Enjoy the race! Classification is already looking impossible for some favorites. But there are 6 races left to fight for the win, and with the big sand race in Rio next, we're certain to see some big changes in the classification!

Thanks for another great report Ian!

It definitely was my pleasure

It's nice to see some sort of order starts to take shape here. We have our top and our subtop of riders. However, we've seen quite some uphill races lately. There are some more on the program, but then we're slowly heading towards more sandy and cobbled races, and other names will pop up (again), like Gormley and others!

If we're heading for cobbled races, then it is Bakari's time to shine

If only he could climb, then the Kwaremont Cross would be his already

Though if I'm looking through the races, the one-but last race of the season, in Arenberg, is really all about cobbles and not much else. Maybe Bakari will finally shine as the star he is there

Great to see Timi outsprinting Kimi again

Wooohoo! Mazzarelli takes a great 2nd place after Van der... Vague! And he hasn't been beaten in a sprint by both his opponents!

Are you just giving him wheelsuck and sprint orders?

Not this time. I did, once, though.

Will be interestig when we return to Europe and if it would snow. Imagine their rivalry but then for places in the top 10 we'll have a war!

Yup, that's him!

@Jesleyh: Haha, nice one.

With Vague declaring in his interview that he didn't need to dismount once during the race, we've been searching for pictures of his training. It seems he has been training to ride stairs without having to dismount. Here we have some proof:



Fantastic guy, that Van Der... Vague

Wheelsuck that!

Hehe. Well, what can I say, uhm... he's the chosen one, the rider that was promised. Probably he can even ride on water.

Fixed the mistake though by now.

As a matter of fact, we have some proof of that, too



Next step is even higher. We've spotted Vague trying out a new bike on the Velodrome:

Nice to see the USA races going well. New York a wash out but if the weather was better i'm sure it would have been a legendary race. Even so there are rumors of moving the race to a different location in the city area or out into New Jersey.
Seattle hosted a great event no worries or changes to make there.

At some point i'll get a Max and Mikel update done... some point

It's all marginal gains, Ian!

Maybe we should include a water-cross next year. Could be interesting


@TMM: I was thinking the same thing. Seattle is good, but NY would need some work for next year. The crowd wasn't too wild about the race, too. They'd need to expand or bring the race elsewhere. New Jersey would be good, always great for CX to ride in dirt

Cyclocross on Jersey Shore

Winner will be kissed by Snooki?

Allow me to share my agenda for the next few days with this game.
I've just posted the World Cup Portland race preview.

I mean to do the race tomorrow. To give everyone some time to react/send in tactics, I will do it after 7 o'clock in the afternoon.

Monday, I want to post the preview of the Lancaster Challenge.
Tuesday, I start the first part of my internship. I have an internship for 3 months, but it's an on-and-off situations. I will have periods with enough time, and days without any time. I don't know so well in advance.

So I want to finish Monday with a preview, seems better than with a report, I think. Then I can't say for certain when the next report will come. Tuesday seems unlikely, will have a lot of forms to fill in at the evening. Wednesday is a maybe, but probably even later in the week. Again, depends heavily on my internship.

Internship has absolute priority. This game will definitely not end, though. That's a guarantee. If days pass, consider yourself lucky to finally have some time to catch up instead of being afraid this is over Before you know it, I'll post the next report/preview.

Thanks for the patience in advance!


This is where the race will be held (sort of), this type of terrain:



Though the preview describes it well enough. Uneven terrain, some ditches, some forest. Basically: bike handling and some minor climbing.


I'm also still working on a better way to run the game. I've only had one case of forgetting a rider in a race, but I've had a few races where riders who weren't supposed to start did start. Just understand that it's not easy to organize everything perfectly. It's a process, but it's getting better and better.