Is Retschke any good in your save game?
I used to play a lot with him several years ago and he won a couple of German mountain championships in real. So I was a bit surprised to see him involved in a sprint.

He is an alright sprinter, on paper.



But as mentioned here, he is a bit of a breakaway beast. 1 Giro stage win, 2 Vuelta stage wins and a 2nd place in a Tour stage - all from breaks. So unusual to see him challenging in a bunch sprint actually.

Wow. He is pretty good. Never had a save with him being a 70+ beast.
I used to have him like 66mo, 68hi with low 60`s in sprint.

But Ceramica really helped him in his career it seems. That`s impressive stages, he performs the best then.

Well I'd be surprised if he started with low 60s sprint in this DB, given where he is now

Tour de Suisse, 2010 Stage 6: Ulrichen - Oberalppass

A huge amount of climbing on Stage 6



A hard day for many and Andy Schleck got his stage win, but while many lost a lot of time, Rogers kept up his strong form and only lost 8 seconds.

1	Andy Schleck	TEAM CSC	6h20'23
2	Manuel Lloret	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	+ 8
3	Michael Rogers	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
4	Saul Raisin	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 2'19
5	John-Lee Augustyn	RABOBANK	+ 3'53
6	Oliver Zaugg	GEROLSTEINER	+ 5'49
7	Robert Gesink	RABOBANK	s.t.
8	Linus Gerdemann	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
9	Sergio Pardilla	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	s.t.
10	Hector Orlando Mesa	TEAM ASTANA	+ 8'05
11	Aleksandr Pliuschin	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
12	Gabriele Tassinari	RABOBANK	+ 8'16
13	Denis Menchov	QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC	+ 9'01
14	Alejandro Valverde	LAMPRE - FONDITAL	s.t.
15	Branislav Samoilau	PREDICTOR - LOTTO	s.t.
16	Rubén Plaza	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	s.t.
17	Vladimir Karpets	RABOBANK	s.t.
18	Serafín Martínez	RABOBANK	s.t.
19	José Carlos Rodrigues	TEAM LPR	+ 10'28
20	Sébastien Joly	TEAM CSC	s.t.
21	Luis León Sánchez	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	s.t.
22	Philip Deignan	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 10'59
23	Eladio Jiménez	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	+ 11'17
24	Blaise Sonnery	BARLOWORLD	+ 11'59
25	John Gadret	TEAM ASTANA	s.t.

GC

1	Michael Rogers	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	25h23'20
2	Manuel Lloret	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	+ 2'09
3	Andy Schleck	TEAM CSC	+ 3'35
4	Saul Raisin	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 10'59
5	Linus Gerdemann	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 12'02
6	Robert Gesink	RABOBANK	+ 13'22
7	Oliver Zaugg	GEROLSTEINER	+ 13'23
8	Rubén Plaza	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	+ 15'11
9	Hector Orlando Mesa	TEAM ASTANA	+ 18'02
10	Sergio Pardilla	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	+ 18'27
11	John-Lee Augustyn	RABOBANK	+ 19'03
12	Branislav Samoilau	PREDICTOR - LOTTO	+ 21'42
13	Aleksandr Pliuschin	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 22'01
14	Denis Menchov	QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC	+ 22'15
15	Luis León Sánchez	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	+ 23'13

Tour de Suisse, 2010 Stage 7: Ambri - Bosco-Gurin

Rogers, Pliuschin, Deignan, Boasson Hagen, Nolf, Hoffman

In theory, not as hard as previous stages



Boasson Hagen and Hoffman both made the large break of the day, that still led by 4 minutes at the bottom of the climb.



Meanwhile Gesink, Schleck and Lloret were all attacking. But Rogers was struggling. Pliuschin now seems to be the stronger DFL rider, and he does his best to limit the damage.



Fortunately the attackers got slowed by catching the breakaway, only Gesink able to get a solo gap.



Rogers would not have been able to attack up to Schleck, but he doesnt need to anymore, just riding up will do.



Gesink won the stage, Rogers clung on, while Pliuschin faded at the end after some great support.

1	Robert Gesink	RABOBANK	4h20'00
2	Manuel Lloret	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	+ 1'02
3	Jaume Rovira	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE	s.t.
4	Hector Orlando Mesa	TEAM ASTANA	+ 1'15
5	Oliver Zaugg	GEROLSTEINER	s.t.
6	Andy Schleck	TEAM CSC	s.t.
7	Michael Rogers	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 1'32
8	John-Lee Augustyn	RABOBANK	s.t.
9	Denis Menchov	QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC	s.t.
10	Luis León Sánchez	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	+ 2'30
11	David De la Fuente	UNIBET.COM	+ 2'39
12	John Gadret	TEAM ASTANA	s.t.
13	Gabriele Tassinari	RABOBANK	s.t.
14	Linus Gerdemann	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
15	Sergio Pardilla	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	s.t.
16	Blaise Sonnery	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
17	Moisés Dueñas	TEAM WIESENHOF FELT	s.t.
18	Eladio Jiménez	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
19	Aleksandr Pliuschin	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
20	Edwin Parra	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.

GC

1	Michael Rogers	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	29h44'52
2	Manuel Lloret	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	+ 1'33
3	Andy Schleck	TEAM CSC	+ 3'18
4	Robert Gesink	RABOBANK	+ 11'40
5	Saul Raisin	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 12'06
6	Oliver Zaugg	GEROLSTEINER	+ 13'06
7	Linus Gerdemann	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 13'09
8	Rubén Plaza	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	+ 17'29
9	Hector Orlando Mesa	TEAM ASTANA	+ 17'45
10	John-Lee Augustyn	RABOBANK	+ 19'03
11	Sergio Pardilla	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	+ 19'34
12	Denis Menchov	QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC	+ 22'15
13	Aleksandr Pliuschin	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 23'08
14	Branislav Samoilau	PREDICTOR - LOTTO	+ 24'00
15	Luis León Sánchez	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	+ 24'11

I might be the #100 to ask, but why there are no any roadside detail

Come on Rogers! Only 2 more stage left!

