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Posted on 21-02-2023 20:22
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Good to see us going for the KoM here. Lehtinen in a decent position there now, hopefully he makes it into further break(s) to have a shot at it
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| ember |
Posted on 22-02-2023 06:29
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Very, very encouraging from Foss, even attacking for the win! I enjoyed that, it's nice to see him be an active part of the race and prove himself. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-02-2023 12:14
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Good stuff from Penasa and Eenkhoorn to be 10th and 12th in the GC respectively.
Congrats to jph and thanks for the report 
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 22-02-2023 19:05
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Good job by Potts and Bagioli in stages 3 and 5
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-02-2023 15:23
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Not sure why we sent Bloem in the breakaway in a stage that is not exactly what you'd classify as easy.
Schelling the only one to keep the flag up for the team so far. Rodriguez had a good time - trial, but he has been incredibly bad in the other stages.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 23-02-2023 22:19
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Sorry for being a bit offline in the past weeks. Cool to come back and see the first few stages here in Dauphiné. The prologue itself was quite funny with a great result for us with 2nd and 4th, and then we had our former riders Laengen at 3rd, Norman Hansen at 5th and SKA at 7th. If I'm not completly mistaken I also think we had De Bod (6th) on loan some seasons ago, but I'm not 100 per cent sure.
Anyway, to then see Larsen taking almost every jersey possible and even managing to keeping it for a day was cool. A real highlight for him and hopefully something he can use to grow in the future!
Thanks for all the reports so far. Hopefully our climbers can do something now in the final few stages.
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Posted on 24-02-2023 03:29
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Huh, that split came back together. Wish they would all do that. 
Too early for Lander. Congrats to Jph, wherever the wind has taken him.
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Posted on 24-02-2023 06:52
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Minali failing to get anything from another sprint. Glad that out GC guys kept themselves safe. Onto the mountains.
Congrats to jph again and thanks for the report
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 24-02-2023 07:19
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Was pretty distressing to see my riders getting caught out left right and center during this stage. Will however happiily take a third from Dzama on the stage! Thanks for the report, now its time to see whether Hermans can keep a hold of the polka dots for another day!
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Posted on 24-02-2023 08:25
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We were in the break and Dzama sprinted well. I liked this stage.
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| ember |
Posted on 24-02-2023 08:51
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Safely through with Foss, mission accomplished.
Congratulations, jph! |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 24-02-2023 09:32
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No part for Hodeg here unfortunately. Tomorrow will either be celebrations or tears
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| tastasol |
Posted on 24-02-2023 20:55
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Another really good stage from Larsen. Cool to see. Thanks for the report, Imladrik
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 25-02-2023 16:18
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Good to see Schelling going for the KoM.
Rodriguez showing signs of life as well.
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Posted on 25-02-2023 16:55
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Loving how Guldhammer tries to turn this race around!
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Posted on 25-02-2023 16:56
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Shame to lose the lead here but I feared much worse. Fourth on the stage isn't bad and the GC podium is possible.
Congrats jaxika, thanks Imladrik for the report!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-02-2023 17:09
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You know, no one can say Rasmus isn't a fighter. He's had a really stupid race up to this point, missing that split and tanking even harder in the TT. But he doesn't just wallow in it. He goes out there and fights. I'll miss him when he retires.
It was fun to watch him dominate the breakaway today. No teammates, no lucky moves. Just go to the front and win every mountain. And be the last survivor. Clearly on good daily form and willing to risk it all. It was a great move, and now we potentially have something to show for this race. On a lot of other stages, I think he could have survived to the end too. Unfortunately with this being the first mountain stage, the peloton just had too much firepower behind it and never really gave the break a gap to work with.
Priority has to be to hold the KOM jersey now, obviously. If Rasmus can stay in the top 20 on GC and win the KOM jersey, that does a lot to bridge the gap points wise to the top 10 GC that we expected. I'm not sure they'll let him in the break again, but we'll see.
Shoutout to Gregaard too. A pretty standout performance here to finish top 15 in a PTHC queen stage. Awesome to see, and if he can stay around top 25 on GC, that's also big for our overall scoring.
Thanks for a phenomenal report Imladrik, and congrats to Jaxika.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 25-02-2023 18:48
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We tried our best to keep the jersey, but the efforst were futile, hopefully Elissonde and Potocki have the legs to try to go into the break tomorrow to create a miracle! Thanks for the report!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 26-02-2023 00:21
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Another awesome stage to follow. Guldhammer was strong once again, although he seemed to flinch a little bit at the end. Maybe his energy reserves were understandably depleted after two long days in the mountains, but I would have liked for him to either win the stage or push the pace for a couple of more GC spots. In any case, 2nd is a terrific result, and Roson really deserved the stage after making the longer move. Congrats hilllis!
With that, it's almost a complete redemption for Guldhammer here. He proved me wrong and showcased his perserverence big time. When you take into account his stage points, the KOM win, 2nd on Points, holding the KOM jersey a day, along with 15th overall, he ends up scoring better than if he got 5th on GC. Of course that's generous, since he could have gotten stage placings and minor KOM/Points placings even if he didn't go in the breaks. But still, it was a major scramble to salvage this race after a horrible start, and he did about as best as we could hope for. I don't know what the rankings look like, but the last two days made a big impact for us.
I do regret having such a weak lineup overall though. The depth points in PTHC are juicy, and we managed to place 5 riders outside the top 100. Gregaard had a poor day today to slip to 29th, though that's not a big deal I guess.
Thank you Imladrik for the amazing reports throughout! I especially appreciated your coverage of the breakaway and KOM fights. And congrats to MOL on the nailbiting win!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 26-02-2023 00:39
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Thanks for some great reports all throughout!
Sadly we didnt pick up a stage win, despite being so close on three occasions!
This final stage kind of makes me sad that Elissonde worked so hard for Hermans yesterday because I think he might have had a stage win in him if he didnt!
Points wise we do pick up some pretty solid depth points that might go a long way in securing top 10 over all standings, because I think our recent form has put promotion hopes in question.
Congratulations to all the winners, good to see Minions pick up a second place GC with Cattaneo!
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