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| Ste117 |
Posted on 15-04-2014 21:10
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2 races down in Australia and I have a very worried face right now, especially after that points haul. Its going to be a long season, especially when your team can't for a successful sprint train 
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 15-04-2014 21:14
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AMEXpc put in a good effort on stage 6. Marko Kump was out sprinted but he is showing glimpses of the future. We are also pleased with Paride Grillo's efforts. Better results than kupfernagle last season and with smaller salary. Only MehrWinge was disappointing, but our growth this season will be in small increments.
45 points was not a strong effort, but we banked the points and we are still seeing progress.
Congrats to the podium teams.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 15-04-2014 21:16
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Well, Haussler was pretty crap here, hope he goes better in South Africa, as the field was too strong for him here. Still, our hills department stepped up and 131 points is more than I'd have ever dreamt of. Thanks for the great reports roturn!  |
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| beagle |
Posted on 15-04-2014 22:23
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Great job roturn, it was very entertaining reading for me!
Van Stayen is really beast,but let´s don´t blame Roman, it was Smowz throwing 3+mio for Coppel 
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| ember |
Posted on 15-04-2014 22:29
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Just caught up with the reports, a very nice race!
Very impressive from Van Stayen, puts Venchi-Ferranti where they probably belong when the whole season is raced. Anyway, it must be really nice for them that Van Stayen has already proved his training will be very valuable. |
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| Kami |
Posted on 15-04-2014 22:43
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A good amount of points for us in the end, and it's only the first race of the season, so i certainly can't complain.
I hope my Ulissi/Bilbao tandem keeps up the good work.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 15-04-2014 22:50
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Meh not pretty crap Vanderbiest is consistent though so not awful |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 15-04-2014 22:50
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Good opening race for the CSC-Orbea boys. Ventoso was right were I needed him to be and a little better than I expected with the strong start list which makes up a the fact that Barrio just didn't seem to care for this race one bit.
And clear of the relegation zone! Really hoping we don't end up down there at any point during the season now.
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 15-04-2014 23:09
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Yay! 
Huge race for Van Stayen. Really did not expect him to win that last stage, but he proved me wrong! Makes me confident he will be competetive in the many flat HC races I had to send him to.
Season off to a good start! Thanks for the great reports, Roturn!
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| fintas |
Posted on 15-04-2014 23:51
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I have to be disappointed with this race .. Last season with a worse team got much better results.
The goal was missed and provision of the team leaves much to be desired, I hope that this race is not a mirror of what will be our season.
Congrats to Sykkel_Freak and thanks for the great reports roturn
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 16-04-2014 01:51
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Thanks for the reports roturn! And congrats to Sykkel. You're going to have an amazing season.
My final reaction to our performance is in Gazelle HQ.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 16-04-2014 02:31
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Starting to realize that the packed field isn't the problem. My team is 
Well, going to be interesting to see how long we will go without a point. 8 race days so far.
Great and fast paced reports roturn, thanks for that!
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 16-04-2014 06:15
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Thanks for great and fast reporting Roturn, very enjoyable tour.
51points is decent with our 3rd and 4th leader, hopefully Rabon/Hoffman will continue to collect these precious points against stronger leaders.
Tanovitchii is probably biggest attacker in man-game, but he should pay more attention if that makes sense, or if he is just riding for 5th place in KOM (i think this will get better with more XP and better hill stat next years).
Congrats to Venchi, but dont you want to sit the beast down? He steals all the fun.
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