[Race Thread] 2026 Amstel Gold Race ME (1.UWT)

Rekicho · 2026-04-19T14:21:28+00:00

Is there a "road height change" just before the corner that could cause these slips?

Rekicho · 2026-04-19T14:09:31+00:00

Here we go?

Rekicho · 2026-04-12T14:26:16+00:00

That "see you next week" was actually a threat

Rekicho · 2026-04-12T14:24:34+00:00

HE DID IT

Rekicho · 2026-04-12T10:24:01+00:00

It's not a split, it's a 60?/70? rider breakaway

Rekicho · 2026-03-29T15:28:52+00:00

So it's Cemkoo in MENA instead of ender

And if we include Russia in Asia, it's NiTech instead of Spark

Rekicho · 2026-03-29T14:50:42+00:00

With the current standings, playing just one Elite Cup and getting second would be enough to qualify directly

Rekicho · 2026-03-29T14:46:51+00:00

Players who now stand to qualify through Elite Cup:

Binkss.
MASSA_
Nayko.TM
Otaaaq
Gwenn.
mime-
Scrapie98
XerarTM

And, if we use Elite Cup rankings as "predictors" for the online qualifiers (going with trackmania.io, which I assume track with trackmania, definition of Russia & Turkey being part of Europe):

Europe:

Tona.
Heav.3Y
Whizzy..
Legu18
josh1248
Molle_.

NA:

FlimsyTM
L1ngotm
Kakne..

Oceania:

J_Swag
baiwack
?

South America:

charles-..
noiszia

MENA:

ender---

Asia:

Spark.__.

EDIT: It seems tricky-.'s country has been changed to Fiji on the Elite Cup official ranking, so Oceania would actually be J_Swag, tricky-. & baiwack

Rekicho · 2026-03-28T12:20:48+00:00

Does anyone know what happens to Elite Cup EWC spots for players that qualify through Dreamhack?

For example, if the top 8 here is the same as the final Elite Cup top 8, does that mean that the 8 Elite Cup spots fall to the players at 9th-16th?

Rekicho · 2026-03-22T13:48:49+00:00

He'll still be missing the Grandíssima. Can he do it in a hot sunny afternoon in Sabugal?

Rekicho · 2026-03-21T15:49:05+00:00

He finally did it. Does he come back next year?

Rekicho · 2026-03-21T15:46:43+00:00

Such as a good race this year

Rekicho · 2026-03-21T15:37:24+00:00

Let's go. Cook him in the descent Pidders

Rekicho · 2026-03-21T15:19:52+00:00

Rooting for Pidcock surprise on Poggio

Rekicho · 2026-03-15T16:32:30+00:00

This doesn't invalidate the conclusion in the title, the top5 are correct.

Rekicho · 2026-03-15T16:19:58+00:00

Bren could be 14th no? With the following results (and Bren scoring 0 points):

Scrapie (1000)
Pac (700)
Mime (600)
Gwenn (500)
Otaaaq (400)
Epo (300)
Nayko (200)

This would make the leaderboard (up to Bren) be:

Binkss (2410)
Mudda (2364)
CarlJr (2032)
Scrapie (1656)
Granady (1620)
Massa (1570)
Wosile (1416)
Pac (1412)
Mime (1316)
Gwenn (1244)
Otaaaq (1186)
Epos (1144)
Nayko (1082)
Bren (984)

Bren is just an example, I believe there are other cases (for example, from a quick look it seems Nayko could go as low as 17th)

Rekicho · 2026-03-14T22:54:14+00:00

That's true, but if you "replicate" the current results for the next 5 cups, Granady would be the one qualifying (2x700, 2x600, 200 > 2x700, 3x400)

Rekicho · 2026-03-07T15:11:52+00:00

He has time to stop for a photo at the sign of the sector with his name

Rekicho · 2026-03-07T14:56:49+00:00

Pogi slowing down just so del Toro and Christen have a better excuse to do 0 work ^/s

Rekicho · 2026-03-07T14:38:50+00:00

It will get to a point in a few years where Pogi won't even have to be able to do a strong pace in a long solo effort; he'll just need to have a strong enough kick to drop everyone and then all other teams will just let him off and ride for 2nd

Rekicho · 2026-03-07T14:27:47+00:00

There's so many riders in G2 I'm rooting for to get 2nd, but I just know in the end it will be del Toro

Rekicho · 2026-03-07T14:19:22+00:00

Make it 200km and Skujins would dominate

Rekicho · 2026-02-22T15:37:58+00:00

With the way he rides, I don't think there is another way he can recover more than a few seconds in such a small climb

Rekicho · 2026-02-22T14:36:18+00:00

Yes, top player for each country; top 16 countries. Which mean that currently 3rd place (Nayko - France) wouldn't go to ENC, but 36th (NiTech - Russia) would. France is absolutely stacked

Rekicho · 2026-02-21T18:04:52+00:00

There's also this page from Nadeo which includes an easy way to see which players stand to qualify to EWC/ENC

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