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Tour of Beijing discussion thread
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 05-03-2015 17:52
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Don't know what the peloton was doing there letting Skujins and Betancur go away in the break. I guess 10th overall is a decent result for us considering the strength of the field, providing us with enough points to build an almost unassailable lead over Boeing going into Japan.
Thanks for the great reports Gustavovisky. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 05-03-2015 17:54
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I would be quite disappointed if I were tsmoha.
Winning the race via bonus seconds and then two other riders, who were actually favourites as well taking it in the break. |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 05-03-2015 17:56
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Well, that was unexpected. Peloton not very smart for allowing that BOTD.
Our boys were pretty active but hardly got any points to show for their efforts. 
Thanks Gustavovskiy for the reports!
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| Kami |
Posted on 05-03-2015 17:57
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I don't really understand the plan the AI had here. First, let Betancur & Skuijns go in the Botd, then some team leaders attack rather then letting the peleton close the gap, and then they sit up and get rolled in again.
I could have lived with ending second behind Bobridge, but this is a real bummer.
Thanks for the reports though Gustav, really enjoyed this race!
Edited by Kami on 05-03-2015 17:58
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| fintas |
Posted on 05-03-2015 18:12
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Rocchetti ultimately safeguard the honor of the team since the rest were worse than bad. It was not the best way to end the season after having started with a big win.
Anyway congrats to all the winners and a big thanks to you Gustavovisky
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 05-03-2015 18:15
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roturn wrote:
I would be quite disappointed if I were tsmoha.
Winning the race via bonus seconds and then two other riders, who were actually favourites as well taking it in the break.
Yeah... Seeing those two in the early break was already giving me a bad feeling. So i was kinda "happy" to see just this duo fooling the bunch.. Still a stupid loss, of course. But our season was already great and aachieving the goal here was more important.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 05-03-2015 18:18
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Wow that's bad AI. Congrats to FCB, and thanks Gustav for some great reports  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 05-03-2015 18:26
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I know hate FCB to the end of my life. Damn you, while you steal Betancourt from me?  |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 05-03-2015 19:18
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I love having Skujins in my team.  
Atleast this year...
Very satisfied with 2nd GC and Hoogerland 11th.
And Congrats to FCB, and thanks for great reporting! |
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 05-03-2015 19:27
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Betancourt will rip myself apart. I will end having him and the rest, all of 50kers...
Impresive win, I can't say much more... he's an incredible rider.
Thanks Gustav for the reports!!!
Miguel98 wrote:
I know hate FCB to the end of my life. Damn you, while you steal Betancourt from me?
I'm sorry Miguel... It was either him or Ben Nasser...
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-03-2015 20:03
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Skujins 
Pretty awful AI end to stage racing on PCM13!
Thanks for the reports Gustav.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-03-2015 21:51
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That was bad. Did not get our goal here, but 2 stage wins is okay I guess. Feel sorry for those that the race was worsened by the bad AI.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 06-03-2015 00:24
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Pretty lame AI, but happy with 5th in GC nonetheless.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 06-03-2015 06:13
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Terrible AI, maybe we should cancel this race too? 
Anyway nice race for Metinvest, as 8th and 22nd in GC gives us some much needed points to defend our spot in front of Puma in Japan Cup.
Both Raboň and Tanovitchii with a good race after terrible first stage for the team.
Very nice reports Gustav, thnaks for them andcongrats to FCB-Polska and Swedbank for lucky result!
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 06-03-2015 09:18
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What an awful AI race. AMEXpc scored just over 100 points for the race, and that was about what was expected, but the very difficult starting grid made our Top 5 goal near impossible.
Mehr-Wenige finished 12th and Marko Kump finished 15th, respectable but not good enough.
That also seals the deal for a fail also on our last goal of makinf it up to 10th in the PCT standings. With just a single race left we can creep up to maybe 12th or 13th place but not all the way to 10th.
Nice reporting and a fun season, Now we need to locate one more team leader for the next season, so we can challenge the top of the PCT standings next time around.
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