Wow, missed this was back Glad Marcus waited on the proposal, think it's a good idea but that didn't seem like the moment
Awesome that Nigeria swept the group and I think it's an easy choice to continue with football in this situation
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant." [ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
Glad he decided to wait, I think she is the right one, but it wasn't the right moment, 1st anniversary seemed too soon.
Also seeing as he is already with Nigeria, and there's potential to do more damage long term by leaving than there is by staying I think he should remain with them and choose Football
Finally caught back up on this, and I agree Football, though I guess they could see if they could swap the day of the game with another one in that round, also shouldn't Alex have gotten a stat increase when the gender barrier was lifted based upon the normalization as she was previously competing without it?
DavidCorperial wrote:
Also shouldn't Alex have gotten a stat increase when the gender barrier was lifted based upon the normalization as she was previously competing without it?
Fair question, but Alex suffered an injury at the end of Vantage Point that hindered her development a bit and she was banned from competing for a few seasons before rejoining the sport with the now mixed peloton. Since then, her development has been pretty rapid. Alex is one of the best cyclists on the flat across the cycling world. But that hasn't produced a lot of noteworthy results yet.
Next update is coming, slowly but surely. With Marcus Diamond currently injured, I took the liberty to try something a little different and work in a new vantage point.
I got the call mere moments after I stepped off the bike. He must have been watching the race while waiting in the emergency room.
"Hey you," my boyfriend said after I answered his call. "Don't be afraid to attack more. I can never find you in the peloton. But, yeah, I don't want to alarm you but I'm at the hospital right now."
Flirty banter turned into a serious conversation.
"Wait, what happened?" I said very confused.
"Football. I got body checked going for the ball," Marcus Diamond said. "Don't worry about me. I'm fine. Just a couple broken ribs. Doctors said I should be back to normal in a few weeks."
He always had to be the tough guy, but I could hear the pain in his voice.
"Are you sure?" I responded. "Do you want me to come down there?"
"No. No," Diamond said quickly. "Trust me. I'll be fine. Do your thing. I'm going to rehab down here with the team and be back soon. SEG needs you there. Go win a stage for me. You know I'll be watching."
Race Day #39-47 at Tour de Suisse
June 9-17, 2023
Brought in as a domestique for Simon Yates and Jhonatan Narvaez.
Stage 1
Spoiler
Summary: No competition for two-time World ITT Champion Stefan Kung in his home tour. A pop-up storm caught out a few cyclists during the middle of day and left a wet road for the last cyclists on the course.
Result: 124th, +2'52" - Of course it started raining right as I came up to the start house and didn't stop until my ride was finished. Not fair. I want a do-over. So, does Simon Yates... 59th, +1'44".
1
Stefan Küng
TEAM Saeco
22'37
2
Gino Mäder
Polska Travel
+ 14
3
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
s.t.
4
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
+ 23
5
Lennard Kämna
Polska Travel
+ 28
Stage 2
Spoiler
Summary: Standard sprint finish goes to a photo finish with Soraya Paladin beating out Pascal Ackermann and Marc Sarreau.
Result: 68th - Finished in the front group and avoided any trouble. Yates had a bounce back day by sprinting to a sixth-place finish. After the stage, I learned about my boyfriend's injury over the phone.
He challenged me to win my first Pro Tour stage in the mixed gender peloton. He has a lot more confidence in me than I have believing in myself. I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask if I could go for breakaways.
1
Soraya Paladin
The Guardian
3h58'24
2
Pascal Ackermann
Quick-Step Floors
s.t.
3
Marc Sarreau
Team Dimension Data
s.t.
4
Jonas Bokeloh
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
5
Jasper Philipsen
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
General Classification
1
Stefan Küng
TEAM Saeco
4h21'01
2
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
+ 14
3
Gino Mäder
Polska Travel
s.t.
4
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
+ 23
5
Lennard Kämna
Polska Travel
+ 28
6
Nelson Oliveira
Movistar Team
+ 37
7
Maxim Shirshov
Bahrain - Merida
+ 45
8
Jasha Sütterlin
Movistar Team
+ 46
9
Dennis Bobic
Team Katusha Alpecin
+ 51
10
Annemiek van Vleuten
Team Sunweb
+ 52
Stage 3
Spoiler
Summary: A morning breakaway of five like the profile of the route today with a challenging hilly finale that could allow one of them to sneak away for a win. Three men and two females make up the group.
Ladies first...
Kirsten Wild: The cobbled specialist has yet to have a breakout result in the mixed gender peloton. The 40-year-old veteran is running out of time to do so with this being her final season in the peloton.
Grace Garner: The younger sister of Lucy van der Haar only has one top 10 to her name in the mixed peloton with a 10th place finish at the Grand Prix de Wallonie last season.
Odd Christian Eiking: The former Norwegian RR champion is arguably the most dangerous cyclist in this group and sits 35th in the World Tour rankings. Surprising the peloton let him get away this early.
Cameron Meyer: Looking for his second stage win of the season after taking a stage win in the Settimana Internaziaonle Coppi e Bartali... That's a mouthful.
Oliver Naesen: Last but not least, the 2018 Paris-Roubaix and 2021 Ronde Van Vlaanderen winner. Naesen will be disappointed today's route won't be taking a detour over to some cobbles.
