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Le Samyn - Discussion
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 01-11-2024 09:25
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Welcome peoples! As the CT caravan is headed to Denmark for the GP Herning, The next Belgian cobbled HC race Le Samyn is also on the calendar. Why is it called Le Samyn, you ask?
1968 was the year the Belgian race was organized for the first time. At that time, the race was still called the Grand Prix Fayt-le-Franc. This name refers to the village of the same name, where the finish of the race was also located, in the province of Hainaut. The first edition was won by Frenchman José Samyn. The 23-year-old rider won another stage in the Tour de France a year earlier.
A few months after his victory of the GP Fayt-le-Franc, however, fate struck for Samyn. During a fairground race in Zingem, East Flanders, he collided with a spectator. Samyn suffered a brain injury in the process, which eventually became fatal to him as well. A particularly sad story. After the death of the rider, the organization decided to rename the GP Fayt-le-Franc the GP José Samyn. Later that became simply Le Samyn, which is also the current name.
But enough history, time for the present now. Let’s have a look at the profile and race favourites.
| Nat. | Name | FL | ST | RS | CB | SP | AC |  |  Zepuntke Ruben | 72 | 79 | 72 | 82 | 72 | 65 |  |  Kasperkiewicz Przemyslaw | 76 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 59 | 67 |  |  Stallaert Joeri | 76 | 75 | 67 | 80 | 78 | 75 |  |  Gamper Patrick | 77 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 64 | 71 |  |  Daniel Maxime | 72 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 75 | 71 |  |  Summerhill Danny | 74 | 70 | 66 | 79 | 66 | 67 |  |  Jacobs Johan | 76 | 77 | 76 | 79 | 67 | 68 | |  Owen Logan | 73 | 73 | 71 | 78 | 64 | 71 |  |  Debesay Mekseb | 74 | 73 | 77 | 78 | 68 | 76 |  |  Zubov Matvey | 67 | 68 | 67 | 78 | 60 | 67 |  | Kortsidakis Michail | 77 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 68 | 72 | | Stavrakakis Georgios | 76 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 64 | 68 | |  Lampaert Yves | 74 | 72 | 71 | 77 | 59 | 59 |  |  Chatarunga Sameera | 72 | 79 | 72 | 77 | 70 | 68 | | Vanbilsen Kenneth | 75 | 75 | 69 | 77 | 69 | 66 |  |  Kuroeda Saya | 74 | 72 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 78 | | Van Keirsbulck Guillaume | 71 | 74 | 72 | 77 | 69 | 67 | |  Manamalage Nipuna Shira | 81 | 71 | 64 | 77 | 57 | 56 |  |  Ovsyannikov Alexandr | 74 | 75 | 72 | 77 | 79 | 78 |
This might be an HC race with a perfect C2 opportunity to score in Denmark as well, Team Würth MODYF believes Zepuntke can repeat his fourth place from Le Samyn last year (or do better), whereas his domestiques have to handle the GP Herning. The best cobbled domestique he brings with him to Belgium is the local rider Vangheluwe with 69 cobbles. Will that be a problem?
Kasperkiewicz meanwhile proved he was a nice buy by winning his first cobbled race of the season in Flanders, tomorrow he has the chance to repeat that feat in Wallonia. The cobbled sectors are not the longest, but last year and the years before did show us the race could be more than selective enough. Just like in the Omloop he preferably doesn’t reach the finish line with some of the better sprinters.
Those sprinting cobblers were the numbers four to six in the Omloop recently. Daniel, Stallaert and Ovsyannikov all had a decent race, but nevertheless we can imagine each one of them hoping to do even better tomorrow. Stallaert has won here in the past, Daniel has had three top-10’s but never came closer than a sixth place.
Speaking about doing better, that’s certainly what Gamper and manager Ollfardh will be hoping as well. Omloop het Nieuwsblad was far from a great season debut for the Austrian, so he has to make up for something tomorrow. Timing his move right will be crucial.
The original Crabpack, Lotto – Caloi, had a top-10 finisher in the Omloop with Chatarunga, and will be looking to copy that result with either him or Vanbilsen. The new Crabpack, ELCO – ABEA, had some great depth in Omloop and is back with several cards to play. Summerhill in theory the best cobbler, but the different Greeks with a slightly lower cobbled stat all showed themselves and their capacities earlier this week, so once again it would be no surprise to see either one of them finish above the American, and, who knows, the rest of the peloton.
Numbers two and three of the Omloop, Jacobs and Debesay, are also back and will be looking at another podium place if possible. Feel free to scout the whole startlist below to see who else could be scoring well tomorrow, and good luck to everyone!
