Le Samyn 27.02.13

[HiCadence]

Don't really have much info in terms of startlist anyone know how difficult the bumps are on that profile? Sprinters or not?

Van Poppel, Ciolek and Thomas could possibly go well here?

Partial starlist that i could find atm.


AG2R LA MONDIALE

BAGDONAS Gediminas Lithuania
BÉRARD Julien France
DOMONT Axel France
HOULE Hugo Canada
IGLINSKIY Valentin Kazahkstan
KERN Julian Germany
RAVARD Anthony France
RIBLON Christophe France

LOTTO - BELISOL TEAM

BILLE Gaetan Belgium
BULGAC Brian Netherlands
DE HAES Kenny Belgium
KAISEN Olivier Belgium
NEYENS Maarten Belgium
ROBERT Frederique Belgium
VAN DER SANDE Tosh Belgium
VANGENECHTEN Jonas Belgium

MTN QHUBEKA p/b SAMSUNG

CIOLEK Gerald Germany
DEBESAY Ferekalsi Eritrea
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas Lithuania
REGUIGUI Youcef Algeria
REIMER Martin Germany
SBARAGLI Kristian Italy
STAUFF Andreas Germany
VAN ZYL Johann South Africa

SKY PROCYCLING

EISEL Bernhard Austria
HAYMAN Mathew Australia
PUCCIO Salvatore Italy
RASCH Gabriel Norway
ROWE Luke United Kingdom
SUTTON Christopher Australia
SWIFT Ben United Kingdom
THOMAS Geraint United Kingdom

TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA

JARC Blaz Slovenia
KLUGE Roger Germany
MCEVOY Jonathan United Kingdom
ROWSELL Erick United Kingdom
SCHWARZMANN Michael Germany
THWAITES Scott United Kingdom
VOSS Paul Germany
WETTERHALL Alexander Sweden

VACANSOLEIL - DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM

BOECKMANS Kris Belgium
DE GENDT Thomas Belgium
FEILLU Romain France
LINDEMAN Bertjan Netherlands
MARKUS Barry Netherlands
MOL Wouter Netherlands
VAN POPPEL Boy Netherlands
VAN POPPEL Danny Netherlands

 

[RedheadDane]

(Never mind... it was another race)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nice little race. Live TV too.
Often a strong rider can get ahead on incline and snatch the win.
Could be Demare for a double if he starts.

 

[HiCadence]

Yep we got some Eurosport coverage for this one provided something doesn't go wrong lol.

 

[Netserk]

Yep we got some Eurosport coverage for this one provided something doesn't go wrong lol.

Why did you change the profile back to the HUGE picture?

 

[HiCadence]

It came up as a broken link for me unless we changed it at the same time?

 

[HiCadence]

Thanks for making it smaller the size of it was driving me nuts.

 

[Netserk]

It came up as a broken link for me unless we changed it at the same time?

Can you see it now? I can.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

This is Ciolek's.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Ciolek ftw! I hope.

 

[HiCadence]

Ciolek ftw! I hope.

This!

I'm a bit of a Ciolek fan.

 

[LaFlorecita]

This!

I'm a bit of a Ciolek fan.

I like him and he is in my cq team

 

[HiCadence]

I like him and he is in my cq team

Haha i like him and he's on my Road.cc fantasy team

 

[Lexman]

Dehaes FTW

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Dehaes FTW

With KBK cancelled, Lotto should throw in Greipel and a leadout man and take a win here.

 

[postmanhat]

^^Yes the KBK cancellation should certainly make this a lot more interesting! Riders fresher, possibility of swaps and last chance to impress for the classics teams before another spell of training.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

^^Yes the KBK cancellation should certainly make this a lot more interesting! Riders fresher, possibility of swaps and last chance to impress for the classics teams before another spell of training.

Sky's team looks pretty solid:
EISEL Bernhard Austria
HAYMAN Mathew Australia
PUCCIO Salvatore Italy
RASCH Gabriel Norway
ROWE Luke United Kingdom
SUTTON Christopher Australia
SWIFT Ben United Kingdom
THOMAS Geraint United Kingdom

I think we need a good match up.

 

[Afrank]

Anyone have a profile for that final climb?

 

[postmanhat]

Looks like a fairly steep 3k? Followed by a rapid descent to a 1k flat finish? And they're doing it five times in a 20k loop?

Can you tell I'm guessing?

 

[greenedge]

Hoping for Feillu and Ravard to go well here. Ciolek seems most likely to win.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Demare is riding, surely he's also a favorite right?

 

[danlindfield]

Final 3km includes a slope of 45m gain over final 1.5k. Averages about 3% by my maths

http://www.lesamyn.be/images/stories/documents/reglement_elite_contrat_2013.pdf

 

[Christian]

Here is a video of the 2011 finale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEXoShiR7XQ

I have not seen the road in real life but from the TV it always seems like a really long, slightly uphill drag. I like it a lot as a finish

I think last year was a sprint from a reduced peloton right? In any case you don't want to start your sprint too early I believe!

 

[Bushman]

Here is a video of the 2011 finale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEXoShiR7XQ

I have not seen the road in real life but from the TV it always seems like a really long, slightly uphill drag. I like it a lot as a finish

I think last year was a sprint from a reduced peloton right? In any case you don't want to start your sprint too early I believe!

Very good racing, nice finish. And what a fight by Klemme there!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Very good racing, nice finish. And what a fight by Klemme there!

yep, 2011 was a great edition. Before the clip Leukemans was alone for 30-40km or so. Great day all around.