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Tour Down Under - Discussion
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| jaxika |
Posted on 08-10-2025 11:30
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Benoot failed to stay in first group. Will be hard to enter to top10  |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 08-10-2025 11:52
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Big one for jt!
Just asking if we're at the start line?
Thanks for the reports!
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 08-10-2025 12:56
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Masnada 134th in GC after 2 stages, finding it hard to understand, were we defending Bol's place in GC perhaps?
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 08-10-2025 14:47
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Rok Korosec my man 
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 08-10-2025 16:48
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Nice win for Korosec!
Interesting that i had worried if he did this on a stage we would move to him for GC over Moscon which would be a mistake as stage 5 is very selective but that won't be an issue with the lost time so can't ask for any more just hopeful Moscon can add a good GC result to fully cement this as a great tour for us |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 08-10-2025 18:06
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Why are we here?
I'm assuming the team is too busy arguing whether Australia is an Island or not - which unsurprisingly for this team is a massive deal far more important than racing.
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Posted on 05-12-2025 18:06
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 08-10-2025 18:44
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Maybe a little disappointed with the stage results. But Vakoc snatched some vital GC seconds, that’s the most important part.
Congrats jt and thanks KB for the reports! 
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 08-10-2025 20:39
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Good to see Edmondson and Kelderman staying in the front group and not losing any time. Still in for a chance of some really decent points here if we can hold on like we are!
Thanks for the report! Congrats Bianchi on the 1-2
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 08-10-2025 21:52
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Kipkemboi my man! Did not see that coming. Van Niekerk also still in the front group so we have two horses to bet on.
Congrats on the 1-2 jt!
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| liefwarrior |
Posted on 09-10-2025 01:34
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Not a bad result for us, but I'm not a fan of this parkour. I ran it a few times myself and found the AI doesn't really appreciate that it is next to impossible to make any progress after the final summit; hence the somewhat bizarre results (not to take anything away from jt, congratulations for a fantastic outcome). Even just one or two kilometres of (false) flat, rather than pure downhill, might make for a more interesting finalé. Thanks for the report nonetheless, looking forward to the rest of the race.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 09-10-2025 09:11
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liefwarrior wrote:
Not a bad result for us, but I'm not a fan of this parkour. I ran it a few times myself and found the AI doesn't really appreciate that it is next to impossible to make any progress after the final summit; hence the somewhat bizarre results (not to take anything away from jt, congratulations for a fantastic outcome). Even just one or two kilometres of (false) flat, rather than pure downhill, might make for a more interesting finalé. Thanks for the report nonetheless, looking forward to the rest of the race.
Agreed, I'm also not a fan of the stage 4 (the one thats meant to be Willunga Hill) it's not long enough and is just a weird uphill sprint, stage 5 of this tour is exciting but definitely a tour that needs changing up next year. |
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| Blasing |
Posted on 09-10-2025 10:00
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Great great leadout by Gough, exactly how I planned it to be when scheduling for this race. Boudat with yet another great sprinting performance, putting some bigger names in the shadow once more. Dude was very good last year and is starting into this year even better. LOVE IT!
Maybe we can even take the points jersey home? Would be amazing!
Thanks for the exciting report kb!
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 09-10-2025 10:23
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A much improved showing from Thijssen! So close to our first stage win of the season if he timed his run a little earlier. Still a strong result and gives us some momentum into the next few stages.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 09-10-2025 10:24
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Nice to see Hodeg in the mix and scoring some points in 5th place, but I am sad that Tesfatsion lost time. Not completely surprising after yesterday, but it also doesn't bode well at all for the rest of the year to see how the AI treats him in a race with moderate competition.
Congrats Blasing on a nice win and thanks for the report!
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 09-10-2025 10:57
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To go after those minor intermediate sprint points was probably not the best use of power from Abdul Halil. Good lead-out from Van Aert, but seems like Abdul Halil was unable to hold his wheel. Good to Zegklis back in the KoM jersey, though!
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| MacC |
Posted on 09-10-2025 11:01
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At least we are trying in breaks!
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 09-10-2025 11:16
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Mudgway is struggling here. But good to see Kelderman and Edmondson sticking with the front group and not losing time. Excited for the hill finishes to see how Kelderman will do!
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| jaxika |
Posted on 09-10-2025 11:18
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What are this gaps for prerace favorits? |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 09-10-2025 16:29
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Welcome to TDU, the race hasn't made sense in like 7 years but we haven't changed anything about it. For better or worse 
Fucking nice to see that we're actually present although Quita decides to get gapped again? Congrats to JEWA on a nice dub and thank you for the reports so far!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 09-10-2025 20:06
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Kamberaj seemingly with a similar performance as stage one, in a decent position but then falling back. It's a GC focussed race now
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