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| trekbmc |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:40
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Fablok sitting on not helping with the chase, then blowing up the finale in the end - that's how you lose friends in the peloton.  Seriously though, gratz Danny on another win!
Vantomme 5th this time, but the team's performance was exceptionally good once again. We always have a few little stuff-ups with our train but given the riders in it, can't complain.
Thanks once again for an amazing report Tamijo! 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-01-2018 09:04
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Every flat stage after the Prologue where we're not mentioned in terms of the GC is a good stage for us Good try from Per.
Congrats sgdanny on getting back to back wins! Great report as always Tamijo
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 16-01-2018 09:08
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trekbmc wrote:
Fablok sitting on not helping with the chase, then blowing up the finale in the end - that's how you lose friends in the peloton.
Hope that means that we at least have lots of friends as we consistently have done the opposite this year.
Blowing up the team helping with the chase and then not being on the right level in the finale...
Another bad sprint from Lo Cicero, but at least Paillot got back in touch so we still have a chance of a few GC points before the TTT.
Now if my riders could just stop helping chase as we never get anything from it anyway...
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| Selwink |
Posted on 16-01-2018 09:09
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Stage 2 was decent, but stage 3 we're back in business. CT is gonna be much fun next year
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 16-01-2018 09:44
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Awesome with another back to back win, which is something we do quite often, but very good feeling whenever it happens. Happy that Cohen and Guardini made for a good leadout
Thanks guys
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| beagle |
Posted on 16-01-2018 09:50
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sgdanny wrote:
Awesome with another back to back win, which is something we do quite often, but very good feeling whenever it happens. Happy that Cohen and Guardini made for a good leadout
Thanks guys
Great to see Mohs delivering, congrats!
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| tastasol |
Posted on 16-01-2018 09:51
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Lovely to see Vassdål in the break, and getting rewarded by picking up some bonus seconds as well. Dempster dropping again, hopefully it's no injury though. Würtz dropping is a bigger blow, as he on course to getting some points in U25. Oh well.
Mohs really finding his feet again here, congrats yet again, danny!
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 16-01-2018 13:02
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We've been rally anonymous in this race so far, but with Wen Hao Li sitting in 8th place GC-wise, we still have hopes about getting a decent point haul home to China.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 16-01-2018 13:30
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That's much better! Ricki onto the podium, yay!
Does this mean i need to stop being overly-positive manager and adopt the Avin/FJ/Croatia model of endless whining?
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 16-01-2018 14:01
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TheManxMissile wrote:
That's much better! Ricki onto the podium, yay!
Does this mean i need to stop being overly-positive manager and adopt the Avin/FJ/Croatia model of endless whining?
Hey, stop trying to undermine a long MG tradition of self-victimization! You should be sending an e-mail to UNESCO, instead!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 16-01-2018 15:31
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I like that we actively try to reach the breakaway, haven't seen that in most previous races where we were in a chanceless position.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 16-01-2018 19:16
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And here I was expecting a zero pointer 
Laurens De Plus, future gold!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 16-01-2018 19:25
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Of course now Lo Cicero wins a sprint 
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| tastasol |
Posted on 16-01-2018 19:48
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Würtz strike back after being dropped on the previous stage. Stage points, some probable KoM points and getting the lead in the team GC more than makes up for what he lost on that third stage. Very happy with that performance.
Rest of the guys seemed to have an easy day in the peloton, all set for the big day tomorrow. Hopefully it will be a good one...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 16-01-2018 20:02
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Gustavovskiy wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
That's much better! Ricki onto the podium, yay!
Does this mean i need to stop being overly-positive manager and adopt the Avin/FJ/Croatia model of endless whining?
Hey, stop trying to undermine a long MG tradition of self-victimization! You should be sending an e-mail to UNESCO, instead!
As we now got another podium and Ricki seems to have legs... time to whine and bitch all the way!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 16-01-2018 20:06
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Major going for the KoM, then he has to be in the break on the final stage as well to get some points. Unfortunately he wasn't in the winning break, could've scored more points.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 17-01-2018 04:50
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No mention? Good  Fingers crossed for the TTT!
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| Selwink |
Posted on 17-01-2018 08:44
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4th is a great result actually! Too bad Ford lost so much time in the previous stages. Maybe Holloway can grab some bonis to climb a bit further in the GC.
Oh wait he won't
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| tastasol |
Posted on 17-01-2018 08:54
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Wow, phenomenal ride by the boys! I was jumping around in my apartment reading that!
That being said, it's a huuuuuge bummer that Wisniowski decided to have his worst day of the season here, losing over 1'30. Would have been in the GC lead otherwise...
Extremly close race at the top, unfortunately just a little too much time to make up. Still, we'll be very pleased should this result stand after the final stage as well. Thanks for the report, Tamijo, you are doing a fantastic job at the moment.
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| roturn |
Posted on 17-01-2018 09:04
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Note to myself: The changed length of ITT and TTT still lead to a massive team GC domination.
Well done Grieg, cycleYorkshire and Generali. Even more to Ferrero, who was able to have Ignatiev in the close race lead.
Pleased to see Generali doing okay after losing 1 1/2 of their TTT riders before todays stage. Viviani in 3rd and Rolland as additional top10 and 2 more in the next 11 spots is still fine I guess.
Could have been a lot worse as e.g. Orange or Valio show, who were really disadvantaged by the ITT failure. |
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