Dwars door Vlaanderen (1.HC), 23rd of March 2016

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This Wednesday the string of cobbled classics wil start with Dwars door Vlaanderen. Usually this race is won by a second row rider/talent such as Jelle Wallays last year.

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Provisional startlist
LOTTO - SOUDAL
1 WALLAYS Jelle
2 BAK Lars Ytting
3 BENOOT Tiesj
4 DE BIE Sean
5 DE BUYST Jasper
6 DEBUSSCHERE Jens
7 FRISON Frederik
8 LIGTHART Pim

MOVISTAR TEAM
11 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto
12 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey
13 ARCAS PEÑA Jorge
14 SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe
15 PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio
16 LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose
17 SÜTTERLIN Jasha
18 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José

BMC RACING TEAM
21 VAN AVERMAET Greg
22 BOHLI Tom
23 BURGHARDT Marcus
24 KUENG Stefan
25 ZABEL Rick
26 SCHÄR Michael
27 GERTS Floris
28 VLIEGEN Loïc

ETIXX - QUICK STEP
31 TERPSTRA Niki
32 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
33 LAMPAERT Yves
34 MAES Nikolas
35 MARTIN Tony
36 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
37 VERMOTE Julien
38 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz

TREK FACTORY RACING
41 STUYVEN Jasper
42 BEPPU Fumiyuki
43 BONIFAZIO Niccolo
44 DEVOLDER Stijn
45 IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel
46 NIZZOLO Giacomo
47 THEUNS Edward
48 VAN POPPEL Boy

TINKOFF TEAM
51 GATTO Oscar
52 BASKA Erik
53 BRUTT Pavel
54 GOGL Michael
55 KOLAR Michal
56 MCCARTHY Jay
57 SAGAN Juraj
58 TRUSOV Nikolai

ORICA GREENEDGE
61 KEUKELEIRE Jens
62 BEWLEY Sam
63 DOCKER Mitchell
64 DURBRIDGE Luke
65 MEZGEC Luka
67 CORT NIELSEN Magnus
68 TUFT Svein

IAM CYCLING
71 DEVENYNS Dries
72 AREGGER Marcel
73 HOLLENSTEIN Reto
74 HOWARD Leigh
75 KLUGE Roger
76 NAESEN Oliver
77 PELLAUD Simon
78 REYNES MIMO Vicente

TEAM KATUSHA
81 LAGUTIN Sergey
82 HALLER Marco
83 ISAYCHEV Vladimir
84 KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy
85 KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav
86 POLITT Nils
87 PORSEV Alexander
88 TSATEVITCH Alexey

AG2R LA MONDIALE
91 TURGOT Sébastien
92 BAGDONAS Gediminas
93 DANIEL Maxime
94 DENZ Nico
95 DUMOULIN Samuel
96 GAUDIN Damien
97 GOUGEARD Alexis
98 JAUREGUI Quentin

TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO
101 HOFLAND Moreno
102 CASTELIJNS Twan
103 GROENEWEGEN Dylan
104 ROOSEN Timo
105 TEUNISSEN Mike
106 VAN WINDEN Dennis
107 WAGNER Robert
108 WYNANTS Maarten

TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
111 LUDVIGSSON Fredrik
112 FAIRLY Caleb
113 HAGA Chad
114 CHENG Ji
115 JONES Carter
116 OOMEN Sam

TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
121 VAN HECKE Preben
122 CAPIOT Amaury
123 DECLERCQ Tim
124 RICKAERT Jonas
125 STEELS Stijn
126 VAN HOECKE Gijs
127 VAN LERBERGHE Bert
128 VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter

WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
131 MARCATO Marco
132 BACKAERT Frederik
133 CLAEYS Dimitri
134 DE HAES Kenny
135 DEVRIENDT Tom
136 STENUIT Robin
137 VAN MELSEN Kevin
138 VEUCHELEN Frederik

DIRECT ENERGIE
141 CHAVANEL Sylvain
142 ANDERSON Ryan
143 CARDIS Romain
144 DUCHESNE Antoine
145 GENE Yohann
146 MORICE Julien
147 PETIT Adrien
148 PICHOT Alexandre

COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
151 BOZIC Borut
152 AHLSTRAND Jonas
153 JOEAAR Gert
154 LAPORTE Christophe
155 LEMOINE Cyril
156 SENECHAL Florian
157 VAN STAEYEN Michael
158 VAN BILSEN Kenneth

FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT
161 TRONET Steven
162 BREEN Vegard
163 FEILLU Brice
164 HUTAROVICH Yauheni
165 JARRIER Benoit
166 MCLAY Daniel
167 PERICHON Pierre-Luc
168 VALLEE Boris

SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA
171 POZZATO Filippo
172 BUSATO Matteo
173 CONTI Samuele
174 FEDI Andrea
175 FONZI Giuseppe
176 TEDESCHI Mirko
177 TROSINO Mirko
178 ZHUPA Eugert

ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON
REUS Kai Netherlands
181 VAN GOETHEM Brian
182 ASSELMAN Jesper
183 DE VRIES Berden
184 KERKHOF Tim
185 KREDER Michel
186 KREDER Raymond
187 KREDER Wesley
188 VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd

CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
191 PONZI Simone
192 KIENDYS Tomasz
193 KUREK Adrian
194 MATYSIAK Bartlomiej
195 MIHAILOV Nikolai
196 PATERSKI Maciej
197 STEPNIAK Grzegorz
198 TACIAK Mateusz

BORA-ARGON 18
201 THWAITES Scott
202 BAUHAUS Phil
203 DEMPSTER Zakkari
204 MATZKA Ralf
205 PFINGSTEN Christoph
206 POSTLBERGER Lukas
207 SCHILLINGER Andreas
208 SCHWARZMANN Michael

STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP
211 CIOLEK Gerald
212 GULDHAMMER PEDERSEN Rasmus
213 KAMP EGESTED Alexander
214 KIRSCH Alex
215 PEDERSEN Mads
216 REIHS Michael
217 SVENDGAARD Michael Carbel
218 TENBROCK Jonas

GAZPROM - RUSVELO
221 BOEV Igor
222 MANAKOV Victor
223 MAIKIN Roman
224 NIKOLAEV Sergey
225 SAVITSKY Ivan
226 SHALUNOV Evgeny
227 SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey
228 SVESHNIKOV Kirill

Prediction
As said, usually this race is not won by a big name. This means guys like Stuyven, Wallays, Sénechal and Gougeard can win this race. Experienced outsiders are Chavanel and Pozzato, although a good result by Pozzato is not expected because when was the last time he delivered? However, this year features Van Avermaet and Terpstra who could battle it out if they want. If it comes to a sprint Gaviria will be the man watch, followed by riders such as Petit, Mezgec although he has been quiet so far.

 

[SafeBet]

Glad to see Stefan Kung back on the bike!

 

[Ricco']

although a good result by Pozzato is not expected because when was the last time he delivered?

Hmm, last saturday?

 

[Orbit501]

Terpstra after a hat-trick here to kick off his season?

 

[Tonton]

It would be great for Chavanel to win a nice one in the twilight of his career. GVA is the man to beat. How about Benoot? He's overdue.

 

[Lexman]

37 VERMOTE Julien

has undergone surgery due to his crashes at MSR and is out for the classics...

 

[King Boonen]

Devolder to smash it...

 

[Samamba]

Interesting to see what Gaviria can do on the cobblestones.

 

[GP Blanco]

Re:

37 VERMOTE Julien

has undergone surgery due to his crashes at MSR and is out for the classics...

Indeed, the startlist is provisional.

 

[metaCYCLE]

Bananito to boss this one!

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

Interesting to see what Gaviria can do on the cobblestones.

Hopefully stay upright...

 

[Scarponi]

Why is Betancur here

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

Why is Betancur here

He'll help the spectators finish their frites

 

[GP Blanco]

Re:

Why is Betancur here

To show his DS he has some determination left.

 

[ferryman]

Re: Re:

Why is Betancur here

He'll help the spectators finish their frites

Sans mayonaisse of course - he's a Pro

Joking aside, just glad to see him riding anywhere...

 

[Velolover2]

Re:

Why is Betancur here

He is heavy enough to be a classics rider.

 

[King Boonen]

Re: Re:

Why is Betancur here

He'll help the spectators finish their frites

Sans mayonaisse of course - he's a Pro

Joking aside, just glad to see him riding anywhere...

He prefers ketchup?


My French girlfriend has turned me to the delights of chips and mayonnaise, all that weight loss is going to disappear!

 

[ferryman]

Re: Re:

Why is Betancur here

He'll help the spectators finish their frites

Sans mayonaisse of course - he's a Pro

Joking aside, just glad to see him riding anywhere...

He prefers ketchup?

One could reply with a rather crude suggestion how to burn off the calories with a French girl friend
My French girlfriend has turned me to the delights of chips and mayonnaise, all that weight loss is going to disappear!

 

[King Boonen]

Re: Re:

Why is Betancur here

He'll help the spectators finish their frites

Sans mayonaisse of course - he's a Pro

Joking aside, just glad to see him riding anywhere...

He prefers ketchup?

One could reply with a rather crude suggestion how to burn off the calories with a French girl friend
My French girlfriend has turned me to the delights of chips and mayonnaise, all that weight loss is going to disappear!

Cycling in the Alps obviously...

 

[SKSemtex]

I am quite interested how many Tinkoff riders arrive to the finish.

 

[tomorrow]

[*]

I am quite interested how many Tinkoff riders arrive to the finish.

Well, at least Gatto will, and maybe Trusov. Actually, Gatto seems to be in reasonably good shape, he could actually make some result here, or at least try.

 

[Gigs_98]

Stuyven to go solo at the kwaremont and push Cancellara out of his leader part for the cobbles classics
Objectively however GVA and Terprstra are probably the big favorites for this race. It should be interesting.

 

[SafeBet]

It would be great for Chavanel to win a nice one in the twilight of his career. GVA is the man to beat.

Chavanel is sick hence won't start.

 

[Tonton]

[*]

It would be great for Chavanel to win a nice one in the twilight of his career. GVA is the man to beat.

Chavanel is sick hence won't start.

I got a feeling that my '16 predictions will s**k as bad as they did in '15 . Jinx ...I feel sorry for the GVA and Benoot fans now .

 

[SafeBet]

You can still edit your post (at least the Benoot part). Thanks!