|
Tour de France - Discussion
|
| knockout |
Posted on 01-04-2022 13:58
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7735
Joined: 21-12-2010
PCM$: 400.00
|
Wow, this came so out of nowhere. I'm completely stunned because i was sure this was going to be either a quiet day that keeps somebody from the previous break in yellow (think Malecki) or a completely dominant performance by Lecuisinier.
Getting a stage win with Chiarello is of course outstanding and getting that much of a gap over many contenders for a top 10 GC spot like Kritskiy, Eastman, Yates etc is amazing.
Seeing him in 2nd in GC now and collecting further ranking points via that obviously is an added bonus but I'm really intrigued whether he can use that position to carry himself further in the GC fight. Obviously, he won't get as much attacking freedom for now but past GTs have often shown that early overperfomers can ride the wave for some time in the GC and the second week stages don't look overly hard.
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
| |
|
|
| jph27 |
Posted on 01-04-2022 14:03
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7339
Joined: 20-03-2010
PCM$: 900.00
|
Great from Bettiol, and then Yates goes and loses 4 minutes to Chiarello and Roglic - two riders with comparable if not worse stats...
Yet another result that makes me think about disbandment again. As with many others I'm finding less and less time to engage, and PCM 20 seems to have major issues with random daily form which makes planning almost worthless. I'll probably change my mind given time and come back for yet another PCT rebuild, but right now motivation is low. |
| |
|
|
| SotD |
Posted on 01-04-2022 14:08
|
World Champion
Posts: 12188
Joined: 29-11-2006
PCM$: 2980.00
|
Pathetic.
Just give me a call if things change at some point…
|
| |
|
|
| Croatia14 |
Posted on 01-04-2022 14:18
|
Directeur Sportif
Posts: 9099
Joined: 13-03-2013
PCM$: 2100.00
|
Big time performance by Chiarello, congrats Knockout  I am really happy with what we did, also Inkelaar doing well and Bardet being attentive. Enjoying what we're doing atm. Also loving to see former rider Rogla in Yellow, you love to see it!
Fantastic report too!
|
| |
|
|
| Bikex |
Posted on 02-04-2022 09:20
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7255
Joined: 25-08-2012
PCM$: 600.00
|
Oh wow can’t believe Roglic did it after all. Only a shame he missed out on the stage win for our 3rd second place here.
Let’s see how long we can defend the yellow
Congrats on the stage knockout! |
| |
|
|
| roturn |
Posted on 02-04-2022 09:23
|
Team Manager
Posts: 22246
Joined: 24-11-2007
PCM$: 3900.00
|
Olivier with a big performance there staying with the best gaining time on many others.
Bigger gaps than expected to Pluchkin etc.
Chiarello really strong here, must have had a great day while Lecuisinier is still waiting I guess, though his time will come to dominate the race here in the next days. |
| |
|
|
| jandal7 |
Posted on 02-04-2022 11:16
|
World Champion
Posts: 11392
Joined: 17-12-2014
PCM$: 1020.00
|
Don't want to get over dramatic about it but it does seem that Bennett just won't do it on a PT stage both this year and in PTHC races the last few years. Will enjoy the wage cut hopefully and look forward to returning to the Tour of Japan next year 
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT]  Xero Racing
5x  x5
2x  x2
2x  x2 |
| |
|
|
| Croatia14 |
Posted on 02-04-2022 19:02
|
Directeur Sportif
Posts: 9099
Joined: 13-03-2013
PCM$: 2100.00
|
Awful stage for us with a stupid positioning-time loss by Inkelaar and further unnecessary time loss. But good to see Roman doing well in the break and trying something.
Surprising peloton win though, guessed this was one for the break, shame it wasn't cause Alex looked good.
|
| |
|
|
| cio93 |
Posted on 02-04-2022 20:35
|
World Champion
Posts: 10845
Joined: 29-10-2007
PCM$: 500.00
|
Lovely bunch of stages for us!
Egger and Mager making the unexpectedly winning break on the first mountain stage for lots of publicity and some ranking points was a nice surprise, although sadly the entire team shipped half an hour right after.
And back on hilly terrain, Demare shows the most convincing of his performances! 
I indeed feared this was going to backfire spectacularly, but when you're just this strong, I absolutely get you gotta give it a try.
