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GP Moscow Discussion
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 27-02-2025 06:21
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Preview by Caspi
 GP Moscow
Welcome to Moscow, Russia. Just like last year the Pro Tour peloton is here for a return journey around the Russian Capital. A 198.2 km almost completely flat parcour means we will most likely see a mass sprint finish.
You can see the race history here, and last years preview here. Now, let's take a look at the favorites for this years edition.
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| Name | FL | ST | RS | SP | AC | OVR | Fernando  Gaviria | 76 | 74 | 76 | 83 | 84 | 48,16 | Alberto  Dainese | 76 | 75 | 76 | 81 | 82 | 47,5 | Salem  Kemboi | 78 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 47,22 |
My special developed formula reveals that Gaviria, Dainese, and Kemboi are the biggest favorites this year.
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| Name | FL | ST | RS | SP | AC | OVR | Max  Kanter | 75 | 75 | 73 | 81 | 80 | 46,88 | Caleb  Ewan | 75 | 73 | 71 | 83 | 81 | 47,2 | Eduard  Grosu | 73 | 74 | 70 | 83 | 80 | 46,8 |
However, the above three have all won the race before. Why shouldn't they be able to repeat the feat?
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| Name | FL | ST | RS | SP | AC | OVR | Dylan  Groenewegen | 73 | 74 | 71 | 82 | 81 | 46,82 | Gabriel  Cullaigh | 74 | 73 | 70 | 82 | 81 | 46,82 | Kristoffer  Halvorsen | 76 | 74 | 71 | 81 | 80 | 46,82 |
Three stars for Groenewegen, Cullaigh, and Halvorsen as they also have lots of firepower for when it comes to the final kilometer.
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| Name | FL | ST | RS | SP | AC | OVR | | Barnabas Peak | 80 | 73 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 46,68 | Matti  Manninen | 74 | 71 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 46,64 | Mads  Pedersen | 77 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 77 | 46,64 |
Sure, we could name so many more sprinters. There's even several more with 81 SP left, but I've double-checked the formula, and the winner will be one of the above, if we don't see the breakaway or a late attack snatch the win. Speaking of aggressive riders...
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| Name | FL | ST | RS | AC | FG | OVR | Gasper  Katrasnik | 81 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 81 | 47,55 | Taco  Van der Hoorn | 75 | 76 | 69 | 66 | 84 | 47,1 | Ronnilan  Quita | 74 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 83 | 47,03 | Alain  Quispe | 81 | 63 | 61 | 74 | 85 | 46,85 | | Torkil Veyhe | 80 | 66 | 71 | 78 | 80 | 46,28 | | Goran Antonijevic | 78 | 67 | 74 | 74 | 80 | 46,23 |
Full startlist
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 Veyhe
Räim
Swift
Andersen
Anderberg
Berwick
Peak
Groenewegen
Matsumoto
Wisniowski
Taubel
Renard
Blume Levy
Rickaert
Dainese
Prasad
Quispe
Jele
Bdadou
Sprenger
Martino
Afewerki
Aquilani
Bonello
Resell
Cannister
Van Tricht
Per
Finkst
Bolivar
Matsangos
Kragh Andersen
Katrasnik
Selimovic
Duyvesteyn
Groselj
Poljanec
Redy
Fedorov
Duric
Antonijevic
Lazkano
Ballerini
Hansen
Dujardin
Cullaigh
Stedman
Wippert
Alaphilippe
Lampawog
Pelikan
John
Banzer
Sweeck
Vermaerke
Gunnlaugsson
Dversnes
Baroncini
Kurianov
Ansons
Van Niekerk
Konrad
Eekhoff
Neilands
Van der Hoorn
Robeet
Havik
Hoole
Tjotta
De Kleijn
Waerenskjold
Bauhaus
Hofer
Teunissen
Sosnitskiy
Giulietti
Lander
Karnulin
Abrahamsen
De Gendt
Pedersen
Vabo
Stokbro
Hulgaard
Trondsen
Bohli
Paez
Contreras
Andersen
Mraouni
Baska
Russo
Sagiv
Ewan
Colombo
Paprstka
Page
Janssen
Groves
Szarka
Bissegger
Chavanne
Quita
Chiu
Vanthourenhout
Salzmann
Tiller
Sanikwathi
Leung
Menten
Bakke Christophersen
Hoang
Stewart
Dekker
Larsen
Kemboi
Vermeersch
Baterdene
Moricz
Filutas
Kelly
Cole
Ariesen
Kennaugh
Altur
Van den Berg
Boros
Stocek
Vacek
Skala
Atkins
Gaviria
Nommela
Frankovic
Parashchak
Halvorsen
Galvan Ramirez
Erdenebat
Ruiz
Abolaji
Aguilar Mendez
Ocampo
Sweeny
Antonelli
Ferreira
Christensen
Garcia Cortina
Lauk
Brockhoff
Philipsen
Sossa
Frigo
Van Den Berg
Grosu
Meeus
Kalf
Kooij
Van der Kooij
Wibisono
Rutsch
Wilksch
Kanter
Heidemann
Nieuwenhuis
Hollmann
Gross
Sulimov
Tikhonin
Trakhov
Senechal
Yatsevich
Strakhov
Samolenkov
Kamyshev
Tesfaye Heyi
Horvat
Manninen
Bloem
Hamza
Schreurs
Plowright
Ganjkhanlou
Sam
Blanca Pareja
Gilmore
Vandevelde
Monk
Castrillo
Jakobsen
Hesters
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| redordead |
Posted on 27-02-2025 06:51
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Probably a nothing race for us.