Spoiler  Bonello Daniel
Bdadou Youssef
Vliegen Loic
Martino Stan
Sprenger Felix
Aquilani Andrea
Jele Kwanele
Olei Federico
Stallaert Joeri
Teggart Matthew
Habimana Jean Eric
Kuypers Gerben
Verstrynge Emiel
Huby Antoine
Ben Ameur Hatem
Kulindwa Lameck Marco
Daniel Maxime
Mestric Matija
Louvel Matis
Pithie Laurence
Askey Lewis
Lapeira Paul
Costiou Ewen
Juntunen Antti-Jussi
Summerhill Danny
Kortsidakis Michail
Stavrakakis Georgios
Boutopoulos Georgios
Edmondson Alexander
Miltiadis Andreas
Varotsos Ioannis
Wenzel Mats
Vasko Levente
Lau Wan Yau
Tusveld Martijn
Silva Thomas
Riccitello Matthew
Kennaugh Peter
Phonarjthan Patompob
Gelders Gil
Venturini Clement
Doull Owain
Rubenis Pauls
Firdaus Prasetyo
Hefnar Ilham Sultansyah
Kusuma Terry
Pszczolarski Wojciech
Van Vliet Indy
Owen Logan
Sanogo Abou
Chokri El Mehdi
Harrison Sam
Russo Clement
Jurado Cristofer Robin
Sagiv Guy
Mraouni Salah Eddine
Debesay Mekseb
Losch Max
Laurance Axel
Bayer Tobias
Kabas Maximilian
Gabburo Davide
Lienhard Fabian
Wohler Alex
Zubov Matvey
De Buyst Jasper
McLay Dan
Uhlig Henri
Teutenberg Tim Torn
Mathis Marco
Ho Burr
Koch Michel
Gamper Patrick
Verwilst Aaron
Biermans Jenthe
Siddikov Dilmurdjon
Van Den Bossche Fabio
Suter Joel
Vandenabeele Henri
Benedetti Gabriele
Lampaert Yves
Merlier Tim
Jarc Aljaz
De Pooter Dries
Nuha Blerton
Masengesho Vainqueur
Bechkov Aleks
Demiri Mikel
Chatarunga Sameera
Vanbilsen Kenneth
Marzuki Nur Amirul
Berckmoes Jenno
Van Aert Wout
Changsheng Sun
Fagundez Eric Antonio
Price-Pejtersen Johan
Murillo Luis Esteban
Ruiz Bredio
Rodriguez Brandon
Peden George
Ramirez Donovan
Jimenez Dylan Roberto
Granados Kevin
Bulux Fredy Domingo
Milesi Lorenzo
Hecht Gage
Simmons Quinn
Barbier Pierre
Mohammad Fikri Azka
Staune-Mittet Johannes
Wolf Justin
Julajuj Alex
De Witte Mathias
Matthews Darren
Sommer Jan
Dressler Luca
Guavita Cesar David
Casillas Jhonatan
Paleni Enzo
Gomez Fausto Agustin
Campbell Akil
Gayral Joshua
Marte Jesus Roniel
Major Jay
Forbes Nathaniel
Perez Cristian
White Connor
Hopkins Kaden
Ghani Muhammad Suhaimi
Rossi Diego
Schoonbroodt Bob
Menicucci Samuele
Putti Riccardo
Van Sintmaartensdijk Roel
Skivild Robin Juel
Tiberi Antonio
Kuroeda Saya
Kuroeda Shiki
Yechezkel Aviv
Kooistra Marten
Van Dijke Tim
Kulikovskiy Alexandr
Singh Ronaldo Laitonjam
Alben Esow
Kasperkiewicz Przemyslaw
Van Keirsbulck Guillaume
Kumara Amith Udaya
Riesebeek Oscar
Naud Patrick
Malacarne Alex
La Grenade Jeremie
Marsman Tim
Kulppi Olli
Manakov Viktor
Breen Vegard
Nielsen Joanis Albert
Kaislavuo Jesse
Kaczmarek Jakub
Fjellheim Henrik Teslo
Wandahl Frederik
Manamalage Nipuna Shira
Ponomar Andrii
Sitchinava Nika
Petrov Yordan
Fratczak Radoslaw
Kachur Dmytro
Bilyi Maksym
Golovash Oleksandr
Jacobs Johan
Schäppi Martin
Grand Arnaud
Van Asbroeck Tom
Touze Damien
Maciejuk Filip
Dillier Silvan
Weiss Fabian
Zepuntke Ruben
Vangheluwe Warre
Osborne Jason
Andersen Kasper
Guerreiro Ruben
Reinhardt Theo
Stalberg Albin
Van Bekkum Darren
Ovsyannikov Alexandr
Pedersen Rasmus Sojberg
Broxham Ricardo
Van De Paar Jarne
Enggaard Victor Grue
Malmberg Matias
Davies Scott
Holm Jorgensen Adam
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 01-11-2024 09:35
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Need a podium here after the Omloop disaster.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 01-11-2024 09:37
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Guess we can hope for something similar to Omloop here. Hoping all three of our stronger cobblers can get points this time.
