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| roturn |
Posted on 14-01-2018 10:25
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So Peter Sagan seems to be in decent form (as basically all season long anyway).
He won the People`s Choice Classic this morning ahead of Greipel and Ewan. Also Viviani in 4th which could make it interesting sprint finishes in the TdU.
Halvorssen crashed in the final meters as he was coming too close to the barriers, luckily it was a rather light crash. His team mate Lawless top10`d instead while also Consonni and Welford should be sprinters to watch for the next couple days.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 14-01-2018 11:51
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The video of the finish. Sagan being Sagan 
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 14-01-2018 12:03
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Australia's Channel 9 bought the rights to this race, just so they could prank us all by cutting off the final 2 laps on their website just so they could play a message reminding you that you cannot watch the cricket online. 
TDU and Great Ocean Road are the only races bought out by this ridiculous channel, but also the only well-timed ones for our time zone, why do they make such a mess of it? (I have no clue what happened on the TV, but they've pulled similar stunts before in the past).
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 14-01-2018 12:09
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Peter Sagan won the People's Choice classic ahead of Greipel and Ewan, Halvorsen crashed and isn't expected to start the race tomorrow. Ewan did seem the strongest but was forced to begin his sprint very early
EDIT: I repeated what's been said cause of distraction
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| aldrofj |
Posted on 14-01-2018 12:37
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 14-01-2018 15:11
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Don't forget to get over to the Velogames Championship thread to enter you team in time for the first race of the season.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 14-01-2018 15:45
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uphill sprint.
Well played for Sagan again..great power and timing. Caleb was going way to early. Nice open sprint, season is open..congrats for us all. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-01-2018 18:19
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Good sprint from Lawless but a shame for Kristoffer , but Sagan looking mean already  |
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| Champ_Armstrong |
Posted on 14-01-2018 18:34
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Sagan is going to beast TDU  |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 14-01-2018 22:10
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Hopefuly this isn't a start of a curseful season for Halvorsen.
Sagan is just unbeatable in an uphill sprint. |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:18
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Greipel wins the first stage after overtaking both Ewan and Viviani in the final 75 metres. Obviously he's the first leader
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:19
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And here's the video of the sprint. Huge crash for Hoelgaard in the final corner, going almost straight into the barriers
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:24
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let me say that Ewan is really awful to see sprinting...
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:26
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"One remaining spot in my Velogames teams, let's go for Hoelgaard, he might do something crazy." 
Nice win by Greipel!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| matt17br |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:32
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Ollfardh wrote:
"One remaining spot in my Velogames teams, let's go for Hoelgaard, he might do something crazy."
Nice win by Greipel!
Can confirm this was also my thought process
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 16-01-2018 10:25
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Well technically he did do something crazy. So you gamble paid off 
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 16-01-2018 10:30
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Bevin for the win tomorrow
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| aldrofj |
Posted on 16-01-2018 13:22
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Nice to see Greipel winning here, it is his race.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 17-01-2018 02:12
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Navardauskas is going to win this stage. 100%
Forgot about him for my Velogames team, but I've given up on that already anyway.
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| Raziz |
Posted on 17-01-2018 02:57
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Ulissi, Mccarthy or Sagan for the stage imo. |
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