Milan - San Remo 2018

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Start List

TEAM SKY

1 KWIATKOWSKI Michal Poland
2 DOULL Owain United Kingdom
3 MOSCON Gianni Italy
4 PUCCIO Salvatore Italy
5 STANNARD Ian United Kingdom
6 VAN BAARLE Dylan Netherlands
7 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz Poland

AG2R LA MONDIALE

11 NAESEN Oliver Belgium
12 GAUTIER Cyril France
13 GALLOPIN Tony France
14 GOUGEARD Alexis France
15 VUILLERMOZ Alexis France
16 VANDENBERGH Stijn Belgium
17 VENTURINI Clément France

ASTANA PRO TEAM

21 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Spain
22 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar Basque Country
23 GATTO Oscar Italy
24 LUTSENKO Alexey Kazahkstan
25 CORT NIELSEN Magnus Denmark
26 VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael Denmark
27 VILLELLA Davide Italy

BAHRAIN - MERIDA

31 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy
32 BOARO Manuele Italy
33 COLBRELLI Sonny Italy
34 HAUSSLER Heinrich Australia
35 KOREN Kristjan Slovenia
36 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas Lithuania
37 PELLIZOTTI Franco Italy

BARDIANI CSF

41 ALBANESE Vincenzo Italy
42 ANDREETTA Simone Italy
43 BARBIN Enrico Italy
44 CARBONI Giovanni Italy
45 MAESTRI Mirco Italy
46 ROTA Lorenzo Italy
47 TONELLI Alessandro Italy

BMC RACING TEAM

51 VAN AVERMAET Greg Belgium
52 BETTIOL Alberto Italy
53 CARUSO Damiano Italy
54 DRUCKER Jean Pierre Luxembourg
55 GERRANS Simon Australia
56 ROELANDTS Jurgen Belgium
57 SCHÄR Michael Switzerland

BORA-HANSGROHE

61 SAGAN Peter Slovakia
62 BENEDETTI Cesare Italy
63 BODNAR Maciej Poland
64 BURGHARDT Marcus Germany
65 OSS Daniel Italy
66 SAGAN Juraj Slovakia
67 SCHILLINGER Andreas Germany

COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS

71 TEKLEHAYMANOT Daniel Eritrea
72 BONNAFOND Guillaume France
73 CHETOUT Loïc Basque Country
74 LAPORTE Christophe France
75 LEMOINE Cyril France
76 TURGIS Anthony France
77 VAN LERBERGHE Bert Belgium

GROUPAMA - FDJ

81 DEMARE Arnaud France
82 BONNET William France
83 CIMOLAI Davide Italy
84 GUARNIERI Jacopo Italy
85 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas Lithuania
86 LE GAC Olivier France
87 ROUX Anthony France

GAZPROM - RUSVELO

91 FIRSANOV Serguei Russia
92 BOEV Igor Russia
93 CHERKASOV Nikolay Russia
94 KURIANOV Stepan Russia
95 NYCH Artem Russia
96 LAGUTIN Sergey Russia
97 VLASOV Aleksander Russia

ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY

101 HERMANS Ben Belgium
102 BOIVIN Guillaume Canada
104 JENSEN August Norway
105 NEILANDS Krists Latvia
106 SAGIV Guy Israel
107 SBARAGLI Kristian Italy

LOTTO - SOUDAL

WELLENS Tim Belgium
111 GREIPEL André Germany
112 BAK Lars Ytting Denmark
113 DEBUSSCHERE Jens Belgium
114 DE BUYST Jasper Belgium
115 KEUKELEIRE Jens Belgium
117 SIEBERG Marcel Germany

MITCHELTON - SCOTT

121 TRENTIN Matteo Italy
122 BAUER Jack New Zealand
123 KLUGE Roger Germany
124 EWAN Caleb Australia
125 HAYMAN Mathew Australia
126 IMPEY Daryl South Africa
127 MEZGEC Luka Slovenia

MOVISTAR TEAM

131 BENNATI Daniele Italy
132 ANACONA Winner Anrew Colombia
133 BARBERO CUESTA Carlos Spain
134 BICO MATOS Nuno Miguel Alves Portugal
135 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto Colombia
136 ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin Spain
137 SÜTTERLIN Jasha Germany

