Riley Sheehan but I think there's too much climbing? Interesting to see if Ide Schelling would do something after his Astana transfer. Lennert Eetvelt is here after his UAE tour raid.
I always hope to see Quinn Simmons do well, or Craddock get lucky from a break. It will be interesting to see how Sepp does but he's such a team player, and atilla valter and Laporte may steal the show along with Tullet maybe. Though I would love to see a tufts vs GC Kuss moment on that final climb.
I'd disagree a bit about this not being a race suited to Kuss, he has shown good work on the TT, he stuffed tufts in the Tour, he's got the mountain bike background.