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Tour of Northern Europe - Discussion
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 21-01-2026 08:40
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First of all thanks for all the great reports to Ulrich and congrats to all the stage winners so far. As a wildcard no stage results and no breakaway appearances don't look to great, but we're obviously all in for Küng who sneaked his way on the GC podium now. Let's hope he'll stay there and get that first PT podium for us (though it's a shame we don't get the points as well  ). And not even maxed Lapeira in 2nd U25 as well as 20th overall really shows his talent as well, I'm sure there will be quite some interest again in the next transfers 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 21-01-2026 13:09
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Another solid stage from MVD. Just one stage to go and hopefully there's no late heartbreak for us.
Congrats to Eden and thanks for the report!
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| ember |
Posted on 21-01-2026 21:00
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Congratulations on the win, Eden! Also thank you for another stellar report, UU. Definitely enjoying your coverage of the action!
The final stage looks like a greater challenge, at least regarding the final hill to the line, and especially if we get the GC guys fighting for the stage win. Should be possible to create important gaps there. Best of luck to those managers involved in the fight for GC positions, will definitely enjoy the show! |
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 22-01-2026 04:18
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Nice to see signs of life via Serrano, but overall a disappointing race for us in terms of results. Thank you for the reports Ulrich. I have to say, another stage race being decided by the TT is feeling quite unbalanced. That makes Tasmania, Ukraine, Slovenia, PN, and more to come.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 22-01-2026 04:37
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What a colossal tactical fuck-up this race was. Lucky to salvage 6th and 9th, the lack of classification and stage points is a real killer.
Thanks for some properly excellent reporting Ulrich, enjoyed it a lot despite my fury at the team/AI 
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."
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-01-2026 05:08
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Meiler with a strong day and a valiant effort in the break there. Was always a huge longshot, but gave me something to follow in an otherwise lost race. Funny to see Per in 27th today, really strong on the toughest hills of the race. Makes me think what could have been GC wise, but I guess we're talking minor placings no matter what.
Thanks for the reports!
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| SotD |
Posted on 22-01-2026 05:11
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Was pretty happy when I saw a lot of Kiriakidis’ rivals in the top 10 having trouble, and him not mentioned. Then I Saw he was dropped with Them and thought “damn”, but atleast he was with those. But then he cracked monumentally and dropped 3 spots in the GC. Atleast I had 3 good riders up front, but they were also too weak and dropped again.
So quite a bad stage for us really. An even worse one from EA Vesuvio however meant that we still progressed.
Overall winning 2 stages, points Jersey and teams GC with 2 riders in the GC top 20. Can’t be anything but happy with that! Cavagna was the most dissapointing one looking at the similar riders doing Well. But I suspect he fell victim to my chaotic startlist.
Amazing reports all the Way through! Big Thanks :-)
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-01-2026 06:41
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Remarkable race from MVD. Didn't even imagine he'd get 2nd in the GC here. Currently, he's on a one man mission to try to save us.
Thanks for the great reports Ulrich!
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| ember |
Posted on 22-01-2026 06:46
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Creative stuff from us on that final stage. Cool to see there riders try their luck up front. Had hopes Swift could be on a amazing day and fight for a good stage placing, but fair enough. Good to see us try!
Several teams had great races here, congratulations to all of you. Especially to Abhi with MVD’s performances.
Also thank you for the reports again, UU! Well done covering the important things happening all across the race  |
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Posted on 24-01-2026 10:57
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 22-01-2026 08:12
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After a strong stage 6 Aleotti actually climbed close to the top 10, despite his earlier puncture and loss of minutes. Then in stage 7 he suddenly finishes 48th, 5 minutes behind his fellow puncheurs (including the weaker Malecki). Like he didn't even try...
Unlucky race for us.
Congrats to SN. And excellent reporting, UU. Thanks!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 22-01-2026 08:21
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Nothing from us anymore, but an interesting final stage nonetheless. Great to see MVD do this well and keep Sony fighting to stay in the division.
Thank you for the fantastic reports, Ulrich!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 22-01-2026 08:23
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Good to see Gerts trying something. It didn't go well in terms of stage rankings, but at least he jumped a few places in the GC.
Thanks for the reports!
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| redordead |
Posted on 22-01-2026 10:52
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Nikiema with a 2nd place is a great way to close out the race 
Siric was very good on stage 6, a lot worse on stage 7, but on the whole still fared better in the hills than I would've thought. I thought Nikiema had a chance to get higher in GC, but I didn't think he'd be on the edge of the top 10. Wright was probably my favourite option pre race, the fact he was my 3rd best rider shows that we had a very strong race. Maybe Fedorov can do a bit better next year when maxed.
Philipsen was great in the sprints so pretty much everyone that realistically had a chance to contribute did so. After five bad races we desperately needed something like this.
Thanks to UU for the nice reports and congrats to everyone who did well
"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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| knockout |
Posted on 22-01-2026 11:04
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Losing the podium spot on the last day is a bit of a bummer but overall, i can be happy with this race. Herregodts could have worked put a lot weaker than this. At least we finally have a planning decision working out as intended
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| roturn |
Posted on 22-01-2026 11:43
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Obviously having Vansevenant and Van Hooydonck here with first being clear leader, I had higher expectations than 10th and 101th.
If only one of them performed a bit, it should be closer to the podium. Losing couple minutes for bad positioning only in a split made it impossible to bounce back.
What makes it even worse though is that even on the two hill stages, where Vansevenant was top favourite he lost time against weaker riders and his attack on the last day wasn`t strong or smart at all.
Not our race here this year, needed the points but going with very low scoring unfortunately. Nice to see some teams, that weren`t performing that good over the year in the top positions, nice result for Schmid in especially and well done Jandal for the rivalry win here.
Wirtgen just unstoppable, likely the best allround rider at the moment.
Thanks for the reports. |
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| Bikex |
Posted on 23-01-2026 08:53
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Decent race from Van Baarle. Nice to see he can still perform here after his first decline. Tiller unfortunately dropped quite a lot but we should still get some depth scoring with 5 riders in Top 40 of GC.
Thanks for the great reports and congrats SN! |
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