NIPPO VINI FANTINI - EUROPA ORVINI

LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose Spain
141 CUNEGO Damiano Italy
142 BAGIOLI Nicola Italy
143 CANOLA Marco Italy
144 HATSUYAMA Sho Japan
145 PONZI Simone Italy
146 TIZZA Marco Italy
147 SANTAROMITA Ivan Italy

QUICK STEP FLOORS

151 VIVIANI Elia Italy
152 ALAPHILIPPE Julian France
153 DECLERCQ Tim Belgium
154 SABATINI Fabio Italy
155 GILBERT Philippe Belgium
156 KEISSE Iljo Belgium
157 RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano Argentina

TEAM DIMENSION DATA

161 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald Norway
164 RENSHAW Mark Australia
165 SLAGTER Tom Jelte Netherlands
166 THOMSON Jay Robert South Africa
167 VERMOTE Julien Belgium

TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC p/b CANNONDALE

CLARKE William Australia
DOCKER Mitchell Australia
171 MODOLO Sacha Italy
172 BRESCHEL Matti Denmark
173 CLARKE Simon Australia
174 VANMARCKE Sep Belgium
175 PHINNEY Taylor United States
176 LANGEVELD Sebastian Netherlands
177 MCLAY Daniel United Kingdom

TEAM KATUSHA-ALPECIN

181 BELKOV Maxim Russia
182 GONCALVES Jose Portugal
183 HAAS Nathan Australia
184 KITTEL Marcel Germany
185 POLITT Nils Germany
186 SPILAK Simon Slovenia
187 ZABEL Rick Germany

TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO

191 BOOM Lars Netherlands
192 BATTAGLIN Enrico Italy
193 MARTENS Paul Germany
194 VAN EMDEN Jos Netherlands
195 VAN HOECKE Gijs Belgium
196 VAN POPPEL Danny Netherlands
197 WAGNER Robert Germany

TEAM NOVO NORDISK

GIOUX Romain France
201 CALABRIA Fabio Australia
202 HENTTALA Joonas Finland
203 LOZANO RIBA David Spain
204 PERON Andrea Italy
205 PLANET Charles France
206 POLI Umberto Italy
207 KAMSTRA Brian Netherlands

TEAM SUNWEB

211 MATTHEWS Michael Australia
212 ARNDT Nikias Germany
213 CURVERS Roy Netherlands
214 DUMOULIN Tom Netherlands
215 THEUNS Edward Belgium
216 KÄMNA Lennard Germany
217 OOMEN Sam Netherlands

TREK-SEGAFREDO

221 MULLEN Ryan Ireland
222 REIJNEN Kiel United States
223 DE KORT Koen Netherlands
224 FELLINE Fabio Italy
225 VAN POPPEL Boy Netherlands
226 RAST Grégory Switzerland
227 STUYVEN Jasper Belgium

UAE - TEAMEMIRATES

231 KRISTOFF Alexander Norway
232 BYSTROM Sven Erik Norway
233 MARCATO Marco Italy
234 CONSONNI Simone Italy
235 SWIFT Ben United Kingdom
236 TROIA Oliviero Italy
237 ULISSI Diego Italy

WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA

241 MARECZKO Jakub Italy
242 BERTAZZO Liam Italy
243 BUSATO Matteo Italy
244 COLEDAN Marco Italy
245 MOSCA Jacopo Italy
246 POZZATO Filippo Italy
247 ZARDINI Edoardo Italy

 

[SHAD0W93]

I was hoping Cav but with all his crashes that is now just a heart choice.
The other riders I would like to win are Demare if bunch sprint, GVA from a select group, or Kwiat or Gilbert solo.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Cort FTW

 

[The Barb]

Is this exactly the same finish as last year? If so there's not a great chance for a regrouping, partly because those who are likely to get a gap on the Poggio (like last year, Sagan, Kwiatkowski and Alaphilippe) are such elite descenders.

 

[SHAD0W93]

What is the rider team count 8 or 7?

 

[Koronin]

Re:

What is the rider team count 8 or 7?

Grand Tours get 8, all other WT races are 7.

 

[DenisMenchov]

Dylan Groenewegen if he can survive the Poggio of course,

 

[Netserk]

Is this exactly the same finish as last year? If so there's not a great chance for a regrouping, partly because those who are likely to get a gap on the Poggio (like last year, Sagan, Kwiatkowski and Alaphilippe) are such elite descenders.

