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The results are in. 
Besides for Martin & Isabeau (the obvious) the rest of the podium was super interesting. Some "old" faces, some new ones. 

My pick for rider of the weekend: Ella Conolly. She had a great race. Considering she is first year Elite and also a privateer (who knows why as she is reigning U21 champ, still dont get how there are big team names with no Woman racing for them [santa Cruz, Spaz ag mean Spez, CRC, the list goes on] WTFuzz). 
 

Will be interesting to see how the rest of her season goes.

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The results are in. 

Besides for Martin & Isabeau (the obvious) the rest of the podium was super interesting. Some "old" faces, some new ones. 

 

My pick for rider of the weekend: Ella Conolly. She had a great race. Considering she is first year Elite and also a privateer (who knows why as she is reigning U21 champ, still dont get how there are big team names with no Woman racing for them [santa Cruz, Spaz ag mean Spez, CRC, the list goes on] WTFuzz). 

 

Will be interesting to see how the rest of her season goes.

 

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dayum you're whooping us  :D

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Maes and Courdurier were virtually guaranteed wins, so easy points there, but the rest were a toss up. 

 

Conolly wasn't on my radar and I didn't expect Dailly to be back up to speed. 

 

Patiently waiting for the highlights now. 

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Hi,

Just joined the league as leon-B.  Im excited :clap:  for some competition because playing in the global pool im lost somewhere at the bottom  :thumbdown: .

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Its damn hard to predict form outside of the top man and woman right now. Home advantage plays a role sometimes but its not about outright speed, rather consistency. Fitness plays a role too. A 2 day 8 stage affair suits the very fit.  Melamed is performing well. I bet on Gauvin and lost a bit. Keegan Wright was off the pace and Josh Carslon looked good in the first two but faded here. 

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dayum you're whooping us  :D

LOL (Its all math and statistics man)

 

Maes and Courdurier were virtually guaranteed wins, so easy points there, but the rest were a toss up. 

 

Conolly wasn't on my radar and I didn't expect Dailly to be back up to speed. 

 

Patiently waiting for the highlights now. 

I don't think many people saw Connolly up there, but see before this weekend she was just outside top 10. 

As for Dailly, think its been coming for a while. His elbow is still giving him grief, but think once that is fully healed he may be the guy to challenge Martin for pos 1. But don't know when this will be.

 

Hi,

Just joined the league as leon-B.  Im excited :clap:  for some competition because playing in the global pool im lost somewhere at the bottom  :thumbdown: .

Welcome! yeah global is rather tough... Think you had a good round and see you are still so far behind...

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Its damn hard to predict form outside of the top man and woman right now. Home advantage plays a role sometimes but its not about outright speed, rather consistency. Fitness plays a role too. A 2 day 8 stage affair suits the very fit.  Melamed is performing well. I bet on Gauvin and lost a bit. Keegan Wright was off the pace and Josh Carslon looked good in the first two but faded here. 

Jesse is just not consitant over stages. He came back super strong though. His consitancy is what is costing him the most.

 

I agree that for a big 2 day event like this fitness is key and knowing when to push and when to hold back a litle. Think this is where Martin has got everyone at the moment. You can see he pushed a lot harder on day one vs day two (not to say that he held back much) as he had a solid lead overnight. But damn that man is quick. Seen some pics where he is in the most awkward position of the bike but he looks so comfy. Mans got some serious skills!

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Beat me to it. 

 

Tough luck for Maes. The UCI basically just flushed his killer season down the toilet. 

 

He applies for a TUE after having a festering wound treated, TUE gets denied and then he gets sanctioned. 

 

Dick move, UCI. 

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