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National Championships 2014 Discussion
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-03-2015 20:10
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Nice to see Brambilla trying to do something. And a decent TT too.
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| Kami |
Posted on 19-03-2015 20:17
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Interesting tactics in Italy  . Strange that Ulissi didn't even try to sprint though, as he did a decent job at it in the worlds RR.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-03-2015 20:48
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Well having your whole sprint train from the same country obviously helps...but it's time now to let us have the PCT sprint king title for next season again, Meiji 
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 19-03-2015 20:57
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Good late sprint there from Gasparotto, he came from quite far back to finish fifth. Who knows what could have happened if he was better positioned. Congrats to Meiji on the title. |
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| Stevenag |
Posted on 19-03-2015 21:02
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That went about as expected. Had to be a breakaway to have any chance.
On the positive side, we have signed Gasparotto according to the report. Will be a useful rider for next year.
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Posted on 08-12-2025 20:13
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 19-03-2015 21:22
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Well no TT title defense for Nibali, but I do enjoy seeing a pure TTer like Malori take it.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 19-03-2015 22:28
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Cool to see a sprint train succeed like that. Congrats to Meiji.
I'm surprised at the low amount of Germans!
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| ember |
Posted on 19-03-2015 23:10
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Congratulations to Meiji, nice to see them profit from a great leadout.
Also some decent racing in both Ukraine and Portugal! Though, especially Machado and Gustav must think "what if" after Machado showed his power on the final climb.
And thanks to the reporters for the pace being kept with so many NCs coming every day  |
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 19-03-2015 23:27
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Flags table:
Teams table:
Spoiler | TEAM | RR | TT | TOTAL | | Bouygues Telecom | 4 | 2 | 6 | | Becherovka - Kiwibank | 2 | 4 | 6 | | Metinvest-Emirates | 2 | 3 | 5 | | Project: Africa | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Simply Red Bull | 1 | 3 | 4 | | Allianz-BMW | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Alpina - Avianca | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Compal-Merida | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Privatbank - Nemiroff Professional Cycling Team | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Team Kenya Airways | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Ameriabank-Novatek | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Karcher-Adira Racing | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Meiji - Cannondale | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Pendleton's | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Quickstep | 1 | 1 | 2 | | RBC Pro Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Siam Cement - Lenovo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Swedbank-PEAB | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Swisscom - UBS | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Team Chiquita-Universal | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Team Live Nation | 1 | 1 | 2 | | VolksWagen-Mapei | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Jaguar - Eritel | 0 | 2 | 2 | | Grupo Nutresa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | La Vie Claire | 1 | 0 | 1 | | ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Oz Cycling Project | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Team ASDA-Savers | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Bacardi - Itera | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Festina - Canal+ | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Good Energy | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Team Bpost - Vlaanderen | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 19-03-2015 23:37
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Lo Cicero? You have to be kidding me
Oh well, congrats Valv, now that you won in your focus country, you don't care about the Japanese Championship anymore, right?
Edited by Bjartne on 19-03-2015 23:41
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 19-03-2015 23:48
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Bjartne wrote:
Scorchio wrote:
Bjartne wrote:
Thanks, I think that's Sohrabi's third win in three years actually iirc and that's about the only reason I've kept him ........
Previous news of Sohrabi's retirement potentially premature then? You do realise that he'll probably win next year as well if you keep him on, he'll just keep doing so for ever and ever and ever .....
Let's put it this way: He is considering a comeback
Based on this and your HQ post, I'm not sure how you're going to get your squad to fit within the 20 rider limit
Haha, I have no clue myself either. I have done a lot of thinking in my head, and I have at least two written notes with different strategies as well, but the main point is that we want to keep as many as possible and build on the success from last season. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-03-2015 23:59
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That was our best leadout of the season....
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| Bikex |
Posted on 20-03-2015 01:11
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Next close miss for one of my youngsters in Iran after we lost Austria already by a tiny margin. Hopefully from now on the NCs will be more successful for Siam Cement. |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 20-03-2015 04:10
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Yay! Nice one for Rangel. He's getting old, so it's probably his last chance, but he'll still be useful next year. Although I like him, I feel like I'm going to sell him to one of the South American/Mexican teams.
