Vuelta a Espana Stage 3


Baldato, the KoM jersey wearer is in the breakaway, but today there are no climbs...


Burghardt isn't as fast as he was in the previous days and this is our last chances. Tomorrow the mountains will come


And we aren't really in front on the sprint starts


But Ciolek makes a great effort to take the lead


Boonen seems to be the maint threat as he is right behind Ciolek and Cavendish


Cavendish puts himself between Boonen and Ciolek. Boonen can't go through!


No that he managed to keep Boonen behind, Cavendish sits back in the saddle like he would want to let Ciolek winning


And it's again a double for Columbia! This time is Ciolek first and Cavendish second.


Stage
1. Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 3h12'16
2. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia s.t.
3. Cândido Barbosa Rabobank s.t.
4. Timofey Kritskiy Gerolsteiner s.t.
5. Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
6. Dimitri Muravyev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
7. Enrico Gasparotto Silence - Lotto s.t.
8. Francesco Gavazzi Lampre s.t.
9. Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner s.t.
10. Fran Ventoso Andalucía - Cajasur s.t.

Overall
1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 10h25'44
2. Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia s.t.
3. Paolo Bettini Team Milram s.t.
4. Robert Förster Gerolsteiner s.t.
5. Marcus Burghardt Team Columbia s.t.
6. Daryl Impey Barloworld s.t.
7. Dimitri Muravyev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8. Fran Ventoso Andalucía - Cajasur s.t.
9. Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10. Tim Gudsell Française des Jeux s.t.

Points
1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 70
2. Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 65
3. Paolo Bettini Team Milram 28

Mountain
1. Fabio Baldato Team Milram 10
2. Tanel Kangert AG2R La Mondiale 6
3. Peter Wrölich Gerolsteiner 4

Young: Mark Cavendish Team Columbia
Teams: Team Columbia

Turn up the difficulty man, it's too easy.

It's on hard god damn it. Look at who was third Hope you don't want him winning...

if he plays on hard, that´s enough. I don´t think any1 in here would like to read a story ´bout the sprint train that might only get two stage wins/Grand Tour. There are very few people who do a story on extreme.

remember that he is specialized (!) on sprints. look at the mountains, he never qonquers them in victory.

I play with quickstep on hard and the first season I won all the one-day classics except fleche wallonne and amstel gold race.

not only me but the team is specialized on the sprints. In the last metres ussualy I lose some speed but I already have a good advantage by the perfect train. Look on the pictures, with 2 or 3 km to go Boonen and Barbosa aren't even close to Ciolek and Cavendish.

Yeah, I know but it just looks too crazy when you take a double for the third time in a race like Vuelta

in PCM 08 the sprint by the AI is always unpredictable

oh my god
Cavendish only second
great so see a win by Ciolek
one question do you know the stats of Heinrich Haussler in your savegame?

yeah I let Ciolek win there cause he has no other win this season. From now on Cavendish will go for all the wins.

And Haussler:

Great start in the Vuelta. I hope you can continue winning the mass sprints.

yeah me too. At least have the points jersey in Madrid, which seems to happen, if Cavendish won't do what Eisel did in Le Tour.

Deutschland Tour Stage 3


A big breakaway group in front. This could help them make it right to the finish.


Problems for Columbia on the most important climb of the day. Rogers, Zabriskie, Martin, Ignatiev are all left behind


Only Gerdemann can maintain himself in front


Gilbert attacks from the pack on the small hill before the end of the stage


Martinez, Sastre, Guttierez and Kohl are after him


Gerdemann tries to stay close too


The last man from the breakaway is still in front, it's Tjallingii.


Gilbert and Sastre aren't far away and they are chasing him down.


Gerdemann and the others aren't far either


Tjanllingii is caught by Gilbert and Sastre


And it seems that he lost any chance to win today


Sastre manages somehow to beat Gilbert in the sprint and gets the win


Gerdemann finsihed in the big group behind and he will gave the German champion jersey for the yellow jersey in Tour of Germany.


Stage
1. Carlos Sastre LPR Brakes - Ballan 4h38'00
2. Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
3. Maarten Tjallingii Silence - Lotto s.t.
4. Egoi Martínez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 35
5. José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
6. Danilo Di Luca Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
7. Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
8. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia s.t.
9. Peter Velits Team Milram s.t.
10. Bernhard Kohl Gerolsteiner s.t.

