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| Heine |
Posted on 10-01-2018 08:34
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Expected breakaway win, congrats Alex
However, the most interesting is the fall, how much will the different riders suffer? Already a hit for Velits to miss Hirt
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 10-01-2018 09:14
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Finishing last in a winning break. Not cool  but I won't complain. Gunman is active. Which is great.
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 10-01-2018 09:18
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Another stage, another podium!
Just had to be Barbero aswell. This kid surely enjoys an attack.
Nice start to the race for us here!
Congratz alex, Lammer was really tinking this one trough.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-01-2018 09:50
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Very disappointing to see Hirt joining Faiers in abandoning, with other good climbers like Kruijswijk seemingly being injured. It's not good for the race, and sucks for the managers involved.
Thanks for the reports Tamijo, they've all been good reads.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 10-01-2018 10:01
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See, these are the breaks we have to at least TRY to get into. 
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 10-01-2018 10:21
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Nice result for Hugo Boss and Strava!
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 10-01-2018 10:43
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Nothing. Maybe Golovash should finally start doing what I have brought him for... Attacking on these kind of stages where he should have a decent chance at doing well...
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| viking90 |
Posted on 10-01-2018 10:46
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Robov seems strong, Im glad Abal did not help to reel in the break.
2nd place in the bunch sprint by Stallaert seems promosing.
Hope those crashes will be lesser from now in in this race when the first nervous week is over |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 10-01-2018 11:03
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Very nice performance by Fankhauser and nice of Didier to try it as well. 3rd place is a nice catch from the botd, almost as good as Guarnieri's one time 2nd place at Giro 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 10-01-2018 14:09
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Congrats on another GT victory, alex! My guys seem keen on getting into a break but their attempts have invariably failed 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-01-2018 14:15
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Thanks guys.
Fun fact: my team never missed out on a Vuelta stage win since joining the Pro Tour in 2011:
- 2 in 2011: Cornu and Plaza
- 2 in 2012: Posthuma and TTT
- 1 in 2013: Posthuma
- 1 in 2014: Ruijgh
- 2 in 2015: All Gesink
- 3 in 2016: All Gesink
- 1 in 2017: Lammertink
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 10-01-2018 15:36
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alexkr00 wrote:
Fun fact: my team never missed out on a Vuelta stage win since joining the Pro Tour in 2011
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 10-01-2018 18:31
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If he's not injured, Kruijswijk crashing and losing time might actually be a good thing. It increases the chance of him going into a succesful breakaway later.
But there's definitely a chance that he is. Fingers crossed.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 10-01-2018 19:46
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alexkr00 wrote:
Thanks guys.
Fun fact: my team never missed out on a Vuelta stage win since joining the Pro Tour in 2011:
- 2 in 2011: Cornu and Plaza
- 2 in 2012: Posthuma and TTT
- 1 in 2013: Posthuma
- 1 in 2014: Ruijgh
- 2 in 2015: All Gesink
- 3 in 2016: All Gesink
- 1 in 2017: Lammertink
Gratz to the win, mate. That's some real class consistency, ever thought about switching over to a spanish sponsor once Gesink's declines, for roleplaying reasons?
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-01-2018 19:50
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Shonak wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
Thanks guys.
Fun fact: my team never missed out on a Vuelta stage win since joining the Pro Tour in 2011:
- 2 in 2011: Cornu and Plaza
- 2 in 2012: Posthuma and TTT
- 1 in 2013: Posthuma
- 1 in 2014: Ruijgh
- 2 in 2015: All Gesink
- 3 in 2016: All Gesink
- 1 in 2017: Lammertink
Gratz to the win, mate. That's some real class consistency, ever thought about switching over to a spanish sponsor once Gesink's declines, for roleplaying reasons?
Not really. I haven't looked at the Spanish market too closely but I don't think it has a lot of options on the long term 
My current plan is to make Floris Gerts the next Dutch super star
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 10-01-2018 21:01
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Great (and weird) to see Vastaranta take part in the bunch sprints and do solidly. While it of course means nothing to us in terms of points I would love him to get a top 10 in what is supposed to be a farewell trip from him.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 10-01-2018 21:03
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alexkr00 wrote:
Shonak wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
Thanks guys.
Fun fact: my team never missed out on a Vuelta stage win since joining the Pro Tour in 2011:
- 2 in 2011: Cornu and Plaza
- 2 in 2012: Posthuma and TTT
- 1 in 2013: Posthuma
- 1 in 2014: Ruijgh
- 2 in 2015: All Gesink
- 3 in 2016: All Gesink
- 1 in 2017: Lammertink
Gratz to the win, mate. That's some real class consistency, ever thought about switching over to a spanish sponsor once Gesink's declines, for roleplaying reasons?
Not really. I haven't looked at the Spanish market too closely but I don't think it has a lot of options on the long term
My current plan is to make Floris Gerts the next Dutch super star
That's better. Stay away from Spain 
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 11-01-2018 07:40
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Cool top 5 from the stage good ride from Laporte and just happy to make the winning break this time! |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-01-2018 07:43
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GUNMAN 
Finally our first win in the season that did not come from a TTT. It's great to see Gunman joining the breakaways now. Didn't look good when Bayly got away with Barbero responding. But it seems that Gunman played it smart and saved his energy for a great sprint. It's just a breakaway win, but I love it
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| Shonak |
Posted on 11-01-2018 07:49
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Some minor points again from Kozontchuk, very good. Hoping that some more powerful riders are going to join the botd soon to also have a shot at the stage win eventually.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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