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| Christer |
Posted on 18-05-2013 12:51
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Well. That was quite disappointing...
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 18-05-2013 13:58
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Well, what do we have here? A stage win by van der Hugenhaben in a sprint. That's hell of a surprise. Well I ain't complaining. And still in the mix after the TT, nice.
Interesting to see how tired the sprinters are on the hard stages. Granjel Cabrera only seem to go backwards in each sprint.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 18-05-2013 13:59
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Pray that Cancellara get's droped tomorrow. Or SRB has this.
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| SotD |
Posted on 18-05-2013 14:00
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Uran did too well here. I need a very hard finish on the mountainstage for Contador to make the necessary gaps. Otherwise he might end up being 7th in the GC.
Rolland and Bernaudeau did a nice TT today though, and with a good ride in the mountains Rolland might actually be able to pull something like a top 20 from this race.
I really do hope that Contador can pull a podium here, but it seems unlikely with Machado, Uran and Machado all safely infront of him.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 18-05-2013 14:11
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SotD wrote:
Uran did too well here. I need a very hard finish on the mountainstage for Contador to make the necessary gaps. Otherwise he might end up being 7th in the GC.
Rolland and Bernaudeau did a nice TT today though, and with a good ride in the mountains Rolland might actually be able to pull something like a top 20 from this race.
I really do hope that Contador can pull a podium here, but it seems unlikely with Machado, Uran and Machado all safely infront of him.
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| SotD |
Posted on 18-05-2013 14:19
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Yeah. One of them meant to be Brajkovic though 
I need for tomorrows stage to be tough enough to overtake Uran. I won't take him out in the mountainstage. On a very good day I can take 30 seconds on Brajkovic in the mountainsstage, but honestly I think Machado will be the only one breaking a gap. Besides him it could be a group containing:
Contador, Brajkovic, VdB, Úran, LL Sanchez, Hugenhaben, Dan Martin, Valls, Pedraza and Denifl.
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| ember |
Posted on 18-05-2013 19:06
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Well done by Impey to secure second on the fourth stage. Congratulations to Smowz, both for the two stage wins and superb reports!
It has really turned out to be an amazing race for Simply Red Bull, having Cancellara dominate the peloton and Van Stayen sprinting that well.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 18-05-2013 19:56
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Impressive race for Red Bull. Cancellara is doing a bit of everything by leading Van Stayan to stage victories and taking the TT himself. Who knows he can hold on at Mt. Baldy
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 19-05-2013 07:27
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So far so bueno. Brajkovic won't win the race, but he does have a fairly decent shot at a top 5.
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-05-2013 09:28
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Absolutely brilliant stuff. I'll go shoot myself now...
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 19-05-2013 10:35
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Hmm, no gaps here either. Hopefully the mountains shake things up a bit.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-05-2013 12:53
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Absolutely brilliant stage for us considering what I expected. 
We have a very serious shot at two jerseys with Kelderman and Nerz, and VDB only has to drop Cancellara to be fourth in GC, while I don't see anyone from behind with a chance to gain seconds tomorrow.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-05-2013 16:33
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Great 2nd place for Zoidl there. Good to see Vesuvio picking up some points here, after Skujins getting some Top 10s, despite having no stand out rider at all.
Hoping for Uran to shine on the Mountain stage!
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| Roman |
Posted on 19-05-2013 19:27
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Well done Uran so far, actually it looks like it could be a good decision to send you here and not to Italy!
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| ember |
Posted on 19-05-2013 19:38
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Brilliant to see Stake Laengen on the attack! That's also the only way we can get top 10 results on such stages. Hopefully we'll be represented in the breakaway on the next stage as well |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 19-05-2013 21:09
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Machado did it.  Cancellara almost did a surprise, still, SRB should be happy. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-05-2013 21:34
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Completely and fucking utterly disastrous result! I'm going in with my strongest possible setup for a race, and going home with bollocks and a dickslap to the face.
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| p3druh |
Posted on 19-05-2013 21:35
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Wow, I was worried when I saw the stage wasn't as selective as it could have been.
Great Tour so far 2 stages wins, 2 riders in the top-20, 2nd place in the points classification and 2nd place in the teams classification by 2 seconds. Let's hope disaster doesn't strike in the last stage!
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| ember |
Posted on 19-05-2013 22:08
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Disappointing stage by us, though, admittedly that was quite as expected.
Big, big surprise from Cancellara. Absolutely brilliant riding by Spartacus! Hopefully all riders stay safe on the final stage, a top five from Impey would be a bonus.
Thanks for the report, Smowz! Must've been a special one to write with your team and Cancellara performing that well |
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| Christer |
Posted on 19-05-2013 22:35
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I like what I see from the team, in the mountains. Greipel has a chance tomorrow, and it is probably his best chance, too.
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