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| Alakagom |
Posted on 20-01-2015 13:29
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What a finish by Vantomme (and Van Stayen). Very important bonus seconds. A win or second place tomorrow could win us the GC which would top off a great week. Vantomme is getting better that's for sure.
Big win for CSC as well. Bacardi Venchi and CSC getting a win each. Found that amusing with how close they are in rankings fighting for direct promotion.
Edited by Alakagom on 20-01-2015 13:31
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| Kami |
Posted on 20-01-2015 13:38
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Even better that we got that win yesterday, or we would have lost quite a lot of ground in the rankings towards both Venchi & CSC. If nothing crazy happens tommorow this race should cancel itself out more or less pointswise.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 20-01-2015 13:46
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Meh, currently feel like all teams around Oz don't stop winning...
(I know, i had my two months of fame, too...) 
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| jph27 |
Posted on 20-01-2015 14:05
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Haussler doing really well again, this time his positioning was bad and he sprinted well. Shame he couldn't get a podium, bonus seconds would vault him into the top 10. Still, looks good so far  |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 20-01-2015 14:57
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YES! We couldn't let Venchi and Bacardi take all the points this race.
Don't look behind you tsmoha, we are all coming for you. 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 20-01-2015 16:10
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Cioban did what I asked of him, so that's nice.
Some good reports as well.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-01-2015 17:29
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Ventoso Promotion fight just keeps getting better and better! 11 of the Top 13 are from Top 6 teams - so yes, not a good race for Oz here!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 20-01-2015 17:31
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Ventoso Promotion fight just keeps getting better and better! 11 of the Top 13 are from Top 6 teams - so yes, not a good race for Oz here!
Time for the Tour of Britain to come
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 20-01-2015 19:59
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Having such a shitty tour that our highlight so far is a domestique getting the shared KOM lead by accident
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 21-01-2015 06:56
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tsmoha wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Ventoso Promotion fight just keeps getting better and better! 11 of the Top 13 are from Top 6 teams - so yes, not a good race for Oz here!
Time for the Tour of Britain to come
Not sure how Ignatiev winning Britain will help you...
Anyway, thnanks for the report, another top10 for Hoffman is cool and still two in the top20 GC.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 21-01-2015 07:54
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Ventoso Promotion fight just keeps getting better and better! 11 of the Top 13 are from Top 6 teams - so yes, not a good race for Oz here!
Time for the Tour of Britain to come
Not sure how Ignatiev winning Britain will help you...
A 2nd place will help me anyway 
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Posted on 22-11-2024 08:49
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| jph27 |
Posted on 21-01-2015 08:01
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tsmoha wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Ventoso Promotion fight just keeps getting better and better! 11 of the Top 13 are from Top 6 teams - so yes, not a good race for Oz here!
Time for the Tour of Britain to come
Not sure how Ignatiev winning Britain will help you...
A 2nd place will help me anyway
Don't discount the double punch of Reus and Gautier as well though the latter is only there to stop Bobridge getting bonus seconds |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 21-01-2015 08:03
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Stop it, guys. I need some optimistic news now
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 21-01-2015 09:51
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tsmoha wrote:
Stop it, guys. I need some optimistic news now
Bellis won't be there
Great win for Vantomme here and the strength of Quickstep think I counted 5 in the top 15 |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 21-01-2015 09:51
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Think we lost about 20 points on the final stage there, Haussler reverting back to type and Turgot crashing costing us dear. Think we got 57 points in the end, which at 11.4 PPRD isn't bad for a flat race but with Haussler performing at the same level as Hoffman or Gatto like he should be capable of and without Turgot and Boroš crashing we could have done a lot better.
Thanks for the reports Rider. Great job here |
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 21-01-2015 09:59
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Wow, my team did some crazy stuff there.
Sixth in the GC is great, however I feel like we could've done better if Vaitkus was left behind by the team when he crashed...
Relegation becomes less likely
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 21-01-2015 10:02
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I'll admit, I would definitely have taken around 480 points from this race before it began Vantomme really strong on this last stage, lead from 1.5 km and still held off Hoffman, impressive effort. He didn't start the season well, but he is finishing it off in style
5 in Top 15 is pretty cool in a HC race, even better than Dunkerque I believe  And coming close-ish to 100pprd is a good achievement.
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| roturn |
Posted on 21-01-2015 10:06
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Vantomme needed twice as much time for me to start performing.
Lucky guy, Alak. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 21-01-2015 10:06
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Yeah, fantastic last stage for Metinvest with 2nd and 4th, of course shame we lost it only about few millimetres, but 8th in GC for Hoffman is perfect and Popkov joint KOM winner also nice in this HC race, where i expected nothing great.
We just cant stop rolling now in MG summer, grabbing much more points than in rest of the whole year during these two months. With Bayern still to come...
Hoffman has shown that he is still one of the best in following wheels in PCT, just when i am thinking about his future.
Congrats to Quickstep, deserved win for Vantomme! Thanks for the reports Rider, very good read it was.
Congrats to
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 21-01-2015 10:09
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 21-01-2015 10:09
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roturn wrote:
Vantomme needed twice as much time for me to start performing.
Lucky guy, Alak.
The team is managed by Alak, everybody performs for Alak be it in Het Nieuwsblad or Quickstep (maybe bar Froome).
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