Nathan Van Hooydonck showed his form with a fifth place in the recent Strada Appia Antica.
With Eeckhout, van der Hoorn and Vermeersch he has enough support to guide him through the race.
Aker - MOT
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Anderberg
Hampus
SWD
25
78
77
78
Ballerini
Davide
ITA
27
73
73
71
Frankovic
Mateo
CRO
27
74
71
67
Jansen
Amund Grondahl
NOR
27
72
75
76
Kaislavuo
Jesse
FIN
28
73
73
73
Ngandamba
Geoffroy
GAB
32
72
73
74
Peng
Yuan Tan
TPE
28
75
74
75
Videika
Airidas
LTU
27
74
68
73
Hampus Anderberg finished fifth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Jansen and Ngandamba finished 10th and 11th in the same race. Grondahl Jansen won GP Herning in Denmark.
As one of the PCT teams, they can save their energy and let the teams of the top favorites do their work.
Amaysim Cervélo
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Chatarunga
Sameera
SRI
29
72
79
77
Christensen
Ryan
NZL
25
78
76
52
Culey
Marcus
AUS
28
79
77
53
Monk
Cyrus
AUS
25
73
74
74
Naud
Patrick
CAN
30
76
72
74
Schreurs
Hamish
NZL
27
72
75
77
Scotson
Callum
AUS
25
72
73
75
Summerhill
Danny
USA
32
78
76
83
Leader Danny Summerhill already won Milano - San Remo in a bunch sprint earlier this season. The American won here in 2019, so he will be eager to repeat again on the Hungarian cobbles.
The support will come from Chatarunga, Schreurs and Scotson.
Assa Abloy
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Bolivar
Isaac
COL
30
73
74
77
Breen
Vegard
NOR
31
77
72
78
Gallopin
Tony
FRA
33
74
77
65
Konig
Leopold
CZE
34
69
70
64
Van der Haar
Lars
NED
30
77
70
75
Zukowsky
Nickolas
CAN
23
65
68
60
Assa Abloy brings three possible leaders in Isaac Bolivar, Vegard Breen and Lars Van der Haar.
Breen finished second in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2020. They should be aiming for a place in the top-20-30.
Bralirwa - Stevens
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
El Sabbahi
Houcaine
MOR
24
73
70
64
Lampaert
Yves
BEL
30
75
74
78
Mugisha
Moise
RWA
24
66
62
60
Mugisha
Samuel
RWA
24
72
67
63
Schoonbroodt
Bob
NED
30
72
75
74
Stallaert
Joeri
BEL
30
77
76
81
Tesfatsion
Natnael
ERI
22
66
64
60
Joeri Stallaert is looking for another good performance, after his victory on home soil in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
He will be mainly supported by Yves Lampaert, who finished ninth in the same race. Schoonbroodt was ninth in the GP Herning.
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Cannister
Goldwijnn
CUR
22
67
68
66
Forssell
Hugo
SWD
22
64
66
57
Krigbaum
Mathias
DEN
26
76
74
62
Kulppi
Olli
FIN
30
73
73
77
Lander
Sebastian
DEN
30
77
77
73
Sinkeldam
Ramon
NED
32
74
74
77
Suter
Joel
SWI
23
71
70
66
Trentin
Matteo
ITA
32
74
76
81
Last year, Matteo Trentin finished fourth in Macskako. This year he proved his form with a seventh spot in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
The Italian will be eager to compete again for the top spots, with the help of Olli Kulppi and Ramon Sinkeldam. Sinkeldam won this race last year, so plenty of good memories for their return.
Carrefour - ESPN
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Bercz
Patrick
GER
32
72
73
66
Colleoni
Kevin
ITA
22
65
65
60
Dainese
Alberto
ITA
23
72
71
61
Dakteris
Janis
LAT
30
75
74
72
Daniel
Maxime
FRA
30
73
76
80
Nolf
Frederik
BEL
34
72
74
78
Nzeke
Geremie
CMR
31
67
72
63
Skala
Jakub
CZE
28
74
70
74
Maxime Daniel was already on the podium in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, behind Joeri Stallaert.
