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La Tropicale Amissa Bongo - Discussions
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 22-02-2024 07:12
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Most important now is to keep the pack together and that's what we did today. Congratulations to Ulrich on the nice win. Ideally for us the next sprint stages are won by other riders to not let anyone gain too much time or even points in the green jersey classification. Thank you for the nice report, Imlabhishek.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 22-02-2024 10:27
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Awful. Bol has just become one of the most stupid sprinters lately. Either launching too early or not at all.
Congrats to McCormick, looks like selling you Walscheid a couple of years ago wasn't one of my smarter choices.
Also, can't remember it has ever been mentioned that Tropicale would have the "other" bonus seconds system. Don't like it, so will have to hope they'll be as evenly distributed as possible. Surprised to lose the U25 lead, but kind of fitting after such a stage...
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 22-02-2024 13:36
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Fabianski wrote:
Also, can't remember it has ever been mentioned that Tropicale would have the "other" bonus seconds system. Don't like it, so will have to hope they'll be as evenly distributed as possible.
I was surprised, too, but it looks like it was the same last year. Not sure I like it, either, but for us it's quite beneficial. Silvestre up to second in the GC and with two more such stages, he might actually have a decent shot at a good final overall rank. Which would be nice after a rather disappointing opening TT by Politt, who really needs to improve.
Lovely to see Van Eetvelt in the breakaway, although it's a bit unfortunate that he misses out on his first ever career point(s) by only being provisional third in the KoM classification. Maybe he can attack again in the upcoming days.
Congrats Nemo and Ulrich on the stage wins and thanks a lot for the reports so far!
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 22-02-2024 21:18
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God I hate sprints in this game version.
Ci grata Ulrich, good win for your man. Thanks for the report also.
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 22-02-2024 21:42
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Impressed by Konychevs sprinting abilities this season. Did not expect him to deliver top 10’s pretty consistently. Nice to take the white jersey! 
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 22-02-2024 23:36
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Fabianski wrote:
Congrats to McCormick, looks like selling you Walscheid a couple of years ago wasn't one of my smarter choices.
I am sure his success is based in the supreme sprint coaching delivered by McCormick, so you probably made the right choice.
First win for the team since January which is great, and the GC lead is a cool bonus. I think Simmons scores points for leading the KOM which would be nice as he is the only rider on the team who hadn't scored through May.
I think the point scales are a mistake, is supposed to be only pure sprint races which this before it was resurrected for 2022, so I guess it never got changed. Probably won't matter much on final GC.
Thanks for the reports.,
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-02-2024 06:06
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Fantastic stuff from Vesely again, taking 2nd on that stage and the Points jersey lead. Great leadout from Saya as well. Looked like he could've also got a good result for a while but he did his job before that.
Nice to see Halvorsen delivering. Congrats to quadsas and thanks for the report Imladrik
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 23-02-2024 07:17
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Bonifazio back to his old self then.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 23-02-2024 08:04
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Can’t believe we actually had a lead out  We don’t have the riders for that.
Good result, if AH was a better rider he would have taken that - Halvorsen and Vesley are stronger and pipped him though. Congrats quadsas, Halvorsen finally delivering here.
Thanks for the report!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 23-02-2024 08:20
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Peloton stayed together again, so far so good. Congratulations on the win to Zalgiris and thank you to Imladrik and Abhishek
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 23-02-2024 09:36
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Congrats quadsas!
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| quadsas |
Posted on 23-02-2024 14:16
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Halvorsen wakes up for a bloody C1 stage, we take that, one more good result is mandatory at this point, no chance in GC for us
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 23-02-2024 23:39
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Walscheid not at his best today but can't complain about keeping yellow and KOM. Another good sprint to stay in the points jersey would be welcomed.
Congrats to Halvorsen, a relatively pretty sprint there. Do seem better on 2 lane roads.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 24-02-2024 09:52
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That was a very bad stage for us. We won't be going back with many points from this one.
Congrats to Ulrich and thanks for the report Imladrik
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 24-02-2024 09:58
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Hmm, those two sprint results won't cut it for Silvestre to get a decent GC result, I assume. Still, a stage podium and three days in the GC Top 3 is overall a very solid haul for him. Now hopefully our time trialists give us some GC depth scoring. Thanks for the reports once again Imladrik!
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 24-02-2024 12:36
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Great effort from Zana 
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 24-02-2024 14:38
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Well wow. That couldn't have gone any better. Thought Walscheid had gone too early and he was going to get swamped but sometimes I think n a tough chase it takes it out of everyone and the earlier guys have more chance. And great stuff from the team, Simmons locking up the KOM, and Naud jumpnig into chase when it was clear our interest was in a sprint finish.
Anything good from tomorrow is total gravy at this point, I think we have had plenty of good fortune already.
Thanks to Imladrik for the reports.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 25-02-2024 08:28
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Congratulations to Ulrich on another win! Hopefully we do what's necessary in stage 5.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 25-02-2024 10:28
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Damn, LPH domination! Terrific result, congrats Nemo! Politt in 14th is a bit lower than I'd have hoped, but given the competition, it's not an unreasonable result. Verona was a bigger disappointment, but Izagirre did well to get into scoring positions, so those two combined are okay-ish. With the points that Silvestre collected, I think we can leave with a good feeling.
Thanks for the reports Imladrik!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 25-02-2024 11:36
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Two really good TTs from Sajnok, so disappointing he only gets 5th. Congrats Pollos and thanks to the reporting duo for presenting this race!
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