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Scandinavia Open Road Race Discussion
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 23-03-2020 10:30
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 Scandinavia Open Road Race
History
| Year | Winner | Team | | 2018 | Simone Ponzi | Hugo Boss | | 2017 | Toms Skujins | Evonik - ELKO | | 2016 | Mohamed Shawal Anuar Aziz | Indosat - ANZ | | 2015 | Jay McCarthy | Bank of Ireland - Irish Cycling | | 2014 | Cesare Di Maggio | Venchi - Ferranti | | 2013 | Chris Froome | Jaguar - Eritel | | 2011 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team Telenor-SAS | | 2010 | Luke Rowe | Wiggle Pro Cycling Team | | 2009 | Martijn Maaskant | LA/MSS/PEARL JAM |
The tenth anniversary edition of the Scandinavia Open Road Race, held since 2009 with the exception of 2012. For the first eight editions it was a one day race with varying profiles, last year it became a three day event and we stick to that format this year. It was Ponzi who won all three stages, but without him we will see different winners. In the PTHC division we see a mix of ProTour and ProContinental teams, and the startlist contains many fabulous names.
Profiles
We open the race with a climbing prologue, a short punch up a hill. The next two stages are both hilly with slightly uphill finishes. It is clear one has to climb well to be a contender in this race.
Startlist
| Puncheurs | MO | HL | PRL | Climbers/Prologue | MO | HL | PRL |  Bobridge | 69 | 83 | 77 |  Yates | 79 | 76 | 71 |  Skujins | 70 | 83 | 59 |  Oomen | 78 | 74 | 75 |  Bakelants | 74 | 83 | 65 |  Atapuma | 78 | 73 | 62 |  Mohoric | 71 | 83 | 64 | Jaramillo | 77 | 75 | 62 |  Gastauer | 71 | 82 | 66 | Goos | 77 | 74 | 76 |  Di Maggio | 65 | 82 | 62 | Parra Bustamente | 77 | 74 | 66 |  Kelderman | 71 | 82 | 70 |  Grmay | 77 | 74 | 65 |  Van Garderen | 72 | 82 | 69 |  Boily | 76 | 78 | 61 |  Schreurs | 69 | 81 | 66 | Henao | 76 | 76 | 64 | | McCarthy | 67 | 81 | 58 |  Destribois | 76 | 75 | 67 |  Koretzky | 71 | 81 | 61 |  Badilatti | 76 | 75 | 65 | | Vogt | 62 | 80 | 66 | Augustyn | 76 | 74 | 70 | | Betancourt | 73 | 80 | 59 | Frankiny | 76 | 74 | 67 | | Waeytens | 71 | 80 | 65 |  Laengen | 76 | 73 | 77 | | Zaini | 66 | 80 | 61 | Cataldo | 76 | 73 | 67 |  Prevar | 71 | 80 | 62 | Sepulveda | 75 | 77 | 76 |  Gautier | 68 | 80 | 64 |  Liphongyu | 75 | 72 | 73 | | Paulinho | 75 | 79 | 64 | Ahmad Zamri | 75 | 70 | 75 | | Reichenbach | 73 | 79 | 67 | Dennis | 74 | 75 | 81 |  Chernetskiy | 71 | 79 | 66 | Abreu | 73 | 73 | 75 |
Predicting a winner is hard. Under normal circumstances a puncheur would be favorite but most of them are not that well-equipped for the prologue, where they will lose valuable time. On the other hand, most prologue specialists cannot climb that well, and those who do are usually behind puncheurs in their team's pecking order.
Of the puncheurs, Bobridge is the best on the prologue, but not great as climbing. His teammate Dennis is the better climber, but a worse puncheur. Two horses to bet on for Bennelong.
Kelderman is a bit worse but still decent on a prologue, but more importantly a better climber. He has unquestioned leader of team Philips.
Farfetch also comes with two contenders, McCarthy as puncheur Yates as climber. With Yates not being a bad puncheur either, leadership could be decided already, but McCarthy is a former winner.
A same scenario for EA Vesuvio, with Gastauer and Goos. Goos will be ahead after stage one, but will that be the case at the end of the stage.
