Are you sure you have no patience what are martins stats on your game atm and are you going to enter the tdf or not like irl??

Stage 4

Today is a long TT where the favorites will have a chance to pick up more time on each other. I was on great form and I set a good time coming in 28th but almost 4 minutes behind the winner.



Wiggins set an almost unbeatable time holding a minute gap on 2nd place for almost the whole race. With 20 riders left he was still holding on 1st.



Evans was 2nd last to go and he was able to get an amazing time. He was now in the lead with over a minute over 2nd place.



But somehow Leipheimer came through and set an even better time. Now it seems to be a two rider race between Leipheimer and Evans.






Stage
1 Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team 53'34
2 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 13
3 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team + 1'35
4 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'38
5 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 1'45
6 Bradley Wiggins Garmin - Slipstream + 1'48
7 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Epargne + 1'50
8 Ivan Basso Liquigas + 1'52
9 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team + 2'24
10 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 2'45
11 Maxime Monfort Team Columbia - High Road + 2'49
12 Damiano Cunego Lampre - N.G.C + 2'56
13 Tom Danielson Garmin - Slipstream + 2'58
14 David Millar Garmin - Slipstream + 3'05
15 Tony Martin Team Columbia - High Road + 3'06
16 Jakob Fuglsang Team Saxo Bank s.t.
17 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 3'08
18 Evgeni Petrov Team Katusha + 3'11
19 Ronny Scholz Team Milram + 3'18
20 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 3'20
21 Sérgio Paulinho Astana Cycling Team + 3'23
22 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
23 Laszló Bodrogi Team Katusha + 3'29
24 Jesús Del Nero Fuji - Servetto + 3'36
25 Jérôme Coppel Française des Jeux + 3'39
26 Jason McCartney Team Saxo Bank + 3'40
27 José Angel Gómez Marchante Cervélo Test Team + 3'41
28 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream + 3'43
29 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank + 3'44
30 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step + 3'45
31 Josu Agirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3'55
32 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 3'56
33 Laurent Lefèvre Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 4'02
34 Dominik Roels Team Milram + 4'05
35 Rémi Pauriol Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 4'07
36 Filippo Pozzato Team Katusha + 4'11
37 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 4'12
38 David López Caisse d'Epargne + 4'13
39 Pierrick Fédrigo Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
40 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R La Mondiale + 4'15
41 Amael Moinard Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 4'16
42 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux + 4'17
43 Marcin Sapa Lampre - N.G.C + 4'18
44 Haimar Zubeldia Astana Cycling Team + 4'21
45 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia - High Road + 4'22
46 Rémi Cusin Agritubel + 4'29
47 Sébastien Minard Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 4'32
48 Tom Stamsnijder Rabobank s.t.
49 Alexei Markov Team Katusha + 4'35
50 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale + 4'42


General Classification
1 Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team 10h41'44
2 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 23
3 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team + 1'55
4 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'56
5 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 2'03
6 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Epargne + 2'07
7 Ivan Basso Liquigas + 2'26
8 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team + 2'56
9 Maxime Monfort Team Columbia - High Road + 3'21
10 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 3'27
11 Tom Danielson Garmin - Slipstream + 3'28
12 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 3'31
13 Tony Martin Team Columbia - High Road + 3'33
14 Evgeni Petrov Team Katusha + 3'39
15 Damiano Cunego Lampre - N.G.C + 3'43
16 David Millar Garmin - Slipstream + 3'45
17 Jakob Fuglsang Team Saxo Bank + 3'47
18 Ronny Scholz Team Milram + 3'55
19 Sérgio Paulinho Astana Cycling Team s.t.
20 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 4'04
21 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas + 4'05
22 Jesús Del Nero Fuji - Servetto + 4'10
23 Jérôme Coppel Française des Jeux + 4'23
24 Josu Agirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
25 José Angel Gómez Marchante Cervélo Test Team + 4'24
26 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step + 4'25
27 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream + 4'26
28 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank + 4'31
29 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 4'36
30 Laurent Lefèvre Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 4'51
31 Rémi Pauriol Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 4'53
32 Filippo Pozzato Team Katusha + 5'03
33 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 5'04
34 Pierrick Fédrigo Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
35 Amael Moinard Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 5'07
36 Alexei Markov Team Katusha s.t.
37 David López Caisse d'Epargne + 5'08
38 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux + 5'09
39 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R La Mondiale + 5'12
40 Rémi Cusin Agritubel + 5'23
41 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank + 5'34
42 Mathieu Sprick Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 5'38
43 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale + 5'39
44 Chris Anker Sørensen Team Saxo Bank + 5'41
45 Alexander Dyachenko Astana Cycling Team s.t.
46 Daniel Fleeman Cervélo Test Team + 5'43
47 Fabian Wegmann Team Milram + 5'47
48 Gatis Smukulis AG2R La Mondiale + 5'51
49 Serge Pauwels Cervélo Test Team + 5'53
50 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank + 5'58

