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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 05-02-2013 19:33
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What a great report Smowz, congrats. Love the SSs you get from your machine 
And that escapade from Barbari was epic. Barcelona must be ecstatic with this sort of performance.
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 05-02-2013 21:00
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Well, looks like we've been made to pay for not focussing on the KotM with one rider, and then we manage to win a peloton spritn, but only gains us 3rd...
Never the less, decent result from Nelson which didn't suit on paper.
Also, really nice report as always Smowz, nice one
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 05-02-2013 21:18
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Right, now win the next stage, and hang on on the last, Cardoso for green 
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 05-02-2013 23:57
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Not even in our wettest dream we could imagine a stage like this.
We came to Bretagne with the "Zero expectations" slogan and in the end it could come up as one of the most lucrative races of the year.
Chapeau to the team and to Smowz!
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| CountArach |
Posted on 06-02-2013 02:17
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Nice report smowz. Any chance that stage was made for an older PCM? That would account for the weird AI.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 06-02-2013 06:00
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Now that race in Brittany is a weirdo, i expected far more competitive stage. At least we had a heroic attack from Barbari, great 1-2 for Barca team, congrats.
But the reports are awesome, i love the screenshots Smowz!
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| tastasol |
Posted on 06-02-2013 21:14
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Very happy with the performance from the team. Lets just hope Olsson can defend his jersey on the next stage. His cobble stat isn't the best 
Great reporting Smowz
Edited by tastasol on 06-02-2013 21:15
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| jaxika |
Posted on 06-02-2013 21:26
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Finnaly its a good day for Allianz, Talabardon did very well (the puncture on stage3 cost him 6 min 48 sec. so theoretically without that he can be in yellow, ok, i know i'm a dreamer  ). But after that puncture, the 18th place in the GC its more then great. Carrara also doing great, moving up nice. I hope tommorow Carrara, Talabardon or Maes can do something like today.
Thanks for the great report Smowz and congrats for the winner |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 06-02-2013 21:45
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So pleased with Tanguy today, after some confusing team efforts thus far, His solo move and stage win makes the perfect prize for the team to take home
Once again, great report Smowz, Makes for some really nice reading
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 06-02-2013 22:45
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We have climbed some spots in the overall but we might lost all chances to win the GC.
Congratulations to ANC-Halfords for the win and thanks to Smowz for another fantastic report.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 06-02-2013 23:12
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Wow Gazelle just collapsed here. Plenty of work to do tomorrow!
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 07-02-2013 00:42
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Ouch! That wasn't a good stage for us!
Guess it would've been smarter for Furdi to join the attackers instead of depending on the team, who are just not good enough. Goddaert and Sentjens suck on hills and Vangenechten, Duchesne en Venter are only decent. I should've sent the hill support squad.
And Nardin seems to have chosen to focus on intermediate sprints alone. 
I hope this result will wake Furdi and Nardin up. They need to get back to the level or performance they showed before getting a high position in all kinds of classifications.
There's a lot to play for in stage 7!
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 07-02-2013 08:17
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Great riding, shame Cardoso loses ground. Fonte is in a great position, Olsson can't cobble, Furdi is still the favourite, but keep in mind: Fonte is my second best cobbler...
Hope Cardoso can snatch quite some points for green...
Oh and I have 6 guys in the top 30
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 07-02-2013 17:04
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Very nice reports, thanks Smowz!
My team's done exceptionelly well with a stage win, 2nd overall, points jersey, 10th overall, 5th youth class and some top 10 results in stages.
Congratulations tastasol! Even though Fonte tried Olsson stayed up there, with some help from other teams...
This has been a great race for us, next for us is GP Postojna.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 07-02-2013 17:09
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Very nice reports indeed.
Thanks fjhoekie, it was a trilling race
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| Firefly21 |
Posted on 07-02-2013 17:09
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This was a very fun race to follow. Congrats to all who scored points! Great reporting Smowz!
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| ember |
Posted on 07-02-2013 17:11
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Great to see Dyrnes be an important domestique for Olsson and Risa - Ergon. A great race for them, with three riders in the topp 11, and winning the team classification, congratulations!
A bit disappointing to not see any time gaps on the final stage, as the hill and the cobbles looked tough. Guess the flat rating kind of "forced" no time gaps. |
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| MrOBJ |
Posted on 07-02-2013 19:37
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I am very proud as Vattenfall manager. 2 Stagewins, 4th in the point jersey, 5th and 12th in the overall GC, and third in the Team Classification. Moren showed exceptional skills, with 4 Top 10 results on stage, and not ending under 16th on any stages. Amazing by him!
Lilholt got his revenge by taking the final stage, the stage he was predicted to win in.
The race has been much more than we expected, and I´m happy to look back. I wouldn´t be afraid saying that we dominated this race, which we showed today, with both Moren, Gingsjo and Lilholt in attacks. So I´m confident for the future! |
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 07-02-2013 19:42
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Oooh, very close one! It looked like Furdi would get a gap, but sadly it was closed again. Shame they let those two attackers fly, because the bonification seconds from a stage win would've gained him a place in GC.
Slightly surprised to see that +- 55 cobble riders had no problem with stage 7 whatsoever. If I ever ride Tour de Bretagne again, I'll consider it a hilly race and send hilly domestiques instead of the cobble support squad that cost Furdi the race in stage 6. This is an educational loss.
Congratulations to tastasol for winning the GC! Your team rode a strong and offensive race and exploited the weakness in my team very well.
Also congrats to fjhoekie for winning that very thrilling Points battle and the great second place in GC of course.
And Smowz; well done! It was a strange race, but you made it very exciting.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-02-2013 20:28
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Updated CT standings, since only CT teams were here:
| Position | Jersey | Team | Division | Total | Tour de Bretagnes | | 1 |  | Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana | CT | 271 | | | 2 |  | Team Gazelle | CT | 225 | 105 | | 3 |  | Allianz-BMW | CT | 194 | 31 | | 4 |  | Kenya Airways - Barclays | CT | 193 | | | 5 |  | Risa - Ergon | CT | 190 | 123 | | 6 |  | Team PrivatBank | CT | 171 | 102 | | 7 |  | Kappa - ENI | CT | 160 | 99 | | 8 |  | Adira Isq-Project | CT | 160 | | | 9 |  | Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm | CT | 151 | 76 | | 10 |  | Die Berg Komt Er | CT | 106 | | | 11 |  | Vattenfall Cycling | CT | 105 | 82 | | 12 |  | MTN - World Bicycle Relief | CT | 74 | | | 13 |  | Japanese - Korean Cycling Project | CT | 59 | | | 14 |  | Magna-Ryanair | CT | 58 | | | 15 |  | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica | CT | 49 | | | 16 |  | Mobil - Castrol Cycling | CT | 48 | | | 17 |  | Ekspla-Cision | CT | 45 | 45 | | 18 |  | ANC-Halfords | CT | 43 | 43 | | 19 |  | Boeing-Vivacom | CT | 13 | | | 20 |  | Sauber Petronas | CT | 10 | | | 21 |  | Cadbury-Schweppes | CT | 0 | | | 22 |  | Team Credexbank | CT | 0 | |
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