Garner and Wild can't keep up with the boys as we enter the final 60kms.
Eventually, as expected, Eiking is the only one left with 40kms left.
But, he never stood a chance either. Fernando Gaviria leads home 18-cyclist group to the line for the stage win. Arnaud second and Simon Yates third.
Result: 95th, +3'52" - My phone buzzed again after the stage. This time it was a text, "Saw your cute 'determined' face on TV I'm surprised you took my advice for a change. Although, still waiting for that win..."
1
Fernando Gaviria
Polska Travel
4h32'17
2
Arnaud Démare
Groupama - FDJ
s.t.
3
Simon Yates
SEG Racing Academy
s.t.
4
Léo Vincent
Groupama - FDJ
s.t.
5
Annemiek van Vleuten
Team Sunweb
s.t.
General Classification
1
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
8h53'32
2
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
+ 9
3
Stefan Küng
TEAM Saeco
+ 24
4
Annemiek van Vleuten
Team Sunweb
+ 38
5
Gino Mäder
Polska Travel
s.t.
6
Michał Kwiatkowski
The Guardian
+ 42
7
Lennard Kämna
Polska Travel
+ 52
8
Nelson Oliveira
Movistar Team
+ 1'01
9
Louis Meintjes
Ziggo
+ 1'09
10
Maxim Shirshov
Bahrain - Merida
s.t.
Stage 4
Spoiler
Summary: A very strong 11-cyclist morning breakaway starts us off. There are three familiar riders who featured in yesterday's break — Odd Christian Eiking, Cameron Meyer and Grace Garner — plus some new faces in Walter Martinet, Pieter Serry, Chris Herbert, Andrey Amador, Sven Erik Bystrom, Tom Bohli, Christoph Pfingsten and Olav Hjemsaeter.
The break starts attacking each other fairly early with 95kms to go to try and get rid of some dead weight. Pfingsten, Serry and Garner decide it's not worth the hassle and drop back to the peloton, which is only two minutes back.
Looks like they had the right idea. Everyone is eventually pulled back as the remaining peloton gets ready to start the final ascent of the day.
After a few kilometers of the favourites looking at each other, Sam Oomen goes on the attack with 4kms left to the top of the climb. But that move is pulled back by the World RR Champion Bob Jungels. Only 23 cyclists remain up front now.
From one World Champ to another, it's Michal Kwiatkowski outlasting Stefan Kung and Oomen for the stage. Mikkel Berg keeps the GC lead despite finishing 12th.
Result: 44th, +2'17" - Maybe breakaways aren't my thing.
1
Michał Kwiatkowski
The Guardian
4h47'44
2
Stefan Küng
TEAM Saeco
s.t.
3
Sam Oomen
Amazon
s.t.
4
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
5
Simon Yates
SEG Racing Academy
s.t.
General Classification
1
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
13h41'16
2
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
+ 9
3
Stefan Küng
TEAM Saeco
+ 18
4
Michał Kwiatkowski
The Guardian
+ 32
5
Annemiek van Vleuten
Team Sunweb
+ 38
6
Nelson Oliveira
Movistar Team
+ 1'01
7
Tiesj Benoot
Astana Pro Team
+ 1'10
8
Arnaud Démare
Groupama - FDJ
s.t.
9
Alexey Lutsenko
Team Dimension Data
+ 1'11
10
Léo Vincent
Groupama - FDJ
+ 1'20
Stage 5
Spoiler
Summary: The strongest legs today belong to Aussie Jai Hindley.
Result: 51st, +7'49" - All hands on deck to help Simon Yates and he didn't exactly deliver — finishing 8th, 51 seconds behind Hindley.
1
Jai Hindley
Lotto Soudal
4h13'15
2
Léo Vincent
Groupama - FDJ
+ 13
3
Jack Haig
Qantas
+ 25
4
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
+ 34
5
Fabio Aru
Ziggo
s.t.
General Classification
1
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
17h55'05
2
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
+ 26
3
Jai Hindley
Lotto Soudal
+ 39
4
Michał Kwiatkowski
The Guardian
+ 49
5
Léo Vincent
Groupama - FDJ
+ 53
6
Annemiek van Vleuten
Team Sunweb
+ 55
7
Jack Haig
Qantas
+ 1'09
8
Tiesj Benoot
Astana Pro Team
+ 1'27
9
Simon Yates
SEG Racing Academy
+ 1'43
10
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Floors
+ 2'11
Stage 6
Spoiler
Summary: Good luck to the peloton today. The breakaway is 16 cyclists strong. Most notably, SEG Racing has put four cyclists up the road (Sergio Samuel, Jhonatan Narvaez, Thomas Hyravy and Grace Garner). Simon Yates doesn't have much help back in the peloton. Narvaez is the highest ranked GC rider in this group in 20th place, 7'01" behind Mikkel Bjerg.
The breakaway is getting trimmed down slowly. Halfway up the second climb, Andrey Amador, Christoph Pfingsten and Garner are left behind.
The peloton picks up Odd Christian Eiking and Garner with 13kms to go. It's a job well done for Garner as she helped her team keep three cyclists up in the front group.