Thanks for the preview 
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 01-11-2024 10:11
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A route that should suit Kaspa incredibly well with the challenging hills towards the end of the route, let's hope he makes it 2 for 2! Thanks for the preview!
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 01-11-2024 10:31
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Thanks Nemo for the preview! Hope we can replicate our Omloop result
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 01-11-2024 10:39
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I think the standard sentence for all C1/HC cobbles races this year will be: I'll be happy with a Top 5 from Stallaert and a Top 20-25 from Teggart, both of which should be realistic but far from guaranteed. Hoping for the best! Thanks for the preview
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 01-11-2024 11:15
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Hmm, this is going to be a hard race for us, hopefully we can get some depth points here. Thank you Nemo!! |
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| SotD |
Posted on 01-11-2024 11:41
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I hope to see as many ELCO guys towards the front as last time. I really do hope that one of the guys will make a jump for a top 3-5 result though. Punching slightly above their wheight could be needed.
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 01-11-2024 11:50
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Thanks for the nice preview, Nemo!
As cunego said it's probably going to be repetitive to state our hopes as well, but Daniel getting into the top 5 of the C1 and HC races should always be on the table - and maybe he even gets the occasional podium spot or even a win. In any case we're looking forward to all the cobbled races, though a win by a Frenchman to honour José Samyn would be especially nice
We also obviously wouldn't mind some more depth scoring by our young supporting cast.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 01-11-2024 16:44
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Any point is welcome here
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| SotD |
Posted on 02-11-2024 16:46
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Brilliant result! We managed to get both depth and top points. Really happy that it’s Kortsidakis who was trained in the off season.
Pretty amazing to see Boutopoulos being aggressive early aswell.
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 02-11-2024 16:49
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That's why I like Manamalage! And that just about pushed me over the edge to book a Sri Lanka trip 
Also Sitchinava is an awesome rider, getting in like every single break
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 02-11-2024 17:09
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Cool one less cobbles race for our season to end. Congrats on the win, kb. You're on a roll!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 02-11-2024 17:11
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De Witte tried, we got our camera time. Thanks for the report Imladrik and congrats kandesbunzler!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 02-11-2024 17:16
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Not bad. Not what we hoped for, but looking at the big 2 it could've been a lot worse as well. Daniel doing really well on the cobbles, and Elco seems to be wrapping up the title early on. Thanks for the report Imladrik!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 02-11-2024 17:49
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Twice now that Stallaert wasn't really able to capitalize on his superior sprinting in a smaller group, I guess his overall weakening from his first decline just shows. Still, 6th is okay. Teggart didn't contribute points, but he might've been crucial in controlling the bigger groups throughout the race, so probably still good to have him here instead of in Herning.
Congrats kb, always nice to see Ekoi succeed. Comiserations to Specialized and Würth in particular, didn't expect such a result especially from Kasperkiewicz. But as an opponent, it's good to see he isn't invincible. Thanks for the nice report Imladrik!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 02-11-2024 17:55
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queue jose mourinho meme, thanks for the report and congrats to kb on a win for maxime
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 02-11-2024 19:34
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Thanks to Imladrik for reporting another win for us, you surely wouldn't mind to report all our races?
A great result from Daniel obviously, though I was a bit worried when Louvel followed the attacks instead of him (great effort from Matis nonetheless). But Maxime definitely is worth his big wage for now, hopefully he just continues his cobbles season this constantly good!
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 02-11-2024 20:46
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Not the result that we hoped, but at least we made some moves.
Thanks Imladrik for the report and congrats KB with the win!
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 02-11-2024 21:14
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Nice work by Hecht, for a while thought he might steal some points but not to be. There are 8 one-day classics we are in that we don't really have a rider for and need some luck. The good news is 4 of them are already done, the bad news is we haven't managed to score a point in any of them yet.
Thanks for the great report Imladrik and congrats to KB, Ekoi having a pretty nice season so far.
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