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| ember |
Posted on 19-09-2014 06:18
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Nice to see Spilak win! A good stage thinking of Contador, a little bit disappointing that Impey couldn't follow the group seeing Castroviejo sprinted to second.
Really looking forward to stage 2, which is definitely a great chance for us to get our first win this season, but a lot of luck will be needed if it's going to come down to a sprint for Impey, as I suspect we won't work much to make it happen.
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| roturn |
Posted on 19-09-2014 07:26
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Can`t say I am surprised about my sprinters on that kind of stage.
But had to try bringing one.
Next year both are maxed, then they at least have more speed. 2 years from now they might need a hill training.
Congrats to the winner though. Really pays off to have a sprinter with a bit better hilly stat. |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 19-09-2014 07:38
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Spilak means business, message received loud and clear. It looks like he could have got a gap indeed, but let's just all be happy that didn't happen 
PS: Oh stage 2 already. Mixed feelings here. Happy to see Machado show some strength in the sprint department, but Baltazar's abandon kinda ruins it. I have no idea how good the other teams are in terms of MTTT-ing ability, but I'm expecting to have a hard time there.
Vesuvio is also on the unlucky side here as well, which is a pity for them.
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-09-2014 13:01
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Not entirely happy that Thomas Dekker keeps getting bonus seconds, aswell as points for the sprinters jersey. He will be very dangerous in this race...
Still we have 5 riders in the top 40 aswell as the leaders jersey, so I'm hopeful so far.
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| ember |
Posted on 19-09-2014 15:23
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Great stuff from Impey! Must admit I thought he had screwed up when he was suddenly nowhere to be seen, but luckily he cam through in the final kilometer.
Thanks for the report and kind message, roturn 
Fingers crossed Contador is able to follow most of the GC contenders on stage 4, which looks like a tricky one for him considering his hill stat. |
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| Roman |
Posted on 20-09-2014 09:48
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Fantastic outcome from that finish for Velits! It's looking decent with his chances right now.
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-09-2014 10:07
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Gomez Marchante without real time loss after the hills. Good stuff for the upcoming GT`s.
That said, it wasn`t the hardest hilly stages and now he must deliver in the mountains.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 20-09-2014 11:36
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Gesink for yellow tomorrow 
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-09-2014 11:42
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Damnit. Spilak you need to outsprint Dekker here. Three 3rd places for Dekker gives him the overall lead. I really hope Spilak can cut some time into him on stage 5 and 6, because I really doubt I will be doing very well on stage 4. I have no idea what to believe, but my secondary helpers here are 77/75/74/74, so my climbers aren't that good. And they aren't very good TT'ers either with Vasyliv being the worst at 68TT.
I should be able to match Vueling and Thomas Dekker, but Dan Martin, Robert Gesink and a few others have better teams for tomorrow. Hopefully the stage isn't going to make huge time gaps, that will decide the race.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 20-09-2014 12:12
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Thanks for the reports roturn. Sorry that I have not commented in a so far. Little to say about SRB in this sort of race - this was one that really i had no real ambitions of mixing it up.
A shame Morobito couldn't take more mountain points in the opener but hopefully he can give a breakaway a go on the final two road stages.
Fascinated to see how the MTTT goes.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 20-09-2014 12:34
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| ember |
Posted on 20-09-2014 14:06
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Very good from Contador to not lose any time except the bonifications so far, meaning he's in a great position before the mountains.
I've absolutely no idea about the MTTT. Our fifth strongest climber in the race has 74 in mountains, while our fifth strongest TTer has 65 in TT. That probably means we'll lose time to most, but it will be a great report to read considering none of us seem to have an idea of the time gaps on such a stage. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-09-2014 14:38
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ember wrote:
Very good from Contador to not lose any time except the bonifications so far, meaning he's in a great position before the mountains.
I've absolutely no idea about the MTTT. Our fifth strongest climber in the race has 74 in mountains, while our fifth strongest TTer has 65 in TT. That probably means we'll lose time to most, but it will be a great report to read considering none of us seem to have an idea of the time gaps on such a stage.
On the other hand I expect you to be among the best. Contador and Antón are very strong, and if they are leading the way up the mountain then you should be in very good shape. You have the best mountains domestique of all I think.
But I'm very interested in seeing what happens, can the AI figure out that it's not a good idea to let Spilak (who have +8MO over the second best of the team!) lead the way on the final part? Or will he just tare the shit apart, and finish a minute ahead of Caruso, Dees, Lecuisinier and the others?
I can't wait for the race, but I'm more fearful than hopeful to be honest. I fear that it is completely and utterly random which riders are at the front when the climb starts. Some teams will probably have their leader in the back, never really gaining from his powers, while others might have the two best climbers taring it up, and others might have the climbers doing the flat part, and their shitty TT domestiques fucking up in the climb.
I considered bringing 5 guys to the table: Spilak, Ratiy, Caruso, Lecuisinier and Dees seeing as the distance is so limited that they can hardly use up all of their energy, but in the end I decided to just pick the 8 best suited riders, and save Ratiy so he can help Spilak in the Tour.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 20-09-2014 17:56
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Interesting stage. Brilliant victory for Martin. Machado's performances are pleasing me, perhaps he's gonna be the team's saviour, who knows.
Next stage will be the game changer, whoever comes out on top will have the upper hand in the last couple of stages, and probably the decisive gap to wrap this up. That won't be Prio - Porto, though, unfortunately.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 20-09-2014 22:23
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Good to see my team has fallen back on the underdog role with Scarponi outperforming as I'd hoped when I trained him this transfer season. Glad I went for him over Costagli.
That said, it was a surprise to see Faiers losing time and appearing not to be chosen as the leader of the team over Scarponi. I guess the AI must know what it's doing...right?!
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| CountArach |
Posted on 21-09-2014 03:04
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Great ride from VDB to not lose himself any time before the MTTT, where I think I will lose quite a lot. Wellens also still sitting decently in the big +1'04" group.
As for La Lavandier... just amazing. So great to actually get to wear a jersey for a day, and a handful of valuable points in a race that really doesn't suit my squad.
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| roturn |
Posted on 21-09-2014 08:48
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Still very close at the top.
Unfortunately my team was (as expected) not strong enough. 79,74,71 as best climbers was not that good.
Feel a bit sorry for Prio as having one rider less surely was awful in this MTTT.
Also Vueling with Dekker couldn`t give him the needed support.
2 more mountains and the top GC riders within one minute or just a bit higher should be an interesting fight. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 21-09-2014 09:55
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Oh amazing result. I really didn't think my team would be that strong, but in the end it paid off to have a decent allround setup without any shitty climbers.
Spilak is in a really nice position for the overall win here, but there are still a lot of competition just behind him, so we need to stay sharp to get a top top result. But getting 2 stagewins out of 4 possible is very nice!
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| Smowz |
Posted on 21-09-2014 10:07
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Nice report roturn and thanks for the pic of the SRB boys at least some publicity after a fairly anonymous race (indeed few races following Ardennes).
Gotta be between Spilak and Gesink for the overall now, though Contador I guess is still dangerous. Great stuff from Festina who could get a really high points yield here if they hold a bit on GC. This could tighten up the rankings quite a bit.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 21-09-2014 10:36
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Well this was always going to be bad for us, but that first checkpoint was cruelly deceiving. I'm not sure what to hope from now onwards but Machado has been good in the previous stages so perhaps a stage win?
Spilak's the man to beat. The advantage isn't that big but the form he has shown in the past few days make him the favourite more than anything else.
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