Luca Guercilena: "Okey Greg. The floor is yours sir"

Greg Lemond: "Wanting to test our quickest guy, we sent Nizzolo as our main guy. The whole team was buildt around him. With the possibility of getting into some breaks aswell."

Stage 1: Undley - Lyndoch (flat)
"Caleb Ewan took the mass sprint finish. Our lead-out is lacking the timing and punch we need to take a stage. We got 4th with Nizzolo.

Stage 2: Stirling - Paracombe (hill)
We tried controlling it to the finish and deliver Nizzolo, but he simply didn't have the legs. Sanchez went like a rocket to the finish.

Stage 3: Glenelg - Victor Harbor (flat)
Nothing special, the peleton missed the break by 1 second. Kittel took the sprint in the peleton. Nizzolo 3rd in that group.

Stage 4: Norwood - Campbelltown (flat)
Classic flat stage in a stage race. The break went early, we had a man there. Ended in a mass sprint finish. Ewan took it.

Stage 5: McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill (hill)
The most important stage of the tour. The break went, 11 of them. We had a man there, but nothing came of it. The peleton went into the last climb together and it was Ewan that started the party. Costa took the stage, and Ewan maintained the lead of the race. Nizzolo kept his spot at 6 in GC.

Stage 6: Adelaide - Adelaide (flat)
The final stage, totaly flat and short. We had high hopes, but again we failed. The break went early, and a crash late in the stage made the hunt horrible for the peleton. Knees took it from the first group. Nizzolo came 7th and the stage victory still's eludes us.

GC

1	Caleb Ewan	Orica - Scott	19h24'17
2	Michael Valgren	Astana Pro Team	+ 4
3	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
4	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha - Alpecin	+ 39
5	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek - Segafredo	+ 43
6	Vincenzo Nibali	Bahrain - Merida	+ 1'18
7	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Floors	+ 1'59
8	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Team Dimension Data	+ 2'05
9	Jasper Stuyven	Trek - Segafredo	+ 2'43
10	Jan Bakelants	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3'48

Points Classification

1	Marcel Kittel	Quick-Step Floors	12	50
2	Caleb Ewan	Orica - Scott	7	49
3	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha - Alpecin	8	48
4	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek - Segafredo	9	42
5	Michael Valgren	Astana Pro Team	0	41
6	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	0	29
7	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R La Mondiale	0	23
8	Jasper Stuyven	Trek - Segafredo	0	23
9	Lennard Kämna	Team Sunweb	11	21
10	Sacha Modolo	UAE Team Emirates	0	20

Mountain Classification

1	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	0	22
2	Michael Valgren	Astana Pro Team	0	16
3	Cesare Benedetti	Bora - Hansgrohe	0	16
4	Marc Fournier	FDJ	0	10
5	Twan Castelijns	Team Lotto NL - Jumbo	0	10
6	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto - Soudal	0	8
7	Manuele Mori	UAE Team Emirates	0	6
8	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha - Alpecin	0	6
9	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	0	6
10	Marco Coledan	Trek - Segafredo	0	6

1	Lennard Kämna	Team Sunweb	1h37'10	+ 11'20 (25)
2	Caleb Ewan	Orica - Scott	s.t.	19h24'17 (1)
3	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.	+ 5'38 (7)
4	Michael Valgren	Astana Pro Team	s.t.	+ 4 (2)
5	Rudy Barbier	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.	+ 8'33 (15)
6	Jasper Stuyven	Trek - Segafredo s.t.	+ 2'43 (3)
7	Rick Zabel	Team Katusha - Alpecin	s.t.	+ 4'20 (5)
8	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	s.t.	+ 6'36 (10)
9	Damien Howson	Orica - Scott	s.t.	+ 6'46 (11)
10	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Katusha - Alpecin	s.t.	+ 8'42 (17)

1	Quick-Step Floors	4h51'30	+ 1'57 (2)
2	Trek - Segafredo	s.t.	+ 2'11 (3)
3	Team Katusha - Alpecin	s.t.	58h16'16 (1)
4	Orica - Scott	s.t.	+ 2'49 (4)
5	Astana Pro Team	s.t.	+ 6'08 (6)
6	Bahrain - Merida	+ 1'22	+ 6'27 (8)
7	Team Sunweb	+ 2'44	+ 9'43 (12)
8	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.	+ 6'58 (9)
9	BMC Racing Team	s.t.	+ 3'29 (5)
10	Cannondale - Drapac	+ 3'48	+ 9'42 (11)

That's about it. More chances coming at this level in March, so im not stressed."

Luca Guercilena: "Very good, thank you Greg. To everybody wondering about Alberto. He will meet with Yancy tomorrow and we will know more. Great. That will conclude the meeting. Thank you"

Yancy Vidrio: "Have does your body feel Alberto? I mean, it was a pretty nasty injury. I mean, back injuries is not to be messed with. We have two options here, as far as i see it. We can send you to altitude camp and see if that can help the healing. Or, we'll send you to a specialist in Germany. What do you want to do?"

Alberto Contador: "The choice is easy, i want..."

jandal7 wrote:
[Reports Until March]

If we're choosing some stuff as Greg how much Lance etc. trash talking can we do

Present:

Antonio Cabello - Coach
Giovanni Ellena - Coach
Alberto Elli - Coach
Greg Lemond - Coach

Greg Lemond: "Gentleman, i've just got off the phone with doctor Vidrio about Alberto. As we all could see in both the mountain stage at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and the ITT at Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta Del Sol. He is back. Especially the time trial he deliverd, in the form he is in, just wow. And i..."

Antonio Cabello breaks in

Antonio Cabello: "And we are sure everything is in order here?

Greg Lemond: "Yes sir, he has fully recovered and is feeling, according to doctor Vidrio, better then in a long time"

Antonio looks quickly towards Giovanni Ellena and Alberto Elli before taking a deep breath

Antonio Cabello: "Well Greg, i mean, he is like you said yourself. Better then ever. How is that even possible? All im..."

Greg hits the table and raises his voice firmly

Greg Lemond: "Get one thing straight! And im talking to all of you present here today. This isn't 1999, this isn't "The Program", this is hard work from a great rider in this sport. Not a fake hero. This is, and im only going to say this once, the last time we will ever talk about this. End of story!"

The room went silent, dead silent. Greg clears his troat and continues.

Greg Lemond: "OK. Moving on. Regarding the first half of the season. John, Alberto and Bauke is looking great right now. So the question is, how do we ride the classics and how do we ride the small tours?"

Antonio Cabello: "We talked about this before the meeting, and we all agree. We want to see the team ride..."