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GP Liechtenstein - Discussion
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 08-01-2025 12:23
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 GP Liechtenstein (PT) - Preview
While some climbers, including last year's winner Silvio Herklotz, are racing in Italy in the first GT of the season, most of the PT top climbers have come to Liechtenstein for the GP Liechtenstein. The true climbing classing of the highest MG division, and the profile looks as juicy as ever.
Yes, that is a lot of climbing. Let's have a look at the favourites.
| Nat. | Name | MO | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC |  |  Kudus Merhawi | 85 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 64 | 70 |  |  Lecuisinier Pierre-Henri | 85 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 67 | 74 |  |  Morton Lachlan | 84 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 57 | 67 |  |  Phinney Taylor | 83 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 72 | |  Dombrowski Joseph | 83 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 59 | 74 | |  Haig Jack | 83 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 61 | 73 |  |  Padun Mark | 82 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 60 | 75 |  |  Pogacar Tadej | 82 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 63 | 72 |  |  Bernal Egan | 82 | 74 | 80 | 80 | 67 | 69 |  |  Areruya Joseph | 81 | 81 | 76 | 78 | 68 | 76 | |  McNulty Brandon | 81 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 64 | 68 |  |  Galta Fredrik Strand | 81 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 63 | 66 |  |  Reis Rafael | 81 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 50 | 64 |  |  Sivakov Pavel | 81 | 72 | 79 | 77 | 66 | 69 |  |  Aular Orluis | 81 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 63 | 69 |  |  Shikai Chen | 81 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 57 | 67 | | Lopez Miguel Angel | 80 | 84 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 78 |  | Amezawa Takeaki | 80 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 68 | 75 | |  Novak Domen | 80 | 77 | 74 | 76 | 66 | 76 |  | Warchol Bartosz | 80 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 61 | 70 |  | Inkelaar Kevin | 80 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 60 | 74 |
Kudus and Lecuisinier are the two top climbers present in Liechtenstein. Whereas the Frenchman has two wins in Liechtensteinian history, the Moser rider has none so far. Nevertheless, the Eritrean finished second here last year, and with Herklotz racing in Italy, this might be his year. Morton the favourite to finish on the final podium spot, and looking at his fourth place last year seems to confirm that.
The batch of 83 climbers is a bit bigger. 2022 winner Phinney is the best puncheur of the two, but cannot match the physical capacities of Haig, and even less those of his fellow American, racing for another Dutch team, Dombrowski. Speaking about punchy climbers, PCT wildcard Padun seems to be similar to Phinney, the Ukrainian was only thirteenth here last year nevertheless.
Two big talents who are no longer just talents on the list then. Paris - Nice winner Pogacar not only has a decent punch, but can hold on for very long as well with his stamina and resistance, and other superstar and generational frenemy Bernal is even stronger in that field. Also in Liechtenstein is the juan and only Areruya. One thing is certain, you don't want to go with the finish line with him, and while we're on the topic of hybrids, Lopez is also here to support Lecuisinier. Or will he have a free role?
The batch of 81 climbers will probably mostly be looking for a finish in the lower top-10, but with a great day you never know if even a top-5 finish is possible. Quite similar riders there, all with decent to good physical capacitites and nobody really with a great punch outside of the already mentioned Areruya. Two 80 climbers with a strong punch that will hope to beat those 81 climbers are Amezawa and Novak, although the former will act as a domestique as well probably.
Good luck to all, startlist in the spoiler. The race has been reported by the magnificent AbhishekLFC.
