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ICL18 - Race Discussion
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 06-02-2018 19:54
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Fantastic result by new recruit Zabel to get Suntory's first win of the season at Tropicale Amissa Bongo S2 and without much support from his team mates looking at their placings.
Sadly wouldn't have time to participate in live chat but an archive of any conversations could be useful to get a flavour of the race.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 06-02-2018 20:06
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Don't see much benefit to a live chat of racing, wouldn't that basically just be MG style reporting?
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| Bikex |
Posted on 06-02-2018 20:56
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Opening three stages of Tour of Toowoomba posted: https://pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread....st_1278831 |
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| aldrofj |
Posted on 06-02-2018 21:02
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Decent ride by Vanspeybrouck, who wore the points classification's jersey for two days, and made a top 15. 
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 06-02-2018 21:08
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Good to see Kozhatayev keeping up with the big guns. A top15/20 is a realistic result by now, scoring us some valuable points.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 06-02-2018 21:13
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Wow, (almost) perfect start to the Pro Tour and couldn't be happier than seeing Van der Poel in the leader jersey, my fav rider. Two wins here, only downsight is that Bananito was dropped in the Time Trial, which sort of was expected. All the better that Gallopin and Feranndez are up there, too. We have a solid lead, three riders in Top 5. Hope we don't screw this one up. THanks for the result, bikex.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 06-02-2018 21:15
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Wow! That's what you call a domination  Congrats Shonak!
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| knockout |
Posted on 06-02-2018 21:23
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Loved the start! Shonak with a pretty perfect start (congrats!) but S1 was pretty good for me, too. S2 proved me right that i was one of the big TTT favourites but sadly the two riders that made the front group on the previous stage (Geyer and Sagan) were the dropped ones which sucks. Boom is still in a good GC position so we've got this going for us at least.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 06-02-2018 21:29
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Oh boy, here we go dropping team leaders again. Only 2 seconds, but still..
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 06-02-2018 22:45
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Tropicale Stage 3 - more to come tonight, 4 and 5 in the next 15 minutes.
Okay start in Toowoomba: Mohoric on a nice run, Kelderman and the TTT underwhelming. Strong ride by Liberty, they're nailing it right now!
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 06-02-2018 22:52
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Our team in Gabon is probably one of the weakest all season, so any points that Gatto can bring us will be fine. I'm not sure if a GC top10 is feasible for Gatto, but i'd like to get it 
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| Ad Bot |
Posted on 25-11-2024 01:08
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 06-02-2018 22:57
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Stage 4 & 5 now also there, keeping the final 2 ones for later 
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| Vali |
Posted on 06-02-2018 23:00
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It was a bit disappointing not to see Ponzi participating in the sprint in stage 2, as I had hoped his improvements in Sp and Acc would be enough for him to at least try.
Anyway great victory from Aregger in the 3rd stage, Puccio with another solid result as well. 
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Stage 4 was a very good team performance, Pellaud in 4th was actually a bit shocking.
5th stage Ponzi was fairly invisible again unfortunately.
Thanks for the reports so far Croatia!
Edited by Vali on 06-02-2018 23:08
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 06-02-2018 23:05
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Great to see Sola tied for 2nd in KoM  Gatto still on that short group of riders in the same time, and his "great" result in flat stages can bring him a better count-back than others. What really surprised to see Bennati in the top15 of the stage until i scrolled down and saw that he was in the break
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 06-02-2018 23:55
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My all Southern Hemisphere team doing what I expected in Australia.
A whole bunch of meh but good to see breakaway presence and Sam Spokes staying in the top ten fight. For now.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 07-02-2018 04:51
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Great couple of stages in Toowoomba by GVA. Our first win of the season as well The TTT has basically ruined the GC for us though!
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 07-02-2018 05:59
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Fuck you PCM. EBH to get a good GC now... But Kreuziger should never have been able to get dropped with his TT stat.
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| jaxika |
Posted on 07-02-2018 06:18
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Pfff, Barguil...unlucky....Greipel goodish .... Go guys |
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| Ripley |
Posted on 07-02-2018 08:08
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Schorn is doing great, 3rd on stage 4, moved up to 5th in the GC. While poor McCluskey was the only rider to get dropped from the peloton on stage 5, finishing 6 minutes down. Let's call it a character building exercise. I also like the screenshots of the BotD and like winners from the BotD, congratulations to Breen and Statoil for barely holding off the charging peloton to win stage 5.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 07-02-2018 09:45
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Final 2 Bongo stages posted. Some interesting fights between the breakaways and the pack!
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