Sorry I was gone for the weekend. Catching up as I read now.
Stage 2: Another great sprint for AKA. He does not have the top speed of the very ebst at this level, but he waas positioned well and timed it perfectly to snag a points jersey hold. This is the type of performance we needed from him here, so very happy about it.
Stage 3: A top 20 in this field is great from Belevics. Some muc needs depth points in a race where we had no real GC hopes. A good day to have a good day.
Stage 4: Well, obviously 27th isn't what I wanted from that, but once the split went and AKA wasn't there, it was a lost cause.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
Another no show to end a terrible Deutschland Tour for us. A repeat of last year might have kept some hope alive of us staying in PT, but both our time trialists and also Manninen just didn't deliver. Zmorka gaining one place in GC to finish 12th now doesn't make a big difference of course. Nice to see Coquard winning three stages though, always good to see the best sprinter deliver. Also congratulations to gc winner Grieg!
Very good final stage for us! Dainese close to the stage podium, 4th is fine, Lammertink’s great 3rd place in GC, and also 2nd in the teams classification help us get a solid amount of points here.
Congratulations on the hattrick, SotD, and also on the GC win, tastasol!
Considering the aspirations we came in with, it was a great race for us. Another top 5 in a tough field on stage 5, tied for 18th on GC time, and 3rd in the points classification. It was a race both AKA and the team as a whole needed.
Congrats to Grieg and ELCO! Thanks for the reports!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
Thanks guys and also congrats to SotD on some great stage wins. More or less a perfect race for us and a key race for Würtz in order to have a good season. Two good races in a very short time span for him now, so good to see him finding his best shape.
Hmm, unfortunate that Silvestre didn't get into position to compete in the sprint at all. Two great first stages, two poor final ones. But two stage podiums, 4th in the points classification, a little bit of GC depth and some points for mid-race classification standings means we leave the race with an okay haul.
Thanks for the nice reports and congrats SotD and tastasol!
The first four stages went really well; 7th place and 3x 4th. Weird last stage for us, but Yatsevich finishing 4th overall in the end is really good pointwise. Thanks for the reports redordead.
