Paris Tours 2019, one-day classic, October 13th

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2018 results

1	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	4:37:55
2	TERPSTRA Niki	Quick-Step Floors	0:25
3	COSNEFROY Benoît	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
4	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R La Mondiale	1:14
5	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama - FDJ	,,
6	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto Soudal	,,
7	VANMARCKE Sep	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	,,
8	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	,,
9	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	1:24
10	VAN EMDEN Jos	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	,,

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Start list

• Team Sunweb
  1 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
  2 BOL Cees
  3 CURVERS Roy
  4 EEKHOFF Nils
  5 KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn
  6 SALMON Martin
  7 WALSCHEID Max
• Team Total Direct Energie
  11 TERPSTRA Niki
  12 BURGAUDEAU Mathieu
  13 GAUDIN Damien
  14 GRELLIER Fabien
  15 PICHOT Alexandre
  16 TULIK Angelo
  17 TURGIS Anthony
• AG2R La Mondiale
  21 NAESEN Oliver
  22 DILLIER Silvan
  23 DUVAL Julien
  24 GALLOPIN Tony
  25 BAGDONAS Gediminas
  26 VANDENBERGH Stijn
  27 VENTURINI Clément
• Groupama - FDJ
  31 DÉMARE Arnaud
  33 GUARNIERI Jacopo
  34 KÜNG Stefan
  35 LE GAC Olivier
  36 SARREAU Marc
  37 SINKELDAM Ramon
  38 GENIETS Kevin
• Lotto Soudal
  41 WALLAYS Jelle
  42 BLYTHE Adam
  43 DEWULF Stan
  44 KEUKELEIRE Jens
  45 MAES Nikolas
  46 NAESEN Lawrence
  47 THIJSSEN Gerben
• Team Dimension Data
  51 CAVENDISH Mark
  52 BAK Lars Ytting
  53 EISEL Bernhard
  54 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
  55 KONYCHEV Alexander
  57 VERMOTE Julien
• Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
  62 FINÉ Eddy
  63 LEMOINE Cyril
  64 PÉRICHON Pierre-Luc
  65 SOUPE Geoffrey
  66 TOUZE Damien
  67 VAN LERBERGHE Bert
  69 SIMON Julien
• Vital Concept - B&B Hotels
  71 COQUARD Bryan
  72 BOECKMANS Kris
  73 DE BACKER Bert
  74 GAREL Adrien
  75 MANZIN Lorrenzo
  76 MORICE Julien
  77 REZA Kévin
• UAE-Team Emirates
  81 BOHLI Tom
  83 DALLA VALLE Nicolas
  84 LAENGEN Vegard Stake
  85 OLIVEIRA Rui
  86 SUTHERLAND Rory
• Team Katusha Alpecin
  91 DEBUSSCHERE Jens
  92 BIERMANS Jenthe
  93 BOUWMANS Dylan
  94 DOWSETT Alex
  95 HOLLENSTEIN Reto
  96 STRAKHOV Dmitry
  97 TANFIELD Harry
• Team Arkéa Samsic
  101 FEILLU Brice
  102 BONNAMOUR Franck
  103 DELAPLACE Anthony
  104 GUERNALEC Thibault
  105 RIOU Alan
  106 RUSSO Clément
  107 SWIFT Connor
• Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team
  111 DUPONT Timothy
  112 DE GENDT Aimé
  113 DEVRIENDT Tom
  114 DOUBEY Fabien
  116 VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
  117 DELACROIX Theo
  118 MEURISSE Xandro
• Israel Cycling Academy
  121 VAN ASBROECK Tom
  122 BARBIER Rudy
  123 CARISEY Clément
  124 DUNNE Conor
  128 SAGIV Guy
  129 DEMPSTER Zak
• Wallonie-Bruxelles
  132 ISTA Kevyn
  133 MOLLY Kenny
  134 PAASSCHENS Mathijs
  135 ROBEET Ludovic
  136 TAMINIAUX Lionel
  137 SIX Franklin
  138 NÕMMELA Aksel
• Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
  141 ALLEGAERT Piet
  142 CAPIOT Amaury
  143 PLANCKAERT Edward
  144 SPRENGERS Thomas
  145 VAN HECKE Preben
  146 VERWILST Aaron
  147 WILLEMS Thimo
• Delko Marseille Provence
  151 ŠIŠKEVIČIUS Evaldas
  152 COMBAUD Romain
  154 FINETTO Mauro
  155 GUERIN Alexis
  156 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas
  157 TRARIEUX Julien
  159 FEDELI Alessandro
• Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
  161 ERIKSSON Lucas
  162 BRØCHNER Nicolai
  163 NORSGAARD JØRGENSEN Mathias
  164 KONGSTAD Tobias
  165 STOKBRO Andreas
  166 QUAADE Rasmus
  167 VINJEBO Emil
• Roompot - Charles
  171 VAN POPPEL Boy
  172 ASSELMAN Jesper
  173 LAMMERTINK Maurits
  174 LIVYNS Arjen
  175 TIMMERMANS Justin
  176 VAN DER LIJKE Nick
• Rally UHC Cycling
  181 JOYCE Colin
  182 CARPENTER Robin
  183 COTÉ Pier-André
  185 DE VOS Adam
  186 MAGNER Ty
  187 MURPHY John
  189 MURPHY Kyle
• Gazprom-RusVelo
  191 PORSEV Alexander
  192 BOEV Igor
  193 KULIKOV Vladislav
  194 KULIKOVSKIY Alexandr
  195 KURIANOV Stepan
  196 SHILOV Sergey
  197 STASH Mamyr
• Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
  201 ARISTI Mikel
  202 BARCELÓ Fernando
  203 BARRENETXEA Ander
  204 BERRADE Urko
  205 ITURRIA Mikel
  206 LÓPEZ-CÓZAR Juan Antonio
  207 RODRÍGUEZ Sergio
• St Michel - Auber93
  211 HUREL Tony
  212 BALDO Nicolas
  213 JAKIN Alo
  214 LE CUNFF Kévin
  215 MALDONADO Anthony
  216 PAILLOT Yoann
  217 VAN NIEKERK Morne
• Natura4Ever - Roubaix Lille Métropole
  221 ANTOMARCHI Julien
  222 BARBIER Pierre
  223 DERNIES Tom
  224 IDJOUADIENE Pierre
  225 LEROUX Samuel
  226 MASSON Christophe
  227 VERMEULEN Emiel

