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| trekbmc |
Posted on 10-11-2017 16:04
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Yes! 
Makes up for everything, after some disappointing stages, it's amazing to see that LLS still has it, that stage win and in such a great manner makes our most important race a success for the team, we've managed a win on home soil every season and it's wonderful to continue that. 
Thank you for the wonderful report Tamijo, fantastic as always!
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 10-11-2017 17:45
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Congrats to LLS for the win, but really disappointing stage. Like everyone was happy with what they had and didn't want to get something else 
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| tastasol |
Posted on 10-11-2017 17:48
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Limited action from the favourites, by the look of it. Kind of surprising, but looks all set for a great win for Froome.
Vink not in the break, so obviously dropping quite a few possible points there. At least Watson managed to a bit better this time around again, climbing a few spots.
Ah well, just hope for some break away luck on the last stage now, and move on to the next one.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 10-11-2017 17:48
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Slipping only one place to 6th GC, Simon you're a star! And he just holds the White jersey for the moment as well. Please bring it home safely on the final day, 6th and U25 would be far above what i expected in this race.
And then there's still a stage win and Points up for grabs. Ewan has a real fight on the final day as well.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 10-11-2017 17:52
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Back down to Earth.  Although it's funny now that the Daily LLS wins, congrats! Also really great to see Fablok take the GC barring a major incident tomorrow, it's wonderful that a Polish team can win on home soil.
Also cool to see Ullisi move into second, although Generalli a bit unlucky that the break took it because he probably would've moved into the lead otherwise.
Thanks once again Tamijo for the fantastic report!
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 10-11-2017 17:53
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What a bad race for us. Lots of opportunities to go into some breaks but no action whatsoever.
Palini with a good ride on stage 5 to get a half decent GC spot then completely loses it the next stage.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 10-11-2017 17:58
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Just...FANTASTIC!
Who would've thought TVG could've been beaten, who would've thought that we could actually win on home soil in our first ever PCT stage race win! Totally makes up for the disappointing display in Eritrea and perhaps the last time we see Froome win such a high profile race.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 10-11-2017 18:13
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A nice try by Hansen there, but really no reason for him to be going for KOM's with Venter in the break. it definitely hurt him in the end. Regardless, it's really nice to see his rider type being useful in the exact way I foresaw when I signed him in my first season. He's the perfect breakaway guy on a stage like this, he just got beat. He moves to 21st overall, which is nice. Juul-Jensen having another bad day shows his inconsistency. Looks like that top 15 will just barely be lost.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 10-11-2017 18:25
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Bit of a frosty reception for Flügel on the team bus - the team on the front again today but the star man didn't have the legs.
Congrats to sgdanny, Froome took his chance here well.
Barring accidents we have secured our top 5 goal though which is a great result.
Can the sprinter teams close down the break tomorrow to give Cav a chance at the win - I doubt it.
Edited by DaveTwoBob on 10-11-2017 22:17
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 10-11-2017 19:54
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After 5 disappointing days that is definitely the way to bounce back. Great to see Le Gac taking the initiative and getting into the breakaway, and then having the power in the end to take a fantastic solo win and also 2nd in the KOM along with jumping up to 15th in the GC.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 10-11-2017 19:58
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can't become any worse can it?
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 10-11-2017 20:17
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Well, Betancourt has entered the top ten, just. But only six seconds away from sixth places a little bittersweet taste in my mouth. I want a rider in the break next stage in the hope it'll stay away until the end again.
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| fintas |
Posted on 10-11-2017 20:42
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didn't expect this outcome in this stage, the favorites were very passive, i was hoping for much more action from them. As for my team we did what we could to maintain our places in the GC but Vogt was not strong enough to stay in the top10, but Costa seems to have secured the spot in the top 10
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 11-11-2017 07:50
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Last report up, only left to say is that me and my umbrella had a great time here in Poland, tasting the local cuisine and reporting to you about this interesting race, congratulations to all those that took a piece of the cake.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 11-11-2017 07:57
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Certainly not the greatest race but it had some positives. Le Gac taking a stage win from the break which earned him 15th in the GC, 2nd in the KOM and 4th in the Youth. Caruso in 27th in the GC and Zingle 30th were invisible and disappointing.
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-11-2017 08:03
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Good to see that a last stage actually goes to the sprinters for once. 
Good performance by the home teams. Fablok with the big win and Netia with a stage by veteran LL Sanchez as their focus clearly was on Eritrea, which paid out nicely.
Also good for Berg with stage win, expected by Costa and imo still very good by Vogt.
Ulissi finally as well showing his skills coming in 2nd which is very good I`d say, while Van Garderen slightly underperformed. 3rd must have been the absolute minimum but is not what he is capable of. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-11-2017 08:05
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I love Simon Yates. 6th in GC and U25 win, way above where a 76HL should be. Cracking race from the Brit, proving our faith in him as our Hilly leader was well founded. Another couple of races like this from him will go a long way to securing a second PCT season.
Caleb had a bad finish there, actually that whole sprint was kinda odd. But he's had a good race with a Stage Win, several placings, and 2nd in Points. Well worth the time spent in Poland.
Overall very pleased with this race, our first real good one of the year. Time to push on and keep this momentum going.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 11-11-2017 08:05
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Brilliant, just brilliant. Not much to say about the stage, so just gonna say thanks for a great piece of reporting
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 11-11-2017 08:21
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Would've been nice to join that break...
Overall a stage win makes this a good race for us, although it's a tiny bit disappointing that the riders who could've been domestiques in Eritrea (Stachowiak, Bernas & Honkisz) were given a wildcard to be free agents here but completely failed to make anything of it.
Still, we got our stage win and a top 20 GC, so LLS made this worthwhile and our home race a success.
Awesome to see Poland still get the home win though, congrats sgdanny! And thank you very much for the reports Tamijo!
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 11-11-2017 08:27
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A breakaway NOT winning in a flat final stage? That must be fake...
Congrats to sgdanny for the GC win. Not bad for your home race 
And thanks for the great reports Tamijo!
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