What a flurry of attacks to get rid of two star riders and cross the line on your own in green! I'm extremely impressed.
Houle not getting any points on this stage is particularly important, as that really widens the gap in the fight for green. We'll definitely need another good stage result along the way to feel comfortable up there.
Tomorrow should be too difficult for us, so a breakaway appearance hoping for enough leeway should be the goal. But then again, who knows!
|
| |
|
|
| roturn |
Posted on 03-04-2022 05:04
|
Team Manager
Posts: 22246
Joined: 24-11-2007
PCM$: 3900.00
|
It`s good to see the top puncheurs winning here.
But awful to see no difference between climbers with high and low hill stat as I had hoped to see Olivier gaining a bit here.
Unfortunately TTs won`t be as fair so that he will lose tons there, which would have been needed to balanced a bit in the hills. |
| |
|
|
| Ad Bot |
Posted on 22-11-2024 08:09
|
Bot Agent
Posts: Countless
Joined: 23.11.09
|
|
| IP: None |
|
|
| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 03-04-2022 10:29
|
Small Tour Specialist
Posts: 2633
Joined: 20-04-2008
PCM$: 200.00
|
We should've sent Sosnitskiy or Vervaeke in those mountain stage breakaways instead of a bunch of puncheurs. Other than that the team is doing what can be expected of them.
|
| |
|
|
| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 04-04-2022 04:34
|
Small Tour Specialist
Posts: 2666
Joined: 31-12-2007
PCM$: 450.00
|
The race will be brutal from now on, really eager to find out if Kritskiy can bounce back from that terrible stage 9...
|
| |
|
|
| knockout |
Posted on 04-04-2022 19:13
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7735
Joined: 21-12-2010
PCM$: 400.00
|
Sick how Demare can start the race so badly and then just dominate all the hilly stages. The fight between Puma and Isostar for the title is heating up with both teams delivering big here.
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
| |
|
|
| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 04-04-2022 19:25
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 8057
Joined: 22-06-2009
PCM$: 650.00
|
Pretty awful first two weeks for Zwift. No urgency to get in the morning breakaways or even try to get a good stage result. Nothing from Eastman, yet. Basically a no-show. Not sure the French fans have even notice that Zwift is in the peloton. Very disappointing to say the least.
But, thanks for the reports so far!
|
| |
|
|
| SotD |
Posted on 04-04-2022 19:26
|
World Champion
Posts: 12188
Joined: 29-11-2006
PCM$: 2980.00
|
I give up :-(
|
| |
|
|
| tastasol |
Posted on 05-04-2022 07:02
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 2889
Joined: 11-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Solid by Nesset again, and also a good try from Vingegaard. More of that please, in the last week!
|
| |
|
|
| Croatia14 |
Posted on 05-04-2022 07:18
|
Directeur Sportif
Posts: 9099
Joined: 13-03-2013
PCM$: 2100.00
|
Prime time performance by Inkelaar, I shut my mouth about the two atrocious performances of him the days before, probably he just wanted to loose time to get back in the break  shame he couldn't take the win, but fantastic result!
|
| |
|
|
| SotD |
Posted on 05-04-2022 07:43
|
World Champion
Posts: 12188
Joined: 29-11-2006
PCM$: 2980.00
|
Jesus 
|
| |
|
|
| roturn |
Posted on 05-04-2022 07:55
|
Team Manager
Posts: 22246
Joined: 24-11-2007
PCM$: 3900.00
|
Not the most ideal stage for me.
Olivier was very strong and tried, which is good. But in the end he might have been key for some gaps behind but also was losing time on Sicard, Kritskiy, Godoy etc. due to his earlier efforts. Right now not getting a lot of points from him and he surely needs to either ride more consistency to get closer to the top5 or attack later for the stage win.
Plus all team mates just slowed down after his attack and were 11+ minutes below losing their depth positions.
Lecuisinier so far very passive. Hopefully this changes now that he is in the lead. |
| |
|
|
| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 05-04-2022 08:01
|
Directeur Sportif
Posts: 11675
Joined: 27-07-2015
PCM$: 1861.50
|
Croatia14 wrote:
Prime time performance by Inkelaar, I shut my mouth about the two atrocious performances of him the days before, probably he just wanted to loose time to get back in the break shame he couldn't take the win, but fantastic result!
|
| |
|
