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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 08-11-2023 07:32
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 [PTM] Milano - San Remo
Race report by Imladrik
| Year | Winner | | | | | | | | | | | | 2022 | Mads Pedersen (Grieg-Maersk) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | Danny Summerhill (Amaysim Cervélo) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2020 | John Degenkolb (ISA - Hexacta) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Air France - KLM) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | Nick Van der Lijke (EA Vesuvio) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2017 | Michael Van Stayen (Evonik – ELKO) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2016 | Sam Bewley (Becherovka - Petrof) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | Sam Bewley (Becherovka - Petrof) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2014 | Riccardo Ricco (Festina-Canal+) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | Tom Boonen (Pokerstars.com) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Mads Pedersen | Grieg-Maersk | - | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Alexander Sulimov | Tinkoff - La Datcha Team | s.t. | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Artem Nych | Polar | s.t. | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Bryan Coquard | ELCO - ABEA | s.t. | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Fernando Gaviria | Isostar - Specialized | s.t. | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Eduard Grosu | Huski Chocolate | s.t. | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Matti Manninen | Los Pollos Hermanos | s.t. | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Tosh Van der Sande | Duolingo | s.t. | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Dylan Groenewegen | Aegon - Peroni | s.t. | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Nick Van der Lijke | EA Vesuvio | s.t. | | | | | | | | |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RC | SP | AC | DH | Team |  Gaviria | Fernando | COL | 29 | 76 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 83 | 84 | 71 | Moser - Sygic |  Coquard | Bryan | FRA | 31 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 84 | 83 | 65 | ELCO - ABEA |  Philipsen | Jasper | BEL | 25 | 74 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 81 | 80 | 62 | Polar |  Pedersen | Mads | DEN | 28 | 77 | 69 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 77 | 71 | Grieg-Maersk |  Demare | Arnaud | FRA | 32 | 73 | 80 | 75 | 72 | 82 | 81 | 63 | Tryg - Gobik |  Grosu | Eduard | ROM | 31 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 83 | 80 | 70 | Rabobank |  Ewan | Caleb | AUS | 29 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 83 | 81 | 71 | ISA - Hexacta |  Van der Lijke | Nick | NED | 32 | 73 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 82 | 79 | 63 | EA Vesuvio |  Groenewegen | Dylan | NED | 30 | 73 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 82 | 81 | 64 | Fastned |  Ahlstrand | Jonas | SWD | 33 | 73 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 82 | 81 | 63 | Minions |  Enger | Sondre Holst | NOR | 30 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 81 | 78 | 68 | Cedevita |
Let's look at all participating teams in detail:
| | | | | | | | | | | |  Aker - MOT | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Andersen | Soren Kragh | DEN | 29 | 81 | 65 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 71 | | | Ariesen | Tim | NED | 29 | 75 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 65 | | | Bolor-Erdene | Enkhtaivan | MGL | 28 | 77 | 66 | 71 | 77 | 65 | 73 | 71 | | | Gabburo | Davide | ITA | 30 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 76 | 65 | | | Mohoric | Matej | SLO | 29 | 72 | 83 | 78 | 72 | 67 | 77 | 79 | | | Suter | Joel | SWI | 25 | 77 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 72 | 71 | | | Swift | Connor | GBR | 28 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 69 | 72 | 68 | | | Wisniowski | Lukasz | POL | 32 | 80 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 76 | 73 | |
★★☆☆☆
SKA will hope to keep up with his excellent form recently. He already finished 3th here in 2020. SKA and Mohoric are looking to be agressive in the final to tire the sprinters.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  Amaysim Australia.com | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Christensen | Ryan | NZL | 27 | 78 | 70 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 65 | 76 | | | Christian | Mark | GBR | 33 | 72 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 70 | | | Culey | Marcus | AUS | 30 | 79 | 65 | 77 | 76 | 66 | 70 | 67 | | | McCarthy | Jay | AUS | 31 | 70 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 74 | 71 | | | Miller | Nick | NZL | 32 | 70 | 73 | 67 | 74 | 57 | 67 | 71 | | | Storer | Michael | AUS | 26 | 70 | 78 | 72 | 73 | 64 | 74 | 66 | | | Sweeny | Harry | AUS | 25 | 78 | 71 | 67 | 76 | 69 | 71 | 66 | | | Wohler | Alex | AUS | 31 | 77 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 60 | |
★☆☆☆☆
