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| redordead |
Posted on 07-11-2019 08:53
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What a ride by Katrasnik!! <3
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| Heine |
Posted on 07-11-2019 09:39
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What a win 
And a great report!
For my team it is very good to see Fiedler that far in front, could snatch a good GC position on the last stage then
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-11-2019 10:30
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Nothing special from Grosu. And on the downside, Hoswon losing time as well.
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| matt17br |
Posted on 07-11-2019 16:36
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Holy shit what a horrible result.
Not that this is gonna have a tangible effect on our season as a whole or anything considering this is just a 'filler' race for us, but damn, you would think that out of 8 riders with solid backup stats for a race like this, at least one of them could hang in the first part of the peleton/position themselves near the front.
Luck really doesn't look to be on our side so far, but surely it must mean that the only way is up from here... right?
Thanks for the terrific report Fabianski though, really high quality stuff. And obviously congrats Croatia, amazing resilience by your guy.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 07-11-2019 17:00
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Just one minor point is that for the most of interest shot to me - Gesbert winning the intermediate - there isn't really any need to include the car in that shot.
Thanks for the hint, I'll try to pay more attention. I think I just wanted to try the fixed sprint camera there, and as there seems to be no way for zooming, well, the car was on the picture.
@All: Thanks for your motivating feedback, I'll try to keep going  Well, considering Badaling and Qatar stage 1, it might be better for some managers if I did more PCT or CT reporting 
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 07-11-2019 19:05
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Fabianski wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Just one minor point is that for the most of interest shot to me - Gesbert winning the intermediate - there isn't really any need to include the car in that shot.
Thanks for the hint, I'll try to pay more attention. I think I just wanted to try the fixed sprint camera there, and as there seems to be no way for zooming, well, the car was on the picture.
You are doing just fine, SN just trying to be helpful.
But you can zoom in -
1. as you may already know F6 will scroll trough the different camera options,
2. you also have the option of say chose the 3rd rider, to make a shot of the first rider close up - that often make miracles.
3. I dont know what pic tool you use - but there is also the option to Zoom in pic tool after you took the shot - im my experience the easy choice as you can keep the UI active and gut it out later.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 07-11-2019 19:44
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I've never heard of the guy who won. Is he any good?  |
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| Bikex |
Posted on 07-11-2019 20:02
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Great preview and report of the first stage Fabianski. Nice to see Guerao in the mix in the sprint. 5th is a great start into the race, even though the podium was only missed closely. Unfortunately with Brändle and Van Winden two of my strong time trialists already lost time but at least Leung is still in the running and three of my riders finished in the first group so a good result in the teams GC is still on the table.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 07-11-2019 20:40
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Another very good report and also fantastic job hiding the graphics problems!  After seeing how they looked normally I thought it would be awful but you'd barely notice how bad it was
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 07-11-2019 20:48
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If you want to have a good laugh, here's what it actually looks like:
The good news is that Tamijo has already fixed it for next season
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 07-11-2019 20:49
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Katrasnik did well, the others did nothing...well...
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Posted on 07-12-2025 17:23
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| knockout |
Posted on 07-11-2019 21:17
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Terrible positioning ruining another stage for me :/
And i cant comprehend why its Blythe to chase so early. He is needed later as a leadout rider and still good in gc whereas my cobblers that were caught behind the s1 split should have done that job.
Must say im not too impressed with the first glimpses of the sprint AI although its of course too early to really say a lot.
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| SotD |
Posted on 07-11-2019 21:25
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Right.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 07-11-2019 21:28
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And we're back, perhaps for good? Great late sprint by Guardini, perfect timing
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| ember |
Posted on 07-11-2019 21:30
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Ouch! We simply have to do better, and at the very least give Swift a hand in the sprints. I struggle to understand why we didn't, especially when there was four trains functioning.
Not a promising sign of what's to come. We really need something from this race, meaning we must step up as a team. I guess the good thing is that with Katrasnik winning the first stage, on one has ran away with the GC just yet, as he's unlikely to get more bonus seconds.
Big win, and a very surprising one I must say in this field, for Howard. Congratulations, tsmoha! |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 08-11-2019 00:12
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Thanks, ember! Howard looked strong yesterday, so I was optimistic for him. But of course couldn't expect a win, that is indeed a big one. Seems like he's back in his Vuelta shape from last season. Hopefully he will continue to score bonifications or more
Thanks for the report! For some reason the site is quite slow on my side right now, so I can't read it properly (pictures loading for ages). Will re-read for obvious reasons tomorrow. Also nice to see Oram that active.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 08-11-2019 00:48
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Nothing for us today, probably a common thing until the epilogue, given that Zmorka is very likely treated as GC favourite, so no breakaways and him being well positioned in the bunch
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| Azerbaijan |
Posted on 08-11-2019 05:42
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Congrsts to tsmoha on the victory. And once again, a very well done and thorough report fabianski
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 08-11-2019 06:58
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Choo Choo!!! All aboard the relegation train! Next stop, the CT, because we're just that bad!
This train will no longer be stopping in the CT, instead going direct to CTDiv.2!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 08-11-2019 10:39
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Should I bring Van Poppel here? No, there's no way Grosu is going to get a train 
Good team effort to bring Grosu on the podium.
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