Paris Correze (2.1) - 1 August to 2 August

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

Paris Correze 2 day stage race starts tomorrow. It's a race that has always interested me and is a pretty hard one to call on who will win.

Stage details are:

Stage 1: 1st August - Contres to Sassay (168.1 km)

Sightly rolling but largely flat stage to Sassay. On paper, one for the sprinters.

Stage 2: 2nd August - Objat to Chaumeil (170.2 km)

Startlist can be found at:
http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjMyMzE=

Notably sprinters for stage 1 are likely to be Cantwell, Hinault, Blythe, Blain/Downing and Bonnet.

Stage 2 favours the punchuers in the race and will likely decide the overall. Really hard to predict a winner but standout names for GC on paper appear to be Duque (Cofidis), Gadret and Nocentini (AG2R), Wyss and Kohler (BMC), JTL/Camano (Endura), Feillu and Hivert (Saur) and Charteau (Europcar).

Can JTL continue his dominance of French stage races?

 

[daveinzambia]

Does not reallylook hard enough for jtl, although they have made that final climb ever so slightly harder it seems. Downing or camano may be better bets for endura.

Serebryakov will be fast in sprints and pelucchi isriding as well

Think roders like hivert, Delage will take overall