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Clasica San Sebastian Discussion
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| matt17br |
Posted on 24-09-2015 18:26
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The HC Clasica San Sebastian has a long history as a Man-Game race. From 2007 to 2009 it was ranked as a PT race, and since 2010 it’s now an HC race.
Many top punchers have written their names on the winners’ book, last being  Cesare Di Maggio, who comes back here as the main favorite once again.
San Sebastian has the merit of being an open and difficult to predict race, which can be won by many kinds of riders. This year’s startlist features several names that can grab the first place on the podium.
| Punchers | | | | | | Punchers #2 | | | | | | | Name | HI | STA | RES | SP | ACC | Name | HI | STA | RES | SP | ACC | | Di Maggio | 82 | 73 | 68 | 63 | 75 |  Bellis | 78 | 80 | 71 | 74 | 75 |  Costa | 80 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 72 |  Landa | 78 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 69 |  van der Hugenhaben | 80 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 66 |  Boswell | 78 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 74 |  Monfort | 79 | 76 | 74 | 64 | 75 | Mehr-Wenige | 78 | 74 | 69 | 66 | 67 |  Ben Nasser | 79 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 77 |  Hoogerland | 77 | 77 | 72 | 67 | 72 |  Roy | 79 | 70 | 75 | 64 | 67 | Pozzato | 77 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 77 |  Levarlet | 79 | 70 | 72 | 63 | 68 | Furdi | 77 | 76 | 73 | 69 | 72 |  Betancourt | 79 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 74 |  Vakoc | 77 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 72 | | Meyer | 78 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 77 |  Prevar | 77 | 77 | 70 | 67 | 73 |  Craven | 78 | 79 | 74 | 67 | 71 | Hategeka | 77 | 74 | 69 | 62 | 66 | | Punchy Sprinters | | | | | | Potential Late Attackers | | | | | | | Name | HI | SP | STA | RES | ACC | Name | HI | FTR | FL | STA | RES | | McEvoy | 76 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 79 |  Bystrom | 76 | 76 | 71 | 73 | 71 | | Ventoso | 75 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 76 | Haas | 76 | 76 | 71 | 76 | 72 | | Reimer | 75 | 77 | 77 | 70 | 80 | Dyrnes | 76 | 76 | 68 | 72 | 72 | | Trentin | 74 | 75 | 76 | 71 | 76 | Hofland | 76 | 75 | 69 | 76 | 72 | | Gatto | 74 | 78 | 71 | 64 | 72 |  Konovalovas | 76 | 76 | 71 | 73 | 75 | | Oss | 74 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 74 | Hermans | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 70 |  Geschke | 74 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 76 | Vermeltfoort | 74 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 70 | | Marcato | 73 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 73 | Mandri | 74 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 71 | | Impey | 73 | 80 | 75 | 72 | 81 |  Tanovitchii | 74 | 77 | 71 | 73 | 71 | | Grosu | 72 | 79 | 72 | 69 | 78 | Konte | 74 | 76 | 70 | 67 | 70 |
One name is clearly above all: Di Maggio. Nonetheless, he’ll have a hard time repeating last year’s win thanks to the combative field he’ll have to face.
Right behind him, Rui Costa and van der Hugenhaben are the other top punchers to watch out for. Also take a look at Ben Nasser, Meyer and Bellis in case of a tight sprint!
Talking about sprints and sprinters, should the weaker punchers survive to the steep slopes of the Basque Country’s ascents, Pozzato, Impey and Gatto are going to be the main favorites.
But let’s make sure we don’t forget about the potential late attackers. Riders like Haas, Hofland and Bystrom should be the most likely to attack in the final kilometers.
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 24-09-2015 18:30
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I'd say Bellis would have to be the favourite for this race given his STA, HI, SP and ACC combo, however I'm very interested to see how well Prevar can do on his own, without having A Efimkin with a higher HI stat but worthless ACC.
Also like the face old-loanee Tanovitchii and former rider Konovalovas are mentioned here. 
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| tastasol |
Posted on 24-09-2015 18:33
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This is a race that should suit Meyer perfectly. Hopefully Levarlet, Haas, Ziesler and Trentin can make it in to, or around, scoring positions.
Even though the profile is kind of dull, it should be an very open race. Hopefully it will be a good one.
Putting my money on Reimer, actually.
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| knockout |
Posted on 24-09-2015 19:02
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Ready for another disappointment by Geschke....