There is still eight of them up there with a 5'20" lead over the peloton. So, SEG has a 37.5% chance of winning today's stage. Narvaez with an outside shot to take the GC lead as well if the peloton lets up at all.
It's Gorka Izagirre taking the breakaway victory ahead of Amador, who got dropped earlier in the stage but battled back on the downhill, and Thomas Hyravy. They finish 2'12" ahead of the peloton.
Result: 65th, +6'01" - Surprised the peloton let four SEG cyclists escape in the morning breakaway. I took on the role of protecting everybody, shame it didn't produce a stage win. Three in the Top 7 ain't bad though.
1
Gorka Izagirre
Astana Pro Team
5h15'26
2
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
s.t.
3
Tomas Hyravy
SEG Racing Academy
s.t.
4
Vegard Stake Laengen
UAE Team Emirates
s.t.
5
Jhonatan Narvaez
SEG Racing Academy
s.t.
General Classification
1
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
23h12'43
2
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
+ 26
3
Jai Hindley
Lotto Soudal
+ 39
4
Michał Kwiatkowski
The Guardian
+ 49
5
Léo Vincent
Groupama - FDJ
+ 53
6
Annemiek van Vleuten
Team Sunweb
+ 55
7
Jack Haig
Qantas
+ 1'09
8
Tiesj Benoot
Astana Pro Team
+ 1'27
9
Simon Yates
SEG Racing Academy
+ 1'43
10
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Floors
+ 2'11
Stage 7
Spoiler
Summary: Even at 38 years old Chris Froome still has the leg power to win a mountain sprint. Also, Mikkel Bjerg misses the front group split and loses just enough time to give Bob Jungels the GC lead by two seconds.
Result: 90th, +9'24" - Helped protect Simon Yates early in the day and then took the final climb off to recover for the final two stages.
1
Chris Froome
The Guardian
4h48'58
2
Rohan Dennis
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
3
Ichiro Watanabe
Polska Travel
s.t.
4
Diego Ulissi
Movistar Team
s.t.
5
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
s.t.
General Classification
1
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
28h02'07
2
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
+ 2
3
Jai Hindley
Lotto Soudal
+ 13
4
Michał Kwiatkowski
The Guardian
+ 23
5
Jack Haig
Qantas
+ 43
6
Léo Vincent
Groupama - FDJ
+ 55
7
Annemiek van Vleuten
Team Sunweb
+ 57
8
Tiesj Benoot
Astana Pro Team
+ 1'51
9
Simon Yates
SEG Racing Academy
+ 2'07
10
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Floors
+ 2'48
Stage 8
Spoiler
Summary: Drop of the flag and Grace Garner is gone. She is followed by Piet Allegaert and Pierfrancesco Piretti. They are later joined by Timo Roosen, Jose Miralles and Tom Bohli. Last chance for these cyclists to steal a stage win with a ITT coming tomorrow to finish the tour.
A massive crash in the peloton with 76kms to go, gives them hope that this move actually might pay off.
With 5kms to go, the peloton is cutting this one close. The breakaway is clinging onto a 45-second lead. If they work together until the end, there is a chance they could pull this off.
Roosen gears up the final sprint. On paper, he might be the odds on favourite to win this sprint. But leading things off is always risky. Garner is on his wheel looking for her first stage win in the mixed peloton.
Speaking of which, the peloton is losing ground... now 55 seconds back with 2kms left. Not looking good for them. Just no organization.
Under the banner! One of these six are taking home a win today!
Roosen hits the wall. Garner out his slipstream and into the lead! Piretti pushing hard down the middle trying to catch her. They can see the finish line dead ahead.
It's Piretti vs. Garner. What a finish this is going to be!
Grace Garner! Oh man, what a well-deserved victory after her numerous attempts of getting into breakaways throughout this tour.
She is absolutely elated with this result. As she should be.
Result: 1st - That's for you Marcus.
1
Grace Garner
SEG Racing Academy
2h38'58
2
Pierfrancesco Piretti
UAE Team Emirates
s.t.
3
Timo Roosen
Ziggo
s.t.
4
Tom Bohli
Team Katusha Alpecin
s.t.
5
Jose Miralles
Movistar Team
s.t.
General Classification
1
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
30h42'03
2
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
+ 2
3
Jai Hindley
Lotto Soudal
+ 13
4
Michał Kwiatkowski
The Guardian
+ 23
5
Jack Haig
Qantas
+ 43
6
Léo Vincent
Groupama - FDJ
+ 55
7
Annemiek van Vleuten
Team Sunweb
+ 57
8
Tiesj Benoot
Astana Pro Team
+ 1'51
9
Simon Yates
SEG Racing Academy
+ 2'07
10
Alexey Lutsenko
Team Dimension Data
+ 2'48
Stage 9
Spoiler
Summary: Mikkel Bjerg wins the stage and easily erases his two second deficit to Bob Jungels to claim the GC win as well.
Result: 96th, +4'19" / 63rd overall, +31'56" - Nothing more than a victory lap. I didn't get much sleep last night anyways, Marcus and I talked via video chat for hours. I always remember the look on his face when he picked up the call. "That's my girl! Let's go! I'm so proud of you... Did you save me any champagne?"
