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Heistse Pijl Discussion
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 26-07-2020 11:09
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 Heistse Pijl
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| Year | Winner | Team | | 2018 | Jani Tewelde | Eritel - RwandAir |
The first edition of the Heistse Pijl was a success, so we head to Belgium for the second time! The final C2 race of the year has cobbles, but last year they were not tough enough to drop the sprinters. Amateur Jani Tewelde beat the top sprinters in the continental division to the line last year, which delivered him a professional contract with Kulczyk. That team has not elected to take part, so there will be a new name on the short palmarès. We have a lot of continental teams, mixed with some B-squads from Pro Continental teams, and some amateur teams looking to replicate Tewelde's performance.
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The race is pretty much flat, with only a minor hill on the local laps around Heist-op-den-Berg. This hill however is paved with cobblestones. The final ascent is only two kilometer before the finish line, giving the cobblestone specialists a chance to drop the sprinters before the sprint, and giving the sprinters a chance to recover from the cobblestones.
Startlist
| Cobblers | COB | SP | ACC | Sprinters | COB | SP | ACC |  Kasperkiewicz | 79 | 59 | 66 |  Mohs | 62 | 82 | 80 |  Van Keirsbulck | 78 | 70 | 68 |  Peeters | 68 | 79 | 77 |  Taubel | 78 | 61 | 64 | Perera | 64 | 79 | 80 |  Maes | 78 | 61 | 66 |  Nepomnyachsniy | 76 | 78 | 76 |  Richardson | 78 | 60 | 61 | Young | 75 | 78 | 77 | | Orue | 78 | 53 | 58 |  Boev | 68 | 78 | 78 | | Jacobs | 77 | 64 | 62 | Vaquera | 56 | 78 | 80 |  Kosic | 77 | 59 | 64 |  Porsev | 56 | 78 | 78 |  Manamalage | 77 | 57 | 56 |  Canelon | 52 | 78 | 83 | | Corwin | 77 | 55 | 56 | Kamberaj | 67 | 77 | 76 | | Nepomnyachsniy | 76 | 78 | 76 | Vinther | 61 | 77 | 74 |  Kluge | 76 | 76 | 73 | Kluge | 76 | 76 | 73 | | Domene | 76 | 74 | 75 |  Kuroeda | 75 | 76 | 73 | | Joseph | 76 | 66 | 70 |  Changpad | 70 | 76 | 78 | | Young | 75 | 78 | 77 | Losch | 70 | 76 | 77 | | Kuroeda | 75 | 76 | 73 | Reza | 60 | 76 | 75 | | Kumara | 75 | 71 | 67 |  Chavanne | 57 | 76 | 76 | | Minoungou | 75 | 69 | 68 |  Mansilla | 55 | 76 | 76 | | Kolev | 75 | 61 | 67 | Mareczko | 50 | 76 | 75 | | Ngandamba | 74 | 70 | 71 | Dupont | 72 | 75 | 77 | | Ghani | 74 | 63 | 61 | Liu | 63 | 75 | 76 | | Verhelst | 74 | 62 | 68 | Zhao | 58 | 75 | 79 | | Langeveld | 74 | 61 | 70 | Domene | 76 | 74 | 75 |
There are two possible contenders, cobblestone specialists and sprinters. The left list represents the former, the right list the latter.
Kasperkiewicz is the best cobblestone rider in the race, but not a sprinter in any stretch of the imagination. He needs a solo attempt to win. Van Keirsbulck is his biggest rival. Unlike the Pole, he can sprint in a reduced group, but he likely cannot match the pure sprinters.
Other main contenders from continental teams are Taubel, Maes, Richardson and Orue.
From the Pro Continental teams, Kosic and Joseph would like to show the opposition from the divisions below how things are done. No amateur is amongst the favorites in this section.
Moving over to the sprinters, it is hard to look past Mohs as a favorite. He is not the best from the cobbles but he can win the sprint from far behind in this field.
The next two riders are Peeters and Perera. Both Lierse and NENT can bet on both possible outcomes for a good result. For Lierse SK it is a race close to home, as Heist-op-den-Berg is only fifteen kilometer from Lier. (If there is some kind of inter-town rivalry, I'm sorry for bringing this up)
The amateurs are much more represented on this side of the board. Boev and Porsev have studied Tewelde's sprint to the fine details and know how to copy it.
Some riders feature in both lists. Nepomnyachsniy and Young are amongst the best sprinters but also very good on the cobbles. If a reduced group reaches the finish line, they are the favorites. Kluge, Domene and Kuroeda can match them on the cobbles but are slightly slower in the dash to the line.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 26-07-2020 11:53
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Nepo should win this easily, no problem
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 26-07-2020 19:57
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Fantastic preview! Looking forward to one last battle between GVK and Kaspa for the season! I do think that this will be a sprint finish tho!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 26-07-2020 20:10
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I'm leaning sprinter here as a neutral observer, but should be interesting.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 26-07-2020 20:52
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Come on Boev!!
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 27-07-2020 01:16
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Got the cobbles boys here, just hoping for some placings and protecting Vaquera as I don't think this will be hard enough to get rid of the sprinters. Nepo looks to be a solid choice for this.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-07-2020 21:07
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Marcovdw wrote:
The next two riders are Peeters and Perera. Both Lierse and NENT can bet on both possible outcomes for a good result. For Lierse SK it is a race close to home, as Heist-op-den-Berg is only fifteen kilometer from Lier. (If there is some kind of inter-town rivalry, I'm sorry for bringing this up)
We're a city, they're not, so no real rivalry with those inbreeds 
No, it's really nice you do this research for the previews, much appreciated. It's also one of the few hills in MG I actually rode in real life and it's a complete joke really, should 100% be a mass sprint here.
On to the race then. Just wow, Stijn Joseph, the legend. The man who started it all for the team back in 2014 to give us our first win, won Dwars Door Vlaanderen (defeating Summerhill!) in 2015 to get us promoted to the PCT. After that, it was all about Vanbilsen of course, but he kept scoring along the way. Now to do this in maybe his last cobbled classic for the team, here in what has to be considered our home race, absolutely fantastic!
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 27-07-2020 22:01
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A small group sprint was always likely in this race which is never good news for Manamalage. He really needs to attack but then he can't attack any better than he can sprint. I love him nevertheless.
Congrats to Lierse on the home win and thanks for the report.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 27-07-2020 22:24
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Showed our colors in the break and Changpad adds a fairly solid Top-20. Really can't complain.
Thanks for the report!
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| beagle |
Posted on 28-07-2020 08:27
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Solid race with two riders grabbing some minor points.
Thanks Marco fór report.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 28-07-2020 12:42
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Obviously not a result that we love, but its an acceptable one! Thank you for the report!
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 28-07-2020 13:39
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Terrible outcome in a terrible season
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 28-07-2020 18:02
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Oof, generally had people in the right places approaching the finish, but really made a lot of nothing from it.
Congrats to Lierse and thanks for the report.
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