2013 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne [Cancelled due to snow]

[Jancouver]

Looking forward to this sprinters battle.

Should be exciting finish.

Cavendish vs Greipel vs Farrar vs Demare vs Huta vs SKY vs Pippo vs MiniPhinney vs Everyone Else

I will go with Greipel over Cav. Demare 3rd.

Startlist:

Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
1. CAVENDISH Mark
2. BOONEN Tom
3. STYBAR Zdenek
4. TERPSTRA Niki
5. VELITS Martin
6. MAES Nikolas
7. KEISSE Iljo
8. VANDENBERGH Stijn

Sky Procycling
11. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
12. THOMAS Geraint
13. EISEL Bernhard
14. STANNARD Ian
15. SUTTON Chris
16. HAYMAN Mathew
17. ROWE Luke
18. SWIFT Ben

Lotto Belisol Team
21. GREIPEL Andre
22. ROELANDTS Jurgen
23. DOCKX Gert
24. REYNES Vicente
25. DEBUSSCHERE Jens
26. SIEBERG Marcel
27. HENDERSON Gregory
28. WILLEMS Frederik

Katusha Team
31. PAOLINI Luca
32. SMUKULIS Gatis
33. KRISTOFF Alexander
34. KOLOBNEV Alexandr
35. KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr
36. SELIG Rüdiger
37. HALLER Marco
38. KUZNETSOV Viacheslav

Blanco Pro Cycling Team
41. VANMARCKE Sep
42. TJALLINGII Maarten
43. BOOM Lars
44. WAGNER Robert
45. MARTENS Paul
46. WYNANTS Maarten
47. FLENS Rick
48. HOFLAND Moreno

Garmin - Sharp
51. FARRAR Tyler
52. NUYENS Nick
53. VANSUMMEREN Johan
54. KLIER Andreas
55. BAUER Jack
56. MAASKANT Martijn
57. NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
58. ROSSELER Sebastien

Orica GreenEDGE
61. KEUKELEIRE Jens
62. TUFT Svein
63. LANCASTER Brett
64. HOWARD Leigh
65. MATTHEWS Michael
66. DOCKER Mitchell
67. BEWLEY Sam
68. BEPPU Fumiyuki

Lampre - Merida
71. POZZATO Filippo
72. CATTANEO Mattia
73. FAVILLI Elia
74. CIMOLAI Davide
75. MORI Manuele
76. PALINI Andrea
77. WACKERMANN Luca
78. GRAZIATO Massimo

BMC Racing Team
81. VAN AVERMAET Greg
82. PHINNEY Taylor
83. OSS Daniel
84. QUINZIATO Manuel
85. BLYTHE Adam
86. SCHAR Michael
87. WYSS Danilo
88. LODEWYCK Klaas

AG2R La Mondiale
91. HUTAROVICH Yauheni
92. APPOLLONIO Davide
93. BAGDONAS Gediminas
94. BELLETTI Manuel
95. CHAINEL Steve
96. IGLINSKIY Valentin
97. MINARD Sébastien
98. RAVARD Anthony

Vacansoleil - DCM
101. FLECHA Juan Antonio
102. BOLE Grega
103. FEILLU Romain
104. VAN HUMMEL Kenny
105. KREDER Wesley
106. MOL Wouter
107. SELVAGGI Mirko
108. VAN POPPEL Boy

Vini Fantini
112. MAZZANTI Luca
113. ANDRIATO Rafael
114. DE PATRE Roberto
115. FINETTO Mauro
116. HULSMANS Kevin
117. MILETTA Luigi
118. POZZO Mattia

Equipe Cycliste FDJ
121. DEMARE Arnaud
122. BONNET William
123. FISCHER Murilo Antonio
124. LE BON Johan
125. SOUPE Geoffrey
126. LADAGNOUS Matthieu
127. DELAGE Mickaël
128. ROLLIN Dominique

Accent.jobs – Wanty
131. NAPOLITANO Danilo
132. VAN DIJK Stefan
133. DRUCKER Jean-Pierre
134. CAPPELLE Andy
135. VANLANDSCHOOT James
136. JANS Roy
137. SCHEIRLINCKX Staf
138. CAETHOVEN Steven