"I got you a bottle for you so we can celebrate together. Oh, and you aren't going to believe this. Just found out I made the Tour de France roster! Team manager Michiel Elijzen liked what he saw here and vouched that I earned a spot."
1
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
38'16
2
Gino Mäder
Polska Travel
+ 16
3
Stefan Küng
TEAM Saeco
s.t.
4
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
+ 42
5
Jasha Sütterlin
Movistar Team
+ 52
General Classification
1
Mikkel Bjerg
Amazon
31h20'21
2
Bob Jungels
Bahrain - Merida
+ 40
3
Annemiek van Vleuten
Team Sunweb
+ 1'55
4
Michał Kwiatkowski
The Guardian
+ 1'58
5
Stefan Küng
TEAM Saeco
+ 3'13
6
Léo Vincent
Groupama - FDJ
+ 3'21
7
Jack Haig
Qantas
+ 3'34
8
Jai Hindley
Lotto Soudal
+ 3'48
9
Simon Yates
SEG Racing Academy
+ 4'07
10
Nelson Oliveira
Movistar Team
+ 4'26
Calendar
Spoiler
Date
Race
Winner
2-Jun
Heistse Pijl
Alexander Kristoff
3-Jun
Gran Premio Città di Lugano
Hermann Pernsteiner
3-Jun
Critérium du Dauphiné
Pierre-Roger Latour
4-Jun
Memorial Philippe van Coningsloo
Michael Hernandez
7-Jun
GP du Canton d'Argovie
Matteo Trentin
8-Jun
Oberösterreichrundfahrt
Tejay Van Garderen
9-Jun
Tour de Suisse
Mikkel Bjerg
9-Jun
Tour of Malopolska
Winner Anacona
10-Jun
Ronde van Limburg
Marcel Franz
10-Jun
Rund um Köln
Max Kanter
13-Jun
Ster ZLM Tour
Hugo Houle
13-Jun
Tour de Beauce
Tejay Van Garderen
13-Jun
Tour of Slovenia
Ion Izagirre
14-Jun
Route d'Occitanie
Pierre Rolland
15-Jun
Dwars door het Hageland - Aarschot
Bryan Alaphilippe
16-Jun
Fyen Rundt
Bryan Coquard
17-Jun
Elfstedenronde
Marco Minnaard
17-Jun
GP Horsens Posten
Ion Izagirre
19-Jun
Halle - Ingooigem
Thomas De Gendt
20-Jun
Adriatica Ionica Race
Jack Haig
27-Jun
I.W.T. Jong Maar Moedig
Arnaud Voss
28-Jun
Belgian Championships (ITT)
Victor Campenaerts
28-Jun
Danish Championships (ITT)
Mikkel Bjerg
28-Jun
Portuguese Championships (ITT)
Nelson Oliveira
28-Jun
Polish Championships (ITT)
Szymon Sajnok
28-Jun
Dutch Championships (ITT)
Tom Dumoulin
28-Jun
French Championships (ITT)
Alexys Brunel
28-Jun
German Championships (ITT)
Lennard Kämna
28-Jun
Austrian Championships (ITT)
Daniel Schürz
28-Jun
Slovenian Championships (ITT)
Primož Roglič
28-Jun
Norwegian Championships (ITT)
Vegard Stake Laengen
28-Jun
Kazakh Championships (ITT)
Dinmukhammed Ulysbayev
28-Jun
Irish Championships (ITT)
Ryan Mullen
28-Jun
Canadian Championships (ITT)
Nigel Ellsay
28-Jun
USA Championships (ITT)
Chloe Dygert-Owen
28-Jun
Italian Championships (ITT)
Gianni Moscon
28-Jun
Russian Championships (ITT)
Otari Syursin
28-Jun
Swiss Championships (ITT)
Gino Mäder
28-Jun
Great Britain Championships (ITT)
Larry Gooden
28-Jun
Ukrainian Championships (ITT)
Marlen Zmorka
28-Jun
Spanish Championships (ITT)
Peio Gallego
28-Jun
Slovak Championships (ITT)
Peter Sagan
28-Jun
Czech Championships (ITT)
Vlastislav Spicka
1-Jul
Danish Championships
1-Jul
Swiss Championships
1-Jul
Kazakh Championships
1-Jul
Canadian Championships
1-Jul
Norwegian Championships
1-Jul
USA Championships
1-Jul
Russian Championships
1-Jul
Portuguese Championships
1-Jul
Polish Championships
1-Jul
Czech Championships
1-Jul
Ukrainian Championships
1-Jul
Great Britain Championships
Grace Garner In
1-Jul
Irish Championships
1-Jul
Slovenian Championships
1-Jul
Italian Championships
1-Jul
Slovak Championships
1-Jul
French Championships
1-Jul
Austrian Championships
1-Jul
Spanish Championships
1-Jul
Belgian Championships
1-Jul
CCdS et des Champions Olympiques
1-Jul
German Championships
1-Jul
Dutch Championships
4-Jul
Sibiu Cycling Tour
6-Jul
GP Internacional Torres Vedras
7-Jul
Tour de France
Grace Garner In
7-Jul
Int. Österreich Rundfahrt
8-Jul
White Spot / Delta Road Race
15-Jul
Tour of Qinghai Lake
25-Jul
Grand Prix Cerami
Marcus Diamond In
25-Jul
Prueba Villafranca-Ordiziako Klasika
26-Jul
La Tour Alsace
27-Jul
VOO-Tour de Wallonie
29-Jul
GP Kranj
31-Jul
CdG Memorial Ricardo Otxoa
31-Jul
RideLondon-Surrey Classic
Marcus Diamond In
Season Rankings
Pro Tour Points
Team
Individual
1
The Guardian
8502
Egan Arley Bernal
France
2196
2
Groupama - FDJ
6506
Léo Vincent
France
2112
3
Lotto Soudal
6312
Romain Bardet
Belgium
1737
4
Quick-Step Floors
5283
Harm Vanhoucke
Colombia
1598
5
Movistar
4308
Ivan Sosa
Colombia
1507
6
Dimension Data
4266
Adam Yates
United Kingdom
1427
7
Amazon
4095
Marianne Vos
Netherlands
1400
8
AG2R La Mondiale
3909
Simon Yates
Denmark
1310
9
SEG
3725
