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Strada Appia Antica

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Welcome to the 13th edition of the Strada Appia Antica race. One of the most unique races in the MG calendar due to it being a mixture between a hilly and flat cobbled race. What makes it more interesting is that the two terrains are separated. The first 3/4 of the race is hilly with 8 notable climbs of varying lengths. The last 1/4 is flat, or at least flatter with mostly false flat and 2 long and difficult cobbled sectors.

Let's look at some of the favourites:

Favourites

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pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/grm.png Pedersen7765697880837877
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/aab.png Wisniowski7968707475827275
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/cdb.png Per7968707475827474
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/rab.png Gerts7766787680827270
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/fas.png Van Hooydonck7363717574826172
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/mol.png Altur7563707570827268
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/tti.png Senechal7561677974826974
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/gzl.png Teunissen7661677773816769
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/akm.png Anderberg7864697776806073
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/jur.png Theuns7166737471797674
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/evo.png Polanc7274737873786775


Can pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/grm.png Mads Pedersen finally win this one? 3rd place the last two years means he's not far off, but the competition is still as fierce as ever. You wouldn't be surprised if pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/aab.png Wisniowski won it for a 3rd or if last year's runner up pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/cdb.png David Per were to win it. Those three seem like the best bets with pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/rab.png Gerts perhaps as best of the rest just a notch below.

pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/fas.png Van Hooydonck, pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/gzl.png Teunissen and pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/mol.png Altur and feel more like solid top 10 bets, but you can't say the same about the last two former winners pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/tti.png Senechal and pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/akm.png Anderberg. Both won with some aggressive team tactics by their team and while the latter doesn't have the luxury of riding with Wisniowski anymore, Tinkoff are always one of the prominent teams on the cobbles. pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/jur.png Theuns will face his first test post decline, but he has pedigree at this race with two runner up places. Lastly it's the always overachieving pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/evo.png Polanc who's climbing skills can take advantage of the most 'mountainous' cobbled classic.


Outsiders

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pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/eav.png Spengler7458677473836270
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/tti.png Kamyshev7656648074816559
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/kng.png Tiller7465707675797473
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/ziz.png Gaday7167757572787173
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/isa.png Owen7365697371786471
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/ced.png Siric7863717780787771
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/aab.png Girmay7664717475777676
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/trg.png Ovsyannikov7461687572777978
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/kng.png Menten7264737576776868
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/grm.png Bohli7463687975777468
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/kng.png Salzmann7363717776776771
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/pum.png Rutsch7763687675776968


pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/eav.png Spengler is a top cobbler, but probably more for Roubaix than a race like this. pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/tti.png Kamyshev can play a crucial role along with Senechal. pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/kng.png Tiller is part of a nice 3-pronged attack with Menten and Salzmann. Big free agent signing by Zara, this might be of the better races for pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/ziz.png Gaday. pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/isa.png Owen is on a wildcard here for ISA - Hexacta. The profile of the race might not be well suited to someone like pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/ced.png Siric, but I know at least one person who'll be hoping for the opposite. It should be fun to see how pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/aab.png Girmay dovetails with Wisniowski, but it's Bini so you can't really count him out. pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2024/Micros/trg.png Ovsyannikov is another wildcard here, could be dangerous in a sprint, but the race could prove too hard for him.


