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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 27-11-2019 17:12
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Time to really start our season after the slow start... We could use some points to move away from any relegation danger for good 
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 28-11-2019 00:05
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Hoping Nerz can stay in contention during hilly stage 3 and manage a top 10 finish.
Haller might manage a couple of minor placing in the sprint stages, every point counts.
Thanks for a great preview.
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| redordead |
Posted on 28-11-2019 07:05
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Dang Ciolek just didn't have it today and again no help from Mezgec is not nice 
Congrats to Ahlstrand, well deserved win
Don't really like Borges getting all those bonus seconds as he is now the clear favourite to take yellow on stage 3. On the other hand at least Beltran didn't lose any time for GC like some others, so that's good. Also nice see Pibernik having a go in the breakaway
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 28-11-2019 07:14
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Oh Higuita getting his ass kicked in those sprints He'll be up there soon, good experience for him and awesome to see him in a break here!  Bennett with a very tidy finish in 16th, either he's our team's sprinter and this is all going to go to shit, or he's paying attention and looking good for the hills and mountain!
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| viking90 |
Posted on 28-11-2019 07:24
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Yeah, messy sprint but still a win
Something wrong with the jersey Ahlstrand is not World Champion, he won the B worlds and a blue jersey is submitted for him! |
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-11-2019 07:30
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viking90 wrote:
Yeah, messy sprint but still a win
Something wrong with the jersey Ahlstrand is not World Champion, he won the B worlds and a blue jersey is submitted for him!
Will be checked asap.
He is WC in the DB. Reporting started when not all shirts were submitted, so might be the issue here. But need to check. |
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 28-11-2019 07:30
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viking90 wrote:
Yeah, messy sprint but still a win
Something wrong with the jersey Ahlstrand is not World Champion, he won the B worlds and a blue jersey is submitted for him!
Hmm... well I guess I'll just call him the B worlds champion then, and we will have to look at that going forwards (the post-xfer db also has him with a Yes in the World Champion box).
Edit: Just double checked, I have the blue jersey, labeled "mg19_vlv_maillot_wcb"
should be "mg19_vlv_maillot_world". It is fixed now (if you want to see how it looks, may need to clear browser cache).
Won't matter in stage 2, gets a different jersey anyway.
Edited by Kentaurus on 28-11-2019 07:54
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Posted on 22-11-2024 09:23
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 28-11-2019 08:05
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Good job by Gibbons getting into the break, getting those intermediate bonuses and now leading the U25s. All points are welcome. Te Brake on the wrong side of the split meaning we had a no show in the sprint. Marquez and the rest being safe is a good outcome though.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 28-11-2019 08:37
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This stage turned out much differently than what I had expected. Seeing Borges in the break is definitely surprising, but having him harness all those bonuses and finish the day 2nd in GC is actually a very good result.
Congrats on the victory viking!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 28-11-2019 08:58
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Let's start with the good, we all made the split and Oomen's GC is still possible. But yeah, Bonifazio sprinting instead of Van Asbroeck or Gaviria? Let's just say it was a chaotic stage and we made the most of it, but I would like to see more of my main sprinters tomorrow.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 28-11-2019 10:29
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Heartbreaking to see Suaza ruined every chance of a good GC-placement in this stage.... |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 28-11-2019 14:47
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Appo isn't a high flat guy. I guess AKA would have been the better pick given the crosswinds. IIRC I did some shuffling and swapped them in my planner here to maximize race day numbers. Looks like it didn't work out. Hopefully he'll do better tomorrow.
Garby losing time doesn't matter since he would have died on the hill stage anyway. Warbasse now could maybe top 20 with some competitors behind.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 28-11-2019 15:27
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Not the best effort from our sprinter, just have to hope the team was working so hard to create the split that is ruined our sprint setup, will always be very messy when the breakaway gets caught this late.
If the split will help Martin later might even be worth it.
Great report Kent thanks.
Edited by Tamijo on 28-11-2019 15:53
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 28-11-2019 22:07
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Not good Vantomme, not good.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 29-11-2019 23:49
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Good try from Mareczko, just again not the sprinter I was expecting. Impressive win for Volvo!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 29-11-2019 23:52
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Good win for Volvo, bad no show for Appo.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 30-11-2019 00:06
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Something just feels right about seeing Ahlstrand winning races in PCT again.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 30-11-2019 06:19
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It´s so damn beautiful  Full respect for the spinterfield here but I hope we can avoid Degenkolb, Guarnieri and co. in Ahlstrans all races this year
Guess that is all from my team in this race 
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 30-11-2019 07:53
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Congratz to viking, wow I guess it was the first 1-2 we have seen so far.
My team was working to close down the break, but looks like for Martin (crossing the line first)
Thanks for a really great report.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 30-11-2019 08:09
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