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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 21-12-2017 08:39
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He did it again! Mad man!
Great to see Majka attacking in two consecutive stages. The breakaway was too strong in the previous stage, but it looks like he can win hilly stages too. I guess he has a shot at the KoM jersey too now if he goes in the breakaway on stage 20. Then again, I'd rather see Brambilla trying something there to get into the GC top 10.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 21-12-2017 08:39
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Another good showing from Morton. Again missing out on key seconds and points due to the breakaway succeding  Here's hoping that this two strong days won't be the last good days for him here.
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| ember |
Posted on 21-12-2017 08:49
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Fun to see us at the front, pretending we had something to ride for there when not being in the breakaway 
Good to see Galta stay with the group and get the same time as most others GC contenders. I just hope he can have a great day in the mountains, which could make all the difference in this race.
And congratulations, alexkr00! Another team sneaking away some valuable points due to breakaway success. Strong showing from Majka being up for it again! |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 21-12-2017 08:56
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Nice victory there, alex, congrats! Majka looking good throughout the whole stage, certainly deserved that one!
roturn wrote:Flamme Rouge
Pity Frison won`t survive the big mountain stages though...
Did you mean Lanterne rouge?
In which case did you mean Maglia nera?
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| cio93 |
Posted on 21-12-2017 09:22
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Great recovery from a heroic effort yesterday to finish 8th behind the break, further highlighted by König suffering.
Now is the perfect timing for a flat stage to fully rest before the decisive triple header.
No big expectations for Ciolek in likely his last chance, I'd rather like to avoid any more crashes. Heider going down today could be catastrophic, with Bevin already gone he's the only mountain helper left.
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| roturn |
Posted on 21-12-2017 09:27
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Gustavovskiy wrote:
Nice victory there, alex, congrats! Majka looking good throughout the whole stage, certainly deserved that one!
roturn wrote:Flamme Rouge
Pity Frison won`t survive the big mountain stages though...
Did you mean Lanterne rouge?
In which case did you mean Maglia nera?
This happens when writing a report with "Flamme Rouge" at the same time.
Yes, you are totally right. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 21-12-2017 09:49
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Too bad we didn't join that breakaway. It was destined to go all the way, and one of the reasons we brought Kastrantas.
We can't complain though, as we got our fair share of good luck. Yuriy Vasyliv kept his 20th in the GC. Looking at the stages to come we are likely to see him drop back, but hoping for somewhere close to 20th.
Two crashvictims obviously isn't good, but as they are out of top 50 it doesn't matter too much. I just hope they aren't injured, as we want as many finishers as possible.
Nice win for eBuddy here, and in general some good points for teams not performing top results here.
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 21-12-2017 10:31
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And the slight form fade seems to continue, lucky to avoid any gaps here, but Morton is starting to look a bit strong for my liking.
Positive of the stage is that Carapaz finally did something for Alarcon! Hope to see him plenty at the front in the decisive mountain stages with Alarcon.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 21-12-2017 11:59
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Another hillystage without Abal loosing time and now those critical stages is over, just hope he can keep on deliver in the mountains!
Ludvigsson getting us our 2nd stage podium in this race, can Ahlstrand take another one in the next stage? Hopefully we dont need to work to reel in another breakaway since we only got Ahlstrand+leadout Vedel Kvist and 3 guys sitting in the top 30 GC, would not want them to waste energy at the front. |
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 21-12-2017 14:08
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Mixed feeling. Great that Konrad joined the right break. We're really doing well in that regard. Bit gutted that he had a bad day though. In that group he should've atleast finished 2nd.
Oh well, we have 4 riders in the top 30 of GC and 2 in top 20. If we keep that up and win the team ranking we go home happy.
Edited by DubbelDekker on 21-12-2017 18:30
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| knockout |
Posted on 21-12-2017 15:16
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This Giro started great for Evonik but I'm starting to at annoyed. Everyone crashes in the wrongest moments. Wearing the KoM jersey - getting injured in a crash. Being in the fight for a top 15 GC result - crashing and falling out of the top 40. Being amongst the top favourites on a hilly stage - crashing.
I know I can't complain with anything in this race after that first week but I'm not happy how it went downhill from there.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 21-12-2017 17:02
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Potts wasnt injured - if that makes you feel any better!
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| knockout |
Posted on 21-12-2017 17:09
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Not really
Thanks for the reply 
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 21-12-2017 18:20
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Cool race to follow and great reports.
Just sad seen from the spectator point of view that it not very open at the top.
But from 5 all the way down to 18 many short caps and lots of cool moves to gain GC position, can happen on the coming stages.
So good luck to you ! 
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| roturn |
Posted on 22-12-2017 08:26
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Congrats Ferrero on the win. Well deserved after some bad luck already this season with his puncheurs.
Dumoulin and Frison were obvious non finishers. In fact surprised they survived that long. That said, I had expected them to be OTL on a mountain stage. 
Losing the Lanterne Rouge is unlucky. Wonder if Groenewegen can maybe still go for it. Would at least mean, he is surviving the 20th stage then. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 22-12-2017 08:37
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Nice to see Kastrantas picking up some points here. It was why I brought him, and moving up to 40th in the GC also makes me believe he can actually keep inside the top 50. Losing Liphongyu was a bit of a blow, as he was one of those riders I was certain would make it. I know that Stocker is going to get dropped sooner or later, so he would have been my preferred option.
Also Vasyliv crashing and ending up in the very rear of the peloton gives me an eery feeling for the upcoming mountains.
Congrats to Podium and Ferrero for good results in a huge race.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 22-12-2017 08:44
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Declerq disappointing from that break, but holy shit who the hell cares 
Stooooop with that immediately!! That nearly was my day ruined before 10am...
I really hope there's no injury coming with this. Really really really hope.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 22-12-2017 08:45
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At this point I am sure Guarnieri is just trolling me, would have been a great stage for Marzuki and Hermans ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 22-12-2017 08:55
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PCM is Just trolling my team over and over.. Now go and watch Scarponi lose a top 30 overall, Dahus crashing out and all others doing nothing again....
At least Prevar was decent today
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 22-12-2017 09:01
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Finally no more flat stage until the final day. Tired of them.
Now hopefully Morton will keep his good shape from the past few stages. Would love to avoid breakaway wins as well.
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