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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 05-06-2021 10:14
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This is going to be another painful race, unless Kalaba can save the day.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 05-06-2021 13:46
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Got to love bringing a breakaway squad and the PCM AI actually recognized that. A very fun first stage for us, just wish one of them could have hung on for a better stage result.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 05-06-2021 15:47
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Holloway has been ridiculous this season, can’t believe he has won again.
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| SotD |
Posted on 05-06-2021 16:37
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Hmm....
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 05-06-2021 17:10
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Well that was a disappointment...
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| knockout |
Posted on 05-06-2021 19:08
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Excellent sprint by Liepins, very glad about a second place on this stage. He seems to have a pretty good late season form after already delivering in Slovenia.
Now hoping for a good showing on the third stage, could be an important one for Lopez.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-06-2021 19:22
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Nice of Kuboki to grab us a top 5 here. Hopefully Kinoshita can do well on the hill stages as well.
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| ember |
Posted on 05-06-2021 23:58
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We got through that flat test, which was all that mattered from our perspective. Now we need a good and aggressive day from Kwiatkowski, where he and similar riders, like Beltran and MAL make use of their MO stat combined with their punch. |
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 06-06-2021 04:22
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Almost as good a stage as it gets there from Teklit. Only losing minimal time to the first group on the road and still holding that 2 minute GC lead.
It also appears Ulissi is now being sacrificed for him as well so hopefully that works out well!
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Posted on 22-11-2024 08:11
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 06-06-2021 05:46
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Ah so close at the line, a line of six riders separated by a few millimetres. Top-5 is nice but so close.
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| ember |
Posted on 06-06-2021 08:29
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Thank you for the report, UU! And congratulations on the win, Roman, eventhough we wanted it too 
Kwiatkowski proving he's strong, which is great  Had hoped for bigger gaps on that stage, as it on paper looked to be the Queen stage. Now this will probably be a nervous race all the way up to the final stage, which hopefully creates gaps again. Other than stage 8, I guess stage 5 could be an option PCM AI wise to make differences. |
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| TinxiaS |
Posted on 06-06-2021 08:35
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valverde321 wrote:
TinxiaS wrote:
I'm really interested to get information on where did they find so many climbs between Ljubljana in Zagreb. The only two climbs that are going into my mind are one around 20 km from Ljubljana and another one next to Novo mesto.
Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
@Tinixia - I too have noticed that that relationship between mangame stages and the actual terrain is sometimes curious.
Having taken a bus from Ljubljana to Zagreb myself, I could see how there are climbs between the two cities, but perhaps as UU said, the MG created roads where there are none irl.
@valverde321 yeah there are climbs but not that much. When you go by bus you are going basically across one ''valley'' because on one and on another side are hills but if you are going to Zagreb on a normal old road you can find that there are a few climbs but still not that much like in profile of the first stage.
You can see below in maps that I did it right now that only the first one is the hilliest but the other three are not that and even the last like 10 km at least should be flat as a pancake before they arrive to finish in Zagreb.
@Ulrich Ulriksen I agree yes.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 06-06-2021 09:20
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It's a good result for Oomen, but also probably the stage that suited him most so I'm counting on some time losses the next days. White will also be hard with Padun here.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| knockout |
Posted on 06-06-2021 09:30
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Strong ride by all Evonik guys, Lopez looked good and four doms inside the top 32 is massive but we could have benefitted more from the stage. However, third on the day and dropping some of the strong contenders (De Bie, Van Garderen, Mohoric, day 1 breakees) before the day is okay.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 06-06-2021 10:38
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Dimitri, you're fired
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| roturn |
Posted on 06-06-2021 11:56
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Even though it's not a pure hill race, De Bie still is underperforming here. Not the best first couple stages for the team. Can only and must becomes better |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 06-06-2021 12:01
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Good work from Yates, less good from Guerreiro who continues to prove to be one of my worst ever signings...
The spring being a mess was unsurprising, but I suspect foul play from Vesuvio there. Even if it would have made no real difference to the outcome |
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-06-2021 13:36
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Pretty good GC fight by Koretzky and Boily, but we’re still pointless after 3 stages.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 06-06-2021 15:14
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Formolo was positioned well all the time and looked strong. Seems like he got blocked a bit in the sprint, which is a shame. But still a good stage for his GC.
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-06-2021 16:29
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I guess it will be a low scoring race. Not exactly what I was hoping for/expecting.
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