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Frankfurt - Eschborn - Discussion
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 26-02-2025 10:09
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 Frankfurt - Eschborn (C1) - Preview
Welcome to Germany for the sixth edition of Frankfurt - Eschborn. A home race for several teams on the calendar and at the startline tomorrow, but so far none of the (primarily) German teams have been able to win it. No tea, no shade, just facts. No rider has won this race more than once, but Specialized were able to win the race twice. Whitejersey, this is your chance to become Mr. 50%. Or as they would say in Frankfurt, mein Herr 50 per Zent. Let's have a look at the profile.
It's a special race. Classified as flat, but the constant up and down in the first three quarters of the race always make sure the race stays a bit unpredictable. Sprinters have won here, but as our possible Mr. 50% can acknowledge with the wins of Kump and Dzamastagic, other type of riders also know how they can win here. Okay, first a look at the sprinters.
| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC |  |  Coquard Bryan | 73 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 84 | 83 |  |  Vesely Daniel | 73 | 60 | 68 | 74 | 68 | 81 | 80 |  |  Ahlstrand Jonas | 72 | 58 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 81 | 79 |  |  Enger Sondre Holst | 73 | 63 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 81 | 78 |  |  Liu Jiankun | 74 | 63 | 67 | 76 | 69 | 80 | 80 |  |  Aniolkowski Stanislaw | 76 | 62 | 66 | 76 | 74 | 80 | 79 |  |  Coutinho Lionel | 72 | 63 | 65 | 75 | 74 | 79 | 80 | |  Walscheid Maximilian | 73 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 79 | 79 | |  Willwohl Willi | 73 | 53 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 79 | 78 |  |  Contreras Emiliano | 72 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 80 | | Waersted Syver | 73 | 62 | 67 | 69 | 78 | 78 | 79 |  | Liepins Emils | 73 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 68 | 78 | 79 |  |  Page Dylan | 75 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 78 | 79 |  |  Losch Max | 73 | 52 | 65 | 72 | 68 | 78 | 79 |  |  Mareczko Jakub | 74 | 53 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 78 | 77 |  |  Stallaert Joeri | 76 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 67 | 78 | 75 | | Bertilsson Christian | 72 | 53 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 78 | 75 | | Degenkolb John | 70 | 55 | 63 | 64 | 62 | 78 | 72 | | Ackermann Pascal | 72 | 65 | 77 | 75 | 71 | 77 | 80 | | Wouters Enzo | 75 | 66 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 79 |
Coquard is the strongest sprinter by far, but not a superb climber. A batch of eight other guys with 80+ in either sprint or acceleration, of which Ackermann obviously stands out. The German with four other Tafjord teammates on this list, will be interesting to see how they play it. Ahlstrand the only other top sprinter with less than 60 mountain, but compared to most other sprinter the difference really isn't that big.
Aniolkowski, Page, Stallaert and Wouters the best rouleurs among the sprinters, whereas Coutinho is Specialized's sprinter card for their next Frankfurt win.
There are also some good rouleurs at the startlist.
| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC |  | Manamalage Nipuna Shira | 81 | 51 | 59 | 71 | 64 | 57 | 56 |  | Cherkasov Nicolay | 80 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 75 | | Suter Joel | 79 | 65 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 74 | | Andersen Idar | 78 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 68 | 69 |  | Mundle Benedikt | 78 | 58 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 58 | 67 |
These five really stand out. Cherkasov, Suter and Andersen could be extra dangerous as they can still be rather fresh as well with their versatility of skills on the flat, punching and climbing.
