Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde 2.HC 26th-28th March 2013

[MagnusMagnussen]

Crazy sprintersfield in this race:

Cavendish, Sagan, Viviani, Greipel, Dehaes, Cooke, Bazayev, Guarnieri, Kristof, Demare, Ferarri, Kittel, Veelers, Markus, Van Hummel, Chicchi, Modolo, Van Staeyen, Ciolek, Voss, Napolitano, ....

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[GP Blanco]

Indeed, there will be two great sprints. Also interested in the performance of Durbridge and Hepburn. You can count on them in the TT, but what will they do in the first stage?

 

[Netserk]

Stage 1 profile:

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[Netserk]

Stage 3A profile:

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Stage 3B profile (ITT):

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Crazy sprintersfield in this race:

Cavendish, Sagan, Viviani, Greipel, Dehaes, Cooke, Bazayev, Guarnieri, Kristof, Demare, Ferarri, Kittel, Veelers, Markus, Van Hummel, Chicchi, Modolo, Van Staeyen, Ciolek, Voss, Napolitano, ....

add crap weather and we may need a king size ambulance to drive half the peloton to the hospital.

Tuft will survive and take the win.

 

[Pentacycle]

add crap weather and we may need a king size ambulance to drive half the peloton to the hospital.

Tuft will survive and take the win.

According to current forecast, this race will have ralatively good weather. No rain, and temperatures of about 10 deg C. The weather for RvV could be horrible though, it could become the wettest edition in years.

 

[Parel van het Zuiden]

add crap weather and we may need a king size ambulance to drive half the peloton to the hospital.

Tuft will survive and take the win.

Tuft won't ride. Westra or Chavanel FTW.

 

[greenedge]

Chavanel FTW, to show he should lead OPQS in the cobbles.

Viviani and Demare can hopefully go well.

 

[will10]

Westra for 2nd overall.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

A shame that Kwiatkowski isn't riding this. It suits him very well. Chavanel for the win, Van Keirsbulck second.

 

[theyoungest]

Westra for 2nd overall.

Westra seems to be off his game. If that means he'll suddenly win this race remains to be seen

 

[tomorrow]

Viviani and Demare can hopefully go well.

Well, as far as viviani is concerned, it will highly depend on whether he will be the lead-out train for sagan or vice versa. My guess is that the first stage will be riden on sagan, the second and third one on viviani with sagan dnf either during or after the second stage.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tuft won't ride. Westra or Chavanel FTW.

How about Vorobyev? Can he survive the hills and cobbles? Probably not yet.

Gaudin FTW instead.

 

[cineteq]

Boonen's knee still hurts but the Belgian will take part in Three Days of De Panne says @opqscyclingteam

 

[Lexman]

Boonen's knee still hurts but the Belgian will take part in Three Days of De Panne says @opqscyclingteam

Indeed he can use the extra km's in function of the RRV & PR...

 

[Ferminal]

What is the weather looking like?

 

[Sasquatch]

Durbridge should take this.

 

[Netserk]

Durbridge should take this.

He should be dropped hard on stage 1.

 

[Ferminal]

Looks easier than last year's hilly stage tbh.

 

[Pentacycle]

Durbridge should take this.

Don't forget the ITT follows after a morning stage, so he'll probably be too tired to win. Last year was exactly the same.

 

[Lanark]

Looks easier than last year's hilly stage tbh.

Isn't it exactly the same?

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Isn't it exactly the same?

Last year there were just 2 hills in last 30kms. This year 5 hills.

 

[manafana]

This race will be extra important for those still looking build form, really going be hard for bonnen to be right for flanders or roubaix.

 

[will10]

Given the weather this could be more like the 2010 edition than the 2012 edition - more selective racing and not three bunch sprints. We'll see. Normally a good race but depends who wants to show their hand. I understand Boonen racing this year but not sure what Sagan has to gain here.

 

[tomorrow]

... but not sure what Sagan has to gain here.

he's maybe so comfortable that he just can't stop racing, or else I don't know. Originally, it wasn't in his calendar, at least no according to his webpage.