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Tour d'Andorra Discussion
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Posted on 03-02-2018 14:12
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Come on George 
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 03-02-2018 14:47
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Total domination of Valls!!!!! I was a little worried when he was alone already with 30 kms to go and then quite surprised that he decided to attack from the start of Ordino. But obviously he was feeling great and wanted the stage win, so that makes him the first CT rider to score 200+ points in a single race this season (201  ). That also puts him with already 531 points scored in the season, and still 9 RD's left where i expect him to score around 150 points 
The image of Penasa destroyed while Valls looked impassive has stuck in my heart and is currently being printed to put it in the hall of our HQ 
The rest of the team completely disappeared in this stage, so we are getting no points apart from Valls' of this race, which isn't perfect, but not that it's a big worry
And another Goal Achieved!! 3/3 so far, and looking bright to a 5/5 on my rookie season 
Thank you so much for the magnificent reports tsmoha! Great quality as always, and obviously enjoying them more when you are the winner
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| ryant |
Posted on 03-02-2018 15:16
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Feel sorry for the fellow crash victims here... Looks like I'll never willingly race in Andorra again
Not going to argue against crashes, sure they suck but I dont think we should get rid of them...
John St Ledger in Team Bunzl-Centrica and Team U25
Red Bull Driver in RFactor
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 03-02-2018 15:25
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Well that didnt go well Feeling sorry for Xero, it always sucks to see a GC rider being put out of contention like that.
As for us, Solis got worst every day, started off very well and finished worst with every day that went by (makes me wonder if S2 crash did any damage) but nevertheless disapointing. Rujano on the other hand was very consistent and had a very good run today, ending up 11th in GC.
But also, 0 breaks is something I was very unhappy with, the rest of the team didn't get a single mention throughout the entire race.
Over 30 points so not a complete disaster, but does probably doom our Top15 ambitions for the final Standings wich sucks but moving on now..
Congratz Aquarius (now you have to believe I'm saying this too often  ), the win was totally deserved and Valls just keeps this amazing run of form it's absolutely incredible! Thank you also to tsmoha, every stage report was amazing and it was great seeing the Andorran territory!
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| Vien |
Posted on 03-02-2018 15:57
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3rd, 12th, 13th and the team GC. I wouldnt've believed that beforehand! The team worked together beautifully and I shuld've gotten well over 100 points here. Sad Krasnoperov wasn't able to hang on after stage 1 and 2 but I was well aware of that risk when signing him.
Grats to the usual users, Aquarius and Booker, and sorry to all the teams that were heavily affected by the many crashes. Thanks tsmoha for the quality reports as well, and see you guys in San Luis. |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 03-02-2018 15:59
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Congrats to Aquarius97, can’t say I’m surprised any longer that Valls will dominate these kind of races in CT, but there is always a risk so a races win secured will always be a thrill.
Also congratulations to Booker, Vien and other with good results in the race. I’m very satisfied with this result myself, a stage and GC 4th was above my wildest dreams.
Feel sorry for jandal7, Kentaurus and others with crash victims, sucks for sure.
Thanks for the report tsmoha, brilliant report of this crucial stage and great with the extensive post-race coverage and GC sum-up.
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Posted on 23-11-2024 20:07
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 03-02-2018 18:09
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Congratz Aquarius very dominant and deserved win by Valls yet again!
Great fight by Penasa too. Shame Suaza decidet to skip this one though, could very much have contested for the win here.
Congratz Vien, for a great race by reddit too! Very nice to see the climbing depth pay off.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-02-2018 19:00
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You rock Bardet! Second in the team standings is a nice bonus with Ruijgh and Battaglin both getting into the points on the last stage. This has salvaged our month to some extent.
Congrats to Aquarius for a deserved and expected win
Nice to see Cataldo doing well for Tamijo and also Campero for Garmin!
We've been the victims of crashes this month on a couple of occasions, so we came empathise a great deal with those involved here.
That was horrible for Bennett. Xero have had terrible luck with crashes in stage races!
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 03-02-2018 19:05
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Oh you've got to be kidding me
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT]  Xero Racing
5x  x5
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 03-02-2018 19:11
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I feel particularly sorry for you/Bennett here I know how it is to crash out of two key stage races and it sucks that it happened to some of my favorite riders (Bennett, Morton) this year.
Thanks to all for the kind words on the reports though!
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 03-02-2018 19:14
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tsmoha wrote:
I feel particularly sorry for you/Bennett here I know how it is to crash out of two key stage races and it sucks that it happened to some of my favorite riders (Bennett, Morton) this year.
Thanks to all for the kind words on the reports though!
Yeah it really sucks, for you in key races and for us too (two goals!) At least we got a few points though
And yes, I was too sad to remember - despite the content these were another fantastic set of reports - really clear and entertaining, thanks a bunch!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
5x x5
2x x2
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| Booker |
Posted on 04-02-2018 09:20
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Aquarius97 wrote:
The image of Penasa destroyed while Valls looked impassive has stuck in my heart and is currently being printed to put it in the hall of our HQ
Glad that we could help with your interior decorations. Contact Kulczyk Investments if you’re looking for financing for anything else for your HQ at
Congrats though Aqua, you’ve got a beast on your squad there.
On the plus side for us, Penasa’s 2nd place and his consistency throughout as 2nd best was pleasing in that we didn’t fluke into the points (hopefully to bring us within shouting distance of WCC). We at Kulczyk - DMTEX are also pleased with Pozzo’s move up to 21st on the final day.
Cheers for the congrats all and thanks again for the brilliant reporting tsmoha
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