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Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Discussion Thread
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| ember |
Posted on 21-02-2013 20:30
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Well done by Spilak, actually gaining a spot on the mountain stage. Very nice to see our team try to do a lead out for Vanoverschelde, eventhough it kind of failed. We're still looking for that Pro Tour win, and it looks like it'll take quite some time to get it, if we get it 
Congratulations to Festina for a brilliant overall win by Contador, and to Red Bull, for outsprinting Guerao on the final stage. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 21-02-2013 21:17
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Inches away from a 4th stagewin here. But what a brilliant race.
GC win
Sprint jersey
3 stagewins
1 2nd place
2 6th places
And some decent minor points aswell.
My heart stopped for a while when I saw the crash.
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| SotD |
Posted on 21-02-2013 21:21
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mb2612 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
SotD wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Indeed, too late on the attack - but crucially taking 2nd ahead of Amador to at least take a podium spot. Lucrative race for Festina, and this might not be the only big Spanish race that Contador could win this year.
Ohh. I wonder if this means that Madrazo isn't racing the Vuelta this season? Cause if he is Contador stands no chance 
I refuse to confirm or deny anything.
Apart from the fact that I might be regretting missing out on the Tenorio Contador swap.
That would have included some money though?
We hadn't worked it out, but I had the spare cash and the cap space to do it.
Yeah, and I would have been willing to put money on top of Contador for the swap 
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 21-02-2013 21:29
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Quite happy with 5th for Valverde in this strong field, as I feared he could loose a lot of time on the Queen stage. Meyer was also active in the sprints, which was nice.
And Pauwels sharing King of the Mountains! Although not sure if the point for the KOM will be shared, or if Pauwels will be awarded 2nd place due to not winning a HC climb?
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| Smowz |
Posted on 21-02-2013 21:31
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I think I better wheel out one of these.
I don't recall that many sprint train Red Bull wins, in fact very rare to see a Red Bull sprint train!
Fantastic to see Van Stay just squeak that one over Guerao, he'll be at the Vuelta also though if we set up a sprint train it may not be quite as potent. That said Sulzberger is showing some good sprint legs in Paris Nice and he'll be there.
I'm pleased with this stage race, Sella and Van Stayen led the team well and some decent riding all round from SRB. I like the winner too, won by attacking on the queen stage.
Thanks roturn.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 21-02-2013 21:35
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mattiasgt wrote:
Quite happy with 5th for Valverde in this strong field, as I feared he could loose a lot of time on the Queen stage. Meyer was also active in the sprints, which was nice.
And Pauwels sharing King of the Mountains! Although not sure if the point for the KOM will be shared, or if Pauwels will be awarded 2nd place due to not winning a HC climb?
Ranking points are always shared in the KoM and Points competition when their is a tie
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 21-02-2013 21:59
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Sounds good to me.
Edited by mattiasgt on 21-02-2013 21:59
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 22-02-2013 06:15
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Very enjoyable race throughout the whole week, also thanks to the nice reports Roturn, well done!
Congrats to Festina dominators and also Red Bull, for denying one more from Guerao rocket.
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| Roman |
Posted on 22-02-2013 15:41
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Really nice to see Forero actually fighting for a win! Hir first real sprint after a season of doing absolutely nothing, great! Henao not good enough, he has to improve his performances in next races..
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 22-02-2013 15:52
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mattiasgt wrote:
Sounds good to me.
Less good to me But as you're a nice enough manager, I'll share...this time  *evil laugh* |
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