Top competitors

1	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R La Mondiale
2	COQUARD Bryan	Vital Concept - B&B Hotels
3	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama - FDJ
4	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ
5	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team
6	SARREAU Marc	Groupama - FDJ
7	TURGIS Anthony	Team Total Direct Energie
8	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy
9	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb
10	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto Soudal

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[RedheadDane]

Salmon instead of Pedersen at Sunweb.
Sutherland also riding, though I have no idea who he's "replacing".

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Usually a very good race to watch.
Hopefully Terpstra can end this season on a high note.

 

[search]

Politt is out as well (replaced by Debusschere). Too bad.

And looks like Lefevere kept his word never to do this race again

 

[RedheadDane]

Here's the updated and confirmed startlist.

Startlist for Paris - Tours 2019

Competing teams and riders for Paris - Tours 2019. Top competitors are Mark Cavendish, Mark Cavendish and Mark Cavendish.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[fauniera]

No Laporte, which is surprising.

Naesen should be the favourite here.

 

[SafeBet]

Hopefully a Touze-Planckaert-Van Asbroeck podium.

Yes, this post has some CQ Game implications

 

[Pantani_lives]

Rather weak field.

****Démare
***Naesen, Coquard
**S. Kragh, Terpstra
*Cavendish, Debusschere, Wallays, Feillu

 

[RedheadDane]

Naesen should be the favourite here.

***Naesen

And then, in a twist of fate, Lawrence will actually be the better placed of them.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Hopefully Cav performs well. Demare to win from a small group.

