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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 25-04-2013 15:43
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Great report(s), exciting Top-4 battle ahead!
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 25-04-2013 15:45
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Shame for Vázquez.  |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 25-04-2013 15:53
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Great to see Rein take those bonus seconds. Should be a close final TT.
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| brownwm |
Posted on 25-04-2013 16:52
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So Close, at 700m I thought I had a shot, but it wasn't to be. I now have 4 inside the top 22 which isn't too bad, I am just lacking a leader, I guess Kashechkin can't be everywhere.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 25-04-2013 17:07
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Was really hoping for Vasquez here. Think the TT will be really close between Kritskiy and Taaramae. Leader's jersey bonus probably playing an important role.
Congrats to Avin for the stage win!
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| Smowz |
Posted on 25-04-2013 20:20
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What a bummer for Vasquez, a good climb though with Alarcon again nowhere near his usual dominant self. That said Pozzovivo, Taaramae and now Kritskiy are top drawer climbers as seem here.
The two climbing stages have done the damage, the top three will battle it out in the time trial set up for a fun finale.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 26-04-2013 05:59
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I enjoyed the report so much, i read it three times. But the result probably played some role in that. 
Popovych finally provig himself against the top climbers of PCT, his first win in our colours and showing his ukrainian champ jersey on the line, sponsors should be delighted. 
Popo is not far from leading duo, but i will be more than happy with 3rd place in GC, that should not be a big problem against Pozzo.
Sorry Repsol, Vasquez was a hero of the stage, congrats for this result too! Our Tour of Vancouver is one big success so far, very important points to stay in top 10 for one more month possibly.
Edit: Strange that Popo is now holding with the three best climbers in the division as he was loosing on them a lot in first encounters. I hope this will continue at some more races.
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 26-04-2013 06:01
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 26-04-2013 14:12
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Bad luck for Repsol, but congrats to Metinvest.
My boys were good today, maybe they can salvage the race in the TT with a double top10, which isn't impossible.
Teams classification would be good as well but Repsol has a good lead, and in all honesty they deserve something out of this race.
Now onto the final duel between Kritskiy and Taaramae. I'm curious.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 26-04-2013 22:48
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Pozzo seemed to have decent form here, so it's a shame he's not on the podium going into the TT.
It's a bigger shame though that he keeps having to race against Taaramae and Kritskiy. |
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| jack888 |
Posted on 27-04-2013 09:34
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Can't be annoyed with GC top 5. But thought Alarcon had found his form at the end of last month.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 27-04-2013 10:06
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That was an improvement from stage 4, at least. Still not enough to salvage the race, as I find it hard to see Caruso finishing inside the overall top 10. He should overtake Stetina and might also pass Gadret with some luck, but he will still most likely get crushed by Nicacio, Plaza and Keizer. I'm guessing he'll end up in 12th, but fingers crossed for better.
And excellent reporting, Count. I'm really enjoying the race, even though things aren't really going as well as I'd like them to for my own team.
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 27-04-2013 10:14
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Mezgec's win does at least bring me some points here, but i still don't understand why i chose the American rankings as a goal while my strongest riders have most of their racedays elsewhere...
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| CountArach |
Posted on 27-04-2013 12:12
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Just so people know the TT report will come tomorrow around this time. Ive had a lot of extra work lately and that has cut down on my time to write the report. Sorry guys.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 27-04-2013 12:18
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Even tough i'm not racing, there's no problem CountArach. Real life comes always 1st. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 27-04-2013 12:18
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Even tough i'm not racing, there's no problem CountArach. Real life comes always 1st. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 28-04-2013 16:29
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And I hope that everyone enjoyed that. I really wanted to do the HC race justice.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 28-04-2013 16:33
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What a dominant race by Kritskiy. Tinkoff on their way to promotion if Kritskiy continues do deliver like this. |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 28-04-2013 16:38
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I dislike PCM. A lot.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 28-04-2013 16:47
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Great reports Count! The whole race. 
Was really hoping Taaramae could overtake Kritskiy but well. The Estonian deserved more as he was better in the mountains.
Let's hope stage 2 was the last stupid pcm farce of the season but that's highly unlikely.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 28-04-2013 16:51
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Spilak23 wrote:
Great reports Count! The whole race.
This. Great indeed!
Shit race for Oz though. Sure, i couldn't expect a great result here, but better than a Top-40 for Rogers should have been possible.. Won't be the last disastrous race i fear..
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