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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 20-11-2014 20:14
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Rather disappointing stage result but 19th in the GC and 4 riders between 35th and 45th at least mans points. Hopefully we can have a good stge 5.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 20-11-2014 20:21
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As expected, sitting 4th which is very decent along the stage win already, only a minute back though, hopefully we can sneak a podium tomorrow. However maintaining 4th is really the main goal.
Great TT report!
Edited by Alakagom on 20-11-2014 20:21
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| jph27 |
Posted on 20-11-2014 20:25
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jph27 wrote:
If it goes as well as the previous 3 for us, sure 
Gadret 14th on the stage, Maillet 14th overall. Good so far from us, just got to keep it up on the final stage - hopefully we'll infiltrate the break as well. |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 20-11-2014 20:31
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Wow, what happened to the yellow jersey bonus? Jeez. 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 20-11-2014 21:09
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I hope this game burns in fuckin hell. Da fuq was that?  |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 20-11-2014 21:10
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Miguel98 wrote:
I hope this game burns in fuckin hell. Da fuq was that?
I'm in. I'll provide the pitchforks.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-11-2014 21:11
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A bit of an odd result in the TT there - this race really not proving too predictable, but is great to follow.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 20-11-2014 21:12
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Anything in the top 5 will do for Janez. Very interesting reports as always!
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 21-11-2014 06:32
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Wait, somebody returned to me the old Popovych who can ride mountains? 
Obviously great result for Popo where his TT helped, big shame about that 2nd stage, where he lost all the chances for decent GC (no, 20th place is not decent GC). Hopefully he will bring the good form into the last stgae and earn a spot or two in GC.
Thanks for the report Tsmoha, you are incredible!
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| Smowz |
Posted on 21-11-2014 07:36
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Yet another new leader! Thinking that we may get a small elite group to come to finish in the final brutal looking stage. It could also suit a breakaway, could be hard to organise a chase - then again the climbs could make it difficult for the break to form properly.
Great to read - tsmoha is amazing!
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| viking90 |
Posted on 21-11-2014 08:36
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wow, nice result ny Lövkvist in the TT hope the form is intact on the last stage  |
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| Stevenag |
Posted on 21-11-2014 09:22
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This is starting to become to exiting. The points competition seems secured, but the lead in the GC is really just cosmetic. There is at least three riders to watch out for on the last stage, and I won’t rule out a long attack from Intxausti. There will be huge swings on the next stage.
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| Kami |
Posted on 21-11-2014 11:57
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I've read all 4 reports in a row, and i went from very happy to extremely disappointed. Especially the time-trial, I don't even know how the best climber with a great TT stat loses 50 seconds in the ascend alone.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 21-11-2014 12:12
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Kami wrote:
I've read all 4 reports in a row, and i went from very happy to extremely disappointed. Especially the time-trial, I don't even know how the best climber with a great TT stat loses 50 seconds in the ascend alone.
Daily form. In PCM13, daily form matters much more than it used to in earlier versions, TT-wise. (take Ignatiev as example- beating Phinney in PT and loosing to Kangert in PCT). So even worlds best TTist has nothing secured with bad daily form...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 21-11-2014 12:24
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Which is a big step towards more creditable realism. Granted it is f*cking annoying when it happens against you, but it's marvelous when it happens against your're enemys.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 21-11-2014 12:45
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Yeah, because Tony Martin is not winning almost every TT he enters...TT is very predictable discipline IRL.
But it would surprise me if manager depending on surprise results would say something different though...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 21-11-2014 12:53
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I did say it was only a step. Certainly not at creditable realism yet.
Plus don't forget we all know how bad the AI is at up-down ITT's. Stick a hill and decent (in this case mountain and decent) in an ITT and will win 9/10 in normal play.
And we've all seen Tony Martin beaten in ITT's he's built whole seasons around (it's happened in the TDF, and in the Worlds just 2 months ago), so it's not beyond thought to not always have the statistically best TT'er win.
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 21-11-2014 19:12
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PCM, you are brilliant! 
Seriously, this result is more than solid for my team, 16th, 20th and winning the young rider jersey, but really PCM sucks when a rider (in this case Efimkin) joins the early break. The leader (Topchanyuk) will ride as passive as possible, not even following attacks making him lose heaps of time. Luckily the other young riders weren't too strong.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 21-11-2014 19:14
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I'll take 14th GC very happily. Considering the field it's almost exactly where i would have predicted. Anything more would have been a shock.
Nice to see Georgiev in the break, he's been really quiet and dissapointing during his whole time with us. And we weren't last in the teams comp which is always great for us! Mountains still not our best terrain but we no longer fear them as we have done in the past.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 21-11-2014 19:17
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I really hate June. That's all I can say here.
Thanks for the reports tsmoha, an amazing output from you recently |
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