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GP Kathmandu discussion thread
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| Firefly21 |
Posted on 27-01-2013 15:26
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Oh Ilias, you so crazy. Just attacking all over the place, though it didn't really work out for him. I'm sure the sponsor will be pleased though.
Overall 16th for Ilias and 23rd for Eibegger is reasonable for us, though they could have done better, maybe. Meh, get those points on the board. This was not really a race that suited us.
DMW really showing some early form, he's getting great points for his racedays. Gazelle not getting wins, but 6 riders in the top 20, yikes, so very strong from them. And at the risk of sounding like a broken record; another strong race for Iberia.
The PCT teams got some decent points except WWE who got shut out
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 27-01-2013 15:29
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Thrilling sprint indeed. Congratulations to fintas!
Weening reminding me of Boogerd again. Why do al that work with Sanchez and Mehr-Wenige on your wheel? A slightly disappointing performance by Weening, both in final result and tactics.
But I did stay within my expectations with Weening 3d, Furdi 4th and Westra 14th. Also nice to see the domestiques dominating the race for so long. My sponsor will be happy with that.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 27-01-2013 15:31
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Really exciting finish, and great win for Adira! Thought Sanchez was about to nip past him, but he was clearly already on the limit.
Nice work with the report, Smowz 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 27-01-2013 15:38
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Exciting race that was. Congrats to Adira, Mehr-wenige is really living up to the expectations!
Great report too Smowz
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 27-01-2013 15:43
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Nice win by Mehr-Wenige. I can't believe I didn't send Chaoufi to this race with his 76 stamina but oh well  |
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| jaxika |
Posted on 27-01-2013 15:46
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Good race and nice report. I watched as outsider, but it was very interesting. Good job from Mehr-Wenige |
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| fintas |
Posted on 27-01-2013 15:46
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What a surprise ... I did not expect this, knew that a top5 was very likely but was not waiting for victory. Great racing, great report.
Yet beginning to get worried because my team does not seem able to do whatever without the Mehr-Wenige. The first month ends perfectly and now only hope that the next one is as good or better.
Edited by fintas on 27-01-2013 15:48
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 27-01-2013 16:36
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I'll take 8th, a valiant effort from Barrio in one of the longest races of the season for him. Congrats to fintas for stopping the Iberia win streak. Cool to see Portuguese and Spanish teams starting the season off well.
Edited by Mresuperstar on 27-01-2013 16:37
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 27-01-2013 18:35
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I don't think that could have gone much worse at all. I'm really disappointed with that as I felt we could have got at least a top 10. Hopefully this is a one off and not a sign of things to come over the rest of the season.
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 27-01-2013 23:12
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Congratulations to fintas, Adira and Mehr-Wenige.
For us was a productive race with Grau 7th, Nieve 12th and Calzati 15th. Good results so far but a little far from the top teams.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 27-01-2013 23:15
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Better than expected for Wang, a good race for Armavia!
Great sprint battle though, congrats to Dietmar |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 28-01-2013 00:24
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Great finale there. I can see Weening be this year's also-ran if he keeps this up.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 28-01-2013 05:56
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Great report of a great race, so much action! Congrats to Adira and their Mehr-Wenige, he is absolutely everywhere at the start of the season (will he even ride in the 2nd half of the season?) 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 28-01-2013 19:22
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Figured I should post the updated team standings, given the change at the top!
| 1 | Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana | CT | 234 | | 2 | Sram - Riboxx | PCT | 223 | | 3 | Jaguar - Eritel | PCT | 208 | | 4 | Hollister Pro Cycling | PCT | 177 | | 5 | Team WWE | PCT | 172 | | 6 | Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim | PCT | 166 | | 7 | Allianz-BMW | CT | 163 | | 8 | AirBaltic - Endura | PCT | 160 | | 9 | Adira Isq-Project | CT | 160 | | 10 | Cisco Cycling Team | PCT | 145 | | 11 | Meiji - Cannondale | PCT | 123 | | 12 | Team CSC-Orbea | PCT | 122 | | 13 | Evian-MIAT | PCT | 115 | | 14 | Team Gazelle | CT | 101 | | 15 | MTN - World Bicycle Relief | CT | 74 | | 16 | Team PrivatBank | CT | 69 | | 17 | Oz Cycling Project | PCT | 67 | | 18 | Swedbank-PEAB | PCT | 64 | | 19 | Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm | CT | 64 | | 20 | Pivovarna Laško | PCT | 62 | | 21 | Rothaus - Aegon | PCT | 61 | | 22 | Kappa - ENI | CT | 61 | | 23 | Team Bpost | PCT | 59 | | 24 | Alstom-RBC | PCT | 55 | | 25 | PFG-Armavia | PCT | 49 | | 26 | Mobil - Castrol Cycling | CT | 48 | | 27 | Die Berg Komt Er | CT | 40 | | 28 | Magna-Ryanair | CT | 31 | | 29 | Kenya Airways - Barclays | CT | 28 | | 30 | Risa - Ergon | CT | 26 | | 31 | Metinvest-Emirates | PCT | 15 | | 32 | Boeing-Vivacom | CT | 13 | | 33 | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica | CT | 10 | | 34 | Sauber Petronas | CT | 10 | | 35 | Vueling Airlines | PCT | 10 | | 36 | LukOil-Rostelekom | PCT | 5 | | 37 | HTC Nieuwsblad | PCT | 3 | | 38 | Japanese - Korean Cycling Project | CT | 3 | | 39 | Amex Pro Cycling | PCT | 0 | | 40 | Bouygues Telecom | PCT | 0 | | 41 | ING Cycling Project | PCT | 0 |
Edited by SportingNonsense on 28-01-2013 19:29
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 28-01-2013 19:28
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, Ibeira are just gonna own everyone this year.
If they stayed in the top CT spot all season I would not be surprised.
As for our team, I don't like us down there at the bottom so hopefully that will change after Tachira
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 28-01-2013 19:48
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Take that PCT teams! 
Think it will get less from now on. Only 12 racedays were we will be competitive untill May. Others are HC and C1 races where our young guys will get a chance.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 28-01-2013 19:48
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Holy sh*t! Iberia at the top of the entire ranking; amazing.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 28-01-2013 19:51
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My goal is currently beeing achieved. I mean the secondary goal. Beat evil master aka TheManxMissile. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-01-2013 20:01
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Iberia might be better than ~5-10 PCT teams in the end. Right now they ate pretty awesome.
For myself 30 points/raceday is quite nice. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 28-01-2013 21:00
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Interesting to note that a lot of PCT promotion favourites have got off a bit on the wrong foot.
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