Europcar
141. THURAU Bjorn
142. COUSIN Jérôme
143. CHAVANEL Sébastien
144. GAUDIN Damien
145. JEROME Vincent
146. LAMOISSON Morgan
147. GENE Yohann
148. TURGOT Sébastien

IAM Cycling
151. ELMIGER Martin
152. GODDAERT Kristof
153. HINAULT Sébastien
154. HOLLENSTEIN Reto
155. ISTA Kevyn
156. KLEMME Dominik
157. LANG Pirmin
158. PELUCCHI Matteo

Sojasun
161. ENGOULVENT Jimmy
162. MARTIAS Rony
163. DANIEL Maxime
164. LABORIE Christophe
165. LEMOINE Cyril
166. PAIANI Jean-lou
167. SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
168. VUILLERMOZ Alexis

Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
171. LIETAER Eliot
172. LAMPAERT Yves
173. JACOBS Pieter
174. VAN HECKE Preben
175. VAN OVERBERGHE Arthur
176. SALOMEIN Jarl
177. VAN STAEYEN Michael
178. VANDOUSSELAERE Sven

Ventilair - Steria
181. CALLEEUW Joeri
182. DUPONT Timothy
183. LEPLA Jeroen
184. VAN COPPERNOLLE Francesco
185. VAN HOOVELS Kevin
186. VANDEWIELE Frederik
187. VANDROMME Evert
188. WASTYN Emiel

Cofidis Solutions Crédits
191. SIJMENS Nico
192. FOUCHARD Julien
193. GHYSELINCK Jan
194. LABBE Arnaud
195. GARCíA Egoitz
196. ZINGLE Romain
197. PETIT Adrien
198. CAMMAERTS Edwig

Team Argos - Shimano
201. VEELERS Tom
203. CURVERS Roy
204. DE BACKER Bert
205. TIMMER Albert
206. CLARKE William
207. ARNDT Nikias
208. STAMSNIJDER Tom
?. DE KORT Koen

Crelan-Euphony
211. PEETERS Kevin
212. DEVILLERS Gilles
213. CLAEYS Kevin
214. VANTOMME Maxime
215. STALLAERT Joeri
216. SYS Klaas
217. HOVELIJNCK Kurt
218. BARBE Koen

Champion System Pro Cycling Team
221. TRAKSEL Bobbie
222. SAN WU Kin
223. ANDERSON Ryan
224. AVERY Clinton
225. BRAMMEIER Matthew
226. FRIEDEMANN Matthias
227. JIANG Kun
228. ROTH Ryan

An Post - Chainreaction
231. EECKHOUT Niko
232. GHYLLEBERT Pieter
233. VERMOTE Alphonse
234. VEREECKEN Nicolas
235. MCNALLY Mark
236. O' SHEA Glenn
237. MCLAUGHLIN Ronan
238. BENNETT Sam

Team 3M
241. HEYTENS Kess
242. JANSSENS Jimmy
243. STEVENS Timothy
244. TERPSTRA Mike
245. VANGHEEL Timothy
246. VERKINDEREN Frederik
247. VINGERLING Michael
248. WIPPERT Wouter

 

[staubsauger]

Hopefully there will be snowy or stormy conditions this weekend so that '13s Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne won't be a sprinters edition.

 

[Kwibus]

Hopefully there will be snowy or stormy conditions this weekend so that '13s Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne won't be a sprinters edition.

Hope so as well. It will be cold, but not likely stormy. 50% chance of snow/rain though.

 

[SafeBet]

Anybody got a starting list?
Is Bouhanni riding? He might have a chance here.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Cav with a bike length.

 

[Afrank]

Anybody got a starting list?
Is Bouhanni riding? He might have a chance here.

http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjM4MjE=

No Bouhanni, too bad he likely would have done well. Cav for the win, he's got a strong team for a leadout.

 

[SafeBet]

http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjM4MjE=

No Bouhanni, too bad he likely would have done well. Cav for the win, he's got a strong team for a leadout.

