need a fair amount of luck for Dahlberg to do anything noteworthy.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 19-08-2015 20:17
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I want to win this race 1-2-3. Mapei-Style. Please don't screw me on this boys.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 19-08-2015 21:57
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Can't remember why I'm racing this, I guess it's because it's C2HC I think.
Gil is an very far outside chance, I guess my only real hope is that one of my Danes (Mørkøv or Sobota) can hold on and be the best sprinter.
@Shonak: You have to pick the order as well.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 19-08-2015 22:41
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Our only goal is to beat Alpina Avianca here. |
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 20-08-2015 00:06
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Great idea to show the cobble stat for all riders in the startlist. Gives a nice overview of team strength.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 20-08-2015 00:10
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We have to be going all-in for the win here. Anything else will just be a massive disappointment.
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| jsh312mufc |
Posted on 20-08-2015 13:16
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Hopefully we can do alright with Verschoor or Wynants |
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| Olback |
Posted on 20-08-2015 14:51
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Wow looks like a great cobble race.
I hope Fox sports does it. Go Aussie go. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 20-08-2015 15:38
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Crap, I should have known having De Maar here would make PCM be stupid and make him leader. And this is a completely flat race.
The only thing I can hope for is that one of them attacks and one of them follows. That worked well in the other cobbled classic, thought that was hilly.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 22-08-2015 03:37
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Mid-way break 
Thanks for the start of the report, but you got me all excited 
Nice to see Hagen and Franczak have a go, even if they didn't succeed, a bit of a shame though as both are alright on the cobbles and good sprinters.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-08-2015 03:57
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You tease!
Just asking, is this going to be a long or short break - basically is it worth staying up for or should I wait until morning?
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-08-2015 04:20
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Ok, no problem, bed time then.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 22-08-2015 08:24
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Aaah, super exciting race.. great report so far. I nearly fell from the chair when I read about the break though haha
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