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Tour of the Middle East - Discussion
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Posted on 06-10-2026 15:03
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4th in the sprint might not be great but its the minimum where im somewhat satisfied with my team - especially as my leadout didnt look completely terrible.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 06-10-2026 15:16
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Good to see Zingle in the mix on the first stage. It takes some getting used to spotting him in the French colors 
Congratulations, SotD!
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Posted on 07-10-2026 23:11
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Posted on 06-10-2026 18:02
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Oh wow! Really happy I actually decided to invest in the leadout train, even for our secondary sprinter. Kinda suspected something like this COULD happen. But that was before seeing the list of sprinters. To actually build a train for a rider this far Down in the favorit list is somewhat surprising to me! But very happy!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 06-10-2026 18:31
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Not the start we hoped for Adomaitis.
Surprising win for SotD, congrats mate!
Let's see if the mountain has better news for us.
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 06-10-2026 18:45
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Congrats SotD! Also cool to see Rajovic doing well!
For us Quispe now has 2 BotD appearances in 4 RDs (including a TT), already equaling his tally from the last season. In total we're at a 100% quota for breaks in road stages this season, so let's keep this streak alive as long as possible 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-10-2026 03:09
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Congrats Sotd!
Was cool to see us get a train so AKA could get some screen time in his farewell tour. Unfortunately Rodenberg didn't have that extra gear and fell behind the scoring positions. Seemed like AKA was left on the front a bit early which may have had something to do with it. Hopefully we have better luck on stage 3.
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| redordead |
Posted on 07-10-2026 07:33
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I'm surprised Rajovic got a train with 7 riders with a higher SPR stat on the start list. Good thing I had Poljanec there just in case. I will take a 2nd place with an unplanned lead out here.
Congrats to Sotd on the win
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-10-2026 08:46
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Would've needed some luck to score points with Perera in the sprint, didn't get it, that's fine. I like where Amezawa is positioned in the peloton, now just looking forward to what he can do today! Congrats SotD on the unexpected win, and thanks for the report
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Posted on 07-10-2026 11:47
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Some minor points, as requested, and MFK well in touch. Cool to see a leadout for Hesters, that wasn't on my bingo card for this season though! 
Thanks for the report Abhi and congrats SotD.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 07-10-2026 11:53
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Nice to see Milan contest the sprint and get rewarded with the white jersey for a day. Thank you for the report, and thank you sean for another great preview!
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| SotD |
Posted on 07-10-2026 19:15
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Thanks a lot for all of the congrats on stage 1!
Pretty good stage 2 aswell. Unfortunately that my riders didn’t quite get inside the gaps-zones. Would have been perfect, but still 3 riders up high. Kinda thought Karatsivis would pick the U25 here, but he must have been positioned poorly on stage 1. Still very interesting to see him up high.
Congrats on the surprise win for Padun! He played that very smart.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-10-2026 20:35
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4th place is a great result for Amezawa, and getting that small time gap on the rest of the field is an added bonus. If he's able to repeat such a performance on the final stage, this will be a successful race. In an ideal world, I would've liked for Wellens to be a bit better than 68th, but that is only a minor gripe. Maybe he can still crack the Top 50.
Cool win by Padun, congrats Tinxia!
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 07-10-2026 20:39
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Decent first stage from Thijssen who appears to really need his own train but let's see how he fares in Stage 3.
Not the most exciting Stage 2 with a quite short final climb but at least Haig is still in the mix having only lost 18 seconds. Maybe he'll have something in the bag for the final stage!
Thanks for the reports so far
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| Heine |
Posted on 07-10-2026 20:46
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Very fun to see someone attack for the win like that! Congrars Tinxia
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 07-10-2026 22:20
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well it could have been worse.
congrats on a fun win Tinxia!
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