Written by Don Hamstre of don hamstre team
120 riders: 16 Belgians, 15 Dutchmen, 12 Spaniards, 10 Portuguese, 7 Americans, 6 English, 5 Burundians, 5 Germans, 5 Australians, 4 Laotians, 3 Irish, 3 Norwegians, 3 Chileans, 3 Romanians, 2 Colombians, 2 Chinese, 1 Swede, 1 Dane, 1 Scot, 1 Pole, 1 Russian, 1 Albanian, 1 Italian, 1 Indian, 1 South-African, 1 Armenian, 1 Brazilian, 1 Welshman, 1 Moroccan, 1 Guatemalan, 1 Serbian, 1 Estonian, 1 Fin, 1 Luxembourgian and the rest I forgot to count
Average skill: 43,26
Average age: 27,14
Stages: 6
Kilometers: 642
Former winners GC: 2 Dutchmen, 1 Dane, 1 Norwegian, 1 Iranian, 1 Englishman, 1 Andorran.
310 seconds is the added time difference between 1st and 2nd place in the GC of the previous editions, which means 38,75 seconds on average.
Former winners SC: 1 Australian, 1 Dane, 1 Dutchman, 1 Portuguese, 1 Turk.
118 points is the added points difference between 1st and 2nd place in the previous editions of the
SC, which means 14,75 on average.
Former winners YC: 2 Dutchmen, 2 Americans, 1 Dane, 1 Norwegian, 1 Australian, 1 Italian.
594 seconds is the added time difference between 1st and 2nd place in the previous editions of the YC, which means 74,25 seconds on average.
Former winners of the Kings stage: I Norwegian, 1 Brazilian, 1 Dutchman, 1 Andorrean, 1 New-Zealander, 1 Pole.
The winner of the King stage was only 4 times the winner of the General Classification.
So, I hear you think, what do these numbers mean? Absolutely nothing.
What is the meaning of this small history of Race of the Minutemen? It is an introduction to the captains of this years Race of the Minutemen.
Heinrich Matthäus
Nationality: German
Team: Optimus Prime
Speciality: sprinting
Chances: few top nines, maybe a podium, podium | | SC
Steffe Omblet
Nationality: Belgian
Team: de stamper
Speciality: sprinting
Chances: a few top nines
Gilbert Roogaars
Nationality: Dutch
Team: Albatros
Speciality: climbing
Chances: a few top nines, a result maybe
Ariya Sayavutthi
Nationality: Laotian
Team: depadvinders
Speciality: climbing
Chances: Top nine GC, results in the climbing stages
Pier Abbenbroek
Nationality: Dutch
Team: farouk
Speciality: sprinting and allround
Chances: a few results and a top nine
Erik van Engelen
Nationality: Belgian
Team: Silver Giant
Speciality: climbing and allround
Chances: many
Mason Mulligan
Nationality: American
Team: TheRhys
Speciality: climbing
Chances: top three GC
Hélio Ginjeira
Nationality: Portuguese
Team: qazpl
Speciality: climbing and allround
Chances: top nine in the timetrial and climbing stages
Sten Hållkvist
Nationality: Swedish
Team: Twente Cycling Team
Speciality: time trial and climbing
Chances: he may do well, he may not. Shame he missed his topform
Garcia Parilla
Nationality: Spanish
Team: VogeltjeCycling
Speciality: sprinting
Chances: top three SC, a few results
Yrjänä Sistonen
Nationality: Finnish
Team:
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Speciality: time trial
Chances: podium time trial
Abel Mentzer
Nationality: English
Team: teamsi
Speciality: allround an hiller
Chances: at least top nine GC
Nari Iacone
Nationality: Italian
Team: BCTeam
Speciality: allround
Chances: could get a top nine nearly anywhere
Saysana Khamsalieng
Nationality: Laotian
Team: don hamstre team
Speciality: climbing
Chances: none, because his stupid manager screwed up his DP (again)
Georgica Crivac
Nationality: Romanian
Team: Dormilion
Speciality: flat roads
Chances: I have absolutely no clue at all, maybe a time trial result or something like that?
Andreas Tubbackx
Nationality: Belgian
Team: Chippo Racers
Speciality: sprinting
Chances: a few tiop nine places
Nicolaas Arnolds
Nationality: Dutch
Team: Onie
Speciality: sprinting
Chances: winning in the sprint stages, top three SC
Fergus Harrold
Nationality: English
Team: Velo Club Bored Man
Speciality: winning Race of the Minutemen
Chances: winning Race of the Minutemen
Friedhelm Kuhlmey
Nationality: German
Team: Joss
Speciality: climbing
Chances: a good GC
Leslie Heaven
Nationality: Australians
Team: Pink Piyama
Speciality: sprinting
Chances: a few top nine results
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