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Tour de San Luis Discussion
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 23-03-2019 16:51
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 Tour de San Luis
History
| Year | Winner | Team | | 2017 | Anthony Roux | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | | 2016 | Rui Costa | Hugo Boss | | 2015 | Mauricio Soler | Alpina - Avianca | | 2014 | Pedro Nicácio | Bonsucro | | 2013 | David Zabriskie | ING Cycling - Project | | 2012 | Alejandro Valverde | Proximus - Trek | | 2011 | Rein Taaramäe | Team IKEA - Bianchi | | 2010 | Rein Taaramäe | Team IKEA - Bianchi |
The ninth edition of Argentina's prime cycling race: Tour de San Luis. The race once again attracts some big names from the continental division, where it is rated as C2. Anthony Roux from Xero won last year's event and while his team is back, he is not allowed to race due to restrictions on PCT riders. In fact, all former winners and the entire top ten of last edition are not present, so we will see some new names on the history sheet.
Profiles
The route remained unchanged from last year, with the same stages in the San Luis area hosting the riders this year. We start off with a prologue around San Luis followed by a flat stage to Villa Mercedes. Then the riders are served with two consequtive hilly stages, one with an uphill and one with a downhill arrival. Stage five is a short time trial around Villa Mercedes, after which there are two more hilly stages with a steep climb at the end. The final stage brings the riders back to San Luis, where the race will finish after some local laps.
Startlist
| Favourites | HL | TT | PRL | Outsiders | HL | TT | PRL |  Gautier | 80 | 64 | 64 |  Ziesler | 76 | 62 | 64 |  Zaini | 80 | 61 | 61 |  Weiss | 76 | 61 | 68 |  Meyer | 79 | 69 | 69 |  Kadri | 76 | 61 | 61 |  Ben Nasser | 79 | 66 | 66 | Wahyudi | 76 | 61 | 61 |  Edmondson | 78 | 64 | 64 |  Pibernik | 76 | 60 | 62 |  Serry | 78 | 63 | 64 | Hugentobler | 76 | 58 | 58 |  Vanendert | 77 | 70 | 70 | Othman | 76 | 56 | 56 |  Hategeka | 77 | 66 | 65 |  Bazhkou | 75 | 76 | 76 |  Teklit | 77 | 64 | 64 | Gunman | 75 | 70 | 77 | | Skjerping | 77 | 62 | 62 | Zoidl | 74 | 76 | 72 | | Venter | 77 | 60 | 60 |  Gonzalez Cortes | 74 | 74 | 74 | | Haas | 76 | 68 | 68 | Kaczmarek | 74 | 73 | 74 | | Seibeb | 76 | 66 | 66 | Omarsson | 74 | 73 | 72 | | Vichot | 76 | 65 | 65 | Thill | 73 | 74 | 74 |
Gautier and Zaini are the best puncheurs on paper in the race. Both lack time trial skills, which means they have to gain extra time on the hilly stages.
Tour of Slovenie winner Meyer shows he is somewhat capable of handling time trials there. This race has more hills and less individual kilometers, so this route might even be more suited to him.
Riders like Ben Nasser, Edmondson and Serry should not be underestimated. If the aforementioned trio looks to much towards each other they might get away and go for glory themselves.
Vanendert and Venter participate for PCT teams Kulczyk and Xero, and can use this race as opportunity to get a leadership role they wouldn't normally get in higher categorized races.
The best hybrid in the race also comes from Xero: Bazhkou. The Belarussian will have to limit his loss in the hills before making up time in the time trials.
Zoidl the highest placed rider from last year (12th) participating again, and looking to improve his result with his decent combination of skills. Similar rider looking for a top ten or even better are Gunman and Gonzalez Cortes, though there might be too few time trial kilometers to compensate.
| Time trialists | TT | PRL | HL | Sprinters | SP | ACC | PRL | | Sterobo | 78 | 78 | 62 | Thorsen | 82 | 85 | 72 | | Johansson | 77 | 77 | 59 | Guillén | 81 | 82 | 56 | | Christian | 77 | 75 | 69 |  Kip | 80 | 82 | 75 | | Bookwalter | 76 | 76 | 69 | Vanoverschelde | 80 | 75 | 72 | | Bouet | 76 | 76 | 67 | Salleh | 80 | 80 | 71 |  Renäng | 76 | 76 | 56 | Mezgec | 79 | 77 | 70 | | Vandewalle | 75 | 75 | 63 | Colbrelli | 79 | 75 | 66 | | Mygind | 72 | 76 | 73 | Von Hoff | 79 | 77 | 65 |  Dzervus | 71 | 76 | 66 | Kruopis | 78 | 77 | 76 | | Kruopis | 70 | 76 | 71 | Westling | 78 | 74 | 70 |  Rabitsch | 67 | 75 | 75 | Korzh | 78 | 80 | 68 | | Chavanne | 65 | 82 | 64 | Haussler | 78 | 73 | 67 | | Kip | 65 | 75 | 56 | Bogdanovics | 78 | 77 | 63 |  Beyer | 61 | 76 | 57 | Manan | 78 | 78 | 57 |
There is one clear favourite for the opening prologue: Chavanne. He is a pure prologue specialist, the shorter stuff is really his cup of tea. He does not like longer time trials, or hills though, so his period in the leader's jersey will be short-lasted.