Giulio Ciccone
United Kingdom
1307
10
Astana
3667
Mads Pedersen
Australia
1281
…
55Marcus Diamond
SEG
423
187Grace Garner
SEG
60
Individual Wins
Cyclist
Nation
Team
Wins
1
Bryan Coquard
France
Bretagne
25
2
Barnabas Peak
Hungary
Novo Nordisk
10
3
Mark Padun
Ukraine
Bahrain - Merida
8
4
Caleb Ewan
Australia
Lotto Soudal
7
5
Romain Bardet
France
AG2R La Mondiale
6
6
Warren Barguil
France
Fortuneo - Samsic
6
7
Stan Dewulf
Belgium
Quick-Step Floors
6
8
Nico Fletcher
Canada
TomTom
6
9
Abderahmane Mansouri
Algeria
Team UKYO
6
10
Dusan Rajovic
Serbia
Saidal
6
…
31
Marcus Diamond
United Kingdom
SEG
3
119
Grace Garner
United Kingdom
SEG
1
Evaluation
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Club or Country: Before Grace Garner heads to France for the 21 most important stages on the cycling calendar, she has a choice to make.
(Club) Fly to Africa to cheer on Marcus Diamond in the African Cup of Nations Round of 16, as Nigeria takes on Senegal. This would boost Diamond's morale for the match significantly as the couple haven't seen each other in nearly a month.
(Country) Stay in England and race the Great Britain RR National Championship and then get in a week of training prior to the Tour de France. This would boost Garner's race day form heading into the TdF.
What a superb race from Grace, thought it was great enough already with the domestique work and constant activity but then the awesomely taken stage win makes it a real breakthrough, and a well-deserved TDF selection off the back of it. And for that reason she has to prove it was no fluke and do her best again there, so Country for me. A shame to be away from each other for the couple here but huge moments for each in their career which they have to take
+3HI
+1MO
Enjoyed the new "vantage point" Mre
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant." [ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
Sweeping the group stage and riding a 13-game win streak, I couldn't leave this team for a chance at winning my first cycling national championship. We got this far. I'm healthy enough to play again. Let's bring home the African Cup of Nations!
African Cup of Nations vs. Senegal
July 2, 2023
Round of 16: Tough first round game against a higher-ranked opponent.
Spoiler
Nigeria 2, Senegal 1
Summary: A stalemate, back-and-forth first half turns into a dramatic second half when Alex Iwobi opens the scoring in the 51st minute. The Arsenal winger slipped behind Senegal's backline off a perfectly weighted through ball by John Hazmat.
Time wasting tactics backfired when Senegal found the equalizer in the 81st minute off a corner kick. Pape Cisse cleaned up a rebound and everybody thought extra time was ahead.
Super sub Marcus Diamond had other ideas.
In the final minute of stoppage time, Diamond whipped in a sublime ball over the top from the halfway line to spring free Kelechi Iheanacho.
Rating: 6.8 - Not exactly 100% yet, so I was brought on late to make a difference. I'd say a game-winning assist is a job well done.
Player of Game: Kelechi Iheanacho, Nigeria (8.3)
African Cup of Nations vs. Angola
July 7, 2023
Quarterfinals: Nigeria enters as heavy favourites.
Spoiler
Angola 2, Nigeria 1
Summary: Close your eyes Nigeria fans. This one is going to hurt. From the own goal to kick off the game to getting beat on a counter-attack goal, this was a contest the Flying Eagles should have won.
Even Marcus Diamond being at the right place at the right time couldn't save them. His fourth international goal comes in a crushing defeat.
Rating: 6.8 - Low fitness had me starting at striker ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho, who tried to save us late but didn't have enough time. I think I did my part with the lone goal, too bad we needed a few more.
Surprisingly, after the match, we were told head coach Jay-Jay Okocha was fired. We were all shell-shocked at the decision. One bad loss after nearly a whole year of winning and a Round of 16 World Cup appearance... Not good enough apparently. Who knows if the next head coach will give me the same opportunities that Okocha did.
Okocha departs with a 25-6-1 record in two seasons with Nigeria.
On July 25, Nigeria appointed long-time youth coach Manu Garba as Okocha's replacement. Garba recently got the Nigeria youngsters to the Round of 16 in the U20 World Cup before bowing out to Argentina, 2-0.
