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| MARSUPILAMI |
Posted on 14-08-2016 18:04
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Great race for us. Double Top 10, good fighting by Iturria, a stage win and Team classification
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 20:50
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We just have to control the final stages and perform in the TT now 
Great Reports
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 14-08-2016 20:55
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I'm reading this report on my phone. Unfortunately it's not a Nokia. 
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| weirdskyfan64 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:01
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Poorseydi continues to flatter to decieve, as Alwai bows out after almost securing Stage 6, and our sprinter harries his way into the break for the second mountain stage running. The last rider was 2 hours 17 minutes down- today.
It's been flippin' difficult, and pretty strange.
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"... Because he (me) has a sound tactical mind in general..." jandal7, at 9:30 am GMT on 12th May 2016
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:09
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At least it's very pleasing to see my guys in the break. Doesn't look like we'll bring home any points but gives us some decent XP and thats also important. Godoy and Herrera has been okay in their debut pro season.
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| ryant |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:17
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what a joke... is Tvetcov infected with AIDS or something?
consistently shit is the order of the day and I dont know why...
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| MARSUPILAMI |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:20
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Okay, our greatness flew away. Now Nizzolo abandoned and our guys are very vcery bad in GC... Too bad
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:26
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Disappointing that Garby didn't have anything after the team was able to control the race all day and did terrific work. Our goal is the top 5 and we're still in line for that and white, so I can't be mad. Congrats to Ste!
Sad to see Razzie abandon but Docker was certainly climbing well.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:28
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Shame Salleh is out due to the crash. I'm not sure he would have managed to make it within the time limit regardless but after his crash he didn't stand a chance. On the bright side Zoidl had a really good day in the mountains today and I'll be interested to see what kind of TT he can put in, especially now he's got a nice GC position to fight for.
I still think it's a shame that Garby is youth jersey eligible, at this level that' just cheating and he's stealing a nice source of points away from Kung, just got to hope they don't clash too often as I was hoping for a few youth jersey's this year.
It will be interesting if Awang can now translate that massive speed into a stage win on the final stage as he seems to have had the speed whilst trying to be a leadout in the rest of the race so it will be interesting to see if he can time it right to go for the win instead now.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:32
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sammyt93 wrote:
Shame Salleh is out due to the crash. I'm not sure he would have managed to make it within the time limit regardless but after his crash he didn't stand a chance. On the bright side Zoidl had a really good day in the mountains today and I'll be interested to see what kind of TT he can put in, especially now he's got a nice GC position to fight for.
I still think it's a shame that Garby is youth jersey eligible, at this level that' just cheating and he's stealing a nice source of points away from Kung, just got to hope they don't clash too often as I was hoping for a few youth jersey's this year.
It will be interesting if Awang can now translate that massive speed into a stage win on the final stage as he seems to have had the speed whilst trying to be a leadout in the rest of the race so it will be interesting to see if he can time it right to go for the win instead now.
That's a pretty unfair statement. That's part of a rider's value and there's plenty of much better riders than Garby who were maxed years before 25.
Edited by baseballlover312 on 14-08-2016 21:36
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:34
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Good:
-another day in the break
-De Clercq in a possible breakaway situation
Bad:
-De Clercq sucks dick
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:45
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Looks pretty safe for Delacruz now, great race for him.
Worst stage for Garby to crack on probably, but already saw by the way he countered that first attack he would struggle. Always a bad sign when a rider sprints like that.
Glad to see my old rider Antón doing somewhat better, although he is having a pretty dissapointing race together with Tvetcov. Really minimal difference in key stats between them and Garby/Delacruz.
Looking forward to the last mountain stage, lets see who has it.