He will be assisted by Frederik Nolf, the 34-year old Belgian.
Cedevita
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Antonijevic
Goran
SER
27
76
66
67
Ardila
Andres Camilo
COL
22
65
66
62
Blikra
Havard
NOR
30
69
72
52
Cepeda Hernandez
Jefferson
ECU
25
69
69
61
Le Gac
Olivier
FRA
28
70
73
52
Lopez
Juan Pedro
ESP
24
65
69
55
Mestric
Matija
CRO
24
72
68
74
Rajovic
Dusan
SER
24
71
70
55
Matija Mestric is a promising rider on the cobbles, but he will need more experience under his belt to perform.
Duolingo
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Archbold
Shane
NZL
32
73
72
60
Bagioli
Nicola
ITA
26
69
74
60
Havik
Yoeri
NED
30
73
74
76
Merlier
Tim
BEL
29
73
72
75
Quaade
Rasmus
DEN
31
71
72
59
Rachid
Elias Abou
LIB
26
69
71
58
Razumov
Nikita
RUS
25
72
74
56
Vahtra
Norman
EST
25
68
70
70
Leader Yoeri Havik was seventh in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad last year. On PT level, he will be more modest about his chances.
Belgian Tim Merlier should guide Havik in the Hungarian cobbles sections.
EA Vesuvio
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Centrone
Ivan
LUX
26
74
72
76
Gall
Felix
AUT
23
66
68
58
Gunnlaugsson
Kristofer
ISL
26
73
70
66
Lampawog
Jay
PHI
24
70
70
69
Munton
Byron
RSA
23
66
70
60
Ries
Michel
LUX
23
68
70
58
Valter
Attila
HUN
23
71
74
61
Wirtgen
Luc
LUX
23
69
71
58
EA Vesuvio brings a very young team to the start, with 5 riders at the age of 23.
Ivan Centrone is the leader of the group.
Evonik - ELKO
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Budenieks
Kristaps
LAT
26
69
70
70
Crncevic
Aleksa
BIH
26
67
70
64
Hofstetter
Hugo
FRA
27
74
71
73
Neilands
Krists
LAT
27
77
74
78
Polanc
Jan
SLO
29
72
78
78
Waersted
Syver
NOR
25
71
68
60
Williams
Stephen
GBR
25
68
72
63
Xandri
Jan
AND
27
67
66
60
Jan Polanc was already on the podium this year, in Strada Appia Antica.
He will be assisted by Latvian Krists Neilands and Frenchman Hugo Hofstetter.
Farfetch Pro Cycling
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Boutopoulos
Georgios
GRE
25
72
69
70
Elosegui
Inigo
ESP
23
63
73
60
Geniets
Kevin
LUX
24
73
72
64
Salzmann
Jodok
AUT
26
73
77
77
Tiller
Rasmus
NOR
25
74
76
78
Wouters
Enzo
BEL
25
70
71
63
Rasmus Tiller finished in ninth place in Strada Appia Antica. The Norwegian will look for another good result here in Hungary.
The support will mainly come from Jodok Salzmann. The rest of the team is still pretty young and unexperienced.
Grieg-Maersk
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Dahl-Olsen
Gunnar
FAR
31
73
66
74
Eekhoff
Nils
NED
23
69
69
66
Kosic
Nejc
SLO
31
72
74
77
Laporte
Christophe
FRA
29
73
72
75
Pedersen
Mads
DEN
26
77
78
81
Resell
Erik Nordsaeter
NOR
25
74
72
74
Ringheim
Jo Kogstad
NOR
30
72
75
78
Wisniowski
Lukasz
POL
30
80
75
83
Lukasz Wisniowski has already gotten off to a strong start, winning the Strada Appia Antica. Mads Pedersen finished tenth in the same race.
They have a nice support group with also Kosic, Laporte and Ringheim in the mix. Don't be surprised if Grieg-Maersk will take over control of the race.