Spoiler  Novak Domen
Donovan Mark
Swift Connor
Veyhe Torkil
Kamp Alexander
Klaris Magnus Bak
Räim Mihkel
Bolor-Erdene Enkhtaivan
Gesbert Elie
Chaves Johan Esteban
Hänninen Jaako
Kolev Yoan
Kaloniatis Georgios
Rickaert Jonas
Blume Levy William
Taubel Christoph
Reis Rafael
Powless Neilson
Xandri Jan
Martino Stan
Vliegen Loic
Bonello Daniel
Aquilani Andrea
Bdadou Youssef
Galta Fredrik Strand
Gregaard Jonas
Olesen Patrick
Ikibe Sota
Sulvaran Gyasi
Van Tricht Stan
Meiler Lukas
Finkst Tilen
Pogacar Tadej
Buitrago Santiago
Power Robert
Hoelgaard Daniel
Selimovic Husein
Redy Dylan
Duyvesteyn Kees
Sheehan Riley
Morton Lachlan
Elissonde Kenny
Skaarseth Anders
Gloag Thomas
Holmes Matthew
Asgreen Kasper
Dujardin Sandy
Antonijevic Goran
Kirsch Alex
Ries Michel
Munton Byron
Banzer Gordian
De Bod Stefan
Onodera Rei
Lampawog Jay
Jungels Bob
Lecuisinier Pierre-Henri
Lopez Miguel Angel
Eenkhoorn Pascal
Blums Martins
Konrad Patrick
Polanc Jan
Krasts Alekss
Ansons Kristers
Phinney Taylor
Denz Nico
Lipowitz Florian
Guernalec Thibault
Bobridge Jack
Havik Piotr
Robeet Ludovic
Van der Hoorn Taco
Dombrowski Joseph
Warchol Bartosz
Bongiorno Francesco
Vervaeke Louis
Karnulin Denys
Sosnitskiy Anatoliy
Peters Nans
Balmer Alexandre
Cort Nielsen Magnus
Adria Roger
Gebrezgabihier Amanuel
Abrahamsen Jonas
Hulgaard Morten
Vabo Tore Andre
Bohli Tom
De Gendt Aime
Darbellay Valentin
Rohendi Teten
Berthet Clement
Delco Lorenzo
Stehli Felix
Theuns Edward
Colombo Filippo
Paprstka Tomas
McNulty Brandon
Fung Ka Hoo
Mano Yuttana
Van Baarle Dylan
Vanthourenhout Michael
Matsuda Shoi
Menten Milan
Faglum Karlsson Marcus
Burke Jack
Schultz Nicholas
Fernandes Jose
Bettiol Alberto
Vincent Leo
Bakke Christophersen Cedric
Basso Leonardo
Haig Jack
Amezawa Takeaki
Stancu George Alexandru
Rhim Brendan
Kenyeres Abel
Dina Marton
Morales Ortega Jacob
Van den Berg Lars
Kudus Merhawi
Otruba Jakub
Hosek Josef
Neuman Dominik
Cerny Josef
Vacek Karel
Frankovic Mateo
Boros Michael
Aular Orluis
Higuita Sergio
Pira Yesid Albeiro
Osorio Alejandro
Merchan Didier
Beltran Guillermo Andres
Galvan Ramirez Oscar Samuel
Healy Ben
Bernal Egan
Inkelaar Kevin
Mas Enric
Jaramillo Daniel Alexander
Barthe Cyril
Antonelli Michael
Zambanini Edoardo
Brockhoff Jan
Champoussin Clement
Dima Emil
Evenepoel Remco
Sossa Juan
Goldstein Omer
Van der Kooij Bas
Van Den Berg Marijn
Meeus Jordi
Padun Mark
Papanov Martin
Andriafenomananiaina Zouzou
Dzhus Volodymyr
Sergis Kaspars
Zumer Matic
Bilyi Maksym
Sitchinava Nika
Zwiehoff Ben
Zimmermann Georg
Schinnagel Johannes
Zegklis Nikolaos
Wilksch Hannes
Nieuwenhuis Joris
Hollmann Juri
Sivakov Pavel
Mamykin Matvey
Strakhov Dmitry
Trakhov Dmitry
Bereznyak Aleksandr
Tikhonin Evgenii
Gonov Lev
Sulimov Alexander
Areruya Joseph
Pomoshnikov Sergei
Khodayari Farzad
Martin Guillaume
Van Zyl Johann
Bester Shaun Nick
Horvat Ziga
Shikai Chen
Rodriguez Oscar
Storer Michael
Dieteren Jan
Gogl Michael
Miquel Pau
Blanca Pareja Nichol
Gilmore Brady
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| redordead |
Posted on 08-01-2025 12:38
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Need a top 10 here from Pogi, maybe if he's on a good day we can fight for a top 5 result.
Thanks for the preview 
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 08-01-2025 12:38
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What a startlist! Always love this race.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 08-01-2025 12:42
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Just hoping most of our guys will finish and a top 50 for Cort 
Should be a great fight for the win. My favourite: PHL.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 08-01-2025 13:11
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Indeed. Don't know why this is, but it's even worse than last year. Looks like quite a lot of strong climbers came to PT this year - or were trained to be as good as they are now. And it confirms that the Giro has a rather weak startlist in terms of climbers (at least at the top).
tastasol wrote:
Just hoping most of our guys will finish and a top 50 for Cort
Fully agree, just replacing Cort with Darbellay Really cannot expect more than a Top 30-40, and with some luck another rider in the Top 50. Breakaway appearance would be nice, too - and I hope that's almost guaranteed given that we're one of the weakest teams here.
