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Vuelta a España - Discussion
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 06-02-2022 23:38
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Swift! Experience paying off!
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Posted on 22-11-2024 15:28
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| knockout |
Posted on 06-02-2022 23:43
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Not much to comment about from an Evonik POV. Would have been nice to see Dzamastagic joining the sprint properly but it was obvious that it would be unlikely in the first week after seeing the startlist.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-02-2022 00:03
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Still a lot of room for improvement.
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| SotD |
Posted on 07-02-2022 06:47
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6th is a great result from Farantakis!
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| roturn |
Posted on 07-02-2022 07:32
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Stupid decision to send 3 riders back to Minali, who obviously is dropped on every hill.
Luckily it were the 3 non climbers and the 4 climbers were left in group 1.
Good to see Gaviria sprint again to 2nd despite leadership. Seeing Swift winning another GT stage in late career, is even nicer though. |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 07-02-2022 07:46
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Jams with the consecutive top 10s <3
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."
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-02-2022 07:54
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Quick info everyone, there's now a bet for the GC win open in the MG Betting section. It runs through wednesday evening, I figured it was fine to start it as long as it's still only flat stages. Good luck!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 07-02-2022 09:41
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Leadout broke down sadly with Riabushenko missing, but still a very good result.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 07-02-2022 10:06
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Legend!
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"This Schleck sandwich is going to cause serious indigestion for Evans" - Phil Liggett |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-02-2022 23:36
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The team is doing a very good job, but Grosu just doesn't seem strong enough to deliver anything. Three stages and not even a podium is quite concerning.
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| ryant |
Posted on 08-02-2022 07:16
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Matt Rowe is alive! If he hadn't declined we could have won a stage already but instead we're just outside the top 10. Come on!!!!
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| jaxika |
Posted on 08-02-2022 07:27
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Some very needed lifeline from Ivano. Good job  |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 08-02-2022 07:55
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We delivered it to Gaviria on a silver plate but sadly he couldn't do ist the job against an insanely good Ben Swift. Maybe he cares too much about intermediate sprints, though it's nice that it keeps him in the sprinters jersey. We soon need that 2nd stage win though to get back in the lead and make the attendance of the race worth it. Go Fernando!
Also: right now the leadout is doing one hell of a job which I love, great work especially by Riabushenko as the last man.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 08-02-2022 13:08
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Swift is channelling his inner IRL Mark Cavendish at the TDF! Amazing back-to-back wins as he continues to climb the MG All-Time wins leaderboard. Holding the GC lead in Spain without Tenorio on the team feels weird but we will certainly take it. 
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| knockout |
Posted on 08-02-2022 21:34
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Swift once again? 
Waiting for the real action to kick off soon
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 09-02-2022 07:38
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Really good sprint results, I have to say! Perhaps worth noting, as someone mentioned in the version discussion thread iirc, that it looks like these stages did not get the "very wide and straight roads" treatments. Not sure if that's what makes it work or if the trains are just put together very well.
Also a quick reminder that you have just over 12 hours left to bet on the GC winner!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 09-02-2022 08:44
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Bah, we left it slightly too late. So not a good result, we need to take back the red jersey as soon as possible and need a couple of more wins. Maybe skip a couple of intermediate sprints for that  Tomorrow should be a good stage for Gaviria, if he doesn't get the "top 3 don't sprint"-treatment which shouldn't be there in a GT though. Hoping for another good Ria-Gaviria story!
Thanks for another good report!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 09-02-2022 09:40
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Again missing out on the podium though today was so close it could even have been a win.
Even though I'm not gaining anything from it, it's great to see the sprints working quite well here and their sprinters finishing at the top.
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| knockout |
Posted on 09-02-2022 11:32
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Great to see that Dzamastagic joined the sprint trains properly this time. Hopefully thats a sign for later sprint stages when others are more tired from the mountain stages.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 10-02-2022 06:09
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Nice stage actually, the profile suggested we might get a breakaway win, with those rather late climbs, but the peloton was awake and the break was not allowed to shake the GC too much. Although Swift had a bad day and lost it to the other sprinters.
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