Danny Summerhill won the 2021 edition for Amaysim. This year they are counting on Jay McCarthy as leader. The Australians desperately need to avoid a bunch sprint.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  Binance | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Benito | Miguel Angel | ESP | 30 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 56 | 61 | 62 | | | Carsi | Mustafa | TUR | 31 | 70 | 55 | 66 | 69 | 80 | 82 | 68 | | | Kwiatkowski | Michal | POL | 33 | 71 | 80 | 73 | 75 | 66 | 74 | 68 | | | Oliveira | Rui | POR | 27 | 70 | 76 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 67 | | | Paulinho | Pedro Miguel | POR | 33 | 66 | 79 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 73 | 61 | | | Perez | Anthony | FRA | 32 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 67 | | | Sagan | Peter | SVK | 33 | 71 | 82 | 77 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 77 | | | Yudha | Muhammad | INA | 24 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 73 | 68 | |
★★☆☆☆
Peter Sagan is hoping to do better than his 9th spot in 2021, this season he already won a stage in Paris-Nice. Carsi lacks the necessary skills to get over the Cipressa and Poggio.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  Carlsberg - Danske Bank | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Forssell | Hugo | SWD | 24 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 67 | | | Juul-Jensen | Christopher | DEN | 34 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 74 | 66 | | | Kragh Andersen | Asbjorn | DEN | 31 | 77 | 64 | 70 | 74 | 81 | 77 | 61 | | | Krigbaum | Mathias | DEN | 28 | 76 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 65 | 64 | 69 | | | Per | David | SLO | 28 | 79 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 72 | | | Rojas | Henry Antonio | NCA | 24 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 67 | 74 | 70 | | | Sulvaran | Gyasi | CUR | 29 | 72 | 75 | 69 | 77 | 66 | 74 | 67 | | | Sureda | Jaume | ESP | 27 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 77 | 79 | 65 | |
★★☆☆☆
Carlsberg-Danske Bank has brought homegrown Asbjorn Kragh Andersen as their leader. He won the opening stage in Paris-Nice this year.
Sondre Holst Enger winning back to back in Tirreno-Adriatico
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Cedevita | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Enger | Sondre Holst | NOR | 30 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 81 | 78 | 68 | | | Govekar | Matevz | SLO | 23 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 74 | 70 | | | Groselj | Matic | SLO | 27 | 78 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 73 | 72 | 70 | | | Poljanec | Miha | SLO | 28 | 77 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 73 | | | Siric | Ivan | BIH | 25 | 78 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 75 | | | Stojnic | Veljko | SER | 24 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 67 | 69 | 65 | | | Svab | Jernej | SLO | 28 | 70 | 76 | 70 | 72 | 67 | 78 | 68 | | | Wright | Fred | GBR | 24 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 66 | |
★★☆☆☆
Sondre Holst Enger is in excellent form, winning back to back in Tirreno-Adriatico.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  cycleYorkshire | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Albanese | Vincenzo | ITA | 27 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 71 | | | Ballerini | Davide | ITA | 29 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 80 | 72 | | | Buttigieg | Aidan | MLT | 26 | 72 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 65 | 68 | 70 | | | Cullaigh | Gabriel | GBR | 27 | 74 | 67 | 73 | 70 | 80 | 81 | 68 | | | Hansen | Lasse Norman | DEN | 31 | 77 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 80 | 67 | | | Norbert | Andrew | LCA | 25 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 69 | | | Yates | Simon | GBR | 31 | 74 | 81 | 77 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 64 | | | Zukowsky | Nickolas | CAN | 25 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 67 | |
★★☆☆☆
Gabriel Cullaigh and Simon Yates are destined to be the leaders of cycleYorkshire. Although their best results here are 12th and 14th respectively.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | EA Vesuvio | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Alaphilippe | Julian | FRA | 31 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 69 | 77 | 77 | 73 | | | Bax | Sjoerd | NED | 27 | 71 | 77 | 77 | 73 | 65 | 68 | 73 | | | Geniets | Kevin | LUX | 26 | 74 | 78 | 75 | 77 | 62 | 69 | 69 | | | Gunnlaugsson | Kristofer | ISL | 28 | 77 | 65 | 73 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 60 | | | Pelikan | Janos | HUN | 28 | 75 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 61 | 69 | 63 | | | Smit | Willie | RSA | 31 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 74 | 67 | | | Van der Lijke | Nick | NED | 32 | 73 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 82 | 79 | 63 | | | Wirtgen | Luc | LUX | 25 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 68 | 69 | |
★★★☆☆
EA Vesuvio has Nick Van der Lijke in their squad, winning in 2018 and finishing 3 times in the top 10 in 2019, 2020 and 2022. He already won the Great Ocean Road Classic this season.
