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ICL19 - Race Discussion
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| Shonak |
Posted on 28-07-2020 21:28
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dominox wrote:
If we won't score heavily in the next months... it will we our last season in WT, c'mon guys, do something!
Thanks for the amazing tempo!
Its really a shame since I think many of your riders could be such great stage hunters and keep the points ticking even in raves w/o a chance for the win. Would love to see the boys jn orange more active also in WT.
Rankings look ok for Liberty at the moment. We are missing a big showing but so far Herrada hasn't races and VDP can still make up for the crashes in Toowoomba and Pais Vasco. Cobbled classic squad was very weak this year, might have to invest some cash into RRM to make him a contender. Phinney and Thomas with cbs 78 are cashing in nicely so that could be the target for us.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 28-07-2020 22:59
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Very pleased with Henao 7th in LBL. Good race for our sponsors. Rankings are still a mixed bag but there is room for progress.
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 29-07-2020 02:01
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Im very very pleased right now 
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| jaxika |
Posted on 29-07-2020 06:31
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Impressive win at LBL, but not so impressive in the another ardennes classics
Thanks for the quick reports, videos . |
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| Ripley |
Posted on 29-07-2020 07:14
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I agree with Bikex, those races should be more selective. Mountains season is coming up and that should mean better results for CCC. croatia can complain as much as he likes, his team will win by a margin that is usually reserved for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. (Unless Quintana crashes out of every race, can that be arranged, Shonak? )
Nearly a third of the WT season is behind us and the table already looks pretty close to the predictions. But obviously a lot can still happen. The CT is even more open, for example, Herklotz hasn't raced at all yet and will surely gived Bosch a boost. But the Balkan Project looks very good right now.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 29-07-2020 08:05
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Not a Great Set of races at Liege in both u23 and Elites, with the first showing of Quintana. That van Keirsbulck guy also more and more looks like Sagan...
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 29-07-2020 10:29
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Great month for us but and we're currently where I expect us to be at the end of the season. However, the next months aren't as favourable and I can see some teams easily outscoring us.
Yates has been fantastic, capping it off with a podium in LBL. We were horrible in the Ardennes last season, so this is a huge improvement. Degenkolb getting better is a good sign while we've done really well in the CT among WT teams.
We're doing well in the World Cup, which is not something I generally keep a tab of. Nice to have Yates on top of the Hills ranking in the World Cup.
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| Vali |
Posted on 30-07-2020 21:52
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Great result from Puccio at the Lincoln GP, seems like the hills were a major factor, but most cobble riders are not much worse than him in this regard so it's still pretty surprising.
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| Ripley |
Posted on 30-07-2020 22:05
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Same as last year, Sagan ahead of Kwiatek. I wonder if my team picked Hardy as captain, nice result from him, Thomas not far behind, all our riders scored points in our home WT race, certainly can't complain about that.
What a stage 3 in the Romandie, Herklotz and others already out of contention, jandal will be very happy.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 30-07-2020 23:47
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nice to see again a couple of wins; an unexpected win from breakaway in Dunkirk and in particular Aleko Vitosa with Declercq (fun to know he hasn't pro wins irl  )
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 31-07-2020 01:01
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A 40km solo win? By our second climber? Absolutely brilliant from our guys, Chaves wins big with an epic ride while Ospina also distances some other favourites (minus De Gendt) saving some energy, I love it 
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 31-07-2020 01:02
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Kwiat just keeps bringing it!!!!!!! Also a nice win by Boothroyd in the Rund U23, what a talent I've got groing in there
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 31-07-2020 05:57
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Great team effort in my favourite race on the calendar, Aleko Vitosa. Lavery has been excellent this season.
Nice to see Degenkolb coming into good form since my taunts A podium is a great result in Lincoln.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 31-07-2020 10:06
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Very Good stuff by Bazhkou and Alaphilippe. Not so good by van Avermaet.
Chaves is a beast!
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| Shonak |
Posted on 03-08-2020 21:41
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Whole bunch of races, posted.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 03-08-2020 21:55
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Thanks for that!
No clue what happened in Aosta. We were never close to winning a stage and somehow we take the GC with our Syrian friend whose name I still can't spell after several seasons on the team.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 03-08-2020 21:55
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Paiani, gets the mountains jersey on the first stage, then abandons 
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 03-08-2020 23:49
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Can't be unhappy with 2nd and 5th on the GC in California after 3 stages, but doubt we can hold it. Mullen not good enough in the mountains.
Frustrating that he only finished 5th on the stage 2 TT. Every rider ahead of him is a demonstrably weaker guy. Only Zoidl is close and he beat Mullen by 37 seconds which is a lot in a 21k TT. The second TT has a climb so not nearly as well suited.
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| Ripley |
Posted on 04-08-2020 08:00
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Romandie: I spoke too soon, what a comeback victory!
Aosta: Another solid zero point race from my dev team. We need to scout well!
Giro: Schorn 3rd on stage 2 was a nice surprise, Fuglsang lost a little too much time on stage 3. We reckon he should make the final top 20.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-08-2020 08:16
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Aosta was a wild ride Happy with the result.
Not a great start to the giro. Palini doing almost nothing and Dombrowski not strong enough.
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