Written by Quick step minded at 16:38 21/2-2017
In Season 33 Morten Holen won Fast on Wheels being part of team Quick step minded. Although he did repeat that trick the next year with an other team, I never got the chance to defend my win.
However, 6 seasons later, quick step minded once again was a participant in Fast on Wheels.
The team consist of riders being picked up on the hire list, being released by teams who deemed them either as too old, or worthless. But together they managed one of the greatest dominations ever seen in the GC of an OCM Tour.
Even before it began the team faced some adversity, as the planned TF-period of supposed captain was screwed up. But after a slow start in the tour itself,manager QSM unfolded a masterplan that has never been equalled. In the Queen-Stage, taking the riders from Aarhus to Vejle, the parcours was very familiar to QSM who studied in Aarhus for a while a couple of years ago. Combined with the heavy wind, this parcours knowledge was a huge advantage, and play a major role in what unfolded during that stage.
Halfway through the stage, on rather narrow roads, 5 riders of team Quick step minded gathered at the front of the bunch and started forming echelons. Only a handful of other riders managed to follow. The team was that strong they managed to build a nice gap and continued their effort until the finish. It was in the steep Streets of Vejle were captain Hirscher finished the job with the stage win, with 5 of our riders finishing in the top-8! Other manager were perplexed and left scratching their heads and complaining about what they just witnessed. Ultimately all this was enough to consolidate the GC-win for Hirscher in the TT, while also snooping up place 3 and 6 in the overall for Markos and Clement respectively.
TL;DR: Welcome division 3 and onto Giro di Montelbano & Norway Tour!
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Congrats :)
At least you didn't break Longosiwa's time gap record :)
Congrats again with your fav race.
Some nice findings on the hire list.
Nice article and indeed a very unusual edition this time around thanks to the game changes.
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