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Circulo de Juarez - Discussion
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 11-11-2024 23:08
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 Circulo de Juárez
It's time once again for the Circulo de Juarez, the big HC Mexican fiesta for the sprinters. 5 stages, all sprinting and nothing but sprinting. Defending champion Mannien won’t be back as he is doing his sprinting in the PT this year but as expected we have the whole enchilada of PCT sprinters.
This year’s PCT features two particularly strong sprinters in  Coquard and  Ewan and they top the favorite list among 10 80+ sprinters and another 7 79’s. With nobody having two on the list it means 17 of the 19 teams in the race bring 79+ sprinters, the odd men out are the SEE Turtles (the only CT team at the race) with  Keough and Sony Force – India with  Kulikovskiy.
| Rider | FL | SP | AC | RS | | Coquard | 73 | 84 | 83 | 74 | | Ewan | 75 | 83 | 81 | 71 |  Vesely | 73 | 81 | 80 | 68 |  Farantakis | 74 | 81 | 80 | 72 |  Zabel | 74 | 81 | 79 | 70 |  Ahlstrand | 72 | 81 | 79 | 70 |  Bonifazio | 79 | 80 | 80 | 75 |  Liu | 74 | 80 | 80 | 69 |  Aniolkowski | 76 | 80 | 79 | 74 |  Einhorn | 74 | 80 | 78 | 71 |  Afewerki | 73 | 79 | 80 | 70 |  Coutinho | 72 | 79 | 80 | 74 |  Perera | 71 | 79 | 80 | 73 |  Rodenberg | 74 | 79 | 79 | 77 |  Nur Hasan | 74 | 79 | 78 | 74 |  Boudat | 73 | 79 | 78 | 74 |  Kamberaj | 75 | 79 | 78 | 73 |
Vesely and Farantakis are the most accomplished sprinters other than the big two, so look for one of them to flop badly. Aniolkowski has had a great time in PT wildcards so far and will hope to carry that form over here. Kamberaj is last man on this list but has consistently surprised and does bring strong secondaries.
Coquard has Huertas and Jimenez Retana as a lead out and some solid roulers to do the chasing in Samudio and Arias Villanueva.
Ewan has Contreras and Baska for the lead out although in Guadeloupe Contreras did a lot of chasing. The team also includes some great depth for the chasing with all the other team members at least 75 flat.
Farantakis brings Edmondson and Koumpetsos as a leadout and a set of decent chasers, particularly, Mugisha.
Vesely has Dakteris and Videika for the lead out and Tediashvili and Tarvis as chasers.
Key Leadout Riders
| Rider | FL | SP | AC | RS | | Dakteris | 74 | 76 | 75 | 68 | | Videika | 74 | 74 | 79 | 67 | | Edmondson | 73 | 77 | 75 | 71 | | Koumpetsos | 74 | 76 | 76 | 73 | | Contreras | 72 | 78 | 80 | 75 | | Baska | 76 | 76 | 77 | 76 | | Jimenez Retana | 71 | 77 | 79 | 68 | | Huertas | 75 | 74 | 76 | 74 |
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| seancoll |
Posted on 11-11-2024 23:48
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Come on breakaways!
Hopefully Keough or Tivani gets a chance to sprint here occasionally, but we would also love to get a KOM jersey or otherwise benefit from a week of breakaways.
surprised not to see any CT counterparts alongside me - even if just to grab xp.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 12-11-2024 00:17
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Absolutely 0 expectations for us here, but Coutinho has done some of his best work in strong fields so hoping he pulls through once more.
Thanks for the preview!
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| quadsas |
Posted on 12-11-2024 02:19
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Vesely time to shine after a break
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| SotD |
Posted on 12-11-2024 06:06
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This Can go in all sort of directions. Farantakis on paper a good Bet for a rider around 5th in the GC, but knowing the game he could just aswell win or finish 17th. Fingers crossed the lottery is in our favor here.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-11-2024 06:43
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Something similar to Guadeloupe would be fine. Guess a Top 15 would be a realistic expectation in this field.
Thanks for the preview Ulrich 
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 12-11-2024 07:42
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The Bonifazio/Mareczko combo does not seem to get much appreciation. Let's prove them wrong!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 12-11-2024 10:25
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Thanks UU for the preview!
We really need to score here in order to not slide too far away in the rankings. All pressure on Liu to perform.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 12-11-2024 13:13
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Hoping Nur Hasan can surprise and sneak himself into the top-10 here. He was really unlucky in Guadalupe, so hopefully he can get on the right wheel a few times here.
Thanks for the preview.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 12-11-2024 19:58
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Hoping the RNG gods smile on Kraftwerk.
Thanks for the preview UU.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 12-11-2024 20:04
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Go Ahlstrand!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-11-2024 04:56
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Very good start for us. Yechezkel is the KOM king it seems in races like this. Great 5th place from Kuli as well.
Congrats to sammy and thanks for the report
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| SotD |
Posted on 13-11-2024 05:21
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Horrible start.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 13-11-2024 07:23
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No shame in losing to a fookin unicorn
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 13-11-2024 07:57
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Just wait until Quispe decides to really go for KoM-points instead of chilling a bit like today. Yechezkel will be a nice second in the final KoM nonetheless 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 13-11-2024 21:34
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I though Ahlstrand's positioning was bad but to come back to fourth is very good. Shame Paleni does not have the experience to hang onto the peloton just yet.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 13-11-2024 22:16
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Einhorn has stepped up really well to take the opening stage here. Unfortunately we didn't predict being in a position to defend the leaders jersey so have brought what is mainly a young squad around him so hopefully that won't cost us too badly on GC by the end of the race.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 13-11-2024 23:44
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Congrats to sammyt and thanks for the report UU.
Lucky Zabel got Ewan's wheel Einhorn was on Zabel and these two were 1st and 3rd while Ewan was 15th.
But it can easily be totally reversed tomorrow, who can tell.
Enjoy it while it lasts.
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| seancoll |
Posted on 14-11-2024 03:23
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I would love to find a breakaway OR a sprint top 20 - either one.
Great reports UU!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 14-11-2024 07:20
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I mean, I can't complain here, but I do feel bad for Ewan and Coquard
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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