stats are still the same as last time I posted (but fitness is up to 93). I'm undecided about the Tour right now. I might ask for the readers opinions.

Isn't Daniel Martin injured in real life? If so, you should ride the tour in your story

He is going to be quality by the vuelta 79 mountain at least and the rec is already as good as some of the gc riders on the game haha

Go martin

we'll see how I will do in the Tour based on the next 3 stages.

Plus its almost time to defend the Irish RR Jersey. (not that I can do anything) although there are only 3 irish riders so...

Go for the Tour to honour Daniels bad luck In real life!! ^^

I probably will. Why waste a form in the mid 90s

yes, go for it!

actually there's been a change of plans. We aren't leaving therfore I will continue posting. I will post stage 1 of the TDF (assuming I do it) on the first day of the real life TDF.

stage 5 coming up

Stage 5
Today’s stage ends in a huge climb and I won’t win but I at least have a chance to crack the top 10. There were 3 groups in the break today, one of 11 riders and 2 trailing groups of 2 riders. They held a gap of about 3 minutes coming until the climb.



At the bottom of the climb some riders tried to get away. One of them was Ivan Basso.



But no one could get away because Astana was leading the peloton and keeping up a high speed.



When Evans attacked, Leipheimer followed. I tried to keep up was brought back to a chasing group of about 17. Up front Evans had dropped Leipheimer and gone on to a solo victory.



Leipheimer came in 2nd but lost his overall lead to Evans.



I was great and managed to hold on to 11th despite me feeling like I held something back. I can’t wait until tomorrow.

Stage



General Classification

Great.Keep it up, 7 mins is not so bad.

game crashes before I can export for the last two stages so the results will be in screen shots.

Stage 6
Today is the 2nd of the 3 mountain stage and although I’m out of contention for the General Classification, I’m still right there for the Young Rider jersey. Today there was another large breakaway that held a gap of 6 minutes at the bottom of the climb.



During the climb there was a split in the peloton. A group of 23 riders got about a minute on the peloton. Luckily Danielson and I were in the front group with riders such as, Evans, Contador, and Fuglsang. One rider who wasn’t in that group was Leipheimer.



At the top of the climb, Evans was in first and I was in a group about a minute behind him. On the final short climb the group was split and I was in the 2nd group. Evans, meanwhile, won his 2nd stage in a row and extends his lead even more.



I managed to cut my losses and hold on to 9th place. I move up to 11th overall but lose time Fuglsang in the Young Rider Classification.



Stage



General Classification

really solid riding so far

deignan absolutely tanked it up stage 5's climb! what are his stats?

look

Also, good result in Dauphiné

Deignan stats?

I can show you a screenshot in just a second but he has a 75 mountain. The reason why he was that high was because he was in the breakaway and went solo at the end and even though he was caught it was still really late in the race. Stage 7 coming up. Key Headlines: Martin with his best finish, Astana not working together, and game crashes before I can export results 3 races in a row.