decent stage for us, Jiriakov jumped back up to 20th, hopefully he'll do well in the mountains and end up with a top 10 or top 15. Schurter proving that he's not that far off the best punchers which only gives good signs ahead of stage 12 which has a long downhill just before the finish which should help him.
Peraud might have been the best Oz-stage in a long time, definitely pleased with the aggressive showing of our riders there. I'm still pessimistic when it comes to Peraud holding on to his better position now. I've seen him being dropped in Langkawi's mountains too early - for example. And early splits mean huge gaps. Anyway, a good stage after all, too bad we missed a stage-win that close. Repsol to score big time here.
Decent stage for me. Got the team rankings now! Hopefully I'll keep that. Strong riding by Kashechkin. Really looking forward to the continuation (is that a word) of the race.
Definitely a tough flat stage, congratulations to Meiji. That definitely felt like a deserved win considering the effort they put into it on stage 6 as well.
The coming three stages all look to have a brutal finish. Kashechkin looks solid for the overall, and it will be tough to beat him.
Great win for Zaini! As Roturn said, exactly the reason I brought him. He's perfect for these hilly stages, with the hills and then a short downhill to the finish! Super happy with this win!
I still think that the whole problem with Stetina is not only because he's weak on the hills, but because he wasn't listed as the team leader by the game, so he "gives up" on stages instead of fighting for his GC placing.
Edited by valverde321 on 21-11-2013 16:50
valverde321 wrote:
I guess I'll check out the stage now then
Edit:
Great win for Zaini! As Roturn said, exactly the reason I brought him. He's perfect for these hilly stages, with the hills and then a short downhill to the finish! Super happy with this win!
I still think that the whole problem with Stetina is not only because he's weak on the hills, but because he wasn't listed as the team leader by the game, so he "gives up" on stages instead of fighting for his GC placing.
I just checked in the DB.
Stetina is listed as leader just like one for every other team.
Also he got 3 riders just being there to support him. Also just like in any other team.
So I guess it`s the hill stat for him.
I never have checked those tables before but it seems as if every team got a leader and 3 riders supporting them as main task.
I mean even the teams here without any climber have one rider getting the leader status.
valverde321 wrote:
I guess I'll check out the stage now then
Edit:
Great win for Zaini! As Roturn said, exactly the reason I brought him. He's perfect for these hilly stages, with the hills and then a short downhill to the finish! Super happy with this win!
I still think that the whole problem with Stetina is not only because he's weak on the hills, but because he wasn't listed as the team leader by the game, so he "gives up" on stages instead of fighting for his GC placing.
I just checked in the DB.
Stetina is listed as leader just like one for every other team.
Also he got 3 riders just being there to support him. Also just like in any other team.
So I guess it`s the hill stat for him.
I never have checked those tables before but it seems as if every team got a leader and 3 riders supporting them as main task.
I mean even the teams here without any climber have one rider getting the leader status.
I was just going by the startlists from the preview post, where Zaini is #61
Either way, his hill stat isn't helping him out! I didn't think he'd be this bad though.
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might have been the best Oz-stage in a long time, definitely pleased with the aggressive showing of our riders there. I'm still pessimistic when it comes to Peraud holding on to his better position now. I've seen him being dropped in Langkawi's mountains too early - for example. And early splits mean huge gaps. Anyway, a good stage after all, too bad we missed a stage-win that close. Repsol to score big time here.
