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Wingman Cup Pre Race

A new format on RGT is unfolding tomorrow evening, as the first stage of the Wingman Cup takes place. 

The competition is spread out over two time slots, GMT and EST, to include a larger group of riders. The format is simple but intriguing. Teams of two riders are battling out to get the best overall time. Only the time of the fastest rider will count towards the GC, which will put a lot of emphasis on the strategy. Should you work for your sprinter? Try to establish a breakaway? Or just wait and see what the other teams do, with the risk of losing out on the winning move.


The Wingman Cup EST edition has a lot of strong riders sign up. With his win on the last Watts Up Crit Series, Connor Willson and his teammate are surely the favorites with their team Lakeshore Cycling Club. Benoît Dufour, finishing second, and Maxime Turcotte, finishing third, will team up as Happy Enders to fight for the overall win. This series will bring to the platform some new riders coming from Team Siboire CCS, a local racing club from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The following riders are from this club, so no one will take it easy and will want to show everyone their form. Look Good Not Good team will especially be dangerous with two strong riders able to work hard for a long time while being strong climbers. Look Good Not Good Jérôme Couture Charles Leveque Happy Enders Benoît Dufour Maxime Turcotte Roadrunner Étienne Couture Étienne Couture 2 Wheelers PO Boily Stephane Vallière Killer Bees Samuel Lacroix, Phil Doiron, We are also happy to see regular riders such as Jorge Roldan, Daniel Badke and Gary Little. Those guys were battling hard during the last Watts Up Crit Series. The Krispy Jam, composed of Jamie Fuhrman and Micheal Kramer will also need to be looked at closely. Jamie is an experienced RGT racer and can pull huge performances.


In the GMT edition several strong teams are signed up as well. The winner of the female GC during the TdM Caroline Reuters is in team Diagonal with Careless Vespa, Rasio Racing are represented by Jørgen van Bers and Nick  Greenhaulgh, and team Peaky Bikers consisting of Tim Davies and Richard Golding to name a few. It will be a hard-fought battle, and it has been one of the main discussion points beforehand, what the best combination of riders would be. A rouler and a mountain goat will definitely be helpful, once the hills start, but the question is, whether the series includes enough elevation for the lighter riders to really make a difference? 


The first stage is 40 km rolling terrain, which looks like a reduced field sprint, and possibly a breakaway. Will there be significant differences in the GC already on the first stage? Stay tuned ..

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