Stage wise not as good as we hoped (at least for Kudus, Halvorsen did good), but happy for the overall win (altough before TTT i thought we lost it ).
Thanks Ulrich!
Congrats jaxika on the GC and SotD for the TTT win (and a strong race from Giannoutsos)! Also another thanks to Ulrich for the usual quality reports!
7th in a (PT) TTT is as strong as we ever were in this discipline, so we'll happily take it. Vauquelin racks up some minor points from everywhere, but in total this should end under 100 points for us which is clearly not strong (although it's probably around the PpRD we have to get used to this season). But we've been active and that's our only chance anyway.
7 seconds is tough. I wonder if the not given gaps in stage 7 played a role.
Maybe sending my full TTT squad also would've made a difference but then we wouldn't have won the T-A prologue so it was a difficult decision to make. Congrats SotD on winning the first TTT of the year. I expect there to be some more close ones coming up!
Anyways no shame in losing to Kudus. Congrats jaxika!
And of course thank you Ulrich for the wonderful reports throughout!
Thank you for the great reports, and showing us that beautiful jersey in the TTT! Nothing more than some breakaway action for LPH in this race, but that was to be expected
7 seconds is tough. I wonder if the not given gaps in stage 7 played a role.
Maybe sending my full TTT squad also would've made a difference but then we wouldn't have won the T-A prologue so it was a difficult decision to make. Congrats SotD on winning the first TTT of the year. I expect there to be some more close ones coming up!
I agree, you should have sent all your TT guys here instead of TA.
Pretty good TTT for us all things considered. It's not a specialty. Olivier up to 14th with Eg in 21st is a pretty good result for us. Not a ton to take from the triple header for us overall, but we also couldn't have expected that much, given we didn't send Skjelmose. Olivier has done his job so far to be around and alert even if he's a step below the contenders. And Eg has had a great start to the years.
Thanks for the reports!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
Great team performance. GC wise 12/13/20 is nice. Two more around late top50 and taking home the team ranking as well due to yesterdays result.
In the end Dombrowski was a bit weaker than hoped but at the same time proving what was expected anyway this year. I need breakaway performances in mountain races and in GTs this likely includes Dombrowski as well.
And the depth is looking good so that we might be able to score here and there.
Time will tell if the small points work out or add too less.
Congrats to the winning teams and thanks for the steady reports.
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