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San Sebastian/Klasikoa Race-Thread; Goodbye Ninja

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RedheadDane

RedheadDane

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Hang on, this race is today! Why doesn't it have a thread yet? :surprised:

Also, couldn't find any info (profiles, race maps, distance) on the CN homepage, and I'm too lazy to go wander the wild internet. If anyone has anything please post it and I'll move it to this post.
 
Robert5091

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Race starts at 11:27am CET
(5:27am U.S. Eastern)

Finish at around 5:30pm CET
(11:30am U.S. Eastern)

Live video from 2:55pm CET
(8:55am U.S. Eastern)

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Libertine Seguros

Libertine Seguros

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Jaizkibel - Erlaitz - Jaizkibel - Arkale and this is a much better race.

Anyway, it doesn't have a race thread in tribute to the race's favourite hometown boy, who's racing his last today, and in keeping with his career is looking for the race to be as low key as possible. Always a bit of an odd one, with people holding on to form as best they can from the Tour or early in the Vuelta form curve. The change of course since 2014 has kind of narrowed down the field of contenders somewhat, what with steep punchy climbs near the end, yet of course van Avermaet has unfinished business here. An interesting thing will be who is Movistar's contender in the absence of Valverde; short to mid, super steep ramps are where Rubén Fernández had his glory in the Vuelta on Mirador de Ézaro; Dani Moreno has the most established palmarès on climbs like this, while de la Parte is on home roads (ish - he's from Vitória-Gasteiz) and Carapaz was brutalizing the amateur circuit on these climbs last year. Orica look similarly stacked, with Simon Yates having been super strong here a couple of years ago before his brother's win last year, Kreuziger being accomplished in these races albeit some years removed from his best, and civil rights campaigner extraordinaire Michael Albasini - plus of course if everybody races like lobotomized idiots, there's always the nascent threat of Simon Gerrans. Primož Roglič won a País Vasco stage with a not dissimilar profile in April and is clearly on form after winning the queen stage of the Tour, but at the same time his palmarès in one-day racing is very limited; Sky have the most stacked lineup of anybody, but how much gas is left in the tank for Landa and Nieve on their home roads? On paper from their palmarès on races such as these, Henao would be their leader, but he was weak during the Tour, while Kwiatkowski was thundering over climbs much tougher than we're used to him performing on in one day races - but is he explosive enough on the steep stuff to contend here? He's certainly got the capability to get over this kind of climb, so it's a real incentive for others to go hard to try to ensure he isn't there. UAE also have Diego Ulissi, who is a beast at this kind of finish, but usually only in Italy. And there's always guys like Vuillermoz and Urán to consider too.
 
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I read something about UCI forcing teams to start win 8 riders, so quite some teams have riders lined up that aren't that fit, hence the early abandons.

Maybe Intxausti was part of this, else I really hope his recovery is making some steps
 
hrotha

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wouterkaas said:
I read something about UCI forcing teams to start win 8 riders, so quite some teams have riders lined up that aren't that fit, hence the early abandons.

Maybe Intxausti was part of this, else I really hope his recovery is making some steps
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One-day WT races always have 8-rider teams.
 
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