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| jt1109 |
Posted on 18-10-2014 12:47
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Vanderbiest!!!! Great sprint he has had a really good run of luck in terms of the wheels he has followed during this race and he has done well to follow that through with results him and Roth look set for top 10's now if nothing massive happens on the last stage which will mean a very nice points haul |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 18-10-2014 14:51
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What the heck did Hornbach pay the reporter to increase their stats for this race? 
A 76 sprinter. Yeah.
Well not much to really complain actually, except for Vanderbiest being the one ahead and not someone like Goss or Vantomme that is irrelevant to our chances of avoiding relegation...
Nothing won yet though, another break to catch and another sprint to contest well. Everything to win, a lot to lose.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 18-10-2014 14:56
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At least Iglinski was in the break. Too bad it didn't make it.
My team once again shows it can only do one thing at a time, as Serebriakov -mr. inconsistent- came 24th...
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| Stevenag |
Posted on 18-10-2014 16:42
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Thank you Gatto for participating. It's not like I am disappointed with a place around 50. Hopefully my top 15 position can get me some points at least.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 18-10-2014 17:15
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Really impressed by Ghafari. Let's keep that top 10!  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 18-10-2014 20:29
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What the hell was that performance?
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 19-10-2014 09:27
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Finally! 
This kinda saves this race from being a disaster. Nice to see our train working so well, Sulz and Giacoppo great work. Man, i really didn't believe Gossy would finally grab those seconds. Congrats RBC!
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 19-10-2014 09:38
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Not even a half decent sprint from Greipel, not even a sprint from Ulanowski... But Wohler in the break again...
Shit race for us, but I guess we scored more than Metinvest, which is good.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-10-2014 09:58
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Oh well. Not the breakthrough performance I was hoping for, but I have to take the points.
That puts a huge pressure om Eneco Tour now.
Thanks for the reports and congratulations to RBC and I guess Meiji have to be happy too.
Good to see the begging of tsmoha helped a bit in the end as well. 
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| The Rider |
Posted on 19-10-2014 10:08
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tsmoha wrote:
Finally!
This kinda saves this race from being a disaster. Nice to see our train working so well, Sulz and Giacoppo great work. Man, i really didn't believe Gossy would finally grab those seconds. Congrats RBC!
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Stage win and Top-5 in GC would be cool. Goss should be able to achieve that.
Well, the team delivered on the goals .... in the end.
- The top 3 teams in the team classification, were well ahead of the rest and, all finished under 300 for the six stages, that is well less than what Siam Cement got on the first stage! |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 19-10-2014 18:52
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Such a good result two top 10 and the points jersey is a lot of points for us, got to admit i thought we'd lost it when Lo Cicero was 2nd but i guess the uphill finish yesterday cost him |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-10-2014 19:16
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I think Vanderbiest won the GC thanks to having more points. Either way, frustrating that that 20th place finish cost us the GC and extra points.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-10-2014 20:42
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GC will have been decided on the sum of Vanderbiest's stage positions vs the sum of Lo Cicero's stage positions. So yeh, Stage 5 was the key factor.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 20-10-2014 06:43
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fjhoekie wrote:
Not even a half decent sprint from Greipel, not even a sprint from Ulanowski... But Wohler in the break again...
Shit race for us, but I guess we scored more than Metinvest, which is good.
Everybody scored more than Metinvest in this race. I think we are now 3rd from bottom in the rankings with others in front going further and further. CT will be fun, you can start planning how it is to be best team in Ukraine...
Thanks for the reports Rider. Hoffman got three top10 places ,but it was worth nothing (well, 1 point iirc).
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 20-10-2014 06:44
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| cio93 |
Posted on 20-10-2014 14:51
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
fjhoekie wrote:
Not even a half decent sprint from Greipel, not even a sprint from Ulanowski... But Wohler in the break again...
Shit race for us, but I guess we scored more than Metinvest, which is good.
Everybody scored more than Metinvest in this race. I think we are now 3rd from bottom in the rankings with others in front going further and further. CT will be fun, you can start planning how it is to be best team in Ukraine...
Hey, I guess Ignatiev has something like ITT, TTT, Post Danmark, Bayern, Britain left?
All races he can win which would make you storm past everyone around you.
FYI, he has the most % of race days left of all leaders of the last 8 PCT teams at the last Rankings Update, by 13% over the next best in Bellis, 15% over Popovych and 16% over Rabon among others. Yes, I made the calculations.
You should be fine.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 20-10-2014 14:58
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Heck, what a way to spoil my drama. 
Ignatiev really barely raced so far, but i expected much more from our secondary leaders, Rabon was abyssmal bar Down Under, Popovych is racing like 75climber. And i am not worried about relegation much to be honest, but i have a top10 standings goal and i thought that will be walk in the park before the season...
Btw. you got all races of Ignatiev right, plus he will race San Sebastian as he had some race day left.
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 20-10-2014 14:58
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| cio93 |
Posted on 20-10-2014 15:15
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Heck, what a way to spoil my drama.
Ignatiev really barely raced so far, but i expected much more from our secondary leaders, Rabon was abyssmal bar Down Under, Popovych is racing like 75climber. And i am not worried about relegation much to be honest, but i have a top10 standings goal and i thought that will be walk in the park before the season...
Btw. you got all races of Ignatiev right, plus he will race San Sebastian as he had some race day left.
Which is why I spoiled your drama
I'm just the same but without a surefire race winner as Ciolek "impressively" demonstrates, and I don't want anyone in a better position as myself to worry about relegation more than I do because that would be wrong.
Though I feel like I start to take it easy and actually would prefer to stay up by 1 point just so the wages are as low as possible for next season...
Edited by cio93 on 20-10-2014 15:18
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-10-2014 18:31
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
fjhoekie wrote:
Not even a half decent sprint from Greipel, not even a sprint from Ulanowski... But Wohler in the break again...
Shit race for us, but I guess we scored more than Metinvest, which is good.
Everybody scored more than Metinvest in this race.
Actually Metinvest outscored 5 teams here ... including Privatbank. (8 vs 7)
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 21-10-2014 06:40
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
fjhoekie wrote:
Not even a half decent sprint from Greipel, not even a sprint from Ulanowski... But Wohler in the break again...
Shit race for us, but I guess we scored more than Metinvest, which is good.
Everybody scored more than Metinvest in this race.
Actually Metinvest outscored 5 teams here ... including Privatbank. (8 vs 7)
Surprise, i thought we got only 1 point from Hoffman, but now i see where it came from, thanks.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 21-10-2014 07:25
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Decent race for us with Ghafari, but a disappointment that Nelson wasn't quite up there. Still a slightly good race for Compal
Edited by Bjartne on 21-10-2014 07:26
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