Player of Game: Geraldo, Angola (7.4)
African Cup of Nations vs. Gabon
July 12, 2023
Semifinals: For a spot in the final and all the glory that comes with it.
Spoiler
Nigeria already knocked out...
Gabon 4, Angola 3 Egypt 1, South Africa 0
African Cup of Nations vs. Egypt
July 16, 2023
Final: Hardware up for grabs at the Dubreka Community Ground.
Spoiler
Nigeria already knocked out...
Final: Egypt 1, Gabon 1 (won 4-2 on penalties)
Third Place: Angola 2, South Africa 1
Feyenoord Preseason Friendlies
Date
Result
Diamond's Rating/Stats
July 15
2-1 Win vs. Club Brugge
DNP
July 18
3-0 Win at Akhmat Grozny
6.5 - 0 goals, 1 assist
July 22
2-0 Win at Fidelis Andria
DNP
July 29
2-1 Win at FC Oss
DNP
Aug. 2
At Nacional da Madeira
TBD
African Cup of Nations
Knockout Bracket
Calendar
International
Club
Evaluation
Training Ground *Community Growth Development*
Feyenoord Training Facilities Boost:+1.5 Points Per Member
Spoiler
- Each member gets 6.5 points to spread however they like over the 36 attributes listed above. One post per member.
- Only stats that aren't locked can be upgraded.
- Stats work on a decimal system starting at 1.0.
- Stats are bumped up in FM when they hit that number, ex. 2.9 = 2 in-game, and 13.4 = 13 stat in-game.
- The decimal numbers will remain hidden.
- There is a threshold for each stat when more points are needed to increase that stat. It's start off on a 1-to-1 scale where 1 point equals 1 stat upgrade. However, the scales get exponentially further and further apart the closer that stat gets to the maximum of 20. The increasing scale will also remain a mystery and is different from the cycling progression scale.
-Comment below to provide stat upgrades.
Housekeeping: Before embarking on a new club season with Feyenoord, just want to remind everyone that jandal7 and Fabianski still have stat unlocks that they can use at any time and Aequitas can choose one hidden attribute to improve as well. These perks were won last season, but haven't been claimed/used yet.
Following a 29th place at the Great Britain RR National Championships and watching her sister Lucy van der Haar come up short as well with a fourth-place finish, my girlfriend Grace Garner set her sights on starting her first Grand Tour.
I tried to keep tabs on her the best I could while playing international football in Africa, but it's pretty hard to find a stable internet connection at times.
The only bright side of Nigeria getting knocked out in quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations was being able to return back to the Netherlands to play/train with Feyenoord and make day trips over to France to cheer Grace on.
Grace Garner at the 2023 Tour de France
Stage Win
Garner Stage
GC Leader
Garner GC
Stage 1
ITT
M. Bjerg
105: +56"
M. Bjerg
105: +56"
Stage 2
Flat
L. Wiebes
147: s.t.
M. Bjerg
102: +56"
Stage 3
Hilly
M. Landa
44: +1'30"
M. Bjerg
46: +2'03"
Stage 4
Flat
A. Demare
150: s.t.
M. Bjerg
45: +2'03"
Stage 5
MTN
E.A. Bernal
54: +1'49"
K. Frankiny
45: +3'37"
Stage 6
Flat
Groenewegen
130: s.t.
K. Frankiny
43: +3'37"
Stage 7
Flat
A. Demare
131: s.t.
K. Frankiny
40: +3'37"
Stage 8
Hilly
G. Ciccone
106: +2'17"
K. Frankiny
65: +5'54"
Stage 9
MTN
T.G. Hart
45: +3'04"
K. Frankiny
48: +8'35"
Stage 10
Flat
R. Zabel
165: s.t.
K. Frankiny
48: +8'35"
Stage 11
Flat
R. Zabel
143: s.t.
K. Frankiny
48: +8'35"
Stage 12
MTN
E.A. Bernal
104: +18'10"
E.A. Bernal
78: +26'54"
Stage 13
MTN
E.A. Bernal
89: +4'18"
E.A. Bernal
77: +31'22"
Stage 14
Hilly
R. Bardet
38: +1'12"
E.A. Bernal
77: +31'38"
Stage 15
Hilly
S. Oomen
74: +43"
E.A. Bernal
76: +32'21"
Stage 16
Flat
A. Demare
124: s.t.
E.A. Bernal
75: +32'21"
Stage 17
MTN
T.G. Hart
170: +25'05"
E.A. Bernal
85: +57'26"
Stage 18
MTN
D.F. Martinez
95: +12'49"
E.A. Bernal
88: +1h09'38"
Stage 19
Flat
A. Demare
153: +1'03"
E.A. Bernal
87: +1h10'41"
Stage 20
ITT
M. Bjerg
100: +2'03"
T.G. Hart
87: +1h12'16"
Stage 21
Flat
Groenewegen
142: s.t.
