Hello and welcome to Greece for the 2nd edition of the Acropolis Cup. A hilly CT classic, it will big the division biggest names in the search for glory on the finish line.

	Hill	Sp	Acc			Hill	Sp	Acc
Klemme	80	66	66		Krizek	75	67	76
Barbin	78	71	75		Michely	75	67	75
Diggle	77	64	70		Favilli	75	76	74
Lejman	77	59	68		Pozzato	75	74	74
Hategeka	77	62	66		Kinney	75	69	74
Yates	76	73	78		Mancuso	75	65	73
Pavarin	76	72	76		Milan	75	70	72
Taborre	76	62	72		Chérel	75	61	72
Passalacqua	76	62	69		Khripta	75	63	69
Efimkin	76	56	54		Ilias	75	64	68

Looking down the list of favourites, there is one stand-out rider - Dominick Klemme. With no Alex Dowsett present for the La Poste p/b Mavic team, he would be a run away winner here in Greece. Enrico Barbin has proved many times this season that he is no slouch over this terrain, so the Kraftwerk man might not have it all his own way if he doesn't come to the line on his own.

Tom Diggle, Gracjan Lejman and Gasore Hategeka could run our two main favourites all the way, but do lack the top end speed if this ends in a sprint.

Should that be the case (just like we had last year), it has to be advantage to Simon Yates and Marcello Pavarin, with the former taking a number of victories this season from that sort of position, whilst the latter's chances will certainly depend on his level of domesitique duties to Barbin. You could also throw Elia Favilli into that mix as well.

Further down the list, we have the likes of Fabio Taborre, Aleksandr Efimkin and Alberigo Passalacqua, who despite not maybe challenging for the victory, could still come away with a strong Top 5 or Top 10 finish.

Keep and eye out for Pippo Pozzato as well, who showed there is still life in the old dog with his victory at the Lincoln GP.

2015

Julien Simon

OTP Bank - Slovnaft