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Monterrey TTT Discussion
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 16-03-2019 07:34
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 Monterrey TTT
Monterrey - Monterrey 55.8 km
Welcome to the 6th edition of Monterrey ITT, constantly on the calendar since 2013. Last year Generali won the race in front of Team UBS with a narrow margin of just 4”, the defending champions are back attempting to win the race for the third time in a row, being the first team to win the race three times.
The only Mexican  Flavio De Luna secures World Cycling Centre to be the spectator favourite team
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The race is first and foremost about tempo riders and to look for possible winners we must focused primarily at that, but it is far from a flat route and must believe that riders with better climbers should have a small advantage over similar teams without.
To do so I have made some analyses to looks for teams with the best tempo riders, with focus on the better four combined with total debt, but also with an eye on climbing.
I came up with this ranking list:
| | | TT | Climb | Rank |  | Generali - EDF | | 78 | 68 | 78 |  | cycleYorkshire | | 78 | 64 | 78 |  | Fablok - Bank BGZ | | 76 | 67 | 77 |  | Team Reddit | | 76 | 62 | 76 |  | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | | 75 | 68 | 76 |  | Andorra Project - InGamba | | 75 | 65 | 76 |  | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | 75 | 65 | 75 |  | Adastra - Argon 18 | | 75 | 66 | 75 | | | World Cycling Centre | | 74 | 69 | 75 |  | Kulczyk - DMTEX | | 75 | 64 | 75 |  | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | 74 | 67 | 75 |  | Minions | | 73 | 69 | 75 |  | Swisslion Cycling Team | | 74 | 66 | 74 |  | Sauber Petronas Racing | | 74 | 64 | 74 |  | Signal Iduna | | 68 | 65 | 69 |  | Newton Foundation | | 65 | 67 | 67 |
This is a list of the best 15 TT specialists:
| Zmorka | 82 | | Durbridge | 81 | | Ford | 81 | | Sergent | 80 | | Viennet | 80 | | Ignatiev | 79 | | Viviani | 79 | | Mottin | 79 | | Goldstein | 79 | | Robert | 79 | | Olman | 79 | | Stannard | 79 | | Koren | 78 | | Reus | 78 | | Martin | 78 |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 16-03-2019 07:43
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I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m a bit excited for a TTT - after Tami’s amazing Copenhagen report!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 16-03-2019 08:51
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jandal7 wrote:
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m a bit excited for a TTT - after Tami’s amazing Copenhagen report!
Will second that!
And from a biased point of view, I'm hoping for cycleYorkshire to take the win  as long as our team won't have the chance to take the third Monterrey title, no one else should take it  (I'm sorry, Generali)
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 16-03-2019 10:13
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I really thought Swisslion had a stronger squad for this race...
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 16-03-2019 10:33
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Super excited, last season Monterrey were the easiest point's I've got but this season we're targetting big ones with a really strong team.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 16-03-2019 10:34
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Had totally forgotten that we were in this race. Let's go bois
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 16-03-2019 11:02
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Top ten would be nice, having a semi-decent TTT squad for once. No Úran obviously, so maybe slightly weaker than our second place in Vancouver.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-03-2019 11:29
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I expect absolutely nothing. Don't have enough depth.
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| ryant |
Posted on 17-03-2019 01:38
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tsmoha wrote:
jandal7 wrote:
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m a bit excited for a TTT - after Tami’s amazing Copenhagen report!
Will second that!
And from a biased point of view, I'm hoping for cycleYorkshire to take the win as long as our team won't have the chance to take the third Monterrey title, no one else should take it (I'm sorry, Generali)
I'd love to win this one! However, the climbs may be too much for us here even if we've brought a very good setup. I think Generali are the clear favourites unfortunately for you
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 17-03-2019 11:39
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Just noticed that I put this one in wrong sub forum
Can an adm move to : [Cont-Man-Game] General
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 17-03-2019 11:45
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Done, though being yourself a reporter you have the power to moderate the Man-Game part of the forum
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 17-03-2019 11:53
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And thanks did not think about that
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| Vien |
Posted on 17-03-2019 12:00
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Holy crap, what a surprise!!!
Never thought I had any chance to win this, thought we wouldn't even get a top 5 due to the climbs here. No idea how we pulled this off, but this is probably the biggest shock of our season so far. Seems like investing in a cheap TTT squad was a good idea
Thanks for making my day Tamijo!
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 17-03-2019 12:06
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Awesome!! 5th is a massive result, with a time that would be winner last year, settling in in the middle of the PCT team will be a big boost of points and a bigger one of motivation, really THE TTT CT team of the season I think
Congratz Vien and thanks for the brilliant report Tamijo!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 17-03-2019 12:30
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Not too bad. Shame to lose out after a very strong (maybe too strong) start but tenth is decent given only five real TT specialists.
Congrats Vien and thanks for the report Tamijo 
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 17-03-2019 12:59
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 17-03-2019 15:47
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Great stuff with a 3rd place in a TTT that is totally new ground to discover for our team
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 17-03-2019 16:56
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Meaningless race.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 18-03-2019 17:14
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11th is better than we expected as we were simply hoping for points, that said being just 10 seconds off of 7th is a little disappointing.
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| redordead |
Posted on 19-03-2019 12:50
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No idea why we thought it was a good idea to come here 
Only 2 race days wasted I guess 
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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