PTP 2023 - Scheldeprijs 5th April
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twotoebenny
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The Scheldeprijs is the oldest road race in Flanders, starts Wednesday. Usually one for the sprinty types get you picks in here usual rules apply.
Startlist here
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/scheldeprijs/2023/startlist
Previous Winner
2022 KRISTOFF Alexander
2021 PHILIPSEN Jasper
2020 EWAN Caleb
2019 JAKOBSEN Fabio
2018 JAKOBSEN Fabio
2017 KITTEL Marcel
2016 KITTEL Marcel
2015 KRISTOFF Alexander
2014 KITTEL Marcel
2013 KITTEL Marcel
2012 KITTEL Marcel
Route:
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Startlist here
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/scheldeprijs/2023/startlist
Previous Winner
2022 KRISTOFF Alexander
2021 PHILIPSEN Jasper
2020 EWAN Caleb
2019 JAKOBSEN Fabio
2018 JAKOBSEN Fabio
2017 KITTEL Marcel
2016 KITTEL Marcel
2015 KRISTOFF Alexander
2014 KITTEL Marcel
2013 KITTEL Marcel
2012 KITTEL Marcel
Route:
![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030865/uploads/editor/z8/mf1ycc5iouoc.png)
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Philipsen please0
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Jakobsen please0
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Caleb Ewan pls0
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Cav please0
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Jakobsen pleasePTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230
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Philipsen
thank you..."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Cav pleaseFelt F70 05 (Turbo)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
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Philipsen please0
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Jasper PHILIPSEN0
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Jakobsen0
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Philipsen pleaseOld, fat and that's just the bike.0
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Fabio JAKOBSEN please0
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Jasper Philipsen pls0
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Philipsen pls
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Philipsen for me, please.0
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I’ll be different and go for Philipsen please.***** Pro Tour Pundit Champion 2020, 2018, 2017 & 2011 *****0
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Jakobsen0
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Too late, good luck all.0
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scores on the doors - have we discussed what has happened with Quickstep?
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I appear to be missing? Picked Philipsen above.twotoebenny said:
scores on the doors - have we discussed what has happened with Quickstep?0 -
updated
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Thanks!0
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Much as I like the free points I picked Jakobsen rather than Philipsen. Nil points for me - at least The Big Bean didn't score any either0
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I think it's mainly down to shifting the focus entirely towards Remco despite Lefevere's protestations. When operating a tight budget you can pretty much only be 1 thing of the 3 possible at elite level (GC, classics or sprinting). There are exceptions, but those tend to have a massive, utterly outsized budget.twotoebenny said:
scores on the doors - have we discussed what has happened with Quickstep?
QS no longer have a genuine classics leader. Alaphilippe is not in form (due to his many crashes) and maybe already past his prime. They don't really have a tier 1 classics rider besides Alaphilippe.
In order to pay for Remco and his GC train, you have to sacrifice elsewhere.
When Sky dominated GT's with Froome, their classics were not great considering the overall budget they were able to field. When QS dominated the classics, they were nowhere in GT's (with the one exception being Alaphilippe at the Tour 2019 if I remember correctly).
Sky were also one of the first teams in recent years to recognize you have no space for a sprinter and his train when going for GC in GT's. So that type of rider has gotten more and more marginalized in recent years and moved either towards second and third tier teams or teams without serious GC aspirations.
QS is no longer a classics team. They are a GT GC team with a sprinting side hustle. Alpecin is a classics team with sprinting. Only Jumbo are everything with the budget to match.PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230 -
Fair pointPTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230
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final update - apologies1