Can't fault Rosskopf for this performance. Still sitting in the Top 20, though I doubt he can hold on to that on the final stage. Good stuff by Mugisha to add a few more points, but another underwhelming performance by Vendrame. In such a group, it should be him collecting the KoM points, not Mugisha. Nonetheless, it's a good race from us so far. Looking forward to tomorrow.
Spilak attentive all day, and with an anonymous tenth on the stage he manages to finish eighth in the GC. Nothing spectacular for us in this race, but Spilak's consistent scoring makes me a happy manager.
Thanks for the great reports, LLS, and congratulations to knockout on an impressive Lopez showdown.
Honestly, this turned out way better than expected. 3rd on stage 1, 24th and 25th in the GC, 4th and 5th in the KoM. Lots of small points, but it could have been way fewer.
Great reporting and a really good race overall, I think, both in terms of AI and results. This is how stage races for puncheurs should work.
Outstanding performance by Lopez. Clearly the strongest rider and fantastic performance on all three stages. Stage race victories are still rare for Evonik and this might be the most dominant one we've had so far.
The team depth isnt quite as good as it looked after s2 but with 5 more top 50 results we are more than happy with the depth scoring too.
Thanks for the reports and to those who shared congrats with us along the way
This was a pretty weak performance by De Bie here.
Too good start wise to get dropped but never really looked able to do any more than sitting there in the first group.
3rd in GC with a short TT is good of course but had hoped for one stage win or at least another podium here.
Thanks for the reports and congrats knockout. Best has won in the end.
