I think I would've preferred a quieter final stage tbh. Christodoulos dropping from 15th to 37th is a big loss of points, but I can understand his low ACC hurt him the way the stage was raced.
I don't understand why Penko and Pavlic were in the same group though, they're much faster, but I guess the most the AI could prioritise for our team was 4 riders and that's still decent.
Still between that unfortunate time loss for Penko and this final stage, he ended up scoring 0 points when he was 7th here last year!!
Sometimes stuff like that is just weird and it's not the first time this season I've had this, but it definitely feels even more points could've been scored.
Now on to all the great stuff we achieved
Pogacar 5th, Borisavljevic 8th. Can't beat that!!
Gaudu climbs up to 16th, even if it's at the expense of some of his teammates. Crncevic with a very, very solid finish in 21st. Buitrago in the end sneaks into 5 pts for 49th
Pogacar added a few more pts from the stage result and 4th place in both points and KOM. Also he doubled up his U25 tally, no contest for him here
And finally, after three races where we finished 2nd in the teams classification, we got our team victory!
By my count we scored a total of nearly 300 points, which I would venture to guess is the top number here #TeamDepth
Thanks for the reports seancoll and congrats to the others who had a successful race
Durbridge did, what he came for. Other than that a pretty low key performance overall, especially from McCarthy ofc. Looked like we were up for breakaways early on, but didn't continue to ride aggressively.
Thanks for the great reports and congratulations to those, who did well!
Had my doubts about Dennis after Pais Vasco but the Aussie strikes back! Consistency is key and he survived the hillier stages perfectly. Brown in sixth alongside him is perfect, as are Kalaba's stage and points win. Overall, amazing race.
Thanks for the reports seancoll, and thanks for the congrats everyone.
Awesome victory from Küng Didn't expect that at all tbh.
Thanks seancoll for the reports, it was worth the wait on the final stage Congrats to Marcovdw!
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Was going to be sarcastic about this stage and Houle finally doing well in a sprint when the attackers win, but the bump up to 15th from the time gaps and him paying attention is a decent GC boost Thanks seancoll for the reporting!
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Job done on the final stage by Cosnefroy. Without any particularly good stage results, 7th is a very solid GC result in a race which was a bit too hilly for his skill set.
Added bonus of Castrillo managing to hold on for 17th which brings in a few points also.
All round, we maintain a decent PPRD and keep the season rolling!
Thank you for the reports sean, looking forward to more from you in the future
