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| ryant |
Posted on 20-04-2014 10:48
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Well, stages 3 and 4 were a complete failure, now Meyer has to win the last 2 stages i think to win overall, unless Stannard is dropped, that is :/
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 20-04-2014 11:12
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Just read both reports:
Stage 3: Good work from Forero (his positioning is still obviously crap but can't complain about sprinting from literally nowhere into second  )
Stage 4: CHASE HARDER, you stupid people 
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 20-04-2014 11:32
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Ok, with no hopes for the last stage I assume this'll be a 28 point race for us, which isn't great, but Tachira will probably be even worse...
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| knockout |
Posted on 20-04-2014 12:14
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Great to see my team active here and go into the break the second stage in a row. Unfortunatelly, Edmondson did not had the final punch to win but he did a nice job getting to the finish line and this also brings us to third in Team classification which would be nice additional points if we can hold on.
Too bad though that neither of Bauhaus and Edmondson werent interested in mountain points...
But a 5th place is great 
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| The Rider |
Posted on 20-04-2014 13:11
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Stage 3: A good effort by Mas to get into the break and a decent result for Manarell-
But who cares about that!
Borges earns us our first win in the Man Game.
I didn't expect our first win from to come from a loanee but there you go, I hope Gustavovskiy sees this win.
Throughout the report I had a sense that Borges might pull this off given the fact all the break were well down in GC and considering he is good on the hills/ has great acceleration and a decent sprint.
When three of the breakaway riders attacked before the sprint the sweat was on but Borges didn't lose his head and came through.
Cio -- Great way to report the final kilometre to show Borges manage to close the gap to the guys out front and power on for the win. 
Edited by The Rider on 20-04-2014 13:13
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 20-04-2014 13:36
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Sadly ten points are thrown away by letting the breakaway gap the bunch. Losing the good team result marks the first setback of the young season.
But still the good GC outcome by Schär and Imhof might make it a successful tour for us.
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 20-04-2014 14:51
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Where the hell has in-n-out been?
Literally no breaks and high placing in the sprints
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 20-04-2014 15:41
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At least Cam chose the day the break wins to get beaten on the sprint 
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 20-04-2014 16:14
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maxime86 wrote:
Where the hell has in-n-out been?
Literally no breaks and high placing in the sprints
More Out than In for sure 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 21-04-2014 21:19
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And the peloton just sitted there
So, let's make this at least some what funny and not depressing.
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| 547984 |
Posted on 21-04-2014 21:22
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I expect riders with a high fighter stat to be targeted in the next transfer season...
...and then find out that breakaways never win in PCM14.
Anyways always interesting to pay a little attention to C2 races even though I'm not in some of them.
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 21-04-2014 21:23
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And one goal failed already
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 21-04-2014 21:27
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welker3257 wrote:
And one goal failed already
2nd still gives points towards next years budget (presuming you goal was to win it), so you still did very well in terms of your goal actually Especially as winning goal is by far the toughest and getting it 1 or 2 places off is pretty good.
Anyway, what a weird race. Seems the wind had effect here again, but still. Edmondson is having some season so far though. Nice job by Yogi winning it, well played.
Edited by Alakagom on 21-04-2014 21:33
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| ryant |
Posted on 21-04-2014 21:32
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shame the break made it to the line, again...
Rowe once again not challenging, that risk might not pull off but happy with the first GC win of our Team's History!
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 21-04-2014 21:50
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Polivoda was mentioned!
5th in the GC is great here, training youngsters and still scoring a few points.
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| knockout |
Posted on 21-04-2014 21:55
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It is really a shame for PCM that the AI allowed again the break to succeed but i will not complain this time.
Some more easy points that i didnt expected as Bauhaus manages to get into the break again.
EDIT: YAY for Joeaar defending his place in GC
Edited by knockout on 21-04-2014 21:56
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| The Rider |
Posted on 21-04-2014 22:01
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I will take that 3rd, looked like Soto Pereira was the strongest out of the trio but went too early. Still a great result and gives us some decent points, the team has definitely achieved more than we expected in New Zealand..
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---- MAN GAME 2014 -- YEAR OF THE BREAKAWAY
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 21-04-2014 22:13
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FFS AI... Forero seems to have been sprinting pretty well here but has hardly got any points to show for it because of this
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 21-04-2014 22:14
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Well thank heavens for Vellieux... otherwise this would be a complete disaster. Great efforts from him got us the KoM and a 2nd place on the stage!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-04-2014 02:09
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Have to say i am very happy indeed with the teams performance in New Zealand  . Two stage wins from Nathan Earle and Joshua Edmonson and Overall Winners of the Team award, very nice |
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