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| cio93 |
Posted on 29-03-2021 14:42
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dominox wrote:
Last climb only gave 7 points, so not much I could do about it.
No worries! I just have to hope it'll be different in the stage races to come.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 29-03-2021 14:55
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Nice update for us, has been a while since we were 2nd in the WT ranking (ICL 03/2018?). We will drop in April surely before hopefully cementing ourselves in the Top 5 by July thanks to good GT performances.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 29-03-2021 14:58
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Finally, a nice performance by Langlois to get 7th in Gent-Wevelgem. It's a race that suits him, and he performed quite well against great competition. Also scores us some WC points. I'll take it. 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 29-03-2021 15:24
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We seem to focus on the World Cup 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-03-2021 17:42
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Nemolito wrote:
Thanks to an amazing Nerz we lead the CT ranking, which is unexpected tbh.
Technically we are first in the CT rankings (you are first in Prestige for CT teams)  I'd rather be leading Prestige anyway though.
Criterium Intl, didnt really go that well, Uran wasn't as strong as I hoped in the TT, and seemed to have a bad day on the Mountain stage. Yamamoto actually outperformed him, giving us decent depth atleast.
The rankings still look okay despite a weaker month, but April doesn't look like it'll be that strong either, so if we are leading the CT (or in a promotion spot in Prestige), by the end of April, I'd be surprised.
Also my Dev team doing quite well. I was told my team would get absolutely no results this year, and Rizzioli sits 2nd in the U23 rankings, so take that
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 29-03-2021 17:58
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valverde321 wrote:
Nemolito wrote:
Thanks to an amazing Nerz we lead the CT ranking, which is unexpected tbh.
Technically we are first in the CT rankings (you are first in Prestige for CT teams) I'd rather be leading Prestige anyway though.
Oops, my bad. I guess it is better to lead the CT-prestige ranking anyway I also expect to drop some places now though, with GVA probably not delivering any major cobble results in April. Hopefully we can climb the rankings again after that .
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 29-03-2021 18:08
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We suck.
Not a ton to say. We expected to be middling at best. Martin's crash hurt us bad, and our sprinters have underperformed as well. But hey, we were never going to win. let's just see what we can do from here, rankings be damned.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 29-03-2021 18:18
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| DarkWolf |
Posted on 29-03-2021 19:32
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I honestly didn't expect that. The strongest guys in our team were nowhere near Critérium International so I saw the race as an experience for some of the younger riders on the roster. Yet, Yelko Gomez finished 5th and brought the best overall result so far of our first ever season. I am thrilled! |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 29-03-2021 19:54
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A disappointing Wallonie from Plarre, barely scoring points when weaker riders like Koretzky and Meisen make the Top 10.
He was well-positioned all the time, until it actually mattered.
A disappointing opening TT from Auer in SA as well, losing at least 5 seconds more than necessary, but that's entirely made up for by Julian Runge taking 4th there and wearing white for these three stages!
It looks like he can finish well in the U25 classification too if he's not too focused on helping Auer, who now has to be extra attentive in the hilly stages to not concede any more time before the mountain TT.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 29-03-2021 19:56
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Believe me, I did know that my U23 guys were not going to get results. But wow, I don't think it quite occurred to me until now that none of these guys could ever possibly warrant an actual contract anywhere.
Wasn't expecting much from Lavery, but maybe a bit more than 60's placing and eight minutes back would be nice next time.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 29-03-2021 20:08
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Better from Yates in Wallonie Prijs, too bad it isn't WT!
Dimas strutting his stuff is a nice boost for this manager
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 29-03-2021 20:17
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GVK on fire! Let's hope he saves something for the monuments!
U23s are really disappointing this season. Maybe best there's no videos there
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 29-03-2021 20:17
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Koretzky and Meisen were not the riders I expected to finish in the top ten, but nice to see they also have it in them
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| Vali |
Posted on 29-03-2021 20:29
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Decent result from Cimolai in Gent-Wevelgem which just about keeps us above the 3 relegation spots. Contrary to last year, I basically spent all of my leaders race days in WT, which clearly hurts us in the Prestige Ranking.
Wallonie Prijs went well, with Puccio doing very well there once again. U23 races have been really bad so far honestly with not a single point scored so far I think, but the start to SA was promising with a lot of breakaway apperances.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-03-2021 20:33
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Rizzioli and Kolo both in the final group at RvVU23, so good enough for me.
Also, just something I've noticed, that I'm not sure is supposed to happen, but when I first click the results thread, all spoilers are open as if they dont exist and everything loads quite slow (images, long list of results etc.) Sometimes my laptop even freezes for a moment or two, until everything inside the spoilers loads. Not sure if its just me, and also likely an issue of having 40 other tabs open but I feel like this isnt how the spoiler is supposed to be working on the site.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 29-03-2021 20:36
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valverde321 wrote:
Also, just something I've noticed, that I'm not sure is supposed to happen, but when I first click the results thread, all spoilers are open as if they dont exist and everything loads quite slow (images, long list of results etc.)
same here
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| Ripley |
Posted on 30-03-2021 07:57
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I have experienced it before, but it's very rare for me. Still, I usually remember to look away from the monitor when the results page loads.
@bbl: I disagree, your U23 riders can still become local domestiques at least. 22 year olds have two "upgrades" to go and if they reach AVG 70+ they make good min wage domestiques. So don't write them off prematurely.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 30-03-2021 20:02
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Ronde and ZLm posted + South Africa S4-6
Would suggest to not select any MG routes in coming seasons. The wide roads cause rather boring racing.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 30-03-2021 20:23
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How are sprinters with less than 75 cobbles making that final selection? It's not like the race was just that unselective, it was a pretty small group there at the end, and plenty of stronger riders were left behind. Coquard was there, but Senechal was dropped.
I knew Lavery wouldn't have the strength to be near the front of the action, but he should probably be better than 36th, which is actually his best result so far.
Thanks for the video.
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