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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-11-2013 22:52
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The quick sim wasn't kind on you. You play a lot better than you sim 
A not-so-close second there, but still a great effort  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-11-2013 12:26
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You still have Tomáš and Václav looking good on the GC |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 03-11-2013 18:48
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Come on, I hope you can take a win in the following stages! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 10-11-2013 00:18
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@ all -
Thanks so much.
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 Baltic Chain Tour Stage 5 (2.2)
August 22nd, 2013
Todays stage is mostly flat, and should come down to a fight for the sprinters. It will be a tough day for Hunal and Krotky, who have both lost their sprinting legs for the rest of the year, by the looks of it.
With the early KOM sprint, Okrouhlicky made a go for them, but was beaten to the line by Rubnik of Radenska so obviously not as great as we could have hoped for, but still in the lead by quite a margin.
Now we head to the action in the sprint, where the Alpha Baltic team is making a good looking train and could be in with a shot of winning in really one of their biggest races of the year for them. Unfortunately, there is a rider in yellow sitting just behind their train.....
And Mohoric uses the slipstream perfectly to take another victory. He is clearly the dominant rider in this field, and everyone will be looking to beat him from now on.
| 1 | Matej Mohoric | Sava | 3h25'58 | | 2 | Erki Pütsep | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | s.t. | | 3 | Louis Verhelst | Etixx - IHNed CT | s.t. | | 4 | Indulis Bekmanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | s.t. | | 5 | Luka Pibernik | Radenska | s.t. | | 6 | Michal Kolar | Dukla Trenčín - Trek | s.t. | | 7 | Alois Kankovský | ASC Dukla Praha | s.t. | | 8 | Rostislav Krotký | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 9 | Armands Becis | Rietumu - Delfin | s.t. | | 10 | Daniel Hoelgaard | Etixx - IHNed CT | s.t. |
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Baltic Chain Tour Stage 6 (2.2)
August 24rd, 2013
It is now time for probably the most important stage of the tour! With all of the hills at the end, it could be a really showdown between all of the top riders!
The action begins with a 2 man breakaway. The rider for Etixx, Hnik would eventually separate himself from his companion and go on with his attack all alone! Would this be the right move though?
On the very first passing of the hills towards the end of the stage, a bunch of the favourites make moves, including Mohoric however they didn't get far and fell back to the peloton to save energy for any possible moves at a latter moment. This would prove costly though!
With a bit of a lull in the peloton happening, Okrouhlicky makes a massive attack and is now the 2nd man on the road behind Hnik. He used the hills perfectly in that attack!
He is joined by a few other leaders, including Verhelst, but Mohoric is in a chasing group nearly 1 minute down on Okrouhlicky. If the race were to end at this point, Mohoric would concede 1st overall to Verhelst who is only 24 seconds down!
Up front Hnik wins the race. It was always likely to happen with the real racing happening behind and Hnik posing no real threat to the leaders gc battle.
Behind them the Okrouhlicky group started the sprint to the line.
Furst takes 2nd place, while Verhelst and Skujins both beat Okrouhlicky to the line as well, but the most important thing is the gap to Mohoric, who is not with them, and still likely over a minute down! Verhelst moves to 1st and Okrouhlicky into 2nd, with maybe a bit of an advantage to him with the TT coming up. If things go well for him, he might be able to snag the GC from Verhelst! What a finish that would make!
| 1 | Karel Hník | Etixx - IHNed CT | 4h27'47 | | 2 | Roman Fürst | ASC Dukla Praha | + 56 | | 3 | Louis Verhelst | Etixx - IHNed CT | s.t. | | 4 | Toms Skujinš | Rietumu - Delfin | s.t. | | 5 | Tomáš Okrouhlický | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 6 | Matiss Preimanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | + 1'32 | | 7 | Matej Jurco | Dukla Trenčín - Trek | s.t. | | 8 | Indulis Bekmanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | + 1'54 | | 9 | Martin Hacecký | ASC Dukla Praha | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Louis Verhelst | Etixx - IHNed CT | 23h57'08 | | 2 | Tomáš Okrouhlický | AC Sparta Praha | + 25 | | 3 | Toms Skujinš | Rietumu - Delfin | + 35 | | 4 | Matej Jurco | Dukla Trenčín - Trek | + 1'01 | | 5 | Matej Mohoric | Sava | + 1'08 | | 6 | Matiss Preimanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | + 1'11 | | 7 | Indulis Bekmanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | + 1'33 | | 8 | Martin Hacecký | ASC Dukla Praha | s.t. | | 9 | Dieter Bouvry | Etixx - IHNed CT | + 1'53 | | 10 | Martin Hunal | AC Sparta Praha | + 2'01 |
KOM
| 1 | Tomáš Okrouhlický | AC Sparta Praha | 0 | 16 | | 2 | Karel Hník | Etixx - IHNed CT | 6 | 10 | | 3 | Matiss Preimanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | 0 | 6 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-11-2013 10:59
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Nice ride from Okrouhlický and now he looks in a strong position on the GC |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 10-11-2013 11:00
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Okrouhlicky  Time to win now.  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 10-11-2013 17:41
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@ sutty - Yeah, he really pulled that whole group with him too. It was a great ride despite being outsprinted.
