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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 20-11-2017 06:31
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The premier ITT event for the PT season is here. Most of the leading TT riders are here and it will be a close fought race for the finish. At >48 km, there is a very small chance of anyone who is not TT specialist to take the win here.
| Name | TT | RES |  | Coppel | 83 | 78 | | Fiedler | 83 | 76 |  | Phinney | 83 | 74 | | Zmorka | 82 | 75 |  | Keizer | 81 | 79 | | Vlatos | 81 | 71 |  | Durbridge | 81 | 74 |  | Ford | 81 | 64 |  | Kittel | 81 | 70 |  | Howson | 80 | 74 |  | Gonzalez Salas | 80 | 76 | | Nascimento | 80 | 75 |  | Sütterlin | 80 | 77 |  | Yatsevich | 80 | 81 |  | Schädlich | 80 | 71 |
Coppel, Fiedler (Porto - Prio) and Phinney are the top favourites for the win. It is very difficult to separate them in terms of TT ability.
The next set of contenders are Zmorka (Porto - Prio), Keizer, Durbridge and Vlatos. They are quite capable of winning this themselves.
Ford and Kittel also possess the TT ability to make a mark. Their lower RES stat may hurt them over the long distance.
I will put my money on Sutterlin and Yatsevich pulling off a surprise result. Maybe not a win, but a top 5 could be possible for them.
The remaining contenders are mentioned in the table above.
Spoiler | Last Name | First Name | Team | | Keizer | Martijn | Aegon - Lavazza | | Boom | Lars | Aegon - Lavazza | | Dumoulin | Tom | Aegon - Lavazza | | Laengen | Vegard Stake | Aker - MOT | | Cancellara | Fabian | Aker - MOT | | Vangstad | Andreas | Aker - MOT | | Gallopin | Tony | Ayubowan! | | Rajapakshage | Tushantha | Ayubowan! | | Predatsch | Kevin | Ayubowan! | | Howson | Damien | eBuddy | | Walsleben | Philipp | eBuddy | | Lammertink | Steven | eBuddy | | Liepins | Emils | Evonik - ELKO | | Sergis | Kaspars | Evonik - ELKO | | Neilands | Krists | Evonik - ELKO | | Coppel | Jerome | Festina - Dexia | | Vlatos | Panagiotis | Festina - Dexia | | Stocker | Manuel | Festina - Dexia | | Bibby | Ian | Gazelle | | Kangert | Tanel | Gazelle | | Koren | Kristjan | Gazelle | | Gonzalez Salas | Mario | Hugo Boss | | AramendÃa | Javier | Hugo Boss | | Ligthart | Pim | Hugo Boss | | Bagdonas | Gediminas | Iberia - Team Degenkolb | | Burke | Steven | Iberia - Team Degenkolb | | Soler | Marc | Iberia - Team Degenkolb | | Durbridge | Luke | Jayco - Cobra9 | | Hepburn | Michael | Jayco - Cobra9 | | Olman | Miles | Jayco - Cobra9 | | Gough | Westley | Moser - Sygic | | Danacik | Jakub | Moser - Sygic | | Turek | Daniel | Moser - Sygic | | Golovash | Oleksandr | Nemiroff - ABBYY | | Gruzdev | Dmitriy | Nemiroff - ABBYY | | Kochetkov | Mikhail | Nemiroff - ABBYY | | Bernas | Pawel | Netia - Vónin | | Pedersen | Mads | Netia - Vónin | | Kanepejs | Deins | Netia - Vónin | | Ford | Michael | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | | Tarvis | Peeter | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | | Jiang | Zhihui | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | | Dees | Tim | Pendleton's | | Downey | Sean | Pendleton's | | Cheung | King Lok | Pendleton's | | Fiedler | Jacob | Porto - Prio | | Zmorka | Marlen | Porto - Prio | | Nascimento | Rodrigo | Porto - Prio | | Seboka | Matala | Project: Africa | | Gebrezgabihier | Amanuel | Project: Africa | | Phinney | Taylor | RBC Pro Cycling | | Cataford | Alexandor | RBC Pro Cycling | | Brown | Nathan | RBC Pro Cycling | | Haugard | Phan Age | Spotify - Haglöfs | | Johansson | Freddy | Spotify - Haglöfs | | Stenersen | Sten | Spotify - Haglöfs | | Hansen | Lasse Norman | Strava | | Eyob | Mektel | Strava | | De Backer | Bert | Strava | | Sütterlin | Jasha | Team Puma - SAP | | Van Baarle | Dylan | Team Puma - SAP | | Stüssi | Colin | Team Puma - SAP | | Yatsevich | Kiril | Tinkoff Sport Academy | | Malori | Adrian | Tinkoff Sport Academy | | Vorobev | Anton | Tinkoff Sport Academy | | Kittel | Marcel | Vesuvio - Accumalux | | Jungels | Bob | Vesuvio - Accumalux | | Carsi | Mustafa | Vesuvio - Accumalux | | Schädlich | Lucas | Wiesenhof - Andritz | | Borisavljevic | Milos | Wiesenhof - Andritz | | Muhlberger | Gregor | Wiesenhof - Andritz |
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-11-2017 06:48
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One of our key races of the season. We need a podium and a top 10.