Speaking about puncheurs, there are some guys here that could perhaps make use of that slight uphill sector near the end with a sneaky attack as well. And the finish seems to be slightly uphill as well.
| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | |  Waeytens Zico | 69 | 70 | 79 | 70 | 68 | 65 | 71 |  | Watson Calvin | 70 | 65 | 78 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 72 | | Ackermann Pascal | 72 | 65 | 77 | 75 | 71 | 77 | 80 |  | Gladysh Roman | 72 | 70 | 77 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 76 |  | Cepeda Hernandez Jefferson | 70 | 75 | 77 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 74 | | Mager Christian | 70 | 74 | 77 | 68 | 70 | 60 | 71 |  | Nikiema Bachirou | 69 | 70 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 76 | | Zordan Andrea | 67 | 73 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 74 |  | Grossschartner Felix | 67 | 74 | 77 | 72 | 73 | 62 | 72 | | Gabburo Davide | 75 | 68 | 76 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 76 |  | McCormick Hayden | 70 | 66 | 76 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 73 |  |  Lopez Juan Pedro | 66 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 60 | 78 | | Lienhard Fabian | 73 | 66 | 75 | 77 | 72 | 73 | 76 | | Drizners Jarrad | 72 | 63 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 78 |  | Rumac Josip | 71 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 74 | 76 | | Arndt Nikias | 70 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 74 |  |  Norbert Andrew | 75 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 75 |
A lot of these riders are definitely hoping they can shine themselves instead of a pure sprinter or rouleur taking the win. Cervelo well represented in this list, CT in general actually. Several riders on here with a mix of both a good punch and decent sprint, or in the case like home rider Arndt, even a good climb in their legs. Good luck to everyone tomorrow, startlist in the spoiler below.
Spoiler  Verschaeve Viktor
Ryuki Uga
De Laat Jasper
McGill Scott
Kawasaki Miori
Itami Kenji
Yamada Takumi
Todome Yuhi
Stallaert Joeri
Feiereisen Kevin
Kuypers Gerben
Willems Jago
Verstrynge Emiel
Huby Antoine
Kulindwa Lameck Marco
Ben Ameur Hatem
Zordan Andrea
Waeytens Zico
McCormick Hayden
Grosser Aaron
Watson Calvin
Dobre Vlad-Nicolae
Magnusson Kim
Magnussen Davur
Vesely Daniel
Becis Armands
Dakteris Janis
De Lie Arnaud
Mikutis Aivaras
Kopfauf Markus
Kochetkov Mikhail
Raugala Gustas
Contreras Emiliano
Cepeda Hernandez Jefferson
Baska Erik
Chokri El Mehdi
Sagiv Guy
Andersen Idar
Mraouni Salah Eddine
Jurado Cristofer Robin
Arndt Nikias
Gabburo Davide
Lienhard Fabian
Losch Max
Grossschartner Felix
Degenkolb John
Bayer Tobias
Terada Yoshiki
Walscheid Maximilian
Rumac Josip
Koch Michel
Cherkasov Nicolay
Mathis Marco
Tesfom Sirak
Uhlig Henri
Teutenberg Tim Torn
Gamper Patrick
Mareczko Jakub
Covi Alessandro
Suter Joel
Verwilst Aaron
Biermans Jenthe
Van Den Bossche Fabio
Weemaes Sasha
Liu Jiankun
Wouters Enzo
Drizners Jarrad
Chatarunga Sameera
Vanbilsen Kenneth
Price-Pejtersen Johan
Fagundez Eric Antonio
Christen Fabio
Coquard Bryan
Rojas Henry Antonio
Jimenez Retana John
Huertas Jason
Arias Villanueva Sergio
Ruiz Bredio
Bulux Fredy Domingo
Ramirez Donovan
Ahlstrand Jonas
Matthews Darren
Jiang Zhihui
Sommer Jan
Gomez Fausto Agustin
Dressler Luca
Guavita Cesar David
Paleni Enzo
Lopez Juan Pedro
Mengoulas Alex
Debesay Yacob
Van Garderen Tejay
Abreu Jorge
Ivanov Viacheslav
Wallinder Willhelm
Norbert Andrew
Major Jay
Hopkins Kaden
Marte Jesus Roniel
White Connor
Forbes Nathaniel
Morris Berroa James
Delgado Gonzales Ricardo
Tivani German Nicolas
Muhindo Jimmy
Marcos Leandro
Orue German Anibal
Obando Bryan Raul
Lopez Harold Martin
Revelo Franklin Joel
Fisher-Black Finn
Nikiema Bachirou
Page Dylan
Smit Willie
Manfredi Andrea
Barbari Adel
Granigan Noah
Mundle Benedikt
De Comarmond Aurelien
Coutinho Lionel
Milan Jonathan
Medvedev Sergey
Svestad-Bardseng Embret
Malacarne Alex
Kench Josh
La Grenade Jeremie
Marsman Tim
Enger Sondre Holst
Ackermann Pascal
Waersted Syver
Liepins Emils
Manakov Viktor
Berger Hakon Frengstad
Bertilsson Christian
Nielsen Joanis Albert
Aniolkowski Stanislaw
Gladysh Roman
Manamalage Nipuna Shira
Varga Peter
Sitchinava Nika
Ponomar Andrii
Petrov Yordan
Fratczak Radoslaw
Willwohl Willi
Mager Christian
Reinhardt Theo
Predatsch Kevin
Heinrich Nicolas
Osborne Jason
Van Bekkum Darren
Andersen Kasper
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 26-02-2025 10:33
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Bonifazio was out of racedays, so we're here with Mareczko. He hasn't had the best season so far, so this his is chance to make up for that.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 26-02-2025 10:55
