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| jph27 |
Posted on 06-06-2013 10:29
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Another great leadout and great victory. If my sums are right, then that's 55 points so far, from just three stages. Maybe this could be a 200+ race for us, if Serpa performs and Napolitano keeps on going.
Oh and Avin, Hoffman who?  |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 06-06-2013 10:30
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Vorganov saw Ukrainian flag on Hoffmans shoulders, so he went for it.
Anyway thanks for nice report, Hoffman did big mistake by going to early and just wandering there instead of following some train and sprint for another podium or even better (if he followed Napos train). This was bad and point jersey is lost. 
But at least Pakthusov is trying something and is near the KOM leader.
Congrats to Evian. Best sprinter with best leadout. 
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| Smowz |
Posted on 06-06-2013 10:33
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fjhoekie wrote:
Eh, yeh, 9th seems to be the place Polivoda owns here
Top of the screen; Why on earth is Vorganov sprinting!?
Well in pcm everyone sprints - the sprinters just sprint faster (in general and if they don't start sprinting too early). If Vorganov was somewhere near the front and with a sprint of 69 why not be in the sprinters picture briefly
Evian and WWE doing the business at the moment. Bit of a left field selection for Nappy but if he takes perhaps another stage win and the points jersey it will be a decent enough return (still heavy on wage of course!)
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 06-06-2013 10:36
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Good sprinting once again from Anton Martin. 7th is nice  He seemed to be too far behind but many in front of him went too early and lost all their speed.
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| Christer |
Posted on 06-06-2013 11:02
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Vingerling did finish top 10 this time.. Would rather have Pineau up there, though, seeing how the race has unfolded so far. Hoping Pineau takes the point jersey back. Would be fun.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 06-06-2013 13:37
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Just great victory for us with Der, we really needed that after some quite disappoiting races. Huta keeps underperforming though, but that's not surprising anymore. Now I hope Devolder can do well in the mountain stage and get a good GC, it'd be very important for us.
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| tyriion |
Posted on 06-06-2013 15:16
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Seriously bad race for us. Good to see van Leijen in the break, but the pointshaul will be meagre. van Poppel is no leader
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 06-06-2013 15:23
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Very dissappointed by Sohrabi's lack of effort in the sprints, however Girdlestone is doing well and it is really vital that he is performing in the mountain stage. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-06-2013 18:40
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Apologies for the delay, just about found time to squeeze the report in before the F1. Been an insanely busy last few days!
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 09-06-2013 18:41
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No worries there SN. Napolitano finally starts paying his team for the money that they put on him. |
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| Christer |
Posted on 09-06-2013 18:41
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Really impressed by Pineau's sprinting ability in this race. Quite impressive. He may be a good contender for a decent finishing position, based on his form. I still think that Kessiakoff will be my best guy, though. Time for the mountains!
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 09-06-2013 18:46
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Apologies for the delay, just about found time to squeeze the report in before the F1. Been an insanely busy last few days!
No problem, it's gonna be one heck of a race tonight even though as a Ferrari fan, then it's not looking too good if we are looking at the starting positions!
Back to topic, then I'm of course bitter about Castaños accident but I still hope that he can get a stage win or at least make a spectacular attack far from the finish on stage 5. Assan has been doing nicely as always in the sprints, but the competition here is just a bit too much for him.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 09-06-2013 18:50
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Anton Martin is surprisingly steady in his results! another top 10. Blazquez somehow also finishing 10th.
Looking forward to the mountain stage. Bongiorno might be the best young rider
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| jph27 |
Posted on 09-06-2013 18:54
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No worries SN, after all the ManGame shouldn't rule anyone's lives.
Very happy with these results, and Sonnery in 7th was a nice few extra points. Just hope that Serpa doesn't drop back to help him on stage 5  |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 09-06-2013 19:06
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Feillu up in the mix again. Sutton almost last in the peloton. Strange.
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 09-06-2013 19:24
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
Fonte is a strong, and very useful rider, a KoM lead is deserved
And Polivoda 6th, after being 9th twice is something to celebrate aswell
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 09-06-2013 20:55
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somehow the whole team managed to lose 7 and a half minutes or more on that stage, Hopefully now they are all in a good position to get a breakaway win in one of the remaining 2.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-06-2013 22:45
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sammyt93 wrote:
somehow the whole team managed to lose 7 and a half minutes or more on that stage, Hopefully now they are all in a good position to get a breakaway win in one of the remaining 2.
Waiting for Awang .. then ultimately dropping him and no longer waiting near the end
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 09-06-2013 23:04
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SportingNonsense wrote:
sammyt93 wrote:
somehow the whole team managed to lose 7 and a half minutes or more on that stage, Hopefully now they are all in a good position to get a breakaway win in one of the remaining 2.
Waiting for Awang .. then ultimately dropping him and no longer waiting near the end
That says it all really, not only did he get dropped by the peloton but the rest of the team couldn't ride slowly enough for him. 
If I didn't know better I'd think he was actually all 85's and extremely dedicated to winning the lantern rouge. 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 10-06-2013 05:54
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Another podium for Hoffman, nice. Shame he did not hold the wheel of Van Poppel and accelerated from it, could have been better. I hope for another top3 place in last stage and at least a third place in point rankings.
Meanwhile our mountain boys can try to jump into some break, nothing better than top 20 awaits them from riding in peloton.
Congrats to Evian, Napo is unbeatable here with those perfect lead-outs...
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