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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 13-03-2022 22:13
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Another good day from Borges, keeping up with another podium result, but that was a great victory for Gjensidige. Congrats hillis!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-03-2022 06:27
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Well Kelderman tried, so some good sign s at least.
Thanks for the report and congrats hillis 
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 14-03-2022 12:03
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Cheers lads, much needed for us this one 
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 14-03-2022 12:03
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Cheers lads, much needed for us this one
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| MacC |
Posted on 14-03-2022 13:42
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Two in the break, that's all I can ask!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 14-03-2022 13:56
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The TTT is where we have to gain the time apparently
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 14-03-2022 14:23
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Another very strong stage from Borges. Too bad his accelerationdidn't stick. Still a 3rd top10 in 3 days and a 4th in GC is as solid as one could expect.
Onto our favourite type of stage now 
Congrats on the win Fab!
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| ember |
Posted on 14-03-2022 15:05
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Another good stage for us, now with everything to play for in the TTT. Exciting!
Congratulations on the win, Fabianski! That's definitely a surprising winner seeing the quality here, but must be a pleasant surprise for you |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-03-2022 17:18
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Kelderman improving on each stage is a good sign and the bonus seconds can be of help. Good 2nd place for us
Congrats to Fab and thanks for the report!
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 14-03-2022 19:57
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Guess it's a good moment to (re-)join the fun
Moscon won stage 2 here last year, now it's stage 3. Looking good so far, and our TTT lineup should be more powerful that last time as well. If we can use that one and especially stage 5 to our advantage, it could be a great race. However, hilly support is really poor this year, given that I wanted to send as many TTers as possible. Let's see if the gamble pays off...
Thanks for the congrats and thanks for the report!
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| beagle |
Posted on 15-03-2022 12:04
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Not sure if I'm ready for another TTT disappointment. It's now or never!
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| beagle |
Posted on 15-03-2022 18:08
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beagle wrote:
Not sure if I'm ready for another TTT disappointment. It's now or never!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-03-2022 18:54
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Not looking great again. Need the last two stages to be selective for us to have a decent race.
Congrats to ember and thanks for the report!
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 15-03-2022 19:35
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I guess 7th place is fine, but the time gap definitely isn't. Really looks like the conditions got much better in the end, or we simply underperformed. Should've been 20" faster to really be in the mix.
Well, another stage win needed then
Congrats to Aker on a surprisingly dominant win (well, the win alone is surprising tbh), looks like a great race for you now!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 15-03-2022 20:53
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Not good enough. Now we have to gain time in the hills again which doesn't seem to be possible this race
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| ember |
Posted on 16-03-2022 05:34
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Wow, what a great, great win for us!  Really the perfect time trial considering our abilities. Now it's all up to us to keep the overall GC lead, which could and should be possible, seeing the profiles for the two stages left and the gap we're starting them with.
Only small, small downside to that TTT win is that Stake was unlucky and the 8th rider crossing the finish line, meaning he lost 6 seconds to the first five. Fingers crossed that doesn't mean anything to how we approach stage 5, as he really should be our GC guy here, and Bravo, Pruus and Vangstad all ride with a free hand - not at the cost of Stake's chances, or even in support of Stake.
Stage 5 looks like the Queen stage, considering how much climbing the stage has in total. Won't believe we're in with a chance at the GC win before that one is done, and we somehow defend the lead there
And thank you for the congratulations, Abhishek and Fabianski |
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| ryant |
Posted on 16-03-2022 13:24
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Bit of a worse result in the TTT than I'd hope for trying to drag McCarthy along with us. We're still in the hunt if today's stage is very selective and we need it to be, our only solace is that McCarthy has been treated as a main favourite so we'll see what he can do.
Fraile was sent here as a dark horse and I'm sad that he lost time early and won't be featuring highly here. He's been a bit too disappointing this year, I was certainly hoping for more from him.
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 16-03-2022 14:55
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..... What the fudge happend there?
Eiking get's lost and Ziesler allmost steals the win? LOKO
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 16-03-2022 14:55
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And, congrats to Boswell and McCormick of course
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| quadsas |
Posted on 16-03-2022 15:01
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Those were some big time stages for us. Now juat gotta hope for similar luck on last stage and we will finish will nice points tally
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