T.G. Hart
87: +1h12'16"
Final General Classification
1
Tao Geoghegan Hart
Astana
+00:00
2
Egan Arley Bernal
The Guardian
+00:43
3
Giulio Ciccone
Groupama - FDJ
+00:58
4
Emanuel Buchmann
The Guardian
+01:07
5
Simon Yates
SEG
+01:32
6
Daniel Felipe Martinez
Cofidis
+01:44
7
Mikel Landa
Movistar
+01:52
8
Fabio Aru
Ziggo
+02:47
9
Kilian Frankiny
The Guardian
+03:33
10
Nairo Quintana
Movistar
+04:01
Points: Arnaud Demare (441), D. Groenewegen (380), Rick Zabel (325). KoM: Thibaut Pinot (131), D.F. Martinez (82), Simon Yates (70). Youth: T. Pogacar, Maxim Shirshov (+5'16"), Mikkel Bjerg (+15'53").
Simon Yates couldn't defend his Tour de France victory and another Brit took the top spot on the podium after a brilliant time trial on Stage 20 to overtake Egan Arley Bernal. Still, The Guardian finished with three cyclists in the Top 10.
As for Grace, she did her best to look after Simon Yates for most of the race. She did get her own chance to shine on Stage 17 when she managed to get in a large breakaway. But the GC leaders never allowed a breakaway to win throughout the 21 days. It was cutthroat to say the least.
Grace fell into my arms after she crossed the finish line in Paris. It was a grueling three weeks — the longest she has ever ridden in such a short duration. I was happy to hold her upright for as long as she needed.
Before this gets too romantic and you all leave, I have a couple of race updates of my own. One race while Grace was at the Tour and a hometown race back in London with Grace's sister Lucy at the end of the month.
Summary: Very strong start list for today's one-day race. So strong that last year's winner Marcus Diamond doesn't make the pundits cut to be on the favourites list. Or perhaps they don't believe he can fool the peloton a second time with a late attack on the Tienne du Dragon climb to steal the victory again. Or, more realistically, the feisty Brit hasn't raced in two months due to an injury.
Heavy rain throughout the day making this one a miserable one for the riders. As we approach the final climb up the Tienne du Dragon, six late attackers (Ligthart, Korsaeth, De Gendt, Vermote, Schelling and Van Keirsbulck) are going for glory with 18 cyclists left to scramble behind.
The catch is made near the top of the climb.
Marcus Diamond uses the confusion of the catch to launch the same attack he did a year ago. He couldn't afford to wait for a bunch sprint with a handful of sprinters still left in the front group. But surely this move can't work twice. Or can it?
Diamond looks over his shoulder and sits back down with 6kms to go. Everyone knew what was coming and stopped him dead in his tracks.
Sprinters take the spoils this year. Danny Van Poppel over Sam Bennett.
Result: 12th - I'm no longer a newbie flying under the radar. Everyone knows my name and what I want to do. Got to be smarter and find new ways to attack the peloton, which proved to be hard to do on this route.
1
Danny Van Poppel
Ziggo
4h54'31
2
Sam Bennett
CAP48
s.t.
3
Jasper De Buyst
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
4
Bryan Alaphilippe
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
5
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
CAP48
s.t.
Race Day #27 at RideLondon-Surrey Classic
July 31, 2023
Surprisingly, my best result here is only 16th back in 2020.
Spoiler
Summary: Only 84 cyclists in the peloton today with 14 teams limited to six riders apiece. Typical English weather sees rain falling throughout.
Full speed ahead going past the London Eye. Sprint finish coming.
Around the final bend.
Out of nowhere it's the newly crowned Great Britain RR champion Christopher Lawless taking the victory on the line — how fitting?
Result: 12th - I helped position Lucy van der Haar near the front of the sprint and jumped back in line to see how much juice I had left in the tank. Turns out way more than what Lucy had. She slipped back hard to 23rd. And I wasn't even the best finisher for SEG. Patrick Van Der Duin sprinted in for 9th place. We could have handled that better.
1
Christopher Lawless
The Guardian
5h14'20
2
Simone Consonni
Bahrain - Merida
s.t.
3
Clemente Mesto
TEAM Saeco
s.t.
4
Sondre Holst Enger
Polska Travel
s.t.
5
Danny Van Poppel
Ziggo
s.t.