Bryan Coquard winning in Paris-Nice
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ELCO - ABEA | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Bester | Shaun Nick | RSA | 32 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 69 | | | Bouglas | Georgios | GRE | 33 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 77 | 76 | 66 | | | Boutopoulos | Georgios | GRE | 27 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 77 | 73 | | | Coquard | Bryan | FRA | 31 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 84 | 83 | 65 | | | Kastrantas | Charalampas | GRE | 32 | 73 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 62 | 73 | 78 | | | Koretzky | Clement | FRA | 33 | 72 | 80 | 75 | 68 | 70 | 77 | 69 | | | Koumpetsos | Anastasios | GRE | 28 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 71 | | | Soulious | Zisis | GRE | 27 | 69 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 78 | 76 | |
★★★★★
Bryan Coquard hopes to finally get on the podium, as he finished 4th in 2020 and 2022. He won the last stage of Paris-Nice in the build up.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  Evonik - ELKO | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Ansons | Kristers | LAT | 24 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 68 | | | Battistella | Samuele | ITA | 25 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 76 | 67 | 69 | 67 | | | Januskevicius | Mantas | LTU | 24 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 68 | 72 | 69 | | | Kurianov | Stepan | RUS | 27 | 79 | 65 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 70 | | | Neilands | Krists | LAT | 29 | 77 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 71 | | | Polanc | Jan | SLO | 31 | 72 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 67 | 75 | 71 | | | Van der Haar | Lars | NED | 32 | 77 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 78 | | | Visser | Louis | RSA | 25 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 68 | |
★☆☆☆☆
Evonik had a good track record here with Van Stayen in the past. This year I don't see a finisher in their ranks.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Fastned | PCT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Bovenhuis | Jasper | NED | 32 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 62 | 68 | 65 | | | De Kleijn | Arvid | NED | 29 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 64 | | | Groenewegen | Dylan | NED | 30 | 73 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 82 | 81 | 64 | | | Matthews | Michael | AUS | 33 | 75 | 64 | 70 | 65 | 78 | 77 | 63 | | | Robeet | Ludovic | BEL | 29 | 76 | 67 | 72 | 75 | 67 | 69 | 69 | | | Van der Hoorn | Taco | NED | 30 | 75 | 70 | 76 | 69 | 56 | 66 | 66 | | | Van Hooydonck | Nathan | BEL | 28 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 61 | 72 | 67 | | | Vansevenant | Mauri | BEL | 24 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 69 | 78 | 70 | |
★★★☆☆
Dylan Groenewegen already had success winning the Down Under Classic. Maybe he can surprise at PT level?
