Tadej Valjavec:

Our sponsors dictate that we aim to win this race. Tadej is capable, but going up against the best in the world will be hard. We don't have a lot of mountain support as we focused mostly on the team time-trial stage. Martin Papanov will be a key rider for Tadej and he showed some decent form in Portugal that hopefully carries over here.

Martin Hvastija:

This was a great start to the season for Ivan. I think he made the right decision to not follow all of the attacks from the other riders. Maybe following David Per could have given him a chance at the win, but 2nd place is nothing to complain about. The main room for improvement is with our support riders to better help Ivan and finish higher themselves.

Race score: 9/10

SotD wrote:

Pretty much the perfect stats for Siric to get another top result here. I’m rooting for you to go one better this time. If Altur Can cling to his wheel

Martin Hvastija:

We did a decent job for most of the race. We positioned well except until the very end. We couldn't stay with the main group and our chance for a top 10 finish slipped away. Michal in 12th is still a decent outcome and we don't underestimate the fact we got three more riders in the top 50.

Race score: 7/10

Gorazd Stangelj:

While the general classification was never a target at this race, we should've attacked the race more and gone for KOM points. We didn't get enough from stage results and even with what looked like favourable parcours, Pascal could manage only a single podium finish. At this point the sample size is large enough to deduce that our transfer plans with him didn't pan out.

Race score: 3/10

Tadej Valjavec:

Once we saw the competition at this race we realised that winning the race and accomplishing our goal was highly unlikely. The final podium spot was our new target. Luckily we were able to take advantage of our opponents not being at their best. Tadej quickly seized the initiative on the first mountain stage, just narrowly losing the uphill sprint. He went on the attack the next day trying to win the race, but he came up short and had to settle for a lower placing, but avoided losing time. Our 7 man TTT unit proved effective and cohesive, putting Tadej in a good position for the final stage. He was again just a bit short of winning the uphill sprint, but never looked in danger of losing his runner up spot in the general classification. Martin proved to be a reliable helper and finished a very credible 21st overall. A very good week for us in Italy in preparation for the Giro.

Race score: 9/10

Martin Hvastija:

It's hard to say what went wrong, but it just wasn't a good day for us and the lads suffered for those 60 km. This is essentially our last TTT outing so we're just looking forward to other races.

Race score: 2/10

Martin Hvastija:

We were looking well on our way as we started the Poggio. But at soon as the attacks went our positioning went tits up and everything collapsed. Any type of race featuring hills has been an unmitigated disaster for us this season. We are not sure we can fix this issue.

Race score: 1/10

Gorazd Stangelj:

This was our and Pascal's best performance on this sort of undulating terrain. We're happy that we were able to get some better results, but we still feel we left some food on the table. Especially on that last stage. Our awareness and the positioning of Pascal was not good as he should've been able to do better than 5th. Winning the team classification was unexpected so that partly makes up for other mishaps.

Race score: 8/10

Tadej Valjavec:

All we got from this race was 2nd place on stage 4 by Ackermann. Breakaways yielded nothing and Schlegel wasn't fit for purpose in any sort of GC placing. Nothing more to say unfortunately.

Race score: 2/10

Martin Hvastija:

Ivan is usually good at positioning himself to be ready for whatever happens. Not today. Also his teammates were no where to be seen. Everyone needs to do better. Back to the drawing board.

Race score: 2/10