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Vuelta al Pais Vasco Discussion
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 25-11-2017 14:43
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TVG took third here last year and won this race in 2015.
Nice to see teams overlooking him here as a top favourite. He performs better when all eyes are looking elsewhere. A Top 5 would be acceptable, but I think another podium finish is certainly possible.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 25-11-2017 15:30
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Wow, that's a stacked lineup. I hope we can perform like in P-N, just without that one horrible off-day. The longer TTT should suit us well.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-11-2017 18:31
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beagle wrote:
AbhishekLFC wrote:
Since the startlist is strong I wanted to highlight 20 riders. Maybe should've stopped at Ulissi but anyway. Consider the others as outsider then 
Did you write this great preview pre or after racing? Mentioning Izagirre as "outsider with TTT advantage" only makes me worrying 
Before the racing...
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| beagle |
Posted on 25-11-2017 22:59
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AbhishekLFC wrote:
beagle wrote:
AbhishekLFC wrote:
Since the startlist is strong I wanted to highlight 20 riders. Maybe should've stopped at Ulissi but anyway. Consider the others as outsider then
Did you write this great preview pre or after racing? Mentioning Izagirre as "outsider with TTT advantage" only makes me worrying
Before the racing...
Then I still can dream about good result 
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| Roman |
Posted on 26-11-2017 07:35
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Hmm, that starlist... 
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| Shonak |
Posted on 26-11-2017 11:49
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Gratz Matt to the win, nice win for the TTT specialized team. I am very happy with the result tbh, 47 seconds is doable and everything is within range. Most important thing though is that Bakelants wasn't dropped, unlike some of our competitors. what a move by the ai once again jeez. thanks abi!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 26-11-2017 11:54
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Bummer.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 26-11-2017 11:58
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Not last in a TTT? That's a new one 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| SotD |
Posted on 26-11-2017 12:00
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Sucks for Jayco to underperform yet again...
Even more crap to see these leaders getting dropped along the way. That is a huge AI fuckup imo, and something we really need to be careful with when planning our setups next season.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 26-11-2017 12:09
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Too bad Ovechkin didn't finish first!
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| tastasol |
Posted on 26-11-2017 12:11
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A little bummer that EBH lost a few seconds to the rest of the team, but all in all a good start. Within good reach of all our main rivals, so looking forward to the coming days.
Great to see our TT buddies taking the win, big congrats matt!
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| knockout |
Posted on 26-11-2017 12:13
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TTTs are so overrated
Losing 69 seconds despite not having a single 70+ TTer is fully acceptable. Many competitors have gained very little on us :
-26 Sagan
-22 Bakelandts
-13 Tejay
-4 Ginanni
+10 Ponzi
good stage for us
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| ember |
Posted on 26-11-2017 12:19
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Don't tell anyone!
Decent stuff from us, less than a minute behind the winners is little, and hopefully Beltran is up for the task and makes the most out of the hilly stuff now. Hopefully both he and his team mates are allowed to ride aggressive. If they are, that could open a lot of possibilities for him, and especially for Dyrnes and Hoelgaard. |
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 26-11-2017 12:43
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Many teams fked over by their TTT train with many leader getting dropped. Poljanski was also dropped, but by a lesser margin than most teams, so in that regard it was a good stage for us.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 26-11-2017 13:05
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Sooooo you're telling me Skujins on a good TTT team would've lost 4 minutes, and on a shit TTT team he actually gained on some puncheurs?
Congrats and thanks Generali, awesome to see my former GC captain (  ) Pierre Rolland take the jersey!
Edited by cio93 on 26-11-2017 13:13
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 26-11-2017 14:41
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Ouch, guess thinking I could help Ginanni's GC with a strong TTT lineup was a mistake.
Congrats to Generali! Impressive win
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 26-11-2017 14:44
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Was pleased with fourth, then I scrolled down to see that the team had rode on without TVG. At least it happened to other teams as well, but pretty stupid AI there.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 26-11-2017 14:56
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NOT LAST IN A TTT 
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 26-11-2017 15:56
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At first I was like: nice, a top 10 is good. Then I was like: what the fuck are you idiots doing? How can you drop Quevedo AND white jersey candidate Mohoric, but having Jaka fucking Bostner hanging on. I just don't understand PCM15.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 26-11-2017 16:53
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Good TTT for us. 11th at only 37 secs was better than i was hoping for.
Hopefully Ignatiev can stay close to the top 10 before the TTT.
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