Huski Chocolate
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Benoot
Tiesj
BEL
27
71
75
76
Champoussin
Clement
FRA
23
67
73
57
Dima
Emil
ROM
24
67
68
59
Erdenesuren
Munkhtulga
MGL
29
71
70
73
Gerts
Floris
NED
29
77
76
81
Hofstede
Lennard
NED
27
70
73
61
Meeus
Jordi
BEL
23
74
70
71
Roosen
Timo
NED
28
74
71
75
Leader Floris Gerts was sixth in last year's Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Dutchman is aiming for another top spot here in Pannonhalma.
Tiesj Benoot and Timo Roosen will assist Gerts in the cobbles sections.
ISA - Hexacta
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Arissol
Ahmad
SEY
30
74
70
72
Baska
Erik
SVK
27
76
70
64
Feng
Chun Kai
TPE
33
77
72
69
Frame
Alex
NZL
28
69
68
62
Harrison
Sam
GBR
29
72
73
73
Sagiv
Guy
ISR
27
77
73
66
Sanogo
Abou
CIV
27
73
71
76
Vincent
Leo
FRA
26
70
79
65
Abou Sanogo is the man to watch in this ISA-Hexacta squad. It will be difficult for him to achieve a good result here.
Jura - Fiat
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Basso
Leonardo
ITA
28
73
78
73
Bissegger
Stefan
SWI
23
71
69
60
Brunel
Alexys
FRA
23
72
68
66
Froidevaux
Robin
SWI
23
67
67
61
Schmid
Mauro
SWI
22
71
69
69
Tediashvili
Giorgi
GEO
22
68
68
67
Van Moer
Brent
BEL
23
72
72
69
Van Poucke
Aaron
BEL
23
67
67
60
Jura-Fiat will come here to gain some valuable experience.
Only Basso is older than 23, the other riders like Schmid and Van Moer will need a few editions to compete for a good result.
King Power
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Boonratanathanakorn
Thurakit
THA
32
70
78
50
Ferreira
Ricardo
POR
29
73
74
79
Herregodts
Rune
BEL
23
72
69
65
Kasperkiewicz
Przemyslaw
POL
27
76
75
81
Marzuki
Nur Amirul
MAS
29
70
71
74
Mostov
Zeke
USA
25
74
72
58
Sirironnachai
Sarawut
THA
29
71
77
57
Vanthourenhout
Michael
BEL
28
75
68
74
Kasperkiewicz will be eager to do better than 12th place in Strada Appia.
Ricardo Ferreira is another fine cobbler who could aim for a good result.
Kraftwerk Man Machine
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Dieteren
Jan
GER
28
67
75
51
Ho
Burr
HKG
29
68
68
61
Kasa
Gabor
SER
32
70
74
58
Park
Sang Hong
KOR
32
72
73
66
Scheit
Florian
GER
30
66
72
50
Stimulak
Klemen
SLO
31
73
71
57
Walsleben
Max
GER
31
72
72
74
Zhupa
Eugert
ALB
31
75
78
77
Eugert Zhupa is the leader of Kraftwerk Man Machine. Outside of Max Walsleben, he doesn't expect much support from this teammates.
MOL
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
English
Felix
IRL
29
76
73
62
Kalf
Steven
EST
26
71
74
73
Kenyeres
Abel
HUN
27
66
75
53
Lovassy
Krisztian
HUN
33
67
66
72
Pereyra
Pedro Pablo
ARG
28
64
71
59
Pons
Gaetan
LUX
29
72
73
67
Theuns
Edward
BEL
30
72
76
80
Waeytens
Zico
BEL
30
70
72
67
Edward Theuns won the sprint for second place in Strada Appia Antica, behind Lukasz Wisniowski.
The domestiques aren't really high level, but Theuns should be able to handle it by himself.