This makes me sad
I kinda hope weather condition will be tough so a surprise might come.

 

[greenedge]

I will go Cav, Boom, Matthews.

I think the sprint will be very chaotic.

Demare, GVA and Farrar my other picks.

 

[RHRH19861986]

No Petacchi?

Lampre with the line-up that also does Het Nieuwsblad, they leave Pietropolli, Richeze and Ferrari at home. Strange.

And Argos without Kittel...

 

[search]

Ferrari and Pietropolli are in Switzerland to do GP Lugano the same day. KBK does not really suit them anyway, so it's nothing I wonder at

and I have not seen a startlist for Clasica de Almeria, but I guess that's the race Kittel will do on sunday.

 

[RHRH19861986]

Ferrari and Pietropolli are in Switzerland to do GP Lugano the same day. KBK does not really suit them anyway, so it's nothing I wonder at

and I have not seen a startlist for Clasica de Almeria, but I guess that's the race Kittel will do on sunday.

But prestige is higher at Kuurne, I think it would have suited Ferrari; OK, Pietropolli maybe not.

 

[hektoren]

Weather prognosis for sunday indicates a max. temp. of +3 deg. centigrade. That's wintery conditions, and favors to some extent riders used to cold climates. Hands and feet will go numb!

 

[search]

I think it would have suited Ferrari; OK, Pietropolli maybe not.

I'm not so sure, we have had two sprints for the win in a row now but I still don't see this as sprinter's race - and additionally, Ferrari has close to none experience of racing in Belgium.

 

[RHRH19861986]

I'm not so sure, we have had two sprints for the win in a row now but I still don't see this as sprinter's race - and additionally, Ferrari has close to none experience of racing in Belgium.

OK, you guys start to convince me

But still, Lampre´s squad for this weekend is so weak (besides Pozzato, ofc), that they just have one card to play, and this card will mostly have to fight for his own (luckily, pozzato is used to do so).

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I'm not so sure, we have had two sprints for the win in a row now but I still don't see this as sprinter's race - and additionally, Ferrari has close to none experience of racing in Belgium.

The combined sprint force of Greipel and Cav sitting atop of QS and Lotto trains will very likely have this end in a bunch sprint. Odds doesn't look good for minor sprinters imo. Better opportunities elsewhere.

 

[search]

Favilli is very good on this terrain, he was with him at Farnese last year as well and did a very good job for his youth and lack of experience.

generally Lampre has a very talented team with Favilli, Cattaneo, Wackermann, Palini and Cimolai. Not sure what they will be capable of this weekend in a race like this though. Most likely Pozzato will have to rely on Favilli in the end.

 

[BlenJones2]

Leigh Howard's got the form and the team to place well. but if OPQS and lotto both commit then I can see them squeezing everyone else out

 

[janraaskalt]

and I have not seen a startlist for Clasica de Almeria, but I guess that's the race Kittel will do on sunday.

Kittel won't race at all this weekend.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Kittel won't race at all this weekend.

Probably waiting for P-N. Should be a couple of stages suited for him.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Pelucchi to surprise.

 

[SafeBet]

Favilli is very good on this terrain, he was with him at Farnese last year as well and did a very good job for his youth and lack of experience.

generally Lampre has a very talented team with Favilli, Cattaneo, Wackermann, Palini and Cimolai. Not sure what they will be capable of this weekend in a race like this though. Most likely Pozzato will have to rely on Favilli in the end.

Talent yes, but they have zero experience at this level on this terrain.
But as many have said, Pozzato is used to be on his own. He probably kinda like it too.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Talent yes, but they have zero experience at this level on this terrain.
But as many have said, Pozzato is used to be on his own. He probably kinda like it too.

Favilli already did great last year, so he will be there for him this year.

 

[SafeBet]

Favilli already did great last year, so he will be there for him this year.

Yeah for some reason I keep forgetting about him. Hope he keeps improving, he was indeed very promising last year.

 

[argyllflyer]

Live on Eurosport 2 it seems

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Live on Eurosport 2 it seems

I welcome it, but KBK on, but not Omloop?