2016 Kuurne Brussel Kuurne, Feb. 28th, 200.7 km 1 HC UCI

[Lexman]

Sunday, day after the Omloop we have Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne

200.7 km

11 hellingen with one newcomer : De Klusiberg

Startlist is here :
http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164272&c=3

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Second place is still up for grabs! Sagan, Debusschere, Viviani, Boonen, Demare, Theuns/Nizzolo will fight it out. It will be interesting to see how a few young guys does here: Andersen, Groenewegen, Ewan in particular.

 

[Lexman]

Don't forget Jans, Bouhanni,

Trek has multiple cards to play : Van Poppel, Stuyven, Nizzolo and Theuns....

 

[Lexman]

Re:

Second place is still up for grabs! Sagan, Debusschere, Viviani, Boonen, Demare, Theuns/Nizzolo will fight it out. It will be interesting to see how a few young guys does here: Andersen, Groenewegen, Ewan in particular.

when you say second place is up fro grabs : Kristoff the winner?

 

[GP Blanco]

Re:

Don't forget Jans, Bouhanni,

Trek has multiple cards to play : Van Poppel, Stuyven, Nizzolo and Theuns....

I would say judging their results this year Nizzolo will be their man.

 

[Walter Morgan]

Re: Re:

Don't forget Jans, Bouhanni,

Trek has multiple cards to play : Van Poppel, Stuyven, Nizzolo and Theuns....

I would say judging their results this year Nizzolo will be their man.

I agree with tou, Nizzolo is the best sprinter os the team and is in good shape. Poppel, Theuns, Stuyven, Bonifazio and Nizzolo could be a good train, maybe whit many sprinters

 

[TMP402]

Kristoff
Viviani
Sagan
Pelucchi
de Busschere
Boonen
Demare

I'd like to see what Ewan can do if he can be at the finish.

 

[robin440]

caleb ewan was mentioned in the 5 riders to watch for kuurne from cyclingnews, LOL

 

[staubsauger]

Re: Re:

Don't forget Jans, Bouhanni,

Trek has multiple cards to play : Van Poppel, Stuyven, Nizzolo and Theuns....

I would say judging their results this year Nizzolo will be their man.

I agree with tou, Nizzolo is the best sprinter os the team and is in good shape. Poppel, Theuns, Stuyven, Bonifazio and Nizzolo could be a good train, maybe whit many sprinters

Bonifazio is the best sprinter for me actually. Simply as Nizzolo ain't gonna win anything it seems. Boni looks like a promising guy with variable skills.

 

[Brullnux]

Re:

caleb ewan was mentioned in the 5 riders to watch for kuurne from cyclingnews, LOL

He is definitely one to watch. Not on of the favourites, but one to watch. I am very interested into how he performs in a hard race. Personally, I don't think he can manage but he has shown some endurance skills once before, albeit in a Tour of Poland stage where only he was in any shape. Also the Herald Sun Tour stage in which he followed an attack, but that may due to similar cause.

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

caleb ewan was mentioned in the 5 riders to watch for kuurne from cyclingnews, LOL

He is definitely one to watch. Not on of the favourites, but one to watch. I am very interested into how he performs in a hard race. Personally, I don't think he can manage but he has shown some endurance skills once before, albeit in a Tour of Poland stage where only he was in any shape. Also the Herald Sun Tour stage in which he followed an attack, but that may due to similar cause.

I'd say that presence of an Aussie rider in CN's "riders to watch" is inevitable.

For me, the question is - can Kristoff win both weekend races?
This one looks more certain than Omloop.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Boonen methinks.

 

[Arredondo]

Bouhanni to show Milano San Remo will be his race.

 

[sir fly]

Today's Omloop should have left a lot of guys hungry.
The weaker sprinter field could open up the race on hellingen.

 

[DBotero]

After today warm up it's time for Kristoff to win this one.

 

[Wallenquist]

Tomorrow there is also Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne U19. If anyone interested in junior racing check my blog for the preview.

 

[Brullnux]

1. Don't know
2. Sagan
3. Don't know

 

[Jagartrott]

Wind should be stronger on Sunday - may be more of a factor (should be coming from their 4 or 5 mostly in the finale).

 

[Velolover2]

1. Kristoff
2. Viviani
3. Sagan

 

[manafana]

this KBK thread is quiet, live on eurosport il be enjoying it, always interesting if anyone produces back to back from Omloop

 

[zlev11]

is the Nokereberg closer to the finish this year than in previous editions? or is that just a really terrible profile graphic?

 

[Ricco']

That's only the profile until the end of the Hellingen.

This is the complete profile, I believe.

 

[zlev11]

ah, thanks. so still a lot of flat at the end.

 

[TommyPlus]

I like the look of Trek's team. Hoping someone can do something.
111 VAN POPPEL Boy NED
112 THEUNS Edward BEL
113 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA
114 RAST Grégory SUI
115 STUYVEN Jasper BEL
117 BERNARD Julien FRA
118 COLEDAN Marco ITA
119 BONIFAZIO Niccolo ITA

 

[jens_attacks]

Easy win by grosu