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E3 Prijs Discussion
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 02-01-2021 12:43
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 E3 Prijs
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Welcome to the E3 Prijs, the second-to-last cobblestone classic of the spring season! It’s a race with a rich tradition, prominent names on the winner’s list - although more recently, there has just been one name, but we’ll get to that. Let’s see what’s in store for us in Belgium.
The profile hasn’t changed a bit compared to last year. At 211 kilometers, it’s long but not among the longest races on the calendar. It is complicated by the near-constant up and down of very short but often steep little ascents and the following descents though. Despite it being classified as flat, some puncheur skills surely can’t hurt here.
| FL | HI | ST | RS | CO | SP | AC |  Bewley | 77 | 70 | 77 | 75 | 82 | 82 | 82 |  Kamyshev | 77 | 65 | 81 | 75 | 82 | 66 | 60 | | Senechal | 75 | 67 | 79 | 74 | 82 | 69 | 74 |  Blythe | 76 | 66 | 76 | 71 | 82 | 76 | 73 |  Teunissen | 76 | 67 | 77 | 73 | 81 | 67 | 69 |  Zepuntke | 72 | 69 | 79 | 72 | 81 | 72 | 65 |  Vanbilsen | 78 | 69 | 80 | 74 | 80 | 72 | 71 |  Per | 79 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 79 | 74 | 74 |  Sibilla | 71 | 63 | 72 | 68 | 81 | 66 | 64 |
With last year’s second place finisher and this season’s dominant force Summerhill not here and three-time (!) defending champion Bewley slowly starting to decline, the race is as open as it has been in years. The Kiwi is still the top favorite, if for no other reason than that his competitors have to get rid of him before a potential sprint, but his rivals are closer than they have been in a long time.
Above all others, the Tinkoff duo of Kamyshev and Senechal has to be named. The Kazakh finished 8th here last year when still wearing the Air France colors, a disappointment at the time. He’s here to do better and with this 1-2 punch, Tinkoff surely looks to score big.
They will be challenged among others by last last year’s 4th through 6th place, namely Blythe, Teunissen and Sibilla. On paper, the latter is not as big of a threat due to his underwhelming secondary stats, but he’s shown what he’s capable of here.
Zepuntke, Vanbilsen and Per round out the tier, all of them very well-rounded with solid hill and sprint stats to complement their good stamina and resistance.
| FL | HI | ST | RS | CO | SP | AC |  Van Hooydonck | 71 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 78 | 61 | 72 |  Puccio | 72 | 66 | 76 | 71 | 78 | 60 | 55 |  Orue | 69 | 64 | 77 | 70 | 78 | 53 | 58 | | Richardson | 71 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 78 | 60 | 61 |  Karatzios | 77 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 77 | 63 | 65 |  Declerq | 74 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 67 | 67 | | Sulimov | 73 | 70 | 77 | 71 | 79 | 65 | 71 | | Zubov | 68 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 79 | 61 | 69 | | Neilands | 77 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 78 | 71 | 67 | | Polanc | 72 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 78 | 67 | 75 | | Bolivar | 73 | 66 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 64 | 69 | | Boros | 73 | 73 | 73 | 69 | 77 | 64 | 66 | | Kuroeda | 74 | 63 | 72 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 78 |
The second tier is devided in two parts. In the upper half, we have team leaders that want to attack the Top 10 here. Those include Van Hooydonck, Puccio and Orue as as possibly the best pure cobblers among them, as well as Karatzios and Declerq, who boast great flat and hill stats to compensate for slightly lower cobble stats, and finally Orue’s teammate Richardson, who lacks stamina and resistance more than any other contender, but is still a decent cobbler.