Thanks for the preview.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 27-02-2025 07:01
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Laughable to say but this is Manninen's last race of the season. A win here would still end up with his total haul being absolutely woeful - but I'd still appreciate it 
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| knockout |
Posted on 27-02-2025 09:44
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Once again we have to hope that we can get some points out of this from rouleurs and talents. The times when we got the threepeat with three different riders seem far gone...
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Posted on 05-12-2025 22:31
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 27-02-2025 09:46
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I'd hope for a Vuelta redemption from Halvorsen, but his last race before the Vuelta was also a PT classic and that did not end very well Top-10 and I'll be happy! Thanks for the preview, premier league title winner.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 27-02-2025 13:44
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"I've double-checked the formula, and the winner will be one of the above"
Very bold words about a sprinter's race, let's see if you can back them up. \
Hope AKA and/or Per can do something here.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 27-02-2025 13:44
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"I've double-checked the formula, and the winner will be one of the above"
Very bold words about a sprinter's race, let's see if you can back them up.
Hope AKA and/or Per can do something here.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| ember |
Posted on 27-02-2025 15:37
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Brought out A team here, except Berwick, who is here for the XP. As always, very excited and hopeful, as we really should have it all covered with Groenewegen and Kragh. If it comes to a big sprint, I kind of hope we don’t do the leadout, as we haven’t gotten it right many times, but rather use out flat beasts to position him in the right train and on the right wheel. If so, we could do great here 
Thank you for the preview, Abhi! Really looking forward to see if the formula gets it right   |
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| Bikex |
Posted on 27-02-2025 16:21
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Let's see if Sanikwathi can mix with the stronger sprinters or even Quita can do something. Thanks for the preview! |
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 27-02-2025 20:41
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I'm hoping you're wrong in your prediction and that Jakobsen can pull something out of the bag! We could really do with a rather miraculous result so get our season back on track and I know he's capable of delivering that. He's got the support of Hesters and a whole host of youngsters who will surely be active!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 28-02-2025 09:37
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That's not the result we were looking for here. Grosu's form has dropped lately which is not good with the Tour de France right around the corner.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 28-02-2025 10:32
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Not the best result ever, but a top-10 with most of the names ahead of Halvorsen being better or similar sprinters is better than what we've seen in his last two races. Progress, baby! Depth could have been better with Ruiz only 40th, only thing to make him relevant will be to start project Ruiz in the off-season. Yes we can.
Congratulations ryant! Thanks for another nice report, Abhishek! And thanks for the preview to Caspi, as I didn't notice earlier that he wrote it
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| Caspi |
Posted on 28-02-2025 13:13
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Seems like the formula held up decently as all three on the podium received 3 stars or more 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 28-02-2025 13:36
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Weird looking sprint, but in the end the favorites are at the top, so I guess I can't complain. Definitely wanted a little more than 14th from AKA, but it was a tough field and he at least soaked up a minor placing.
Thanks for the great report! The attacks were exciting.
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| redordead |
Posted on 28-02-2025 13:47
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We tried, but ultimately it's another failure. Could've been worse I guess.
Thanks for the report.
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| knockout |
Posted on 28-02-2025 16:39
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Unfortunately, the expected low score for us. Kurianov gets the low end top 20 that we have grown to know by now but thats about it.
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| ember |
Posted on 28-02-2025 18:15
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Good to have Groenewegen in the top 5! We couldn't make it a profit to bring our best team for the flats, but Groenewegen still managed to get a result in the end, which makes for a solid race for us.
Congratulations to the podiumers, and obviously especially to ryant! What a time to be cycleYorkshire manager! |
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 28-02-2025 19:59
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Silly me believing that Groves actually is a good and well-rounded sprinter. If 15th is your best result out of 4 sprinter classics, you're definitely NOT a good sprinter.
Congrats to cycleYorkshire, Cullaigh finally does what he should do.
Thanks for the report.
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| ryant |
Posted on 28-02-2025 21:16
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Certainly a good week or so of being the cycleYorkshire manager!!!
Seems like every race we enter turns to gold This obviously won't last forever but it's great to see, especially since Cullaigh is joining in the fun considering he's been a source of frustration for most of the year.
Seems like the lack of a sprint train really aided all the favourites being at the front and then staying there as well so glad we can profit off our status for once in that regard!
Thanks for the report Abhishek!
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| Roman |
Posted on 01-03-2025 02:07
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Congrats ryant, what a fantastic win for you!
Really happy with 2nd, could be better but also much much worse.
Thanks for both the preview and report, Abh and Caspi.
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