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| Nemolito |
Posted on 14-03-2025 08:44
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Two nothing stages for us, and I assume it'll stay like this for a while. So good that Aular is at least still on s.t. then of course. Would be fun to see Marin able to sprint fully again in one of the next sprint stages. Yesterday he had a great position but did a little drop back a la Vuelta Halvorsen, today was probably a bit too hard for him.
Nice to see the favourite deliver, congratulations alexkr! Thanks for the great reports, Ulrich 
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| ryant |
Posted on 14-03-2025 12:39
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Happy to see us in every break so far. We are doing well enough in the KOM standings which is also great to see as quite frankly we won't be doing much else this Tour!
Good to see Grosu grab a win early on, as the sprints seem to be more random unfortunately.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-03-2025 12:51
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Not a stage that suited us, though other sprinters surviving makes it harder. Not thrilled to see Gregaard and Skjelmose losing time there, though a couple of minutes ultimately won't matter much in the GC range they'll (hopefully) end up.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 14-03-2025 19:54
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I'm going to celebrate all weekend, this is crazy!
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 14-03-2025 21:04
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Great to see us take matters in our own hands on one of the stages where I really was hoping for Groves to deliver. He launched too early again, as he could easily have grabbed a podium here, but I like the way we were riding here. And: We've already scored more stage points than during the entire Vuelta (where we didn't get a single Top 5) ^^ Hoping for more of this kind of riding on the next two days - in particular on stage 6, which I just realized actually ends on home soil for us
Bissegger moving up to 3rd in GC is a nice bonus. No really big points for us so far, but consistency and spirit are looking far better than in Spain, so I'll happily take that.
Congrats to Rabobank, Grosu delivering on a Grosu stage Hopefully these will be Groves stages some day, though 
Thanks for the report.
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| redordead |
Posted on 15-03-2025 07:39
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Stage win?! 
Rajovic is definitely one of the overperformers of the Tour so far. Seems like adding Hoelgaard and Poljanec to the squad might have worked out as they've seemingly kept both Rajovic and Pogacar in good positions on these flat/hilly stages.
A last minute push to fight against relegation?
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| ember |
Posted on 15-03-2025 08:53
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Big congratulations, red! And this relegation talk must stop now I mean, you even got Pogacar here and is likely to score maybe 600 points or even more, I feel. If so, the gap should be solid, no? 
Must admit this was the kind of stage I was hopeful for regarding Peak prerace. Not so much anymore after this one and stage 4, not being in the top 100 this time around. Fingers crossed we are allowed by the AI to soon join the breakaway fun. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 15-03-2025 09:34
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Such a dramatic finale. I really thought Grosu had that one in the bad and then not even finish on the podium.
Congrats, red!
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| Bikex |
Posted on 15-03-2025 12:30
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Thanks for the reports so far! So far it’s going decently, but all those 2nd places are starting to annoy me. It’s cool to see Leung is able to beat SKA on the right day. Unfortunately Ganna was there to spoil the party. He was arguably the favorite though, so can’t be too mad. It’s nice to see Hsu mixing it in the sprint and our buys currently in 2nd and 3rd in GC. Looking forward to see what McNulty can do in this deep GC field. I hope he can challenge for a top 5 to fulfill our sponsor goal. |
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Posted on 16-03-2025 15:06
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 15-03-2025 14:57
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Whereas others are annoyed by 2nd places, I'm starting to really get annoyed by constantly missing out on the podium by almost nothing... Another Top 5 is decent by Groves for sure, but it's still not the big points.
We definitely should've pushed today, dropping the likes of Rajovic, Hsu or Jakobsen on the hills, but it wasn't to be. Hopefully Groves continues trying, I sure hope we'll finally get the luck that other teams have had their fair share of some time. I mean, if Banaszek, Rajovic, Hsu all get multiple podiums and Groves gets none, this sucks. Hopefully it'll be his turn soon... Or we have used up all sprinting luck in the Giro
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 15-03-2025 18:24
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Congrats to alex and red for some much needed victories!
We have been in every break so far, let's keep this streak going!
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| knockout |
Posted on 15-03-2025 18:45
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Not a stage that changed everything for us. Still the profiles of the next three stages are all raising the potential for GC impact a bit more than the previous ones so the anticipation for some action is high.
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| redordead |
Posted on 16-03-2025 09:54
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Awesome to get that 3rd place from Pogi. The stage points are big, but also the bonus seconds put him 3rd overall heading into the mountains. I couldn't have asked for more up to this point. Hoelgaard with another good domestique performance.
I'm actually enjoying my team for the first time in months.
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| SotD |
Posted on 16-03-2025 10:18
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Brilliantly played by Madouas there - and a well deserved win.
Now come on Lecuisinier, og claim that crown, and pick up a monstrous amount of points
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 16-03-2025 10:31
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Great to see so much energy form Champoussin. But to be honest, I'd rather see it go towards the polka dots on a stage like this rather the stage win where you have to battle the GC favorites on a flat finish. Still, this is a great indication we could later see a French stage winner from Rabobank at some point in this Tour.
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| knockout |
Posted on 16-03-2025 11:10
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SotD wrote:
Brilliantly played by Madouas there - and a well deserved win.
Now come on Lecuisinier, og claim that crown, and pick up a monstrous amount of points
Thanks for your support, hope he makes you very happy
Only a 6th place on the day but i still count this as a good stage. A few extra points for green, some unexpected free points for polkadots and an alright stage result on a stage that could have gone a lot of ways. Gotta take it.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 16-03-2025 12:37
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So awesome to see Firdaus wearing the white jersey in the biggest race in the world - a very cool feat. for our Indinesian prodigy. Maybe one day he can come back and try for the yellow?
Terrific reports so far!
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| ember |
Posted on 16-03-2025 12:59
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Improvement by AHJ to be in the peloton there, happy with that! Now comes the mountain, though, and it would be great if his early time losses means he is free to join breakaways on both stage 7 and stage 8 now. That would be greatly exciting if it happens, especially as he is our only realistic card for such stages, I think
Congratulations to cio, Madouas making the most of the opportunity, and even claiming yellow with it. Now though, I guess the real race for the GC starts, and maybe we could see PHL and the others try something already on stage 7, and if not, surely stage 8 will be a massive test with all the mountains and the mountain top finish. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-03-2025 13:47
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Not great from my team so far. Was interesting to see us come to the front for a bit on stage 6, though Carthy is never going to actually contest a reduced bunch sprint, and he was happy just to hold onto the front group during it. Walls has been very disappointing so far, just not up to where he needs to be.
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