@ Miguel - Thanks, thats the hope. No win most likely, but just consistent riding.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 10-11-2013 17:45
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Great riding from Tomas, hopefully the team can hang onto this good result. Also good to see a different Czech rider winning a stage |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 10-11-2013 23:12
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
Great riding from Tomas, hopefully the team can hang onto this good result. Also good to see a different Czech rider winning a stage
Thanks. Yeah its nice to see Hnik riding welL! The final 2 stages will be up shortly.
*Note: I've decided to withdraw from the Latvian Cycle Race, as I feel the team has way over-raced this year (partly due to my schedules) and I also just want to get to the new season at this point. So only the Tour Bohemia left after this!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 10-11-2013 23:59
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Baltic Chain Tour Stage 7 (2.2)
August 24th, 2013
Its now time for the final road stage, and it seems like the overall favourites are going to settle everything in the 9km TT tomorrow. Its going to be difficult to get any major changes there tomorrow though, so there could be some surprise moves today! Either way, I think a sprint is the most likely outcome of todays stage!
With 30km to go, Pavek followed a move and the two riders went on together until the 8km mark where they were both swept up by the charging peloton, led by Sava!
The sprinters are now being set up by their team mates and Dukla Praha are making a real push on the left side of the road, with Kopecky, Hunal and Krotky forming a nice looking train just beside them! Mohoric is also placed just behind them, and other strong sprinters scattered just around them!
With the sprint starting, Krotky looks like he's in a good spot to win, but he's starting to fade.
Dukla Praha prove they had the strongest team here today and Kankovsky is the winner on todays stage, just ahead of Mohoric and Jurco! Our sprinters grab 4th and 5th which isn't too bad really!
| 1 | Alois Kankovský | ASC Dukla Praha | 3h50'02 | | 2 | Matej Jurco | Dukla Trenčín - Trek | s.t. | | 3 | Matej Mohoric | Sava | s.t. | | 4 | Rostislav Krotký | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 5 | Martin Hunal | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 6 | Louis Verhelst | Etixx - IHNed CT | s.t. | | 7 | Luka Pibernik | Radenska | s.t. | | 8 | Roman Fürst | ASC Dukla Praha | s.t. | | 9 | Jirí Nesveda | AC Sparta Praha | s.t. | | 10 | Daniel Hoelgaard | Etixx - IHNed CT | s.t. |
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Baltic Chain Tour Stage 8 (2.2)
August 25th, 2013
Time for the final day of racing and its a 9.4km TT! It would be more decisive if it was longer than it is, but it could still be possible to beat Verhelst by 25 seconds if Okrouhlicky is really good!
The race for first is on, as Tomas sets off! He is going at a great pace, but it doesn't look like its going to be enough from our observations!
Verhelst heads off and is also going quite well! This isn't good news for us, and it is reported that the two riders are essentially riding at the exact same pace today!