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| jaxika |
Posted on 14-08-2016 21:46
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Much better stage for us. Now need to make a same next stage and the hope for the best in the TT  |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 14-08-2016 22:00
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There go Garby chances I'm afraid in a stage where he should have gapped DLC with a minute or more he loses more than 20" instead. Not looking good as he's also behind in the GC as well. Top notch reporting. Gratz jandal, you certainly asked for some good performing.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 14-08-2016 22:41
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Damn there goes the Danish GC win FeelsBadMan
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 22:46
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baseballlover312 wrote:
sammyt93 wrote:
Shame Salleh is out due to the crash. I'm not sure he would have managed to make it within the time limit regardless but after his crash he didn't stand a chance. On the bright side Zoidl had a really good day in the mountains today and I'll be interested to see what kind of TT he can put in, especially now he's got a nice GC position to fight for.
I still think it's a shame that Garby is youth jersey eligible, at this level that' just cheating and he's stealing a nice source of points away from Kung, just got to hope they don't clash too often as I was hoping for a few youth jersey's this year.
It will be interesting if Awang can now translate that massive speed into a stage win on the final stage as he seems to have had the speed whilst trying to be a leadout in the rest of the race so it will be interesting to see if he can time it right to go for the win instead now.
That's a pretty unfair statement. That's part of a rider's value and there's plenty of much better riders than Garby who were maxed years before 25.
take it in a similar way to how PT managers moan about Bewley or Trofimov.
Garby just feels untouchable compared to other Youth Jersey contenders which is annoying when you didn't realise he was that young as the DB says he is 25 and were expecting to be in a close fight for that instead of focussing on a top 10 GC which isn't as fun as fighting for a jersey.
He is such a nice rider to have as he has a really easy way of getting virtually guaranteed points on top of potential GC wins or podiums. Other riders his age and strength are always in the PCT or PT so he does seem OP compared to other Youth Jersey contenders at CT level.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 14-08-2016 23:17
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Congratulations to jandal and big thanks to The Rider for these great reports and incredible pace.
Don't know where Hacecký is finding this form, I was fully expecting him to loose minutes on this stage.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 23:36
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sammyt93 wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
sammyt93 wrote:
Shame Salleh is out due to the crash. I'm not sure he would have managed to make it within the time limit regardless but after his crash he didn't stand a chance. On the bright side Zoidl had a really good day in the mountains today and I'll be interested to see what kind of TT he can put in, especially now he's got a nice GC position to fight for.
I still think it's a shame that Garby is youth jersey eligible, at this level that' just cheating and he's stealing a nice source of points away from Kung, just got to hope they don't clash too often as I was hoping for a few youth jersey's this year.
It will be interesting if Awang can now translate that massive speed into a stage win on the final stage as he seems to have had the speed whilst trying to be a leadout in the rest of the race so it will be interesting to see if he can time it right to go for the win instead now.
That's a pretty unfair statement. That's part of a rider's value and there's plenty of much better riders than Garby who were maxed years before 25.
take it in a similar way to how PT managers moan about Bewley or Trofimov.
Garby just feels untouchable compared to other Youth Jersey contenders which is annoying when you didn't realise he was that young as the DB says he is 25 and were expecting to be in a close fight for that instead of focussing on a top 10 GC which isn't as fun as fighting for a jersey.
He is such a nice rider to have as he has a really easy way of getting virtually guaranteed points on top of potential GC wins or podiums. Other riders his age and strength are always in the PCT or PT so he does seem OP compared to other Youth Jersey contenders at CT level.
Then other managers should have paid more than me to get him I signed him 2 years ago. I got him on the open market. There's nothing "cheating" or "stealing" about it. To say so is kind of sour grapes. It says he's 25 in the DB, it shouldn't be that hard to realize.
When I signed him it looked like he would end up dominating the Continental Tour when he maxed. Many better climbers were signed this season to make that not the case. That doesn't mean it's unfair in any way and I'm not mad about it. We all have complete control over our cap and roster on an open market. Nothing unfair about it. It's one thing to complain about AI but to complain that a rider has better stats than yours is just silly and a bit of a sore loser attitude.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 23:52
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Where is that banana at? Finally Salinas finds his form  Even eliminated some sprinters for Clarke
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 23:54
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Geschke 
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