See how far Kwiatkowski got in '16. He needs someone stronger than himself there (like Sagan or Cancellara back in the days). Greg is a mediocre descender and probably won't do anything anyway. Sky will want to avoid a bunch sprint. Who else? QS will play their cards. Ag2r and BMC are allies with Sky, but I doubt how much they will muster.

So probably a 5-8 man group will get away

 

[Red Rick]

Will be interesting to see how the smaller teams affect this one.

 

[Netserk]

Re:

Will be interesting to see how the smaller teams affect this one.

Without Le Manie, not much I think. Too short finale.

 

[Jspear]

Re:

Cort FTW

Not a bad choice.

 

[The Hegelian]

Re:

Dylan Groenewegen if he can survive the Poggio of course,

On the Groenewegen thread, a few people were saying he won't even be racing. Otherwise, I'd be in agreement.

 

[The Hegelian]

I think it could be Viviani's year. He's been in great early season form and has been targeting it. Without Gaviria it makes QS a bit more cohesive.

 

[Tonton]

Re: Re:

Dylan Groenewegen if he can survive the Poggio of course,

On the Groenewegen thread, a few people were saying he won't even be racing. Otherwise, I'd be in agreement.

Agree, he's hot, fast, improving...Nono is my choice. Kwiat is dangerous. Sagan and his sour grapes as reported...I hope that he doesn't win. Alaf would be great but unlikely.

 

[Sestriere]

I think it will be a bit of an outsider again. That has been the case quite often in the past years with Goss, Ciolek, Kristoff, Démare and others...
I would really like to see Trentin win. And look out for Greipel, he is more and more becoming a classics rider.

 

[Breh]

Why is Alaphilippe not in the poll? He was pretty close last year.

 

[hazaran]

Because he was beaten by the two guys that will forever be closer than Alaphilippe. Kwiatkowskis skill set is a true superset of the french pretender.

 

[The Barb]

Re:

Because he was beaten by the two guys that will forever be closer than Alaphilippe. Kwiatkowskis skill set is a true superset of the french pretender.

Alaphilippe is a true and considerable talent whom it is wrong to label a "pretender" but I also agree that, at this stage of his career anyway, both Kwiatkowski and Sagan have similar skills sets but are slightly better at just about everything. A little bit better at shortish climbs (a bit debatable) a little bit better at descending (not debatable) a little bit faster in a sprint (not really debatable).

This does make it hard for Alaphilippe to win Milan San Remo. The only way I really see it happening is if he, Sagan and Kwiatkowski get away as they did last year, he attacks and the other two each look to the other to chase him down. In that scenario though I would imagine Sagan wouldn't wait for long before chasing and taking his chances on beating Kwiatkowski in a sprint.

 

[The Hegelian]

Re:

I think it will be a bit of an outsider again. That has been the case quite often in the past years with Goss, Ciolek, Kristoff, Démare and others...
I would really like to see Trentin win. And look out for Greipel, he is more and more becoming a classics rider.

My outside tip is Swift. Hasn't really done much since joining UAE - but has two recent podiums in MSR; seems to be one of those who sprints well after long hard races.

I'd like to see Matthews win. Not sure why - possibly because he has a touch of the GVA's pre 2016....a bit of a nearly man in big one day races. And for that matter, Alaphilippe would be cool as well. If it must be a favorite: Sagan. The race needs him on its palmares!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Why is Groenewegen in this poll? He isn't participating

 

[Laplaz]

And why no Greipel in the poll? He is climbing better in the last years and wasn't bad in Paris-Nice.

 

[rick james]

Re:

And why no Greipel in the poll? He is climbing better in the last years and wasn't bad in Paris-Nice.

He was pish

 

[Vroome.exe]

Re:

Because he was beaten by the two guys that will forever be closer than Alaphilippe. Kwiatkowskis skill set is a true superset of the french pretender.

Alaphilippe is a better puncheur and a better descender than Kwiatkowski. Look at Bergen championships. Ala has the ability to attack on poggio and win alone, Kwia can only do that on the wheel of others.

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

Because he was beaten by the two guys that will forever be closer than Alaphilippe. Kwiatkowskis skill set is a true superset of the french pretender.

Alaphilippe is a better puncheur and a better descender than Kwiatkowski. Look at Bergen championships. Ala has the ability to attack on poggio and win alone, Kwia can only do that on the wheel of others.

is he? how's do you come to that conclusion