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National Championships 2016 Discussion
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 05-05-2017 14:49
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matt17br wrote:
I'm pretty sure we're seeing more break wins than the last couple of years, the break taking it even in Spain and Belgium is absolutely disgusting - not that I have anything against the winners' teams of course.
Belgium was down to the teams, not the small-peloton AI. Evonik ran out of helpers at the wrong moment and Netia had none. And the AI didn't fancy Lierse as a favorites team so they sat in despite having enough numbers to make the difference. Frustrating in that a favorite didn't come in a sprint, but awesome in that it was damn close
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 05-05-2017 15:06
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TheManxMissile wrote:
matt17br wrote:
I'm pretty sure we're seeing more break wins than the last couple of years, the break taking it even in Spain and Belgium is absolutely disgusting - not that I have anything against the winners' teams of course.
Belgium was down to the teams, not the small-peloton AI. Evonik ran out of helpers at the wrong moment and Netia had none. And the AI didn't fancy Lierse as a favorites team so they sat in despite having enough numbers to make the difference. Frustrating in that a favorite didn't come in a sprint, but awesome in that it was damn close
Very frustrating if that was the case. We have a 80 sprinter with a 79 leadout and a full team of mostly capable domestiques. I thought we had a good shot at the title, so if it was a case of AI failure, we may want to consider running the NC's at least on a PCM that handles them better. Aside from the Australian NC, I saw no good races yet.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 05-05-2017 15:29
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Well Germany is coming this weekend, and i have high hopes of good AI there.
If we want the "best" rider to win NC's we can just award them to the rider with the best stats, or use quick-sim. Although that sort of defeats the point in my eyes.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 05-05-2017 16:45
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Aaah, had big hopes for the Kazakh Road Jersey, but unfortunately we didn't even get in the break. Fominykh with a solid TT win makes up for it though! |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 05-05-2017 19:32
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Nice win for Koren in the TT. Also good to see a rather strong CT level rider claiming the RR title in Slovenia.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 05-05-2017 19:48
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Greeeeeeeeeeega <3 that is my man
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| viking90 |
Posted on 05-05-2017 23:36
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First NC jersey secured, not the man I would have tipped to win.
Maybe have to rethink to get rid of Kvist... |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-05-2017 00:00
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Fuck a bag
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 06-05-2017 00:27
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We managed to pick up both Sammarinese titles but both riders that captured one might end up loaned out next year depending on whether we can get them up a level ourselves or not.
I think that might be only the second win of Scarponi's career, although it doesn't quite match the 30 minute time gap to second place he got with the first one (which wasn't an NC)
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 06-05-2017 05:46
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I'm really disappointed we didn't get anyone in the Danish break.
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Posted on 06-12-2025 12:36
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| ember |
Posted on 06-05-2017 08:01
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Well, at least Guldhammer was able to finish the Danish championship and not end outside the time limit  And very nice to see our Swedish neighbours claim the title and the jersey, congrats, viking90! |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 06-05-2017 09:11
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Ah, two good races from Sterobo, but just not the margins on our side. A pity to lose the TT especially, after having Christensen in the jersey this season.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 06-05-2017 14:07
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Nice to see Germany's best taking the titles! Burghardt should have went for a late solo attempt though 
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 06-05-2017 14:10
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tsmoha wrote:
Nice to see Germany's best taking the titles! Burghardt should have went for a late solo attempt though
He was around the front a few times, but even the Beasthardt (new nickname ) couldn't get away from Pokerstars/Karcher.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 06-05-2017 14:23
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TheManxMissile wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
Nice to see Germany's best taking the titles! Burghardt should have went for a late solo attempt though
He was around the front a few times, but even the Beasthardt (new nickname ) couldn't get away from Pokerstars/Karcher.
Thanks for that info and for the report of course.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 06-05-2017 14:39
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I love to see Degenkolb winning.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 06-05-2017 15:34
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Even if we had our rider in the break it was nice seeing Degenkolb winning it by a sprint.
thanks for the gratulations ember. |
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| fintas |
Posted on 06-05-2017 16:19
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Fiedler renews title as expected, And a good performance of the team in the road competition, but clearly won the best.
3nc jerseys so far not bad
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-05-2017 22:25
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Dang, was actually thinking about maybe letting Beppu go tbh. I tried to make the teams so that they would chase down a break and only have 1 or 2 strong riders in each team, but I guess that didn't work out too well. Nice to see Kuboki take the TT title atleast.
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| Heine |
Posted on 08-05-2017 07:33
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I have to realise that the only NC for me is Austrian ITT, kinda sad
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