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Great Ocean Road Classic - Discussion
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| Caspi |
Posted on 20-10-2025 06:42
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 [C1] Great Ocean Road Classic
Report by Imladrik
| Year | Winner | Team | | | | | | | | | | 2024 | Lewis Askey | Ekoi - Le Creuset | | | | | | | | | 2023 | Nick Van der Lijke | EA Vesuvio | | | | | | | | | 2022 | Alex Wohler | Amaysim Cervelo | | | | | | | | 2020 | Gasper Katrasnik | Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team | | | | | | | | | 2019 | Morten Reckweg | Netia - Vonin | | | | | | | | | 2018 | Johannes Schinnagel | Oberfranken | | | | | | | | 2017 | Marco Haller | In-n-Out p/b Carrefour | | | | | | 2016 | William Connolly | Schuh powered by Wiggle | | | | | | | | | 2015 | Maximiliano Richeze | SanCor Cycling Team | | | | | | | | | 2014 | Sarawut Sirironnachai | Siam Cement - Lenovo | | | | | | | | 2013 | Daniele Bennati | Team Puma - SAP | | |
| 1 | Lewis Askey | Ekoi - Le Creuset | 2h59'52 | | 2 | Milan Menten | King Power | s.t. | | 3 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Bralirwa - Cegeka | s.t. | | 4 | Scott Davies | Tryg - Eni | s.t. | | 5 | Clement Kusi | Everesting | s.t. | | 6 | Jesus Roniel Marte | Podium Ambition | s.t. | | 7 | Daniil Fominykh | Team UBS | s.t. | | 8 | Salem Kemboi | Lidl Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Bryan Coquard | Manada Coyote | s.t. | | 10 | Matis Louvel | Ekoi - Le Creuset | s.t. |
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| Name | FL | RS | SP | AC | | Caleb Ewan | 75 | 71 | 83 | 81 | | Bryan Coquard | 72 | 72 | 83 | 81 |
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| Name | FL | RS | SP | AC | | Eduard Grosu | 72 | 69 | 82 | 79 | | Alberto Dainese | 76 | 76 | 81 | 82 | | Rick Zabel | 74 | 70 | 81 | 79 | | Sondre H. Enger | 73 | 73 | 81 | 78 | | D. Van Poppel | 72 | 71 | 81 | 78 |
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| Name | FL | RS | SP | AC | | Jiankun Liu | 74 | 69 | 80 | 80 | | Fabio Jakobsen | 74 | 73 | 80 | 80 | | Barnabas Peak | 80 | 77 | 80 | 78 | | Matti Manninen | 73 | 73 | 80 | 78 | | Itamar Einhorn | 74 | 71 | 80 | 78 |
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| Name | FL | RS | SP | AC | | Gerben Thijssen | 75 | 70 | 79 | 81 | | Mustafa Carsi | 69 | 67 | 79 | 80 | | Dusan Kalaba | 74 | 72 | 79 | 79 | | Alvaro Hodeg | 72 | 74 | 79 | 78 | | Willi Willwohl | 73 | 67 | 79 | 78 | | Cees Bol | 76 | 77 | 79 | 77 | | A. Riabushenko | 76 | 74 | 79 | 77 |
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| Name | FL | RS | AC | FG | | Alain Quispe | 81 | 61 | 74 | 85 | | Marildo Yzeiraj | 77 | 74 | 71 | 85 | | Gasper Katrasnik | 81 | 76 | 72 | 81 | | Torkil Veyhe | 80 | 71 | 78 | 80 |
I could have sworn it was called Great Ocean Road Race and not Great Ocean Road Classic (GORC). Nevertheless, the race has a long history in the ManGame and marks the end of January, which means we will soon have the first ranking updates.
Last year Lewis Askey took a suprise win from the breakaway, while Salim Kemboi won the bunch sprint. Even though I have put the sprinters as favorites, it seems that the parcours is well-suited for the more aggresive riders.
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| Heine |
Posted on 20-10-2025 06:55
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As a manager with no top sprinter, am I allowed to say that the season start with all these flat races are boring? 
Rooting for Zabel as usual!
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 20-10-2025 07:03
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Same team here as in Down Under Classic. Hopefully we can improve on the 8th place!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 20-10-2025 07:15
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Dusan's first chance to convince us he can be the lead sprinter in the team
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| Blasing |
Posted on 20-10-2025 07:26
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After the dissapointing performance in Juarez, we hope to see more here!
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| Ad Bot |
Posted on 05-12-2025 10:11
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 20-10-2025 07:52
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Hoping Coquard can continue his form here!
Good luck everyone!
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 20-10-2025 08:46
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Hope Dusan (the other one not even mentioned in the preview) can repeat his DUC performance. Otherwise a late attack from our rouleurs would also work for me 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 20-10-2025 09:30
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Decided to leave Adomaitis out of this. After Juarez I feel that was the right decision already. I'd love to see our rouleurs light up the race, but I guess after last week that would be really pushing our luck.
Good luck everyone!
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 20-10-2025 14:14
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Hopefully we can get a top 10 here with Einhorn, or get someone in the break if it stays away.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 20-10-2025 15:40
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Van Poppel goes wheel jumping here hoping for a top 10. With the way the race has gone over the past few years we also have a few decent options with Medvedev and Kaspa for a potential late attack!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 20-10-2025 15:43
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We're here for a Peak party.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 20-10-2025 18:55
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Fingers crossed for a Bol top 10 but I don't think we have a good enough leadout to position him.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 20-10-2025 20:10
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Hoping this one comes down to a sprint and we can use the set-up we have of Hesters, Thijssen, and Jakobsen effectively. Fingers crossed!
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| jph27 |
Posted on 20-10-2025 21:03
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Time to find out whether this is a lucky omen or not  |
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 21-10-2025 18:03
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Coquard is immense! Happy to secure another podium for Dainese. Decent January for him despite no wins. A little break for him now as we prepare to take on the cobbles!
Thanks for the report!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 21-10-2025 18:14
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Given the people who finished ahead of Dusan K., twelfth seems about right. Thanks for the report Imladrik and congrats Jakstar!
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 21-10-2025 18:17
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Yikes. I thought that with his good flat and decent secondaries the harder sprint classics would suit Riabushenko. If he isn't going to bother even trying could we a least be in the break?
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| knockout |
Posted on 21-10-2025 18:25
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Coquard on a roll. Congrats Jakstar!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 21-10-2025 18:33
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Van Poppel looking more and more like a flop already!
Thanks for the report and congrats to Jak on Coquard's great form!
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 21-10-2025 19:23
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Thanks to Imladrik for the report and congrats to Jakstar for the win.
Big sighs of relief in the Kraftwerk camp after Bol was beaten by his leadout in his last sprint. This time he managed to position himself well and overperform for a 9th place.
Also good to see he had company when the earlier split happened.
Things are looking up.
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