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Tour of Northern Europe Discussion
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| SotD |
Posted on 07-05-2023 17:16
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Stavrakakis not really good here, which is a bit of a surprise given how he performed in Arenberg.
But I guess we are just here to waste some time anyway.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 07-05-2023 18:09
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Fantastic, Shaun-Nick Bester is now our captain.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-05-2023 18:29
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Good enough ride by Gerts, but with a rather big group at the finish it doesn't really matter. At least we got rid of some cobblers.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-05-2023 18:33
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| 191 | Joeri Stallaert | Bralirwa - Stevens | + 11'33 |
Huh  Good that we're not here for any points!
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| ember |
Posted on 07-05-2023 19:30
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Interesting to see many cobblers drop time. Curious to see how it affects the cobble stage. Kind of fear they will all aim for the breakaway, and boomerang back into GC contention, as no team here should be able to control the top cobblers if they get away in a breakaway on the cobbles.
At least Wisniowski still holds a promising GC position, a pity all our possible depth points went out the window looking at the rest of our team. |
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Posted on 07-05-2023 19:43
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Polanc survives the stage. Not surprising but great to see when more one dimensional cobblers suffered and conceided gaps.
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-05-2023 21:19
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Please sir, I want some points
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| ryant |
Posted on 07-05-2023 22:33
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So it seems we are all in on a Pidcock/Swift tandem to get out anything from this race it seems after Summerhill again lost even more time. It does remain to be seen just how this race will play out but I hope the well roundedness of both Pidcock and Swift can mean both stay in and around the GC top 10.
It isn't all doom and gloom considering we could have been out of it almost completely already and I do hope this time loss can allow Summerhill to have a free role heading into the cobbled stage as well.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 07-05-2023 23:12
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Oh hey, a rare win for Muller! That was pretty unexpected but I'll take it. Should be an interesting race going forward, though I don't expect us to be in GC contention.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 07-05-2023 23:18
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Two good days for swiss cycling, congrats to Bush on a nice win!
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| SotD |
Posted on 08-05-2023 06:41
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Kiriakidis score 2 points from the U25 competition. I guess that's as good as it's going to get for us here. Miltiadis also riding alright, but neither can keep up in the cobbles.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 08-05-2023 07:02
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Good to see little Pira in the break, no better terrain to gain valuable experience than the cold Northern Europe. Had hoped De Bie could actually finish it this time, but UBS is also a nice winner after a tough season for them.
Thanks for the report, rod.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 08-05-2023 07:05
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The Tour of Northern Europe never disappoints, thanks for reporting redordead.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 08-05-2023 09:33
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alexkr00 wrote:
Good enough ride by Debesay, but with a rather big group at the finish it doesn't really matter. At least we got rid of some cobblers.
Seconding alex.
Congrats on the win Bush!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 08-05-2023 10:03
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Gustavovskiy wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
Good enough ride by Debesay, but with a rather big group at the finish it doesn't really matter. At least we got rid of some cobblers.
Seconding alex.
Congrats on the win Bush!
Wait a minute, I didn't write that. And I know I didn't write that because I think Debesay is one of those that should have been dropped 
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 08-05-2023 18:59
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Shame Teunissen lost a lot of time, but this result does put Malecki and Leknessund in an interesting position. Very curious how this develops from here.
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| SotD |
Posted on 09-05-2023 05:34
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Ouch Farantakis didn’t even sprint. Not ideal to be hit by the No-sprint-sprinter in this race where we don’t have anything to go by in other stages…
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| ember |
Posted on 09-05-2023 05:53
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Good to have a breather, excited to see what the next key stage brings! Really hope Wisniowski can put in a convincing performance, as I think we need to have yellow to have any chance at defending a great GC position on the Huy stage.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 09-05-2023 09:23
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Not a great sprint from Van Poppel, but at least he got a top 10. Bring on the cobbles!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 09-05-2023 09:27
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Not really a big fan of Zepuntke wasting energy on a sprinters stage instead of trying to go for some decent stage results on the cobbles to be fair. Still, thanks for the great report as always, Double R.
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