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| roturn |
Posted on 16-03-2026 05:32
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Ouch.
Phinney did well until he decided to join the breaks where he simply no longer has it.
Twice a total collapse in the end and losing all his chances of a top10.
It was a gamble anyway with him but first losing against successful breaks at least twice and now losing twice due to him changing tactics is not ideal. |
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| Heine |
Posted on 16-03-2026 06:57
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While there is a a lot of strange happenings from stage to stage I find the overall result quite satisfactory. We have some surprises, we have PHL in the lead with Sivakov up there aswell (Haig dissapointing) and Padun being happy about being off Fjokies shackles  and a young gun in Skjelmose fighting to stay in top 5
To me that overall GC kinda feels a bit like what we could expect in a normal tour (if we look away from stage to stage results)
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| redordead |
Posted on 16-03-2026 07:12
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Cool to see us in some breakaways, but as expected we don't have riders that can really compete in the mountains.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 16-03-2026 12:23
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Thank you for the great reports over the weekend again, Imladrik, a joy to catch up to!
Higuita now leading the polka-dots is obviously very nice, but still two very important stages if he wants to actually wear the jersey on the podium in Paris as well. Hopefully he keeps fighting for it.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 16-03-2026 16:04
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Leknessund has been very solid and consistent these past few stages and he's slowly climbing the GC. Two more mountain stages to survive and then it's TT time.
Warchol and Vervaeke also starting to get into decent spots.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 16-03-2026 16:26
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Exciting stages ahead, hopefully our team has enough energy left to make the most of it. Great reports Imladrik, enjoying them a lot!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-03-2026 20:13
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A lack of GC implications on that stage is ultimately good for us. Skjelmose has been well positioned lately which is more than can be said for several other guys in his tier, so I can't complain. If we can make it through one more mountain stage, we have a really good shot at a top 10 now and maybe even a few spots higher. It's just a matter of keeping it together for one more day.
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| ember |
Posted on 16-03-2026 20:40
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Super happy to see us continously try our luck for breakaway appearance! Romo this time, no shame in being outclassed on such a mountain by Higuita.
Impressive solo win by Simmons too. Congratulations, Bikex! |
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Posted on 17-03-2026 21:53
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| knockout |
Posted on 16-03-2026 20:56
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A stage without much happening for the gc. Next one needs to be better again.
Congrats Bikex even if im very tired of break victories now...
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 17-03-2026 00:46
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Awesome stuff from Simmons, I thought stage 17 was a the right move for him but Evonik weren't taking any prisoners. Turns out he was just warming up. A stage win the real Quinn Simmons would have been very proud of. McNulty won a Giro stage and now Simmons in the TDF, one day maybe we will win a GT stage in our own colors.
I know Bikex viewed Simmons as a GT stage hunter with his good recovery and it can't have worked out any better than that. Pity his recovery won't really benefit him in most of the races he will do.
Fun battle for the KOM with Egger striking back a little when I thought he was done.
I know Evonik hasn't maxed their points from a mangame perspective but they have handled the race winning part very effectively so far - letting others take the pressure early, PHL turning the screws on the queen stage and then using his troops to boss things at the end.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 17-03-2026 04:03
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Don't love this. Maybe showing that you need multiple high quality rouleurs on your team, because it feels like we have now lost time on as many flat stages as we haven't. Not acceptable but also thankfully not disastrous.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 17-03-2026 07:53
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Haig making his way up the GC but we're running out of stages and this is probably too late a push to even get the Top 5, unless something remarkable happens on Stage 19. Leemreize also seems to have given on the KOM, which is a shame.
Congrats Bikex and thanks for the report!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 17-03-2026 07:58
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The good thing is we defended the KoM-lead. The bad thing is Higuita seems to be out of gas, with a big KoM/GC stage to come 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 17-03-2026 08:09
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Another podium is nice for Formolo. But I really hoped he would be going for the KoM jersey. Not doing that and very low in the GC is a huge let down from him.
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| TinxiaS |
Posted on 17-03-2026 09:03
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This is really outstanding race for my team. I'm speachles. One more mountain stage and then ITT where Padun will probably lost some time as he is not a TT.
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| Bikex |
Posted on 17-03-2026 18:05
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Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
Awesome stuff from Simmons, I thought stage 17 was a the right move for him but Evonik weren't taking any prisoners. Turns out he was just warming up. A stage win the real Quinn Simmons would have been very proud of. McNulty won a Giro stage and now Simmons in the TDF, one day maybe we will win a GT stage in our own colors.
I know Bikex viewed Simmons as a GT stage hunter with his good recovery and it can't have worked out any better than that. Pity his recovery won't really benefit him in most of the races he will do.
I’m very happy it worked out like this. I didn’t think we’d still get our stagewin in this race but this was very impressive from Quinn!
Chaiyasombat unfortunately seems to have run out of energy in the third week and already dropped down quite far in the rankings. I hope he doesn’t lose too much in the last mountain stage and this could still end up being a good GC result for him. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 17-03-2026 18:37
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Unbelievable from Skjelmose. What a valiant fight in the final week here, and so fun to watch him do it in the white jersey. He cracked hard but survived as long as possible and will be very rewarded for that.
A top 5 suddenly seems like a real possibilitiy here considering he has some advantage in TT on some of those around him in the standings. But you never really know after 3 weeks if that will come to pass.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 17-03-2026 18:44
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Glad there were not any major breakaway shenanigans there. Nice stage win for Polar. I think Godoy has overperformed to be sitting in 4th at this point, unfortunately a lot of that progress will evaporate in the TT tomorrow. I'm thinking best case we slide to 7th, worst case 9th or 10th, but barring a catastrophe it looks like the top 10 is pretty secure.
Thank you Imladrik for an incredible race!
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| seancoll |
Posted on 17-03-2026 18:46
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Been a fantastic watch throughout with lots of breakaway fighting - mostly want to share a big thanks to Imladrik for an amazing TDF ahead of the final stages
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 17-03-2026 19:10
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Great ride by Sossa, but Formolo should have been the one to go for that breakaway.
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