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6/20
Despite never even having heard of it before this story 
I got the headphone one wrong though 
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| Mresuperstar |
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My prep race before the USA National Championships.
I didn't do much riding in my month off, so I might be a bit rusty.
June 20-23, 2017 :  Tour of America's Dairyland
In 2013 I helped Nankervis finish 8th after I crashed on Stage 2.
I haven't been back here since then, but the course remains unchanged.
Nobody looks too threatening.
If I play my cards right this could be a great tour for me.
Well, it has to be. The team is counting on me as the team captain.
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I may not have rode a lot during my mini-vacation but I did spent hours
reviewing the tapes of how Nankervis got the stage win here in 2013.
Jumping right into the final climb. Fox does a great job bring the breakaway back in time to set-up Berry and I for an attack. Everything is going according to plan.
The peloton is slow to react. 5kms to go. I can't believe this is working!
Under the banner I take a peek under my shoulder. Where is everybody?!?
Wow! I can't believe how easy that was.
A month away from racing and I still got it.
Kids take notes. Studying pays off in the end.
(And don't cheat. I learned that one the hard way.)
Now I just have to hold onto this lead for the next 3 stages,
and not repeat the past again by crashing on stage 2. | 1 | Travis Newton | Fox Cycling | 1h24'45 | | 2 | Joshua Berry | Fox Cycling | + 30 | | 3 | John Darwin Atapuma | 4-72 Colombia | + 1'06 | | 4 | Paul Martens | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Matthias Krizek | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Davide Malacarne | Gio-Goi | s.t. | | 7 | David Boily | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 8 | Baptiste Planckaert | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 9 | Merhawi Kudus | Telkom - Ecobank | s.t. | | 10 | Dennis Van Niekerk | Telkom - Ecobank | s.t. | | 11 | Mirko Selvaggi | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 12 | Joey Rosskopf | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Wesley Sulzberger | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Linus Gerdemann | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Christian Meier | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 16 | Arman Kamyshev | TEAM Accumalux | s.t. | | 17 | Jonathan Dibben | Gio-Goi | s.t. | | 18 | Kiel Reijnen | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Fabio Terrenzio | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 20 | Nathan Phillips | Fox Cycling | s.t. | | 21 | Phillip Gaimon | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 22 | Patryk Komisarek | Trilux | s.t. | | 23 | Evan Huffman | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 24 | Charles Avis | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 25 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Luke Grivell-Mellor | Gio-Goi | s.t. | | 27 | Chris Barton | Pepsi Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 28 | Markus Grünwald | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Michael Rogers | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Alexandre Pliuschin | TDC | s.t. | | 31 | Stephen Adams | Team UK Youth | s.t. | | 32 | Maxwell Durtschi | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 33 | Thomas Moses | Gio-Goi | s.t. | | 34 | Miguel Rubiano | 4-72 Colombia | s.t. | | 35 | James Stewart | Gio-Goi | s.t. | | 36 | Sam Bewley | TDC | s.t. | | 37 | Bruno Maltar | TDC | s.t. | | 38 | Marc De Maar | TEAM Accumalux | s.t. | | 39 | Chris Opie | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 40 | Ryan Parnes | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 41 | Dominik Brändle | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Joel Zangerle | TEAM Accumalux | s.t. | | 43 | Emanuele Vona | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 44 | Cesare Benedetti | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 45 | Diego Tamayo | 4-72 Colombia | s.t. | | 46 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 47 | Jonathon McEvoy | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 48 | Ben Gastauer | TEAM Accumalux | s.t. | | 49 | Juan Villegas | 4-72 Colombia | s.t. | | 50 | Fabio Silvestre | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 51 | Edwin Ávila | 4-72 Colombia | s.t. | | 52 | Gianluca Maggiore | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | | 53 | Alfredo Balloni | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 54 | Jakob Rathe | Pepsi Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 55 | Hugo Houle | Bontrager Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Lars Andersson | Team UK Youth | s.t. | | 57 | Robert Partridge | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 58 | Eric Boily | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Russell Hampton | Alpro | s.t. | | 60 | Sebastian Salas | Bontrager Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Joshua Edmonson | Alpro | s.t. | | 62 | Matthew Williamson | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 63 | Arran Brown | Telkom - Ecobank | s.t. | | 64 | Bernardo Colex | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 65 | Andreas Linden | Team UK Youth | s.t. | | 66 | Darren Lill | Telkom - Ecobank | s.t. | | 67 | Márcio Barbosa | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | | 68 | Maciej Paterski | Trilux | s.t. | | 69 | Matija Kvasina | TDC | s.t. | | 70 | Daniel Hoelgaard | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 71 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Telkom - Ecobank | s.t. | | 72 | Angel Madrazo | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | | 73 | Tommy Nankervis | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 74 | Tom Last | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 75 | Kamil Zielinski | Trilux | s.t. | | 76 | Lachlan Norris | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 77 | Sterling Magnell | Pepsi Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 78 | Ian Bibby | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 79 | James Lowsley-Williams | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 80 | Natnael Berhane | Telkom - Ecobank | s.t. | | 81 | Thomas Faiers | Gio-Goi | s.t. | | 82 | Kristijan Durasek | TDC | s.t. | | 83 | Daniel Lloyd | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 84 | Tobyn Horton | Alpro | s.t. | | 85 | Jaime Castañeda | 4-72 Colombia | s.t. | | 86 | Will Routley | TDC | s.t. | | 87 | Iljo Keisse | TDC | s.t. | | 88 | João Cabreira | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | | 89 | Truls Korsaeth | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 90 | Alessandro Bisolti | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | | 91 | Gavin Mannion | Pepsi Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 92 | César Vaquera | TEAM Accumalux | s.t. | | 93 | Håvard Blikra | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 94 | Frantisek Rabon | Trilux | s.t. | | 95 | Filippo Baggio | Gio-Goi | s.t. | | 96 | Nolan Hoffman | Telkom - Ecobank | s.t. | | 97 | Fabio Piscopiello | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 98 | Andrew Tennant | Madison Genesis | s.t. | | 99 | Ramiro Rincón | 4-72 Colombia | s.t. | | 100 | Matteo Fedi | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | | 101 | Simon Richardson | Alpro | s.t. | | 102 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 103 | Matt Cronshaw | Team UK Youth | s.t. | | 104 | Guy East | Pepsi Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 105 | Owain Doull | Team UK Youth | s.t. | | 106 | Rob Britton | Bontrager Cycling Team | s.t. | | 107 | Marco Cunha | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | | 108 | Magno Prado Nazaret | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 109 | Caleb Fairly | Livestrong | s.t. | | 110 | Ingmar Dassler | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 111 | Sergio Hernandez | Pepsi Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 112 | Stefano Borchi | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | | 113 | Mateusz Nowak | Orlen Oil | + 3'06 | | 114 | Frans-Leonard Markaskard | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 115 | Phil Bauhaus | Orlen Oil | s.t. | | 116 | Alberto Cecchin | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | | 117 | Nicola Ruffoni | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | | 118 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Trilux | s.t. | | 119 | Jarosław Marycz | Orlen Oil | s.t. | | 120 | Xavier St-Pierre | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 121 | Walter Pedraza | 4-72 Colombia | s.t. | | 122 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 123 | Marcel Barth | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 124 | Alex Coutts | Alpro | s.t. | | 125 | Christofer Stevenson | Team UK Youth | s.t. | | 126 | Kirk Carlsen | Pepsi Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 127 | Jiri Hudecek | Trilux | s.t. | | 128 | Ryan Eastman | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 129 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 130 | José Carlos Valdez | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 131 | Wouter Sybrandy | Alpro | s.t. | | 132 | Piotr Zielinski | Orlen Oil | s.t. | | 133 | Tim Farnham | Bontrager Cycling Team | s.t. | | 134 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | Trilux | s.t. | | 135 | Martin Gilbert | Bontrager Cycling Team | s.t. | | 136 | Ed Clancy | Alpro | s.t. | | 137 | Sérgio Paulinho | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | | 138 | Ricardo Pinto | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | | 139 | Nick Reistad | Livestrong | s.t. | | 140 | David Vaz | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | | 141 | Florenz Knauer | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 142 | Seon Ho Park | TEAM Accumalux | s.t. | | 143 | Michael Sherer | Pepsi Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 144 | Steven Cozza | Livestrong | s.t. | | 145 | Bernardo Riccio | Node 4 - Giordana Racing | s.t. | | 146 | Lanell Rockmore | Fox Cycling | s.t. | | 147 | Jason Brown | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 148 | Thomas Wrona | Fox Cycling | s.t. | | 149 | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 150 | Grischa Janorschke | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 151 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Orlen Oil | s.t. | | 152 | Tino Meier | Team NSP - Ghost | + 4'25 | | 153 | Hayden Roulston | TDC | s.t. | | 154 | Branislau Samoilau | TEAM Accumalux | s.t. | | 155 | Jonathan Mould | Team UK Youth | s.t. | | 156 | Nathan Simard | TEAM Accumalux | s.t. | | 157 | Aníbal Borrajo | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 158 | Mateusz Komar | Orlen Oil | s.t. | | 159 | Austin Carroll | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 160 | Anuar Manan | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 161 | Dustin Nelson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 5'26 | | 162 | Weston Luzadder | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 5'39 | | 163 | Claudio Cucinotta | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | | 164 | Branden Russell | Livestrong | s.t. | | 165 | Colton Barrett | Bontrager Cycling Team | s.t. | | 166 | Kyle Burns | Team UK Youth | s.t. | | 167 | Erik Mohs | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 168 | James Perry | Telkom - Ecobank | + 6'16 | | 169 | Fridtjof Røinas | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 170 | Martin Mack | Tirol Cycling Team | s.t. | | 171 | Jarne Gyselinck | Team Øster Hus - Ridley | s.t. | | 172 | Marc Guevarra | Rádio Popular - Onda | s.t. | | 173 | Ethan Diver | Gio-Goi | s.t. | | 174 | Ryan Bauman | Fox Cycling | s.t. | | 175 | John Vasquez | Fox Cycling | s.t. | | 176 | Christopher Parrish | Livestrong | + 6'55 | | 177 | Benjamin Bradshaw | Bontrager Cycling Team | s.t. | | 178 | Julian Kyer | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | | 179 | Ian Moir | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 180 | Marek Duda | Trilux | s.t. | | 181 | Robert Bush | Fox Cycling | s.t. | | 182 | Derek Shelton | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 7'38 | | 183 | Corney Collier | Bissell Cycling | + 8'23 | | 184 | Robert Duda | Orlen Oil | s.t. | | 185 | Jesse Barker | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | | 186 | Hunter Kennedy | Alpro | s.t. | | 187 | Antonio Daniels | Livestrong | s.t. | | 188 | Tommy Proulx | Bontrager Cycling Team | s.t. | | 189 | Daniel Holt | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | | 190 | Shane Graves | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | | 191 | Johannes Ziegler | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 192 | Massimo Ferrarese | Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest | s.t. | | 193 | Frank Travieso | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | | 194 | Michel Polácek | Orlen Oil | s.t. | | 195 | Simon Eggers | Team NSP - Ghost | + 9'08 | | 196 | Matthew Campbell | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 10'45 |
EXP Points to be applied after the tour ends.Spoiler
My training is now in your hands for the rest of my career.