Verheslt crosses the line and gains 2 seconds on Tomas which means he has extended his lead by a very slim margin! Thankfully the 2nd place is held, and we can be proud of the team who rode a solid race here, and will give the team some valuable points in the rankings!
| 1 | Matej Jurco | Dukla Trenčín - Trek | 12'20 | | 2 | Patrik Tybor | Dukla Trenčín - Trek | + 6 | | 3 | Patrick Konrad | Etixx - IHNed CT | + 10 | | 4 | Milan Kadlec | ASC Dukla Praha | s.t. | | 5 | Indulis Bekmanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | + 11 |
GC
| 1 | Louis Verhelst | Etixx - IHNed CT | 27h59'52 | | 2 | Tomáš Okrouhlický | AC Sparta Praha | + 27 | | 3 | Matej Jurco | Dukla Trenčín - Trek | + 33 | | 4 | Toms Skujinš | Rietumu - Delfin | + 45 | | 5 | Matej Mohoric | Sava | + 56 | | 6 | Matiss Preimanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | + 1'21 | | 7 | Indulis Bekmanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | + 1'22 | | 8 | Martin Hacecký | ASC Dukla Praha | + 1'40 | | 9 | Dieter Bouvry | Etixx - IHNed CT | + 1'43 | | 10 | Sandis Eislers | Rietumu - Delfin | + 1'59 |
Points
| 1 | Louis Verhelst | Etixx - IHNed CT | 3 | 129 | | 2 | Matej Mohoric | Sava | 8 | 111 | | 3 | Matej Jurco | Dukla Trenčín - Trek | 25 | 110 | | 4 | Alois Kankovský | ASC Dukla Praha | 4 | 75 | | 5 | Armands Becis | Rietumu - Delfin | 0 | 66 |
KOM
| 1 | Tomáš Okrouhlický | AC Sparta Praha | 0 | 22 | | 2 | Karel Hník | Etixx - IHNed CT | 0 | 10 | | 3 | Matiss Preimanis | Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com | 0 | 6 | | 4 | Sandis Eislers | Rietumu - Delfin | 0 | 6 | | 5 | Jure Rupnik | Radenska | 0 | 6 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-11-2013 00:32
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Overall a Great performance from Tomáš at the Baltic Chain grabbing second on the GC and winning the Mountains Classification |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 11-11-2013 01:57
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Great performance from Okrouhlický.
(Good thing I can copy and paste and don't have to pronounce that).
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-11-2013 18:07
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@ Sutty - Thanks! Tomas did really well, and was our best rider for sure! Its nice to do well in the GC like that, tho I suppose the small startlist helped!
@ Mre - Thanks. Its actually not that hard for me  ok-rouh-licky. That helps me with spelling it actually.
@ all - final race of the season coming up now!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-11-2013 19:28
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 Tour Bohemia (1.2)
September 21st, 2013
Its finally time for the last race of the year! The course looks to be suited to the hilly riders, as it is unlikely that any of the pure sprinters will be able to make it over the climbs in the front group! Verhelst who was one of the main antagonist in our last race is challenging us once again here as the odds on favourite!
The action begins with a 4 man breakaway, including Vaclac Viktorin. However thanks to the pace of the Sparta Praha rider on the climbs, two of the riders were dropped but would eventually get back on near the end of the race! The peloton pushed hard to bring them back, and with 40km to go, Lovassy made an attack from the peloton and bridged the gap of 1 minute to join the breakaway riders!
This was all short lived though, as the peloton brought them all back with about 17km to go! A couple other attacks were made, but none could stick!
That was until the 2km mark, where Oleksandr Sheydik of ISD Continental made an attack! He made a surprise move around one of the corners and the peloton were late to react!
He would catch a group of stragglers and cross the line in a group of about 20 riders, making the finish photo look strange!
Luckily, Kopecky made a good move to try and catch the eventual winner and would hold on to take 2nd place! He was close to catching Sheydik but 2nd will have to do, and in all honesty it is still a good result!
| 1 | Oleksandr Sheydik | ISD Continental Team | 4h50'24 | | 2 | Pavel Kopecký | AC Sparta Praha | + 34 | | 3 | Louis Verhelst | Etixx - IHNed CT | + 57 | | 4 | Marcin Sapa | BDC - Marcpol Team | s.t. | | 5 | Krisztian Lovassy | Utensilnord - Ora24.eu | s.t. | | 6 | Andrej Rajsp | Radenska | s.t. | | 7 | Denis Kostyuk | Kolss Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | José Isidro Maciel Gonçalves | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 9 | Maros Kovác | Dukla Trenčín - Trek | s.t. | | 10 | Zsolt Der | Utensilnord - Ora24.eu | s.t. |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 11-11-2013 19:33
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Great season for guys. Can we please see where they finished in rankings?
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-11-2013 21:04
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admirschleck wrote:
Great season for guys. Can we please see where they finished in rankings?
Thanks!