Just a weird bug I had at the time, not sure what caused it - perhaps a dodgy install when copying my PCM 07 files from one computer to another. It is fixed by the end of the game-month.

Some awesome rides by Rogers but he is obviously hanging on now, great pace with the updates since the remember when news kickstarted it again. Hope it long continues as it's always intresting to see how the old DFL are going

Tour de Suisse, 2010 Stage 8: Locarno - St Moritz

Rogers, Pliuschin, Deignan, Boasson Hagen, Nolf, Hoffman

Rogers under pressure now, and it is a tricky stage with quite a few big climbs - albeit an unusual flat finish.



Things all kicked off on that final climb, the Malojapass, with 4th overall Gesink (Rabobank) and 5th overall Raisin (former DFL, now Caisse d'Epargne), amongst those to take turns on the front as the peloton whittled down.

Andy Schleck did a relay too before attacking. Lloret followed so Rogers had to too, but it was a struggle.



He fought hard and managed to catch up, but had no interest in carrying on with the pace after that. While those 3 summited first, they were then joined by the super Rabobank team train of Tassinari, Karpets, Augustyn and Gesink, who dragged a few others with them.



They led all the way to the line as they then tried to set up Augustyn or Gesink for the sprint. But Rogers is right in the mix.



Rabobank, as is their nature, failed from this position of numerical advantage. And Rogers took full advantage to win the stage, and surely secure the Tour de Suisse triumph!



To complete the Rabobank fail, Tassinari dropped back to allow the 2nd group on the road - including Pliuschin to receive the same team, thus limiting their time gains on some rivals.

1	Michael Rogers	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	5h20'50
2	Manuel Lloret	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	s.t.
3	John-Lee Augustyn	RABOBANK	s.t.
4	Denis Menchov	QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC	s.t.
5	Robert Gesink	RABOBANK	s.t.
6	Oliver Zaugg	GEROLSTEINER	s.t.
7	Linus Gerdemann	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
8	Andy Schleck	TEAM CSC	s.t.
9	Gabriele Tassinari	RABOBANK	s.t.
10	Saul Raisin	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
11	Vladimir Karpets	RABOBANK	s.t.
12	Alejandro Valverde	LAMPRE - FONDITAL	s.t.
13	Aleksandr Pliuschin	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	s.t.
14	Jaume Rovira	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE	s.t.
15	Hector Orlando Mesa	TEAM ASTANA	s.t.
16	Sergio Pardilla	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	s.t.
17	Edwin Parra	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.
18	Blaise Sonnery	BARLOWORLD	s.t.
19	Branislav Samoilau	PREDICTOR - LOTTO	+ 1'37
20	José Carlos Rodrigues	TEAM LPR	+ 4'16
21	Moisés Dueñas	TEAM WIESENHOF FELT	s.t.
22	Sébastien Joly	TEAM CSC	s.t.
23	Luis Orán Castañeda	PREDICTOR - LOTTO	s.t.
24	Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio	TEAM LPR	+ 4'46
25	Eladio Jiménez	CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE	s.t.

GC

1	Michael Rogers	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	35h05'32
2	Manuel Lloret	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	+ 1'37
3	Andy Schleck	TEAM CSC	+ 3'28
4	Robert Gesink	RABOBANK	+ 11'50
5	Saul Raisin	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 12'16
6	Oliver Zaugg	GEROLSTEINER	+ 13'16
7	Linus Gerdemann	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 13'19
8	Hector Orlando Mesa	TEAM ASTANA	+ 17'55
9	John-Lee Augustyn	RABOBANK	+ 19'09
10	Sergio Pardilla	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	+ 19'44
11	Denis Menchov	QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC	+ 22'25
12	Aleksandr Pliuschin	DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED	+ 23'18
13	Rubén Plaza	SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR	+ 25'20
14	Gabriele Tassinari	RABOBANK	+ 25'32
15	Branislav Samoilau	PREDICTOR - LOTTO	+ 25'47

Rogers!

Rabobank LOL

classic Rabobank

I miss them sometimes

And you people say PCM is not a realistic game

The Rabobank fuck up reminded me of this stage: https://www.procyc...?id=104015

Rogers might not have been the strongest on every stage. But this one huge mountain ride by him and todays sprint win makes him still a deserved winner I guess.

Who the heck is Tassinari? I thought he was some Cyanide made neo pro. Then googled him and found him on PCS some kind of former talent?
Impressive Rabo train obviously.

I had a feeling in the back of my mind that something similar had actually happened to Rabobank (or to the team post-Rabobank), not sure whether it was Paris-Nice I was vaguely thinking of, or something else!

I had assumed Tassinari was a neo pro actually, so interesting that he was not.

Also, was just looking through the DB and spotted some familiar names - with some not so familiar stats!

Symmetrics signed Sagan, sweet!

Given how young they were in 2007, I'm surprised they are even in the db. I'm asuming Kai Reus is preparing to win the TdF. It would be nice if you could post Rabobank's stats.

There's a full preview of this season (written in 2009 ), starting with Rabobank here: https://pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread....ost_190435

But here's their full squad:

Hehe. I've even commented on that. Such a long time ago though.

Which country does Reda Derrayi come from?