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| Eden95 |
Posted on 17-06-2018 17:10
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Pluchkin is an animal! Brenes finishing in 7th after the withdrawal of Amador is a terrific effort given the unfortunate circumstances. Thanks for the report!
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| Roman |
Posted on 17-06-2018 17:20
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Vakoc being the 'biggest favourite'... but he only gets a 20th place. 
What a poor season from him. 
Thanks for the report.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 18-06-2018 09:21
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Particularly looking forward to the U23 RR of course, let's see if sending Herklotz was worth it. That B race certainly increases the odds.
Sütterlin in the TTT should surely aim for a medal with the German team.
There's also a tiny chance that Demare can survive until the end, but there's still a lot between him and the best puncheurs, and Gautier might get preferred AI treatment.
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| ember |
Posted on 18-06-2018 10:13
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That's quite a mess from Denmark, which was a pity, as it would have been nice to see them in the A Worlds, where they should have had a decent chance at making the race interesting from far out with all those 75-78 hill riders.
But congratulations to Pluchkin on a dominant win! |
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 18-06-2018 11:02
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Last place in the TTT for Norway. Wow. 
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| roturn |
Posted on 18-06-2018 11:04
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Not sure what happened there but I guess the profile with all those descent had another priority than TT stat really.
The Netherlands had a very good allround team and best TT stats but were far off. Bad luck but back for next year then.
Shocker win by Portugal though. Not even in the 1* rating. |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 18-06-2018 11:05
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Portugal?
Happy to see both Senni and Umerbekov finish with their teammates.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 18-06-2018 11:44
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Not sure if I ever saw an in-game-favorite (according to the pre-race screen) finishing that bad  no real surprise though with most of Australia's best TT guys being awfully bad on hills.
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Posted on 23-11-2024 14:13
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| SotD |
Posted on 18-06-2018 12:04
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Well, that was something else...
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 18-06-2018 12:12
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Wow the game did a terrible job of predicting the favorites there.
Btw, what's up with some countries having an average of 0?
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 18-06-2018 12:25
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So, PCM doesn't handle downhills too well in a TTT? Noted  |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 18-06-2018 12:48
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Not sure why do you talk about the downhills really. The teams that finished high had a lot of good puncheurs in their teams, the teams that finished low didn't.
If you look at Portugal's team, the worst puncheur is Figuereido with 72
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 18-06-2018 13:52
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Congrats to Portugal on an upset victory.
Four medalists in Haga, Barton (silver), Úran and Betancourt (bronze) but they were very close to gold, nevertheless great performance from them and their countries.
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| Roman |
Posted on 18-06-2018 13:54
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Wow, 5th place for the Czech team and a gold medal for Portugal. What a TTT!
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| knockout |
Posted on 18-06-2018 14:05
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Looking at the team selections and the route: Was the route a surprise or did the selectors screw up nominations for most countries?
(No finger pointing but genuinely curiois because i cannot remember a ttt route announcement)
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 18-06-2018 14:39
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Whaaaat? We won? Sweet.
Makes up for some subpar performances during the season. What a surprising result!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 18-06-2018 14:44
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knockout wrote:
Looking at the team selections and the route: Was the route a surprise or did the selectors screw up nominations for most countries?
(No finger pointing but genuinely curiois because i cannot remember a ttt route announcement)
I remember looking at the DB and seeing a lot of the best riders no nominated. Think Italy was the worse I've seen.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-06-2018 16:49
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A Bronze medal for Suaza, thats a surprise |
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 18-06-2018 17:18
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Preety nice to have a win, will go well in my selector resumé 
Shocking victory honestly, also wished France was there on top so we could have a medal of our own 
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| ember |
Posted on 18-06-2018 18:03
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That's quite an upset! Kind of nice to see that the route on such hilly TTTs/TTs makes a big difference. As Aquarius97, I also expect the results to be dow to the climbing, not the downhills. |
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