| | | | | | | | | | | |  Gazelle | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Bernard | Julien | FRA | 31 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 67 | | | Godon | Dorian | FRA | 27 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 70 | 73 | 68 | | | Lander | Sebastian | DEN | 32 | 77 | 69 | 77 | 72 | 79 | 77 | 59 | | | Lutsenko | Alexey | KAZ | 31 | 69 | 83 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 81 | 70 | | | Malecki | Kamil | POL | 27 | 73 | 76 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 76 | 72 | | | Mundle | Benedikt | LIE | 32 | 79 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 59 | 69 | 72 | | | Peters | Nans | FRA | 29 | 73 | 76 | 72 | 76 | 66 | 69 | 69 | | | Teunissen | Mike | NED | 31 | 76 | 67 | 77 | 73 | 67 | 69 | 79 | |
★★☆☆☆
Alexey Lutsenko is an excellent puncheur, but doesn't really perform at MSR (21st his best at 2020). Lander is the man for the bunch sprint.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Grieg-Maersk | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | De Gendt | Aime | BEL | 29 | 76 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 65 | 69 | 66 | | | Jansen | Amund Grondahl | NOR | 29 | 72 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 70 | 65 | | | Larsen | Niklas | DEN | 26 | 77 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 66 | | | Pedersen | Mads | DEN | 28 | 77 | 69 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 77 | 71 | | | Ssabagwanya | Samuel | UGA | 29 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 75 | 60 | 77 | 72 | | | Tiller | Rasmus | NOR | 27 | 74 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 70 | | | Van Gestel | Dries | BEL | 29 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 70 | 67 | | | Würtz | Mads | DEN | 29 | 77 | 71 | 78 | 78 | 66 | 70 | 72 | |
★★★★☆
All eyes again on last year's winner Mads Pedersen.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ISA - Hexacta | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Baska | Erik | SVK | 29 | 76 | 67 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 61 | | | Ewan | Caleb | AUS | 29 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 83 | 81 | 71 | | | Jurado | Cristofer Robin | PAN | 28 | 75 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 66 | | | Mraouni | Salah Eddine | MOR | 31 | 77 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 64 | | | Paez | Andres | ARG | 28 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 65 | | | Sagiv | Guy | ISR | 29 | 77 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 71 | | | Santos | Emerson | BRA | 32 | 76 | 64 | 71 | 72 | 78 | 78 | 67 | | | Vakoc | Petr | CZE | 31 | 71 | 81 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 66 | |
★★★★☆
Another big favorite in Caleb Ewan, who has second here in 2020. Vakoc is the man to follow any attacks on the Poggio.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  King Power | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Chiu | Ho San | HKG | 28 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 68 | | | Ferreira | Ricardo | POR | 31 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 71 | | | Gidich | Yevgeniy | KAZ | 27 | 72 | 83 | 78 | 77 | 62 | 75 | 68 | | | Granigan | Noah | USA | 27 | 72 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 64 | | | Hecht | Gage | USA | 25 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 67 | 71 | 69 | | | Menten | Milan | BEL | 27 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 68 | 68 | 57 | | | Quita | Ronnilan | PHI | 28 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 74 | 72 | | | Vanthourenhout | Michael | BEL | 30 | 75 | 68 | 68 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 73 | |
★☆☆☆☆
King Power needs to be agressive at the hills to avoid any kind of sprint.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  Lidl Cycling | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | De Bie | Sean | BEL | 32 | 73 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 65 | | | Dekker | David | NED | 25 | 75 | 65 | 79 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 64 | | | Kemboi | Salem | KEN | 28 | 78 | 64 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 68 | | | Lyu | Xianjing | CHN | 25 | 66 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 63 | 73 | 74 | | | Phonarjthan | Patompob | THA | 26 | 68 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 66 | | | Salzmann | Jodok | AUT | 28 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 67 | 71 | 69 | | | Stewart | Jake | GBR | 24 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 67 | | | Vermeersch | Gianni | BEL | 31 | 77 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 74 | 72 | 78 | |
★★☆☆☆
Salem Kemboi will be the trump card for Lidl Cycling when there's a bunch sprint. Sean De Bie is the man for the punch.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Minions | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Ahlstrand | Jonas | SWD | 33 | 73 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 82 | 81 | 63 | | | Alexander | Nathan | TRI | 25 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 61 | 67 | 68 | | | Barbier | Rudy | FRA | 31 | 75 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 77 | 79 | 64 | | | Dakteris | Janis | LAT | 32 | 75 | 64 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 77 | 61 | | | Hodeg | Alvaro | COL | 27 | 72 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 64 | | | Kinoshita | Tomohiro | JPN | 32 | 73 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 68 | 77 | 71 | | | Marcos | Leandro | CUB | 32 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 64 | | | Quintana | Dayer | COL | 31 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 61 | 63 | 64 | |
★★☆☆☆
Minions picked up Jonas Ahlstrand in the offseason. The Swedish sprinter was 7th here in 2020.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  MOL Cycling Team | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Ardila | Andres Camilo | COL | 24 | 66 | 78 | 68 | 69 | 62 | 73 | 66 | | | Chavanne | Gabriel | SWI | 31 | 75 | 64 | 71 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 67 | | | Dina | Marton | HUN | 27 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 76 | 65 | | | Filutas | Viktor | HUN | 27 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 69 | 65 | 74 | 69 | | | Kolev | Yoan | BUL | 24 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 61 | 66 | 63 | | | Majoral | Jordi | AND | 26 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 63 | 68 | 71 | | | Moricz | Daniel | HUN | 27 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 64 | 65 | | | Rivera | Kevin | CRC | 25 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 60 | 71 | 69 | |
★☆☆☆☆
No Phinney here to dominate for MOL. They will be looking to gain experience for their youngsters and a breakaway appearance.
