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Tour of Ukraine Discussion
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| matt17br |
Posted on 01-02-2021 15:02
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Wow the Generali gang is straight up carrying Zalgiris 
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| knockout |
Posted on 01-02-2021 15:09
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Quite cool to see that MGUCI allowed Kraftwerk to start with 80 riders. Kraftwerk riders wherever you look ... 
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 01-02-2021 16:18
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What on earth have the Kraftwerk team been eating in Ukraine and can we get an exclusive export license? 
Attacking in strength mid stage when you have a man in the break may have appeared to be a crazy move, however it threw the other riders off the scent allowing Josue Gonzalez Cortes to rise into 6th on GC.
More Krazy Kraftwerk in future stages please.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 01-02-2021 17:16
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No clue how Dunbar loses 6 minutes today while Zmorka chills in the front group, but this surely has to get us a GC Top10 now
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 01-02-2021 18:23
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Aquarius97 wrote:
No clue how Dunbar loses 6 minutes today while Zmorka chills in the front group, but this surely has to get us a GC Top10 now
I feel you man - same with Konig for me after all of the decent races from him unlike one certain 600k Austrian
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| quadsas |
Posted on 01-02-2021 18:32
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ivaneurope wrote:
Aquarius97 wrote:
No clue how Dunbar loses 6 minutes today while Zmorka chills in the front group, but this surely has to get us a GC Top10 now
I feel you man - same with Konig for me after all of the decent races from him unlike one certain 600k Austrian
who's the mysterious Austrian? I haven't heard of him
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 01-02-2021 18:59
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Well, that was disappointing to say the least. 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 01-02-2021 20:12
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Haga 
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Posted on 22-11-2024 15:35
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 01-02-2021 23:04
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Adding myself to the crowd of disbelief. Seeing Gesink finish behind someone like Zmorka is beyond calamitous.
Can I at least get an award for my (lack of) hindisight?
Gustavovskiy wrote:
I'm afraid pairing him with Borges hasn't been tested yet though, but given there's only one small hill stage it should work fine.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 01-02-2021 23:41
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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."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT]  Xero Racing
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| SotD |
Posted on 02-02-2021 07:02
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Very nice to see former riders Dees and Paillot with strong races here. I'm quite surprised to see Eastman run away with the overall victory here though. Clever planning it seems!
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| quadsas |
Posted on 02-02-2021 08:30
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That was 3RD well spent. 5 guys in GC scoring, just loads of points, I could even sell some if anyones interested
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| jph27 |
Posted on 02-02-2021 09:01
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jph27 wrote:
Good to see that the prologue is no flatter than last year's, despite the claims to the contrary in the profiles forum
If Paillot can hang on today he should make up most of those losses on the final stage. It's up and down, but I doubt much of it is above 5% so it should favour the TTers more than the prologue did. This is likely to be one of our worst races of the season so far, so just about damage limitation really.
And then we went and scored 186 points in 3 RDs
Although I hoped Paillot would finish higher at the start of the race, I can't complain with 7-11-19-35 on GC. Overall we scored far more than I expected, and now if my numbers are right lead the rankings by over 700 points - the gap from us to 2nd is roughly the same as 2nd to 19th at this point, and only 9 teams have used less RDs than we have...
That being said, we'll crash back down to earth soon I'm sure thanks for the reports, a great read as ever - and congrats to Azteca! |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 02-02-2021 09:24
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Dropping a place to Cattaneo was expected, but fifth is an awesome result for Haga in this race 
Five riders in the top 40 as well, so overall a great race for us.
Thanks for the reports Abhishek and congratz Azteca!
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 02-02-2021 17:09
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Kraftwerk riders exceeding expectations with Gonzalez Cortes in 9th and a further 3 riders in top 30 spots.
Congrats to Kent and thanks for the reports Abhi
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 02-02-2021 18:31
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Real kick in the teeth this race was for us.
Fortunately it is over.
Congrats Kent and thanks for the top reports Abi!
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| Heine |
Posted on 05-02-2021 13:56
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This was really bad for us, as Gustav said. Glad it is over
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 09-02-2021 18:03
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Very much an underwhelming home race for us, but that was very much expected sadly.. Shame the parcours has changed since last season..
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