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Hanko Classic - Discussion
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 11-02-2025 19:37
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 Hanko Classic (C1) - Preview
Welcome to Finland for the flat Hanko Classic! Seventh edition of the race now, which has been won by six different riders so far. Last year Indosat won the Hanko Classic with Abdul Halil, who won't be defending his title. 2022 winner Lionel Coutinho (for Assa Abloy) will try to be the first rider to win this race twice, riding for Specialized this time around. Let's have a look at the parcours.
Flat it is. We expect a sprint, but of course a late attack always stands a chance as well. although the very flat profile makes it even harder to stay away from a storming peloton. Let's have a look at the best sprinters in the race.
| Nat. | Name | FL | ST | RS | SP | AC |  |  Coquard Bryan | 73 | 71 | 74 | 84 | 83 |  |  Vesely Daniel | 73 | 74 | 68 | 81 | 80 |  |  Farantakis Stylianos | 74 | 75 | 72 | 81 | 80 |  |  Zabel Rick | 74 | 74 | 70 | 81 | 79 |  |  Ahlstrand Jonas | 72 | 71 | 70 | 81 | 79 |  |  Enger Sondre Holst | 73 | 71 | 73 | 81 | 78 |  |  Carsi Mustafa | 70 | 66 | 69 | 80 | 82 |  |  Bonifazio Niccolo | 79 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 80 |  |  Liu Jiankun | 74 | 76 | 69 | 80 | 80 |  |  Zariff Nur Aiman | 70 | 71 | 67 | 80 | 80 |  |  Aniolkowski Stanislaw | 76 | 76 | 74 | 80 | 79 |  |  Einhorn Itamar | 74 | 71 | 71 | 80 | 78 |  |  Afewerki Elias | 73 | 77 | 70 | 79 | 80 |  |  Coutinho Lionel | 72 | 75 | 74 | 79 | 80 |  |  Nur Hasan Sandy | 74 | 74 | 74 | 79 | 78 |  |  Kamberaj Xhuliano | 75 | 73 | 73 | 79 | 78 | |  Willwohl Willi | 73 | 71 | 67 | 79 | 78 |  |  Contreras Emiliano | 72 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 80 |  |  Kulikovskiy Alexandr | 73 | 70 | 73 | 78 | 79 |  |  Losch Max | 73 | 72 | 68 | 78 | 79 |
Top sprinter Coquard is the big favourite as in most races he is in this season, but Zalgiris' Vesely and ELCO - ABEA's Farantakis will be trying to show him who the real PCT boss is.
Zabel, Ahlstrand and Enger are three similar riders with an okay stamina and resistance and better sprint than acceleration. Ahlstrand will also try to win this race for the second time, after having won in 2019 for Volvo.
Then we have four riders who have both 80+ sprint and acceleration, but lack some skills in at least one of the two physical compartments. Nevertheless, at least three of them have shown they have what it takes to win a race this season, and all of them have won one or multiple races in the previous seasons. Can any of Carsi, Bonifazio, Liu or Zariff take the win?
Below them we have four guys who are not 80+ in both sprinting and accelerating, but have decent or even excellent physical stats, and all of them also having won at least one race in the last two seasons. Let's see what Aniolkowski Einhorn, Afewerki and former winner Coutinho have to offer tomorrow.
Some other outsiders below them as well, theoretically not the biggest favourites, but what is theory worth on a Finnish road? The only thing that counts is crossing the Finnish finish line first.
A quick look at the rouleurs can't hurt.
| Nat. | Name | FL | ST | RS | SP | AC |  |  Arashiro Yudai | 81 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 75 |  | Quispe Alain | 81 | 63 | 61 | 67 | 74 | | Cherkasov Nicolay | 80 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 75 | | Bonifazio Niccolo | 79 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 80 |  | Suter Joel | 79 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 74 | | Boutopoulos Georgios | 78 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 78 |  | Mundle Benedikt | 78 | 67 | 71 | 58 | 67 |
Including sprinter bonifazio these are the +78 rouleurs at the startline. From the top-3 rouleurs it seems like none of them really has a top top top sprinter to worry about, so they might get some freedom. And you never know what happens then.
Good luck to all, startlist in the spoiler below.
