Fabio Melani | Road to Le Tour | End of Season
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 16-01-2014 21:07
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Ok thanks
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 18-01-2014 08:25
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Just so everyone knows this is NOT by any means dead. I have been having shitty technical difficulties with PCM but have almost finished the re-install. Also, school starts on the 29th, and I'll try to get a good chunk of TdF done by then if not have it finished. I'll also implement more storylines so the story can keep going during school.
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sutty68 |
Posted on 18-01-2014 13:10
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Hope the re-install has solved your problems
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 18-01-2014 13:13
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It hasn't I've started a thread to find a solution.
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sutty68 |
Posted on 18-01-2014 13:41
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PCM can be a right pain in the A**e sometimes
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 18-01-2014 13:44
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Yep
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The Hobbit |
Posted on 18-01-2014 13:45
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If the DB issues are too much, you could do what I did with Breaking Confidence, (well before that broke again ) which was to start a new career, then fast forwar to the right date, and play from there, correct stats etc.
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 18-01-2014 13:49
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Nah. I'm determined to get this working, and if not, I already have another story planned - although I wasn't planning on that until at least the release of PCM14 - assuming this would go on much longer.
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The Hobbit |
Posted on 18-01-2014 13:54
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Makes sense, sad as it seems, myself I have 3 stories, one which I hope will be BIG!
Already started on a fun little one as it's only 1 season, so I've written reports up to the Ronde
I will be sad to see Fabio go, but then it is also nice that you start something new, possibly even better.
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 18-01-2014 13:59
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I really hope I don't have to stop this, and I can continue trying to salvage it as I have another week of free time.
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 21-01-2014 08:31
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So guys I can load the game now, and even though the db is a variant of Jesleyh's Realname the flags and variants carry over from the Daily Expansion Pack. Somehow it has stuffed up so the flags are back to their original, ugly version, but the worst part is that any variant stage is Plouay-Plouay. Currently re-installing the db, so hopefully that works and we can get back up and running within a couple of days.
Also, school starts in a week so the reports will come slower. However, I'll add storylines so we can keep going at a good pace
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sutty68 |
Posted on 21-01-2014 11:43
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Lets hope the problem is solved (fingers crossed)
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 22-01-2014 01:59
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This is probably my best chance to win a stage. I'm not saying it's a good one, but the race goes into the mountains very soon.
A 4 man break gets away. Flecha wins the first climb, a Cat. 4, ahead of Jungels, Stamsnijder and Le Mevel.
Intermediate Sprint
1. Jungels // 2. Flecha // 3. Stamsnijder
KoM 3, Cat 4
1. Jungels
A very high pace meant it was hard to stay up front. Eventually it was just me in the wheel of Grazhys with 14km to go.
With 11km I got blocked in by Bouhanni and the rest of the GreenEDGE train. However, Virgilijus was still up ahead.
I got back and we started to get to the very front.
We hit the hill on the front along with FDJ. Jungels was still hanging on ahead.
Virgilijus couldn't find a wheel, so the leadout had to be from far out, and on a hill, that isn't good. I had to start early.
Demare took the win ahead of Degenkolb.
I finished a very close 15th.
Not a bad day. Maybe if Jarlinson was ahead at the end a Top 5 would've been possible, but I'm not complaining.
Fabio
1 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | 3h44'48 | 2 | John Degenkolb | Movistar Team | s.t. | 3 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | 4 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | 5 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
Spoiler 6 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 7 | Gerald Ciolek | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 8 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Sporza | s.t. | 9 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 10 | Romain Feillu | Team Europcar | s.t. | 11 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | 12 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 13 | Barry Markus | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 14 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 15 | Fabio Melani | Colombia | s.t. | 16 | Nacer Bouhanni | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 17 | Julien Simon | Team Europcar | s.t. | 18 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | 19 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 20 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 21 | Richie Porte | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 22 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 23 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 24 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | 25 | Virgilijus Grazhys | Colombia | s.t. | 26 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Team Europcar | s.t. | 27 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 28 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 29 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 30 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 31 | Francesco Ginanni | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 32 | Bob Jungels | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 33 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 34 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 35 | Andy Schleck | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 36 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 37 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 38 | Andrew Talansky | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 39 | Robert Gesink | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 40 | Manuel Belletti | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 41 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | 42 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 43 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 44 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 45 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 46 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 47 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 48 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 49 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 50 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 51 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 52 | Alejandro Marque | Movistar Team | s.t. | 53 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 54 | Marko Kump | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 55 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 56 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 57 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 58 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 59 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 60 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 61 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 62 | Steven Kruijswijk | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 63 | Sébastien Chavanel | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 64 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | s.t. | 65 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Sporza | s.t. | 66 | Theo Bos | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 67 | Wilco Kelderman | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 68 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 69 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | 70 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 71 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 72 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | 73 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 74 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 75 | David Bos | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 76 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | 77 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 78 | Tiago Machado | Sporza | s.t. | 79 