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Tour of California - Discussion
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-01-2021 08:34
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Wow, Bonifazio can't even top 10 in this field..
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 07-01-2021 09:32
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Kalaba with a point after coming from far behind, I'll take it
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 07-01-2021 11:59
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Thank you. I hadn't mentioned it yet in the intro because this was not my first preview using my new preview format, but thanks to redordead's programming skills and knowhow I found a way to make previews way faster than how I was doing before. Not even is it faster for me, I also think the colour schemes and so on give a very nice extra touch. So massive thanks again, red!
ivaneurope wrote:
It's not like I don't have Plan B prepared for this race - I've sent Konig as well, who proved to be very decent as both the leader and as secondary option (as seen in Hong Kong). A low key dark horse is Panayotov - while he's worse on MO and HI stat than Preidler, he's a little bit better on TT (Konig is better on TT than both, but he's also lacking high HI stat; Aasvold is with second highest HI stat)
Just to clarify, I didn't (mean to) say that you wouldn't have a rider finishing in a good position. I just meant Preidler would find it almost impossible winning the GC when there are two time trials on the menu 
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 07-01-2021 19:36
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Always nice to see Boivin mix it with better sprinters and ensuring that we didn't 0 point!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 07-01-2021 19:38
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Ciolek using all his experience to be childishly fooled. I mean doesn't anyone respect the elders anymore?
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 07-01-2021 19:45
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What an incredibly weird feeling watch former riders Zabel and Maksimov battle for the stage win there. No surprised that either one didn't win because they sure didn't win much when they were on our team. 
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 07-01-2021 20:08
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Nothing to see for Kraftwerk as we didn't bring a sprinter until I paged down to the bottom and discovered we are leading the Teams ranking!
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 07-01-2021 21:22
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Now that the opening is out of the way (and Eastman was never really going to fully thrive in under 10kms) its time for the hard part of this race. 2 days of hills, where Eastman really needs to just stick to Chaves' wheel as much as possible, while our puncheur goes out and tries to win a stage or two.
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| redordead |
Posted on 08-01-2021 08:35
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Well that went from bad to worse  Wrong rider also in the breakaway if we wanted to collect some points.
Congrats to Desigual, Yates has been pretty dominant in these "sprints"
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 08-01-2021 08:38
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That's just bad positioning from Senni, although I'll take part of the blame on me cause he really doesn't have any support here.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 08-01-2021 08:40
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redordead wrote:
Well that went from bad to worse Wrong rider also in the breakaway if we wanted to collect some points.
Congrats to Desigual, Yates has been pretty dominant in these "sprints"
Don't worry, I have had a much much worse day. At least Konig is in top 15, so is this a plus?
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 08-01-2021 10:31
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Good to see us very active in the breakaway, just kinda weird Roson already into the attack. At least i hope this means more breakaway attempt from him and a KoM challenge. Dunbar was weaker than i expected, i hope he's able to secure 3rd in U25
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 08-01-2021 10:56
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Uran looking good in yellow!
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 08-01-2021 12:05
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Expecting a repeat of stage 2 as we didn't bring a puncheur either but David De la Cruz overperformed big time to come 5th on the stage and 4th in GC and somehow Kraftwerk still lead the Teams ranking by 3 seconds!!
Nerz is less than a minute back and Kiserlovski could break into the top30 on the mountain stage, could we win the Teams maybe?
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| Heine |
Posted on 08-01-2021 13:05
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Too bad on the sprint for Zabel 
Quite happy with the hilly stage, not using too much effort to get a good result. Just need to get some time back before the TT
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 08-01-2021 13:17
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What a cool moment for the Yates brothers! We are obviously very excited with Simon winning his third stage this season and proving his offseason training was a good investment. Maybe he can sneak into yellow and grab another stage win tomorrow.
A little disappointed Abal and Fraile lost some key time but hard to be mad when the team works its butt off all day and comes away with a win. 
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| redordead |
Posted on 09-01-2021 09:40
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Another day where it looked like we were riding around like headless chickens, without rhyme or reason. I guess the bright spot is that Nepomnyachsniy kinda managed to limit his losses and gain a few spots on GC.
Congrats to Heine on the win, Guldhammer was my favourite for this race
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 09-01-2021 09:41
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Strong performance from Martin which I need more of if we are to get a strong GC from him.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 09-01-2021 09:43
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So much potential, yet utter disappointment from Preidler. At least I have Konig as a backup option.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 09-01-2021 09:50
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Much better from Senni!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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