Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
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Latest round of the ProTour this Sunday. It's generally considered to be a sprinters race, and in the absense of Cav, there's Greipel, Cioleck, Boonen, Brown and McEwan (although he is still recovering from injury).
But Saxo Bank has an awsome team in so, if they can get a good lead-out, I'm going to go with their sprinter, Matti Breschel. If things are more fractured, they also have Cancellara, who assuming he can stay with the peloton on the final climb, will also be a strong possibility for the win, as it is a 15km downhill run-in to the finish.
However, given the 700m climb every lap, I have never understood why this one couldn't be won on a final lap breakaway, by someone who can climb at speed and maintain form on the descent...
But Saxo Bank has an awsome team in so, if they can get a good lead-out, I'm going to go with their sprinter, Matti Breschel. If things are more fractured, they also have Cancellara, who assuming he can stay with the peloton on the final climb, will also be a strong possibility for the win, as it is a 15km downhill run-in to the finish.
However, given the 700m climb every lap, I have never understood why this one couldn't be won on a final lap breakaway, by someone who can climb at speed and maintain form on the descent...
(Not sure it is even 70m actually.)
(Not sure it is even 70m actually.)