Spoiler  Dzervus Darijus
McGill Scott
Itami Kenji
Arashiro Yudai
Paulus Milan
Ryuki Uga
Drouin David
Koide Itsuki
Afewerki Elias
De Marigny-Lagesse Llucie
Quispe Alain
Sprenger Felix
Borg Luke
Onley Oscar
Moiruri Moses
Ruvalcaba Reyes Davide
Feiereisen Kevin
Willems Jago
Teggart Matthew
Huby Antoine
Ben Ameur Hatem
Uhiriwe Renus
Verstrynge Emiel
Kulindwa Lameck Marco
Vesely Daniel
Dakteris Janis
De Lie Arnaud
Januskevicius Mantas
Tarvis Peeter
Mikutis Aivaras
Bablidze Irakli
Raugala Gustas
Zhao Jingbiao
Van der Sande Tosh
Noppe Christophe
Van Lerberghe Bert
Ma Guangtong
Pollefliet Gianluca
Roosen Timo
Brenner Marco
Farantakis Stylianos
Koumpetsos Anastasios
Niu Yikui
Boutopoulos Georgios
Soulious Zisis
Kortsidakis Michail
Varotsos Ioannis
Wenzel Mats
Carsi Mustafa
Ringheim Jo Kogstad
Domene Ramon
Barbero Carlos
Quevedo Xavier
Sinkeldam Ramon
Acosta Ruben
Adriamihajanarivo Herizo
Nur Hasan Sandy
Gani Abdul
Venturini Clement
Doull Owain
Pszczolarski Wojciech
Rubenis Pauls
Van Vliet Indy
Kusuma Terry
Contreras Emiliano
Baska Erik
Sagiv Guy
Mraouni Salah Eddine
Edmondson Joshua
Jurado Cristofer Robin
Sanogo Abou
Owen Logan
Losch Max
Degenkolb John
Lienhard Fabian
Gabburo Davide
Nys Thibau
Bayer Tobias
Terada Yoshiki
Zabel Rick
McLay Dan
De Buyst Jasper
Rumac Josip
Cherkasov Nicolay
Teutenberg Tim Torn
Tesfom Sirak
Uhlig Henri
Bonifazio Niccolo
Weemaes Sasha
Suter Joel
Biermans Jenthe
Piccolo Andrea
Van Den Bossche Fabio
Vandenabeele Henri
Benedetti Gabriele
Kamberaj Xhuliano
Merlier Tim
Kiskonen Siim
Sarreau Marc
Groselj Ziga
Jarc Aljaz
Demiri Mikel
Yzeiraj Marildo
Liu Jiankun
Zingle Axel
Marzuki Nur Amirul
Chatarunga Sameera
Vanbilsen Kenneth
Christen Fabio
Van Aert Wout
Changsheng Sun
Coquard Bryan
Jimenez Retana John
Huertas Jason
Rodriguez Brandon
Jimenez Dylan Roberto
Samudio Joseph Ivan
Ramirez Donovan
Bulux Fredy Domingo
Ahlstrand Jonas
Jiang Zhihui
Matthews Darren
Sommer Jan
Dressler Luca
Paleni Enzo
Gomez Fausto Agustin
Guavita Cesar David
Einhorn Itamar
Eislers Sandis
Rossi Diego
Van Sintmaartensdijk Roel
Maccagli Andrea Enrico
Garofoli Gianmarco
Noia Carlo
Skivild Robin Juel
Tivani German Nicolas
Muhindo Jimmy
Marcos Leandro
Lopez Harold Martin
Revelo Franklin Joel
Fisher-Black Finn
Obando Bryan Raul
Orue German Anibal
Zariff Nur Aiman
Barbari Adel
Granigan Noah
Schomber Nils
De Comarmond Aurelien
Moutsios Martinos
Mundle Benedikt
Liphongyu Nawuti
Kulikovskiy Alexandr
Kuroeda Shiki
Kuroeda Saya
Van Dijke Tim
Alben Esow
Singh Ronaldo Laitonjam
Yechezkel Aviv
Howson Damien
Coutinho Lionel
Dzamastagic Mark
Milan Jonathan
Svestad-Bardseng Embret
Kench Josh
La Grenade Jeremie
Marsman Tim
Ayuso Juan
Enger Sondre Holst
Waersted Syver
Liepins Emils
Bertilsson Christian
Berger Hakon Frengstad
Nielsen Joanis Albert
Manakov Viktor
Breen Vegard
Aniolkowski Stanislaw
Gladysh Roman
Fratczak Radoslaw
Sitchinava Nika
Varga Peter
Ponomar Andrii
Petrov Yordan
Kachur Dmytro
Willwohl Willi
Stalberg Albin
Zepuntke Ruben
Andersen Kasper
Heinrich Nicolas
Vangheluwe Warre
Osborne Jason
Campenaerts Victor
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| quadsas |
Posted on 11-02-2025 20:04
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Should be a very easy victory for Vesely as always
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 11-02-2025 20:24
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Ahlstrand better come first here and ignite some more Swedish - Finnish rivalry
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 11-02-2025 20:39
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Now Enger, we need you to perform, almost on home soil as well 
Thank you Nemo for the extensive preview, really good to read! |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-02-2025 21:21
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Go on then, disappoint me
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 12-02-2025 07:15
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Happy to be back to racing aftera few weeks of downtime, even if it's with a sprinter that doesn't even make the list of favorites Hopefully Feiereisen at least participates in the sprint and maybe sneaks into the Top 15. And ideally, we're in the breakaway as well on the off-chance that is successful.
Thanks for the preview, looking forward to the report!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-02-2025 07:48