Yeah, dont worry the rankings will come shortly! First the World Championships.
2013 World Championships
Time Trial
| 1 | Tony Martin | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | 52'21 | | 2 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 39 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | + 1'10 | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'34 | | 5 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1'45 | | 6 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2'00 | | 7 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin-Sharp | + 2'03 | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack - Leopard | + 2'20 | | 9 | Richie Porte | Sky ProCycling | + 2'32 | | 10 | Ilnur Zakarin | RusVelo | + 2'48 | | 11 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2'59 | | 12 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | + 3'00 | | 13 | Bert Grabsch | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | + 3'15 | | 14 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3'23 | | 15 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 3'33 | | 16 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 3'34 | | 17 | Michal Kwiatkowski | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | + 3'50 | | 18 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'57 | | 19 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 4'05 | | 20 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Merida | + 4'18 | | 21 | Valery Kaykov | RusVelo | + 4'26 | | 22 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 23 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 4'36 | | 24 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin-Sharp | + 4'44 | | 25 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin-Sharp | + 4'46 |
World Championships
Road Race
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 6h36'37 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 32 | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'01 | | 5 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 1'23 | | 6 | Michal Kwiatkowski | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 9 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 1'51 | | 10 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | s.t. | | 11 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | + 2'22 | | 12 | Simon Gerrans | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 13 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin-Sharp | s.t. | | 14 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 3'00 | | 15 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 16 | Carlos Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3'33 | | 17 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 18 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 19 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 3'53 | | 21 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 22 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 23 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos-Shimano | + 4'22 | | 24 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 25 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
It was a great end of the season for Tony Martin and Vincenzo Nibali who won their respective World Championship races! Italy really dominated the road race, and the most disappointed nation will no doubt be Spain who really would have liked Valverde to have been at the race, as Im sure he would have provided a lot more activity for them. Purito didn't do well enough, and some will feel both Valverde's and Purito's chances of winning the WC during their careers are slipping away. Nibali gets a well deserved win, and Martin extends his dominances of the TT's proving yet again that he is the best in that discipline.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-11-2013 21:12
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Italy always dominates the WC. They did a 1-2-3 in my 1st season in carreer. Still, some good 2nd places there. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-11-2013 22:30
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Season Review August to October
| Date | Race | Winner | | 12.08 - 18.08 | Eneco Tour | Gilbert | | 25.08 | Vattenfall Cyclassics | Boonen | | 24.08 - 19.09 | Vuelta a Espana | 1. Nibali | | | 2. Rodriguez | | | 3. Costa | | .06.10 | Il Lombardia | Hesjedal | | 11.10 - 15.10 | Tour of Beijing | Hermans |
The final segment of the tear was a great one for Vincenzo Nibali who won the Vuelta and then took that form and went on to win the World Championships too! This will be remembered as one of his best seasons yet and he will be hoping he can continue his success into next year!
UCI World Tour Individual
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Purito ends the season on top of the rankings and he can be very happy with that! He had a very consistent season and fully deserves the top spot. The biggest surprise is probably Kwiatkowski in 3rd place, as he really had a strong season although isn't really viewed as being on the same level as some of the other names below him, or atleast just yet.
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Konig fell in the rankings a bit, and Santambrogio really moved up, to take the top spot in the Conti rankings. Hunal is the teams top placed rider in 62nd and which is great, although he did slip down the ladder a bit in the final part of the season.
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Not a real shock to see the two top teams are NetApp and Sojasun, but we placed in a pretty strong 30th position, which is very high for a team of our calibre. We want to improve on that next season, but it will be hard to get a lot higher I feel.
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CQ Teams
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In the CQ Rankings, our team finished 70th, which isn't probably as great as we could have hoped following our good season, but its something to improve on for next year.
Victories
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AS you can probably see by the graphics here, it has already calculated the teams to promote and relegate, although this is only temporary as it hasn't calculated team changes and sponsor changes yet, so we could still see different teams in the Pro Tour!
For now though, the newest teams to the World Tour are, Vini Fantini, Europcar
While AG2R and Argos have relegated.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-11-2013 23:11
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Pavel Kopecký ended his season well with his second placed finish at the Tour Bohemia
Hopefully there will be more to come next season |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 12-11-2013 00:53
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Always a great feeling to finish a season, congrats. 
Can't wait to see what next season holds in store.
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