Fernando Gaviria winning in Qatar
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Moser - Sygic | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Bonnamour | Franck | FRA | 28 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 74 | 68 | | | Boros | Michael | CZE | 31 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 69 | 64 | 66 | 78 | | | Cerny | Josef | CZE | 30 | 71 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 66 | | | Gaviria | Fernando | COL | 29 | 76 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 83 | 84 | 71 | | | Neuman | Dominik | CZE | 28 | 71 | 76 | 69 | 74 | 69 | 77 | 71 | | | Nommela | Aksel | EST | 29 | 70 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 67 | | | Salazar | John | PHI | 25 | 74 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 68 | | | Toupalik | Adam | CZE | 27 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 65 | 70 | 74 | |
★★★★★
Moser-Sygic counts on Fernando Gaviria to shine. In Qatar he celebrated his first win of the season. Best MSR result was 5th in 2022.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Polar | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Barthe | Cyril | FRA | 27 | 73 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 76 | 69 | | | Becis | Armands | LAT | 32 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 65 | | | Brockhoff | Jan | GER | 29 | 79 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 62 | 73 | 68 | | | Garcia Cortina | Ivan | ESP | 28 | 76 | 66 | 76 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 73 | | | Le Roux | Romain | FRA | 31 | 71 | 77 | 74 | 71 | 65 | 72 | 66 | | | Nych | Artem | RUS | 28 | 78 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 76 | 74 | | | Philipsen | Jasper | BEL | 25 | 74 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 81 | 80 | 62 | | | Postlberger | Lukas | AUT | 31 | 73 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 61 | |
★★★★☆
Jasper Philipsen is in excellent form, winning GC in Qatar and a stage in Paris-Nice. Can he lead Polar to a monument win?
Eduard Grosu winning in Qatar
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Rabobank | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Bloem | Joren | NED | 24 | 72 | 67 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 67 | 60 | | | Evenepoel | Remco | BEL | 23 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 64 | 70 | 66 | | | Gerts | Floris | NED | 31 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 80 | 72 | 70 | 67 | | | Grosu | Eduard | ROM | 31 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 83 | 80 | 70 | | | Hellemose | Asbjorn | DEN | 24 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 62 | 67 | 69 | | | Hofstede | Lennard | NED | 29 | 70 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 74 | 71 | | | Pedersen | Casper | DEN | 27 | 76 | 67 | 73 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 69 | | | Vader | Milan | NED | 27 | 73 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 61 | 65 | 67 | |
★★★★☆
Eduard Grosu also opened his win account in Qatar. The Romanian finally hopes to win the main prize, after finishing 4th, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 6th here in San Remo.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  Team Puma - SAP | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Brändle | Matthias | AUT | 34 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 57 | 64 | 65 | | | Ganna | Filippo | ITA | 27 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 81 | 69 | 73 | 74 | | | Kanter | Max | GER | 26 | 75 | 67 | 75 | 73 | 81 | 80 | 71 | | | Meiler | Lukas | GER | 28 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 71 | 66 | | | Nieuwenhuis | Joris | NED | 27 | 77 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 76 | | | O'Brien | Kelland | AUS | 25 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 64 | 69 | 66 | | | Rutsch | Jonas | GER | 25 | 77 | 68 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 69 | | | Steimle | Jannik | GER | 27 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 78 | 80 | 62 | |
★★☆☆☆
Max Kanter is an outsider for the bunch sprint.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  Tinkoff - La Datcha Team | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Chernetskiy | Sergey | RUS | 33 | 69 | 78 | 79 | 68 | 62 | 70 | 63 | | | Kamyshev | Arman | KAZ | 32 | 77 | 65 | 81 | 75 | 66 | 60 | 68 | | | Samolenkov | Artem | RUS | 30 | 74 | 64 | 75 | 71 | 81 | 79 | 70 | | | Senechal | Florian | FRA | 30 | 75 | 67 | 79 | 74 | 69 | 74 | 71 | | | Skujins | Toms | LAT | 32 | 70 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 68 | 76 | 66 | | | Strakhov | Dmitry | RUS | 28 | 69 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 61 | 70 | 67 | | | Sulimov | Alexander | RUS | 31 | 73 | 70 | 77 | 71 | 65 | 71 | 75 | | | Trakhov | Dmitry | RUS | 28 | 68 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 69 | 75 | 69 | |
★★☆☆☆
Just like Kanter above, Samolenkov is an outsider for the bunch sprint. He finished 10th in 2020.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Tryg - Gobik | PCT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Demare | Arnaud | FRA | 32 | 73 | 80 | 75 | 72 | 82 | 81 | 63 | | | Iversen | Rasmus | DEN | 26 | 74 | 65 | 69 | 71 | 62 | 64 | 64 | | | Kaloniatis | Georgios | GRE | 24 | 70 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 69 | 68 | | | Kump | Marko | SLO | 35 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 77 | 74 | 69 | | | Nyoni | Similo | SWZ | 28 | 69 | 61 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 64 | | | Seibeb | Costa | NAM | 31 | 71 | 76 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 73 | 59 | | | Sleen | Torjus | NOR | 26 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 63 | 69 | 64 | | | Summerhill | Danny | USA | 34 | 76 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 71 | |
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PCT team Tryg - Gobik acquired Arnaud Demare in the offseason and they are targeting MSR for a good reason. Demare won GC and points at Tour Down Under.
