James Carlisle will join BP

Not to be rude, but I'd rather keep working with the Topsport Vlaanderen philosophy to only work with Belgian riders.


Also a bit disappointing that I only got 1/3 riders accepted while others got 5+

Hope nobody minds but I did some work to fill up the teams. Not all teams could afford all riders they wanted to. Not all riders could go to the team they wanted to.

Let me know if there are any major problems. Keep in mind that cyclo-cross isn't as team based as road racing, Sven Nys only has 1 team mate in real life and last season he won half the races he participated in or something

I might relocate Starc then.


That might still change. 5+ will probably lose a few riders. Working on it.

Just reduce it to max 5 riders on all parts then like originally planned? Bert Vos and Dobransky can be cut then on my side. (If it's necessary, Etxebarria too)

I think it's better to have many different players with less charaters than few players with many different characters.


Actually, I only signed my riders there because of their famous philosophy.

Read back and realised why some riders weren't accepted, so no problem there. Interesting teams as well, especially with 2 of my riders on one and 2 on another. Bit weird with one on a Central Asia team, but I can live with that.

Working on it.

Please be patient everyone. This is an overload of information and I have a lot to do here. We'll get there.




Update one: Mario Guido is in the game. Harraford is the one to give up his UCI license.
Update two: Ally Wilson left. His place can be taken by someone without riders or with 1 rider.

Where is Stoyevski from exactly in Russia? Would prefer it if he came from somewhere near the Ukrainian/Belarussian border to fit the regional focus of the Chernobyl Team.

No problems if he isn't ofcourse, but with the team having a low budget it'd make sense to me to only have riders from the region.

4 spots are open again. Those without a rider get first pick, of course

Is there someone with riders who is still very unsatisfied? Keep in mind that you'll have to role-play. So it isn't necessarily better to have 4 riders instead of 1. With only 1 rider, you can build his character much better and give him depth. With 4 riders, you'll be juggling a lot more and those characters won't be as depthful.

Non-active riders will disappear over time. So if you're concerned with your number of riders (too high or too low), in time it'll balance itself out. If you're very active, you'll get more riders. If you're inactive, your riders will disappear.

Yep he was more meant to be from that area, which works out well

Can I get Mario Guido into Mapei? But no problem if it's too late to assign

A minor update on the upcoming season. You can check everything in post 2, too. Here is a list of favorites for the 2014 - 2015 season, at the start of the season, that is. (no particular order)






Keep in mind that this is solely based on starting stats. Role-playing and activity might and probably will change stats quickly. Still, it's something to go on and definitely something for those riders to consider their priorities

Also keep in mind that these favorites have been chosen without factoring in weather. Snow or heavy rain or too much sunshine may turn the entire race over.

Cool, Sylvain Lipawsky looks to be the top of sub-top or the bottom of the top riders. So hopefully he can have a good season.

EDIT: It's a bit silly how most my races are classics and superprestige, but it looks like my rider will target everything else I do have two world cup races though and he might be able to target a few classics.


btw: In later seasons will the calendar stay basically the same with some minor race changes, get completely changed, or will most the classics stay basically the same while other races change or is it something completely different? You probably haven't decided yet, but just to get an idea.

This might change, but right now I'm thinking it'll mostly stay the same. Classics are classics for a reason. The other races might make room for new races to mix up the Superprestige or World Cup or Coca-Cola Trophy, but the format will mostly stay like this.

However, the season could expand later on, or shrink, that's all for later. For the first seasons, not a lot will change. Some races

ok, cool, it's good to know how it will be changed and I like that way of doing it.

Hope that there's still a spot open.

Name: Pierre Lavigne
Nationality (region): French (Franche-Comte)
Date of Birth: 14/07/1996
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 53 kg
Specialty: Intelligent rider
Weakness: Slow start, not good in warm weather, lacking power
Biography: Growing up near Belfort on a vineyard, Pierre started on a young age to ride a bike up the hills in the area. As he grew older he got interested in bike racing and cyclo-cross in particular. Pierre is great on short hills, but lacks the strength to shine on the flat parts.

Stats: [Choose between: very low, low, medium, high, very high]
Bike Handling (technical): medium
Sand: low
Uphill: high
Cobblestones: very low
Sprinting: low
Explosiveness: medium
Flat (TT/riding hard): low
Power: low
Running: medium
Snow/Ice: medium
Jumping: high

Race Name: Lüderitz Dune Loop
Place (nation, city): Lüderitz, Namibia
Technical information: [enter a number between 1 - 5, with 1 being very low / nothing and 5 being very high
Technicality: 3
Sand: 5
Uphill: 3
Length of 1 lap: 2
Cobbled sections: 0
Final sprint (length of the final straight road): 300m
Other information: The Lüderitz Dune Loop is an extremely sandy race over and around the dunes just outside of the West Coast town in Namibia. The course is not overly technical but the soft and forever shifting dune sand can be hell for the inexperienced riders who aren't used to it. The race was first run in 2008 and was won by a South African, it is yet to become a professional race but the Namibian government is trying to promote CycloX and will do all in its power to get an international race in Namibia as soon as possible.
The dunes are not huge but they are difficult to navigate. The strong coastal and desert winds also make cycling in this exposed area much more challenging.
There is also the ever present threat of the desert Hyena which has in the past attacked a rider who was unknowing to its presence.


Race Name: Canyon Classic
Location: Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Techical Information
Technicality: 4
Sand: 4
Uphill: 3
Length of Lap: N/A
Cobbled Sections: 0
Finishing Straight Length: 50m
Other Information: The Canyon Classic is the arguably the most beautiful ride in the world. The Fish River Canyon in Southern Namibia is truly stunning but on a bike it is far from easy. The race demands strength, stamina and focus from its participants. The finishing straight is only 50m because the race would have been decided by then as no two men are going to ride alongside each other. Maneuvering the boulders, rocks, down hill sections and slippery riverside rocks can prove to be a nightmare for the riders who aren't so technical. In the past few years thrill seekers have attempted to ride down the Fish River Canyon and often with little successful. Some find themselves stranded without rescue for miles and others simply slip into the river beside them and they are never to be seen again. A beautiful course with a lot of danger.

I'm curious how this works out and i like to create two riders myself:

@knockout

Another swiss rider! Hopefully there is some room at SAP

@Ian

I might make some more races over the season, I'll just update my post on page 4 and right in italics new next to ones made during that season, I will then link back to it when making more races open, so that my new and old races can be suggested (if that's ok with you).

Sounds fine.

To the others, if you don't have a rider already, I'll allow the entries so that you have at least 1 rider

But that's for tomorrow. Good night!