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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 04-01-2019 06:54
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89th is not bad for someone with 65 TT. I think. Quevedo better place an attack next stage.
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| SotD |
Posted on 04-01-2019 08:29
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It's painful to see Coppel not winning this TT, and especially when Fiedler smashes him this much! I hope Coppel can somehow retain the win of last season. He's too good not to!
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 04-01-2019 10:09
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Novak performing around where i could expect him. Hopefully it's enough to crack the Top10 after the hilly stages
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| Heine |
Posted on 04-01-2019 10:11
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SotD wrote:
It's fantastic to see Coppel not winning this TT, and especially when Fiedler smashes him this much! I hope Coppel can't somehow retain the win of last season. Fiedler is too good for him!
Edited that for you 
(Quite happy about the results)
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-01-2019 14:56
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Well that was a disappointment.
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 04-01-2019 15:03
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Heine wrote:
SotD wrote:
It's fantastic to see Coppel not winning this TT, and especially when Fiedler smashes him this much! I hope Coppel can't somehow retain the win of last season. Fiedler is too good for him!
Edited that for you
(Quite happy about the results)
congrats on the stage Heine! But in reality with the huge gap in Hill stats that the two riders have, I would be very very dissapointed if Coppel couldn't bring back this 31 second gap
considering PCM AI, I would not be surprised to see my team sit back and do absolutely nothing and let coppel and fielder finish in the same group |
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| ember |
Posted on 04-01-2019 16:51
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Admittedly I completely forgot we were racing here 
Wow, that was a huge TT for my team! Expected Paillot to fight for third, and getting fourth is great. And then Vangstad with a big performance as well, far beyond expectations. Hopefully they can both do a good GC from this, on paper they should, fingers crossed they pull it through.
Looking a lot forward to the hilly stage now! |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 04-01-2019 17:19
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We didn't even bring a time trialist, so that stage was no concern to us.
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| ember |
Posted on 06-01-2019 10:49
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Wow, unreal result! If Vangstad can pull this off, I will be delighted, as there has been a long, long time since the previous time we overperformed similar to this. Can't remember it, to be honest 
Having said that, that final stage looks like one for Boasson Hagen. That hill they will do five times towards the end, looks too difficult to control for a team like us here, and definitely so if one of the best puncheurs has a go at it. Hopefully he sits tight, as then we can probably defend Vangstad's lead.
A pity about Paillot loosing time in an unnecessary way, as that really should have been two of our riders on the overall podium together with Coppel seeing how the stage progressed. Though, Vangstad obviously makes up for that leading the race Also very unfortunate for Coppel, who suddenly isn't a favourite for the overall win anymore, no matter how the final stage plays out. |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 06-01-2019 11:12
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Fantastic effort by both Novak and LLS to stay in the favourites group. Novak getting that GC Top10 spot, as "expected" pre-race, while LLS surprises me being up there in 14th.
Also, really amazed by Mosca, my loanie in Moser, getting a stage Top15 and probably giving some points to Moser in the title fight
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| tastasol |
Posted on 06-01-2019 11:20
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Wow, what a stage from the Norwegian boys. Eiking really impressive in the break, EBH with a great effort to take the stage win and then suddenly Vangstad in the leaders jersey. Amazing! Hope he can hang on, ember
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 06-01-2019 11:46
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Eiking in the break. Started a bit late for the KoM points but has a decent position going into the final stage if he'll go in the break again.
Quevedo just on the good side of the split luckily.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 06-01-2019 14:14
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Goncalves usually has one surprisingly good race per season, and so far it it this one. Very happy with him sitting in the top 10, although after tomorrow I think Trofimov may be the better placed rider from our team.
Very fun race to follow so far, well done Abhi!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-01-2019 14:24
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Well that was pretty ugly. Was excited to see Stuyven in the break only to get dropped really early considering his skillset. Not much we could do about that. Just glad Appo ended up surviving the day.
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 06-01-2019 18:00
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so dissapointing honestly |
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 07-01-2019 06:58
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Holy $&@#! Chaves where the hell did that come from! I was expecting nothing from this race, now we take 2nd on a stage! We can even count it as a first as everyone was always racing for who finished first behind Hagan in this stage.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 07-01-2019 08:05
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Love Schreurs having a wee dog at the sprints, love Stan doing solid on GC (this race needs more hills), love Areruya in the KoM fight, love Debesay top 20, love the reporting 
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| Heine |
Posted on 07-01-2019 09:52
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That was not how I planned it
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 07-01-2019 10:30
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Hagen-show in Norway!  Really thought it was wasted RD's for him given how the race pan out last year, but i guess being clearly the best puncheur in the race gives you a differente outcome. Congrats CT!
Really happy to get 10th with Novak and 15th with LLS. Novak was acquired in the "Valls wage off-load" trade and it's the type of rider i really like for my team, and he's having an incredible season. Probably not much high scoring chances for him left in his schedule, as other hilly-TT races are too hilly prone for his liking (and the team isn't racing in Denmark). And LLS was only signed because being an Spanish aging legend, so anything he does this season is a plus.
Not much scoring depth, but really like to have 7 riders in the Top100 and scoring, including young talent Eddie Dunbar's first career points
Haven't calculated yet, but Novak and LLS performance plus Roelandts getting big points in the sprint, could put us around 140-150 points in the race, one of the biggest scoring races of the season for the team, iirc only surpassed by the 3 GC wins races we've had (ToME, Corsica and Eritrea)
Thanks for the reports Abhishek!
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| tastasol |
Posted on 07-01-2019 10:36
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Heartbreak for Vangstad, but a really impressive string of attacks from EBH to get the win over these two last days. Well deserved GC win. Congrats CT!
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