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ICL21 - Race Discussion
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Posted on 21-11-2024 11:49
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 14-07-2023 08:58
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Hum... Didn't really expect to drop down the rankings after a pretty good month tbh, but I guess others were even more successful.
Probably a rather low PpRD outcome in the Vuelta - despite two stage wins - hurt us a bit there. We're now the 3rd best CT team in WT, but we were unable to get the big fat points we were hoping for.
In the CT (and prestige) standings, we even lost a spot, so we definitely can't be happy with that. However, I've got no clue how many races the other CT teams have left - I know that we've still got 6 classics plus Colombia on our schedule (the latter being our final focus race of the year), including our first ever monument. With only 59 points separating us from 9th, finishing inside the Top 10 - the bare minimum goal - should be possible.
On the other hand, really happy with the U23 making a big jump, thanks to Ollero finally showing up. Two in the Top 20 is looking promising for the future (if there is a future for ICL), already looking forward to the development files 
Thanks for the update!
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 14-07-2023 18:13
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Thanks for the rankings update Bikex.
Renault slipping in WT to 8th even with the Eisaks win, but 2nd in the World Cup is a nice result.
Very pleased with our young U23 squad managing a top 10 result.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 16-07-2023 18:23
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Decent podium for Lecomte. Always hoping for more of course, but still decent
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 16-07-2023 22:11
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Ouch... Huamà n with a nice result in Milano - Torino, but also two complete failures in Tre Valli and Bucaramanga. Hopefully the offseason sees him improving into a far more consistent puncheur. WT level is clearly out of his reach for now, though.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 17-07-2023 10:53
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Big Matej with another win
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 23-07-2023 14:44
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Great podium by Herder on Colombia Stage 2, I also really liked Mohoric at Emilia and Alaphilippe at Paris-Tours. The team really did a great job!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 23-07-2023 15:02
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Hoelgaard had one shot for stage victory and he took it, great work
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| Ripley |
Posted on 23-07-2023 21:48
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Thanks for the results, dominox! I'm very happy with the focus race Paris-Tours: 4th, 9th and 23rd. Fantastic season from Howard, he outscored Majka and will be our second best scorer (behind Sagan).
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 23-07-2023 22:21
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Great result for Huamán in Emilia, 7th place in a CT.1 race is likely his best outcome so far
Colombia is also going rather smoothly; slithgly disapopinting to miss out on the TTT win by 3", but later on Chamorro finally took his first ever stage win for us iirc. Dombrowski had one ridiculously good day and seems to be out of reach, but if we can bring home 2nd and a good outcome in KoM, U25 and maybe team standings, that should be pretty good for a focus race!
Thanks for the results, dominox.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-07-2023 21:44
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the rankings look quite good to me, i am especially surprised by our performance in ct races, however having vdp and pulido focusing a bit more on it + the tour des fjords sweep came along nicely. Herrada with a solid position in the wt ranking with two 2nd places shows it wasnt a wasted year although he probably will have a hard time now winning another grand tour going forward. hopefully we can have a good lombardia to close the season. thanks for keeping this running, dominox (between work and training i find no motivation at all to turn on pcm or post results sadly, most often barely 1-2 hours at home before i go to bed so i rally appreciate it a lot!!)
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-08-2023 07:09
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Yates closing out the regular season decently well
Thanks for the reports!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 03-08-2023 07:12
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Rahbek with a same time on a 47 minute time trial is sour, but that happens. Thanks for the reports
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 03-08-2023 07:51
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We did not work our numbers well enough at Lombardia, still we can probably be very happy about the season. Thanks for running it dominox!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 03-08-2023 13:39
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Mullen 14th in Chronos kind of stings tbh.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 04-08-2023 22:37
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Thanks dominox. Fantastic win by Herrada, making it our second win of Lombardia and fifth monument win in team's history. After being (surprisingly) trashed by Herklotz in the Tour and narrowly beaten by Aru in Vuelta, it's great that Herrada gets at least one big win this season in a race calendar of just three races. Big moment for him, too, to have now won a big one day race. Team could have been better though, but alas, they must have worked quite clearly for him. |
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 05-08-2023 10:54
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Very happy to see Bardet make another podium in a monument.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 06-08-2023 20:50
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Wow, definitely didn't see how Dombrowski could still lose Colombia - but Chamorro somehow did everything right to get us our very first GC win - in a focus race! For once - probably the first time all year long - he was consistent throughout the entire race, had only one slightly bad day (or Dombrowski a great one), and in the end brought the yellow jersey home (in his home race). Would've been great to have some videos as well, but I definitely won't complain and am rather glad the season was finally brought to an end. Thanks, dominox!
The final two races weren't that great, with Gaviria having a huge stinker in Chrono, leaving without any points (and not even being our highest ranked rider). Not getting big points in our first ever monument - Lombardia - was kind of expected, but Diaz' 20th place is definitely a big (positive) surprise. Not so much by our actual puncheurs, though 
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