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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 01-05-2026 11:02
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Nothing to write home about from our guys there but job done from Conci not to lose time. A bit disappointed that Storer wasn't fighting for the win but I guess he's taking up his domestique role well.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 01-05-2026 11:40
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I guess that settles it. Choi is our leader for the GC here.
A bit worrying that Rodriguez already lost time. Or at least that he lost so much – even more than Vanderpool.
kandesbunzler26 wrote:
Congrats Caspi, a well deserved win!
9th is a bit underwhelming, but at least APP lost 'only' 4 additional seconds. My heart stopped for a moment when I read we dropped him ...
Thanks. Guess APP has already more than made up for it.
DaveTwoBob wrote:
Great ride from the Kraftwerk TTT squad, putting Habtemichael in prime position to continue his recent good form. It depends how the stages are raced as to whether he can keep in contention.
Congrats to Caspi and thanks for the preview and report Alex.
Thanks 
Could be a really good race for Habtemichael.
jandal7 wrote:
Who says Schomber can only get yellow jerseys from prologues? 
Can Schomber get yellow jerseys from prologues? Please tell me how, he’s on 0 this season…
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 01-05-2026 20:45
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What on earth were we thinking going for Sagan here... Always happy with a podium finish but you'd have to think more was possible there had we just rode for Gladysh all along. Congrats Caspi on winning stage 1 too, for once I don't mind Schomber finishing first
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 02-05-2026 20:01
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Congrats to cunego! Back to the rather underwhelming stages for us, but the decisive ones start today. Hopefully APP won't lose too much time in the TT or we'll have to rely on Küng for the GC which could either work out or fail horribly.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 02-05-2026 20:36
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Good ride from Rumac for 4th in stage 2.
Happy stage 3 wasn't super aggressive so Habtemichael could cruise in with the pack.
Congrats to cunego and thanks for the reports alex.
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Posted on 04-05-2026 14:42
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 03-05-2026 09:37
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Congrats quadsas on another Rokas win!
It's been another meh stage for us, now hopefully the last two stages prove to be hard but not to hard so we can gain pack places in the GC.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 03-05-2026 12:08
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No miracle performance from any of our guys but Cosnefroy with a solid ride in 4th and Vandevelde 7th. Conci maybe a little disappointing falling outside the Top 10 but now 2nd in the GC with a great chance to go all the way. Need difficult enough stages to drop Rokas but not too hard! Let's see how we go 
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| quadsas |
Posted on 03-05-2026 18:43
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Thats our stage win. Now hopefully team prioritises Lasinis and not Kmieliauskas, otherwise this could be a 0 GC pointer
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 03-05-2026 19:34
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Good ride from Christodoulos, ok rides from Habtemichael and Evans.
2 riders in top 10 GC is a great position, can they both keep there to the end?
Congrats to quadsas and thanks to alex for another great report.
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| Heine |
Posted on 04-05-2026 06:41
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With no guys near anything at all I hope we try something in the last 2 stages...
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 04-05-2026 07:41
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Sorry for the lack of comments, as I was away.
Bleak home race for us. We're quite innactive, and don't really try anything meaningful. Shoutouts to Huby for his break.
Let's hope we try something in the remaining stages.
Thanks for the reports!
“...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably."
A. Roy
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| Caspi |
Posted on 04-05-2026 08:15
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S3: Like last stage, we didn't have anyone to contest the stage win. Choi was attentive, and we kept the yellow jersey for another day. Success.
S4: Small underperformance from Bissegger, but Choi in 3rd after the TT was better than we had expected prior to the race. If Choi can stay in the top 5 of the GC, we will be happy.
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| Heine |
Posted on 04-05-2026 08:45
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Wonder what my team decided to do here, having a training ride together 20 min behind?
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 04-05-2026 09:45
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I was a bit worried when APP wasn't listed among the pre-race favourites, but he showed once again this is the perfect kind of race for him! Taking the GC lead on top of the stage wins (and the points classification) is just huge and he should have the team to defend it tomorrow.
Big thanks once again to alex, you cover the dynamics of the race really well in your shots!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 04-05-2026 09:49
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APP doing great, congratulations kb! Kmieliauskas showing he is ready for PT.
Great reporting
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 04-05-2026 11:53
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I'm really not happy with how we're dividing up leadership in this race, normally Sagan and Gladysh function alright together but it's a bit of a disaster here. That being said we've still picked up some decent stage placings so it's still somewhat okay for a C1 race, but I can't shake the feeling we could've done more here.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 04-05-2026 13:28
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All eyes on Choi.
Great defensive riding from him once again.
The podium seems realistic now, though he does seem very isolated with all of the team finishing far behind every stage.
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