GP Ouest France - Plouay

So it's another of the Autumn classics, the route this year has been slightly altered to make it a harder race, I'm not going to go into full detail mode (cyclingquotes has a great preview, read that).

The final 14km.

This race should be very active as there are a mix of lineups, a few teams like Katusha, Trek, Giant are here for a sprint with Kristoff, Nizzolo and Mezgec. Other teams are covering all the bases with a variety of attacking talent and the race should contain a lot of attacking.

Interestingly as far as I can see Katusha are only lining up with 6 riders to including Kristoff so he will need to be extra strong and every team will know it would be good to isolate Kristoff as he has gone up a level this year and is rightly the favourite for this race.

I suspect that if we get the right attack then Katusha will be left to chase and may not be strong enough to do so.

Really for this I want riders who could either go in a move or contend in a sprint. The name of that rider is Gerrans. 1pt at 12s with bv.

Nizzolo goes really well here too and I have taken 0.5pts ew at 18s with PP.

Alaphillipe is having a great year and I like him too. 0.5pts ew 66s.

Also done a Nizzolo/Valverde (vuelta stage) double 0.3pts 85/1.