Martin Hvastija:

We simply didn't have the sprinting consistency from Enger which we wanted. Two 6th places in 5 stages is something we have to improve upon. His final placement was somewhat improved in the epilogue. The rest of the squad did a more or less solid job in the time-trial.

Race score: 6/10

Martin Hvastija:

We had good success here last year with a late attack so we decided against bringing Enger or Rajovic. Instead we have our top rouleurs here with Siric, Groselj and Poljanec. Hopefully one of them can come up with a good result. The rest of the team are young riders gaining experience.

Martin Hvastija:

This is one of the few races where we expect to compete for a top result. We have never had such time-trialing quality before and we are bringing our best setup here. We know how time-trials work, we need good form on the day.

Fabianski wrote:
Well, unlike you I have to hope the late attackers aren't successful this time, given that we're sending our sprinter
But the rouleurs seem to like the course, so especially Siric could definitely be in for a big result!

knockout wrote:
Would be cool to see some teamed up action in Australia between our teams.

knockout wrote:
Also a really good lineup in Copenhagen. Makes me wonder whether that TTT plan was decided after transfers started or why you didnt pick a sponsor goal there?

Fabianski wrote:
Yep, that's a PT-level TTT lineup, clearly something else than what we have in PCT. I guess a podium should be possible on a good day, fingers crossed

Martin Hvastija:

We got Jonathan Croes in the early breakaway, but there is where our involvement in the race pretty much ended. We were poorly positioned in the final part of the race. We need to do better next time to follow or start attacks. Groselj was our only point scorer with 20th place.

Race score: 2/10

Martin Hvastija:

We did what we wanted to do here. We were slated as the 2nd best team and even though it was only by a fraction of a second we were able to finish according to projections. It's nice to see the work we put in time-trialing pay off and hopefully we can carry on like this.

Race score: 9/10

AbhishekLFC wrote:
Great result in Copenhagen keeping up the good start to the season!

It's been an indifferent start to the season.

Marko Polanc:

We have two main goals for this race. First we're aiming at a stage podium with Enger on stages 2 and 3. We don't have a lead out rider, but Groselj will be tasked with helping him out the best he can. He and Howson will also target the prologue. After that we switch our focus to Tadej and the GC. It won't be easy, but we'll try to crack the top 10 and of course take the U25 classification.

Martin Hvastija:

This is a very important sponsor race for us and we also need to come out of it with a lot of points. Tao is our unquestioned leader for top 10 in GC, but we will try to aim even higher. We also have high hopes for Craddock, while Borisavljevic and the other TT specialists can hopefully contribute depth depending on how the race pans out. Rajovic will try for some top 10 results on the flat stages.

Gorazd Stangelj:

We are not going to have the same lofty goals this season that we usually had in hilly races the past few years. We have a young race squad led by David Gaudu and Jernej Svab who will try to score more than minimum points. The rest are here to learn and play a support role.