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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 18-01-2024 08:03
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Kragh Andersen absolutely destroying the prologues this year 
As always, nothing going on for us in time - trials. Let's see what we can do in the "regular" stages.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 18-01-2024 14:34
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Not amazing for Quintana, but I'm really not worried about the prologue for actual time gaps. Congrats to Aker! SKA is such a beast. I want him so bad!!!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 18-01-2024 20:54
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Nice warm-up ride for the lads. Hodeg will be in red tomorrow
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| Bikex |
Posted on 18-01-2024 22:35
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Hsu and Sosa lead the team here. Especially in the sprints I have some expectations after Hsu won two tour stages last year. The start was already decent. There’s just no beating Andersen in prologues this year. Thanks for the preview and looking forward to the reports. |
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| ember |
Posted on 19-01-2024 02:56
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Thank you for the report, UU! And that is some way for Rabobank to strike back after their Giro. Congratulations on the win, alexkr!
Very happy with Prasad, as he clearly decided to join the sprint action. Feared he might not early in the sprint preparations, as he was nowhere to be seen. Netting 6th and some minor points is a good start. Hopefully he continues to join the sprints! Kragh closing the gap and securing the jersey for another day was very good, as we take everything we can get from the early days here.
Another two flat chances for Prasad before we get to the GC battle, I expect. Speaking of the latter, we're very fine with Preidler dropping on that first stage and sitting dead last in the GC. Should make it very easy for him to prioritize breakaways over passive racing when we get to the mountains  |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 19-01-2024 06:05
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Ocampo and Van Dijke flying our flag in the opening couple of stages
Much needed win for Rabobank with Van Poppel already resting the ghosts of the Giro. Congrats alex!
Thanks for the report Ulrich!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 19-01-2024 06:06
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Guess AKA is too high up the favorites list. After Sureda's success at the Giro, I can't exactly complain. It will be funny if Sureda outscores AKA in GT's though.
Aranburu losing 3 minutes is pretty funny too.
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-01-2024 06:36
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Wonderful result from Bouglas. More of that and he has a shot at becoming a greek hero :-)
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| redordead |
Posted on 19-01-2024 06:55
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Our only depth GC rider is already 3 minutes down after just two stages 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 19-01-2024 07:19
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We have a reservation on second place in GT sprint stages 
Well done Hodeg though.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-01-2024 07:21
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Thank you, guys!
Van Poppel bouncing back with the first occasion after the Giro is very nice to see.
The team here is made for Foromolo, with Van Poppel as a wildcard, so we are not really made to chase breakaways on the flat or do lead-outs. Not sure how I feel about Formolo wasting his energy in the flat stages, but hey at least we got a win out of it.
Van Poppel leading the points classification and also having a shot at red in the next two stages is very important points wise.
But despite my team's success, it sucks to see PCM at it again, with the big favorite of the stage not making the top 10.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 19-01-2024 07:56
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Great preview Cunego! Finally got back to enjoy the Vuelta coverage live, think this is going to be a really cool race to follow; good luck everybody!
Edited by OlegTinkov on 20-01-2024 03:46
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| knockout |
Posted on 19-01-2024 08:47
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Blums losing time is certainly interesting. I dont really like it but could of course be valuable down the line if he gets early break freedom. Certainly one thing to watch.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-01-2024 13:56
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A good prologue by Silvio, gaining some more time than expected on Kudus even. Not that it'll matter much by the end, I suppose, but that result and 17th in the sprint shows a good attentiveness early on.
Somehow, every other rider bar O'Brien managed to be dropped today in that comparably small group. I'm unsure whether that's energy saving or incredibly risky...either way it's not a good start in the teams classification, if there was going to be any chance in that to begin with.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 19-01-2024 13:59
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Congrats alex with the win! 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 19-01-2024 23:37
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Another very fine sprint from Hodeg. Hopefully the mountains will not take too much energy out of him
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 19-01-2024 23:46
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I probably shouldn't have sent AKA to a GT, but I'm not sure what else I was supposed to do.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 20-01-2024 02:29
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Solid start to the race from us but not yet setting the world alight.
Thomas just outside the Top 10 in the opening stage which isn't too bad but he could have done a little more.
Thijssen 12th on Stage 2 wasn't the best start but he's turning it around with 5th in that latest stage. I would like to see him fighting for the Points classification but that's going to be challenging.
In terms of the race and the GC, Tim Wellens should be fighting for the Top 5. The first 3 are certainly stronger individually and so will be difficult to overcome. However, we have a strong team behind Wellens in Rodriguez, Conci and Soler. I'm hopeful that this support, and the lack thereof for the Top 3, means we may be able to give Wellens the firepower he needs to get onto the podium.
Let's race
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 20-01-2024 03:45
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No sprinter in our team so just staying out of trouble is ok with us, thanks for the race reports so far Ulrich Ulriksen!
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-01-2024 06:10
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Bouglas very close to adding another point, but unfortunately just missed out. On a day where both top sprinters got hit by the AI-fuck up train, he should have been sneaking into the top 10, though.
Great to see Mengoulas snatch the KOM. Can’t wait to get him back next season.
Congrats on a great win to Prasad!
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