| | | | | | | | | | | |  ZARA - Irizar | PT |
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | DH | | | Castrillo | Jaime | ESP | 27 | 77 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 73 | 67 | | | Cosnefroy | Benoit | FRA | 28 | 76 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 69 | 69 | 74 | | | De La Cruz Chapulin | Luis Fernando | MEX | 23 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 67 | 73 | 67 | | | Hofstetter | Hugo | FRA | 29 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 68 | | | Jakobsen | Fabio | NED | 27 | 74 | 67 | 75 | 73 | 80 | 80 | 68 | | | Ovsyannikov | Alexandr | KAZ | 26 | 74 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 78 | 73 | | | Thomas | Benjamin | FRA | 28 | 73 | 66 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 79 | 66 | | | Vandevelde | Yentl | BEL | 23 | 71 | 63 | 68 | 69 | 62 | 65 | 65 | |
★★☆☆☆
Newly promoted ZARA - Irizar has Fabio Jakobsen in their ranks, who won a bunch sprint in Qatar. Can he surprise here?
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Posted on 08-11-2023 09:18
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Expectations: Perfectly executed race, brilliant train for Coquard - Blocked in the end, ending up 16th.
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| redordead |
Posted on 08-11-2023 09:21
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I don't have big expectations here, but I'm hoping we still come away with a solid points total with Enger and/or the rouleurs.
Thanks for the preview.
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Posted on 08-11-2023 11:46
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Thank you for a massive preview! Loved reading about every team 
I do have expectations here, definitely. Kragh must be a solid outsider here, and he should do a top 10 whatever way the race plays out, I think. The only negative I can see, is Mohoric coming in his way positioning wise on the Poggio, but that has always been okay previously, combined with puncheurs also previously being not prioritized on Poggio. Really hope we'll be in contention for the win, that's what matters, and then it can be anything from 1st to 20th, I suspect  |
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Posted on 08-11-2023 15:20
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Let's gooo Fernando and free Per!
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Posted on 08-11-2023 16:22
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Given how the game has been playing so far this year, I can't imagine that the puncheurs will have their day here, but maybe I'm wrong. If it does end up being a flatter style of racing, we have both sprint (AKA) and late attack (Per) options. Neither are favorites in their disciplines, and I can't expect anything big, but if one gets into the top 15 and the other is in the top 25-30, I think that would be a pretty successful race. And maybe we'll get lucky and get more - these monument points would be pretty nice.
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Posted on 08-11-2023 16:26
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As an outsider I hope Coquard can make up for a bad start of the season 
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Posted on 08-11-2023 16:49
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Ahlstrand for the sprint and Kinoshita for the surprise, covering both bases. Our monument debut might be the moment we pick things up again.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 08-11-2023 20:11
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The first time here without Demare in ages (and having had Bennati before, the first time without a favorite since literally ever)...
Truly impossible to predict where we can go with this squad now. Kanter could be an outsider for a good result indeed as the (amazing) in-depth preview noted, alternatively maybe Ganna now gets some freedom for a SKA-esque attacking effort.
