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Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Discussion
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 04-05-2026 23:32
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Pretty surprised how selective that was. The early aggression paying off for the punchy riders. Congrats to KB.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 05-05-2026 07:44
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Congrats to the winners!
A very disappointing final 2 stages from Conci to drop from GC contention to 5th and behind riders he should be finishing ahead of. Very odd selections on both the final stages.
We'll take the points and move on from this one! At least we picked up a few points 
Thanks for the great reports throughout 
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| Heine |
Posted on 05-05-2026 08:02
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Congrats to the winners!
Finally we tried something! Did we get any great results from it? No, but we tried! Why wait til the last stage?
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 05-05-2026 08:08
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Thanks for another great report, alex, and congrats to lief for winning the final stage!
What a race this was for us! I had high hopes and quite some expectations pre-race and was even surpassed by quite a margin as we not only got the GC win and two stage wins, but also so much scoring from depth and classifications that we scored almost 250 points here. This could prove a decisive race in the title fight in the end.
And last but not least:
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| quadsas |
Posted on 05-05-2026 08:34
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A better race than expected, not a bad way for Kmieliauskas to end the season
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| Jajajasper |
Posted on 05-05-2026 11:48
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Well that wasn't very succesfull was it. Thanks for reporting though! |
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| Caspi |
Posted on 05-05-2026 14:37
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Wanted to see a bit more from Rodriguez throughout the race, but can't consider this anything but a (rare) overperformance. The TTT win wasn't that unexpected, but Choi finished higher in the GC than we had hoped for.
Thanks for the reports, Alex
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Posted on 07-05-2026 12:14
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| seancoll |
Posted on 05-05-2026 15:07
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Oh what a fumble from the Turtles! Not a surprise since we don't have hands.
What a cool display from Ekoi though in that final stage - think its been a remarkable season for them and have to really sing praises after I don't think many predicted them this high.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 05-05-2026 18:59
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Great rides from Mager and Rumac to top 10 the stage means Kraftwerk secure an unexpected Teams win.
Habtemichael hung on for a better than expected 6th place in GC.
Congrats to kb for some impressive depth scoring.
Thanks to alex for the quality reports.
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 06-05-2026 08:45
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Not really a satisfying race in terms of riding, but in the same time, the result isn't so bad.
Thanks for the very nice reports Alex, and big congrats to KB!
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| Blasing |
Posted on 06-05-2026 19:12
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I hate this race logic so much. Hirt is rated as one of the top 3 favourites for the stage in stage 5. But the software doesn't recognize him as leader, sends 2 of the best domestiques in the breakaway. Hirt finishes 6 min behind as #32. Even one of his teammates finished ahead of him. Hate it. Had I known how the software handles Hirt, I would have never signed him.
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| liefwarrior |
Posted on 06-05-2026 20:11
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I am fuming. Another disappointment by THJ. Taking the stage win on the final day almost makes it worse, because it shows that if he was completely capable of forcing the issue the day before. I know that taking a GC victory is never guaranteed - and even he had kept with the leaders on the penultimate stage that still wouldn't mean victory - but there can be no excuses for such an abysmal performance, especially with such a strong supporting cast.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 06-05-2026 22:17
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Hoelgaard 9th GC is as good as we could hope for here.
Congrats kb with the amazing race! And thanks again alex for the quality reports |
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