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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 10-12-2017 12:30
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Tour of Vancouver is pretty much the highlight for the team at this moment. The performance relative to the level of competition (PCT) is respectable. In all 3 stages (minus the TT) at least one rider was in breakaway and in the entire race we have 1 rider in Top 20 (Nieve in Stages 1-3 and Belkov after Stage 4). Mihaylov in the last 2 stages was on decent position.
However the average finish for the team resulted in our slump in the Teams' classification as we're only ahead of Netlia.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 10-12-2017 13:03
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Amador is too strong, only a major implosion will keep him from victory. Fight for the remaining podium positions is still very much on, and I have a feeling the TTT will be decisive.
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| fintas |
Posted on 10-12-2017 13:59
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Big stage for the team and especially for Nazaret, after the first and second attack I thought he could not keep up front but with a great demonstration of strength attacked again and could almost follow the huge Amador who put the victory to the bag.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 10-12-2017 14:41
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Thanks for the congrats. Its a relief to see Amador performing up to expectations recalling that he finished 3rd here last year with a similar field. Huge ride from Roglic and Nazaret in particular, I thought these two looked unbeatable as I was reading. I'm most curious to see how the TTT goes now. Great reporting tsmoha!
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| matt17br |
Posted on 10-12-2017 15:31
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Was nice to see Primo in the front with Nazaret so much, of course the end result wasn't quite as nice but it more than reflects his 79 MO and even surpasses expectations actually, would have never thought he'd hang in with Uran and Intxausti before the stage.
Surely even more of a shame now to see how bad the mountain prologue went, but at least he can snap in the top 3-5 if he stays with the team in the TTT and doesn't absolutely suck in stage 5. Unlike Romandie.
tsmoha, you're surpassing yourself with these reports, thank you.
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 10-12-2017 16:29
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Eastman didn't gain any real ground for us but maintains his spot in the GC. Hopefully a better day on the next climb since we will likely lose time in the TTT. Amador is a monster who deserves the win in every way.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-12-2017 17:34
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Argh, another mountain stage failure for Eritel. Not a good sign.
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 10-12-2017 19:26
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Andrei Amador seems set for a dominant performance.
congratulations to Bushwackers
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 10-12-2017 19:39
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Very disappointed by Ji's performance so far. I hope it will improve, because it really has to  |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 10-12-2017 20:25
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Everyone important was on the right side of the split, well done Minions. Haga and Pantano moving up in the minor GC placements. Manarelli with another great sprint, could've been fourth if it wasn't for the break but sixth is still decent.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-12-2017 20:55
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Moscon thinks he's Dall'Oste. Cute 
A bit unfortunate at the end, but we scored a few enexpected points already.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-12-2017 21:33
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Thanks for the continued good reports tsmoha.
Could hardly get any closer to finally taking a first win of the season on that stage. Great effort by Craven.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 11-12-2017 00:22
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Nico Denz you star!
Really hoping to get some breakaway action in this race and to convert it into a win is fantastic.
Love seeing that tie at the presentation.
Another top 10 from Park as well, good stuff.
Thanks for the great reporting tsmoha.
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This result made up for a disappointment today.
Just back from a trip to Brighton where we had hoped to see Chris Rea who had to cancel as he collapsed on stage on Saturday night. Wishing him a speedy recovery.
My wife chose Chris Rea as her birth music and we were taking the resulting (not so little) 8 year old along, so a bit ironic Chris ended up in hospital instead.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-12-2017 03:40
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Great effort by the team to drag Shikai back on Stage 4, and great effort by him as well to reel the other contenders in and grab 3rd on the stage and GC. Holding steady now would be a very good result for us, so hopefully he can do that!
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 11-12-2017 05:59
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Being in the winning break is a success for us, even if Kanepeja only got 21st! Shame to see Padun drop out of the top 50 and lose his U25 position though.
Congrats D2B on the win and once again thanks tsmoha for the awesome quality!
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 11-12-2017 08:12
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Good to see Moser win the sprint, a shame it was only for 3rd though. Been in the top positions every stage so far but a win still eludes us.
Congrats on the break win D2B! And thanks again tsmoha
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| Shonak |
Posted on 11-12-2017 11:29
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Heartbreak for Kudus, I would have loved Eritel seeing that one. Kudos (hehe) to Roglic and matt though. Amador is a god among mortals though. Berg Cycles with three riders in the top 10 look for a huge point payout.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-12-2017 11:39
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Oh, Moscon..
Thanks for the great reports, Tsmoha!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| tastasol |
Posted on 11-12-2017 11:57
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Wow, Roglic! Fantastic performance by him. Suddenly Generali straight back in the promotion battle?
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| fintas |
Posted on 11-12-2017 12:22
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Great work from my boys, minimizing losses and still managing to gain advantages over some of the competition..
I know it will be difficult to hold the three places in the top 10, but if we do, this will be the team's best race ever.
Nazaret has made so far a great race now is to hope that it does not waste everything in the last 18km and that is able to stay with the rest of the team
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