After each race I can receive both EXP and Form Points.
EXP is a permanent stat gains while Form is temporary (the next race update).
A maximum of 3 EXP and 5 Form can be rewarded after each stage.
After any stage I receive EXP or Form points
you guys get to decided where I put those stat gains to use.
All you have to do is comment on which category you want
1 of the stat gains to go (Ex. Mountain, Sprint, Flat, etc.)
The EXP points are used up first followed by the Form.
Each member can only say one category for themselves.
And it will go until all the points are used up.
If you have any questions about my training, leave a question below.
It looks confusing at first but it's rather simple,
and this will be the only method for me to progress talent wise.
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 02:59
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+1 DH
Gig 'em Aggies
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| cio93 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 03:01
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+1 MO
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 20-02-2014 03:03
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| 547984 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 03:04
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Now, now, he had to crash somewhere at the time the third pic was taken, right?
Anyways, it was a nice 1-2! Amazing 
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 20-02-2014 03:09
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547984 wrote:
Now, now, he had to crash somewhere at the time the third pic was taken, right?
The squad picture? That was taken after the first stage because I forgot to do it at the start of the race. Otherwise, I have no clue what you are referring to. 
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 20-02-2014 03:12
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Studying tapes? This is cycling, not (american) football Great win for Travis, quite easy indeed! With bonus, the lead is 1' 16"? That shouldn't be a hard lead to keep. Hopefully he'll also 'study' a way to avoid repeating Nankervis failure in keeping the leader's jersey
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 03:13
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Dammit cio I thought everyone here had a deal that we use XP for downhill only now.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 03:25
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C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER BITCHES!! 
(And I want Travis to go out on a (at least sporting) high note )
Edited by cio93 on 20-02-2014 03:26
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| 547984 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 03:29
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@bbl: What happened to cob 
@Mre: I was kinda referring to his crash in the episode you linked and kinda referring to how it was a downhill...anyhow forget it
And on that subject, everyone go back to S7. Notice how one stat reaaaaallllllly improved and the others not really?
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 11:59
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@Code I got it to 60 that was the goal.
Edited by baseballlover312 on 20-02-2014 11:59
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| Diogo669 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 12:41
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This story is amazing!
I have been following it for a while, even though i didn't post.
Too bad about people just chosing stats randomly like the Cobbles guy and that DH guy that apparently got everyone on the troll bus...
Anyways, you got a lovely story here!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 12:59
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Great win for Travis and a nice one two for the team as well 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 19:45
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Diogo669 wrote:
This story is amazing!
I have been following it for a while, even though i didn't post.
Too bad about people just chosing stats randomly like the Cobbles guy and that DH guy that apparently got everyone on the troll bus...
Anyways, you got a lovely story here!
Well I was serious about it until I heard it was ending. Now there is no point in actual development. It's better to just have some fun before it ends.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 20-02-2014 19:46
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It doesn't have to end bbl?
Where does it say that the story actually ends? And I mean clearly, not vague.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 20:00
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Mresuperstar said:
Because ending in Season 16 feels like the right move to make for me. Plus, I need a few months off to regroup and prepare my new story idea I have planned for PCM14. The Comeback was great, and by far my best story, but it's time for me to move on and coming up with something even better. Wink
I set the bar pretty high here, but I think my next project can beat it.
So, I'll let you just ponder that as this comes to a close. Cool
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 20-02-2014 20:01
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Oh okay then
Still, just develop him seriously, so he can have major results in the last part of the story
Edited by Jesleyh on 20-02-2014 20:01
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 20-02-2014 20:03
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Sorry i just don't think that he can develop fast enough now to make that happen. DOWNHILL for me.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 20-02-2014 20:05
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amazing win for travis  love the jersey btw
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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