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| Jajajasper |
Posted on 21-01-2026 09:05
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Decent stage 5, with 2 guys in the front group. Also, now in top 10 for GC. I'll take it. |
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| Heine |
Posted on 21-01-2026 09:09
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With Jorgenson putting his stamp on this here, will anyone be able to beat him?
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 21-01-2026 09:19
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Nice to see Rogora active again, shame he just misses out on keeping the jersey. Maybe he'll have a chance to win it back in the next few stages, but in any case a strong performance from a neopro who isn't much of a climber. Nice to see Buitrago safely in the top 10 too, excited for what's ahead. Jorgenson laying down an early marker this early maybe a slight surprise but not really an issue for us; we're not competing for the win anyway.
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 21-01-2026 12:29
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Not a good race for us at all so far, with AHJ now also out of the GC. Everything will come down to stage success from breakaways for us then. Hope to see AHJ, O'Connor and Penasa trying during the next few stages.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 21-01-2026 15:09
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Congrats 
Will ToA be easy as a breeze?
Jakstar22 wrote:
Was stressed when it said Carlos was missing from the front group but glad he got back and didn’t lose time. (...)
You weren't the only one stressed at this point - looking at Sammy/Sauber as well 
I guess Carapaz (and Choi) were expected to struggle on S5, but let's see how long we can hang on.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 21-01-2026 16:04
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Caspi wrote:
Congrats
Will ToA be easy as a breeze?
Jakstar22 wrote:
Was stressed when it said Carlos was missing from the front group but glad he got back and didn’t lose time. (...)
You weren't the only one stressed at this point - looking at Sammy/Sauber as well
I guess Carapaz (and Choi) were expected to struggle on S5, but let's see how long we can hang on.
Yeah, these hilly stages are Misbah's weakness and we just need to focus on surviving them
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Posted on 24-01-2026 10:59
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| Caspi |
Posted on 21-01-2026 20:57
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What!?
Exactly what we hoped for with the dual-leadership.
A bit unfortunate that we don't take the lead, but on the other hand we don't have a team to defend the jersey.
Enjoy the success Ivan
Also, how did Jorgenson lose that much time 
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| ember |
Posted on 21-01-2026 21:02
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Novak!!! That's very cool to see, especially after yesterday's worrying signs regarding positioning in key moments. Congratulations! |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 21-01-2026 22:00
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Great start by Dion in the mountains there just what we wanted and but some astonishing time into a couple of riders excited for what's ahead |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 21-01-2026 22:24
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Wtf... High of highs to low of lows. Jorgenson has his work cut out for him now.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 21-01-2026 22:58
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At least we beat Jorgenson I guess, not exactly how we expected that to go, got our work cut out to get back within TT range of a good result.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 22-01-2026 02:33
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Wow, was not expecting that. Sympathy to MRE. Didn't seem like Jorgenson did too much chasing, maybe overextending himself trying to follow Novak's initial attack. Race is suddenly wide open but if Jorgenson can lose that time on that stage it seems like it can happen to anyone.
Solid again from Yates. Congrats to Ivan, Novak asserting himself when he should, There are plenty of summit finishes for him to create gaps if he is going to ride like that.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 22-01-2026 06:53
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Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
Wow, was not expecting that. Sympathy to MRE. Didn't seem like Jorgenson did too much chasing, maybe overextending himself trying to follow Novak's initial attack.
Looks like based solely on the photos he suffered from no teammates there's one miles back on the first photo and then isn't a single teammate in the group after that combined with a bad RDC can be a disaster |
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 22-01-2026 10:34
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Novak has the lead for now, but we should not get ourselves over the head now. There are 8 more stages left and anything can happen.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 22-01-2026 18:35
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Fantastic result for ivan, congrats mate. Novak is in good.position now to find his way to success.
Gruesome final km for Jorgenson. Hopefully he'll get back into contention.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 23-01-2026 07:39
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Already first bit of time gained back from Jorgenson on stage 7. A lot will ride on the TT tho if he wants a major homewin!
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 23-01-2026 08:30
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S6 was neutral from our point.
Very nice S7 again from Lafay, getting some more points. Was a bit worried we were nowhere to be seen, and with the long stage I wasn't sure he would be there in the end, but he was.
Now I guess that was the last of the really suited stages, except maybe the last. Let's hope we can get into breaks?
Thanks for the reports!
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 23-01-2026 08:58
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Well, when you're the leader, you have a massive target painted on your back. It won't be easy for Novak and will need to hang on til the bitter end. Thankfully, our veterans like Preidler, Sakalou, Bernard and KHJ have been useful so far
Once again, top notch reporting.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 23-01-2026 11:10
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Thanks red for the reports!
Good to see Spanopoulos active in this stage. Vasilyiv still comfortable in the top 10. So far so good!
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| Caspi |
Posted on 23-01-2026 12:58
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I guess Choi is our sole GC captain now
Not sure what made Carapaz lose this much time - more than a minute to Carpenter who should be further down the pecking order. Would have liked to see Carapaz stay as close as possible to Choi, but perhaps it's better with more dedicated support for our captain?
Thanks for the reports so far!
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