Written by Finz of NightmareChaos
Team WonderDee
Team Wonderdee is attacking Nederlandse Tour with Knud Øgendahl. A decent sprinter that can go all the way for the victory. With topform this rider would be very hard to beat but, teammanagement thought otherwise and saved his topform for a bigger moment.
Team JAN
Franz Amelung is in the Nederlandse Tour to repeat his performance of the Kangaroo Tour. He wants to win it. His topform is vital because this is racing with the big boys. He is perfect for this tour and one of the big favourites
English Sprinting Team
With Carrol Mullan working on his farewell tour we see him in Nederlandse Tour again after a long time. He is a former winner and they are always welcomed with a little bit more. He will not win it but knowing manager michael, he will try to win a stage with him.
ABK
Alan Klostergård tries to do well on the first stage and after that he will hang on and finish on a respectable top nine place in the General Classification. There will be no fireworks from this team.
Die Tour Phantome
A new and young Englishman is matured. Wayne Paramore is with Die Tour Phantome to attack the General Classification. With twentyfour he can also go for the Youth Classification but, that is a second target. This rider can win it.
Team AEK
Team AEK has faith in their local rider Wim Lowik. He will do well in the flat stages but, will lose too much time in the Ardennes stage to be a real contender. But he will win a stage, no doubt about that.
Eixample ATH
Yonna Lelisa is the big man for Eixample ATH and he will be able to give the favourites a run for their money. Some | | decent results already but, he will have to win something to make this season a little bit more spectacular, Nederlandse Tour is perfect for that.
Opium Fueled
With Hugo Vischkens we have a more then decent rider at the start for Opium Fueled. He will not be suited to win something but a few top three and top nine finishes would be a good result for this rider and should make his manager happy.
Nefal
This team invested a big amount of money to buy Dean Sinnott in their team. A sprinter that already won the Sprint Classification of Volta ao Porto and finished second in the Sprint Classification of Germany Tour. He should be able to do the same here. Big pressure on the team though.
Team airik
Pressure is not something Team airik has. As a seasoned manager he has César Zelda in his team and that is enough to at least win one stage, or get a few top three results. He will proudly present his ingrown Angolan national jersey.
Greenride
From one old timer to another, Greenride arrived with a very good team. Eduardo Torres is the young superstar and he has topform, the best leadout and a bundle of experience. Greenride is the team to beat, for Youth and General Classification.
Rigana
Danish Lean Rosenberg is the one who has to do it for Rigana. He has topform and should be in shape to get a nice stage result and possible a top nine finish in the end. It will not be spectacular though.
Wizzyweb
Jose Aguilar should uplift his releasevalue with a win, as Wizzyweb wants to sell him. To bad he is injured and will not do well in this tour. A waste of time and Wizzyweb should have gone fishing instead.
PEKAC
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Bohuslav Racko is the man for PEKAC B to win the points. He is not perfect but he can score some decent points in Nederlandse Tour. Maybe he can win a stage but we fear he will only be filling up the ranks with a possible top nine here and there.
Designa Legends PPDB
Designa Legends PPDB relies on the Englishman Shamus Worthen. His sprinting abillities are decent and we will see him in front in various stages. He will not go for the General Classification but a stagewin would be more then nice.
Stroopwafel
You can not be more Dutch if your team is called Stroopwafel and your star rider is called Gerrit Grasmaaijer. What a silly name it is but, what a great sprinter. He will go for a stage win in the second stage as the finishline is in his hometown.
blast
From Argentina we have blast again. It has been a while since we have seen this team in Nederlandse I believe. Interesting team and with Donatello Benitez they could have a future winner. Only with topform and this rider would be amongst the favourites.
Legia
Artur Radomski is the Polish youngster that should give points to Legia. He failed topform by a wimp and this means he will not win the Youth Classification probably. But surprise us and try better next year, a rider with much promise.
Cykelmyggen
Antonio Gabbrielli is in topform and a great sprinter with the possibility to score a stage win. His last World Tour race prior to the Nederlandse Tour was a disaster though, let us hope this is not what we see from him here.
Luveaucek
Beating Antonio Gabbrielli was Rudolf Matejka in that same World Tour race. With topform this rider is trying to go for his third. With much more competition it could be possible but we fear he has to admit his master in the young rider from Greenride.
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