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 20-03-2015 04:22
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ggDonovan wrote:
Flags table:
Teams table:
Spoiler | TEAM | RR | TT | TOTAL | | Bouygues Telecom | 4 | 2 | 6 | | Becherovka - Kiwibank | 2 | 4 | 6 | | Metinvest-Emirates | 2 | 3 | 5 | | Project: Africa | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Simply Red Bull | 1 | 3 | 4 | | Allianz-BMW | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Alpina - Avianca | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Compal-Merida | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Privatbank - Nemiroff Professional Cycling Team | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Team Kenya Airways | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Ameriabank-Novatek | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Karcher-Adira Racing | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Meiji - Cannondale | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Pendleton's | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Quickstep | 1 | 1 | 2 | | RBC Pro Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Siam Cement - Lenovo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Swedbank-PEAB | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Swisscom - UBS | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Team Chiquita-Universal | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Team Live Nation | 1 | 1 | 2 | | VolksWagen-Mapei | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Jaguar - Eritel | 0 | 2 | 2 | | Grupo Nutresa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | La Vie Claire | 1 | 0 | 1 | | ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Oz Cycling Project | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Team ASDA-Savers | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Bacardi - Itera | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Festina - Canal+ | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Good Energy | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Team Bpost - Vlaanderen | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Thanks for this! But Eritrea's NC are swapped around. Teklehaimanot is TT and Kiflay is RR. The obviously our team's figures need to change to 3RR and 1TT (excluding the result in Mexico)
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 20-03-2015 05:26
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Not at all satisfied with the Mexican road race. With Azteka not there it was our race to win. At least I got the TT, which is nice.
Congratulations to aidan with yet another NC.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 20-03-2015 06:40
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Thanks for all the reports and congrats to all the winners.
Interesting race in Ukraine and we are again without this most impotant jersey fro Metinvest. But at least we lost it to deserved winner and our friends from Privatbank, so i am happy it stayed "home". Congrats fjhoekie!
Zmorka with a fantastic ride to grab his first senior national title, as tsmoha said, most likely one of the many to come. I like you Kami as the manager, but this one was for your unwillingness to sell me Grabovski for few years.
Thanks for the summaries ggD, Metinvest still near the top with 5 jerseys already. 
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 20-03-2015 07:49
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Nice win for Koren in the Slovenian TT! Guess SotD will be pissed, but who am I to take care of that Still no safe spot for him on my roster, but of course we want to extend his contract on first hand.
No suprise to see the RR won by a breakaway though.
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 20-03-2015 08:33
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aidanvn13 wrote:
ggDonovan wrote:
Flags table:
Teams table:
Spoiler | TEAM | RR | TT | TOTAL | | Bouygues Telecom | 4 | 2 | 6 | | Becherovka - Kiwibank | 2 | 4 | 6 | | Metinvest-Emirates | 2 | 3 | 5 | | Project: Africa | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Simply Red Bull | 1 | 3 | 4 | | Allianz-BMW | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Alpina - Avianca | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Compal-Merida | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Privatbank - Nemiroff Professional Cycling Team | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Team Kenya Airways | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Ameriabank-Novatek | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Karcher-Adira Racing | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Meiji - Cannondale | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Pendleton's | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Quickstep | 1 | 1 | 2 | | RBC Pro Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Siam Cement - Lenovo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Swedbank-PEAB | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Swisscom - UBS | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Team Chiquita-Universal | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Team Live Nation | 1 | 1 | 2 | | VolksWagen-Mapei | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Jaguar - Eritel | 0 | 2 | 2 | | Grupo Nutresa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | La Vie Claire | 1 | 0 | 1 | | ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Oz Cycling Project | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Team ASDA-Savers | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Bacardi - Itera | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Festina - Canal+ | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Good Energy | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Team Bpost - Vlaanderen | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Vesuvio-Accumalux | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Thanks for this! But Eritrea's NC are swapped around. Teklehaimanot is TT and Kiflay is RR. The obviously our team's figures need to change to 3RR and 1TT (excluding the result in Mexico)
Thanks for pointing this out
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 20-03-2015 09:33
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Spotting aidan online.. time for the SA Champs then?
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