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 24-09-2015 19:13
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You know, when planning the season I actually expected Mikel Landa to be worth any thing.. Now I just gotta be pleased if he finishes inside top 15.
Hoping for a break-away result here althoug its extremly unlikely since the stage is too long for breaks to succeed.
Some top puncheurs missing here, especially weird to see LLS missing here on home soil, his overall skills would make him a favourite here.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 24-09-2015 19:19
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Hopefullt Hoogerland or Reimer can do something great here and Hermans getting some pts aswell that would be nice!  |
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| The Rider |
Posted on 24-09-2015 20:06
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Can Roy keep up his challenge for worst rider of the season by finishing outside the top 30?
Great preview, hoping to get into the break in this one. |
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| knockout |
Posted on 24-09-2015 21:19
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dev4ever wrote:
You know, when planning the season I actually expected Mikel Landa to be worth any thing.. Now I just gotta be pleased if he finishes inside top 15.
Hoping for a break-away result here althoug its extremly unlikely since the stage is too long for breaks to succeed.
Some top puncheurs missing here, especially weird to see LLS missing here on home soil, his overall skills would make him a favourite here.
It was a difficult decision and i think i had this in his schedule in a first draft but unfortunatelly, LLS has very limited RDs so I had to make a choice.
During planning I somehow thought that Geschke / Siskevicius would make an interesting duo due to their strong finish in these kind of races. I speculated on large groups and that they could outsprint most inside these groups. That's why LLS does not race many of these hilly with flat finish classics. But the way G/S perform I gave up my hopes. Let's see if they at least finish ahead of Roy 
But seeing that this decision let me pick another stage race for LLS (i think it was Ukraine which wasnt in the first draft) i could have chosen worse
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 24-09-2015 21:44
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Win goal... Ben Nasser or Impey must produce here, or it will be 0/4 goals for us. I know it's improbable, but just got to hope they pull off the miracle  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-09-2015 22:15
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Fingers crossed for some sort of result |
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| ember |
Posted on 24-09-2015 22:18
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I hope to see Bystrøm, Dyrnes, Robinson Bugge or Hoelgaard in some kind of move, especially after our (no) showing on Isle of Man. That probably means we won't do anything, which admittedly is to be expected seeing their quality, but I guess you always have to hope
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| ryant |
Posted on 24-09-2015 22:28
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Its gonna be hard to score in this race, I hope we do something here though
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 24-09-2015 23:00
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Thanks for the nice preview, matt!
Hope Di Maggio can achieve his first Classic top5 this season, it's never too late to earn his wage.
Realistically, yeah... Bellis sounds like a good bet. Maybe Pozzato, Craven... not to forget Monfort.
Looking forward!
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| fintas |
Posted on 24-09-2015 23:49
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Only chance of success is a coming together so that the sprint from McEvoy and Vakoc can make a difference
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 25-09-2015 04:47
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Breakaway needed for a good result!
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 25-09-2015 06:59
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Our second visit to PCT this year, but we dont expect anything great really, maybe Tanovitchii can do something with his always agressive racing or Grosu/Popkov for top15 if the race should be non-selective, but i would not bet on that.
Cool to have a chance again and compete with some of our old rivals and friendly teams like COC- Nemiroff, i am keen to see what best ukrainian puncheur can do.
Great preview Matt!
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 25-09-2015 18:00
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Our last racing goal failed then, and a horrible result as well. Really disappointed neither of our leaders could even get in the top 20, even if Ben Nasser did try an attack.
Anyway, congrats to Chernobyl on a great win for Prevar. |
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 25-09-2015 18:04
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FINALLY! Was about time we won something, and this is just perfect. Prevar has spent 2 seasons at different teams gaining valuable experience, thanks Metinvest and Red Bull! Brilliant way of winning, and it actually reminds me of Vorganov's win in Yekaterinburg back in 2013. Just like Prevar now he attacked early and refused to let anyone pass him again.
140 points too! These will be very valuable in the fight against relegation, but unless Nepomnyachnsiy rides a good Volta a Portugal I'm still not too optimistic.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 25-09-2015 18:20
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Typical hilly race for us. |
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| The Rider |
Posted on 25-09-2015 18:27
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The Rider wrote:
Can Roy keep up his challenge for worst rider of the season by finishing outside the top 30?
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Chernobyl! That win really does stir up some stuff down in the relegation battle.
Green circles aside, wonderful report Matt. Definitely provoked some emotions from me, and twas a nice flowing style. 
Really pleased with Maldonado in the break, that makes it a great race for us. Happy with that show. |
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