But at that time, wasn't Rodriguez some way back as well. No matter, I hope you are right as I do have him in my team.
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They were maybe 5/10 seconds behind the front group and he looked a bit labored, but I don't think he finishes behind the Jumbo duo without a mechanical. I mean he lost more than 3 minutes in 2 km.But at that time, wasn't Rodriguez some way back as well. No matter, I hope you are right as I do have him in my team.
nope it wasn't on TV i guess, but they said afterwards that he had a mechanical and waited for help for a quite some timeI think he was dropped before the gravel.
Rank | Team | Points this week |
1 | EvansIsTheBest | 607 |
2 | comodoro | 550 |
3 | Crevaison | 463 |
4 | repre | 461 |
5 | Sneekes | 459 |
Rank | Team | Total |
1 | Nakazar | 52 |
1 | Eyeballs Out | 52 |
3 | comodoro | 51 |
4 | Jakob747 | 50 |
5 | repre | 47 |
Rank | Up/down | Team | Points |
1 | (+15) | 708 | |
2 | (+62) | EvansIsTheBest | 697 |
3 | (+14) | Nakazar | 682 |
4 | (+7) | Jon_Ezeitza | 663 |
5 | (+13) | will10 | 660 |
6 | (+7) | SafeBet | 652 |
7 | (-5) | Eyeballs Out | 643 |
8 | (+54) | comodoro | 642 |
9 | (+5) | DJ Sprtsch | 634 |
10 | (-4) | Martin | 630 |
Happy to win the week but it's a bit frustrating to be this close to the top spot. If I want to overtake mayomaniac's team this week, I need Skjelmose and Battistella to outscore Valverde basically. I'm not holding my breath but I do need those two to perform this year if I want my team to get a decent ranking. Looking at Battistella's cq page, I have no clue how he made the final cut. Feels like I outthought myself and should have just taken Bettiol like any rational person (I reserve the right to take back this statement if Battistella outscores Bettiol this year). Of course like I alluded to earlier in the thread, the real play would have been Skjelmose + Battistella + low priced rider for Pidcock + whomever 1 + whomever 2. But it's too late to fix it.
Baroncini I dunno what to expect from his first race in the pros.
Any idea about the startlist for the Colombian nationals RR? Is Osorio riding?Kudos to all the Carlos Rodriguez and Tobias Halland Johannessen backers, looking very strong at these early stages! I would lie if I said I considered them myself - Carlos Rodriguez was a team hierarchy thing, I honestly didn't think it was his time (yet) and Halland Johannessen points-tag I thought was too risky to gamble with, ha.ha.ha, and even though it's still only early February, I feel they will be excellent investments. Let's wait and see!
I don't have anything point-wise to show for it yet, but I am super optimistic about my Alejandro Osorio gamble. In theory, he should be the best Colombian bet out of the new generation by far! Post Egan. His engine is fantastic, - good rouleur, and when on his climbing is pure poetry. Last year he finally started to show glimpse of his potential (Maurizio Fondriest and Gabriel Jaime Velez) predicted him a HUGE future already 3 years ago, but he was diagnosed with mononucleosis last year and didn't ride a single race after July.
However now fully recovered, he is putting in beastly rides here locally. 2 days ago he averaged 400watts on the climb to La Union, where he broke Jose Tito Hernandez, Strava record by 41 seconds - this is at 2600 meters of altitude climbing with over 30 km/h. Absolutely sick potential!
Any idea about the startlist for the Colombian nationals RR? Is Osorio riding?
Yeah, Osorio is riding. I add you the start-list here below! Let's see what we can expect on a route like this!