Well with Fritsch in the breakaway and almost snatching the KoM jersey, that only improves what was already a great race for us. 5th, 7th and 17th in the final GC is really great.
Nice to see a team winning at home, so was pleased for Bewley though (for once ), but that's a tough final stage on Wiesenhof. Congrats to Phinney for getting his 'Festina revenge' here, but Festina themselves were on target, and third is the least that Prio deserved with their lineup.
Oh so close both times for Ciolek, but I wanted a podium and 4th and 5th add up exactly to that. I was particularly pleased by that sprint train, which might've been the last Puma sprint train ever.
I praise the MG gods for letting Sütterlin survive this stage and finish 6th overall after 5th last year, while taking home consecutive white jerseys.
27th and 37th by van Baarle and Bevin are nice minor points, which should take our total tally from this race to about 200 points. I'm very very satisfied with that.
Congratulations to RBC, who I now do fear in the rankings, and Festina&Moser for keeping the title fight enjoyable. Also it was nice to see a Project:Africa rider winning a jersey. Thanks for good reports Abhi!
So Ahlstrand leave this race without a single point? I know that it was a packed sprint field, but heck with two stages he should be able to sneak in to top 10 atleast once...
Sucks to see him once again doing so bad, after all money and time that been spent on him over the years.
On the other hand Wetterhall and Stenersen was doing a bit better then I could have exptected.
Congrats jt for the GC-win! And fto the stage winners!
Edited by viking90 on 20-02-2018 20:49
Oh so close for Gjølberg That would have been a win for the history books if he had held on, being by far the worst rider in the team looking at the OVR stat. And I must admit, I actually thought he had it with 5 kilometers to go.
Kind of unfortunate to see Kristoff open the sprint that early though, but on the other hand it's much better that way compared to when he's boxed in well behind in the line of sprinters. All in all another very exciting stage for us, so I can only be happy with this race, eventhough it doesn't give us any real points.
Congratulations on the stage win, Roman, and to jt for a big overall win
Well, this Race hasn't been the astounding sucesso I was hoping to achieve, but its nas proven helpful. This last stage is definetly One of the least annoying of the season : p congrats Roman
Standard result from Phinney to win this race, Gray's again it! And thanks for the reports Abishkek!
I'd like to thank Abhishek for reporting this race, and show absolutely no suprise whatsoever that we were practically anonymous on the two terrains in which we'd be below average even for a PCT team
), but that's a tough final stage on Wiesenhof. Congrats to Phinney for getting his 'Festina revenge' here, but Festina themselves were on target, and third is the least that Prio deserved with their lineup.
That would have been a win for the history books if he had held on, being by far the worst rider in the team looking at the OVR stat. And I must admit, I actually thought he had it with 5 kilometers to go.