The lower half is filled with the strongest domestiques who could easily enter the Top 15 or 20 on a good day. Tinkoff continues to show their strength in this tier with Sulimov and Zubov. In addition to those two, Neilands and Polanc have probably the best odds to show up in the first few rows of the results.
| FL | HI | ST | RS | CO | SP | AC |  Saber | 75 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 81 | 79 |  Anderberg | 76 | 69 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 60 | 73 |  Sanogo | 73 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 69 | 70 |  Young | 74 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 78 | 77 |  Joseph | 73 | 65 | 75 | 69 | 75 | 65 | 69 |  van den Berg | 76 | 64 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 70 | | Salzmann | 72 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 66 | 71 | | Menten | 71 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 67 | 68 |  Bakari | 57 | 53 | 56 | 53 | 80 | 59 | 57 |
Finally, we have the on paper weaker team leaders who might still score some meaningful points if everything breaks right for them. Well, maybe not all of them, but I didn’t want to withhold from you that the mythical Bakari is trying his luck here once again, freed from domestique duties he had at Andorra.
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| fintas |
Posted on 02-01-2021 13:19
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We are in this race only because we are obliged. If we get 1 point it will be a miracle.
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| roturn |
Posted on 02-01-2021 15:49
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Quite surprised to see that start list. Having a shot on a top10 is great. And much needed seeing lots of underperformances in February/March so far.
So the team hopefully not only going into breaks but also getting something as result. |
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| knockout |
Posted on 02-01-2021 16:14
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The start of the cobbles season was promising for my team and i hope that this is a continuation of that. Without the likes of Wisniowski or Summerhill amongst others, i dont see why i should not hope for a podium here. This could be a nice conclusion to a great month (im just gonna pretend that Karlovy Praha was cancelled instead of postponed. For reasons.)
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 02-01-2021 16:25
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Really need a result here, probably a weaker startlist than the C1 races we had so far.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 02-01-2021 17:16
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Declerq is much further up the favorites list here than in the races he disappointed in, so I'm somewhat hopeful he can finally get some good positioning and salvage his spring campaign slightly.
With the weaker top end, maybe Cavagna or Meiler can make a significant impact from a mid-race attack too.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 02-01-2021 20:33
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Unfortunately another cobbled race without us on the startlist. Rooting for Bewley, should be the man to beat here.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 02-01-2021 20:34
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A surprisingly doable PTHC startlist, looking to grab some points here!
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| ember |
Posted on 02-01-2021 21:16
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As a couple of others have said, this is a startlist that could see some surprise riders in the top 10 and top 15 in a cobbles race. Fingers crossed Anderberg gets a good day and can be among those fighting for a top 15! |
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 03-01-2021 10:13
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After a terrible race in Vlaanderen I really hope we can bounce back.
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| SotD |
Posted on 03-01-2021 14:37
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Karatzios is one of those riders who could - on a good day - sneak into the top 10. I surely doesn't expect him to do so however with him being all alone and not having any helpers. Tinkoff could very well smash this race big time though!
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 03-01-2021 16:10
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Teunissen, mate, PLEASE turn our season around here. We need a top 5 and on paper you should be able to deliver.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 03-01-2021 17:06
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An cobbled race without Summerhill seems very odd
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 03-01-2021 17:07
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Definitely not Vanbilsen's season. The team was good though and did some nice back up scoring. Thanks for the report.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 03-01-2021 17:47
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Great racing by the squad! Fantastic work 
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| SotD |
Posted on 03-01-2021 19:29
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Can’t complain with 15th. On a very good day we could have got a bit better, but we got more than the 5-10 points I expected before seeing the startlist.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-01-2021 19:37
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Again, not a terrible race for us, but looking at the startlist we probably should have done a little better.
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| fintas |
Posted on 03-01-2021 19:56
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It was definitely not a bad result, we showed our colors in the break and we still put a rider in the top35 which is much more than I expected
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 03-01-2021 20:21
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Very good peformance from Zepuntke, the first time he ever "won" a sprint. Fifth place brings in some good points. Thanks for the report cunego and congrats Moser!
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| ember |
Posted on 03-01-2021 21:04
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I'll take 20th from Anderberg and a breakaway appearance from Trondsen. We're simply not any good on the cobbles this season, which is no surprise 
Big results for several teams. Bewley the expected winner, but wow, that's quite a result for Isostar, and the Evonik depth train. Congratulations, all! |
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