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National Championships 2018 Discussion
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 04-08-2019 16:40
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Great to get the NC racing going. Thanks a lot!
Sweden needed some historically bad AI for Awet to win so didn't expect anything. Still too bad that the RR win was such a lottery.
I had much higher hopes for Czech Republic with König of course. Sadly silver at the nationals is worthless.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 04-08-2019 16:52
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Atlantius wrote:
Great to get the NC racing going. Thanks a lot!
Sweden needed some historically bad AI for Awet to win so didn't expect anything. Still too bad that the RR win was such a lottery.
I had much higher hopes for Czech Republic with König of course. Sadly silver at the nationals is worthless.
I feel your pain 
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| tastasol |
Posted on 04-08-2019 16:58
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Great start to the NCs! Brilliant win from our amateurs in Risa-Ergon in the RR and also a nice silver to Lindgren in the TT.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 05-08-2019 10:15
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Faiers  when you clinically underperform all season and then show up at the NCs and win the ITT. Good guy makes sure he never has to show the lime jersey in a TT again 
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 05-08-2019 11:38
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Great! Double silver for Kudus  Not that i care that he wears the national jersey, but it's just funny
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 05-08-2019 11:59
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Aquarius97 wrote:
I assume Kudus will win Eritrean NC and, and for the rest, do your best because i don't even know which route are you doing
"Kudus has no energy to pass, Natnael Berhane is champion of Eritrea!"
Natnael says hello  .
Also thanks to Marco for rapid reports. We have been fortunate to have riders in a nuimber of NCs thus far, Berhane the first stand-out success of the contested jerseys though.
Edited by Scorchio on 05-08-2019 12:33
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 05-08-2019 12:34
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Scorchio wrote:
Aquarius97 wrote:
I assume Kudus will win Eritrean NC and, and for the rest, do your best because i don't even know which route are you doing
"Kudus has no energy to pass, Natnael Berhane is champion of Eritrea!"
Natnael says hello .
Winning Tour d'Eritrea >>>>>>>>>>>>> National Championship
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| SotD |
Posted on 05-08-2019 12:38
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Wooot? Winning both greek NC's is somewhat of a surprise! Not really though.
Too bad though that Tzortzakis is really not worth signing next season. I made a bit of a mistake letting the race be flat really, but oh well.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 05-08-2019 22:39
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Thanks for the rapid pace on these! Surprising RR win in Russia, had hoped for Vlasov to at least go top 10 on the TT, but I guess it would be too much to ask for!
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 05-08-2019 22:56
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Ignatiev with a Russian NC, hell yeah! Sorry Oleg!
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| Heine |
Posted on 06-08-2019 07:30
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Marco on a roll here! Good work!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 06-08-2019 09:46
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SotD wrote:
Wooot? Winning both greek NC's is somewhat of a surprise! Not really though.
Too bad though that Tzortzakis is really not worth signing next season. I made a bit of a mistake letting the race be flat really, but oh well.
ah well, just give him some leadout role and he'll fill that well I guess
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-08-2019 10:44
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Croatia14 wrote:
SotD wrote:
Wooot? Winning both greek NC's is somewhat of a surprise! Not really though.
Too bad though that Tzortzakis is really not worth signing next season. I made a bit of a mistake letting the race be flat really, but oh well.
ah well, just give him some leadout role and he'll fill that well I guess
I dislike that -3ACC to an already pretty poor ACC to be honest... If I can renew him at 50K, I'm probably up for it, but he's not worth anything more next season and I already have 3-4 better leadout riders for next season. So it would only be for roleplaying reasons.
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| roturn |
Posted on 06-08-2019 11:46
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Zardini really could have done a lot better with Ciccone and Carboni as support.
But maximum top5 would have been possible anyway.
Quite a surprise here that Ricco beats Nibali etc. The old guy still has a bit left and even after further decrease he might be able to grab a contract. |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 06-08-2019 12:19
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roturn wrote:
Zardini really could have done a lot better with Ciccone and Carboni as support.
But maximum top5 would have been possible anyway.
Quite a surprise here that Ricco beats Nibali etc. The old guy still has a bit left and even after further decrease he might be able to grab a contract.
It would actually be insane if he grabs himself a new contract, He could potentially be of some use in CT but interesting to see how where he ends up. Regardless it would be a shame to not have the Italian NC in peloton next season!
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-08-2019 14:38
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Crazy stuff by Ricco there. Really pleased for him to win the NC. Maybe it's time to come home for a final season 
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 06-08-2019 18:21
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Bah. Had hoped Nepom would keep his jersey
Kocketkov surprisingly close in the RR though!
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 06-08-2019 19:49
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Great job Marco!
While today didn't hold anything for me and I have fewer chances than ever to win the sheer thrill of awaiting the next NC to be posted not knowing when "my" next one will come is always something special at this time of the season.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 06-08-2019 20:13
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Great job marco with the report so far! Thanks for the fast pace!
Only British NCs for GCN so far and it was a good performance without excelling. Burke with an honourable 3rd on his title defence and Cuming rode well for a top 10 in the RR.
Well done to all the winners so far!
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 06-08-2019 20:45
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Only marco will do the NC's?
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