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Celtic Chrono Discussion
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 12-05-2020 23:15
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 Celtic Chrono
The C1 Celtic Chrono returns for its second season, although its predecessor, the Isle of Man TT, goes back to 2009. This year’s race includes two identical time trials along a 48 km course with a single climb. The distances are a little shorter than last year and only one leg featured a hill last year but overall a similar challenge – a TT race which may require some climbing ability
Last year’s winner  Coppel is back to defend his crown along with 4 others from last year’s top 10, including second place  Durbridge and two-time Isle of Man winner  Cornu, who was 4th last year.
This year’s race includes 13 teams and 39 riders. The big question for this year is how will much will the climbing on the course impact the results. It seem likely to have some effects so we will look first at the top pure TT guys and then add in those who are weaker on the TT but bring some climbing skills.
The top ten based on TT are
| MT | HI | TT | RS | | Coppel | 65 | 75 | 82 | 77 | | Durbridge | 58 | 67 | 81 | 74 |  Kittel | 55 | 64 | 81 | 70 | | Viennet | 54 | 67 | 80 | 75 |  Tenorio | 84 | 76 | 80 | 76 |  Ford | 51 | 54 | 80 | 62 |  Schädlich | 54 | 64 | 80 | 71 |  Dillier | 51 | 64 | 80 | 77 | | Cornu | 65 | 70 | 79 | 73 | | Dempster | 54 | 64 | 79 | 74 |
Other than the returning champion the rider who jumps out is obviously GC star Justo Tenorio, the only rider in the top ten with strong MT and HI. Other than those 2, only Cornu has a HI or MT of even 70. So if climbing skills play a big role other contenders might come from further down the list.
Among the 78 and 77 TT riders there are two strong climbers:
| MT | HI | TT | RS | | Goncalves | 73 | 71 | 78 | 72 | | Nepomnyachsniy | 77 | 74 | 77 | 75 |
Finally some managers have gambled the undulations will be important and sent strong climbers with more limited TT skills, including:
| MT | HI | TT | RS |  Ratiy | 80 | 70 | 74 | 73 | | Geniez | 75 | 71 | 74 | 73 |  Andriafenomananiaina | 76 | 72 | 74 | 74 |  Fernandes | 71 | 67 | 73 | 74 | | van Zyl | 71 | 74 | 73 | 74 | | Vilela | 73 | 72 | 71 | 71 |  Malacarne | 75 | 73 | 70 | 71 |
As was seen at the recent Monterrey TTT even small climbs can have a big influence on a time trial so overall it seems likely that defending champion Coppel and Tenorio will be fighting for the overall win.
Full Start List
Spoiler | Team | Rider | | Berg Cycles | Jose Fernandes | | Berg Cycles | Ricardo Vilela | | Berg Cycles | Vitor Rodrigues | | Campari/Asahi development | Mark Christian | | Campari/Asahi development | Yuma Koishi | | Campari/Asahi development | Vincenzo Albanese | | Carrefour - ESPN | Jerome Coppel | | Carrefour - ESPN | Wen Hao Li | | Carrefour - ESPN | Aleksa Crncevic | | CYBEX Platinum | Dylan Van Baarle | | CYBEX Platinum | Vadim Ratiy | | CYBEX Platinum | Johannes Schinnagel | | cycleYorkshire | Luke Durbridge | | cycleYorkshire | Emilien Viennet | | cycleYorkshire | Andrew Tennant | | Desigual | Justo Tenorio | | Desigual | Daniel Eaton | | Desigual | Carlos Verona | | Duolingo | Dominique Cornu | | Duolingo | Zakkari Dempster | | Duolingo | Rodrigo Nascimento | | Eddie Stobart | Gert Joeaar | | Eddie Stobart | Neil Van der Ploeg | | Eddie Stobart | Davide Malacarne | | Glanbia Foods Cycling Project | Michael Ford | | Glanbia Foods Cycling Project | Freddy Cruz | | Glanbia Foods Cycling Project | Aggrey Sebright | | Kraftwerk Man Machine | Lucas Schädlich | | Kraftwerk Man Machine | Alexandre Geniez | | Kraftwerk Man Machine | Johann van Zyl | | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | Oleksandr Golovash | | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | Zouzou Andriafenomananiaina | | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | Roman Lutsyshyn | | Team UBS | Silvan Dillier | | Team UBS | Jose Goncalves | | Team UBS | Daniil Fominykh | | Valio - Viking Genetics | Marcel Kittel | | Valio - Viking Genetics | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | | Valio - Viking Genetics | Samuel Pokälä |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 13-05-2020 00:45
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Kind of wishing I sent Fraile here as well, given his incredible run of form recently. But, fingers crossed that the hill plays a big part and Tenorio rides out of here with a win. 
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 15-05-2020 04:41
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Pretty dissapointed with Coppel not pulling out either of the two stages but 2nd place will do I guess. Also loved this style of reporting Ulrich, thank you! |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 15-05-2020 08:21
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Mixed feelings about this.
Nascimento had a funny couple of days. A stellar ride on the first and poor on the 2nd.
Cornu was a letdown. Being one of the most solid and all-rounded he should have taken at least a top10 here. Fortunately for us, Dempster had a very good 2nd day.
Very entertaining read, thanks for the reports Ulrich! Congratulations on the victory ryant! cylceYorkshire seems unstoppable atm!
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 15-05-2020 12:04
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Congrats to ryant and thanks for a great report Ulrich.
Delighted with 7th place for Schädlich after some dissapointing performances.
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| ryant |
Posted on 15-05-2020 13:29
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Well the victory is well received up in HQ but it's totally unexpected that Viennet takes the win here! After what has been a tough season from his viewpoint, a win here may well keep his place in the team for next season!
Thanks for the report, I do enjoy reading these time trial reports for some reason... 
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 15-05-2020 23:08
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Thanks for thanks - struggle with how to do TT reports so appreciate this worked.
I only took the race because everyone seemed to be dodging it in the reporters forum. Given the number of comments not sure it is anyone's favorite race.
I do think there the cycleYorkshire DS at the race deserves some credit, most teams put there best riders last in the first leg but Tennant, the weakest, went last for Ryant and I think going earlier helped Durbridge and Viennnet a lot. Durbridge just blew it on day two.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 16-05-2020 07:08
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Forgot I was in this race, and can’t say I should have been, nothing for us here.
Thanks for the great report(s)
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 16-05-2020 13:42
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Third from Tenorio at least keeps points coming in. Hard to ask for more but we are getting to the point of the season where we need to keep winning to close down the gap for promotion.
Thanks for the detailed report.
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