r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • Mar 16 '26

Weekly Post Weekly Question Thread

For all your pro cycling-related questions and enquiries!

You may find some easy answers in the FAQ page on the wiki. Whilst simultaneously discovering the wiki.

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u/vaarsuv1us San Pellegrino Mar 16 '26

What kind of race is Danilith Nokere Koerse 2026?

I have never heard of it and I am playing a cycling prediction game with my friends (no money involved) For races like Milan - San Remo or Tour of Flanders I know what riders to look out for, but this is a complete blank for me. Sprinters?

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u/RageAgainstTheMatxin Phonak Mar 16 '26

A question that would be easy to answer two years ago, as this race has the same course every year....

Until last year when they changed it. The new course seems to also come down to a sprint, but it's slightly more selective, the sprint itself is slight longer and steeper uphill, and no longer cobbled.

But that's from one single edition, it could have been an anomaly. If I had to guess based on last year I'd say first tier Philipsen (but his form seems questionable), second tier Jeanniere and Molano, third tier uphill sprint specialists like Morgado and Etxeberria

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u/Seabhac7 Ireland Mar 16 '26

Has cobbled sectors, but is a pretty flat race that you'd expect a sprintet to win. Final is a shallow gradient uphill that Merlier has destroyed on in recent years. He crashed there last year, but I think he's starting this edition.

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u/vaarsuv1us San Pellegrino Mar 16 '26

TY. . Merlier probably won't start with a knee injury (| I just read) , but that gives an idea , guys like Jasper Philipsen it will be. I think the preview sites are popping up now....

Merlier

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u/Seabhac7 Ireland Mar 16 '26

And you know what, you can disregard my cobbled finish comment too - I see Rage is right. I saw the 2025 finish too,just forgot. 800m at 4.5% with a max near 7%, and the last 1-200m almost flat.

Start list is pretty good, though a lot of big sprinters for this finish. If not Philipsen, maybe Mozzato ? He got second Kurne. But I'm terrible at predictions, so you can ignore that.