Totally misses the report.. Okayish result for Howard, who had a fast finish, but bad positioning costs a better result. Won't complain though, could have been worse.
Thanks for report and congrats to the podium finishers!
Aw man, that was a few seconds of early slipstream away from a podium or even more for Demare. I feel like these little things are what set us apart from the rest of the division last season, and we just can't quite replicate that extra bit of luck or strength this time.
At least we finished well ahead of Van Stayen who we started the sprint with
Overall, a great race by Puma though, very attentive and responsible up front, those seemingly easy flat classics often end up more split up than more undulating ones, so we went into this with the right mindset and got at least decently rewarded.
That attentiveness also shows in 21st for Guy Sagiv which is great, and three more Puma riders scoring points in the lower Top 50.
Congrats to the successors in spirit to early Team Puma - SAP, Delvaux, who found the winning formula for a sprint-focused team again! I personally certainly enjoy to see it, thanks Sykkel_Freak for the flashback (and also for our jersey! )
Also thanks to cunego for your amazing reports this season.
These sprinters classics have been pretty unpredictable, lots of splits and late attacks. At least the breakaways are not winning. Saying that, too bad we weren't allowed to have two guys in the breakaway
Results wise 16th is not good enough from Ciolek. Given the startlist it's not a horrible result, but a few places higher would have been much better. Especially since we didn't get any depth scoring behind him
Congrats on the win Sykkel and another great report from Cunego
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