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Criterium du Dauphine Libere - Discussion
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 12-02-2026 11:47
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Ideal start for Kudus so far. I think the big question mark is the longer TT. We definitely needed this time on Haig heading into it, but puzzling for him to lose so much already. Thanks for the race so far wj
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-02-2026 11:56
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Think it is clear now that Haig will not perform in PCM 24 and we will relegate this season.
Congrats to BW and thanks for the report!
Maybe I should've complained from the beginning of the season because that definitely seems to help 
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| Bikex |
Posted on 12-02-2026 12:05
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Terrible from McNulty |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 13-02-2026 23:49
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Another awful day for Haig, really feel for Abi. At least Hayter got them a nice win. Congrats!
Rodrigues did well in thr first mountain stage. I hope he can keep up this momentum
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-02-2026 02:14
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Fun little feature for Eg in the top 10 there. Looks like he and Hellemose were alert for Skjelmose which is a good sign. The goal now is to have a good TT and put some time into more of the pure climbers so we have a chance to hang onto the top 10 in a couple of days.
Thanks for the report!
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 14-02-2026 02:19
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Now just hoping Howson can do well in the TT. Bennett was good though with a 6th place and winning the sprint in the peloton. Tough race for us so far though. Hopefully the TT is quite decisive and Carlos can move up
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| Caspi |
Posted on 14-02-2026 02:23
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Caspi wrote:
Yikes. The entire team went for a coffee break on S4...
Hope we can be involved in some breakaway action now.
From bad to worse.
We did get one in the breakaway though. The only one who should safe his energy for the TT...
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| SotD |
Posted on 14-02-2026 06:20
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Great result from Karatsivis to take 3rd and temporarily KOM leader.
Seems like our points need to come from secondary riders here as Giannoutsos displays terrible form really! He managed to claw back at the very back of the Big group, so disaster was avoided, but it’s difficult to see a realistic top 10 GC scenario.
Fingers crossed that Karatsivis will go on the offense to see if the KOM Can be won.
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| SotD |
Posted on 14-02-2026 09:58
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Karatsivis again with a very solid performance. Hope he hasn’t spent his remaining energy here, as I would like to see him on the offense tomorrow.
Giannoutsos with a decent effort. Not great, but better than some similar riders. Still not in the top 10, and unless he significantly improves his level in the final stage he won’t get there either.
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Posted on 14-02-2026 22:09
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 14-02-2026 10:14
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A solid stage 4 from Shikai in 4th, nothing to note on Stage 5, and then a pretty disappointing TT from him to lose time to some of his rivals. He's not in a bad position for an assault on the Top 3 tomorrow though so let's see what we can do!
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| Bikex |
Posted on 14-02-2026 11:01
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Absolutely ridiculous to have McNulty finish 41st in a TT like this even behind his team mate |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-02-2026 14:20
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Great stage for Skjelmose with another top 5! Only thing that would have made it better was being a couple of seconds better to take the yellow jersey. Though maybe it's for the best that we don't since we don't really have the team strength to protect the jersey.
Very funny that it's Kamna ahead of us. I hope we can overtake him in the final day just for fun competition reasons, but we won't be the top 2 in the end anyway. Goal is the same as before. Stay in the top 10 and hang onto white. If Eg and Hellemose can mop up some minor points by staying with it, that would be cool too.
I know a stage win is no good consolation prize but it wouldn't surprise me if Haig goes bonkers in the break tomorrow and ends up top 5 overall too. Congrats Abhishek.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 14-02-2026 16:10
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Wow disastrous from McNulty, he seems to have alternated between being terrible and pretty good. Sympathy to Bikex. King Power riders also suffered really bad days in the Herbiers I think. Maybe they need a new TT bike.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 14-02-2026 19:53
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Choi 6th in the TT might look great, but this race is a disaster for us, as he's already completely out of the GC.
Commiserations to Bikex and Abhi as well. I guess, all isn't lost for Sony, though, with at least some scoring by Haig.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 14-02-2026 20:20
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Misbah did well to avoid time loss in the Hill stage, then managed to improve his GC spot in the TT. Hopefully he didn't overdo things and can hold on to his top10 spot
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-02-2026 20:32
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Don't know what to make of this anymore. Two stage wins in a row is great but not sure why Haig is the only GC contender losing time on stage 5. Really strange. Wasn't expecting a stage win from him, which is good but the GC is gone so we will be scoring a lot less than I was hoping for. Hayter has been good, hopefully that's good signs for the future.
Thanks for the reports!
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