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| ember |
Posted on 19-06-2013 08:39
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Another good breakaway try from Haas, he's actually our only rider who has been present in these winning moves. Fifth is good from him, especially considering the riders he were up against. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 19-06-2013 09:07
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I have to now join all those frustrated managers with endless breakaways. I cannot see why Simply Red Bull and Pokerstars at least wouldn't have chased that.
Van Stayen looks full of energy at least, is it too much to ask for at least an attempt to chase the break down on the last stage?
Milka at least have had some success in the race to compensate for stupid time lost there.
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-06-2013 09:48
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PCM12s rightful place - The bin!
Ă“scar Guerao winning the sprint in the pack. Every GC contender losing time, 9 man breakaway takes the stage uncontested. What a poor poor stage. The AI is a huge let down in this race imo.
I can basically hope for a sublime Tour de France now since I have put my shittiest riders in the race - That should mean 4-5 stagewins.
Edited by SotD on 19-06-2013 09:50
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 19-06-2013 10:43
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The bin? Nonsense! Go breakaway wins! Second stage win which I am very happy with. Easily outclasses my Giro. Hopefully the Tour will be even better, though I have my concerns about that line up! |
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 19-06-2013 12:08
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Another good performance from Sagan! His sprint looked very powerful, too bad he went a little too early.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-06-2013 12:36
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Quite happy with the last stages, even though we weren't in the winning break on stage 20.
Schwab really overperformed for a moment, sadly everything came back together.
Now a crash-free last stage please, and then a drumroll for the new rankings!
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-06-2013 12:39
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Nah, let's postpone the rankings... I was hoping to shoot up fairly close to top 5, I suspect I'm barely into top 10.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 19-06-2013 13:02
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I hope to have the final stage up within the next 4 hours. So stay tuned 
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-06-2013 13:07
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I'm staying to see Contador crash and ending up in 10th place while Guerao win the sprint for 11th. 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 19-06-2013 13:08
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Oliveira surprising yet again. I feel he should have been rewarded with a stage win already, but TV time is good anyway.
But this was an awkward stage alright.
CountArach wrote:
I hope to have the final stage up within the next 4 hours. So stay tuned
Nice to hear that. Crossing my fingers for a safe finish in bunch of Plaza.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 19-06-2013 15:37
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Well, the site is trolling us badly. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 19-06-2013 15:40
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Yeah I am having trouble posting this, will try again in a bit.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 19-06-2013 15:41
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CountArach, dont think youll be sucessfull. Theres something going on that doesnt alow that we post secondary caractcheres, so yeah. CT needs to fix this. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 19-06-2013 16:37
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And we are good to go again!
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| ember |
Posted on 19-06-2013 17:04
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Big thank you for all the reports, CountArach!
That was a decent end of a decent race for us. Though, with Impey's stage win I can't be anything else than happy, eventhough I must admit I had hoped for a little bit more aggressive racing from our riders. Though, Impey's solid sprinting through the whole race kind of makes up for that
Congratulations to mb! That could very well be the first of many Grand Tour victories for Tenorio. |
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 19-06-2013 17:15
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I'll definitely count this race as a successful one. Two stage wins and 16th in the GC from Duarte is very good! I wish things had worked out more smoothly in the sprints, though. I must confess that I had hoped for better results from Van Avermaet this season.
Anyway, thanks for the great reports, CountArach and congratulations to Santander!
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| Smowz |
Posted on 19-06-2013 17:17
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Similar to ember, I have to be happy to have got a sprint stage win from Van Stayen and a couple of podiums. I can be slightly happier however as my team took the team lanterns rouge comfortably.
For many managers certainly a frustrating Vuelta, a lot of race days spent on some so so points scoring performances. A lot of guys who came top ten on GC have fairly threadbare stage results for example.
It's been an wonderful couple of months though of reporting, these grand tours have been extra special for me as a world tour manager. This was shaping up to be a bit of a classic like the Giro, but it ended all a bit tamely. But that is no distraction from excellent reporting , thank you CoutArach!
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-06-2013 17:23
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Fucking hell Guerao!
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 19-06-2013 18:00
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 19-06-2013 18:26
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Thanks for the reports Count, they were great. 10th fulfils a goal so gotta be pleased with that and the stage win and surprise podium at the end from McEvoy were nice. |
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