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Posted on 22-11-2024 11:52
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 07-05-2022 01:16
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Wow, awesome from Pidcock! Love seeing him 7th on GC here - shame it's not 5th after that time loss on Stage 2 but still a great breakthrough result for him!
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| ember |
Posted on 07-05-2022 09:39
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Massive stage seeing the gaps. Cool to see such a selection! Regarding how it played out, we must be satistied with 9th and 10th in the GC. Anderberg with a slightly disappointing race thinking of the first four stages, and with that in mind, a top 10 GC is good to come away with. Kaislavuo with a big overperformance, nice to have him bring in some surprising points.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 07-05-2022 10:54
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Helme is 11th on GC but only 4th in Young Riders!
Dulanjana doing fantastic for 4th on GC.
Very pleased to see Kraftwerk up to 2nd on Teams.
Thanks for the reports LLS and congrats to the winners.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 07-05-2022 17:17
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Normally for Altur to be beating out the likes of Trentin would be really good, instead it's only for 8th GC because this race was weirdly overpowered by hills. A wild Top7 but they earned it on the roads. Some points banked, and maybe enough of a ride to give Altur some transfer market value we can use going downwards.
Gayral 4th in the U25 is ok. But a let down race from AC and Matthews. Even Wolverine was quiet bar one or two pulls on the front. This is why we're now battling to not be last in the PCT, just not even close.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 07-05-2022 17:29
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Too early into the wind for TVA, so he couldn't hold onto the lead. Can't complain too much about his race, he did his part. David couldn't at all. Both got into the points scoring GC positions in the end but its not enough points once more and I really dread the impending rankings update.
Congrats to Lierse and thanks for the great reports LLS 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-05-2022 17:32
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A fitting end to a very up and down, but ultimately disappointing race. Lander sprints, but can't match the top 5. Kump does well enough to take the points jersey from Trentin. So we leave essentially empty handed.
You live and you learn. Next time I'll bring some stage racers instead and see what happens. With his 69 cobble, it seems like Guldhammer could have actually dominated this race if I had sent him. Instead, it's a failure.
Looks like we're failing all our goals this year, which is tough after 5/5 last year. Really thought this race was our best shot given the parcours. We've also fallen off hard in general the last month scoring wise. If we don't pick it up soon and promote, this transfer season is going to be really difficult with a 1/5 goal budget. Our leaders are all declining, and we don't have anyone else ready to go. This is gonna suck.
Congrats to Lierse, and thank you to LLS for delivering great reports once again, perservering through the technical hiccups!
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-05-2022 17:50
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Hmm, didn't expect much from Stallaert, 8th is fine I guess. Some GC shuffling with those large gaps; if I didn't miss anything, we lose one point from Lampaert falling and Stallaert and Hadi rising. Water under the bridge. Vliegen remaining in 5th is the big thing.
Congrats Ollfardh, and thanks for the reports of this very weird race, LLS 
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| redordead |
Posted on 07-05-2022 17:56
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Lost some depth points on the final stage which is unfortunate, but we scored more points than we expected in this too weird of a race.
I still can hardly believe I've finally won the KOM classification once. David Gaudu is quietly having a very nice season
Thanks for the reports LLS
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 07-05-2022 17:56
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Great to see Kalaba and Kump perform late!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 07-05-2022 18:09
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Thanks for the reports, nice to see Kumpi pull a green here despite some middling but consistent stage results. Very solid race from our side and congrats to Oldfardh on a nice GC win!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 07-05-2022 18:50
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Terrible race for us. Nobody trying anything GC-wise, Manarelli not even sprinting twice, and bad guys in the breakaways. Glad it's over. Do agree that maybe the stage race itself needs to be changed a little bit, as I believe the ones supposed to be victorious here are (punchy) cobblers, and not classic stage racers. Congratulations to Lierse for the second year in a row of course, managerial masterclass
Thanks for the reports again, LLS. Shit race for us, but solid reports as always
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 07-05-2022 20:28
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DUSAN!
The race looked to be over yesterday but we get away with a stage win and two riders in the top 20 (Marcos even dropping a bit due to the echelons), definitely not the end of the world.
Thanks for the reports LLS and congrats Ollfardh!
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| ember |
Posted on 08-05-2022 20:49
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Congratulations, Marco! Your team is on fire these days
No bad luck on the final stage, which makes it a good race seeing us grab 9th, 10th and 16th in the GC with such a decisive hilly stage. Nothing spectacular, but still able to score, is nice. |
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