Really pleased to see a Saeco win straight after a fairly barren Giro. Nizzolo edging out Degenstrabe is great from him. De Marchi still in GC type hunt hopefully as well is a boost too.
Thanks matt
Nice start for Nibali and also Vanmarcke scoring points in his stage.
Cymru picking up some decent results lately, also LA Antarte with a win now, making the fight at the lower WT spots more interesting
Only weird that at the TT Intermediates sprint points were awarded and the winner for bonus seconds, not sure if my xml file or the stage is the reason for that.
also stage 3 + 4 of Deutschland Tour up.
As stage 4 is the only Mountain stage of the race it comes with a short video:
More superb racing from Simon Yates in Germany but somehow he still hasn't got a victory yet this season. Mountain stage looked okay. Thomas over-performing again and Adam right up there. It will be interesting to see what the gaps are (I assume they'll be up later?) and whether our relatively strong TTT lineup will somehow manage to finish outside the top 10 and throw it all away as usual.
Guatemala is our throwaway race of the three so meh. Complete waste of time but hoping Mannion might be able to get something when the road goes uphill.
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First outings in a long time for Dumoulin (Deutschland) and Coppel (Guatemala), both managed top 10s so hopeful they can get some points for us during the tricky triple header.
Blythe is relieved from lead-out duties for Cav and managed 7th in a blanket finish, not too bad for his first WT tour as top sprinter. Must give him some wheelsucking training . (Not sure where he got to on stage 1, looked like the team was on a trainng run).
Good to see Rathe and Guerin getting in the breaks as well.
Thanks to Matt & Bikex for the reports, the pace is pretty breathtaking .
Not much for us again, should have sent Nieve or De Gendt to Deutschland... Van Lergheberge making an effort at e front of the race and a decent sprint by Pelluchi are the two things to happen so far, but didn't expect much so can't complain.
The toughest Guatemala stage is up! We're close to the start of Mount Fuji, the last triple header race, as well as the sprinters' stage race Tour de Berlin.
Van Lergheberge making an effort at e front of the race and a decent sprint by Pelluchi are the two things to happen so far, but didn't expect much so can't complain.
