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| quadsas |
Posted on 27-04-2023 15:14
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Errazkin close to not a disaster. I would probably take a top 20 gc finish for him, gotta keep up and climb a few spots even
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| quadsas |
Posted on 28-04-2023 00:43
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We take that dats huge. More of that please
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-04-2023 06:09
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Had no expectations in De Bie here. Was leftover race days.
The issue though is how bad he still performs. If riders such as Vansevenant can finish 9th and 9s down, De Bie on this profile should still be able to fight for the win anyway.
It`s quite frustrating to see him perform like this one year after he did so great for me.
All his missing points lead to our relegation alongside Olivier`s non performances. In the end might be fair after years of struggling over the line, still not ideal of course to see him going up and down between the years.
So let`s see how well Vansevenant can go for GC now and if De Bie is going for stage glory, what he usually does well after early GC loss. |
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Posted on 28-11-2024 11:58
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| SotD |
Posted on 28-04-2023 06:52
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Not ideal performances from our team, but nice to see Nsengimana in the break. Next season he should be significantly stronger in such a stage.
We need Koretzky to show himself though.
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| knockout |
Posted on 28-04-2023 07:40
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Not sure how to feel about about letting the break get away with the stage but shouldnt be a huge issue for us.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 28-04-2023 09:33
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Obviously when you have one of four riders fighting for victory you hope for better than fourth, but this Tour is already a success for us. Great presence in the breakaway and working together to make it work, to have level three rider Lopez Nolasco finish fourth in a PTHC stage. Happy manager here. Thank you for the report, Ulrich!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 28-04-2023 22:52
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Good stage for us in terms of securing some points from holding the KoM for a day at least. Sadly he didnt hold on to secure a better stage placement but hopefully he can continue the chase tomorrow!
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| redordead |
Posted on 29-04-2023 04:35
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Minimal gains, but you don't see Beltran finishing that well in sprint finishes, he's now done it for the 2nd time this race. And those bonus seconds could be very important in the end. Nothing to complain about, I just gotta hope we hold on.
MAL looks to have things well under control, congrats knockout and Project: Africa for stage win 
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 29-04-2023 08:13
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It's really all I can expect from my guys, but it's not enough 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| knockout |
Posted on 29-04-2023 09:31
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Lopez with another superb stage. Its a bit worrying that the support seems to be lacking a bit but so far he delivers nicely. Yellow and green on his shoulders is great and what i had hoped from him and of course we are happy about 2nd place stage points too.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 29-04-2023 09:58
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Congrats to Aidan on a nice win! Hermans maintains the jersey for one more day and while they did lose time Potocki and Gaspar didn't tank in the GC too heavily either.
Hoping for a good stage on on 5 and that Hermans maintains the KoM tomorrow as well!
Thanks for a good report!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 29-04-2023 11:07
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Great ride for Africa, also loving to see the Colombians doing well. Hope Novak cam step up a gear as well though.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 30-04-2023 01:40
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What is going on
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
5x  x5
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| quadsas |
Posted on 30-04-2023 02:43
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Anotha top 5, we take that. Haters seething and raging
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| redordead |
Posted on 30-04-2023 05:51
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Big brain fart by Beltran to not be in that move. Hopefully he has enough left in the tank to finish the race in the top 5.
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 30-04-2023 07:50
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Entertaining stage, would've bet on the break. Loving that Boily can beat the big boys.
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| knockout |
Posted on 30-04-2023 08:12
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Same. Not ideal to lose bonus seconds to gidich but ill take it. Race situation looks good.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 30-04-2023 08:58
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Both my "gc hopes" royally shitting the bed today. Need a good performance on the sprint stage now but who knows what's gonna happen. At least we're some points from Hermans holding on to the KoM for a moment, but it does seem like he's getting overmatched when the jersey has to be handed out for real on the last stage.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 30-04-2023 09:21
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Osorio was in the right break yesterday and I hoped he could do something, but being all by himself must not have been easy. Sadly nobody in the break today, so let's hope nobody wastes their energy on the flat stage tonight and we have a nice presence in the break tomorrow for some extra (minor) points. Congratulations to the stage winners and thanks for the reports, Ulrich
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 30-04-2023 09:59
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Catching up after a break to find a surprising stage win by Boily!
GC 10th 11th and 25th is really good and Kraftwerk are leading the Teams which is always a top objective for us. Could be a good race for Kraftwerk.
Thanks for the reports UU and congrats to the winners.
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