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| jandal7 |
Posted on 12-12-2019 05:23
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Poor stage, should be winning that or at the very least getting closer with Rowe, nevermind with such a good leadout in Habtom.
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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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| jandal7 |
Posted on 12-12-2019 05:48
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What is that U25 classification?  Hopefully when the dust settles there Higuita has moved into the lead. Great stage from our neo-pro, chasing and eventually in 7th.
Interesting tactical decision to have four domestiques sprint against each other instead of going for Rowe or Bennett, but we got 4 in the top 12 so hey  A little annoyed it wasn't a sprint but hopefully Higuita's eventual U25 points compensate it a bit, though I wanted a stage win in these first two days 
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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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 12-12-2019 05:51
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Tanovitchii is such a great rider to have, his attacking spirit is exactly why I liked having him in 2013 on loan, and now he's maxed he's even more amazing. We won't ever be able to hold onto this lead, but if Padun can continue this sort results in the mountains we should have a very good race overall!
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| redordead |
Posted on 12-12-2019 07:19
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Poor stage indeed. Our lack of breakaway presence is quite worrying with the squad here 
Congrats fjhoekie a fantastic win 
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| ryant |
Posted on 12-12-2019 14:44
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Well that sucks losing out on the stage win with Bellis but 3rd place isnt bad at all... Tanovitchii is a little ahead of him now on the points standings which is a worry - nothing less than a win on stage 5 is good enough for the points jersey.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 12-12-2019 15:14
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That was a big nothingburger, but artistes will come out in stage 3, lets see if were back to being Kreuzigers
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 12-12-2019 16:04
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Correct U25 standing now uploaded to the 2nd stage
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 12-12-2019 16:32
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I guess 4th is pretty good considering we didnt get in the break, but maybe what could have been if a few other teams tried bringing it back too.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 12-12-2019 17:54
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There's a reason why we acquired Haavardsholm in the free rider draft
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 13-12-2019 06:15
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We may have lost a lot of GC hope, but we beat Repsol and in the end that's why we're here.
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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| redordead |
Posted on 13-12-2019 06:33
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We were basically last which is not a surprise. In fact I hope it helps, so we can now enter breakaways and get a result.
Congrats to Minions on the win
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 13-12-2019 07:22
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We won a TTT. I repeat, we won a TTT!
After the humiliation of Vancouver two seasons ago, project building a TTT squad has finally come to a successful conclusion. Uran in a great position going into the mountain stage but the gap is not as big as I had hoped. Kiflay in the leaders jersey for one stage.
Thanks for the reports Tamijo!
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 13-12-2019 15:53
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Great report Tamijo, I really enjoyed the images.
Congratulations to Marco, well deserved win to place Uran in prime position for the GC. I did really, really want to win this stage though
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| quadsas |
Posted on 13-12-2019 16:11
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disappointing, but I'll attribute that to variance for my sake. Big test tommorow for Benat, a good performance would make me rest easy for the reminder of the season
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 13-12-2019 16:19
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Oh well
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-12-2019 16:31
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Decent TTT for us. We finished within striking distance of first, compared to some teams that lost minutes so I can be happy about that.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 13-12-2019 16:51
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We must have let Newton do a couple pulls in the final sector thinking we already had the stage won.  Still, not a bad result. Gives Tenorio free rein to attack and see who can keep up with him. Less pressure on the team to control the race.
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| ryant |
Posted on 13-12-2019 17:19
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not a terrible result, middle of the pack and gained time on what should be the immediate rivals we have, a top 5 is certainly on the cards
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 14-12-2019 08:44
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Uran still in a decent position, but he has to be more active
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 14-12-2019 09:18
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Ehm Padun??
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