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Post by DeRodeLantaarn on Feb 18, 2018 22:31:49 GMT 1
Thnx Mike. 2 victories I could use. Bad luck guys Exciting week coming up. I didn't experience 6 stages in one tour in one week before. Still busy to figure this out.
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Post by Mike on Feb 19, 2018 14:34:23 GMT 1
yep exciting week it will be indeed.. I have no idea what's going to happen; all depends on tacticks from you guys. My team has no special intentions. Lode Doucet will be our 26y old GC rider. This season he won 2 stages in the Giro: stage Cordenons - Altopiano del Montasio and stage Valdengo - Bergamo. He'll be to young to go to the podium but I'm curious how far he will get. Fulwood could mean something in a sprint stage but I have'nt looked at all stages yet. We certainly wont be winning so much stages as in the TDF, maybe even none. Start is the TTT where we could mean something but all the rest are questionmarks. Good luck to you guys; I'm wandering if Firle could be beaten this time
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Post by Slayer772004 on Feb 21, 2018 11:30:47 GMT 1
Good luck for the Vuelta everyone !
First stage was a stroke of luck. Last year I lost more then 18 minutes on the TTT, so I had no GC expectations before the start. But see ... only a 2:32 gap this season. Still not sure what the GC will bring. Its kinda strange Vuelta, hard to predict. It will be searching to win time on the right moment.
And yes ... for sure I will try a stage win too. But looking at the start list: Firle with his 3 musketeers Geni - Lanoe - Duris, together with Fulfroome (SeMTeX) is the Top 4 of our Division. Add Rode with Raviol and De Muynck, and you have a really strong and tough peloton this Vuelta.
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Post by Mike on Feb 21, 2018 17:37:36 GMT 1
Our GC rider Doucet is doing well. Won the race and in 3d place. Right where he should be Top 10 is very close together. Well it's only the second race. team real del tg. jiu was second in the TTT but he went the full 100% for all his riders... so his guys will be dropping out of top 20 real fast. Guess he was hoping on a TTT win yesterday. Pitty for him that Firle has a good bunch with very good TT. You are right Slayer, this is going to be a very hard Vuelta. 6 races in one weak is very hard to plan, you are restricted because of fitness. We'll see what happens. Good luck all.
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Post by Mike on Feb 22, 2018 14:12:48 GMT 1
Congrats Slayer with today's stage win!
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Post by DeRodeLantaarn on Feb 22, 2018 22:04:33 GMT 1
Congrats Firle, SeMTeX ans Slayer with your victories so far. Great job. I have now idea what to do, but so far so good. The time gaps aren't what I expected. I thought they would be bigger. The right moment concerning the GC. But where would that be. My goal is to keep Raviol in the top of the GC. I have a chance to go for the top 3. But it will be difficult.
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Post by DeRodeLantaarn on Feb 24, 2018 14:33:17 GMT 1
Unexpected win for the team today. Didn't see that coming. Ascolani surprised me today. Very happy manager today.
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Post by Mike on Feb 24, 2018 16:03:29 GMT 1
well done
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Post by Slayer772004 on Feb 24, 2018 18:58:15 GMT 1
Yup, nice uphill sprint. Congrats. I was expecting Froomwood again, but seems he stayed close to Eminescu.
Already four teams won a race this Vuelta. Great job ! Its waiting for Euskadi and PAN now. Maybe tomorrow they can try ? Hmmm ... sorry, but Hillen will try to avoid that. In true Valgren-style.
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Post by Slayer772004 on Feb 25, 2018 11:04:54 GMT 1
Well ... looks like PAN has a good change for today though. Cardinal on 90%, and the race looks very simular like Kragero-Rjukan in Norway where he did very well. Also in a battle with Hillen. I better temper my ambitions a little.
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Post by Slayer772004 on Feb 25, 2018 14:01:03 GMT 1
Fulwood surprised me today. How strong is that guy. Impressvie !
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Post by Mike on Feb 25, 2018 14:19:21 GMT 1
hehe, he's strong indeed I think Maxz forgot about Cardinal, cause he's still on 89% before update. Hey, Hillen was great to, it was a sprint between him and Fulwood.
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Post by DeRodeLantaarn on Feb 25, 2018 16:53:49 GMT 1
I expected him yesterday too. But today Fulwood was the strongest. Lost a little time with Raviol, but it was necessary. I had to save some fitness. First l'Avenir now. After that 4 interesting stages coming up.
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Post by Mike on Mar 1, 2018 13:29:28 GMT 1
TOUR DE L'AVENIR
Podium 1. Brusselmans 27 10 10:39:41 Time jersey + points jersey + youth jersey Firle Bostal 2. Varão 19 18 +2:10 Mountain jersey SeMTeX 3. Andrade 18 14 +2:53 DeRodeLantaarn
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Post by maxz on Mar 2, 2018 9:49:44 GMT 1
hehe, he's strong indeed I think Maxz forgot about Cardinal, cause he's still on 89% before update. Hey, Hillen was great to, it was a sprint between him and Fulwood. Well I'm not lookin too much at results actually, only develop my poor talents I d lose a good chance indeed...
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