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| knockout |
Posted on 21-04-2026 19:59
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This turned out to be a surprisingly crucial stage for the youth classification. Half the break is u25 and puts themselves into a good position to annoy me for a while. Especially Chumil could stick around some time. But most importantly, Rodriguez completely shits the bed. No clue what happened but thats a huge time loss for him.
Plapp and Eenkhoorn also losing some time today but not nearly as decisive as CRod. Very curious how tomorrow plays out. Originally that was when i was expecting/hoping to take the u25 lead. Now i probably have to hope to see Eenkhoorn in the break i guess?
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 21-04-2026 21:53
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Great job by Delco, getting almost the maximum out of this stage - next time we should just send someone like Setiawa up front so Delco can relax the whole day as well ^^
Getting a stage win here as well would be great, as we already have Giro and TdF this year...
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-04-2026 03:27
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Interesting day with the breakaway already let go on stage 5, before we even see any climbers joining it. Carthy was good I guess, though until and unless he goes in a break, it doesn't mean much to me. The team surely had an outsized presence towards the front, though maybe we burned out a little bit by the end doing it.
Congrats to Ezee! For all the struggles this year, no one can take a GT stage win away from you!
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| SotD |
Posted on 22-04-2026 05:19
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Sucks to be one of those teams who are just ignored for breakaways for no apparent reason. But here we are…
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| redordead |
Posted on 22-04-2026 06:16
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It was fun for a day.
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 22-04-2026 06:29
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Holy... f*** ... WHy? WHat? How?!
Can someone explain WHY we won a GT STage? And also have another Top 10 finish????
Checking results every day I hope i can spot a rider in the top 25 and this will make me already happy but this???? Incredible! WHat an awesome day for us. A superb ride by Camrda with winning a Stage at the Vuelta! The breakaway did just some incredible work and the Peloton just underestimated them. Luckily we were able to profit from this the most. And also for van Bekkum a great result for all the work he did put in on this stage. Sensationel overall!
We knew before it will be a hard year and were satisfied with little highlights, this is now the 2nd Win and on one of the greatest stages. I can already say we are very happy with how this year went now!
Thanks for all the partcipiants in the breakaway also to make this possible.
And of course thanks for the report, they are even more fun to read with a result like this!
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| knockout |
Posted on 22-04-2026 06:34
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Great ride by Mendoza. He looked very strong today and gets rewarded with a 3rd place. Ill happily take that.
Congrats ezee!
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| ember |
Posted on 22-04-2026 06:50
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Big congratulations, Ezeefreak!
Very happy with the showing Toupalik gave us up front too. A 4th place on such a mountain stage is definitely more than we hoped for. Also a big peloton with Valter losing no time was encouraging, must admit it is fun to see him try to ride a GC, at least until the first proper mountain test on stage 11  From then on, fingers crossed he can rather focus on breakaways 
Thank you for the report, UU! Love the consistency and the highlight it is to check for a stage in the morning  |
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Posted on 23-04-2026 13:08
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| Heine |
Posted on 22-04-2026 07:06
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Congrats Ezee!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-04-2026 12:09
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That was not on my bingo card for the Vuelta, or any race or in the calendar! Broxham with an excellent ride to get us both the GC and U25 lead for the day! Amazing! MacC are you watching 
Congrats to Ezee and thanks for the report!
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 22-04-2026 12:23
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Don't necessarily hate that we want to use our numbers but that was a disaster, we can't be leaving Areruya stranded in that big of a group, really baffling he's the only one there. Comment from yesterday about stage wins etc. still applies.
Amazing from Broxham, love it
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 22-04-2026 13:15
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The bad: Champoussin kind of at hte back of the group there at the finsih line; another breakaway win without us in it.
The good: Champoussin wad there for the attack; somehow Tolhoek and Ven den Broeck have not lost time so far.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 22-04-2026 14:09
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Big win for DeNA!
Nothing special for us with no time won or lost in the end. Hopefully Aular can join the breaks that gain 15 minutes every stage later on
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 22-04-2026 23:17
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Just catching up no, congrats to all of the stage winners and thank you for the lovely reporting. Esp congrats to DeNa, huge win in your first GT!
Bit of a nervy first week so far, breaks already being given the liberty to run amuck is not great for point scoring, it might be a long race for Latour. Firdaus haemorrhaging time also sucks, he should be in the hunt for the u25 but sadly is probably already out of it already. Early days but with things being so open behind Herklotz, it might be a surprising top-10 come stage 21.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 23-04-2026 04:21
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Had some hopes for Areruya in a sprint finish to at least pick up some bonus seconds, disappointed it didn't work out. On to the next one though
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| ember |
Posted on 23-04-2026 06:35
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Thank you for the report again, UU
The way the peloton raced, that was unfortunately a good opportunity wasted for Valter. Still can’t blame him for trying to create gaps and be aggressive, rather the contrary, chapeau! Just a pity it wasn’t rewarded
Congratulations to roturn on the win, obviously, but what a race Carlsberg is having. Sensational, really, now having Aranburu as the joint best «GC rider» due to the bonifications he has picked up through stage placings. Combined with Kragh’s sprint domination, this surely is far and beyond what they could have dreamt of. Definitely cool to see Aranburu in that Spanish champion jersey do his thing. Congratulations, bbl! |
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| knockout |
Posted on 23-04-2026 06:54
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No time losses for my guys and we are still looking nicely in the team competition. Curious if we'll get some gaps tomorrow that might help Plapp in the youth comp...
Thanks for the reports!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-04-2026 07:25
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Broxham showing great fight to keep the GC leadership as well as securing some more stage points. Couldn't ask for more really. Let's see if the luck holds out further. Unlikely, but I can always hope!
Congrats to roturn and thanks for the report!
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