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Fabio Melani | Road to Le Tour | End of Season
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 01-01-2015 01:28
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Good
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-01-2015 01:45
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Indeed 
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Posted on 01-01-2015 02:12
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A few days ago I had to go to the doctor and he said that I was suffering from over-exhaustion. Hopefully today won't be too tough. 
4 riders went in the break.
With 15.5km to go, I got away with Rohan.
With 7.3km left I was solo. Despite my illness and all the subsequent frailties, I kept on going. There were 2 riders ahead from the break, with 14" on me, while behind me there was a 13 man chase group who were 17" further back. Rohan and Alec were in there.
With 3km left I'd caught Lewis and was caught by Pirazzi. Craddock was still ahead.
We were caught with 1.2km to go. Alec was doing very well.
He came out of the corner doing very well. Gallopin & Dehaes were the with to him.
Unfortunately he faded back to 4th. I came in 13th.
  
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 01-01-2015 02:56
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Ah well, at least a very well deserved rest is coming right up!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-01-2015 14:06
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The guys really tried there best here in Italy 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 01-01-2015 19:19
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4th is a good result for Alex, and I am not surprised Fabio is tired after this fantastic TdF performance!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 03-01-2015 05:50
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Jandal: No worries, thanks mate
Sutty: We did. Always good to see
Hoyle: It was, and it's Alec btw  Yep, I'm looking forward to the rest.
Now, a massive thank you to everybody who nominated me for the yearly awards. Absolutely amazing and it's a massive motivational boost. Thank you!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 03-01-2015 06:15
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A tough start, but with Thibaut here we should do well. 
4 riders went in the break, as is the usual.
With 10km left, they still had 3 minutes, but 4.7km out we actually made the catch. We being myself, Thibaut and John Darwin.
With 1.5km left we had 24 seconds with John fading. We decided to make in me vs Thibaut for some fun, and I was lucky enough to take his wheel.
Costa & Kennaugh were coming but it was too little too late. We were both dead 200m, but it was all fine.
Unfortunately I couldn't get around and Thibaut won it. Darwin was also 10th and Rohan 12th. 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-01-2015 08:34
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Fantastic job on the nomination it's well deserved!
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 03-01-2015 08:39
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Domination
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-01-2015 16:39
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Nice win for Thibaut
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 05-01-2015 13:25
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A well deserved nomination and a great win for Thibault!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 07-01-2015 21:35
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Ian: Thank you so much. You don't know how much that means coming from you.
Dark, Sutty, Hoyle: Thanks guys. Great start!
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Posted on 07-01-2015 21:52
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Settimana Lombarda 
If Thibaut is ahead after this stage, then it's likely he will win unless we have our annual catastrophe. But that already happened this year so we should be fine. 
10 riders went in the break.
Rohan, Thibaut and I were up front when the first attacks came from Costa and my old friend Duarte.
We managed to water down the group until it was just me, Thibaut and Fabio. We were keen to show him what he was missing out on.
With 5km to go Thibaut was ahead and I was just behind.
It was Pinot vs Duarte going under the banner. Of course neither wanted to lead the other one out.
Eventually though the Colombian cracked, and Thibaut had the wheel.
Although there was still the matter of going around. Fabio wasn't going to make it easy.
But right on the line the Tour de France champion prevailed! 2 wins in 2!
I was fully out of energy, and had to settle for a still very good 7th.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 07-01-2015 22:05
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not quite banana but a great result!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| kadtagenero |
Posted on 07-01-2015 22:27
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Weird FabioD in a different team... great end of season for FabioM...
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-01-2015 22:34
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Another great win for Thibaut and the team
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 07-01-2015 22:38
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Great win again for Thibault! He is on fire!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 13-01-2015 03:01
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Jandal: Bananas must be earned separately
Kadtagenero: It's been a while Still a bit of the season to go
Sutty & Hoyle: What a rider!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 13-01-2015 03:16
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Settimana Lombarda 
The team sent a huge-money frame deal with Passolo last night. We were under pressure to make the Italians think their investment was worthwile. Fortunately, Thibaut was on form to do just that. 
8 riders went in the break today.
Unfortunately though, when the attacks came, Thibaut was just behind. He needed to minimise his losses to stay in Yellow.
Unfortunately his energy didn't last long, but that only gave the fighter in him the chance to take over. I was just behind.
The Frenchman finished 15th, which we thought would be just enough to stay in the lead. In the end, he kept Yellow comfortably.
In the KoM jersey, I finished 18th.
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