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Leopard Trek - The End!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 15:26
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After reading all the other nice stories around here I have decided to start one myself too. My choice is Leopard - Trek, because I like fighting in the top of the grand tours.
Database: 2010 Daily DB with lots of individual changes + 2011 teams and rosters.
Patch: 1.0.4.1
Difficulty: Hard
Evolution of attributes: 0.5
Team presentation coming up in a few minutes.
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 28-04-2011 17:20
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 15:37
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why not wait or the 2011db?
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 15:41
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sam1196 wrote:
why not wait or the 2011db?
Because I like this DB, if I wait for the 2011 DB I have to edit all the stats again. Also, this DB includes the 2011 teams and rosters.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-02-2011 15:41
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Come on Leopard  Good luck ! |
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 15:42
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Good luck I hope that the story is also very good like your stages.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 15:42
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Alakagom wrote:
Come on Leopard Good luck !
Thanks! Team presentation coming up soon.
sam1196 wrote:
Good luck I hope that the story is also very good like your stages.
Thanks, some of the stages will appear in the story.
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 19-02-2011 15:43
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 15:50
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Goals
 Win Tour de France
 Win Giro d'Italia
 Win Gent - Wevelgem
Win GP Ouest France - Plouay
Top 5 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
 Top 5 Clásica San Sebastián
Leaders
He will of course be our leader in the Tour and also aiming for the Ardennes Classics.
Will be the leader in the Giro and the Vuelta before trying to win the World Championships, which will be held in Agrigento.
Our man for the cobbled classics, he will also ride the Tour to help Schleck.
The best sprinter in our team, targeting points jersey in the Giro and the Vuelta.
I haven't played the Australian TT Championships yet, so next update might take some time.
I hope you will enjoy this story!
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 15-03-2011 18:13
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| roturn |
Posted on 19-02-2011 16:03
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Good luck with Leopard. Will follow this one.
Is Frank also going for the Ardennes?
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 16:21
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@roturn
First of all, thanks. Fränk will skip the Ardennes in favour for the Giro. I know that he is better than Andy in hill, but I want him to ride the Giro in top form.
I decided to just give you the results of the Australian Championships as there wasn't much action there.
| 1 | Cameron Meyer | Garmin - Cervélo | 55'15 | | 2 | Michael Rogers | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Cervélo | + 23 | | 4 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 37 | | 5 | Travis Meyer | Garmin - Cervélo | + 39 | | 6 | Adam Hansen | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 40 | | 7 | Darren Rolfe | Fly V Australia | + 48 | | 8 | Richie Porte | SaxoBank - Sungard | s.t. | | 9 | David Kemp | Fly V Australia | + 54 | | 10 | Matthew Harley Goss | HTC - Highroad | s.t. |
| 1 | Matthew Harley Goss | HTC - Highroad | 4h29'14 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Cervélo | + 15 | | 4 | Luke Roberts | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 5 | Simon Clarke | Astana | + 32 | | 6 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank | + 52 | | 7 | Cameron Meyer | Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 8 | Simon Gerrans | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis | + 1'16 | | 10 | Travis Meyer | Garmin - Cervélo | + 1'32 |
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 19-02-2011 16:34
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| baia |
Posted on 19-02-2011 16:22
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Good luck.. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 16:31
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baia wrote:
Good luck..
Thanks. First stage of Tour Down Under coming up tomorrow.
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| VladuuTs |
Posted on 19-02-2011 16:35
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very nice choice  good luck |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 19-02-2011 16:43
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Interesting. Good luck. Hoping for Cancellara to win the three cobble classics
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 19:53
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lluuiiggii wrote:
Interesting. Good luck. Hoping for Cancellara to win the three cobble classics
Thank you. That is my goal, but I'm not sure I can do that because I suck on cobbles.
VladuuTs wrote:
very nice choice good luck
Thanks.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-02-2011 19:57
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Thank you. That is my goal, but I'm not sure I can do that because I suck on cobbles.
With Cancellara you can't suck on cobbles You'll be alright
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 19-02-2011 19:58
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Good luck!
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| sobota |
Posted on 19-02-2011 20:13
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Good Team ,
Good Riders,
Good PCM-er,
Good Luck !
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 20:14
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tsmoha wrote:
Good luck!
Thank you!
sobota wrote:
Good Team ,
Good Riders,
Good PCM-er,
Good Luck !
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-02-2011 22:01
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The Tour Down Under is the first WorldTour event of the season and it is a race for the sprinters, except stage 5 which goes over Willunga Hill where some riders might try to attack. Most riders will be out of form though, so there might be some surprises in this race.
Our squad
 Jakob Fuglsang
Anders Lund
Daniele Bennati
Davide Viganò
 Stuart O'Grady
Maxime Monfort
 Joost Posthuma
Daniele Bennati will be our man for the sprints. Davide Viganò will be his leadout-man and Posthuma will start the sprint train. Fuglsang and Monfort will try their chances on Willunga Hill.
Favourites
Many top sprinters are here so this will be a challenge for Bennati. Cavendish, Bos, Haussler, Ciolek, Davis and Chicchi are just some of the big names who are here to try and grab some stage wins and try to survive Willunga Hill to take the overall.
Full startlist
Santos Tour Down Under - Stage 1 - Mawson Lakes > Angaston
This stage will no doubt end up in a mass sprint. I don't think a breakaway will make it today as this is the first real race of the season and all the sprinters want to win today.
Directly after the start in Mawson Lakes this group got away. It contained Iljo Keisse (Quickstep), Alfredo Balloni (Lampre - ISD), Simon Clarke (Astana), Chad Beyer (BMC), Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil - DCM) and Markel Irizar (Radioshack). They built up a lead of 8 minutes.
With 80 km left the gap was down to 6 minutes after Movistar and HTC - Highroad pulled up the pace in the pack.
The advantage continued to decrease after that more teams helped to keep the pace high. With 20 km left the pack could see the breakaway, who was still going with just 50 seconds advantage left.
With 2,5 km left Posthuma has put Viganò and Bennati in a perfect position for the sprint. They are to the right, in the middle it is Leezer leading out Bos, with Cavendish on Bos wheel.
Cavendish accelerates out of Bos wheel with 1,2 km to go and Bennati immediately followed his wheel. On the right it's Guardini who is looking strong too. With 700 m to go Bennati accelerates out of Cavendish slipstream and went past, is he going to win the stage?
Yes he is! What a great start of the season for the new team. Cavendish held on for second, while Bos just edged out Guardini for third. Haussler, Davis and Ciolek was nowhere to be seen in the sprint. They should be dissapointed with todays stage.
Results
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | Leopard - Trek | 3h19'30 |  2 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 3 | Theo Bos | Rabobank | s.t. | | 4 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 5 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 6 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | s.t. | | 7 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank | s.t. | | 8 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank | s.t. | | 9 | Allan Davis | Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | Leopard - Trek | 3h19'20 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 4 | | 3 | Simon Clarke | Astana | + 5 | | 4 | Theo Bos | Rabobank | + 6 | | 5 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 7 | | 6 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - ISD | + 8 | | 7 | Markel Irizar | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 8 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 10 | | 9 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 10 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | s.t. |
Individuals
Sorry for missing to take a picture of Bennati's acceleration out of Cavendish's wheel.
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| roturn |
Posted on 19-02-2011 22:06
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Great start.
Quite sure you can also win the Tour with Bennati.
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