Philips - Force India
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Bovenhuis
Jasper
NED
30
73
74
74
David
Tom
NZL
31
74
76
78
Kooistra
Marten
NED
24
69
68
66
Lafay
Victor
FRA
25
65
70
62
Moricz
Daniel
HUN
25
70
70
72
Paprstka
Tomas
CZE
29
75
74
75
Schelling
Ide
NED
23
70
72
63
Tom David was seventh in this year's Viana do Castelo. With better opponents, he seems to be aiming for a top-20 listing.
With Paprstka and Bovenhuis there is decent help to support him in the (pre) final.
Polar
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Barthe
Cyril
FRA
25
73
73
69
Baugnies
Jerome
BEL
34
76
77
78
Bernaudeau
Mathieu
FRA
33
72
68
52
Garcia Cortina
Ivan
ESP
26
76
76
74
Jallays
Welle
BEL
32
75
69
64
Kwok
Ho-Ting
HKG
33
75
72
52
Manamalage
Nipuna Shira
SRI
29
81
71
77
Postlberger
Lukas
AUT
29
73
75
56
This PCT team brings Jerome Baugnies, winner in 2018, as leader to Hungary. The Belgian was 16th on home soil in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
Manamalage and Garcia Cortina will assist him during the course.
Team Tinkoff - La Datcha
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Kamyshev
Arman
KAZ
30
77
81
82
O'Brien
Kelland
AUS
23
70
69
61
Rubio
Einer Augusto
COL
23
64
71
60
Senechal
Florian
FRA
28
75
79
82
Shalunov
Evgeny
RUS
29
70
75
61
Sulimov
Alexander
RUS
29
73
77
79
Yatsevich
Kiril
RUS
30
70
76
64
Zubov
Matvey
RUS
30
68
70
79
Both Florian Senechal and Arman Kamyshev are looking to improve their result from Strada Appia, where they finished 6th and 16th.
Sulimov and Zubov should be able to contribute enough help or even a result on their own.
Team UBS
PCT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Bohli
Tom
SWI
27
74
79
77
Cemazar
Nik
SLO
22
68
68
56
Fominykh
Daniil
KAZ
30
74
74
54
Fuchs
Dominik
SWI
31
68
75
55
Grand
Arnaud
SWI
31
72
74
77
Jacobs
Johan
SWI
24
72
72
73
Schäppi
Martin
SWI
25
72
74
76
Spengler
Lukas
SWI
27
74
72
83
Lukas Splenger was in the lead group of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, but just fell outside the podium at fourth place.
The Swiss will be supported by fellow countrymen Bohli, Grand and Schäppi.
Xero Racing
PT
Last name
First name
Country
Age
FLA
STM
COB
Kipkemboi
Salim
KEN
23
66
66
55
Mudgway
Luke
NZL
25
68
70
64
Nikiema
Bachirou
BUR
24
69
70
65
Novardianto
Jamalidin
INA
27
76
70
69
Rowe
Luke
GBR
31
78
76
75
Stannard
Robert
AUS
23
71
72
67
Vermeersch
Florian
BEL
22
71
68
70
Xero brings a young core to this race. Florian Vermeersch should be able to do well here in the future.
For now, Luke Rowe is the leader of the team.
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Good luck to all participants!
I made this preview around Christmas, so this doesn't include all results
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Great preview, with a lot of detail with all those squads!
Interesting race and a first time for us. I like the profile and the hilly finish should make it a fun race. The finish is probably more suited for Theuns, Gerts, Trentin etc, but Wisniowski has been strong this year, so I hope for another podium in a race with a very strong startlist.
Not all that confident in Stallaert here considering his lackluster hill stat. I'd be happy with a Top 10 and some secondary scoring by Schoonbroodt. Thanks for the nice preview!
PTHC is always a struggle with how stacked the startlists are. Our lack of depth will probably hurt us here more than usual. Regardless, I think we have a solid squad here. Hopefully hill ends up being important, like last year. That would help Trentin push for a top 5, and it would really help Sinkeldam, who won here last year. Obviously back then it was C1 against much less competition, but the race structure hasn't changed. I bet a lot of our team success here will be based on how we deploy Ramon, for better or worse.