Full startlist:
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AnderbergHampusAker - MOT
SwiftConnorAker - MOT
PottsMarcAker - MOT
KampAlexanderAker - MOT
LaporteChristopheAker - MOT
RäimMihkelAker - MOT
KlarisMagnus BakAker - MOT
Bolor-ErdeneEnkhtaivanAker - MOT
WisniowskiLukaszAssa Abloy
GirmayBiniamAssa Abloy
RickaertJonasAssa Abloy
TaubelChristophAssa Abloy
Blume LevyWilliamAssa Abloy
RenardAlexisAssa Abloy
KolevYoanAssa Abloy
KaloniatisGeorgiosAssa Abloy
PerDavidCarlsberg - Danske Bank
MeilerLukasCarlsberg - Danske Bank
ResellErik NordsaeterCarlsberg - Danske Bank
CannisterGoldwijnnCarlsberg - Danske Bank
BolivarIsaacCarlsberg - Danske Bank
MatsangosAlexandrosCarlsberg - Danske Bank
Van TrichtStanCarlsberg - Danske Bank
FinkstTilenCarlsberg - Danske Bank
SiricIvanCedevita
KatrasnikGasperCedevita
PoljanecMihaCedevita
DuyvesteynKeesCedevita
RedyDylanCedevita
FedorovYevgeniyCedevita
SalbyAlexanderCedevita
DuricDordeCedevita
BalleriniDavidecycleYorkshire
SkaarsethAnderscycleYorkshire
DujardinSandycycleYorkshire
StedmanMaxcycleYorkshire
LazkanoOiercycleYorkshire
GloagThomascycleYorkshire
ButtigiegAidancycleYorkshire
AntonijevicGorancycleYorkshire
SpenglerLukasEA Vesuvio
LampawogJayEA Vesuvio
AlaphilippeJulianEA Vesuvio
GunnlaugssonKristoferEA Vesuvio
SweeckLaurensEA Vesuvio
VermaerkeKevinEA Vesuvio
JohnNaveenEA Vesuvio
BanzerGordianEA Vesuvio
PolancJanEvonik - ELKO
NeilandsKristsEvonik - ELKO
SilvaNihalEvonik - ELKO
Van NiekerkMorneEvonik - ELKO
EekhoffNilsEvonik - ELKO
AnsonsKristersEvonik - ELKO
DversnesFredrikEvonik - ELKO
KurianovStepanEvonik - ELKO
Van HooydonckNathanFastned
De KleijnArvidFastned
Van der HoornTacoFastned
RobeetLudovicFastned
HavikPiotrFastned
HooleDaanFastned
WaerenskjoldSorenFastned
TjottaMartinFastned
TeunissenMikeGazelle
MaleckiKamilGazelle
GodonDorianGazelle
LanderSebastianGazelle
NsengimanaJean BoscoGazelle
BalmerAlexandreGazelle
GiuliettiLuigiGazelle
HoferAndreasGazelle
PedersenMadsGrieg-Maersk
StokbroAndreasGrieg-Maersk
De GendtAimeGrieg-Maersk
AbrahamsenJonasGrieg-Maersk
BohliTomGrieg-Maersk
SsabagwanyaSamuelGrieg-Maersk
JansenAmund GrondahlGrieg-Maersk
Van GestelDriesGrieg-Maersk
EwanCalebISA - Hexacta
Van NiekerkAidanISA - Hexacta
HarrisonSamISA - Hexacta
OwenLoganISA - Hexacta
RussoClementISA - Hexacta
SanogoAbouISA - Hexacta
ChokriEl MehdiISA - Hexacta
JuradoCristofer RobinISA - Hexacta
TheunsEdwardJura GIANTS
KungStefanJura GIANTS
PaprstkaTomasJura GIANTS
BerthetClementJura GIANTS
DelcoLorenzoJura GIANTS
ColomboFilippoJura GIANTS
PageHugoJura GIANTS
StehliFelixJura GIANTS
TillerRasmusKing Power
SalzmannJodokKing Power
Van BaarleDylanKing Power
MentenMilanKing Power
ChiuHo SanKing Power
PhodingamSakchaiKing Power
VanthourenhoutMichaelKing Power
SalazarJohnKing Power
Van der PoelMathieuLidl Cycling
VermeerschGianniLidl Cycling
PonsGaetanLidl Cycling
StewartJakeLidl Cycling
BaterdeneNarankhuuLidl Cycling
BassoLeonardoLidl Cycling
Bakke ChristophersenCedricLidl Cycling
HoangThai PhanLidl Cycling
AlturMarcosMOL Cycling Team
AriesenTimMOL Cycling Team
MoriczDanielMOL Cycling Team
StashMamyrMOL Cycling Team
ScotsonCallumMOL Cycling Team
GonzalezAbnerMOL Cycling Team
KellyJacobMOL Cycling Team
ColeTylerMOL Cycling Team
StocekMatusMoser - Sygic
BorosMichaelMoser - Sygic
FrankovicMateoMoser - Sygic
ToupalikAdamMoser - Sygic
SkalaJakubMoser - Sygic
TurekDanielMoser - Sygic
AtkinsJoshMoser - Sygic
VacekKarelMoser - Sygic
UlloaJose GerardoOxxo - Frisby
PiraYesid AlbeiroOxxo - Frisby
Galvan RamirezOscar SamuelOxxo - Frisby
RuizRobinson StevenOxxo - Frisby
MerchanDidierOxxo - Frisby
ParashchakYaroslavOxxo - Frisby
HealyBenOxxo - Frisby
AbolajiFatiuOxxo - Frisby
FerreiraRicardoPolar
BartheCyrilPolar
Garcia CortinaIvanPolar
LaukKarl PatrickPolar
OldaniStefanoPolar
NychArtemPolar
SweenyHarryPolar
BrockhoffJanPolar
GertsFlorisRabobank
Van den BergJuliusRabobank
MeeusJordiRabobank
GoldsteinOmerRabobank
KalfStevenRabobank
KooijOlavRabobank
FrigoMarcoRabobank
Van Den BergMarijnRabobank
RutschJonasTeam Puma - SAP
CavagnaRemiTeam Puma - SAP
CemazarNikTeam Puma - SAP
NieuwenhuisJorisTeam Puma - SAP
HeidemannMiguelTeam Puma - SAP
ZegklisNikolaosTeam Puma - SAP
HollmannJuriTeam Puma - SAP
WilkschHannesTeam Puma - SAP
SenechalFlorianTinkoff Team - La Datcha
SulimovAlexanderTinkoff Team - La Datcha
KamyshevArmanTinkoff Team - La Datcha
TikhoninEvgeniiTinkoff Team - La Datcha
StrakhovDmitryTinkoff Team - La Datcha
YatsevichKirilTinkoff Team - La Datcha
SyritsaGlebTinkoff Team - La Datcha
GonovLevTinkoff Team - La Datcha
OvsyannikovAlexandrTryg - Eni
HonoreMikkelTryg - Eni
BroxhamRicardoTryg - Eni
EnggaardVictor GrueTryg - Eni
PedersenRasmus SojbergTryg - Eni
Van De PaarJarneTryg - Eni
MalmbergMatiasTryg - Eni
Holm JorgensenAdamTryg - Eni
PidcockThomasXero Racing
VermeerschFlorianXero Racing
SchreursHamishXero Racing
NovardiantoJamalidinXero Racing
HorvatZigaXero Racing
BesterShaun NickXero Racing
Van ZylJohannXero Racing
BloemJorenXero Racing
StorerMichaelZARA - Irizar
GadayLucas ManuelZARA - Irizar
De La Cruz ChapulinLuis FernandoZARA - Irizar
MonkCyrusZARA - Irizar
MiquelPauZARA - Irizar
VandeveldeYentlZARA - Irizar
Blanca ParejaNicholZARA - Irizar
GilmoreBradyZARA - Irizar
 
