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| mb2612 |
Posted on 13-08-2011 20:41
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SotD wrote:
Looking at the final TT SN should be getting 1st and 3rd here. What at start...
Tenorio should overtake Intxausti, especially as it's a hilly time trial
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| roturn |
Posted on 13-08-2011 21:04
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I think the ITT will bring many shocked faces and lots of surprises here. It has absolutely nothing to do with a time trial if you play it on your own. 
It`s more likely a lottery who is finishing strong and who not.
Normally it`s the best climbers and descenders and not the best time trialists due to the extrem high slopes. Definitely no hill TT. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 13-08-2011 21:46
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Just when I want a non-mountain mountain stage we get a proper one.  |
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 13-08-2011 22:48
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Great stage by Pedraza! And 4th in the GC is awesome, even tough better TT:ers is close behind. But if it is as roturn says then anything can happen.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-08-2011 00:14
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Tennant 
Uran
Intxausti 
Too bad Iglinski got lazy, and let Santander take the teams competition. Inadequate domination here in Oman
So Uran vs Pluchkin, may the luckiest man win!
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| niconico |
Posted on 14-08-2011 04:00
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Tennant
Uran
Intxausti
Too bad Iglinski got lazy, and let Santander take the teams competition. Inadequate domination here in Oman
So Uran vs Pluchkin, may the luckiest man win!
Meh, you had Uran beating Pluchkin today, that's 82MO beating 83MO. I demand to take 8+ seconds tomorrow. Then again the stats are in my favour so should I?
Man, I would have liked that win though. Here's to hoping for the overall!
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| niconico |
Posted on 14-08-2011 04:01
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SotD wrote:
Looking at the final TT SN should be getting 1st and 3rd here. What at start...
But.....why? 
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 14-08-2011 10:04
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Quality report there, smowz.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 14-08-2011 10:16
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That was exciting! Great report, Smowz.
Also, congrats to JW and B&O!
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 14-08-2011 10:18
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4th on the stage, 3rd overall, 3 in the top 25 and victory in the team classification.
Not bad for our first race in the Pro Tour, next up Catalunya.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 14-08-2011 10:34
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Epic reports, epic battle for win.
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| ANFreeman |
Posted on 14-08-2011 10:39
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tsmoha wrote:
Epic reports, epic battle for win.
Agreed. That was a really exciting finish.
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| roturn |
Posted on 14-08-2011 10:48
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Congrats to B&O.
Was a brilliant report, Smowz.
SN lost by 1s is really angry, on the other hand he got 2nd and 4th in the overall, so still pretty well.
Biggest surprise for me was Posthuma. Probably a +5 form. |
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 14-08-2011 13:12
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Excellent report. It had kept my interest and I do not even have a team in the race. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 14-08-2011 13:45
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Kept looking for my riders all the way through, but no mention what so ever made the report quite boring I think - I do however like the way you did it, but a bit dissapointed that there wasn't one single line about Serpa or Dees - whom were both in the line of taking a jump in either direction on paper. Both did HORRIBLE which was also worth a mention I think.
But nontheless I'm happy with 12th and 25th seeing how this race progressed. Now hopefully Lavoine can keep his top 3 sprint competition and score me some points.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 14-08-2011 13:48
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Thanks for the positive feedback here guys. I guess the riders make the race and really stages 3 through to 6 have been exciting and the sprints on stage 1 and 2 were unpredictable. It would have been a crime for this reporter not to give it a damn good write - up.
A shame I have not had the time to get into creating video clips for all these, though not much to see on a time trial or really any more to add on the mountain stage.
It certainly is a titanic struggle between the top two and behind on the GC with some interesting stars emerging from the race.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-08-2011 15:29
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Damn it. 2 stages wins but we miss the first goal of the season. Gesink would have won the race if it wasn't for that crash I think.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 14-08-2011 15:39
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Huh, top 3 in Oman was a goal.
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| niconico |
Posted on 14-08-2011 16:54
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YES! That was some race! I'm not leaning back just yet though. There's still one stage. But we're close now!
Go on Pluchkin, bring it home!
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 14-08-2011 18:37
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Oh well, Pedraza going from 4th to 7th is of course not super, but I had it coming. Still really good results.
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