Yes! Smith coming up big on the hill stage, now he just needs to combat all of his inner fighting spirit and just act like superglue / stick to Jorgenson until the very end of stage 4
After getting pipped into 2nd on several stages/races, really pleased to see Smith still has IT!
And Zhao doing relatively well in the first 2 stages is encouraging for the year ahead, but he'll have to start turning some of these near misses into victories sooner than later.
Thanks for the reports so far Ulrich, these are great to read!
Smith is looking so good again such a bargain signing by booker congrats,
We once again are all around the front but not really strong enough to be in contention for the win. It was good ride again by Zico though to add our 3rd top 10 of the race so no complaints
Disappointing not to have put anyone stronger into any of the breaks other than Ronaldo on Stage 3. Hayter really did not like the hills on that stage but that was to be expected.
A more sedate Stage 4 for us. Shirota wrapping up a Top 15, with Hayter and Franco 2nd and 6th in the U25s respectively, is an ok outcome for us here.
Thanks for the reports and congrats to the guys from Newton and the others on the podium. Jorgenson clearly delivers great so far.
Hahahahaha, I can just laugh. What was that? What were my riders doing? We didnt have ny high ambitions here, sure. But it seems none of us was aware that this was a race. I am pretty sure this is the worst race we ever had in our short team history. $ stages of participating and even about that I am no sure. I need to highlight our best rider here, Van Bekkum finished as 100th! He did normal at least.
I guess they all just used this to keep the legs warm and get some regeneration?! I hope this will pay off for the next races then