ember
The tension! Super excited to see how the dobbelt play out this year, with the deeper PT field compared to last season. Hopefully Anderberg can be in contention for a top 5, eventhough his CB stat alone doesn’t suggest it. Hopefully his backups can make a difference.

Really curious to see how the very best handles this one, with Pedersen, Wisniowski and Per the obvious top tree favourites, especially thinking all three of them look to be absolutely key for their teams in the fight to avoid relegation/avoid the relegation battle.
 
Nemolito
Thanks for the nice breakaway, red. Best we can hope for during the race is a preview, so hopefully somebody tries something early on. Or maybe Ulloa with a long range attack and some publicity. Bascially anything near top-20/25 is a success.
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Bikex
Tiller's first cobbles race in King Power colors. I hope he does well when being the captain. I'm also hoping for some depth scoring with the rest of the team. Thanks for the preview!
 
knockout
Looking forward to this. First important race for Polanc. The mountains havent played the most crucial role the last few years as the final and all the cobbled sectors are flat or even downhill so despite what the route suggest, this might not be the very best Polanc route. Still, we have some hopes and getting at least a top 10 would be crucial for us.
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Not much to say except that we need heroics from Per to save our season, the way it's going. A repeat of last year is the only thing that will get us through. I know a podium is a big ask, but we're gonna need it. Here and everywhere.

