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Tour Down Under discussion thread
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-10-2026 08:48
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cunego59 wrote:
Happy with third place on the day for Madouas, a good start for him. Also not bad to get those 6 KoM points, who knows if they won't come in handy in the end. Single and Mansouri in the Top 35 gives me hope that they might be able to score some depth GC points here, which would be neat, and maybe they can even get us somewhere near the top in the teams classification.
... and Stage 3 turns all of that on its head. No bonus seconds at all is disappointing for Madouas, Mansouri was completely out of position, Seigle even lost time. No idea what happened here. Hopefully, we can turn it around on the final hilly stage. Madouas is still in a decent position.
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| jackgibbs |
Posted on 07-10-2026 13:50
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Nice to see Hayakawa surf his way in there, at least now we won't leave the race entirely empty-handed. Still hoping Kinoshita can stay at the front tomorrow... |
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 07-10-2026 13:57
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Groenewegen is a bust fml
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 07-10-2026 14:54
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I have no idea how El Sabbahi is doing this but I love it!  He just seems to know the exact wheel to be on at any given moment. Could not be happier with two second places now. Won't get too excited about the prospect of him limiting his losses tomorrow for a decent GC finish but I'll admit it feels a little possible with a fairly solid buffer now.
Awesome report!
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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Posted on 07-10-2026 22:58
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| Heine |
Posted on 07-10-2026 16:46
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Less exciting stage for us here, though APP right at the front. Now the exciting stage is closing in
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 07-10-2026 16:47
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Stage 3 - Looks like we're spreading the cheer around on the hills. Very good 2nd place from McCormick. Hopefully stage 5 sees MVD back among the top positions.
Stage 4 - Another 11th place from Kulikoskiy. He's not had a good start to the season so far! This was the kind of stage where he had done well in the last couple of seasons.
Congrats to the winners and thanks for the reports kb 
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 07-10-2026 18:38
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Kaden's trying and doing pretty well, we'll bank points where we can.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 07-10-2026 20:37
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I thought we could do something here, but it hasn't been our race so far. We've been in a couple of breakaways, however it hasn't yielded any results.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 07-10-2026 21:44
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Kalaba seemed to get boxed in there, could have been better but also could have been worse
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