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| cunego59 |
Posted on 12-05-2026 09:55
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Terrific performance by Amezawa, the GC podium looks very achievable now. Not sure the stage tomorrow will be tough enough to distance Burke, he seems to be in great shape, too. But Top 3 would be very good, too. Strong ride from Van Eetvelt as well, he has the U25 pretty much wrapped up and maybe he can sneak into the Top 20, too.
Great win for Assa Abloy, congrats! And that 2nd place for JEWA should be a very welcome boost in the relegation battle.
Thanks for the report Abi!
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| jaxika |
Posted on 12-05-2026 10:14
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OMG, what is this? The two best riders, Almeida and Padun failed big. Idk if we can make up tommorrow, but this is our final goal race. Before the race i was pretty sure, that the top5 (for our first 5/5 goal achievement) will be gained, now im isnt sure 
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 12-05-2026 11:23
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Congrats Sykkel!
Ranaweera in 4th of the GC is good given the competition, but now he has to prove this in the hills. He has done surprisingly well there this season, so maybe he can even aim for the podium.
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 12-05-2026 12:21
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Wow, excellent win by Zegklis!  Really impressed by his climbing performance, and great to grab a stage win!
AHJ lost a lot of time as expected, but hopefully that means he can be in the breakaway again tomorrow and fight for KoM points. Should be a decent stage opportunity for Morin or Boswell as well if they can join the break.
Another impressive stage by Burke. It's looking good for Bolt!
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Posted on 14-05-2026 11:36
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| jph27 |
Posted on 12-05-2026 12:59
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Did not expect Burke to survive in the front group today, let alone drop some of the other contenders!
The hilly stage will be another test, so not celebrating anything yet, but even if he doesn't win the GC from here I'll be happy with the points scored so far. Congrats to Sykkel! |
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| quadsas |
Posted on 12-05-2026 15:05
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0 pointer avoided. 3rd is great but not keeping up with front two is very disappointing from Januskevicius.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 12-05-2026 16:18
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Hopefully Min can survive stage 5. Top-5 GC would be great 
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 12-05-2026 19:15
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That Reis loss was to be expected and not totally terrible, it's a shame Rubio was second fiddle this stage instead of Vosekalns, otherwise we could have had two horses near the top ten
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 12-05-2026 23:23
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Sosa clearly likes it in the PCT. Novak and Amezawa finish in the front GC group and sit 2nd and 3rd on the GC and Ivan rolls in 2 minutes later and sits in 11th. He can't complain about lack of team support since Kuss managed to beat him.
Maybe he could rouse himself to be competitive in the hilly stage now he screwed up the GC.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 13-05-2026 07:22
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Carapaz being Carapaz...
At least we had Carpenter in the break, although it would have been better with Assman.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 13-05-2026 15:32
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No idea why we dropped from 4th to outside the top 30 on GC, would have thought Misbah would be a 15th-20th GC rider going into this but at least we kept the KOM jersey I guess.
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 13-05-2026 16:31
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Congrats on a great stage, cunego! I have no idea why Ranaweera is rocking the hilly finishes this season, but I won't complain about that as long as he keeps bringing in the podiums. Will be interesting if there is some change for 2nd and 3rd still with Novak and him on s.t.
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| jaxika |
Posted on 13-05-2026 17:44
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Uhhh. Not the GC place we are wanted before the race. BUT, giving that we are started from 6th place and targeted a top5, being a top5 goal race, finally we are happy (ish).
Thanks for the report and congrats for the winner! |
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 13-05-2026 17:49
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Well then, once again will come up short. Oh well, at least another goal was achieved (Top 5 finish was the goal). At least we'll finish the season on a somewhat high note
GG cunego for the win
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 13-05-2026 18:06
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Reis again with a solidly expected performance. Not a bad race from him at all
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 13-05-2026 18:11
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A very tough stage for Min, but holding on to a 9th place could be valuable at this point
Congrats cunego!
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| jph27 |
Posted on 13-05-2026 19:20
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Shame that Burke couldn't hang on, but 6th, a stage win and a few days in the GC lead is well above expectations. Hoping Zariff sprints on the final stage and we avoid any splits, then we should almost be there from a promotion perspective. |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 13-05-2026 23:36
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Wow, what a stage! Didn't expect to get the GC lead, but that was much more selective than I anticipated.
This is exactly what I had hoped for when we signed Amezawa, and the fact that he wasn't able to show it more is just a sign of the disconnect between his signing and our pre-transfers planning (and maybe some post-transfers planning mistakes, too). But lovely to see, and a great step towards making our rankings goal. I expect Walls to take green tomorrow, but still, fantastic race. And - barring desaster - only our fourth ever stage race GC win
Big day from Van Eetvelt as well. 12th is a great GC result and it's enticing to think where he would be if he had finished in the front group on day 2. Cool to see his attacking spirit multiple times in the race, though.
Thank you for the nice report, Abhi! And thanks for the congrats everyone
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 14-05-2026 07:25
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Crazy little race this is. Congrats on the win and team result cunego, great performance!
Rodrigues Zubeldiaing his way into a top5 is a nice result for us.
Great to see Novak getting a rare pleasing result for Ivan as well.
Thanks for the report Abi!
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