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| Levi4life |
Posted on 06-03-2012 20:19
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One of our goals for the season is 10 stage wins. 80 days into our season and we have 3 We probably have 30+ 2nd-5ths. I want Sinner to snag one this race. If he doesn't, I will probably threaten to sell him and then proceed to not sell him in the next transfer window like I did with Haedo
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| ltt |
Posted on 06-03-2012 21:41
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And Cyalogic strikes again!!
It's a mountain stage for crying out loud, why are you working for a sprinter!!!!!  |
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 06-03-2012 21:47
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That's what you get for stealing stage one from me
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| Christer |
Posted on 06-03-2012 22:23
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I like how my team is looking good for the team rankings, and making the race slightly more entertaining in the process!
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| brownwm |
Posted on 06-03-2012 22:38
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Pleased that Laverde is now in 15th in the overall. Hopefully he will be able to stay around there due to some climbers missing out on splits. Amazed that Vasquez was allowed so much time, its going to be interesting from here.
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| ember |
Posted on 06-03-2012 22:40
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Oh boy, what a ride!
I'm curious to see how we will defend the jersey though, I expect we'll loose it to a breakaway on one of the coming stages, but I really don't care. This race is already a huge success  |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 06-03-2012 22:48
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Well, this was pretty cool, with Laverde up in 15th place and Serrano fighting and getting us some nice visibility in the race.
The fight for the overall will be interesting as well now, with a bunch of favourites very close in the GC. Great race so far.
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| jack888 |
Posted on 07-03-2012 03:36
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I wish we were having a bigger impact with the team we've got here. Better than nothing having Navarro up there though. Just hoping someone eventually goes for a stage win. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 07-03-2012 06:52
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Shapia lost his jersey as expected, i hope he will fight for it again.
Good stage for Laverde, top 20 would be nice sucess, also Serrano was doing great
Congrats to Vasquez, this is crazy race.
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 07-03-2012 12:06
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I am pleased with the D2 team results on stage #3. Serrano used the day to attack in the breakaway the same as Shapira did on stage #2. It has been no suprise that this had to be the D2 team's race strategy. All four of our climbers finished in the top 33 (Laverde-Jiminez 22nd, Serrano 27th, Esmaeli 29th, and Nozal 33rd).
In the GC standings Laverde-Jiminez is solidly in 15th place, Serrano 26th, Esmaeli 35th and Nozal 36th. Shapira after a great ride on stage #2 slipped to 38th, Hutchings is 49th and Bonnaford is 62nd.
Serrano's day in the breakaway resulted in 16 points on the intermediate sprints and 6 KOM points which leaves him in 9th place in both catagories. Shapira did not score any points in stage #3 but still has 12 and is in 19th place.
The team rankings saw D2 climb up 2 positions from 10th to 8th. A good sign that the D2 climbers may be able to pull the team up even more in the coming stages.
Well done lads. - Attack-Attack-Attack
Stage #4 is a short 95km with a decent climb early running out to a flat finish. If Serrano still feels strong this could be his day in the break. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 07-03-2012 12:56
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Good to se Lövkvist, Eltink and Bjelkmark all in group one in this stage! Please Lövkvist don´t loose any idiotseconds on flat stages! |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 07-03-2012 21:57
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Glad to see Serrano doing a good job again, a 7th place is pretty cool for us. Also good to see the team putting someone in the breakaway again (if only my team was this good at this I'm sure we'd already have a win or two in the D2 :\ ).
And Davis looks really unbeatable, congrats to ltt.
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| brownwm |
Posted on 07-03-2012 22:07
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This is becoming more and more successful for div 2. With Serano coming 7th and lots of favourites crashing out.
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| ember |
Posted on 07-03-2012 22:12
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Great, and somewhat surprising to see us hold on to the leader's jersey. Luckily for us, the breakaway only consisted of 3 riders, and Davis wanted another win, and took it, congratulations on that!
I do fear a breakaway on the coming stages though. We're nowhere near to have a strong enough team to chase down the brave attackers. But as said, this race is already a success, and I hope Vasquez can hold on to the polkadot through the whole race, as the overall victory shouldn't be possible, really.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 07-03-2012 23:27
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we just can't catch a stage
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| Christer |
Posted on 07-03-2012 23:44
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Didier crashed? Oh well. Better that it was him instead of Voeckler, Astarloza and / or Paulinho.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 07-03-2012 23:45
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Another 4th by Matthews.. quite okay.. but now it's time for more 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 08-03-2012 06:28
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Great 7th by Serrano, we are doing fine so far, attack in every stage is the key!
Congrats to Hollister,Davis is unbeatable here, how many wins he has on the belt this season-10maybe?
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 08-03-2012 07:36
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Levi4life wrote:
we just can't catch a stage
1+, it's not like my team isn't trying but Davis is just too good.
- Kinney is awesome this year, it's nice that our good relationship with Wikipedia give both of us benefits. Now I want to see my climbers in breakaways.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 08-03-2012 09:16
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Atleast it wasn´t Lövkvist who lost minutes but Eltink and Bjelkmark? Why not Sörensen and Galiev? |
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