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Ras Tailteann - Discussion
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-03-2026 03:33
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Seems liek Rodenberg had a better chance at opening up his sprint when he was om the ELCO train, then kind of shifted backwards to the Spark train and out of the picture. Still good to get a top 10 for the bonus seconds though, at least means we'll get some kind of GC placing out of this.
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| SotD |
Posted on 25-03-2026 05:23
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Another top 3 result from Farantakis is very good.
The Team GC seems off, how is that calibrated at the end?
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-03-2026 07:01
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SotD wrote:
Another top 3 result from Farantakis is very good.
The Team GC seems off, how is that calibrated at the end?
It is calculated for flat stage races based on stage results as PCM does not do it after Stage 1. Has been that way for a while now.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-03-2026 07:04
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Kulikovskiy improved but we still only have the bonus second for Arias from Stage 1 as any kind of return so far. One last chance, lets see what happens.
Congrats to the winners so far and thanks for the reports.
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| redordead |
Posted on 25-03-2026 07:57
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Slightly better stage 2, but one bad result probably still kills the race for us.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 25-03-2026 13:57
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If we can score 15+ points in the youth classification, I'll be thrilled.
The improved focus from our U25 riders must be due to our new assistant manager.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 25-03-2026 14:01
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Ok so with two finishes outside of the top-10 this will not be a great race I think 
Thank you for the reporting, Ulrich 
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| jph27 |
Posted on 25-03-2026 19:37
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Very good first couple of days for Peak, which worries me that a bad day will be due on the final stage. Though having sprinted from so far back on stage 2, hopefully that is his bad stage out of the way
If he can hold on to a top 5 then that will be a third completed goal, and a better than expected result in this field. I would have taken a top 10 pre-race and the accompanying near miss for the top 5 goal, but any extra points could be huge in the promotion race. |
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 25-03-2026 21:22
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AbhishekLFC wrote:
SotD wrote:
Another top 3 result from Farantakis is very good.
The Team GC seems off, how is that calibrated at the end?
It is calculated for flat stage races based on stage results as PCM does not do it after Stage 1. Has been that way for a while now.
Team results with s.t. have always been off, no matter the game version.
The ranking calculation tool computes the correct order though, summing up the stage positions of the Top 3 riders per team and stage. It's been like that for several seasons now 
Btw, go Roman, take that white jersey!
Unfortunately, PCM won't display it correctly, though, so you can only find out the right order by looking at ranking points...
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Posted on 27-03-2026 21:58
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 26-03-2026 02:16
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Not the result we wanted but still some extremely strong points. Coquard with a stage win and 4th overall and Afewerki with a podium and 7th in GC. ELCO and Farantakis just too strong so congrats to them! Might need to invest in a younger sprinter next season.
Congrats SotD and thanks for the reports!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 26-03-2026 04:16
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Not the greatest showing from Rodenberg, but we'll take the minor placing and move on. What a year for Farantakis. Thanks for the reports!
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| SotD |
Posted on 26-03-2026 05:21
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Absolutely fantastic here! Just what we needed after the Tour. Farantakis indeed is on fire this season.
Thanks a lot for the reports :-)
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 26-03-2026 06:44
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Certainly not our best with 2 nothing stages and a top 10 to finish in 12th for Jakobsen. A couple points but we need better to get our season back to where we could and should be!
Thanks for the reports!!
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| redordead |
Posted on 26-03-2026 07:44
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I was afraid we would mess up the last stage and that indeed was what happened. We could've done worse than 8th so I guess we'll take it. Hopefully Philipsen is just saving his best stuff for the Vuelta.
Congrats to SotD and thanks to UU for the reports.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 26-03-2026 08:25
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Hopefully Liu can at least have one good stage, fingers crossed
Thanks UU for the reports!
MG - Lotto - Caloi
[MG] New Manager of the Year - PCM.daily Awards 2022
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 26-03-2026 08:57
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One okay stage saves everything a little bit, but still a disappointing race for somebody who should be able to even get a top-5 here. Thank you for the great reports, Ulrich!
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 26-03-2026 09:26
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Easily our best race of the season and it comes at a crucial time as we've been near giving up on the promotion battle for this year. Great to see both Culey and Coutinho contributing with good points with Culey's break-away performance and a surprisingly strong sprint by Coutinho!
Thanks for the great reports and congrats to SotD!
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| jph27 |
Posted on 26-03-2026 20:03
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jph27 wrote:
Very good first couple of days for Peak, which worries me that a bad day will be due on the final stage. Though having sprinted from so far back on stage 2, hopefully that is his bad stage out of the way
If he can hold on to a top 5 then that will be a third completed goal, and a better than expected result in this field. I would have taken a top 10 pre-race and the accompanying near miss for the top 5 goal, but any extra points could be huge in the promotion race.
Remind me not to be optimistic heading into a final stage in future
Pretty much the worst case scenario, didn't think it would be possible to lose 5 places no matter how bad the sprint, nor did I expect such a huge score for Assa Abloy. Not great in our promotion battle but probably evens out our good fortune in Lithuania.
Thanks for the reports Ulrich and congrats SotD! |
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| Caspi |
Posted on 27-03-2026 10:55
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SotD wrote:
Absolutely fantastic here! Just what we needed after the Tour. Farantakis indeed is on fire this season.
Strong season indeed. Congrats
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| Caspi |
Posted on 27-03-2026 11:07
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What a steal!
Roman Holzer wins the U25 surprisingly 
Furthermore, Demiri takes 2nd (shared), and Moiruri also gets within top 30 in the GC after another strong breakaway performance. The new assistant manager is really worth his wages!
Biggest "overperformance" of the season from the team - or the race where we've outscored our own expectations the most. I guess we need to ride more as underdogs.
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