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| Bjartne |
Posted on 30-06-2020 15:46
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Terrible to lose that much with ALL our riders already in the first stage.
We need to get in more breakaways now, to make up for the lost ground.
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| MacC |
Posted on 30-06-2020 19:28
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Oh wow Bennett!! |
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| MacC |
Posted on 30-06-2020 19:29
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Think that's the first time I've seen the team do a sprint train |
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 30-06-2020 19:30
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Well, 1/2 not really interesting stages (for us) done... Stage 3 will be the second one, hopefully we can somehow limit our damages.
Congrats to Glanbia, they're having a pretty decent 1st season! And thanks once again to jph for the report.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 30-06-2020 19:42
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Well, things seems okay for the moment. Nice podium by Modolo.
Fingers crossed for Sterobo tomorrow! |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 30-06-2020 20:13
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How not to build a sprint train 101
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 30-06-2020 20:17
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Nothing from Ranneries. it's a shame, but expected. Nice to see Ponce in the break.
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| beagle |
Posted on 30-06-2020 22:00
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Pretty solid start, shame Coppel gained bonus seconds in opening stage. Now onto extremely long TT!
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| redordead |
Posted on 01-07-2020 06:02
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Kreder in 5th is a nice surprise, so not a 0 pointer at least 
Still want to see Bilbao do better in the remaining hill stages.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 01-07-2020 10:38
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TT carnage is done, and we still have 3 riders in the Top 30 - I guess I can't complain
Thièry, Freuler and Pellaud all could do a big jump with a successful breakaway, and for Masnada a Top 10 could actually be doable with a bit of luck. Let's go!
Congrats to Carrefour for another big Coppel race - but we're of course hoping his low Mo will hurt him on the final day 
And thanks for the report!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 01-07-2020 10:49
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Janse van Rensburg deserves applause!
Claeys deserves pitchforks! 
Now I hope the team is smart enough to send Claeys in the breaks, and try to defend JvR's position.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 01-07-2020 11:00
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Nice ride from Higuita in the S2 break to move to 5th in the KoM, pretty much all I could ask from the team there.
Good stuff Stan! Overperforming slightly to sit in the top 5 tied with Koren, I like it, if he can stay there or even improve in the next two days I'll be happy with this race, particularly if Dyrnes keeps that KoM jersey!
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| redordead |
Posted on 01-07-2020 11:04
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Bilbao looks like he actually did a solid TT. Must be due to all that off season training 
He is still far back in GC, so I guess breakaways make sense, but those have usually ended in disaster so far this season 
Congrats to Carrefour, Coppel doing his thing
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 01-07-2020 11:45
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Huge gaps, which might have been a good thing for Gallopin and Ignatiev even though they're a 2-3 minutes behind Coppel. A top 5 looks very achievable now, but we need Gallopin and Ignatiev to have good legs and be well positioned going into those final climbs on the last two stages.
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| jaxika |
Posted on 01-07-2020 11:46
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Whoops, some surprise, but gladly accepted points |
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 01-07-2020 12:14
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4th by Sterobo today and 8th GC is of course appriciated, but I would rather swap those placements with Modolo and Caruso performing 7-8 minutes better today 
I guess Sterobo will fall like a rock now, but I'll happily be surprised again! |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 01-07-2020 14:54
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Jeez, those were some insane gaps! I probably should have brought Steensen here instead of America, even though his mountain would have held him back as it has this year. But, you live and learn.
We're definitely losing some ground on Carrefour in this race. Congrats to them on a huge day!
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 01-07-2020 19:00
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So far, so good. Gallopin is strong as usual, and Ignatiev does well in limiting the losses to the other favorites. Hopefully they'll handle the longer hills on the last stage well, but it will be difficult to keep the likes of Koren, Nepo and Sepulveda behind.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 01-07-2020 19:12
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I give Juul-Jensen kudos for actually trying to do something today. he was clearly strong. Maybe he went hard a bit too early, but that's the breaks. he might have saved another few seconds on GC by saving his legs, but I reckon it was worth the risk, and he now has 2nd on KOM for his efforts.
He's been stronger here than most of the year. Still, he's not really scoring points for us. Hopefully tomorrow we see more of him, in a good way.
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| ryant |
Posted on 01-07-2020 19:37
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Rowe missed out on his chance to win, doubt he has many left now 
Koren as well was disappointing in the TT but he holds 4th overall now despite not being too convincing. I have to say, races like this we used to struggle greatly in but with Koren - even if just for a year, has given us a nice haul of points. No doubt an unsung hero in our promotion hunt!
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