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Success

Written by Il Grillo at 07:54 21/8-2021

  Yesterday newcomer Morris Napolano after a series of podium finishes on main goals for the team finally won one. He won the Tweedaagse van Antwerpen in an impressive way. He was on the podium on all three stages and beat super-cobbler Benjamin Fontes by a margin of 52 seconds. It also is the first GC win in division 1 in over 20 seasons.
  
  The other success we are proud of is that we have now been in division 1 for a season and a half. In contrary to most of the teams around us in the ranking we don't hop back and forth between division one and two but scrape together our points in division one with this still not so big team.

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Comments


Alpine at 07:27 26/8-2021
  Congrats! Great win!

Gewoon Rechtdoor at 20:30 21/8-2021
  Congrats with such a nice win! I also really like your remark about being in division 1 for so long. That's probably an undervalued achievement. Well done!

Holwerda Cycling at 19:08 21/8-2021
  Congratulations, very nice win!

Team Chili at 15:29 21/8-2021
  clap clap clap

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