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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 09-03-2015 21:06
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Solid in the rankings, can't complain. Same for the Dev team.
Loved the Giro preview, excellent read and way to get to know the race and teams a bit better. Hope you find time to do similar for the TDF and VUE.
Also love that you help, The Rider, really does help keep the pace high and it is appreciated.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 09-03-2015 22:01
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Good job The Rider with the Giro preview and giving us no rest from the incredible pace!
Eurosport-Pepsi boys doing their thing in the Romandie TTT but not too good on the hills unlike arch rival Cataldo. Good clustering in the GC with 7,8,9,10,11. Hope Coppel can hang on as we enter the mountains.
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| The Rider |
Posted on 10-03-2015 13:54
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Loved the Giro preview, excellent read and way to get to know the race and teams a bit better. Hope you find time to do similar for the TDF and VUE.
Also love that you help, The Rider, really does help keep the pace high and it is appreciated.
Thanks a lot.  Great to see such a response. Will likely get around to doing one each for the remaining GCs, eventually!
Of course, if anyone else gets a notion to help out, then by all means send Bikex a PM.
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Rest of Romandie is up now as is the Lincoln GP.
knockout - You are right! The first part of the Giro will be up tonight at around 21:00. |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 10-03-2015 14:01
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Amazing result for Bertilsson in Lincoln 
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| knockout |
Posted on 10-03-2015 16:08
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Lincoln another big AI screw up as it looks.
CarbonSports with a good result but it could have been a great one if there was not the break. I love pelotons sitting up :/
Can't wait for he Giro now
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 10-03-2015 16:16
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11th place in Lincoln. Not this again...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 10-03-2015 16:24
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brewers90 wrote:
11th place in Lincoln. Not this again...
How the f*ck do you manage to it so goddamn consistently!
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 10-03-2015 17:08
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Good result for Degenkolb in Lincoln, considering only Sagan beat him from the favourites.
Nice to see Herklotz finish inside the top 20 in Romandie.  |
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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 10-03-2015 18:25
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Nice work by Kwiat coming in 3rd in Campania, especially as he's just behind Wiggins and Martin..
but finishing 18th in AGR and 22nd in LBL is just nothing  
Seems like Kwiat has chosen to perform in stage races this season and stop doing anything in the important classics.. hugely disappointed.
3rd in Colombia Team GP is ok, but being more than a minute in arrears shows that we kinda lack a strong 2nd tier. There's just leaders and mediocre domestiques on the team by the looks of things..
And there we drop down in the rankings more and more. Still Kwiat is the only one really bringing points home. At least he's still leading the Individuals. But we really have to score again if we want to battle for the first places.
On the other hand, Froome is still on 0 race days, so I'm good 
Kudus constantly finishing in the Top10 in the harder U23 races makes me hope for more from this guy by the way.
@TheRider: Really nice preview, adds lots of fun to this game (though I'm always loving it for the pace)
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| Shonak |
Posted on 10-03-2015 18:45
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VDP 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| The Rider |
Posted on 10-03-2015 20:38
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I can't be too shocked about the Lincoln result, has that race ever NOT gone to the early breakaway?!
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Giro first stage is up, a bit of a surprise there. It turns out, unfortunately, that Bikex only sent me three stages to upload (instead of the agreed upon 10), so we will have a bit of downtime until he comes back at the weekend.
Nothing much doing for Prorace on stage 1, Porte losing no time is something I guess. |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 10-03-2015 20:44
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Oh dear.
Here we go with the first installment of "21 Days of Fail", the new documentary on Team Bunzl - Centrica's Grand Tour adventures.
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| matt17br |
Posted on 10-03-2015 20:55
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And the Giro starts ib the best way for us: can it be the definitive breakthrough of Colbrelli? Oh, sorry brewers, but your teams are a bit like Rojas, perhaps even worse 
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| knockout |
Posted on 10-03-2015 21:06
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And the same story happens again: As soon as a GT starts Kittel does not win every sprint anymore. I call this story ended now so from now on he will win again...
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| Bikex |
Posted on 10-03-2015 21:36
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Thanks The Rider for taking over while I'm gone. Really appreciate that.
Allthough I never planned to upload more than 3 Giro stages.
Edit: oh now I got where you got that from. I meant that you've got 10 stages in total to post (6xRomandie, 1xLincoln, 3xGiro). But the pm isn't very clear as I was in a hurry. Sorry for the misunderstanding. 
And also like The Rider said I could always need some more people to take over some races. Only thing needed is PCM13. So send me a PM if interested.
Edited by Bikex on 10-03-2015 21:39
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| Cyclotron |
Posted on 10-03-2015 21:38
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Quiet first stage as expected for Ecopetrol. Next stage will be interesting, Nibali could gain some time on his opponents with his hill and downhill skills.
Enjoyed reading your preview. Thank you for doing this!
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 10-03-2015 21:47
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Good to see Arndt sprinting to a solid 56th place.... |
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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 10-03-2015 22:43
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@TheRider: I have to correct you with your preview by the way. Of course Froome won the Vuelta last year.
And why aren't we predicted first points-wise?
Just kidding. Still its nice to be top-favourite in the Giro and hopefully this will lead us straight back to the top in the overall ranking.
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 10-03-2015 23:26
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Fast start from Swiss Life has come to a holt, lack of quality at WT level is showing. |
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 11-03-2015 14:31
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Good to see us starting the Giro with a top 10 in the sprint and Ulissi finishes safely. That was great result for Viviani though to topple Kittel . |
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