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Vuelta al Tachira - Discussion Thread
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| Firefly21 |
Posted on 28-01-2013 01:51
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That is a nice haul of points for Kenya Airways. I said I would cheer for the CT teams, but I have to say that I was cursing out most of the PCT peleton during the race for allowing Camano to grab the win! I will be magnanimous though and say congrats to FroomeDog for a fantastic result. CT teams showing some real strength in the early season in C1 races.
Great report Count Arach! Exciting race well reported!
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| jack888 |
Posted on 28-01-2013 02:10
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ffs what's wrong with my team?
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 28-01-2013 06:50
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Great report and very exciting first mountain test for PCT teams and climbers, only that they got beaten totally by the visiting CT team, great work from whole Kenya-Barclays team, congrats.
P.S: Why the hell is Camano black? Because his team is from Kenya? Major lol 
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 28-01-2013 07:03
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What a result from Camano  . Got him on minimum wage and he's probably paid it off already. Also great too see Ndbri in the next group. Also cool to lead four classifications. The perfect stage 
Edited by FroomeDog99 on 28-01-2013 07:29
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| CountArach |
Posted on 28-01-2013 07:29
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Alright stage 6 posted. A bit earlier than usual but whatever. Anyway the plan for the stages being posted in the next couple of days is to post one tomorrow at about this time (it is my birthday so I don't want to spend all day at the computer fiddling with forum codes) then I should be okay to do 2 per day for the rest of the race.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 28-01-2013 07:32
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Phew, that was close. Thought Ndbri had not got back :) |
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| tyriion |
Posted on 28-01-2013 09:01
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Nice racing, and it all goes according to HTC's plan.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 28-01-2013 09:55
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I am at school so I can't see the pictures, but it looks like the stage went perfectly for us as Tyriion says
I didn't want to get GC lead as that would put probably too much strain on my team early on, and with being 2nd and dropping most of our big rivals we achieved perfect result.
Hope we can continue in the same fashion
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| brownwm |
Posted on 28-01-2013 10:50
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I am happy that I had 6 climbers finish in the peloton on stage 5, but have no idea why none of them decided to attack, to attempt to gain any time. However I am still in it with 4 people at 1;38 back. Hopefully my team will show more initiative on the next few stages.
Stage 6 was as expected with a sprint finish, I am kind of regretting not sending a decent sprinter here.
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 28-01-2013 12:22
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Kip really is a rocket in the final 100 metres, too bad that he just missed out the victory!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 28-01-2013 12:38
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Kip is riding really well here. I never thought he was capable of such results. Very nice transfer, rycadinho
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| jack888 |
Posted on 28-01-2013 12:49
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Sounds good Count. Have a good bday
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 28-01-2013 13:26
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OMG!! Cano was so freaking close!!!!
I know i can't be dissapointed with a 4th place for a 77 spr at this level, but OMG!
The mountain stage was mediecore for me, Can't see why nobody is attacking from me though....As i have no big favourites.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 28-01-2013 15:36
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Now that Caldeira is good Avelino fails on the line... meh I'm glad the sprints are over here. Congrats to Hollister though, Serebriakov is a very valuable rider.
jack888 wrote:
Sounds good Count. Have a good bday
x2
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 28-01-2013 16:20
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Very impressive stage 5 by CT team Kenya Airways!
And funny to see how Kip continues his habit of suddenly showing up out of nowhere.
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| brownwm |
Posted on 29-01-2013 12:36
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A pretty good stage on the whole for me, Acevedo and Soler showed good aggression, and a great result for Ardila to come in 4th on the stage. Now just 57 seconds back, hopefully he can produce so good climbing to get closer.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 29-01-2013 12:58
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Great racing so far in Tachira! The hills were not that important so far so let's see how the favourites will fight each other in the mountains. Marquez already in the lead. Can't really see anyone overtake him but hope for some great mountain stages!
And I'm really dissapointed in myself that I didn't subscribe for this race. 
Edited by Spilak23 on 29-01-2013 12:59
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 29-01-2013 13:12
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Stunning performance by young Aru, he is really giving it a go! I hope that Castaño was saving himself for the next couple of stages, so he can go for a stage win.
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| tyriion |
Posted on 29-01-2013 13:46
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Great day for HTC once again. Amazing performance by Morton and Marquez the leader. WWE and Hollister had a good day as well. But with the performance Morton brought Marquez won't have to worry.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 29-01-2013 14:35
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This race is playing really well into the hands of HTC. Can't wait for the upcoming mountain stages.
Nice stage by Mendes and Nicácio too. A 2nd place in the stage isn't bad and given Nicácio's history with hilly stages I really can't complain about this performance either.
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