Kinda meh final stage. I mean, a Top10 for Jurgen is nice, but he was just 2 seconds short of getting the 7th place in GC instead of 9th, which mean 9 more points
Finally someone in the breakaway, and even the right rider for the terrain, Stefano! I think his only previous breakaway for us was the stage he won in Bayern - Rundfahrt, which also gave him a GC podium through it. A second place in KoM is great, but with the leader dropped and just having to sprint 1 km in the moment that the bunch caught the break and the jersey was his, well, not doing it makes me disappointed with him. Still, almost 50 points is a strong return for this race, and it's always important to continue with the points flow.
Congrats to Eden for the GC win with Goss, who is starting the season in a great way, with already 3 wins, and up to 20 in his career total of PCT wins, just one win short of reaching the Top10 in that category.
Really a race to forget. No participation at all. No one sprinting here and barely one joining breaks. 3 useless race days for Rothaus. Mollema with the one appearance and getting 1s at least comes in as 26th, which is at least something.
Will surely be better in C2/C2HC races, but still had expected a quartett of 78/78/79/79 to at least show something or the other riders to attack.
Congrats to the Aussies. Great early season form, which seems to become a thing in the Man Game as well now. Goss and Ewan on fire. Maybe not with most stage wins for later but as most consistent. Lo Cicero as 3rd with something as well while Guarnieri is getting big CT points here.
Well done to Van Zandbeek to get something from this race for us. Te Brake tried a bit in the first two stage but Krieger was as good as absent. This was a big mistake in race selection!
Nice to see Guarnieri improving stage by stage and getting the big result we asked for on the last day! A 5th in the GC here is definitely very good considering the sprinters ahead of him. These points are really important to stay in the fight of a top 5 in CT.
Congrats to Eden and thanks for the nice reports, SN!
Ecstatic to already have achieved our second goal of the season. Abolishing Goss’ spring train so far has been a good decision! Hope Ji can continue to drop him off at the front. Terrific start to the season for us.
Wow didn't expect to see Pinot in the break on the final stage and give us visibility in the race. Keukeliere just didn't have the legs against the bigger names
