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Posted on 17-12-2017 10:16
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Amazing race for Hugo Boss! Also nice to see UBS and Ayubowan scoring big.
Please PCM, reward me once with what you gave Carlsberg (Juul Jensen & Appollonio) this season. Incredible season for the danes.
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| beagle |
Posted on 17-12-2017 10:31
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Disaster for Iberia.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 17-12-2017 10:32
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wow, this race really turned out shit for us!
Wellens 13th in GC?! Only decent is we have 3 guys top 30. |
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 17-12-2017 10:44
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tsmoha wrote:
I wish I were a Hugo Boss these days  Can't imagine how those two races must feel! Congrats, dev4ever. Can't see Amador close that gap in the TT.
Thank you! Looks like I'll score more from this two races than I have done all the way until now which is simply amasing. I hope your right about the TT  Either way, this race couldnt have went any better.
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| SotD |
Posted on 17-12-2017 11:07
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Finally some succes here. Lecuisinier climbing really well to win the stage.
Only bad thing here is that Preidler getting just the amount of points to share the KOM. I would have liked those additional points to cover up the losses of U25 and a lost podium.
One more stage to go. I have to hope that Coppel is still capable of getting a top stage result, and maybe even Lecuisinier can get a decent result to stay in the "decent points" for the Points competition.
Not quite as good as we hoped for, this race, but could be OK. Koretzky lost a bit too much here for my likings and will likely drop to 18-20th.
Still dreaming of a TT stage win, but seeing how hard this race has been for Coppel I doubt it is possible.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 17-12-2017 14:56
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Blah, it would have been nice to have a good day from Amador here, losing time on Slagter in the mountains is not gonna work. I suspect the race is over now, congrats to dev on the huge race by Slagter.
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| SotD |
Posted on 17-12-2017 15:02
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Bushwackers wrote:
Blah, it would have been nice to have a good day from Amador here, losing time on Slagter in the mountains is not gonna work. I suspect the race is over now, congrats to dev on the huge race by Slagter.
Indeed. That sucks big time. But I wouldn't count him out entirely. 78TT vs. 66 could give a massive time gap on 25km. Especially when there's also a +5REC advantage to the better TT'er.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 17-12-2017 15:05
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Yeah, I had hopes if he could get the gap under 2 minutes, but at this rate he'll need to pull back almost 10 seconds per kilometer, which is going to be hard to do. We'll see, Slagter deserves the win more anyway. Congrats on the stage win by the way!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 17-12-2017 15:16
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Awesome ride by JJ and the team there! Not in my wildest dreams could I have suspected 4th on GC in this race. Really happy I brought Juul Maar after all!
On a side note, kinda sad Appo loses the points jersey, but no big deal!. Two stage wins will have to do.
Thanks for amazing reports so far!
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| SotD |
Posted on 17-12-2017 15:19
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Bushwackers wrote:
Yeah, I had hopes if he could get the gap under 2 minutes, but at this rate he'll need to pull back almost 10 seconds per kilometer, which is going to be hard to do. We'll see, Slagter deserves the win more anyway. Congrats on the stage win by the way!
Thanks mate. It was long due
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Posted on 23-11-2024 00:23
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 17-12-2017 15:54
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Meh. I hope Fraile recovers from his crash well and can go after the stage win to cap this rollercoaster of a race.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 17-12-2017 16:09
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I imagine I'm not the only one wondering 'only if' in regards to the hill stage. Intxausti was great and with this form would be in a podium spot going into the final stage. Ah well. Congrats SotD on a glorious stage win and thanks Aquarius for the report.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 17-12-2017 18:39
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First off, thank you for the amazing reports Aquarius, and congrats to Hugo Boss.
Very successful race for the team. Two stage wins, another stage podium, and 4th in GC. I'll take those points to the bank every single time.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 17-12-2017 18:41
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Carlsberg is a freaking legend. Gratz to the win, dev. What a may you having.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 17-12-2017 18:43
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A stage and the GC, I'll take it!
Super impressive and super important result for us. Amador came worringly close in the end, but his surprising gains on the mountain stage seemed to seal the deal.
Congratz to Carlsberg for an maybe even more surprising/impressive result than us!
Thanks for all the reports, Aquarius! I surely enjoyed reading these reports
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 17-12-2017 18:50
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Congrats yet again, dev. One may know how to feel about such results steadily floating in
Good to see Coppel winning the TT. With Velits going past Morton in the Giro (sorry about that, SotD), the guys at least brought some good points for Festina eventually.
Thanks for some great reports on some crazy stages.
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| roturn |
Posted on 17-12-2017 18:53
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7th and 9th. I take this. Good dual leadership. Wonder if one could have podiumed by only sending one though. Seems they waited at times or are least didn't follow.
Thanks for your reports and congrats to all those that won big here. |
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 17-12-2017 18:57
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Truly a race for the underdogs, gratz with the performances dev and bbl!
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| viking90 |
Posted on 17-12-2017 19:08
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Wellens doing a great TT and climbs to 11th in GC is better then nothing.
Two other guys top 30 is fine, meaning 3rd in team classification.
Congrats dev!
Thanks for the reports! |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-12-2017 19:17
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Thanks for some good reports from a somewhat dreadful race apart from the TT's for us.
Really disappointed to not get a single rider in a break considering a total lack of leaders.
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