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| Blasing |
Posted on 10-11-2026 09:17
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Domestique
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Another race where Boudat came just short. So unlucky!
But at least he is leading in the points ranking. Maybe a win will come. Team is doing well in the train preparation so far.
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| jackgibbs |
Posted on 11-11-2026 01:26
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Stagiare
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Still no teammates or train and Aquilani seems determined to always pick the wrong wheel, but at least his results keep moving in the right direction. Frustrating that teams with sprinters he's comparable too are building their leadouts and we're not.
Hopefully he'll find a way to be in the points on Stage 5, but it's all on Onodera to get us a solid return on our attendance now... |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 11-11-2026 06:53
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Love seeing our train be the strongest once again. Probably Marin is a weak link but that was to be expected. Not gonna complain at all about 3rd though.
Grats Blasing on the win finally after some near misses from Boudat and thanks once again UU!
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| Caspi |
Posted on 11-11-2026 08:46
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jackgibbs wrote:
Still no teammates or train and Aquilani seems determined to always pick the wrong wheel, but at least his results keep moving in the right direction. Frustrating that teams with sprinters he's comparable too are building their leadouts and we're not.
Well, we have a sprint train for Sureda, which doesn't make sense to me, as he isn't a top 5 sprinter here in Sun Tour. However, it has worked well for him here, so I'm not complaining.
On the other hand, it didn't in Tachira so sometimes it's better for the sub-top favorites to surf wheels, though that doesn't seem to be the case for Aquilani the last 3 stages…
On top of that, another great train for Sureda on S3. Unfortunately, he didn't have the firepower to hit the podium.
On to the TT, where we can end up with 3 in the top 15 with a bit of luck.
Congrats on the stage win Blasing.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 11-11-2026 09:19
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Finally we make a great sprint train. At least it looked great 6km before finish, but thats a big step up 
I really thought we could win this day but Boudat was too strong in the end. Congrats Blasing and thanks Ulrich for the report. I really liked all the photos in the end, as the sprint was exciting to follow. A lot of stuff happened the last kilometer 
Interresting to see how the TT will turn out. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-11-2026 14:46
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We didn't have a sprinter here, so the first three stages were not expected to have much for us. Bit disappointing that no one tried to join the breaks though.
Thanks for the reports so far Urich!
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| seancoll |
Posted on 11-11-2026 14:47
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Congrats Blasing! Know you've been waiting for this win and a great result in the points. Great first three reports UU!
For Kennett, I knew we were screwed when I saw Oka on the front so early in the stage. Kennett seems to really be struggling when we don't put a train at all on the front, but has really thrived when Oka brings him to the finale.
Now for the big decider! Let's see if Gonzalez Salas can find his way ahead of some of the 78 competition.
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| Blasing |
Posted on 11-11-2026 14:52
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Domestique
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Finally! And what a heartbeat report that was, great work UU, thanks!
Glad to finally get the result we came for. Leading GC and points is nice. Next stage will decide the GC most likely, so we hope for a good day on Lammertink.
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| seancoll |
Posted on 11-11-2026 22:50
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Oof - some crushing results for the big favorites in the ITT, Powless 5th is a disaster for Banco Vaticano and Lammertink coming in toward the bottom of the top 10 is almost unimaginable. We all know that changing weather conditions can be a factor, but it has to sting for those two teams in particular.
Tafjord gets a well-earned victory though to push them forward after a tough two months. Stalberg/Page haven't been half bad for them either here.
For our own team, it'll end up being a very strong race for us as we hoped. Defintiely getting more than expected with the 3rd place, but comign away with the team title, GC 3rd, and stage victory is well worth attending. Who even knows what stage 5 has in store (hopefully no random GC gaps).
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 11-11-2026 23:23
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Yeah, reducing TTs AND having difficult weather conditions in some of the remaining ones really is tough; I didn't even consider that Powless could NOT win this... At least Banco Vaticano have Sütterlin in 2nd, so in the end it's almost the expected GC result for them, just in reverse order... But those having just one shot and failing are really unlucky, but I guess you'll have to live with that when playing the TT lottery (and I know what that means ^^).
On the other hand, honestly happy to see Tafjord pull off something big, they've had enough bad luck lately And what a result for Philips, really didn't see that coming! Guess I should've tried with my 76 TTers as well
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| jackgibbs |
Posted on 12-11-2026 00:09
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Well that is absolutely brutal. Instead of 3rd on the day and 2nd on GC (by cumulative positions), we’re at 9th and 8th respectively due to the conditions. Huge punch in the stomach for our promotion ambitions.
Only can hope that Onodera can make up some ground in future TTs and Aquilani can find something for S5. Or that we outperform expectations at Izola… |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-11-2026 00:22
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Decision to choose this race is absolutely justified with these results, although we did get lucky here.
Congrats to Bjartne and thanks for the report Ulrich!
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| Heine |
Posted on 12-11-2026 05:53
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Sutterlin saves this from being a catastrophic result for Banco. That might hurt Powless goal of CT individual win 
Congrats Bjartne, the blessing is alive
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 12-11-2026 08:11
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6th isn't too bad in a stacked startlist really. And Agirrebeitia and Le Huitouze did their job too, so if everything stays like this we should end at 10 PPRD, which I take for a race we wouldn't go normally, and without a sprinter.
Thanks for the report!
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 12-11-2026 09:13
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Wow, we dreamt of a top 10 by Belevics, but had never imagined this with Powless, Lammertink, Sütterlin and more on the start line.
Now it looks promising to have over 100 points from this race. It's time we start scoring some points |
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 12-11-2026 09:25
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Congrats Bjartne! 
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| Blasing |
Posted on 12-11-2026 09:30
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Domestique
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What a bad day for Lammertink, I had expected much more. Now we hope to at least hang on to the points jersey and maybe get another good result in the last sprint stage with Boudat.
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