ISA even going for three leaders: Betancourt the puncheur, Boily the climber and Sepulveda the mix. Rivalry which should not descent into working against each other.
Not naming recent Fleche Wallone and Liege - Bastogne - Liege winner Bakelants as favorite would be criminal, but he has to limit his loss on stage one or go mental on stages two and three.
Other puncheurs on the startlist are Mohoric, Skujins (winner two years ago), Van Garderen, Di Maggio (winner five years ago), Koretzky and Schreurs. For some of them, climbing will be the biggest issue.
Further favorites for the first stage are Laengen, Oomen, Ahmad Zamri, Liphongyu and Polanc. I've forgone mentioning the pure specialists such as Chavanne and Fiedler because the climb is likely too heavy for them.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 23-03-2020 10:36
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Not expecting much at all here, might be nice if Dyrnes can do something given it's a home race or thereabouts for him but no pressure provided we can get a couple of Bazhkou, Dyrnes, Grmay or Areruya doing something. Please bring back the profile Luke Rowe won on  (also Jesus why was Rowe so good at 19?  )
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 23-03-2020 10:41
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We probably should go for Oomen instead of Waeytens. Don't disappoint me, AI!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 23-03-2020 10:49
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Please please don't fuck this up. Thinking about it I most likely should've just brought Keizer here instead of the Vuelta...
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| jph27 |
Posted on 23-03-2020 11:06
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Originally planned to bring Cattaneo here, but the clash with the Vuelta left me with a planning challenge. So decided to send Yates as he had a few RDs to spare, and it looks like that gamble might actually pay off considering what we now know about PCM18, which would be a nice surprise! |
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| knockout |
Posted on 23-03-2020 12:28
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Go Skujins!
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 23-03-2020 12:33
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It will be interesting to see if we can get some points out of this one or not, Muhlberger and Wahyudi will likely be leading us but are far from the top guys.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 23-03-2020 13:53
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Cool race. Shame we're not in this band.
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| ember |
Posted on 23-03-2020 14:50
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This always looks like a cool race  No expectations for our team here, we'll just enjoy the ride.
The hills looks kind of soft here, which must give hope to the puncheurs as well, if not, Yates looks like a very serious contender. |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 23-03-2020 18:38
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Would have loved the prologue to be flat... A top 30 from Stake Laengen and some breaks would be a good race, I guess.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 23-03-2020 18:38
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-03-2020 20:51
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Could this finally be the race where our designated leader has a chance to live up to his stats?
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 24-03-2020 15:25
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Great to have Peeter Tarvis on the team, otherwise Mohoric would've finished last of our team. Good team performance though and a very interesting result. Dennis actually seems to be a very reasonable winner, I wouldn't have guessed PCM being that reasonable on this stage
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| knockout |
Posted on 24-03-2020 15:44
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Ugly as expected.
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| ember |
Posted on 24-03-2020 15:57
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Wow, crazy good prologue from our riders with three of them in the top 30 
That means we've already exceeded expectations. Now let's hope we can do a brilliant race and be represented in one breakaway too. |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 24-03-2020 16:00
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Good job Oomen, let's see how far this will get you.
Zico, let's try to support the youngster, shall we?
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 24-03-2020 17:17
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Bobridge looks hopeless for those profiles anyway, so it's good that Dennis beats him by a mile and ofc it's great to get a stage win from this race, too. Not too optimistic for the remaining two stages though, as Bobridge could seriously suffer and Dennis ain't too special overall. At least he already saved us a couple of races, where Bobridge became a no-show this year..
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| tastasol |
Posted on 24-03-2020 22:21
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Interesting result! Very happy with how good Stake Laengen managed to ride. Let's hope for two stages with small gaps now...
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-03-2020 02:37
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Decent start. Hopefully, Kelderman can take advantage in the hills now.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 25-03-2020 13:57
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Well, that's obviously great! Bobridge finally performs in a hilly stage, didn't see that coming. Losing the GC lead with Dennis doesn't really hurt, as he at least did well to hang on in this group, too. Not sure how selective the final stage will be, but with two stage wins already bagged, it's already a good race for us. Now at least one of Dennis and Bobridge still needs to secure a good GC result, too, though. Bobridge definitely needs to score sooner than later, so he did just the right things today.
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