Thanks for the preview!
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Guess it's not the best suited race for getting our cobbles campaign started, with those long cobbled sections at the end. Theuns will have to hope for a slow race, as he's still among the strongest in a reduced bunch sprint - but he'll first have to make the "reduction", which will be even less trivial post-decline. Still, if he can get a Top 10 on average in these cobbled races, we're happy. And we'll happily take a couple of depth points by Paprstka, looking forward to see what he can do in PT.

Good luck to all, thanks for the preview!
 
tastasol
Here we go. Some big races coming the next weeks, hopefully Mads P is up for it. Hoping for a win, anything other than a podium would be a little disappointing.
 
DubbelDekker
If Teunissen survives the hills a top 10 should be the goal here.
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tastasol
Congrats to Tinkoff and Oleg!

Think we did a good race, to be fair. But not easy for Pedersen to keep it together. Good with a 2nd place and some very good depth scoring, so hopefully that's a good sign for things to come!

Thanks for the report, Imladrik!
 
jaxika
Long time no see result bz Altur.

Thanks for the report, Imladrik and congats, Oleg!
 
knockout
Polanc with a strong start to the season. Definitely a good sign Grin
3rd is definitely appreciated. Not too happy with the depth performance behind him with especially Neilands finishing out of the top 50 spots. At least Kurianov and Eekhoff provide a tiny amount of additional depth scoring via top50.


Wisniowski with a shocker performance here while Sulimov is a big surprise to me.
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jandal7
Had hoped Pidcock could manage something like that at points during the cobbles season, hence why he's here, but this was yet another race where he shows me something new. The result is very good compared to projections, the fact it looked like he could pretty easily have done even better from that attack is just ridiculous. What a rider.

Vermeersch a little dissapointing but that evens out. If these two can keep doing fairly well to fight for Top 20-30 places together (and definitely in favour of more mid-range attacks) and keep the production up over cobbles season, then I'll be very happy with their work. Obviously the Roubaix-type races of insanely hard cobbles and no hills will be more of a struggle compared to a profile like today's, but I'm hopeful.

Thanks for the report Imladrik and congrats Oleg! Very likeable 2nd and 3rd as well today Smile
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5th is a good result by Anderberg! Hoping he can be consistent for such placings through all of the cobbles. If so, we can only be happy with him. For the minor points it feels unfortunate to have 4 riders in the group placing from 40th to 78th, but none of them inside the top 50 Pfft

Very surprising winner! Congratulations, Oleg. And with that 6th place as well, what a race for Tinkoff. Pedersen must feel he missed out there, and Polanc delivering a podium is also an amazing result for Evonik. Sad to see Wisniowski miss out on all the action. Bad positioning?

Thank you for the report, Imladrik!
 
baseballlover312
Top 3 favorite, but sent a guy in the break and didn't follow any moves or stay near the front. Same for Wisniowski. Makes sense.

Yeah, the season's over. I realize 10th wasn't outside the realm of possibility on paper, but we just can't afford basically any big underperformances like this, so that's that.
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Bikex
Tiller not really impressive as our team leader but the depth scoring will be good this race with 5 riders in the bottom half of the top 30. Congrats Oleg and thanks for the report!
 
redordead
I'll take that! Grin

I feel like Siric wasted too much energy. Of the riders ahead of him only Pedersen is a better sprinter so to finish last in that group is a bit disappointing. But I would've of course taken 7th place before the race, quite an improvement on 60th from last year. If Siric gets this type of AI treatment where he's up there with the big names then it should work out well more often than not. My fledgling group of helpers wasn't quite up to the task so he needs to ride smartly if that is to continue.

Congrats to Oleg, your guys really like this race!
And thanks to Imladrik for the report Smile

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DubbelDekker
Teunissen 14th is below expectation sadly. It does help that Malecki got 26th and Godon 33d, but we definitely didn't score enough.
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hello

Not a good race for us, 57th is far from the top 25 that we hoped for (too far, looking at many riders above Ulloa), and not even somebody in the breakaway. Thank you for the nice reporting as always, Imladrik Smile
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