Fabianski wrote:
Great result in Copenhagen, good to see that the favourite teams really delivered

Pogacar in Tirreno definitely makes sense, with Paris - Nice having more TTs and less mountains - Top 10 should definitely be on the cards if he's got decent legs. And maybe Enger has a shot at taking yellow on S2, as he should do pretty well in the prologue and then should be able to survive the late bumps on the second day.

Good luck!

Imladrik wrote:
Two nice teams for these two races! Excited about Hart in Paris-Nice, particularly.

Good luck on them.

Croatia14 wrote:
Hopefully Tadej and Tao can deliver!

cunego59 wrote:
See you in France! I don't really see where Tao would lose time on that course, so a strong result could be in the cards. Would love to see that!

Fabianski wrote:
Agree with cunego, Paris - Nice looks pretty much tailor-made for strong uphill riders with a good TT skill. Stage 3 should be the only road stage where some notable time gaps might occur, and Tao should made the front group there. Hilly stages in general haven't been decisive this year, so his lack of punch (compared to others) shouldn't hurt him. We'll still try to test him, although our riders should be no match

Fabianski wrote:
Grand-Duché shows the sad truth that Beltran's time on your team is over - and there's no replacement for him yet. Gaudu has a good history of overperforming, though, will be interesting to see what he can get there

Marko Polanc:

Even though this is our mandatory sponsor goal for which we know we don't have a good chance, we still need to perform well as it's a race where we need a lot of points from. Tao comes in as our pre-race leader, but in a race where 2/3 stages are time-trials the road can decide leadership status.

Gorazd Stangelj:

We're happy with David's performance here. He showed he can stick with some of the best in the world. It would've been nice if we could have gotten one or two more in the top 50, but this is a good start to the hilly classics.

Race score: 6/10

Martin Hvastija:

Milano San-Remo is a unique race on the calendar with its long length and the short hills at the end while still being rated as a flat race. As such we'll be primarily supporting Enger as our race leader, but our goal is to get as many riders over the Poggio as we can which would give us a better chance to score more points.

Marko Polanc:

This race was a huge success from start to finish. Enger was brilliant in delivering the team's first win of the season, only to double the tally a day later. Those wins meant he also got to wear the race and points leader's jerseys. On the GC front Tadej got into the U25 lead after the prologue and never let it go. He was able to finish in the top 10 in all the decisive stages to finish 7th overall. Everyone did an excellent job supporting the two team leaders.

Race score: 10/10

Martin Hvastija:

We definitely delivered on our pre race goals. Dusan winning in his appearance of the season was better than we expected. It's great to have him back in the fold. Steven continued his solid time-trial form, meanwhile Tao kept himself safely at the front for the entire race to finish on the final podium. If there is one lament from this race is that we weren't able to put more riders in high GC positions. Still we managed to comfortably complete our first sponsor goal.

Race score: 8/10

Marko Polanc:

We were rock solid in this race from start to finish. Two strong time-trials sandwiched between good, attentive positioning on the hilly stage finally gave us a strong team performance. It was a tough field of competition and Tao did his best to finish 6th overall. We couldn't complete our sponsor goal, but we go away from the race very satisfied with how we did.

Race score: 9/10

Gorazd Stangelj:

I think this could be one of those races where we are mainly looking at breakaways. We don't have a rider who's abilities on the hills and in sprints match what this race requires.

Fabianski wrote:
The win goal indeed looks to be unlikely to achieve, especially if the likes of Phinney or Wirtgen are there (as expected), but Tao should still do well. The uphill ITT might be the big unknown, as it will the first of its type with the new engine, but the hilly stages so far haven't yielded huge gaps (and rather big groups), so if he gets his positioning right a Top 5 should be on the cards. Fingers crossed

I'd obviously prefer getting a good result here myself, but your riders are simply better than mine

Fabianski wrote:
You've been flying pretty high all year long, and Ukraine was a continuation of that. Pretty jealous looking at your results there, but I guess many PCT managers are

Fabianski wrote:
Your sprinters have been doing a fantastic job so far, especially Enger is insanely strong this year. Too bad none of them had enough RDs to go to Netherlands. We'll see if your betting on breakaways works out; at least Gaudu should get a decent GC result anyway (if the sprinters can be gapped on the final day).

Martin Hvastija:

We protected Enger throughout most of the day, but in the end we let him look after himself. Suffice to say he was in great position on the Cipressa and the Poggio, as well as the final sprint on Via Roma. So close to a monument podium, but still a brilliant way to show ourselves on the big stage.

Race score: 9/10

Nemolito wrote:
Getting a fourth place in your first monument (at least when you can score points) is immense. Enger has been doing quite nice so far, I hope he can keep it up together with the rest of the team!

AbhishekLFC wrote:
Like Nemo said, that MSR result was great and continues the great start of the season! Interesting team for Nederlands. Let's see if you can spring a surprise or two there as well

Martin Hvastija:

This is the most important race for us in the month of March. We won't be able to compete much during this cobble heavy month of the season, but this race is for the time-trial specialists which is our forte. Dusan Rajovic is with us to try his luck in the sprints similar to Paris-Nice, but our main focus is on getting the most out of the time-trials.

Fabianski wrote:
A bit late, but still congrats to another great Enger sprint, 4th in MSR is a fantastic result!

Fabianski wrote:
With quite a lot of randomness removed from the TTs, Praha should also give you a very solid result; chances should be good that at least one of your 80 TTers gets a Top 10, and some good depth should be on the cards as well.

Fabianski wrote:
And with the wave your sprinters are currently surfing, I wouldn't even be surprised to see Rajovic get two stage wins