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GC
***** Thomas Fontaine (Lorient)
**** Marco deLuca (Los Galacticos), Hitoshi Matsuyama (CC), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (CC)
*** Marjan Lenarcic (L RSV), Rachel Winkhaus (Toto), Hamish MacDonald (Bearclaw), Patrice Debreuil (Leso), Malcolm Wellington (Curvasud)
** Paul Nardi (Lorient), Branko Ivkov (CC),David Nguyen (Mikado) Javier Torres (Dickson RPT), the classics with TT
* a complete surprise rider
Fontaine a clear favo. 3TT more than his fellow 88 climbers, 62 reg, so very hard to attack and 57 sprint too.
deLuca with the reg, the sprint, but less support and less TT.
Hitoshi getting old, Wordsworth probably too weak. Both with low reg, the biggest issue among other deficits.
The climbers in the *** group with chances, if they can get away with an attack. Not easy, but not much to lose anyway.
Points Classement
***** Chris vanDurpel (Flolandria)
**** Thomas Fontaine (Lorient), Dylan Bahu (RfM),
*** another sprinter, another mountain rider
Honestly, no idea bout that
Mountain Classement
***** Marjan Lenarcic (L RSV), Rachel Winkhaus (Toto), Malcolm Wellington (Curvasud)
**** A CC guy (Hitoshi, Ivkov, Paulo)
***/* Sami Vikkolainen (L RSV)
*** a classic who really, really wants it
* another rider who wants it
A nice option for a mountain rider with little chances for gc. And also plan E for Team CC
Team classement
***** CC
**** Lorient
*** all the other Teams, depending when a group will go through and who is in it.