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| krisa |
Posted on 17-02-2015 16:28
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Santaromita must have done better here
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 17-02-2015 16:51
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Jérôme Coppel and Florian Guillou both had great rides today, the Aussie sunshine must suit them.
Just need to control the next stage for a dream start to the season.
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 17-02-2015 18:30
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Simon Yates, you beautiful man. Always comes up with the goods in the hills. 
Still have nobody in the top 100 on GC though. 
Surprising ride by Dyball in Australia, finishing top 10 in a mountain stage was not what I bought him for but it'll do. Hopefully the young riders' classification is coming home. Dennis may actually win something guys.
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Posted on 22-11-2024 14:07
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| Shonak |
Posted on 17-02-2015 18:49
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Vamos Contador, bring the pain to Costa & Kwiatek in the next mountain stage, attack!! 
Gratz brewers. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 17-02-2015 19:47
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Meh.. so close for Jungels. Damned Yates... |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 17-02-2015 19:48
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No! Way to far back.  Guess I couldn't expect better. Sylvain isn't that great in the mountains, so 6th GC I guess, I'll pray that Kenny de Haes can take the next stage, maybe the points standings.
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| Bikex |
Posted on 17-02-2015 20:00
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Last stages added. You'll also get a ranking update later tonight.  |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 17-02-2015 20:09
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Great race for LIUCPMAPRHNATSH. TVG doing what he should and Kelderman slightly above expecation. Add in a couple of extra stage results from Madrazo and Brambilla, and the Team Ranking and our season is right on track.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 17-02-2015 20:20
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Some solid points by Contador. He did good, claiming third and points jersey. Pleased to see him ahead of Quintana.
I miss seeing Gazprom being shit half the season. 
Another Yates. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| krisa |
Posted on 17-02-2015 20:24
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Not really happy with Sbaragli on this stage
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| knockout |
Posted on 17-02-2015 20:28
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Pais Vasco went catastrophal for us. I hoped that Geschke or a breakaway would bring us sth.
I think going all out for sprints has not been the very best idea...
Brilliant back-to-back Yates wins there!
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| The Rider |
Posted on 17-02-2015 20:36
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A good Basque country tour for us there. Very content with the way VDB is performing for us, Leukemans brought us our first win here, great race for us. Plenty of teams can leave that race with a good feeling.
Thanks Bikex for churning out these stages at a great pace. I am really looking forward to March where we have a whopping 8 races to look forward to! The WC will finally be let loose after four months in the waiting. |
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 17-02-2015 20:47
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Nerz bringing in some good points. Looking forward to the next races. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 17-02-2015 21:05
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8 place rankings jump in one race, that's how we do boys! Although i would trade every single ICL result i ever had for some more MG luck right now 
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| Cyclotron |
Posted on 17-02-2015 21:20
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Well, Pais Vasco didn't end too well for us. But 4th in GC plus a stage win and a few days in the leading position give Ecopetrol a massive boost in the rankings.
Congrats Silvio, you were damn right about Kwiatkowski. He really dominated those first two months.
March could be a good month for Ecopetrol with Quintana competing at Vuelta a Tachira and Betancur making his debut at Strade Bianche.
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 17-02-2015 21:20
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Adam as well
What an incredible performance. I was dreading this race and I thought we were going to score nothing but 2 stage wins, a second place from Josh and the KoM will do.
Dyball keeps doing well. Top 10 on a summit finish followed by a top 10 in a bunch sprint.
We've had an incredible month. 
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 17-02-2015 22:00
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Pfff.... hello relegation battle. |
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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 17-02-2015 23:55
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Silvio Herklotz wrote:
Don't forget Kwiatkowski yet. It's gonna be pretty hard to make up so much time, but I believe in our youngster. I just hope he won't drop further in the upcoming stages...
Who told you? Who told you?
Damn, I'm flattered. so good I didn't sell him in the transfer season. There have been two WT-stage races already and he won both of them. Even beating Contador and Quintana in Pais Vasco. I'd give him a 5-year contract if I could...
- 1 Michał Kwiatkowski Gazprom Cycling Team POL 1103
∧ 2 Alberto Contador Liberty Seguros - Würth ESP 409
That's quite some margin
And that I'd say is pretty funny:
| 1 | Andrea Guardini | Saeco - Cannondale | 1h14'54 | | 2 | Adam Blythe | Eurosport - Pepsi | s.t. | | 3 | Dario Cataldo | Saeco - Cannondale | s.t. | | 4 | Julien Simon | Eurosport - Pepsi | s.t. | | 5 | Marco Marcato | Saeco - Cannondale | s.t. |
Aaaand THIS is just not funny anymore, but has to be the work of the Illuminati:
Teams Continental Tour| 18 | 8 | Lukoil Development Team | U23 | 136 | | - | Gazprom Cycling Team | WT | 136 |
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 18-02-2015 00:02
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As one of our focus races National Capital tour was a dream for Eurosport-Pepsi. We managed a stage win and three second places, GC win, KOM win, Team win and second in the Points competition...
... and we are still behind Saeco - Cannondale in the rankings!
Having a great time so far, let's hope our luck can last .
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 18-02-2015 03:27
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Great Pais-Vasco from Rui Costa with eins and a GC 2nd. Disappointed he didn't take the overall but good start to the season for him in the WT.
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