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GP Kigali Discussion
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| roturn |
Posted on 24-04-2018 10:21
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Could be a huge race for Orange.
Might have given them a chance to enter the top5 with one race to go. |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 24-04-2018 10:24
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Well. That was just super bad. Hope Wisniowski had a crash or something, as this should have been a very good race for him. Opening up the title race a bit after the strong performance from Polanc. Probably means no 3rd place in the rankings for Wisni either. Just a simply horrible ride.
Nice to see Burghardt finally getting a win.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 24-04-2018 10:38
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That, i believe, is Burghardts first podium finish of the year! Just to prove how he's been underwhelming but not bad, as he has been in the Top10 for almost every other cobbled race. He's totally not been worth the money unfortunately although my complaints are minimal as he has been a strong contributor to our safety.
I said it could be a nice race for Grashev, and 7th is indeed that after a really interesting early move from him. He just loves Kigali! Hristov and Matthews also up in the Top25 is strong. We have a good cobbles set-up, it's just not quite delivered this year.
Race win done, our second classic victory of the year and our 5th total win. And it absolutely confirms us as PCT next season. Does it get Marcus a contract for next year? We'll see what he wants in renewals, but he needs a big wage cut...
And i get to use another Cobie gif!!!!
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 24-04-2018 10:41
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No miracles...
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 24-04-2018 11:07
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I hate cobbles...
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 24-04-2018 12:24
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Great ride from Polanc, Allez Isostar!
Nice day out for Jams, and he was graceful enough not to embarrass PCT rider and simultaneously not tarnish our clean sheet in C1. Absolutely love this boy.
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."
[PT]  Xero Racing
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 24-04-2018 12:40
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Wasn't sure what to expect from Kigali in terms of importane of hills vs cobbled stat balance, but decent performances from similar guys like Thimas previously did mean that even although he doesn't have much appetite for hills that Bush might be in the 10-20 range. A rider or two back up (15-25th) from the trio of Harrison, Armee and Visconti might be a harder ask, but had fingers crossed.
As it turned out, Bush coped fine behind the best suited riders (and some breakaway dudes) to collect 10 more points to WCC title push in 13th. Not majorily exciting but steady. A wee bit unlucky feeling to have 26th and 30th as well (none soring positions). Misses our ppRD target for C1 outings, but this was kind of expected to be honest. Will be interested to see if these points are enough for Bush to scrape back into the individual top 20 CT standings!
Congrats to TMM on Burghart's victory (one of the best suited races for him all season), and thanks to Abhi for the report.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 24-04-2018 13:18
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De Maar with a surprisingly good ride for his current stats, but besides that, utter trash like I expected. Nolf has been the most useless pickup in history.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 24-04-2018 14:06
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Serves you right - if you had just let me get him cheap then I'd have someone a lot better than Vandenbergh and you could have got a competent leader 
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."
[PT] Xero Racing
5x x5
1x x1
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 24-04-2018 15:18
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Wow... I've no idea about the points system, but two riders within top-10 is exactly what we needed to keep our slim hopes of promotion alive. Schreurs absolutely has to deliver in Japan Cup! |
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Posted on 05-12-2025 16:12
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 24-04-2018 17:00
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Three riders in the points in a cobble race, that's been a while ago. Naesen with a great result from a breakaway, and Albert and Marcos not being dropped and sticking with the main group. Also, that's our season over but I'm calling it now: we're safe 
Congrats TMM! And thanks AbhishekLFC for the report 
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 24-04-2018 21:58
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Oh well Flaksis rode to expectations and nothing went off script, thanks abhishek for the report and gratz TMM
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 24-04-2018 23:46
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Great race by Debesay. Really going for it, which is great to see, his all round nature coming through again. A shame that he faded but better to have tried than aimed only for a lower result. Another good showing from late signing Ariko too.
Nice to see Burghardt finally getting a win. Could reasonably have expected more wins from him in the past, and not just for this season.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 25-04-2018 05:55
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Not good enough if we want automatic promotion. 
Tsatevich really underperformed here. Altur was about where I expected. Agh, going to come down to the last race of the sesson. Come on TVG!
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