AbhishekLFC wrote:

Awesome to see the team get a 10/10 in the biggest race of the year as you fulfilled all you pre-race expectations. Pogacar can only get better from here, so it must be a great feeling!

Gorazd Stangelj:

We will try to be as competitive as possible, but we're not set up the same as the last few years that we have come to this race. Between Gaudu, Bouchard, Buitrago and Svab we have a number of riders that can make an impact, but we'll need to be present in the crucial parts of the race.

Martin Hvastija

Apart from some of our riders losing time on stage 1, everything else went according to plan. We had a good performance in the team time-trial to put us in a good position for the most important stages. Everyone then did their best, helping Tao and riding their own race. In the end Tao finished 5th overall, but we had four more riders in the top 25. This was a fantastic way to make a return to our home race!

Race score: 8/10

Martin Hvastija:

This was a crazy race. Enger did fantastic to win the opening stage, then the massive gap which unexpectedly occured on stage 2 put him in a great GC position. A good performance against the clock followed, while our actual specialists struggled a bit. We couldn't get any more stage results, but all in all this race was way above expectations and went in a direction we hardly expected.

Race score: 10/10

Martin Hvastija:

There isn't too much to think about here. This is the final race of the year for Steven, Damien and Tao. The bikes are ready, now we need the riders legs to be there as well. Both Steven and Damien should aim for a high position.

Martin Hvastija:

It's been quite a while since the last cobbled race and in my opinion this one is actually one of the hardest on the calendar. Ivan will try to hold on to the favourites for as long as possible or maybe get in an opportunistic move. Either way we will try to also get a rider in the early breakaway.

Martin Hvastija:

We don't need to over elaborate here. Enger is our leader and we'll be counting on him to deliver as many top 10 stage results as possible. There is no dedicated lead out rider, but we are plenty strong to look after him until the finish.

Gorazd Stangelj:

Stojnic managed to get into the early breakaway which was a good start to the race. Going into the final part of the race we still had 3 riders in the group of favourites. In the end David Gaudu was the last man for us and he had a solid ride to finish where he did. A good experience for the young riders.

Race score: 6/10

Martin Hvastija:

Nothing spectacular from our guys here. I'd say that Tao probably did pretty well, but Steven and Damien were both a place or two lower than they themselves aimed for. It's still a good way to finish out the season.

Race score: 6/10

Martin Hvastija:

It was a very hard race for us, too hard. Nothing really went our way and our young riders who aren't proficient riding over cobbles struggled a lot and didn't even finish the race. It's a good thing we aren't desperate for ranking points so we can just use this as a learning experience.

Race score: 2/10

Nemolito wrote:

Loved to see Stojnic in the break in San Sebastian, a nice throwback to his season at LPH

AbhishekLFC wrote:

Great to see another 10/10 race in Germany, even though the rest of the month was only moderately successful.

Martin Hvastija:

Nothing for us here. No top 10 stage results from Enger and no one in the breakaways. It just wasn't our race. Best thing to do is just forget it and move on.

Race score: 2/10

Martin Hvastija:

We'll mainly be targeting the sprint stages here with Enger. Perhaps we get into some breakaways on the other stages, but for the most part this is a learning experience to see what this race is all about.

Gorazd Stangelj:

This is a very hard race. Plenty of cobbled sections and lots of climbing throughout. It's going to come down to how our riders legs are feeling on the day, but realistically we don't expect to figure anywhere near the top. This should be another good learning experience for us.

Martin Hvastija:

The sprints went about as well as we hoped for, Enger was always in contention and finished with two good podium results. Apart from that we didn't find any other ways to impact the race. No breakaways and no GC results. We'll need to find a different lineup for this race next season.

Race score: 6/10

Gorazd Stangelj:

We had two riders with good legs today. Poljanec did a good job supporting Siric as long as was needed. We decided to attack before the crucial cobbled hill, anticipating where the race would be decided. It turned out to be a costly move for Siric as he ran out of gas on that climb, limiting his losses to finish where he did.

Race score: 7/10