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I'm hopeful but not overly optimistic with Stallaert here. Would be nice to be in the breakaway with Kuypers or one of our youngsters, and then anything in the Top 15 range would be nice from Joeri. Good luck everyone and thanks for the preview Nemo!
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 26-02-2025 11:01
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Don't know if it was the right choice to bring Wouters and Liu together. Fingers crossed!
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 26-02-2025 16:31
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I'm only an interested viewer here, but in the best German tradition of correcting anything only slightly wrong (especially when non-native speakers make a tiny error no other non-native speaker would ever spot  ) I have to tell you that Mr. 50 % translates to Herr 50 Prozent, though I'm not sure at all how it would be in the rather obscure Hessian dialect.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 26-02-2025 22:00
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To be Frankfurt, we need a good result again
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| seancoll |
Posted on 26-02-2025 22:37
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Turtles? In Germany? Even I forgot they were headed this way
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| quadsas |
Posted on 27-02-2025 10:27
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Surely this time it's the easy win for Vesely
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| Caspi |
Posted on 27-02-2025 13:56
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Finally Page gets another chance to shine (without Zariff). Let's see if he can make anything of it - or perhaps Mundle or Nikiema are better suited for this race?
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| Blasing |
Posted on 27-02-2025 14:45
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This will be another dissapointing race for us. Most likely a sprint finish, so looking forward to our old man Degenkolb doing a dissapointing sprint in his home country!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-02-2025 16:39
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Not sure what we were doing there at the end, but at least we beat Coquard?
Thanks for the report KB!
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 27-02-2025 19:11
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Unfortunate, but neither unexpected nor unreasonable that Stallaert didn't manage to stay with the favorites. Good effort by loanees Huby and Kulindwa, I was briefly hoping to benefit from yet another surprising breakaway success, but it wasn't meant to be. Huge win for Babymetal though, congrats! And thanks for the report Imladrik!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 27-02-2025 20:15
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Satisfied with that result from Ahlstrand.
Thanks for the report Imladrik, thanks for posting kandesbunzler26, thanks for previewing Nemolito and congrats TheUlamog!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 27-02-2025 21:06
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Was trying to send a reply to the preview at first but the site being slow meant I didn't get around to doing that so first of all thanks for a great preview!
Given Coutinho's recent form I was not overly optimistic about his chances here but alas what a great result for us! A podium finish, but also a huge result for Babymetal, great ride!
Thanks for the report!
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| Caspi |
Posted on 28-02-2025 17:10
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11 points is decent - could have been better, could have been worse.
Congrats to Babymetal with the win 
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 01-03-2025 11:19
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Not what we hoped for by Enger, but at least it was a decent team performance so we get some more points with us.
On to the next one!
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 03-03-2025 10:08
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Thanks Imladrik for the report! 
Huge win for Babymetal, congrats mate! We're happy with 5th place from Liu. He's performing on a consistent level all season long.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 03-03-2025 10:12
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Thanks Imladrik for the report!
Huge win for Babymetal, congrats mate! We're happy with 5th place from Liu. He's performing on a consistent level all season long.
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