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Hoping for a Kulikovskiy overperformance, as always.
Thanks for the preview 
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| SotD |
Posted on 12-02-2025 10:34
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Gotta hope Farantakis will make one of his rare successes here.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 12-02-2025 12:01
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Hard to get excited about this course nothing particularly happened KM 10 - 190
Little flat attacks after the break caught though probably due to the ease of the race the sprint teams had the energy to keep everyone together
Lotto sprint train by far the strongest but launched a good 0.6/0.7km in game too early
Big advantage to be in the back row in the sprint because of this I think all the top 5 bar 1 where not in the first two rows as the sprint was launched
Awesome sprint timing by Coquard did feel very cool to watch him slice through the pack in the last 1km |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 12-02-2025 12:11
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Thanks for the report, nice to see Couqard still being a beast.
Coutinho is an absolute mess at the moment however, slightly disgraceful performance from him.
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| Blasing |
Posted on 12-02-2025 12:30
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What a dissapointing performance by our team...
Congrats on the win!
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 12-02-2025 14:07
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Thanks jt for the report and the notes
Indeed not a good timing here, which I feared for when I saw we were the leading train. Full focus on the PTHC stage races now!
And congrats DW with the win!
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| SotD |
Posted on 12-02-2025 14:17
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SotD wrote:
Gotta hope Farantakis will make one of his rare successes here.
I guess not...
Congrats to Coquard though! Nice when the obvious favorite actually takes the win.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 12-02-2025 14:28
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cunego59 wrote:
Hopefully Feiereisen at least participates in the sprint and maybe sneaks into the Top 15. And ideally, we're in the breakaway as well on the off-chance that is successful.
Well, one of those two things happened ... The complete failure to bring in a good sprinter during transfers continues to haunt me, even if Feiereisen so far has done okay given his skillset. Just have to get through the season on that front, nothing to do about it now. Congrats to Coquard and thanks for the report!
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 12-02-2025 15:19
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Einhorn being consistent and getting me another top 10 finish is always a help in our quest to avoid being dragged down into the relegation fight
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| 2kignacio2020 |
Posted on 12-02-2025 16:48
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P14 nor a bad job by Carsi but I expected more from him |
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| 2kignacio2020 |
Posted on 12-02-2025 16:48
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P14 nor a bad job by Carsi but I expected more from him |
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| Booker |
Posted on 12-02-2025 17:03
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Wow oh wow, we’ve had some pretty rough results recently, but this one is fairly shocking. Obviously Zhao couldn’t hang, and we got exposed in a big way. The promising start to the season is fizzling a bit, we’ll need to gather some momentum soon I hope!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 12-02-2025 17:11
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Ugh
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 12-02-2025 17:13
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Not happy with 10th on Enger here, we really needed a better result when we brought our best sprint team.
But great job by Coquard, congrats! A solid victory
Thank you JT as well. Exciting last pictures there. Great report! |
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