Coppel have the best (IMO) skillset, but very rarely beats Phinney (especially) and Fiedler in the longer TTs. Vlatos can go anywhere from 5-15th
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 20-11-2017 07:20
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Hard to say who the best time trialist is at Tinkoff at the moment, just hope at least two of them have a good daily form.
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| knockout |
Posted on 20-11-2017 07:59
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 20-11-2017 08:03
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Am kinda interested in seeing how my recently maxed youngsters can compare to the PT top. Golovash and Kochetkov Both are not top quality, but on a good day Golovash may do well, just like he did in Qatar. Fat old Gruzdev Will do nothing though....
On a side note, can we please slow things down just a bit? I genuinly am struggling to keep up....
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 20-11-2017 08:09
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We should try to kick off this month with a good result. Obviously, it's all about daily form. Please, Durbo, please do better than your Qatar outing.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 20-11-2017 08:44
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Haugard just outside the favorite list I guess, so a Top 20 should be doable. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 20-11-2017 09:28
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Time to pray to the daily form gods.
Hoping for Sütterlin to crack the Top 10 here after a disappointing Qatar, or at least ending up not far away from them. We can use any points on Aker and Evonik that we can get.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 20-11-2017 10:50
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Will be interesting to see what Ford pulls off here. With the PCM AI he'll probably end up either winning or about 30th.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 20-11-2017 12:44
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I'd love to win this, but would rather have Zmorka and Fiedler in the top5 if the choice was given to me.
Although it wouldn't hurt to get both of those goals simultaneosly 
fjhoekie wrote:
On a side note, can we please slow things down just a bit? I genuinly am struggling to keep up....
In all these years of MG I don't remember anyone ever asking the reporters to slow down the cadence of races. This just shows the amazing work you guys have been doing since the start of the season! Thanks to all of you guys!
That said, I wouldn't mind inserting one or two days of respite now and again too
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-11-2017 13:09
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I think this is, by far, the best season in the history of the game. Smooth delivery, quality reports. I would be sad to see it slow down again.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 20-11-2017 13:42
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Phinney to win this one please  I'm super confident with him only losing one Flat TT the last Season now and I fully expect another win here! |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 20-11-2017 15:58
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A bit of fun and a bit of XP grabbing for us. The most important goal is to crush Evonik, especially to prove that we are the superior Latvian representatives with Kanepejs.
Otherwise Bernas also misses out on Bongo to get some important experience and Pedersen gets a taste of PT racing. 
Thanks for the preview Abhishek, looking forward to the race!
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| ember |
Posted on 20-11-2017 16:22
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It's one of those races with no expectations, simply because we don't have a time trialist. Hopefully we can get some historical points for bringing Cancellara
Coppel must be the obvious favourite, but he should be challenged by especially Fiedler. Then there's Phinney too, but looking at previous racing, Coppel often seems to get the better of the American.
cio93 wrote:
Hoping for Sütterlin to crack the Top 10 here after a disappointing Qatar, or at least ending up not far away from them. We can use any points on Aker and Evonik that we can get.
If you're talking in a season long perspective here, I can assure you that you've got nothing to fear from my team, seeing how Beltran insists underperforming. It means we're left with a decent cobbler, and at best average sprinters and stage racers Would have needed an average puncheur in that mix to challenge for a top 6. As the season has started, I'll be very, very happy if we can break into the top 10, but around 12th-15th feels more likely.
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-11-2017 16:36
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If you look at last season I Think it's 3/1 Phinney and 2/2 Fiedler.
I dont remember Fiedler beating Phinney, so I have the american as the major favorite. Didn't he also win last year?
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 20-11-2017 17:03
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SotD wrote:
If you look at last season I Think it's 3/1 Phinney and 2/2 Fiedler.
I dont remember Fiedler beating Phinney, so I have the american as the major favorite. Didn't he also win last year?
Yeah the only time Coppel beat Phinney in this version of PCM is Tour de France Prologue last year I think it's 5-1 including the Worlds this last year both in the Czech race and the last tdf TT |
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| ember |
Posted on 20-11-2017 19:34
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Ah, right. I got it the other way around for some reason. Then Phinney obviously has to be the favourite |
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 20-11-2017 19:35
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If those slight bumps in the profile play a role, we might get a top 10 here. Otherwise I don't expect much.
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| knockout |
Posted on 20-11-2017 19:37
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trekbmc wrote:
A bit of fun and a bit of XP grabbing for us. The most important goal is to crush Evonik, especially to prove that we are the superior Latvian representatives with Kanepejs.
You're clearly setting yourself some pretty high goals. I'll follow the trend and dare to say: My goal is to get a top 150 finish here.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 21-11-2017 08:47
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This is so bad I could cry.. Durbridge with another bad day in a key stage/race. His result is a joke for our expectations here. I can hardly remember an ITT in which we overperformed or at least perform on par with our expectations. The new month starts as bad as the last went. Now to fail at Pais Vasco, and I will cry like they do at Isostar.
Porto though.. congrats to all who did better than they had hoped for. And thanks for the report.
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