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| Heine |
Posted on 14-09-2015 13:28
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Zabel still up there, just not strong enough. Swift and Bewley are just better than everyone else
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-09-2015 13:38
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Great sprinting by Swift, 3 stage wins against 6 is as much as I could have hoped for. The Bewley fight is reminiscent of Swift v Bennati at the 2013 Giro, where I think it ended at 4-all. Now if Bewley can keep on getting himself poorly positioned, that would be great!
Maybe I need to give someone else a turn 
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| jph27 |
Posted on 14-09-2015 14:33
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We're at the very least consistent. Vanderbiest keeps getting into good positions while failing to execute, Elissonde looks uncomfortable with any change of pace and the idea of getting into breaks - and the rest of my team are basically passengers. We really need some success soon to keep the French sponsors happy! |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-09-2015 14:37
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Next year I might have to put some money in training, because Garby getting dropped on every flat stage isn't reassuring.
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| niconico |
Posted on 14-09-2015 14:58
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Very happy with the stage win for Frank Schleck. Maybe his last big win? Certainly enjoyed watching it play out.
niconico wrote:
Haven't been on here for ages it seems. Great to see the game moving so well, and of course that Pluchkin is in the yellow jersey!
How come none of his big rivals are here?
Andy Schleck and Madrazo went to the Giro (Schleck won), Spilak isn't doing any GTs, and the Vuelta route attracted many of the strong TT grand tour riders (Pluchkin won!).
Wow... seems like changing teams has been good for Pluchkin! 
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| ember |
Posted on 14-09-2015 15:24
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Very good from Kristoff! I like that it looks like he's going better and better, that could be promising for stage 13 and 14 and the Chanps-Élysées if he makes it there.
The Swift/Bewley fight is great fun to watch, and well done to their domestiques as well, bringing back the breakaways on all flat stages so far.
Congratulations again, SN! |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-09-2015 15:54
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niconico wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Very happy with the stage win for Frank Schleck. Maybe his last big win? Certainly enjoyed watching it play out.
niconico wrote:
Haven't been on here for ages it seems. Great to see the game moving so well, and of course that Pluchkin is in the yellow jersey!
How come none of his big rivals are here?
Andy Schleck and Madrazo went to the Giro (Schleck won), Spilak isn't doing any GTs, and the Vuelta route attracted many of the strong TT grand tour riders (Pluchkin won!).
Wow... seems like changing teams has been good for Pluchkin!
And meanwhile, there's only 1 Danish team left!
Guldhammer went to Aker. A lot of the other Danish B&O guys went to the half Scandanavian teams in CT, some more active than others.
Edited by baseballlover312 on 14-09-2015 19:43
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| roturn |
Posted on 14-09-2015 15:56
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Quite sure you mean Guldhammer to Aker.  |
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| SotD |
Posted on 14-09-2015 17:11
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Not really gaining anything atm, but atleast the guys are trying to stay active. Can't complain.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 14-09-2015 19:41
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Let the fun (or nightmare) begin  |
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Posted on 22-11-2024 19:48
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-09-2015 19:42
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lol yeah 
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| Crommy |
Posted on 14-09-2015 22:50
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I'll take that small time loss, now a slightly easier mountain stage plus the two hilly stages where I'm hoping pulls some serious time on at least Alarcon
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| ember |
Posted on 14-09-2015 23:03
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That's slightly worying from Martin if he's going to fight for fifth. Luckily he could limit his loss fairly well, but he needs to up his game if he's going to challenge for fifth. On the other hand it's looking good for a top 10, which is the goal after all.
Looks like there's no stopping Pluchkin, congratulations, Avin!
And thanks for two more reports today, SN. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 15-09-2015 00:28
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Who would have thought Alarcon would be winning Tour stages few seasons back 
As for Cicero, less said the better now..
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 15-09-2015 02:24
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Atleast Kinoshita is getting in the break. Ji kinda expectedly not doing as well as his stats might suggest, but a top 20 is the minimum I would expect of him so he better pull it together.
Im firing my sprinters they cannot save themselves from this horrible season.
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| SotD |
Posted on 15-09-2015 05:49
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I would have liked to be in a 10 man breakaway group to be honest.
Lecuisinier did Well until he faded in the end. Still 10th is better than expected.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 15-09-2015 06:03
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Great performance in the mountains again. Jose very animated and has the strength and determination to nab the important stage win.
Pluschkind perhaps a bit generous there, many thanks to him for stage win award. Hope to squeeze a bit more time in stage 11 too against all the also rans.
Stage win at the tour certainly justifies Jose's presence here. Fantastic 
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 15-09-2015 06:15
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Good step forward in the Team Rankings, it was quite clear that the breakaway won't make it in this stage so I rather had seen Pomoshnikov saving energy, but today's stage might go to the breakaway, so I quess it's up to the other Tinkoffers to deliver.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 15-09-2015 06:34
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Invisible. Hoping Morton is saving the best for the end..
Probably the worst team here otherwise
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 15-09-2015 06:43
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Smowz wrote:
Great performance in the mountains again. Jose very animated and has the strength and determination to nab the important stage win.
Pluschkind perhaps a bit generous there, many thanks to him for stage win award. Hope to squeeze a bit more time in stage 11 too against all the also rans.
Stage win at the tour certainly justifies Jose's presence here. Fantastic
You are welcomed man, Aleksandr is not selfish and can award a guy who pulled with him for a while.
Just kidding, congrats for the stage win, 2nd is also great and more important is gained time on Rein, who can be very dangerous in hilly stages as unlike Jose is also beast against the clock. KOM jersey is a nice bonus, i wonder if Pluchkin/Alarcon can battle for it, or it will be for guys in the third week breakaways.
Thanks for the greast report SN, very enjoyable read!
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