So here I am . I decided to write my first PCM story and for that I picked one of my favourite teams : Movistar . I really hope that you will enjoy it and remember , it is my first story , so any advice is welcome .



Rules
* I will not use training camps
* I will not race again if I do not obtain a good result in a race
* The non-WT races will not have big reports , only the top 10 of the stage and a screenshot if the winner is from Movistar

I am using the PCM Expansion Pack for 1.3.0.0. with some edites stats and I am playing on hard difficulty .

EDIT Post #2 is for my team and the leaders , while #3 is for the goals of the seaon .

Leaders


Alejandro Valverde

Alejandro will be our leader in the Ardennes . He will take advantage of his form to get a good result in Tour de Romanie as well . Then he will take a break , skipping Le tour , to prepare for our biggest goal : Vuelta . Then we hope that he will still be in shape to be our leader for the Worlds and Il Lombardia .


Rui Costa

Rui will lead the team in the start of the season . He will be our leader in STDU and then he hopes to win in his home country in Algarve . He will be our leader in Paris- Nice where we want a stage win and a top 10 in GC .
He will take a break and prepare for TDF in Tour of Switzerland and at the NC .



Jose Joaquin Rojas

Rojas will perpare in the start of the season for Milano San Remo . Hw will be our leader in Tireeno Adriatico where our biggest goal will be to win a stage . His main focus of the season will be Tour de France , where again , he will be going for the stage wins and why not maybe the Green Jersey.


Giovanni Visconti

Visconti will be the main helper for Valverde in the Ardennes . Then he will ride of course Giro where he is used to get at least a stage win . In the second part of the season he will be our leader in classics , going for the win in GP Ouest Plouay and the Canadian WT races .

Goals



As you can see our goals arent very difficult . Lets hope we can achieve more than two thirds of them . These are my pesonal goals

*** Win Vuelta d'Espagna - Valverde
*** Win Fleche Wallone - Valverde
*** Win Amstel Gold Rce - Valverde
** - Win Clasica San Sebastian - Rojas/Rui Costa
** - Win a stage in TDF - Rojas/Rui Coasta/Kiryenka
** - Win Giro del Lombardia - Valverde
* - Win a stage in Giro
* - Top 10 in LBL
* - Win the Spain NC RR & TT
* - Win STDU
* - Win GP Quebec / Montreal

Good luck!

Thanks . Btw I just rode STDU . Lets hope I can write the first report tonight .

Good luck.

NC of Australia RR

1. Matthew Goss
2. Cameron Meyer st.
3. Rohan Dennis +44s
4. Michael Rogers +44s
5. Nathan Haas +44s

As expected Orica - GreenEdge won , but the main favourites , Evans and Gerrans finished in the peloton , more than 3 min behind the winner.

NC of Australia TT

1.Michael Rogers
2.Richie Porte +33s
3.Cadel Evans +47s
4.Cameron Meyer +1m 2s
5.Jack Bobridge +1m 17s

Good luck with it

good luck!

So here it is. The first race of the season for us . It will be a good opportuniny for us to get some WT point right from the start with Rui Costa who said before the race that he has strong legs and feels that he can do well here. We sent him som e strong helpers . With Castroviejo , Quintana and Kiryenka on the hills and I am sure that he can obtain a good result .

This is the team :



Sprinters
*** Matthews Viviani Haussler
** Ciolek Henderson Nizzolo
* Gallopin Keukeleire Sutton Appolonio Marcato

GC Riders
*** Rui Costa Moser Siutsou
** Kolobnev Bakelants Gerdemann
* Stybar Kroon Lars Peter Nordhaug

Best of luck!

So this is the first stage - one for the sprinters . Our main goal was to protect Rui Costa and rest our team for the next stage .


The 4 escapees , Burghart ( BMC) , Minard (AG2R) , Selig (Katusha ) and Klostergard ( Saxo Bank ) fought for the KOM jersey . They had 2 min with 50 km to go. It will be abunch sprint.

Rabobank ( for Mathhews) and Garmin (for Huassler ) were leading the pack . Viaviani and the Radioshack duo Gallopin - Nizzolo were also there.