Keeping my fingers crossed that we can get something out of this, and even more so that Arnaud can possibly get even more out of it than with us!
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Posted on 08-11-2023 20:40
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Was a tough choice for me whether to send Lopez here or not. Decided against it because i figured the three day stage races would provide a better chance to score big. That part was apparently not so successful so im kinda hoping that the puncheurs dont run away with it to avoid the regret.
I actually feel like Kurianov could be a solid leader for us here. Lets see what he can do...
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Posted on 09-11-2023 07:25
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Thank you for the detailed and comprehensive preview! Jakobsen going to be stretched to get a Top 10 result here but hopefully he can over perform. Cosnefroy may also come up with a late attack and try his luck that way too.
Good luck all 
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| redordead |
Posted on 09-11-2023 08:04
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With all the weird (bad) AI in flat stage races, this seemed pretty good. Puncheurs tried to distance the sprinters on the Poggio, but maybe similar to Paris-Nice the climb isn't hard enough and this is classified as a flat race. They still scored some decent results with their attacking riding. In the end three pretty big favourites finished on the podium
I'm obviously super happy with Enger. I don't need depth scoring if he's going to finish 4th. In the 5 years before I can't recall having as much success with sprinters as I've had early on this season, so I'm definitely getting the luck at the moment
Sondre Holst Enger is in excellent form, winning back to back in Tirreno-Adriatico.
Maybe Enger really likes racing in Italy. He's going to the Giro also 
Thanks for the report Imladrik
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 09-11-2023 08:43
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Plenty of guys in orange around Grosu on Cipressa, but he was all alone on Poggio.
He loooked to be in a great position under the flamme rouge, but he was already losing Gaviria's wheel and was really cooked in the final meters. I guess we'll take a top 10 in these conditions.
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Posted on 09-11-2023 10:17
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Once again a version for the sprinter, but at least the puncheurs tried it and thats all i expect from this.
Not a good Evonik race but also not too much expectations so thats kinda fine. We were active in the early break. Didnt really have a realistic shot but at least we tried the impossible..
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Posted on 09-11-2023 10:39
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Very disappointed we weren't really in contention for the win at all. Mohoric being on the front foot on the Poggio, was the closest we got. Must admit I hoped for more from Kragh, who I was surprised to see not take part in the sprint/sprint build up.
Seeing it ended in a sprint, the top 6 makes perfect sense. Congratulations, Scorchio, SotD and Roman on the podium spots! |
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Posted on 09-11-2023 10:53
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Waste of two race days for everyone involved but Rutsch, I'm happy to see him get some experience at the front of a monument where he'll hopefully be found regularly twice a season a few years down the road.
Looks like only less than a dozen sprinters got looked after by the AI, not sure what Enger and Philipsen have that Kanter doesn't though. Their single redeeming factor is +2 hill.
Would've loved to see Arnaud finally get on the podium here, but the result looks fair up there. Congrats to Scorchio for the win, and thank you Imladrik for your great report!
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Posted on 09-11-2023 12:41
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Absolutely atrocious, damn. We've had a decent start to the year, but when the points are really on the table, this is what we have to offer. Couldn't expect a ton from AKA, but after seeing him as a one star favorite, I didn't expect him to miss the first split and end up 77th. We just can't afford those kinds of abominations this year.
Thanks for the report.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 09-11-2023 12:48
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Ouuff, after some very good editions of MSR the last years, this was somewhat of a bummer. No real aggression from our side and De Gendt being our best finisher is also a bad sign in the end there
But then again, we are not here with the best sprinter in the world, so once it came down to a pretty straightforward sprint, then we are not the best. But hopefully not a sign for the flat classics to come, as we need to score decent there in order to survive.
Great win for Ewan and ISA, congrats!
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Posted on 09-11-2023 14:04
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Nice to see Batti in the break! Also nice to see a relatively normal sprint for once, congrats to Scorchio on the win!
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Posted on 09-11-2023 14:16
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Great to see three of the top sprinters doing really well here, especially happy for Ewan and Coquard who had big stinkers in Qatar
Others obviously aren't that happy, with their sprinters missing out on the select group, but at least the big majority of the top favourites was there.
Looks like the new engine clearly favours sprinters in flat classics, with late attackers not being successful so far - although I like the mix of sprinters, puncheurs and even a rouleur (Thomas) up front
Thanks for the entertaining report, and congrats to Scorchio
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