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| Shonak |
Posted on 23-04-2021 05:40
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Okayish time trial, Pulido could have been better and also a bit odd to have many lower climbers ahead of Bananito. Gap already puts him out of podium contention so hope is we get a Top 5. No time loss for VDP in Germany is all I wanted up this point in Germany meanwhile.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ripley |
Posted on 23-04-2021 06:58
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Victory for Gonzalo Garcia, nice!
Three mass sprints in Germany and Cav's best result is 12th. He's not even in the screenshots... all down to Sagan now to get anything out of the race.
Another mediocre ITT in Japan - apparently, we used up all our TT RNG luck for the season when Majka won the Basque ITT: 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-04-2021 07:23
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Poor start in Fuji. Not sure sure how Brus beats Craddock in the ITT.
Yates doing fine without being in the top spots.
Both of these races can get better for us. At least we seem to be joining a few more breaks.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 23-04-2021 08:48
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Rolland is always good in Suisse, nice to see two riders in the GC top ten even though it could have been three with Geniez suddenly falling down the order.
Bouhanni finally showing a sign of life in Deutschland. Every point is welcome now.
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| dominox |
Posted on 23-04-2021 09:47
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Oh my, finally archieving something in sprints. Komisarek with a stage win and decent top 10 later. It really seems investment in him worked out for us. I can only hope his hill stats are enough for him to not lose big time in hilly stages as I don't expect Ulissi to do anything there. Still believe Pais Vasco was a miracle, lol |
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| Vali |
Posted on 23-04-2021 21:30
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Things aren't really going too well for us at the moment, as neither Fuji nor Deutschland are off to a great start. Silvestre did alright in Germany's sprints but these places aren't really worth a lot of points. Domont also not with the best start in Fuji, where he was sensational last year. Our home race in Suisse is going decently so far - Audebert and Pellaud with some very nice performance - but Domont dropped massively to out of the top 15.
Thanks for all these results guys.
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| dominox |
Posted on 23-04-2021 21:30
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First stages of Rundfahrt and Andorra are up. All three active races from me, including Suisse, will finish either tomorrow or on Sunday.
Edited by dominox on 24-04-2021 09:40
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| Shonak |
Posted on 23-04-2021 21:44
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Wow awesome to Gallopin win for his new team, I think its his first win since the very first ICL season (Paris-Nice stage IIRC)  Gratz
Edited by Shonak on 24-04-2021 05:54
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 23-04-2021 22:04
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What's wrong with Engeldinger in stage races? he is always going up and down...I can't understand those 4 minutes on stage 3, maybe a crash?
While Hofland is still disappointing almost everywhere.
we really need to improve constancy if we want to maintain a promotion spot
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Posted on 23-11-2024 07:24
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| Bikex |
Posted on 23-04-2021 23:24
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Final stages of Fuji (+video) and 4/5 of Deutschland up: https://pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread...st_1387817 |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 24-04-2021 05:53
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Thanks, nice results for us. VDP really coming into his own this season, now even part of the attacking moves. I hope he can keep it or maybe slightly improve even, too bad we missed the stage win.
Japan going well for us. Bananito climbing a level below Tachira, given that the mountain stages suit him much less than Tachira this was expected. Once again an amazing Fuji race by Navarro, sneaking into 6th GC and 3rd MT due to breakaways and crashes. Lucky that Bananito could hold his 4th in GC despite his large time loss on the last stage. Disappointed in Pulido a bit, would have been impossible to beat Colombo on this route but should be at least on Pizarro's evel. Guess he was sacrificied for Bananito. Also wary for Nibali, seems like Contador managed the decline a bit better but still good results for the both maestros.
Lets see how Germany concludes, if VDP performs well I think we could end up with the largest point haul from the triple header, maybe below Sevilla slightly.
Edited by Shonak on 24-04-2021 06:04
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 24-04-2021 06:10
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What the hell happened to us in Japan - Davies doing as well as Peiffer, then way better than him thanks to a crash, then they switched positions in a huge way thanks to the splits on the final day  Not a bad GC result but could have been much better given Davies' form, and sucks to not get white.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 24-04-2021 06:12
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Fuji was awful. Craddock not able to do as well as I had hoped.
Yates hanging with the best mostly in Deutschland but no finish in the top positions yet.
Nice sprinting by Dimas to get a Top 10 against CT competition.
Still don't understand how we never join breaks on any stage with significant KOM points despite not having GC contenders. Some things never change.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 24-04-2021 07:40
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Decent race in Fuji, horrible one at the Deutschland Tour.
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| Ripley |
Posted on 24-04-2021 07:59
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I wanna be generous with Ruben Fernandez and claim he also crashed along the way. Losing 18 minutes on the final climb of the queen stage, 10 minutes alone against Pöstlberger, also behind Lei and even Lowsley who'd been in the breakaway... I hope he crashed. 30th overall brings us back down to earth. But another maiden win on the last stage is some compensation, congrats McCluskey!
Cav won the sprint for 46th! Sagan did well so far, but stages 6 and especially 7 are going to be tough.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 24-04-2021 11:10
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Shonak wrote:
Wow awesome to Gallopin win for his new team, I think its his first win since the very first ICL season (Paris-Nice stage IIRC) Gratz
Very happy manager! And in a focus race 
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 24-04-2021 11:15
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Daan Olivier being awesome in Japan, but van Poppel is a bit underwhelming for the boni seconds.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 24-04-2021 11:28
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So far it's been a good showing in Germany with Galta taking a stage win and has a shot for the KoM title. Slagter and Kangert are so far well placed in the GC, but I'm not expecting anything spectacular from this race.
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| krisa |
Posted on 24-04-2021 11:36
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Kwiato doing good in Germany
PRL did his best in Japan, just not good enough
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| dominox |
Posted on 24-04-2021 20:53
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All Suisse, Andorra and Rundfahrt are now finished, You can check updated results! |
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