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ICL18 - Race Discussion
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| Ripley |
Posted on 04-04-2018 11:48
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Oh no, why did you mention the archive file? I had totally forgotten about that! Now I know what I'll spend a few hours doing, dammit! 
London won by the same team that always wins, whether they have a specialist for the terrain or not. But I shan't complain, Van der Sande overperformed, too.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 04-04-2018 12:48
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Great to see Durbridge in the lead in TONE! Probably won't be enough for a win, but still nice to be in this position
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 04-04-2018 15:19
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ROOOOOOBERT! Great to win the Surrey Clasic and in what way, bridging over to the Willier train and outsprinting Pelucchi
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| Shonak |
Posted on 04-04-2018 16:11
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ToNe stages 4-6 posted
https://youtu.be/...
Video S4: https://youtu.be/...
Video S5: https://youtu.be/...
Pologne final stages posted, too.
https://pcmdaily.c...st_1285849
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Selwink |
Posted on 04-04-2018 16:28
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Durbridge still in 4th after the selective stages is obviously excellent It would be very cool if the final TT would give us a GC podium here
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| Bikex |
Posted on 04-04-2018 19:23
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Tour of Northern Europe always very exciting. So many different riders are competitive. Will be an exciting final TT. Will the cobble specialist, puncheur, sprinter or time trialist win this race?
Course du Lac d'Annecy posted with video: https://pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread....st_1285977 |
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| knockout |
Posted on 04-04-2018 20:17
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"Guys, we have Boom and Sagan in GC contention and great depth on the cobbles. How can we get away with a GC victory?"
"Hmm. Team attack with all team mates right from the start? Its my go to tactic in pcm and it works 20% of the time every time."
"No, I have a brilliant plan: when the other favourites attack we let Senechal follow their attack"
"As a brake to stop them from cooperating while the others are chasing behind?"
" no to chase with them to sprint it out for the stage win"
"But he cant sprint? And is outside of GC contention. Shouldnt we use our depth to deliver one of our leaders into a great position?"
"I dont care about anyone else. I wamt senechal to sprint to a top 5"
Annecy was okayish i guess...
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| Vali |
Posted on 04-04-2018 20:34
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Decent race in Poland for us with Puccio and Voss being about where to be expected. Apart from that not much happening for us in this race.
Thanks for the race Shonak!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 04-04-2018 21:15
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Rolland with a decent sixth place in Annecy considering the field, Jungels reasonable in ToNE, Bouhanni not the star he was the year before.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 04-04-2018 21:29
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Lovely work by Quintana. Nice way to come around the more disappointing season he had so far. Also a great ride
Also GvK is cheating. Great job by Sep on the cobbles stage, sadly not so in the other ones.
Dev Team running well in Rio
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Posted on 23-11-2024 15:39
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 04-04-2018 21:37
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Annecy was too selective for us, Ospina can't use his decent SPR to get us surprise points if he's not in a good group 
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 04-04-2018 21:51
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Let's start with RideLondon. So close for Pelucchi to get a big win for us, but since June he's really upping his game, so it levels out with the following races of this month. Also Sanz doing great in Pologne sprints, so our sprinting duo performing really well lately
Moser, Moser, Moser... wtf were you doing in Pologne? 2nd in GC without a stage win isn't enough for a Goal Race. And also not winning in Rio, with a 3!!! point gap to the second best rider in the race 
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| Ripley |
Posted on 04-04-2018 21:59
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What an illustrious field in Annecy. CCC must be the team with the most successful midrace to late attacks, again two riders up front, rewarded with a great result. Well done!
Excellent day of results for our team. Van der Sande a surprising 6th in London, Valgren a good 8th in Poland and Poels with yet another podium in Rio.
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| Vali |
Posted on 04-04-2018 22:01
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What a performance from Puccio in Rio, absolutely brilliant. Our other guys were nonexistent, still an awesome race though.
Thanks again Shonak.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-04-2018 22:30
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Gotta love TONE, glad to see Vanmarcke get a win in as well, long overdue. I doubt GVK has a big enough gap in the the overall.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 04-04-2018 22:39
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Cav won a stage in TONE, a rare thing this season.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 05-04-2018 09:13
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A couple of Top 10 finishes for Ciolek is nice to see. Need to get back to the mountains though so Kudus and Berhane can show their strengths again
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| dominox |
Posted on 05-04-2018 10:12
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Ripley wrote:
What an illustrious field in Annecy. CCC must be the team with the most successful midrace to late attacks, again two riders up front, rewarded with a great result. Well done!
Yeah, it must be weird because we have never been so active in the breakaways before.
I think it's a first time Ulissi did something right in Poland. 3rd place is awesome, Komisarek also with good performance.
>be me, and send few decent riders to a mountainous WT one day race
>expect Morton to be the highest classified rider, because you have Chamorro/Anacona in your team
>still expect it might be barely top 50
>look at the results and realise Dall'Oste was 3rd and Morton 22nd
>wth just happened?
>then you see they both were in the breakaway
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 05-04-2018 12:28
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Wow lots to catch up on:
1)TDF Stage 17 onwards - Good ITT from Porte. Brilliant Alpe d'Huez stage for us with 3 in the top 10. Unsurprisingly, Porte fails in the next mountain stage. Makes up for it in the final mountain stage to barely get into the top 10. Final position of 9th after Suntory's misfortune is very much underwhelming. Frank and Brambilla with quite good races in the end.
2)Tour de Pologne - Till stage 5, I was overjoyed with Intxausti in the top 5. But then, reality hit back. 13th in this climbing field is pathetic! Can't believe he's been this bad this season.
3)World Ports Classic - Two 10th place finishes and a final position of 10th for Bauhaus. So consistent!
4)ToNE - Just 15th place after stage 6 for Van Avermaet is unsatisfactory. Not sure how much he can improve in the closing stages.
5)Course du Lac d'Annecy - 52nd for Intxausti. LOLMAX!!
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| Ripley |
Posted on 05-04-2018 12:54
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At least Liverpool beat City 3-0...
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