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| tastasol |
Posted on 14-03-2018 12:10
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Mresuperstar wrote:
20-plus guys in contention during the bunch sprint and Keogh fades off to be nowhere found and Fraile beats him to the line. Not a good sign for the sprints, but maybe for GC. Always good to see your GC guys higher up in the order on flat stages.
I thought Keough did a brilliant sprint to be fair  Fading to third when coming from behind isn't to shabby 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-03-2018 13:28
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Ackkk. Bertilsson was in great position for most of that sprint and just never got a run going. Not even a top 10. Disappointing. If that continues, we're in deep trouble.
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| Vien |
Posted on 14-03-2018 15:11
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Awh, that's not the start I had hoped for. Still some GC potential though if Meyer performs better in the next stages. Hope to see a train at least! |
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 14-03-2018 15:43
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Settling in for a beautiful ToA story for the 2017 season. Race already of to a good start with reasonable TT AI for prologue, and a close sprint contest with many contenders on stage 1. Point scoring pretty dominated by CT teams on stage 1! .
As far as overall goes, after a close 2nd last season, I'm throwing my support behind Berhane to join the two-time winners club. Will also be watching whether or not Eritel get some return on the training investment lavished on their young sprint prospect, although failing on stage 1, stats look good to challenge on other stages.
As far as PCT relegation impact, Haute-Route and Ticos have really strong teams here, but even a dominating ToA delivers around 400 ranking points, which would still leave them miles behind safety unfortunately. Teams like Carlsberg are already safe even if only minimal return from ToA (so you can stop worrying bbl and just enjoy!).
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 14-03-2018 16:59
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tastasol wrote:
Mresuperstar wrote:
20-plus guys in contention during the bunch sprint and Keogh fades off to be nowhere found and Fraile beats him to the line. Not a good sign for the sprints, but maybe for GC. Always good to see your GC guys higher up in the order on flat stages.
I thought Keough did a brilliant sprint to be fair Fading to third when coming from behind isn't to shabby
Note to self, never read reports at 6:30am in the morning. 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 14-03-2018 18:02
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No sprinter as such, waiting for the gc stages before we get to see Haute Route hopefully to the fore and at the front of the race
Thanks for the reports roturn
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| Vien |
Posted on 14-03-2018 18:34
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A very interesting sprint pattern from my team - it seems like both Croket and Meyer are trying it on their own? Sounds good, but if both riders can't get a top 10, it's a waste of energy.
Waiting for the mountains to see if we can at least do something GC-wise now, thanks for the reports though roturn! |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 14-03-2018 18:43
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One huge positive with Verona taking the GC lead, then a crushing blow with Warbasse. PCM likes to torture me, I guess.
Hopefully, this means Fraile is our outright GC leader and Warbasse can be either a top helper in the mountains or become a stage hunter in the mountains like he did in the Giro d'Italia last year.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 14-03-2018 18:48
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#10! If only his manager was around to see history in the making 
Tough one for Warbasse though.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 14-03-2018 19:09
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Great work by Irvine in the break on stage 2, didn't quite have the legs to hold off the pack.
Good to see Maikin mix it with the sprinters, he will do well to break into a top 10 on the flat stages so roll on stage 7 for a first look at the mountains.
Congrats to the stage winners and thanks for the reports roturn.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 14-03-2018 19:16
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Mr. "Tour of America" Cabrera strikes once again, no surprise there. |
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 14-03-2018 23:09
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Tough luck for Warbasse and Mre, hate to see a contender fall out so early in a race like this. The reports have been top notch so far though, thanks roturn! Very pleased with Aregger mixing it up and taking top-5's in the sprints. Also happy to see the CT teams taking points.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 15-03-2018 02:16
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Really unfortunate to see Warbasse falling behind so early. It always hurts to see that. And this was a puncture, so not even something like crashes we could control. Tough luck. Stupid AI not to send the team back.
Anyway. that's more of what we want to see from Bertilsson. Again, he seemed to slip out of great position for no reason, but he recovered for a top 5. I'd love podiums instead, but beggars can't be choosers. Consistent top 5's will keep at least a few points coming in, and that's important.
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 15-03-2018 06:04
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Yeiy, 2 place...
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 15-03-2018 12:55
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#11!
Afewerki doing great though. Pretty sure this was the stage where JvH took a win two years ago?! Might be wrong. It's cool to see our former loanee sprinting to a nice result now. Meyer though disappointing, also Von Hoff not anywhere close to his great stage-win shape.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 15-03-2018 13:40
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Ah, so close for Afewerki. Still a very nicely organised sprint by Hadi, and a big step forward from the previous sprints. And indeed, that was the stage of former triumphs for JVH.
Slightly concerned at how knackered my team is going to be, for supporting Berhane But it's more fun coming here with options for pretty much all the stages!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 15-03-2018 14:51
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Okay I have nothing to say about what the hell that was.
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 15-03-2018 14:53
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Yuck.. What happend there.. From 2nd to 28th the next day. Blerh.
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| Vien |
Posted on 15-03-2018 17:27
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What a weird sprint. Looks like our team simply isn't strong enough, so I hope we will join a break or two in the future.
Chances for Simon tomorrow though, hype! |
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| roturn |
Posted on 16-03-2018 06:22
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And there we have the first real GC day.
Some surprises clearly.
Not sure how the difference between Garby and Berhane/Pinot was made. First had the worst position at the start but the fastest finish.
Guess he was lucky as the left side of the road was a lot more open and hence he had no issue with blocking.
That said, the other two didn`t look good in their animation and hence probably couldn`t even go that fast anyway. |
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