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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-01-2021 17:09
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Sucks there was no timegap, as it would have benefited us quite well, but at the same time, with how the race has been going, losing time on flat stages is a bit random, so it would have been frustrating for managers to lose due to that reason.
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Posted on 13-01-2021 17:19
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I'm so sorry for cio. Another absolutely frustrating result for him which makes me fear for the rest of Van Stayens season too.
Great report for a very interesting second half of the stage. But as the report suggested, I'm once again very annoyed by not given gaps. I told myself i wouldnt want to comment on that issue again but i feel betrayed by the race jury again when 5 of my guys including my GC leader and my 2 U25 riders are in the first group and other rivals would have lost quite some time and the gaps were obvious.
7th on the day for Eislers is a bit disappointing but would have been fine if Chiarello would have won time against his competitors. Team classification, GC and young rider classification would have looked a lot better that i would be happy with only 5 stage points.
Who would have predicted that the top 3 of the points classification after 6 stages are Malecki, Nych and Bizkarra? 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 13-01-2021 17:33
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Too bad Danny missed out on the podium there, but it's good to see the team working for him in catching the breakaway.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 13-01-2021 17:35
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Massive performance by Nich. Congrats!
Our entire team got caught sleeping there. We were lucky that no gap was given. But I'm obviously happy Malecki got to keep all jerseys, which in terms of points earns him the exact equivalent of finishing 2nd in the stage.
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| SotD |
Posted on 13-01-2021 17:50
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This is just a horrible race. Can’t wait indtil it’s over :-(
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 13-01-2021 18:05
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Some people got a lucky escape there with the lack of time gaps, then again we mgiht have had enough drama already.
Top 10 in a sprint? That's definitely another success! Thanks for the great reports so far!
PS: It seems you don't know who Fedeli and Gamper are, but they're some top talents riding for my team 
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 13-01-2021 19:01
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Ollfardh wrote:
PS: It seems you don't know who Fedeli and Gamper are, but they're some top talents riding for my team
Hurts a bit to see them in a "foreign" jersey, but I'm still glad they're doing (or at least trying to do) good things for you 
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Posted on 07-12-2025 09:19
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| beagle |
Posted on 13-01-2021 20:44
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Artem Nych!!!
First season´s win btw..
Thanks Fabianski for another entertaining report!
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| beagle |
Posted on 13-01-2021 20:54
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Just noticed "summary" post on page one should be corrected, Cyril Barthe finished 6th yesterday.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 13-01-2021 21:09
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beagle wrote:
Just noticed "summary" post on page one should be corrected, Cyril Barthe finished 6th yesterday.
Of course he did, thanks... Guess I was tired and looked at the GC instead
And some entries for today's stage were still missing, too. Fixed now.
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| ember |
Posted on 13-01-2021 21:59
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Intense second half report! Really thought Taaramäe would take some time on other GC riders, both favourites and Malecki, but not too surprised to see it end the way it did. That's how it usually goes, which is okay as long as you expect it when the tension starts to build to see if gaps are given or not. At least that's my take
Congratulations on the win, beagle! A pity it doesn't give you points, but still good to see Nych make the most of his Giro ride. Having said that, I really thought this one was for the sprinters, but there's not much going according to expectations this Giro  |
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 14-01-2021 08:22
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I finally had time to read all the stage reports up until now and Fabianski seriously they are amazing, so much detail I love it!
We were really unlucky to not win the TTT and really strange that Kritskiy wasn't with the first 5 but happy that he did well on the hilly/mountain stages 3, 4 and 5. Also enjoyed the time gap drama
Stage 7 is the stage I fear the most because it is not Kritskiy's favourite kind of profile, fingers crossed!
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| SotD |
Posted on 14-01-2021 10:37
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On paper this upcoming stage is really good for our team - so we will obviously get nothing except for the entire team battering themselves for the outside top 10 GC hope, Bongiorno, who then attacks 3 times only to waste his energy and finish 17th losing 3 minutes on the stagewinner.
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| roturn |
Posted on 14-01-2021 10:42
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First week was for Boom and Frison.
Hopefully finally time to send Van der Poel or Carboni into the breaks now to finally have a chance to win or score.
Later on also Ciccone/Velits should be quick to attack while Valls likely has to wait until the last week as long as his gap to the top10 isn`t big enough.
Other than that, not a lot to tell for my team as it`s not a big scoring yet. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 14-01-2021 10:46
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Auch! Carapaz loosing time on that stage is not ideal... 
Well time for FÃ¥glum Karlsson do take help from Carapaz! |
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 14-01-2021 16:03
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Whereas I could live with and at least partially explain most of what happened so far, part 1 of stage 7 really contains a masterpiece of dumb AI... Sorry, tastasol!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-01-2021 16:34
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Looks like a rather quiet stage so far for the peloton more or less. Im thinking fireworks go off in the 2nd half though.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-01-2021 16:38
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Well, tough one again for Puma, but in real life the breakaway holding off the peloton is often celebrated as a great performance! Glad to not be caught out in any timegaps, but also unfortunate that Kuboki just misses out on some stage points for us (I think).
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| SotD |
Posted on 14-01-2021 16:42
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Oh cut me some slack will you :-(
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-01-2021 16:42
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Breakaways even more successful here than the final week of the Tour of America last year. You'd expect some to succeed later on, but 5 in the first week is definitely unexpected.
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