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ICL17 - Race Discussion
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| Selwink |
Posted on 05-10-2016 14:10
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Gilbert just completed the Ardennes podium. After a 2nd in AGR he just won FW ( ) and a third in LBL is decent (though admittedly not what I hoped for  ). Also Hesjedal with yet another amazingly strong showing in La Flèche. 72HIL my ass  . It's almost disappointing he could not do that in LBL as well
Thanks for the amazing pace
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 05-10-2016 14:11
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Glad the Ardennes are over, thanks Shonak and no need to feel bad about the result 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 05-10-2016 14:17
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fyi Liege video is now also fully uploaded
Here again the two links
Fleche: https://www.youtu...e=youtu.be
Liege: https://youtu.be/...
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 05-10-2016 14:25
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2 good stage results and a 11th in GC is very nice for the fact at we just sended a quiet bad team. I'll take it of course!
Kirchen's second account according to Spilak23, 21-07-2016 17:16
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| matt17br |
Posted on 05-10-2016 14:31
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Eh consistency I guess, 8th in FW is not that bad but certainly doesn't leave me satisfied. But look it's not even his fault, those narrow roads fucking suck and of course he had to have the worst positioning of all 8.
4th in LBL however does. He just didn't have it in the finale to stick with the others for a podium, but still!
P.S. Youtube video should be embedded correctly now.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 05-10-2016 14:58
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absolutely shocking...Uran won't race the Ardennes again if he's with my team I guess...
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| Bikex |
Posted on 05-10-2016 15:13
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Thanks Shonak, incredible work with all those results and videos.
Italo was rather disappointing at the Ardennes weak, but I can't expect Lutsenko to be up there in all the races. At Fleche he came back out of nowhere at the end so that was great to see. The sprint was really weird with those narrow roads, kind of sucks to have it basically be decided through that.
Contador seemed like the strongest rider at Liege with all the work and attacks he has done, so it's great to see the most active rider take it. I have a feeling he will have a great season unlike his last two.
Konrad with two surprisingly good results was pleasant to see. |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 05-10-2016 15:54
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FW was a train wreck for us 
LBL really good with Kwiatkowski picking up 5th, really pleased with our classics season
Once more thanks a lot shonak for all these reports
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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Posted on 25-11-2024 00:36
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 05-10-2016 16:26
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Celesio sucks at these Ardennes classics every year, so a few top 20's are not even that bad. Valgren with a great result though in LBL. |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 05-10-2016 17:42
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Happy with another top 10 in Fleche as Simon just nips in at the last second for 10th. Liege was pretty disappointing but I guess he still lacks the backup stats this season. We'll be back next year.
What a ride by Bibby.
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| Vali |
Posted on 05-10-2016 17:49
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Well seems like my ranting about Cancellara also didn't make him perform better, at least I don't really have to worry about prolonging his contract or not.
Once again massive thanks to Shonak for all these reports, you just can't say it often enough.
Credits to the_hoyle for my avatar. |
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| The Rider |
Posted on 05-10-2016 20:31
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Good spread of winners there. Decent enough finishes for us, especially after a no-show at Amstel. Very pleased with the De Panne results (though a shame we got shafted by the Swiss for the team prize) - how about that Khantsi, eh? Very active! It is fair to say he has been better than Boonen this season, taking nothing away from him but - goddamnit Boonen ...
Plenty of running, by the sounds of it! You will have to add me when I get around to getting Strava - hopefully sooner rather than later! |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 05-10-2016 20:42
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Martin consistent with top tens everywhere but he can't seem to get his wheel across the line first. And that's a problem.
Thanks Shonak for the reports.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 05-10-2016 22:49
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McCluskey! Great to see him with an unexpected top 10 And even better... podium in Colombia! If only the mountain train were this good in road races Thanks Shonak
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT]  Xero Racing
5x  x5
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 05-10-2016 23:14
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Great pace and videos Shonak, my main team are so awful I have forgotten what my jersey looks like!
Dev team doing a lot better so at least I have something to cheer about
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 06-10-2016 08:24
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Froome with another surprise appearance in Colombia  Good to see Santos up on the podium in Colombia. Nothing new for us though - celebrated the podium of Budyak for a short time but then realized that he went to a home mission...Boileau/Alves disappointing here
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| Bikex |
Posted on 08-10-2016 00:33
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I posted the rankings update now, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish the May preview still tonight. |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 08-10-2016 00:39
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Great, now we're sixth 
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 08-10-2016 01:04
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Still leading the standings on the cobbles. Nice.
The team hasn't really got going yet though. Hopefully, Tejay starting his season this month can give us a boost in the rankings.
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| matt17br |
Posted on 08-10-2016 07:25
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Admittedly, our points are not as few as they could have been. 3rd last sucks, but we're so close to Vegeta and Spark it doesn't even matter. Plus the gap we have on Eurosport and Saeco is quite solid, while I still think they will end up above us
Now my riders need to step up.
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