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tastasol |
Posted on 27-10-2017 21:27
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Good ride by my former rider William Walker! Impressive. Also very pleased with the ride from Calvin Watson, looks good for a top 15 in the GC now. A slight pity to have Watson behind Mohoric on placings, as it would be great bonus for us to wear the youth jersey, but overall happy with that stage.
Looks set for a good fight for the GC now. Ulissi clearly being played here today, will be interesting to see how it works out on Willunga. Thanks for the report, roturn!
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fintas |
Posted on 27-10-2017 22:18
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Minor disappointment is all I have to say about the team ...
Get over with it quickly and come from there the next race
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DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 27-10-2017 22:57
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Another case of bad positioning for Kraftwerk, 29 seconds to make up on Willunga Hill to make top 5, not sure Flügel is in the form to deliver this.
Season obviously over
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maxime86 |
Posted on 28-10-2017 00:00
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2nd and 3rd stage both proving to be catastrophic for us, although it is against PCT competition, having no one in the top 40 of the GC is embarrassing |
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Croatia14 |
Posted on 28-10-2017 06:46
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Good stage by Kump and Mohoric, that's what we hoped for! First "positive" surprise Still we need a Top3 on stage 4 and spare timegaps in Willunga Hill!
Now we need:
- Kump and Mohoric to stay in the Top10
- Mohoric to beat Watson on Stage 5
- Svab to attack again
- Kump to somehow Top3 next stage to have a shot on beating Schreurs for the points classificaation
- a man in the break on stage 6
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Croatia14 |
Posted on 28-10-2017 07:07
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That is what I'm talking about, great execution And this time the train worked well to not get outsmarted by Modolo again, though he tried well. Big day for Isostar, got the win we desperately needed from here.
Feel a little bit sad for Kamberaj though, brave ride from our loanie! Hopefully he gets another shot on stage 6.
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tsmoha |
Posted on 28-10-2017 07:33
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Kump saving his team's season!
Had hoped for Goss to somehow have a shot at this stage, but maybe he will strike at stage six. Tough one for the escapees, but it's always fine enough to see the favorites battling it out.
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trekbmc |
Posted on 28-10-2017 07:46
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Awesome to see Kump performing, especially when we thought he never would 2 days ago. A good ride on the Corkscrew plus a great stage win means he's on track for a really good GC result if he can manage the gap on Willunga. Congrats Croatia!
Thanks for all the great reports Roturn!
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Eden95 |
Posted on 28-10-2017 08:06
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Congrats to the winners. Heartbreak with Kump the win on the line from the break. Thanks roturn!
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fintas |
Posted on 28-10-2017 08:25
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all my hopes disappeared with the crash of Paulinho
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jandal7 |
Posted on 28-10-2017 08:30
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Yay Kump Great job by Isostar to deliver him to the line and he takes it! Shame for Khamberaj but VMP having a very good race!
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tastasol |
Posted on 28-10-2017 08:53
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Another good effort from Olsson. Truly love that guy. Shame about Skjerping crashing, as I was hoping for a top 30 in GC from him, but seeing other teams being unlucky, I shouldn't complain. Watson yet again safe through the stage. Now just sit thight on Willunga. Congrats on getting the win, Croatia!
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dev4ever |
Posted on 28-10-2017 08:59
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Another great stage from Kump, this time resulting in a Win
Happy to see him deliver!
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Selwink |
Posted on 28-10-2017 09:34
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Good to see that Kadri has decided to bother and grab a top-10 result here. Now we need the rest of the team to do something apart from crashing as well
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knockout |
Posted on 28-10-2017 09:40
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Kump with a strong finish - still on track for a great Isostar race
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters!
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DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 28-10-2017 09:52
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Nice one for Kump and Croatia, great report of the heartbreak for the break, thanks roturn.
Much better from Kraftwerk and I think if Cav had better support he could have challenged for the win.
Team safe, might see Vachon in the break after loosing time in a crash.
Season defining stage tomorrow, come on Flügel you can do it.
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 28-10-2017 09:53
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Waeytens clearly saving himself for the queen stage..
Pelucchi doing really well here, guess he knows this is a contract year for him.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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sgdanny |
Posted on 28-10-2017 12:15
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Looking a bit more difficult now, adds to the excitement for Willunga tonight, but we will have a harder time winning the GC now and kinda bumped if we used Guardini to chase a breakaway. Just hope him and Mohs can do well on the last stage, but for now all attention on next stage, which should be quite an entertaining one. Our goal for a Top 5 can be missed, but doubt that very much. Go Froome!
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cio93 |
Posted on 28-10-2017 12:31
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Arnaud Kump showing his skills, although this time Kamberaj had my support, what an effort to nearly fend off the peloton for the whole sprint.
The corkscrew stage was interesting with bigger gaps and smaller groups than I expected, now bring us the legend of the early season climbs!
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knockout |
Posted on 28-10-2017 12:59
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cio93 wrote:
Arnaud Kump showing his skills, although this time Kamberaj had my support, what an effort to nearly fend off the peloton for the whole sprint.
Oh come on, nobody is named after the #2. It's M. Van Kump!
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters!
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