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| Shonak |
Posted on 07-06-2021 07:58
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Thanks bikex and gratz to the big scorers, in particular krisa and Ulrich. Credit Suisse with a stand out result too from Jungels. Happy to have VDP on the podium and securing youth jersey, giving us and him some more points to a very successful 2020 campaign. Too bad Garau could not get higher, he is far below his peers in terms of scoring (Garcia, Nicolau, etc)
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 07-06-2021 09:11
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Well, Vanmarcke wins our most important stage in ToNE, so we can leave satisfied. 
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 07-06-2021 11:06
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We royally screwed up the ITTs, but at the end it's a very good result by Durbo in the GC and Vorobyev doing well as well. Good stuff!
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| Bikex |
Posted on 07-06-2021 12:12
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Shonak wrote:
Thanks bikex and gratz to the big scorers, in particular krisa and Ulrich. Credit Suisse with a stand out result too from Jungels. Happy to have VDP on the podium and securing youth jersey, giving us and him some more points to a very successful 2020 campaign. Too bad Garau could not get higher, he is far below his peers in terms of scoring (Garcia, Nicolau, etc)
Maybe he will do better with a team he feels more comfortable in.  |
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| krisa |
Posted on 07-06-2021 19:36
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Okay very good results for Kwiato. What a strong team performance in the cobbled stage as well. Guess my tactic worked to mainly send cobblers and Kwiato as leader.
Eneco Tour: Kwiat start: solid 3th place in a stage for Van Asbroeck. Hope he can manage a top 10 gc here
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 07-06-2021 20:09
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Wanted to do a write up but felt like I didn't have the time for a longer one but I've decided to do one:
Christchurch-Akaroa:
Huge ride by Jesper Hansen in Christchurch-Akaroa, despite the two riders from breakaway staying ahead. 4th place is a very good result. Also it looked like MO stat may have had an effect here.
Tour d'Indonesia:
Mds Rahbek shocked me by almost getting 3rd on GC despite MTT. Very good job, 4th overall and 2nd in first TT and winning U25 classification.
Tour of Oman:
Shame that the attack over the final climb/long sprint didn't result in a stage win. Great effort by Martin and Kreder though. Good job from Kreder to get P3 in stage 2 too. Jesper Hansen wasn't strong enough on GC stages though so a disappointing result from him given that he was on the list of top starters.
Volta ao Algarve:
Disappointing by Palini to not get a stage win. P2 and P3 are decent results though. Decent job by Soren Kragh Andersen to get 12th overall.
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Gracias Alberto.
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| Ripley |
Posted on 07-06-2021 20:29
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I expect more updates, Forever!
Eneco Tour going great for BP so far. Fantastic start with Sagan winning the prologue. The stage 4 video was a joy to watch, don't think I've ever seen my team work so hard. Fine job by McCluskey and Christian. Dibben crashed and lost a lot of time, if he isn't injured I'd love to see him in a breakaway.
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| dominox |
Posted on 07-06-2021 20:32
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Even tho Komisarek finished 10th in ToNE, I still feel like this whole race was done like my team wasn't really there. At least we scored small amount of points which is better than none I guess.
On the other hand I guess Eneco will be the race I'll probably not see my riders anywhere, lol
Thanks for the reports Bikex and Shonak! |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 07-06-2021 20:40
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Tour de San Luis:
Kreder second in stage 2 and Connor Davis second in stage 4 TT ( by 1 second! ) and Tremblay 3rd from BOTD in stage 7. I would have liked Bilbao to be a bit better on the hilly stages but MO stat probably had some effect on those stages. All in all, close to that first win.
National Capital Tour:
What a race for our team! Julian Braun overperforming to get 2nd overall and 2nd in stage 1 TT, and Jesper Hansen gets our first win ever in stage 3 MTF! And Braun with U25 classification too. Huge points to our team.
Clasica Iberica:
Decent job by Bilbao to get P8.
Clasica di Tirreno-Adriatico:
Not much to say about this. Outside top 80 lol.
Roma Maxima:
Anonymous, outside top 50. Hansen could have done better though.
Paris-Nice:
Good job in the first TT followed by stages where the riders just were overmatched in terms of skill. Nice to see Braun active in the break at stage 6 though.
