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| Heine |
Posted on 17-02-2015 20:23
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I felt Pozatto had a good position at the start of the sprint, but then... He must've been standing still
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| ember |
Posted on 17-02-2015 23:26
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Good news for Kruijswijk that both Pozatto and Bewley missed out on the bonus seconds.
A nice win by Swift and Vesuvio, but they'll need another miss by Bewley on the next stage to grab the points jersey.
Van Heerden again managed to find a promising wheel, but as proven again and again this season, he doesn't have the needed acceleration.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 18-02-2015 06:50
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A quiet day in the leaders jersey and that is what we want really on these flat stages. Nice to see that the PT teams were strong enough to pull back the breakaway.
I know I keep banging on about it but it is good to see Swift win and beat Bewley - very strange to see Pokerstars so far down in that sprint. It has been a TONE to forget for Boonen and team green.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 18-02-2015 17:12
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Nice to see the team so active in this stage. It's actually going to be a pretty pleasant race for us, in spite of what I had envisioned.
Congrats on the win SN 
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| cio93 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 20:36
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ToNE...always very interesting to predict and to see unfold in the end.
I really like this "sum of HTC" you've done SN! I wonder if it's actually going to be an accurate prediction, but at least it makes it easier to get an overview for the GC.
Of course I'm cheering for Rothaus and VW here, but with one of them looking to go down, that is no fun position for me to be in either  Petition to have 4 relegating teams, someone?
Stage 1 obviously giving VW a good edge already, which Boom negated for Rothaus in stage 2 straight away. The fight Pozzato+Teunissen vs Boom will be interesting to watch.
Sad to see some AI fuck ups on the cobbles but we'll probably just never get rid of those...
Wow Rothaus!! Stage 3 was really fun to watch. Perfect work and Teunissen dropping in the GC means they gained quite a few points back there.
With the good TT, Boom holding on well on the other hilly stage could mean hugely important points for Rothaus, although Pozzato looks good for a points jersey contention so this is really close!
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| roturn |
Posted on 18-02-2015 20:38
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cio93 wrote:
ToNE...always very interesting to predict and to see unfold in the end.
I really like this "sum of HTC" you've done SN! I wonder if it's actually going to be an accurate prediction, but at least it makes it easier to get an overview for the GC.
Of course I'm cheering for Rothaus and VW here, but with one of them looking to go down, that is no fun position for me to be in either Petition to have 4 relegating teams, someone?
Stage 1 obviously giving VW a good edge already, which Boom negated for Rothaus in stage 2 straight away. The fight Pozzato+Teunissen vs Boom will be interesting to watch.
Sad to see some AI fuck ups on the cobbles but we'll probably just never get rid of those...
Wow Rothaus!! Stage 3 was really fun to watch. Perfect work and Teunissen dropping in the GC means they gained quite a few points back there.
With the good TT, Boom holding on well on the other hilly stage could mean hugely important points for Rothaus, although Pozzato looks good for a points jersey contention so this is really close!
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 18-02-2015 21:51
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Another great lead out, yet just the finishing for Guarnieri isn't there this season when racing against Swift/Bewley and the top top sprinters. It'll be something to look at for next season for sure.
But, if you consider this to be a warm up for the WCs, scary for non-GB riders eh? Rowe leading out Swift would be concerning.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 18-02-2015 22:15
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Really fantastic sprinting by Swift here for 2 stage wins - great response to the aggressive start to the race from Wikipedia.
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| roturn |
Posted on 18-02-2015 22:20
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Congrats to another win.
Anonymous stage for me. Which is good GC wise, but not good as Nizzolo is pretty much useless in 90% of his races all season due to PCM AI. But he seems to stop my riders to join breakaways, which is another shit AI decision all season and costs me a lot of possible points this way.
At least my direct opponents did not score hugely neither. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 18-02-2015 22:26
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roturn wrote:
Congrats to another win.
Anonymous stage for me. Which is good GC wise, but not good as Nizzolo is pretty much useless in 90% of his races all season due to PCM AI. But he seems to stop my riders to join breakaways, which is another shit AI decision all season and costs me a lot of possible points this way.
At least my direct opponents did not score hugely neither.
I dont know why some teams are in the break much less, but I dont think you can blame Nizzolo when the teammates of Van Heerden and Avelino made the move.
Can't argue with the fact that Nizzolo is pretty useless at PT level though 
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| roturn |
Posted on 18-02-2015 22:28
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I will still blame Nizzolo.
He will be a good PCT rider next year, so he obviously forces it.
Surely will get a pay cut though even though he is of use then I think. |
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| ember |
Posted on 18-02-2015 23:03
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Very close for Bystrøm, it would have been cool to see him sprint for another win at PT level after his win in California.
Looking at Van Heerden from a positive side, in the picture with about 1 kilometer to go, he isn't there, but 19 other riders are. Must mean he at least had some decent speed towards the end, even though 12th is bad
Thanks for another report, SN, and congratulations on the win. Looking forward for the decisive stage 7! |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 18-02-2015 23:27
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roturn wrote:
Congrats to another win.
Anonymous stage for me. Which is good GC wise, but not good as Nizzolo is pretty much useless in 90% of his races all season due to PCM AI. But he seems to stop my riders to join breakaways, which is another shit AI decision all season and costs me a lot of possible points this way.
At least my direct opponents did not score hugely neither.
I think Stauff is causing the same thing for me. I'm so rarely in breaks despite the fact that Stauff can only ever really aim to finish 6th-10th.
This race has really given Vesuvio a nice shot at the overall PT title.
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 19-02-2015 07:50
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Wonder what would've happened if Vaitkus had a better position at the start of the sprint. Getting a top 10 from where he was is quite impressive at his age.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 19-02-2015 08:15
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No doubting acc has screwed JvH over this year - just happy I got rid for a decent fee  .
Pleased to see Swift get some stages - he is amongst the elite sprinters and I think it will be the Schlecks that get most of the plaudits for the increasingly likely Vesuvio Protour win.
Big day next for us with Cancellara looking to defend his GC lead!
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 19-02-2015 17:44
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Outperforming Boonen and Bewley on the sprint stages might make up for the lack of GC point scoring. Going to be close by the end of the season.
I would also quite like to beat Swift. Better lead out train, but Guarnieri - COME ON!
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 19-02-2015 18:13
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GC still looking good, two leaders has been a fairly good call thus far. Thanks for all the reports SN.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 20-02-2015 00:22
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Too bad Posthuma lost his place on the podium. I doubt he'll be able to gain 25 seconds on Schumacher in the final stage and get back on the podium.
At least Sinkeldam still has the white jersey. Despite losing the lead in the teams rankings, I still think we have a good shot to take it home.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 20-02-2015 00:24
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Wow, you can't say VW and Rothaus don't fight for survival! What a race this is.
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| Roman |
Posted on 20-02-2015 06:16
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Well, at least Bewley tried, nice attacking mentality. Sagan could go way sooner. Anyway Stybar and Polnicky are looking for a great GC result, amazing. The only too bad Bewley isn't really on his best in sprint stages and cobbles too. I really should brought here a better sprint train for him here.
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