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| Smowz |
Posted on 21-07-2012 08:55
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This really has been a strong race thus far for Hollister. I do find it amazing that Greipal has been unable to take a single flat stage as yet.
The big mountain section is coming up fast though, we should see some sort of challenge coming soon.
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| ember |
Posted on 21-07-2012 09:25
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Wow, Jørgensen's sprinting got even worse 
Another good report, CountArach. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 14:02
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Manan.
I am so smart for bringing him
Another win too, thanks everyone for the congrats.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 21-07-2012 14:36
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Another 3rd, I can only imagine how many wins
Maksimov could of had if he didn't abandon. 
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| ember |
Posted on 22-07-2012 06:33
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Finally Ziegler got paid off, well done!
With Vasquez, Jørgensen and Viennet crashing, I can only hope they're not injured. Especially Vasquez, as I'm hoping for some climbing magic from him (breakaway). It doesn't look good for Viennet though, as he arrived behind most of the crashers.
I feel sorry for the other crashers aswell, especially those with hope of doing "something" in the mountains. Hopefully they're all okay, ready to go crazy in the mountains.
And thanks for an informative report, CountArach.
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| Christer |
Posted on 22-07-2012 18:54
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This race has been ruined, because of Hollister not getting affected by weird happenings and crashes, what so ever, when it come to GC... 
Greipel is, once again, failing.
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| ember |
Posted on 23-07-2012 05:33
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Good performance from Agudelo there, being very aggressive, and still having something left for the sprint. Nice to see that Vasquez is most likely not hurt aswell.
Looking forward to see how much damage the "real" mountain stages will do. |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 23-07-2012 11:45
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The last couple of flat stages, have been really frustrating with the crashes and all the time lost by some of the leaders. Fortunately this first mountain stage was more just. Also it's motivating to see all of my team putting an effort to either be part of the break or going for the stage in the later parts of the stage.
However, it would be nice to win a stage instead of another painfully close 2nd place
Edited by Gustavovskiy on 23-07-2012 17:11
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 23-07-2012 13:06
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Hopefully the next 3 stages shake out the GC and remove Hollister from the top 3 spots, because they are taking my points 
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| ltt |
Posted on 23-07-2012 13:30
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Mresuperstar wrote:
Hopefully the next 3 stages shake out the GC and remove Hollister from the top 3 spots, because they are taking my points
And yet I'm still not doing anywhere near as well as Pellizotti's team last year |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 23-07-2012 14:02
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It is unfortunate that a few of the lower placed GC hopes did not get some lee-way on the first mountain stage. I bet the game will see them as bigger threats now that they are higher on GC as well.
Hollister are bagging an excellent 13 points a stage with the GC and the points lead. They really are making it hard for any others to rack up the points. That said Emy Export are starting that stage winning habit again.
I'll be honest I am evilly spying Aker Solutions hoping for a complete points washout, sorry ember had a few too many spankings from Alarcon
This next stage interestingly looks the most likely elimination stage, at least one of the useless Proximus boys I suspect will go. Jorgenson could be the biggest name casualty! Oh yeah I am feeling evil!
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| ember |
Posted on 23-07-2012 20:36
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Smowz wrote:
I'll be honest I am evilly spying Aker Solutions hoping for a complete points washout, sorry ember had a few too many spankings from Alarcon
This next stage interestingly looks the most likely elimination stage, at least one of the useless Proximus boys I suspect will go. Jorgenson could be the biggest name casualty! Oh yeah I am feeling evil!
Karma always strikes back. Always. Don't say you weren't warned, Smowz!
Seriously though, this won't be a good race at all thinking of points. But to my "defense," I never thought about promotion in the transfer season/planning, and this looked like a fun race to participate in, and here we are 
And it's shaping up to be a fun race aswell, hopefully the coming stages can provide fireworks, which I'm sure they'll, as they've got the profile to do just that. |
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| jack888 |
Posted on 24-07-2012 08:20
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Finally some success, good form Navarro. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 24-07-2012 13:39
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This was an amazing stage to play just by the way. The MTT will probably be a couple of days thanks to work commitments, but enjoy wild speculation in the meantime!
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| Christer |
Posted on 24-07-2012 13:46
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That was one heck of a stage! And finally a win for Kessiakoff! Now Greipel needs one too, and thus saving the race.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 24-07-2012 13:53
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Anton needs to find better spots to attack and then hopefully he can pull some time back. Because it clearly looks like he is the only one that wants to challenge Hollister
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| Heine |
Posted on 24-07-2012 14:02
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This reminds me of the Tour :-p 1 team dragging everything together again and again
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 24-07-2012 14:31
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Heine wrote:
This reminds me of the Tour :-p 1 team dragging everything together again and again
Anton feels like Nibali 
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| ember |
Posted on 24-07-2012 14:50
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Wow, amazing report, CountArach!
Was Vasquez blocked at the final climb? He looked pretty fast over the top, and even descended well. Shame he couldn't keep up on the early kilometers of the climb.
Congratulations to WWE, and thanks again, for a superb report. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 24-07-2012 14:54
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ember wrote:
Wow, amazing report, CountArach!
Was Vasquez blocked at the final climb? He looked pretty fast over the top, and even descended well. Shame he couldn't keep up on the early kilometers of the climb.
Congratulations to WWE, and thanks again, for a superb report.
Always happy to write these stages up, as long as everyone continues to want me to.
I don't think Vasquez was blocked, no. Pretty much everyone at that final climb deserved to be there. Just someone in front of him (Seeldraeyers?) couldn't hold the wheel as Anton set the pace, so the riders behind him all lost contact. Nothing to do with blocking. The first two climbs had a bit of blocking and the third climb only had one minor instance (with no one missing out really) but he last climb was quite fine.
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