Overall
1. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia 10h03'32
2. Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
3. Denis Menchov Rabobank + 16
4. Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t.
5. Paul Martens Rabobank s.t.
6. Bauke Mollema Rabobank s.t.
7. José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 26
8. Bernhard Kohl Gerolsteiner s.t.
9. Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
10. Nicolas Portal Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

Points
1. Óscar Freire Rabobank 31
2. Carlos Sastre LPR Brakes - Ballan 25
3. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia 20

Mountain
1. Nicolas Vogondy Agritubel 32
2. Harald Totschnig Astana Cycling Team 14
3. Harald Starzengruber ELK Haus - Simplon 14

What year are you in?

2009.

Vuelta a Espana Stage 4


First mountain stage and guys like Devine, Langeveld and Rebellin are in the breakaway.


John Devine won all the intermediare climbs and he will wear the king of the mountain jerseys at the end of the day, the grey jersey.


The first attack on Alto de Carrascoy was made by Soler


One of the first riders that went after him was the rider with the no.1 dossard, Andreas Kloden from Agritubel, the guy who will probably keep the French team in Pro Tour.


Then the big favourite to win today, Damiano Cunego, made his move


And Cunego really shows from what he is made of as nobody can keep it up with him


Kloden and Pellizotti are in the first chasing group


After a few moments Frank Schleck is there too. Can they now catch Cunego in 3?


Lovkvist is somewhere in the pack


Just 1km left for Cunego and the others are behind


Frank couldn't help Kloden and Pellizotti. He is even left behind now


Win for Cunego and he takes the gold jersey from Cavendish. He was second in Giro this year, can he improve that in Vuelta?


Pellizotti second. Kloden third, still Cunego's main rival as he is better than the Italian in the TTs.


Lovkvist finished with the pack. He is now 20th overall and 2nd in the U25 rankings.


Stage
1. Damiano Cunego Lampre 5h33'49
2. Franco Pellizotti Liquigas + 1'07
3. Andreas Klöden Agritubel s.t.
4. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 1'21
5. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'37
6. Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
7. Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
8. David Arroyo Caisse d'Epargne + 2'05
9. Christian Pfannberger Barloworld + 2'27
10. Iñigo Cuesta Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.

Overall
1. Damiano Cunego Lampre 15h59'33
2. Andreas Klöden Agritubel + 1'07
3. Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
4. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 1'21
5. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'37
6. Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
7. Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
8. David Arroyo Caisse d'Epargne + 2'05
9. Carlos Barredo Quick·Step + 2'27
10. Christian Pfannberger Barloworld s.t.

Points
1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 70
2. Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia 65
3. Paolo Bettini Team Milram 28

Mountain
1. John Devine Team Columbia 54
2. Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner 36
3. Davide Rebellin LPR Brakes - Ballan 22

Young: Luis León Sánchez AG2R La Mondiale
Team: Caisse d'Epargne

Deutschland Tour Stage 4


Veogondy the guy who has the KoM jersey is in the breakaway to defend it.


Vansummeren attacked early today, with 12km before the last hill


On the real hill Di Luca has the first to make a move


Menchov went after him


Gerdemann went there too. He has to keep his yellow jersey


Vansummeren is first at the top with a pretty good advantage


Gerdemann, Di Luca and Menchov are the chasers


But Di Luca and Menchov don't want to take some risks on the donwhill and Gerdemann left them behind


Though this was Vansummeren day. No one could keep it up with him


Gerdemann is second. Keeps his yellow jersey, after winning 1 minute on the downhill over Menchov and Di Luca.


Stage
1. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto 4h24'58
2. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 30
3. Danilo Di Luca Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 1'29
4. José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
5. Denis Menchov Rabobank s.t.
6. Peter Velits Team Milram s.t.
7. Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
8. Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Cycling Team s.t.
9. Egoi Martínez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10. Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.

Overall
1. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia 14h28'54
2. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto + 15
3. Óscar Freire Rabobank + 1'05
4. Denis Menchov Rabobank + 1'21
5. Paul Martens Rabobank s.t.
6. Bauke Mollema Rabobank s.t.
7. Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t.
8. José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'31
9. Bernhard Kohl Gerolsteiner s.t.
10. Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

Points
1. Óscar Freire Rabobank 40
2. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto 30
3. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia 28

Mountain
1. Nicolas Vogondy Agritubel 35
2. Harald Totschnig Astana Cycling Team 14
3. Harald Starzengruber ELK Haus - Simplon 14

You are really amazing... It had to be hundreds of hours spent with PCM and story is still full of energy,.. Nice one....

thanks man

Still awesome, plus its good that you know not to send Lovkvist after Cunego and try to win. Save it up!

even if I wanted, I don't think that Lovkvist could keep it up with Cunego.