Rabitsch rides for an amateur team, but that doesn't mean he'll have no chance whatsoever. He has a good prologue and a good hill stat. If only his longer time trials were better he would be a serious GC contender.
Sterobo, Johansson and Christian go into the second time trial as favourites, with an outside chance for Bookwalter and Bouet.
Many sprinters also made the trip down here, and will likely have two stages to contend. Thorsen and Guillén have trouble going over the hills, so maybe they won't have the energy for a sprint at the end.
Kip and Kruopis are two riders with a good prologue, and if they win stage two the leader's jersey might be theirs for a day.
Vanoverschelde, Salleh, Mezgec, Colbrelli, Von Hoff. There are so many contenders but only two stages to divide amongst them.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 23-03-2019 18:22
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Didn't have enough RDs to bring MAL or Siskevicius here...just hoping Dzervus or Kruopis can bring home some points
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 23-03-2019 18:29
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Hoping for Gunman to have a good race and notable result here. Though he may stay in a supporting role for Edmondson.. Meyer coming off a nice victory and he should do well here, too. This TT advantage over Gautier should be crucial, but it all depends on the gaps in the queen stage.
Thanks for the preview! And oh, also cheering for Von Hoff! Basically, I'm cheering for BNZ 
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| redordead |
Posted on 23-03-2019 18:54
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Maybe a breakaway or Guillen sprint stage win, no chances for GC though 
"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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| jandal7 |
Posted on 23-03-2019 19:22
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Two contrasting riders here for me as Venter is a completely terrible time triallist and Bazhkou the best above 70 hill A top 10 and 15 was our goal before seeing the startlist, which is as expected here really. Who knows with this race, if you're good enough the TT makes no difference
Hope Bazhkou can do what he did in Ukraine and be top 5 in the hills anyway in a much harder startlist than this, but it's unreasonable to expect that over four days. If he does well on those stages and they aren't so selective a top 5 is possible, otherwise he could go down the rankings. Hope for a spirited defence of our GC win here last year anyway - such a shame Roux wasn't allowed in 
Also have Davison and MTK who could gain depth points with a great race, plus our stagiaires making their team debuts and Areruya here for what is hopefully his first and last CT race (unless we take him to one next year I suppose) Would love him to go for breakaways as he has nice stats for it at this level, especially as Bazhkou and Venter don't look like top favourites.
Thanks for a nice preview Marco 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-03-2019 20:49
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Lets hope Meyer can do me proud  |
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 23-03-2019 21:34
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I don't remember why I'm not in this race 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 24-03-2019 11:11
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The TT'ing wont help (wonder why Pökälä isn't here) but obviously the goal is for Gautier to tear things apart.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 24-03-2019 11:50
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Really keen for This one!! Edmondson is in a great position!!
Von Hoff might do well in the sprints! Hoping for a good race!
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 24-03-2019 18:20
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Decent for Stan, only Gunnar gaining time so an expected start. Bring on the hills - but not too much
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| SotD |
Posted on 24-03-2019 18:31
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Pretty good start from Kip... Not very strong from Mygind however.
I have to cross everything possible for Kip to win stage 2 and take the leaders jersey. That is how we can come away with something here...
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 24-03-2019 18:58
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SotD wrote:
Pretty good start from Kip... Not very strong from Mygind however.
I have to cross everything possible for Kip to win stage 2 and take the leaders jersey. That is how we can come away with something here...
Kip and Tleubayev are quite consistent prologue performers, if my mind doesn't trick me right now. Wouldn't be surprised, if Kip does something of note here.
Gunman looked strong for a while, a decent result eventually. Chavanne with his next prologue win. A nice rider to have on this level
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| quadsas |
Posted on 24-03-2019 19:37
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 25-03-2019 20:22
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Areruya Awesome to grab the KOM lead for our neo pro! Nice for Scotson (and presumably Areruya too) to have a crack at the break
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[PT] Xero Racing
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 25-03-2019 20:52
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Okay start for our guys here in Argentina. Sterobo still with a good 3rd place. I am really curious about Zaini's form though. He will be vital for us!
Thanks for the awesome preview and the good reports Marcovdw! |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 25-03-2019 21:06
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Peloton fail! Nice unexpected results for those guys surviving the break though.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 26-03-2019 00:58
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Not a bad start. 2 top tens isn’t too bad. Let’s keep it up!
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 26-03-2019 04:24
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Gabby continuing to maximise his points every race is nice to see, he's holding on after the first stage a lot more often and for longer than I expected pre season and really being an x factor in our attempt to chase down a promotion spot.
It makes up for us not making the catch and Salleh missing out on the stage win.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 26-03-2019 19:52
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Wow, Areruya is a natural at this - can’t wait for next year with lvl3 stats great for mountainous KOM chasing If he takes this to the end that should be a nice points haul. Hope Bazhkou can find his way to the top 10, not an awful start here. Venter dissspointing but Davison is doing ok. Congrats sutty on a nice stage win to kick off Meyer’s campaign - the favourite off to a great start.
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[PT] Xero Racing
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 26-03-2019 20:04
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So that's the deal sealed for Meyer?
Solid from Gautier but hopefully this will be another race where he only gets better the further in we get.
Cool to see Kaislavuo in the break for his amateur team
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