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Kenya Mountain Classic Discussion
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 05-07-2015 17:36
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Jesleyh wrote:
Oh yeah I'm in this 
Lets swap  ^^
Top 5 goal for me, GF*G!
Machado to take this one for sure. Also have a feeling Sella win continue his form aswell. Conta will round out the podium.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 05-07-2015 21:01
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Just a quick note here: dunno what's up with OT and his Dwaars report, but I hope he will put it up tomorrow. Decided to wait for what happens then, so I will hold back the Kenya report for tonight. Sorry, guys. But I would at least try to keep a correct order for C1/HC races 
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| The Rider |
Posted on 06-07-2015 17:22
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^ Don't see why you have to do that, tsmoha. It's not as if the same riders are in contention. Besides, he might not post it for another week. I say, if it's done, post it. |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 06-07-2015 19:31
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Well, we've been screwed by the AI for 3/3 races now where I expected us to score decently. I don't think this is going to change at all now. At least this way I can't be disappointed when Eastman finishes 32nd.
Will be a tough ask for anyone to beat Machado.
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 06-07-2015 19:39
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Honestly I don't really care if the order gets messed up from time to time, I think these races should be set to run on a specific day, and kept as closely to that as possible. If each race waits on another it just slows things down too much and creates those massive gaps between races that cause people to stop paying attention.
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 06-07-2015 23:24
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This year this kind of races are too hard... I hope we can get a top 10
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 07-07-2015 10:44
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I see little harm in delaying a report a day or two. However I tend to agree with Kentaurus, since it seems way more benefitial to keep stages flowing then to keep the actual order.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 07-07-2015 12:59
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Poor Gustavo.. 
Well congrat's to Contador and his team. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 07-07-2015 13:01
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Tada...
Very happy with 2nd. Hoped for a podium. Thought more about 3rd though. Beating Machado is great. The mountain training really worked so far. If he continues to ride like this tt heavy mountain races will like the new Keizer.
Luckily Aru and Olivier attacked in the end for a top20, which is needed for promotion depth. I think they could have done even better when going earlier. But I won't complain as it was all about Keizer today.
Nice report and good to see my new Kenya stage working just as good as the previous version. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 07-07-2015 13:07
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20 pprd on our third strongest terrain is decent.
As always, there are a couple riders ahead that Nerz could match, but also a couple behind that were expected to be stronger.
Two more riders in the points is nice (although surely not as good as it could've been) and Herklotz as our fifth best climber getting the second best result is interesting once more.
On the other hand, Arndt again struggled more than his stats suggest. With such a larger group arriving together, I shouldn't read much into it though.
Congratulations to Bonsucro (and Aegon I guess), while Prio is hitting a rather dry strech with the Avelino no-showing and a probably disappointing 4th here.
I wonder when we'll see the first rankings, but it definitely will be an interesting moment.
Thanks tsmoha for a great report as usual!
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 07-07-2015 13:17
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well that didn't exactly go well for us, best result of 40th isn't great, was hoping we could do a little better than that or at least get someone in the break.
At least we have scored 10 points, if we keep them trickling in (hopefully in slightly bigger amounts) and don't get any 0 point races then we can claim the season to be a success even if we do end up finishing last.
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 07-07-2015 14:09
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Now that was pants for Nutresa! This was one of our sponsors goal races, with a top 10 requested; not even making the top 20 is disaster. Although tough competititon present, this was the sort of result that Takansky was highered on big money to secure, let's say that there were testy exchanges in the team-bus with team management after the race!
Gustavo must be cursing to have by far the favourite on paper prove (similar to Talansky!) under-whelming - Contador is a good race winner at HC level, but hard to see a race that should have been more suited to Machado + Tiago can't exactly complain about the support provided! 4th isn't to be sniffed at, but expensive wages to miss the podium!
Not sure if it is just me, but this version of PCM seems to be showing a little more variation and impact (daily form?) across all terrains; TT's very obviously, but other race types too.
FInally, thanks to TSM for the report (even although I was searching in vain for any sign of Nutresa jerseys).
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| knockout |
Posted on 07-07-2015 15:28
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knockout wrote:
Mountains 
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Expected zero pointer comes expected.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 07-07-2015 16:56
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Not great to see Samwel sitting in the peloton, expected a bit more than 38th from him. At least we managed a few points for three in the top-50.
Thanks for the report tsmoha. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 07-07-2015 17:11
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sammyt93 wrote:
At least we have scored 10 points
FroomeDog99 wrote:
At least we managed a few points for three in the top-50.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my points scales file says only the top 30 get points in HC one-day races?
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 07-07-2015 17:20
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Yep i have the same Cio top 30 score points |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 07-07-2015 17:22
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Yes you're right, was looking at the stage race points scale. |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 07-07-2015 17:26
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Olsson just about secured us a top 100! We were in the break, so can't really complain...
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| The Rider |
Posted on 07-07-2015 17:26
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Wonderful. Can he do no wrong? What a display from Contador. Incredible performance, a one day win and a stage race in his first two races for the team. Doing his Spanish Jersey very proud. 
Good rides from Aegon and Project Africa to round out the podium, aidan not being screwed today! Prio Porto once again see a big favourite of theirs miss out on the podium, are they cursed? Good news, nevertheless, for those other teams who have an eye on the PCT title.
Good compact report tsmoha, a shame there wasn't any action on the penultimate climb for the neutral I guess, but that suited us fine in the end! |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 07-07-2015 17:41
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Finally! A result!  Great ride by Eastman this time.
Just disappointing that we had to waste a few race days to achieve this.
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