Hoping for a top 5, would take a top 10 if Ramon gets ~top 25. Anything less than that is a failure points wise.
Awesome preview Laurens, thank you!
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Wow, what an in-depth preview regarding the stats overview! Thank you, Laurens.
Excited to see Hampus here. A top 10 must be the goal, eventhough it's ambitious. First and foremost, it will be great to see him test himself against most of the best cobblers in both the PT and the PCT. Will be fun!
Awesome race! Lot of attacking, teamwork, attrition. And in the end, Gerts wins thanks to his ideal combo of cobble and hill. Congrats to alex!
Love seeing Trentin up there battling with the PT big boys. He was really strong to stay in that front group all the way until the end. Not strong enough to compete for the win, but that's okay, we'll take what we got for sure. Top 5 was the goal, and Matteo did it, better than any other PCT rider. That's exactly what we want to see, and exactly what we need rankings wise.
26th was outside the "goal" for Sinkeldam, but he still scores a bit in a stacked field, and with Trentin getting 5th we didn't really need much from him. He'll always remember his win last year anyhow.
Thanks for another absolutely fantastic report Nemo!
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I just see that i completely forgot to comment on the preview which is an absolute shame since it was a fantastic one! Love the team by team overview - especially with you also providing a top 10 favourites overview on top of that! Thanks Laurens!
Race wise, one of the best races of the season for Evonik. Starting with a smart early breakaway appearances by one of our non-cobblers (Crncevic, Williams or Waersted), a midrace attack by Neilands - while i always like to see my team aggressive and try such moves, it wasn't really a good moment to attempt it - , good attempts by Polanc resulting in a very strong 4th place. And brilliant depth results with Budenieks and Hofstetter providing unexpectedly good secondary leader scoring here.
Thanks to Nemolito for another great report. Also aided by the fact that the AI once again showed its best side on the cobbles. Definitely the terrain where the game works the best. e.g. it's great to see how Grieg tries to use the numerical advantage. Really enjoyed it.
Congrats to alex!
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If you could add full list of riders in the breakaway in future reports, that would be awesome. Kinda spoiled that the breakaway was likely to not play
a big role in this race and i generally like to know which of my riders joined the break
Disappointing end result by Hampus, no doubt about that. Though, from the point he got dropped, he must have done well to end at 5'05, which is encouraging. Not lucky with AI's priorities for who got to be in a decent position when the pace got higher.
Also positive to see Videika and Jansen get involved. Must say I like how the rest of the team has raced in all cobble classics this season
baseballlover312 wrote:
Love seeing Trentin up there battling with the PT big boys. He was really strong to stay in that front group all the way until the end. Not strong enough to compete for the win, but that's okay, we'll take what we got for sure. Top 5 was the goal, and Matteo did it, better than any other PCT rider. That's exactly what we want to see, and exactly what we need rankings wise.
I'm very happy with Stallaert as the second best PCT rider in 6th place Considering his hill stat, that's about as good as I could have possibly hoped for. Top notch positioning at every important juncture was key. Disappointed to not have any other rider in the Top 50, the profile would have been ideal for Schoonbroodt, but that's nitpicking. Congrats Alex, perfect race for Gerts and he finished it for you!
As others have mentioned, cobbles AI is really great. And also, as always, great report Nemo, thank you!
Very entertaining race and very happy with how we raced. Would of course had loved to win, but Gerts is a great rider for a finish like that, so no shame losing to him. Congrats on the win, Alex.
Ringheim with another very good race, and Pedersen also with a strong performance. Think he could have stayed with the front group, but cool to see him trying to set up a win. Wisniowski is already close to his points tally last season, while both Pedersen and Ringheim have improved on their scoring from last year already. Must say that I'm really pleased with the cobbles so far, and still some good races left with Chesire, ToNe and Midlands.
Decent points haul for us given it's PTHC with David doing well and good support from others. Moricz with a good ride in a rare breakaway performance for us.
Thanks for the great report Nemo and congrats to Alex
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Great racing and a cool result!