Istrian Spring Trophy:
Good job from our riders in the TT again, decent by Bilbao to get 4th in stage 2.
Dwars door Vlaanderen: Good job by Van Lerbeghe to arrive in front gorup. Would have been nice if we had riders in BOTD though given that they contended till the end.
Kobenhavn-Byrundtur:
Van der Sande with a decent 5th and Palini 8th to make a double top-10. Looks like cobbles didn't have much impact.
Criterium International:
Decent job by 3 in top 10 in the TT and Hansen with a top 20 in strong field. Went similar to expectations.
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Gracias Alberto.
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 07-06-2021 21:10
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Ripley wrote:
I expect more updates, Forever!
Eneco Tour going great for BP so far. Fantastic start with Sagan winning the prologue. The stage 4 video was a joy to watch, don't think I've ever seen my team work so hard. Fine job by McCluskey and Christian. Dibben crashed and lost a lot of time, if he isn't injured I'd love to see him in a breakaway.
Very nice to see you too.
Huge thanks to all the reporters btw! Hopefully I have the time to read what happened in the other races in the next few days ( I mean I only know the results of the races till the end of March ) before I disappear from the forum again for the final exams.
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Gracias Alberto.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 07-06-2021 21:48
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Phinney still 3rd in GC after stage 4 is a pure miracle. always bad positioned when there was a split in the peloton...
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| Vali |
Posted on 07-06-2021 21:58
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Jungels with a very good 5th place in GC in the end after a not so great start to the race. A stage win on top of that really makes this a very successful race for us. Still a bit annoyed he got demolished by Durbridge and Mullen on the hilly stage, as a podium would have even been possible, but he overperformed in the TT, so its all good.
Eneco Tour also with a very good start for us, as Jungels so far managed to keep his high level with 2nd in the TT and not losing any time on the first cobbled stage. Puccio also in the mix is very good, normally he would be our captain here as the better cobbler but he was pretty bad at the ToNE so we'll see. 
Thanks for the results and videos guys!
Edited by Vali on 07-06-2021 22:07
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| Ripley |
Posted on 08-06-2021 07:59
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Hopefully I have the time to read what happened in the other races in the next few days ( I mean I only know the results of the races till the end of March ) before I disappear from the forum again for the final exams.
A lot to catch up on, I see. More importantly, good luck with those final exams!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 08-06-2021 20:30
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Awesome race by Alaphilippe at the Eneco Tour, great job by the team!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 08-06-2021 20:33
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Good job by the team in Denmark! Lagnlois was clearly a step behind in those first few sprints, but he stayed close enough to be within striking distance. A good TT and a powerful stage win see him rocket up to 2nd in GC, which is a great result.
Also finally a pretty nice ride by Desjardins. His TT was quite decent, and it's enough to both get a GC top 10 and the white jersey! We'll be hoping for more of that going forward.
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| Vali |
Posted on 08-06-2021 21:10
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Great performance from Puccio and Jungels at the Eneco Tour, with both finishing in the Top 10 and Jungels even in 5th. Unfortunately we didn't get any stage results (apart from the first TT) but 2nd in the Teams classification is a very nice bonus. In Total these two cobbled races have been above expectations for sure, so I'm very pleased.
Thanks for these videos Shonak!
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 08-06-2021 21:13
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A bit of letdown in Denmark despite the Top 5 and another Teams win
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 08-06-2021 22:26
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Cobble AI seems to be worse than ever.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 09-06-2021 00:12
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looking at the videos I was always scared that Phinney was getting dropped, luckily got the right move in the right momen. Breakaways winning last stages was also fundamental to keep the lead. Not the highest race for us in quality terms, but the result is probably the best of the season, also Broeckx 8th is a great boost for the ranking.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 09-06-2021 02:33
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Good to see Benoot celebrate his first decent result since MSR in Stage 4 of Eneco (10th) by crashing out on Stage 5.
But the U23's always lift my spirits, for a not very good U23 team we took advantage of the Denmark TT to look pretty competent - 4 in the top 40 led by Karpati in 18th, and 6th in the team standings. Koncz, on paper our best TT guy was 4th best on the team - hopefully being shown up by his teammates will motivate him.
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