Smowz wrote:
I enjoyed the report, even if the result for Jayco Red Bull was underwhelming.
Utter failure really from us and teams like Bianchi to help Rapha Condor bring back the break. I guess understandable given Bellis domination of the recent stage race, but I will be having words with the DS in charge of the team here.
But again very enjoyable race report, and congrats to the winner this race always looked like a breakaway win to me - was the finish slightly uphill?
Very slightly, but not enough to make much of a difference, I think the sprint was pretty much who had the most left in their legs.
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Wow, what a race!
Attacks all over the place and a great finish, thanks for the awesome report, mb.
Pretty strange tactics from my team, but even though we've been in the winning move, the outcome its not satisfying under these circumstances. With two of the pre-race favourites in a break of 6, at least one podium place is a must.
Congratulations to Hollister and Aker for the great effort their riders showed.
Still we're happy to have contributed to the action and prevented a Bellis win
I don't get it.. Could be realistic that a breakaway win could happan but.. I am surprised race after race what my team and other teams are doing
What were the tactics for Bianchi?
Seemed something like:
If we work Bellis wins and if we don't work Bellis wins the bunch sprint
So just do something as Bellis lands infront of Claeys/Rabon no matter what we are doing
But I wonder why these british riders are that good, it's just a game luckily ^^
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To me, it looked like both Rabon and Claeys tried pretty hard, but Bellis ' simply proved strongest of the late attackers from the peloton. And really, it's always going to be hard to beat riders that are better than you on the day of racing, be it in a game, or in a real race
One question for SN; Will we soon see updated rankings? I must admit, after our surprisingly good result here, I'm curious to see how my team is doing overall.
ember wrote:
To me, it looked like both Rabon and Claeys tried pretty hard, but Bellis ' simply proved strongest of the late attackers from the peloton. And really, it's always going to be hard to beat riders that are better than you on the day of racing, be it in a game, or in a real race
One question for SN; Will we soon see updated rankings? I must admit, after our surprisingly good result here, I'm curious to see how my team is doing overall.
I want to see it aswell, but I expect it is something like this:
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