Good luck to all, thanks for the preview!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 08-01-2025 13:13
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Not much of a chance to do anything here given how stacked the field gets. We'll take Galta not being completely irrelevant and scoring something.
Thanks for the preview!
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Posted on 08-01-2025 14:13
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Lecuisinier is here so obviously i hope to win. Lopez is here as well to form the super duo. When i sent him, i hoped for a shorter list of second row riders so that he can ideally go for a top 10 result as well. Might be a bit tougher than expected and not sure how the ai will handle him. but worst case, he makes the race hard for Lecuisinier which is fine for me as well. Basically replaces some of those 3day races with a tt or MSR which obviously isnt won by puncheurs in the newer game versions...
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Posted on 05-12-2025 18:29
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| ember |
Posted on 08-01-2025 18:18
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Crazy field, which is super fun! PHL must be considered favourite. Novak I don't have much hope for here. Maaaybe a top 15, and possibly a top 10 on a super duper day? A top 20 feels normal
Curious to what kind of race it becomes. Would be fun if the greatest climbers go earlyish, eventhough it will then probably only come down to an attrition war, similar to what we saw on the cobbles in Franceville. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 09-01-2025 08:47
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Happy to see an active Chamloussin, but maybe it would have been a better idea to safe energy and try to hang to a top 20 spot.
So weird to see Lecuisinier not even on the podium.
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| redordead |
Posted on 09-01-2025 08:49
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We got the top 10, but otherwise it's another underwhelming race. This month can't end soon enough 
Congrats to cycleYorkshire for a slightly surprising win and thanks to Abhi for the report
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Posted on 09-01-2025 09:12
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Oh shit
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| tastasol |
Posted on 09-01-2025 09:18
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Great ride by Morton! Big congrats to cycleYorkshire on a little upset here.
We got what we came for. A guy in the break (though not for long), eight finishers and well inside the top 50 for Cort. Thanks for the report!
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 09-01-2025 09:27
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Ouch... Darbellay's bad season continues. No clue what his problem is, but finishing alongside Polanc, and far behind e.g. Champoussin or Cort as similarly skilled climbers is really disappointing. Points-wise, it's not that much of a loss, but his perspective to get further training funds clearly hasn't improved with today's outcome...
Congrats to ryant, pretty surprising to see him beat all of PHL, Dombrowski and Kudus, but that attack was perfectly timed!
Weird to see PHL miss out on the podium, though, definitely misjudged that attack and then spent too much energy to catch up.
Thanks for the report to Abhi and to Nemo for posting it!
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| Bikex |
Posted on 09-01-2025 11:26
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Obviously I hoped for more than 14th from McNulty but it was nice to see him try an attack, even though that probably wasn't the best way to use his energy.
Congrats ryant on this victory against such strong opposition and thanks Abhi for the report! |
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| SotD |
Posted on 09-01-2025 12:25
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Ouch Lecuisinier. That was an awful result as THE standout favorite.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 09-01-2025 13:12
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13th is around where Aular should be after holding on for as long as possible. Higuita with a top-20 is decent as well, seems like he did a good domestique job.
A bit of a surprising winner here, but still a clear podium favourite of course. Congratulations ryant! Thank you Abhishek for the great report
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Posted on 09-01-2025 16:17
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Morton was really on a heater here! I'm shocked as I just hoped for a podium with this start list and I have to be honest there's been few instances of Morton really impressing like this in the high mountains for us, normally just doing 'enough' rather than seriously challenging for wins (although that's normally been against the likes of Herklotz tbf).
Even so what a performance and what a win! Certainly gives me hope for the future...
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| ember |
Posted on 09-01-2025 20:57
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Wow, big surprise! Congratulations, ryant!
Very surprised to see PHL on what must have been a bad day. For us, Novak doing just fine to get 15th. Not much more to say for us. And also, a race time of almost 8 hours and 30 minutes... The race is just crazy brutal  |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 10-01-2025 01:00
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Poor performance by Galta, but not gonna complain after our insane Giro luck. Gregaard with a nice top 30 makes up some of the difference at least. Thanks Abhi for the report, and congrats to ryant!
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 13-01-2025 13:07
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In this field, second is a great result by Dombrowski!
Congrats on the surprise win, ryant.
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