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Tour Down Under - Discussion
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 11-10-2025 15:28
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Admittedly a very short stage, but I'm encouraged to see some low stamina puncheurs near the top here. 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 11-10-2025 16:19
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Not the best of debuts for Van Niekerk, solidly beaten by Kipkemboi. But overall the latters result is where I expected Aidan so nothing really lost.
Congrats TMM!
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 11-10-2025 16:36
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Not the stage we had hoped for. Seems like a similar situation to stage 2 with poor positioning meaning we’re out of the battle before it had even started. Shame to see Morin dropping far back in the GC too.
Hopefully Abdul Halil can deliver on the last stage which should suit him well!
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 11-10-2025 22:25
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Looks like we are going to go over 10pprd which is job done here brilliant from Moscon, Korosec and Rota good to have a good team performance as well congrats Demare incredible at this race |
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| Dane Bramage |
Posted on 12-10-2025 12:27
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Nice to see Zana trying something at least in what has been an absolutely invisible performance overall from teh team.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 12-10-2025 14:25
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Last three stages were utterly shambolic, and if the kind of luck we've had there continues I think our double relegation will be on the cards.
First van der Poel gets dropped randomly despite a 77HI rider with 10 less STA being fine, and then he loses any GC points whatsoever by seemingly waiting for Zariff. And then to cap it off we build a 6 rider sprint train, only for Zariff not to sprint when leading at 1km to go. Congrats to those who had good races and thanks to kb for the reports, I already miss PCM22  |
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| jaxika |
Posted on 12-10-2025 14:31
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Not the best stage race for us, Benoot as favourite get splitted two times  At least we got some minor points on stages and at U25.
Congrats for the winner and thanks for the reports! |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 12-10-2025 14:40
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Congrats to the winners!
Not a lot happening for us on the last stage but thats absolutely fine by me should be just under 100pts in the bag for that performance continuing our strong start to the season very happy with all the riders so far lets keep it up! |
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 12-10-2025 15:11
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Delighted with Wouters’ last stage and GC podium from
Vakoc. Couldn’t ask for more!
Congrats lief with the GC win and thanks KB for the reports!
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 12-10-2025 15:23
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Good sprint from Abdul Halil! Unfortunately we couldn’t deliver him in a better position, but Van Aert did a better than expected lead-out considering his sprint stat. This might be a general problem for Abdul Halil this season if he always gets a train, although he’ll have Rickaert or Coutinho with him from time to time.
Overall, an okay race for us. We’ll take the 5th with Gesbert and Zegklis had a good race with several days in the KoM jersey.
Congrats to lief on a deserved win and thanks for the reports, kb!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 12-10-2025 17:43
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Happy to see this race come to its end. Scoring so few points when we bring our absolute leader is pretty dismal. Anyway we get a top10 in the GC which isn't nothing at least. Just hope this isn't a blueprint for another underwhelming season.
The race itself was boring. Attacks were rare and none of the big candidates seemed too interested in trying to win it outside the sprints. Glad to read UU's comment on plans for changing the route.
Congrats on a deserved win lief. Demare owned this.
Thanks for the reports, kb. Engaging and beautiful pics, despite the lackluster racing.
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Posted on 05-12-2025 19:43
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 12-10-2025 20:02
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Kamberaj with a very good final sprint to take some more points. Overall a nice race for us even though the big leader disappointed.
Thanks for the reports kandesbunzler and congrats liefwarrior!
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 12-10-2025 20:08
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A great way to end the race for us!!
Hesters is a very effective lead-out in a structured sprint which is hopefully a sign of things to come this season. Thijssen then doing what he needed to in order to finish it off! Coming home with 3rd in the Points classification is respectable too.
In the GC, Storer an anonymous 9th at least means we score some points although I'd have preferred a bit more action and screen time from him. Most surprising for me were Miquel 2nd in the U25s and newly signed Zac Marriage 5th. Nice little points there.
Congrats to Lief on a dominant display from Demare! Thanks KB for the reports
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 12-10-2025 20:18
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Congrats to lief and jt and thanks to kb for the reports.
Unfortunately a total Sh*tshow for Kraftwerk summed up by Bol's leadout beating him in the last sprint???
Masnada 89th in GC nearly 12 minutes down is a total headscratcher.
If all C1 races are like this we can kiss any idea of a CT title goodbye.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 13-10-2025 03:06
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Teams classification! Hell yes! Its good to see Joshua Edmondson in the top 10 of TDU as well. I think we will get a nice haul of points with 10th and then 2 more in the top 15. Happy with how this race went!
Thanks for the reports and congrats to Demare for a back to back win here!
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| Heine |
Posted on 13-10-2025 06:26
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Congrats lief! Strong GC win from Demare, quoting myself from my first post here:
I have Demare as the favorite with his stat combo and ability to fight on every stage, but there are some really strong puncheurs here.
Thanks for the great reports kandezbunzler!
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| Blasing |
Posted on 13-10-2025 07:40
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Good start for us, but not the end we wanted. Winning the points jersey would have been nice, but 2nd place is ok I guess. Not the worst start into the season for us.
Thanks kb for the reports and congrats to Demare and his team on the win!
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| MacC |
Posted on 13-10-2025 07:57
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Thanks for the reports and congrats to the winners!
McCambridge giving us some points here, well done him
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