Lahcen Saber	Leader		Stepan Kurianov	Domestique
	Miha Poljanec	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Matic Groselj	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

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	Lahcen Saber	Leader		Stepan Kurianov	Domestique
	Gabriel Marin	Domestique		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Dusan Rajovic	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

Race goals:

Top 5 GC

Failure

Lahcen Saber

11th

Race score: 3/10


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	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Leader		Michael Christodoulos	Domestique
	Tyron Giogieri	Domestique		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Izidor Penko	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Stepan Kurianov	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique

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	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Leader		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Aberlardo Ablenado	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Tyron Giogieri	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Abolfazl Gilanipoor	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

Swisslion did not come to this race with a lot of confidence, due to the poor results so far by their #1 leader Beltran. The length of the race and the difficulty of the final climb were not thought to be advantageous for the Colombian. Nevertheless the Swisslion leader seemed to have tackled the earlier climbs well and came on the Apex mountain with good legs. So good in fact that it was he who launched the first attack with still more than 30 km left!




With only some of the elite climbers present able to follow, the leaders quickly opened up an uncloseable gap. Merhawi Kudus proved the strongest of the lot, with an attack before the summit. Beltran stayed on in the second group with riders like Tenorio, Eastman, Carthy and Henao Montoya. The 5 never really managed to get close to Kudus who took the victory. But Beltran showed he was the best finisher in that group to easily take 2nd best. The race ended up turning out pretty much as well as it could have, but Beltran's aggressive riding made it so.




Race goals:

Top 5	Success	Eduard Alexander Beltran	2nd
Top 20	Failure	Abolfazl Gilanipoor	34th

Race score: 9/10


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Fantastic result by Beltran. Didnt thought this race would suit him well enough but he proved me wrong. Congrats!

The reduced startlist surely was a big factor here, as he simply isn't performing nearly to the same levels as last year.

	Kris Boeckmans	Sprinter		Hugues Mottin	Free Role
	Dusan Rajovic	Domestique		Michael Christodoulos	Domestique
	Stepan Kurianov	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

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	Lahcen Saber	Leader		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Miha Poljanec	Domestique		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Matic Groselj	Domestique		Izidor Penko	Domestique

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	Lahcen Saber	Leader		Stepan Kurianov	Domestique
	Miha Poljanec	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Matic Groselj	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

Race goals:

Top 10

Failure

Miha Poljanec

42nd

Race score: 1/10


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	Lahcen Saber	Leader		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Miha Poljanec	Domestique		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Gabriel Marin	Domestique
	Matic Groselj	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique

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Kuurne could be the race where Saber finally breaks the "attacking curse"! I hope he wins the sprint for the third place, behind Summerhill who gets beaten by Baugnies after they leave everyone behind on the last cobbled section

	Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy	Free Role		Hugues Mottin	Domestique
	Aberlardo Ablenado	Free Role		Izidor Penko	Domestique
	Abolfazl Gilanipoor	Free Role		Matija Mestric	Domestique
	Miha Poljanec	Free Role		Michael Christodoulos	Domestique

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	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Leader		Michael Christodoulos	Domestique
	Tyron Giogieri	Domestique		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Izidor Penko	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Stepan Kurianov	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique

Race goals:

Top 3

Failure

Eduard Alexander Beltran

7th

Race score: 3/10


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That's really, really a painful season for you so far. Is Beltran really hugely underperforming, or is he just back to normal? Guess it's a bit of both, but still ugly for you. At least Boeckmans pulls off some good sprints, but it looks like it'll be a tough season for you.
And Saber... no words, no explanation.

Painful indeed. Beltran has been nerfed in more ways than one. I knew last year's heights won't be repeated, but I did not expect such a drop.

The rock around which our PCT adventure is built upon is unfortunately eroding into dust



In hindsight we have had a terrible transfer season. Ironically Boeckmans, our cheapest acquisition has proved to be our best.



Quite a simple explanation really. We massively overestimated his abilities, which is a mistake that might cost us for a long time.

	Lahcen Saber	Leader		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Dusan Rajovic	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matic Groselj	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Stepan Kurianov	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

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	Kris Boeckmans	Sprinter		Hugues Mottin	Free Role
	Dusan Rajovic	Domestique		Michael Christodoulos	Domestique
	Stepan Kurianov	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

Race goals:

Top 15 GC	Failure	Hugues Mottin	28th
Stage win(s)	Failure	Kris Boeckmans	49th, 2nd, 20th

Race score: 3/10


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Well, Boeckmans at least got close to the win the one time he actually bothered sprinting. But Mottin's underperformance (not the first one this season, iirc) is really at the same time inexplicable and disappointing. There definitely weren't 27 better TTers than him in Sweden...
Wish you better luck for the next races!

Yeah, I also think he should be better than 28th. I guess Mottin is another of our transfer blunders this year

I can only hope luck is a big factor in our underperformances!

Boeckmans is performing decently. Sadly the same can't be said about Saber.