Really close with 800 to go.


It was a win for Matthews . Great way to start the season !

Stage Results
1.Michael Matthews
2.Tony Gallopin
3.Heinrich Haussler
4.Greg Henderson
5.Davide Appolonio

GC
1.Michael Matthews
2.Tony Gallopin +4s
3.Rudiger Selig +4s
4.Heinrich Haussler +6s
5.Kasper Klostergart +7s

KOM
1.K.Klostergart 16p
2.S.Minard 12p
3.M.Burghart 8p

Points
1.R.Selig 12p
2.M.Matthews 8p
3.T.Gallopin 6p

Good luck!

Good Luck with your story

First bit of advice i will give you is not to use png files but to change them to jpeg so the downloading part of the story will be a bit quicker

TomC Thank you!

sutty68 Thanks!Will do so !

Ian Butler Thank you Ian. Good luck to Stijn in RvV and Paris-Roubaix . I am a big fan of your story.

emre99 Thanks!

Stage 2 - an uphill finish . We want Rui Costa to be well placed at the front of the peloton and make sure that he doesnt lose time.


It was a 7-men breakaway including Vinokurov , Bole and Phinney. But they had no chance . With 30 km to go they had under 1min over the peloton


10 km to go and Marcato attacked.


With 5 km to go he was caught and other riders attacked . It was a 7-men group in the front - Nordhaug and Siutsiou from
Sky , Moreno Moser , Kolobnev , Stybar ,Gallopin in the young riders jersey and Rui Costa



I picked the right wheel staying behing Stybar . The OPQS rider was the strongest and Rui Costa managed a 2nd place .
First poduim of the season!
Unfortunately the peloton puhsed really hard and we all had the same time . Matthews keeps his jersey.

Stage Results
1.Zdenek Stybar
2.Rui Costa
3.Konstatin Siutsou
4.Tony Gallopin
5.Moreno Moser

GC
1.Michael Matthews
2.Zdenek Stybar st
3.Rui Costa +4s
4.Tony Gallopin +4s
5.Konstantin Siutsou +6s

Points
1.R.Selig 12p
2.M.Matthews 8p
3.Z.Stybar 8p

KOM
1.K.Klostergard 16p
2.JSergent 16p
3.S.Minard 12p

Stage 3- one for the sprinters


The fight in the BOTD for the KOM jersey.


Viviani still had 3 team-mates in front of him with 5 kn to go.
This could be his stage

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A huge lead for Viviani in the last km .Can he resist until the finishing line ?


No he can not. Matthews came incredibely fast on the right side and takes his 2nd stage win , It seems that Viviani had nothing left in the tank .

Stage results
1.Michael Matthews
2.Tony Gallopin
3.Marco Marcato
4.Elia Viviani
5.Heinrich Haussler

GC
1.Michael Matthews
2.Tony Gallopin +8s
3.Zdenek Stybar +10s
4.Rui Costa +14s
5.Marco Marcato +16s

Points
1.Michael Matthews 16p
2.Tony Gallpoin 12p
3.Rudiger Selig 12p

KOM
1.K.Klostergard 22p
2.J.Sergent 16p
3.M.Schar 16p

Stge 4 - Another chance for the sprinters.


We tried to set a fast pace on the last climb with Jose Herada but no one was dropped


Every sprinter was in front trying to get the right wheel.


This time Matthews launched his sprint early with 1.2 km from the line . Can he hang on ?


YES HE CAN ! 3 from 3 . What a tour for Michael Matthews! And another 2nd place for Gallopin

Stage resutls
1.Michael Matthews
2.Tony Gallopin
3.Marco Marcato
4.Jan Bakelants
5.Gerald Ciolek

GC
1.Michael Matthews
2.Tony Gallopin +12s
3.Zdenek Stybar +20s
4.Marco Marcato +22s
5.Rui Costa +24s

Points
1.M.Matthews 24p
2.T.Gallopin 18p
3.R.Selig 12p

KOM
1.S.Minard 40p
2.G.Sopue 32p
3.K.Klostergard 22p

good result with Costa, but there is something wrong with your screenshots...

Great to see Rui Costa up there on the GC