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| Christer |
Posted on 09-05-2013 15:54
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Awh, man! I had hoped that Ardila would do better and keeping up with the front. Kinda disappointed.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-05-2013 16:01
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Darn. Losing the lead isn't great but the stage win is a perfect consolation and if a couple of my riders can all finish in the top 15 I would be happy. Happy to see the team is really doing well here.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-05-2013 19:58
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Consistent again for Bibby, but he failed to have a stand out stage.
Shame to see Ji lose the race lead, but could still be a big points haul for Meiji. And in this, the 5th ManGame edition of the race, we finally have a Japanese stage winner!
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| brownwm |
Posted on 09-05-2013 20:11
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Not bad, I am pretty happy with 7th overall and Agudelo in 17th, hopefully Ferrari can get a top 5 on the last stage.
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| DaBobScotts |
Posted on 09-05-2013 23:08
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Damn... Moved up in position but went back in time... Still, being realistic, a top 15 here is good. It's not our goal, but I'm still happy. A good ride from Peeters tomorrow and we can get a top 5 which would be great all things considered.
Something that I didn't see pointed out was that Meiji is leading the team's classifications. Surely that is still good considering that Ji is still top 3. The results shouldn't change tomorrow anyway 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 10-05-2013 06:13
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Alakagom wrote:
Wohooo!!!! Didn't expect that at all. Brilliant riding by Marquez.
2 stage races, 2 wins ( maybe that is, still 1 day to go :L ) Seems our racing plan for him is working perfectly so far.
It is luck and pcm, not a racing plan.
He (Marquez) is fighting with punchers with 5-9 points better and still beats them. It is luck like Hoffman in South Africa...
But big congrats, nice to see that we will be near the top5-10 after April, as promoted teams from Div2, we will show them! 
Also congrats to Meiji, the GC is probably lost, but still great performance in their home coutry of the rising sun.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 10-05-2013 14:26
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Really strange what happened to Castano and Ardila Cano there. Had never seen something like that before. Noticed that he got dropped so went to check in the replay. He just got dropped. He was halfway in the peloton when the sprint started and dropped down untill he was in a chasing group.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 10-05-2013 14:56
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Shame that Castano and Cano got bit by PCM stupidity. But it gives me a few more points and every point matters. Costa sprinting for 8th was quite surprising as well. Oh and ofcourse Gil getting a top 10 I didn't see coming. Thanks for the reports Spilak, they were great. 
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| cio93 |
Posted on 10-05-2013 14:58
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I'm very happy for JK and Meiji for their success in their home tour. 
Gutted on the other hand for transfers friends ING...
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 10-05-2013 15:08
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Marquez defended the leader's jersey quite easily. What a month it has been for HTC! Couldn't have went much better than this.
Thanks for the reports Spilak
Edited by Alakagom on 10-05-2013 15:09
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| rycadinho |
Posted on 10-05-2013 15:10
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What the heck! That must have been the weirdest thing that has ever occurred in the game, maybe even in the history of pcm, at least as far I'm aware. Why anyone would slow down like that is beyond logic, but Cyanide keeps on surprising! Next big mind blowing episode should involve a rider deciding to make a u-turn at the finish line and go all the way back to the start 
Thanks for the reports Spilak, quality all the way and congratulations to the different winners.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 10-05-2013 15:14
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I wasn't expecting Salleh to eb able to sprint for fifth place there but we'll take it.
I'm glad JK got a stage win in their home tour aswell, even if they are our rivals and will probably now jump us in the next update.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 10-05-2013 15:21
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Feel sorry for ING, what a way to lose points. Even though it's good news for Lloyd, who does not deserve to finish 8th imo.
Meiji scoring so high, wow. Congrats valv! Of course some very valuable points there. Oz? Keeps finishing between 7-15 like so often this year. At least we're doing better than last season
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| CountArach |
Posted on 10-05-2013 15:44
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Wow huge race for Meiji, that should be great in their fight to stay well out of relegation.
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| ANFreeman |
Posted on 10-05-2013 17:58
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Biggest congrats go to JK and Meiji - two much loved teams, performing great in their home race
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| Christer |
Posted on 10-05-2013 18:23
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While I am not happy with how the last hilly stage turned out, I think that the race turned out quite well for Team WWE. Only sad that I didn't win any stages.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-05-2013 19:20
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Shame about that ending for Castano, not deserved at all. But nice to see the Points jersey inspiring Bibby to sprint to a podium spot on the stage.
CountArach wrote:
Wow huge race for Meiji, that should be great in their fight to stay well out of relegation.
Much needed, considering they were 165 points away from safety going into this race. More on that in the Rankings update later
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| jph27 |
Posted on 10-05-2013 19:32
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Well, we are down. Twas fun. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 10-05-2013 21:43
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Thank goodness its over. A crash is always in the back of tour mind when something is finally going right, so I can take a deep breath now!
I would have loved 1st, but having 3 in the Top 11 is great, and the team classification and 2 stage wins can also be taken from this, so all in all Im ecstatic with the race result.
Great race for JK Cycling as well! Masuda did pretty well in the GC and of course Peeters.
Edited by valverde321 on 10-05-2013 21:49
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| DaBobScotts |
Posted on 11-05-2013 00:51
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Damn, what a race! Just missed out on the top 10 goal, although I'm happy with that result. Couple that with a stage win, and I'm pretty happy to be honest. Should move us up a little in the rankings (which I'm just about to check) which would be great.
Congrats to all the other teams, particularly Meiji for their results.
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