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| whitejersey |
Posted on 18-12-2025 20:33
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Interesting to see thatBarguil seems to be pretty tuned in, should be fun to see what he can do when the going gets real tough.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 18-12-2025 21:25
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Race still hasn't really started for us. Congrats to the winners so far.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 18-12-2025 22:30
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Bit of a ‘transition’ stage I guess, nobody really wanting to commit to anything. Congrats jandal on a good win.
Stüssi safely tucked away in the pack with noted climber Gaviria is good to see, hopefully he can perform well over the next two stages.
Thanks for the report!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 19-12-2025 04:41
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Yet another podium for Mick. Bringing him here is getting justified!
Congrats jandal  Thanks for the report!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 19-12-2025 08:30
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Stupid AI. Verwilst is done for, send one of my climbers in that breakaway instead..
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 19-12-2025 08:39
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An ok stage for Aular I think. Getting beaten by some clearly weaker climbers, but also beating some rather big guys. In theory, still on course for a top-10 in GC.
Great win for Specialized, happy for them. Didn't expect break to survive with the small bonus they had. Thank you for the fantastic report, kb!
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| ember |
Posted on 19-12-2025 08:54
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Early signs for Kuds to dominate the GC! And what a stage for Specialized, but also especially for Jura. Congratulations, both! |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-12-2025 09:10
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Now that Champoussin performance is worthy of a 2025 Rabobank peformance
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Posted on 19-12-2025 10:39
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| roturn |
Posted on 19-12-2025 09:27
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The amount of energy for the break towards the end is crazy but I take 2nd here. Solid effort from Schelling, perfect option for the break. Unfortunately Barguil was a tad stronger.
Though seeing how hard Kudus and co. rode bheind dropping lots of GC riders and still can`t make it to the break is hilarious. Basically Schelling/Barguil rode that final climb faster than Pogacar. 
Naming Pogacar, who must have had an awful bad day here apparently also Wellens not with his best performance. His loss isn`t too bad but I had preferred being in the group around 1min ahead. Though Morton even worse.
15th in GC now, so either he is about to remain there for 3rd week stage attacks incl. GC improvements or it will be a rather average GC without much GC scoring. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-12-2025 10:28
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Great win from Barguil, but also a massive performance by Darbellay to take the GC lead!
Happy to see Vine and Karatsivis working together in the attempt for some stage succes. Vine looked good for a while, should probably have held back a bit. I suppose he was after KOM points?
Karatsivis lost a bit much in the end, but another succesful breakaway could take that back.
Giannoutsos did aproximately what could be expected, and is still sitting in a top 10 GC. Soon to be gone of course. Let’s hope he will continue to fight for the GC and not just drop back like he did in a previous GC race.
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| knockout |
Posted on 19-12-2025 10:35
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Foss not doing too badly but as a team we are simply too anonymous here. Congrats to spezialized, nice to see Barguil still got it!
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