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At the moment Champs Élysées is the biggest stage for the sprinters, MSR isn't a bunch sprint and if a sprinter does win its more the hard man sprinter like Kirstoff and I can't see that changing anytime soon. Change Paris-Tours to WT and then it would be a big bunch sprint sprinters classic again, the reasons breaks have been getting away and winning is the strength of the teams at that time of year just isn't string but change it to WT status and we would see stronger teams and the big kid sprinters turn up.
bassano
Champs elysees? no way, I know that is a very prestige sprint but competition there is usually so weak, last 5 years is not so evident but before that only like half of real sprinters came through alps or pyrenees and another half not even rode a Tour de France anyway so champs elysees not really
and how many sprinters really won Paris Tours in last 15 years? not even close to how many of them won MSR because it is probably more suitable for breakaways and it is not nearly prestigious race as MSR
so MSR is definitelly most prestigious sprint that ever could be, maybe World Champs for pure sprinters as 2002 or 2011 can be equally prestigious
At the moment Champs Élysées is the biggest stage for the sprinters, MSR isn't a bunch sprint and if a sprinter does win its more the hard man sprinter like Kirstoff and I can't see that changing anytime soon. Change Paris-Tours to WT and then it would be a big bunch sprint sprinters classic again, the reasons breaks have been getting away and winning is the strength of the teams at that time of year just isn't string but change it to WT status and we would see stronger teams and the big kid sprinters turn up.