 

[Velolover2]

While I think that the plugstreets added to Ghent-Wevelgem was a nice twist as a historical ride through the Ploegsteert Wood and the visit to Memorial to the Missing, the gravel roads added to Paris-Tours strikes me as a quick and cheap solution.

I like gravel but adding random dirt roads just in order to create selection is not the way to go. I hope this race survives it's identity crisis. It was once a race with a lot of prestige.

 

[search]

I like gravel but adding random dirt roads just in order to create selection is not the way to go. I hope this race survives it's identity crisis. It was once a race with a lot of prestige.

and most importantly: it was a really good race, over the past couple of years.

It still produces a lot of entertainment, but there was really no need to change the character so drastically.

 

[OlavEH]

and most importantly: it was a really good race, over the past couple of years.

It still produces a lot of entertainment, but there was really no need to change the character so drastically.

I rather thought the change last year was the best route adjustement done to any pro race the last decade. Produced far more action than the previous editions.

 

[Red Rick]

While I think that the plugstreets added to Ghent-Wevelgem was a nice twist as a historical ride through the Ploegsteert Wood and the visit to Memorial to the Missing, the gravel roads added to Paris-Tours strikes me as a quick and cheap solution.

I like gravel but adding random dirt roads just in order to create selection is not the way to go. I hope this race survives it's identity crisis. It was once a race with a lot of prestige.

It lost a lot of prestige loooong before they added the dirt roads

 

[OlavEH]

Btw, the reason why PT is no longer an World Tour-race. Is this solely an UCI decision? Anyone who can enlighten me.

 

[Velolover2]

It used to be a race of Monument length. I don't know why the shortened they distance.

And having it a day after Lombardia makes "The Autumn Double" impossible.

 

[RedheadDane]

It lost a lot of prestige loooong before they added the dirt roads

Yeah, didn't they add the dirt roads in an attempt to regain some prestige?
"Oh, so dirt roads are the new hot thing? Let's add some!"

(Bit weird to talk about dirt roads being a "new" thing… wasn't there are time when all races were pretty much on dirt roads? I'm pretty sure there are cycling races that predates the majority of roads having asphalt.)

 

[Velolover2]

Btw, the reason why PT is no longer an World Tour-race. Is this solely an UCI decision? Anyone who can enlighten me.

It seems to be a low priority race for the organizers.

But adding it to the WT calender would give the rouleurs and stronger sprinters a late opportunity to score more UCI points.

 

[OlavEH]

It seems to be a low priority race for the organizers.

But adding it to the WT calender would give the rouleurs and stronger sprinters a late opportunity to score more UCI points.

So if it was a priority for ASO, it would still be a WT race? I'm pretty sure it would have a better field if it had WT status.

 

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I rather thought the change last year was the best route adjustement done to any pro race the last decade. Produced far more action than the previous editions.

I'd say since the parcours change in 2011 every race was exciting, always offering chances for both attackers as well as the sprinters. Now there's more action indeed - but it's one-dimensional

 

[Pantani_lives]

I like the course change with the dirt roads. It diminishes the chance of a bunch sprint, turns it more into a tough classic race. It's a pity that EF isn't riding, with Sep Vanmarcke, who won Plouay, which had a comparable route change.

 

[OlavEH]

I'd say since the parcours change in 2011 every race was exciting, always offering chances for both attackers as well as the sprinters. Now there's more action indeed - but it's one-dimensional

I must admit that I don't care about the sprinters at all. Earlier we had 10 kms of action, about from the start of the two small cotes just before the finish. Now we're in for perhaps 50 kms of action, from where the dirt roads starts.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Unfortunately Allegaert already crashed out according to the CN live update. In a fairly weak field, he was probably one of the leading contenders

 

[Alexandre B.]

The wind is doing its work and the peloton has split in numerous groups.

 

[fauniera]

Strong wind from Southwest.

https://www.windy.com/?47.834,1.623,9