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| jph27 |
Posted on 18-02-2012 18:35
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I'd like to say we do that, but there's only one TTT in our calendar.  |
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 18-02-2012 21:16
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alexkr00 wrote:
Can't ask for any of my riders to beat either Coppel or Rogers, even though the Frenchman wasn't that far away. So taking the places for 3rd to 6th is good enough for me.
Also nice to see Van Winden leading the young riders classification here, after doing the same thing in the Giro.
Here's hoping all of you riders crash out before the TTT so I have at least a chance of winning.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 18-02-2012 22:21
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Incredible report smowz!
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 18-02-2012 23:14
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Uh oh, not a single guy in the top 30, and 8/9 of my guys were behind 58th place. I think we are screwed for the TTT.
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-02-2012 00:32
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Decent result from Contador and Tim Dees. Quite bad from Bernaudeau though. With 78 TT I actually thought he might be able to snatch a top 10 here.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 11:30
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Awesome ride from Rogers there. My heart sank when I saw how early he was going off. Amazing to take the stage and leaders jersey. Just hope we can hold it now for a few days. Will be huge in the survival fight if we can.
How fast is Kittel in the game? Only sprinter I can see that might be a threat to steal it with time bonuses.
Pity Abal couldn't go a bit faster as well, still got to be satisfied with the win from Rogers. |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 11:32
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Kittel has 60 in SP. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 11:34
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60? That's good. Cheers.  |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 19-02-2012 11:47
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fenian_1234 wrote:
60? That's good. Cheers.
Yeah he is a time trialist.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 19-02-2012 17:03
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Well that's no good. At least its only 2 minutes, could have been worse.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 17:05
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Crazy first stage there.
Too bad Wan Winden lost the white jersey after only one day. Plaza is looking quite comfortable with the 17th place there and hopefully Vaugrenard isn't injured after the crash.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 17:16
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I guess that's a good day for me, but I dislike all crashes.
I am also hoping to kick out a few JW TTers before the TTT, so Van Winden making the cut is a bit disappointing, Ford gone is nice though.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 19-02-2012 17:45
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 17:45
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That was an incredibly lame way to try and keep hold of the leaders jersey. Was half expecting it though so the blow is somewhat diluted.... |
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| p3druh |
Posted on 19-02-2012 17:51
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This is why Berthou will always be retained. Every freaking time he gets in a break, it makes it all the way and he shows an awesome power for a rider who's better stat is a 71.
This is also very good for the team classification. 5 guys caught on that fall but Machado was in the peloton with Panayotov and Walker so Pearl Adidas are now 2nd in the team classification. If they can hold on to it, a better result in the TTT may become likelier.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 17:59
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mb2612 wrote:
I guess that's a good day for me, but I dislike all crashes.
I am also hoping to kick out a few JW TTers before the TTT, so Van Winden making the cut is a bit disappointing, Ford gone is nice though.
We are glad to see that our rivals fear us some much that they want us down before the real fight
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| Roman |
Posted on 19-02-2012 18:09
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Well, Rogers had an amazing day, so at least Coppel got that 2nd place..
And well.. Interesting 2nd stage. And especially, for us. I am really happy for Bouet and De Gendt, great results for them.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 18:21
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That takes the piss. Again. This time I want GC results. So it does matter. And it's very annoying.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 19-02-2012 18:36
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alexkr00 wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
I guess that's a good day for me, but I dislike all crashes.
I am also hoping to kick out a few JW TTers before the TTT, so Van Winden making the cut is a bit disappointing, Ford gone is nice though.
We are glad to see that our rivals fear us some much that they want us down before the real fight
Stage 5 I plan to be on the front for 100km pounding away, leaving all the pure TTers miles behind and outside the time limit.
Then I'll do it again the next day up a 50km mountain.
Plaza will have to do the TTT alone.
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-02-2012 18:59
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Another great GT start.
Serpa losing time, Dees losing time, Navardauskas out.
Oh well, we knew this would happen...
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