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 80 | Davide Appollonio | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 81 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 82 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia | s.t. | 83 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 84 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 85 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 86 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 87 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 88 | Taylor Phinney | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 89 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 90 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 91 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 92 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | 93 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | 94 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 95 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 96 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 97 | Bauke Mollema | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 98 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 99 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 100 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | 101 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 102 | Alexandre Geniez | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 103 | Warren Barguil | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 104 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 105 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 106 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | 107 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 108 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 109 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 110 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | s.t. | 111 | Sandy Casar | Sojasun | s.t. | 112 | JoaquÃm Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | 113 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 114 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 115 | Lars Boom | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 116 | Danny Pate | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 117 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 118 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 119 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 120 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 121 | Fabian Cancellara | Sporza | s.t. | 122 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 123 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 124 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Colombia | s.t. | 125 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 126 | Luis León Sánchez | Katusha Team | s.t. | 127 | Daryl Impey | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 128 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 129 | Tony Gallopin | Sporza | s.t. | 130 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 131 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | 132 | Stijn Devolder | Sporza | s.t. | 133 | Roman Kreuziger | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 134 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 135 | Luka Mezgec | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 136 | Robert Kiserlovski | Sporza | s.t. | 137 | Jens Voigt | Sporza | s.t. | 138 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 139 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | s.t. | 140 | Yannick Talabardon | Sojasun | s.t. | 141 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 142 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 143 | Johan Le Bon | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 144 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 145 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 146 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 147 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 148 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 149 | Ben Hermans | Sojasun | s.t. | 150 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 151 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 152 | Andreas Klöden | Sporza | s.t. | 153 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 154 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 155 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | 156 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 157 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 158 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 159 | Samuel Dumoulin | Sojasun | s.t. | 160 | Jagoba Aurrekoetxea | Colombia | s.t. | 161 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 162 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 163 | Brice Feillu | Sojasun | s.t. | 164 | Ian Stannard | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 165 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 166 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 167 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | 168 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 169 | Maxime Méderel | Sojasun | s.t. | 170 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 171 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 172 | Gaëtan Bille | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 173 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 174 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 175 | Romain Sicard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 176 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 177 | Maciej Paterski | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 178 | Brian Vandborg | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 179 | Christophe Le Mével | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 180 | Benoît Jarrier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 181 | Alexandre Blain | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 182 | Maciej Bodnar | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 183 | Yoann Bagot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | 184 | Benjamin Le Montagner | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | 185 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 186 | Gregory Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 187 | Michael Van Staeyen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 188 | Jack Bobridge | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 189 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 190 | Mathew Hayman | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 191 | Sylvester Szmyd | Movistar Team | s.t. | 192 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 2'48 | 193 | Michael Rodriguez Galindo | Colombia | + 3'17 | 194 | Erwann Corbel | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 4'19 | 195 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 6'59 |
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Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 22-01-2014 02:26
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Guess it is working now
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 22-01-2014 02:36
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Seems like it
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The Hobbit |
Posted on 22-01-2014 06:58
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Hooray!! I am glad to see this continue, good luck, hopefully you get no more difficulties.
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 22-01-2014 06:58
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When I got back to the hotel today I was greeted with a letter. Not that it's common, but I expected it to be fanmail. What I got was a bit more. I translated it for you from Spanish.
Dear Mr. Melani
My name is Carlo Perez and I am a 9 year old boy, who like you is from Argentina. I have been following you since San Luis last year and I read all your results in the newspaper in Buenos Aires. I am very poor, but I am here in France and watched all your races so far. Great job sir! If I meet you my life will be amazing. At the end of the next stage I will be holding up a "Go Melani" sign at the finish line. If you see it please come and meet me.
Good luck,
Carlo
This is amazing. I'm going to see that boy tomorrow!
Fabio
Edited by Cycleman123 on 22-01-2014 06:59
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The Hobbit |
Posted on 22-01-2014 07:00
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Inspire him to be a cyclist!!!
Double zabelling
Edited by The Hobbit on 22-01-2014 07:00
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 22-01-2014 07:00
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The Hobbit wrote:
Hooray!! I am glad to see this continue, good luck, hopefully you get no more difficulties.
Zabel'd by that Anyway I'm glad to have this back. Had the problem again but this time this was y latest save
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Cycleman123 |
Posted on 22-01-2014 07:01
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The Hobbit wrote:
Inspire him to be a cyclist!!!
Aaand, Zabel'd again He sounds like a cycling fan
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