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| fintas |
Posted on 22-01-2013 23:48
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I'm a bit surprised with my team (in a good way), two consecutive days working in front of the race and let good indications 10th-place Mehr Wenige could have been better had it not to pursue alone the fugitives. Now I hope that the next stages the team did not return to work for others as our sprinter does not seem to be able to deal with this competition. It was a great win for Cisco and for Efimkin, will be hard to take his final victory, and our man can still climb higher in the standings ...
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| CountArach |
Posted on 22-01-2013 23:49
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Nice riding by Zingle to tie up the KOM and still finish AI the main group in 7th on GC. He might be able to hold on through Willunga from here.
Pity that Feillu couldn't stay in. The game seems to be trying to use him as a puncheur rather than a sprinter.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 23-01-2013 06:10
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Yes! I love you, Efimkin! 
I thought it was over for him when he got caught behind Mehr-Wenige, but he found his way through perfectly there. Great finish from Taborre too, which is promising ahead of Willunga Hill.
And not to forget - thrilling report, roturn! 
Congrats Pelli, i am glad that hills are not our terrain this season, as Efimkin will rock there for sure with few others.
Also great report Roturn, very enjoyable read for my morning cofee ritual.
Edit: Also any more live tweetings today?
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| CountArach |
Posted on 23-01-2013 08:25
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Great train from SRAM. Well finished and thoroughly deserved.
5th from Feillu is more what I was looking for! Hopefully the hilly stage has hurt some sprinters and will put them out of contention. I'm looking forward to Stage 4 with the climb towards the end possibly hurting some legs.
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 23-01-2013 08:25
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Finally.
Another great report, and a nice screenshot:
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 23-01-2013 08:26
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Edit: Also any more live tweetings today?
This evening, yes.
As for 3rd stage, one more day to forget. The lack of break-appearances is pretty concerning. Next stage won't be better, most probably. So I keep hoping for a decent performance at Willunga Hill
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Posted on 22-11-2024 09:11
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| roturn |
Posted on 23-01-2013 08:31
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tsmoha wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Edit: Also any more live tweetings today?
This evening, yes.
I will at least try this evening. Probably next to watching handball. 
Tomorrow morning at about this time I expect to do the more important ticker for Willunga Hill.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 23-01-2013 08:50
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Great report as allways Roturn!
roturn wrote:
Tomorrow morning at about this time I expect to do the more important ticker for Willunga Hill.
I have my day off tomorrow and was planning to sleep until 12 or something, but this made me very unsure
I can't see anyone else than Efimkin take this one though, especially after his dominant win on stage 2. The only way I can see someone else in yellow after Willunga Hill is after a breakaway. Let's see if Cisco and UPC are willing to cooperate over the next stages to avoid that.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 23-01-2013 09:00
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Great win from Haussler, he really did not give a chance to others after the great teamwork, well done SRAM!
I will be sure following the Willunga hill tweets, this evening i have no time to follow. Also nice report Roturn, i like the pictures.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 23-01-2013 09:13
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Good to see the best leadout train being rewarded - didnt happen much in PCM11. Plus Hutarovich would have won every time in PCM11 too.
And also nice to see Bennett involve himself in the sprint with a first Top 10
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| fintas |
Posted on 23-01-2013 09:21
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Great victory for Haussler and Sram.. This was too easy for them, once again Van Loocke disappointed to not be able to discuss whatever it is ... This is not good, but at least my team decided not to work today which is good because we are facing the decision of the race and Mehr-Wenige will need all the help possible.
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| roturn |
Posted on 23-01-2013 09:21
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Agree. Sprint trains work far better in PCM12. At least if the lead-out are powerful and Eichler-Wegmann-Keisse surely are.
Negative example were seen in the Classic with Iglinski-Cucinotta.  |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 23-01-2013 09:23
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roturn wrote:
Negative example were seen in the Classic with Iglinski-Cucinotta.
Possibly, but we never found that out since Cucinotta crashed.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 23-01-2013 09:23
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fintas wrote:
Great victory for Haussler and Sram.. This was too easy for them, once again Van Loocke disappointed to not be able to discuss whatever it is ... This is not good, but at least my team decided not to work today which is good because we are facing the decision of the race and Mehr-Wenige will need all the help possible.
Welcome to the world of managers who have had Van Loocke. It is not a happy world.
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| fintas |
Posted on 23-01-2013 09:28
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Unfortunately it was the best we can get to the end of the transfer period ... And who has no dog hunting with cat
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| tyriion |
Posted on 23-01-2013 09:48
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6th for Gavazzi. Today was clearly too easy. Stage 4 will be harder again, so fingers crossed for more bonus seconds. Lost the green jersey, but if we can wear the yellow for 5 (or 6?) days that's fine too.
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 23-01-2013 10:44
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Stage #3 was boring unless you were in the final sprint - which AMEXpc's young sprinters were not able to accomplish.
The good news is that all three of our punchuers are still just +0'20. Stage #4 promises to be a repeat of stage #3 unless the leaders allow a break away to suceed. I doubt that will happen as 40+ riders are in the +0'20 group.
Jan Dieteren continued to ride well. In stage #3 he shadowed Carlos Barredo. Barredo, and Chavanel are in position to move up the standings on Old Willunga Hill.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 23-01-2013 11:02
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Good to see the best leadout train being rewarded - didnt happen much in PCM11. Plus Hutarovich would have won every time in PCM11 too.
And also nice to see Bennett involve himself in the sprint with a first Top 10
And that would have been fair of course. Better performance from my team today, but Haussler was just too strong. Congrats felix.
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| tyriion |
Posted on 23-01-2013 12:54
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Hoping for maybe a minor split or something on the final climb. If it's raced hard there should be some sprinters getting dropped.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 23-01-2013 15:31
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That´s better Kreder, stay up there! |
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