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| sgdanny |
Posted on 30-09-2016 10:31
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Wow, that is a lot of time lost when coming in at the same time, quite annoying. Go Roche!
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| viking90 |
Posted on 30-09-2016 12:15
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Sven Erik is close to the front atleast.
Our future looks bright seeing we hace 1-2 in the U25 GC and two more in top 10 
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 30-09-2016 15:39
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3rd place in the GC will be the high point of this race for us. Having a rider in the break is always nice to see, especially when we're racing without a leader. Domagalski in the top 20 is nice too, but Rabbotinni and Honkisz really far back makes me glad they aren't leaders anywhere else.
Thanks for the report Roturn! 
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 30-09-2016 16:09
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Gratz to the_hoyle for the commanding win. Dowsett really was the strongest today.
Regarding the stacks of bonus seconds rewarded I would prefer a Modolo/Aregger showdown on stage 2 already.
Anyway, nice to see our right guys up the road and a brief moment of the Swiss jersey leading.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 01-10-2016 08:24
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I'm happy Bystrom was in that first group, finally he shows some of his talent. |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 01-10-2016 08:26
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Congrats Danny! Great ride by Roche.
Stachowiak picking up the KOM jersey is really nice, love joining all these breaks, hope he defends it better than our team's weird attempt to defend Panayotov's GC
Thanks for the great report Roturn!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 01-10-2016 08:49
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yeah great one for danny, congrats!
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| Shonak |
Posted on 01-10-2016 09:01
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Nice win for Roche, gratz danny, and thanks roturn for another nice report on time for saturday morning coffee 
Roux gives me some GC hopes, good by him to finish that chaser group. Unfortunately with the TTT soon coming, he'll drop far down in the GC, so I just repeat my hopes that Modolo gets us a stage win tomorrow.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 01-10-2016 09:18
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Thanks guys
Classy win by Roche and he sorts out the weak to make it a very selective race  Costa is once again the man to beat, but I hope Roche can defend this jersey. We have a decent TTT setup, so looks solid. Thanks for the report
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 01-10-2016 09:51
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Happy to take third in a higher level of race for us. Congrats Danny and Roche for the great win.
Very worried by the TTT - it could really hurt our chances of a high finish on GC but the gaps that have opened give some hope.
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| matt17br |
Posted on 01-10-2016 11:54
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Ok this must not happen. Arrinera has a great TTT team and Roche is the absolutely last rider, besides Costa, I would have liked to see taking more than 30 seconds on Ulissi. Congrats Danny.
Ulissi a bit anonymous in these sprints where he needs to excel... not asking much but surely 74 sprint can win him a sprint for 2nd place. Great reporting as usual roturn.
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 01-10-2016 12:35
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Congratz danny, super important win for Roche!
Not ideal obviously but disaster avoidet atleast for Costa, still a very strong bet for an overall podium.
Not happy with Bilbao's stage, he should have been in Costas group and Im certain he would have if it werent for PCMs crappy leader mechanism. Hopefully he will show more later and grab a top ten.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 01-10-2016 12:39
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Good start with a 4th and 5th place. Encouraging that Barbin makes the main group.
Would like to see our team join the breakaways though.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 01-10-2016 12:41
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dev4ever wrote:
he should have been in Costas group and Im certain he would have if it werent for PCMs crappy leader mechanism.
IMO one of the few things PCM15 does really good compared to other editions is that it actually handles two leaders on one team pretty well. It's not perfect but it was way worse in earlier versions.
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 01-10-2016 15:22
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Gratz danny! Maybe not the stage Roche was expected to make it, but impressive to see him steaming to the finish line.
Mixed feelings about our race. Di Maggio looked like he was forced to react and unable to try something on his own.
Somehow we got the remaining bonus seconds at the intermediate sprints, at least for Areggger these can turn out valuable.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 01-10-2016 15:32
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I am rooting for CT rival Dowsett here, great to see him finally delivering for the_hoyle.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 01-10-2016 17:22
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More of the same from Schumacher, looks like we won't be getting anything out of this race. On the bright side, Goncalves and Fumeaux have done well to stay with the peloton.
Congrats to danny.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 02-10-2016 07:44
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Just fifth is pretty meh in this sprinter field, weird to see us just today going in the botd. Still potentially smart tactic backfired because of Modolo's positioning, classic erratic racing by Modolo.One more chance tho, maybe we do it smarter then. Gratz to Vontobel, thanks roturn
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 02-10-2016 08:45
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That's not that bad, hope the TTT doesn't fk up
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| matt17br |
Posted on 02-10-2016 10:33
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OK this is a very Ok result which shows Ulissi is in good shape. Finally, in a mostly flat stage, he manages to be in the top 5 of the sprint. Heck he even got a podium and a few secs back. Now just hang on in the ttt laddy! Congrats Margh!
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