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Barbados Cycling Festival Discussion
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 11-12-2020 18:00
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Feels like a repetition of stage 1. Terrific job by the team, and we have the strongest lead-out, but then Guarnieri leaves a gap to Perera that he has to close. That probably ruins his chances in the end. Frustrating, and I don't really get why it happens - Guarnieri's acceleration is equal to that of Perera and it wasn't a problem last year when Selig was doing the lead-out's (who also had equal acc to Guarneri). After the terrible 2nd stage, we're really in need of a stage win tomorrow to be even remotely content with our achievements in this race.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 11-12-2020 18:28
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Guerao! He does something!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-12-2020 19:11
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Come on Gaviria..
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 11-12-2020 19:31
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Cav just made the split and managed a top 10 to continue his consistent finishing. He doesn’t seem to have any support from his team in the final kilometres which is worrying.
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| fintas |
Posted on 11-12-2020 19:32
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Sykkel_Freak wrote:
Feels like a repetition of stage 1. Terrific job by the team, and we have the strongest lead-out, but then Guarnieri leaves a gap to Perera that he has to close. That probably ruins his chances in the end. Frustrating, and I don't really get why it happens - Guarnieri's acceleration is equal to that of Perera and it wasn't a problem last year when Selig was doing the lead-out's (who also had equal acc to Guarneri). After the terrible 2nd stage, we're really in need of a stage win tomorrow to be even remotely content with our achievements in this race.
without looking at the stats maybe the problem is the FLAT and not AC
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 11-12-2020 21:18
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Vesely my man! 
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 12-12-2020 00:00
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If Avelino had slightly better ACC, he’d be flying!
I’m enjoying the consistency from him so far and hopefully he can take a Top 5 GC.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 12-12-2020 10:07
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And now Bernas turn to get bonus seconds. These flat beasts won't have a lot of chances to shine during the season, but they are proving their worth only in this race
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 12-12-2020 10:15
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fintas wrote:
Sykkel_Freak wrote:
Feels like a repetition of stage 1. Terrific job by the team, and we have the strongest lead-out, but then Guarnieri leaves a gap to Perera that he has to close. That probably ruins his chances in the end. Frustrating, and I don't really get why it happens - Guarnieri's acceleration is equal to that of Perera and it wasn't a problem last year when Selig was doing the lead-out's (who also had equal acc to Guarneri). After the terrible 2nd stage, we're really in need of a stage win tomorrow to be even remotely content with our achievements in this race.
without looking at the stats maybe the problem is the FLAT and not AC
Guarnieri has +4 in flat, so that shouldn't be the issue. Guarnieri is better in every stat that matters except acc, where they're equal. It's only happened two times so far though, so it isn't necessarily a pattern, but don't like to see it two times in three stages  Could be related to daily form also, I guess.
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| redordead |
Posted on 12-12-2020 10:20
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Perhaps a bad day from Boeckmans, but also as I predicted we didn't handle the leaders jersey well. Shame Kris couldn't get at least some minor seconds. We need a decent result in the last stage to keep a good GC placing.
"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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| quadsas |
Posted on 12-12-2020 19:49
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owie yowie, bonus second but a 2 place drop. Not that discouraging, first couple stages I'll chalk em up to bad luck. Let's see how Juarez goes
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 12-12-2020 20:13
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Not bad in the end but not stunning either, probably about par for Rowe here. Wish we had gone for breakaways though. Thanks for the reports SN and congrats Marco, brilliant result for Vesely!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
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11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| roturn |
Posted on 12-12-2020 20:24
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Three most perfect winner after two full races of ignorance. Well done Vesely. Congrats Marco |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 12-12-2020 20:25
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VESELY YES!
Given the field and previous results I would've taken a top ten here. Even heading into the last stage that was pretty much the goal, winning the race overall was nearon impossible and the field was close. But then Vesely gained and gained and somehow won everything! I hope Claeys regrets his decision of having Vesely work for him in TDU and Southland.
Thanks for the reports SN!
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 12-12-2020 20:36
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Reinhardt confirms once more than he loves HC racing - it's an open question why he didn't when riding for UBS, though...
Of course, taking a podium on the final stage would have been superb, as he'd have been even three spots higher in the GC. But I'm definitely happy about taking 10th place in a race that could easily have been a zero-pointer - now we get once more over 10 PpRD, which I consider to be a good result 
Now on to Mexico, where he'll hopefully confirm his good form!
Congrats to Marco, must be a huge relief to see Vesely deliver here! And commiserations to the home team, really a shame to see Ewan underperform almost day after day!
Thanks for the reports, SN, great coverage once again!
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 12-12-2020 21:26
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TheManxMissile wrote:
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Here to win of course!
(i'll be honest, i just really wanted to use this gif even though it makes no sense here)
I can safely say you're all going to be seeing this gif a lot as it's nice and comforting as we spiral inevitably into the CT.
Dekker was decent though, although worth virtually no points.
Somehow we are riding worse than we did in the PT. Can challenge for the Podium in MSR, can barely get Top10 here. I didn't think we'd relegate this fast, but luckily we have cats and gifs to distract.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 12-12-2020 21:35
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Obviously a disappointing final stage from Avelino but I suppose we’ll take 8th in the GC in the lottery.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 12-12-2020 22:44
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That's 2 decent stages and 2 bad ones. The only good thing about this race is Vesely finaly showing up for the Minions. Thanks for the reports!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 12-12-2020 23:08
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14th + 19th GC, KoM win. Unbelievable race for the team given the best sprinter of the team has 73 spr and is loaned out 
Very valuable 80 points that we get from this race.
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| redordead |
Posted on 13-12-2020 06:43
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I have absolutely nothing to complain about this race
Sure Boeckmans was in a fantastic position and with just one or two better placings in the last 2 stages, could've won the whole thing. But he already exceeded my expectations here. 3rd on GC, 3rd on points, stage win and spendng the entire race in the top 3 added some scoring also
Congrats to Minions and thank you SN for all the detailed reports
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