Calendar
Spoiler
Date
Race
Winner
1-Jul
Danish Championships
Mikkel Bjerg
1-Jul
Swiss Championships
Kilian Frankiny
1-Jul
Kazakh Championships
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
1-Jul
Canadian Championships
Jim Arghittu
1-Jul
Norwegian Championships
Tobias Foss
1-Jul
USA Championships
Sepp Kuss
1-Jul
Russian Championships
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
1-Jul
Portuguese Championships
Amaro Manuel Antunes
1-Jul
Polish Championships
Alan Banaszek
1-Jul
Czech Championships
Frantisek Sisr
1-Jul
Ukrainian Championships
Konstantin Ashurov
1-Jul
Great Britain Championships
Christopher Lawless
1-Jul
Irish Championships
Sam Bennett
1-Jul
Slovenian Championships
Matej Mohoric
1-Jul
Italian Championships
Davide Formolo
1-Jul
Slovak Championships
Peter Sagan
1-Jul
French Championships
David Gaudu
1-Jul
Austrian Championships
Patrick Konrad
1-Jul
Spanish Championships
Ion Izagirre
1-Jul
Belgian Championships
Jasper De Buyst
1-Jul
CCdS Champions Olympiques
Jarlinson Pantano
1-Jul
German Championships
Marcel Kittel
1-Jul
Dutch Championships
Marianne Vos
4-Jul
Sibiu Cycling Tour
Jaka Primozic
6-Jul
GP Int. Torres Vedras
Rui Costa
7-Jul
Tour de France
Tao Geoghegan Hart
7-Jul
Int. Österreich Rundfahrt
Jack Haig
8-Jul
White Spot / Delta Road Race
Andrea Guardini
15-Jul
Tour of Qinghai Lake
Rauf Guliev
25-Jul
Grand Prix Cerami
Danny Van Poppel
25-Jul
Prueba Villafranca
Richie Porte
26-Jul
La Tour Alsace
Winner Anacona
27-Jul
VOO-Tour de Wallonie
Mihkel Räim
29-Jul
GP Kranj
Anthon Charmig
31-Jul
CcG Memorial Ricardo Otxoa
Marco Haller
31-Jul
RideLondon-Surrey Classic
Christopher Lawless
1-Aug
PostNord Danmark Rundt
1-Aug
Volta a Portugal
4-Aug
Hansa Bygg Kalmar Road Race
4-Aug
Tour de Pologne
4-Aug
Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian
5-Aug
La Poly Normande
6-Aug
The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah
7-Aug
Vuelta a Burgos
9-Aug
Czech Cycling Tour
11-Aug
KOGA Slag om Norg
Marcus Diamond In
13-Aug
BinckBank Tour
15-Aug
Tour du Limousin - Nouvelle Aquitaine
16-Aug
Arctic Race of Norway
16-Aug
Colorado Pro Classic
19-Aug
EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg
21-Aug
Baltic Chain Tour
21-Aug
GP Stad Zottegem
22-Aug
Arnhem-Veenendaal Classic
Marcus Diamond In
23-Aug
Deutschland Tour
25-Aug
Vuelta a España
Marcus Diamond In
25-Aug
Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
25-Aug
Bretagne Classic-Ouest France
26-Aug
Ronde van Midden Nederland
26-Aug
Croatia-Slovenia
29-Aug
Druivenkoers - Overijse
Season Rankings
Pro Tour Points
Team
Individual
1
The Guardian
11705
Egan Arley Bernal
The Guardian
3676
2
Groupama - FDJ
8031
Tao Geoghegan Hart
Astana
2500
3
Lotto Soudal
6502
Giulio Ciccone
Groupama - FDJ
2232
4
Quick-Step Floors
5510
Léo Vincent
Groupama - FDJ
2112
5
Astana
5501
Romain Bardet
AG2R La Mondiale
1932
6
Movistar
5013
Simon Yates
SEG
1910
7
Amazon
4705
Arnaud Démare
Groupama - FDJ
1754
8
SEG
4502
Harm Vanhoucke
Lotto Soudal
1598
9
Dimension Data
4375
Ivan Sosa
The Guardian
1507
10
AG2R La Mondiale
4194
Adam Yates
SEG
1427
…
58Marcus Diamond
SEG
458
200Grace Garner
SEG
60
Individual Wins
Cyclist
Nation
Team
Wins
1
Bryan Coquard
France
Bretagne
25
2
Barnabas Peak
Hungary
Novo Nordisk
12
3
Egan Arley Bernal
Colombia
The Guardian
8
4
Arnaud Démare
France
Groupama - FDJ
8
5
Abderahmane Mansouri
Algeria
Team UKYO
8
6
Mark Padun
Ukraine
Bahrain - Merida
8
7
Dusan Rajovic
Serbia
Saidal
8
8
Romain Bardet
France
AG2R La Mondiale
7
9
Mikkel Bjerg
Denmark
Amazon
7
10
Caleb Ewan
Australia
Lotto Soudal
7
…
48
Marcus Diamond
United Kingdom
SEG
3
135
Grace Garner
United Kingdom
SEG
1
Evaluation
Training Ride *Community Growth Development*
Training Facilities Boost:+1 Point Per Member
Spoiler
- Each member gets 4.0 points to spread however they like over the 13 attributes listed above. One post per member.
- Stats work on a decimal system starting at 55.0.
- Stats are bumped up in PCM when they hit that number, ex. 55.9 = 55 in-game, and 61.4 = 61 stat in-game.
- The decimal numbers will remain hidden.
- There is a threshold for each stat when more points are needed to increase that stat. It's start off on a 1-to-1 scale where 1 point equals 1 stat upgrade. However, the scales get exponentially further and further apart the closer that stat gets to the maximum of 85. The increasing scale will also remain a mystery.
- Comment below to provide stat upgrades
Stat Lock: Due to Diamond's recent injury a stat lock is pending. Any attribute that doesn't receive at least 5 points is at-risk of being locked.
Contract Time: Teams are circling like sharks with the hopes of luring Marcus Diamond away from SEG Racing. SEG obviously wants to keep their budding superstar for the foreseeable future but don't have the money to match the open market bids Diamond would likely receive. Therefore, SEG has approached Diamond with their best proposal with the hopes to get him signed before another team can swoop in. The offer:
Three years, 40,000 euros per month. Plus a guarantee Grace Garner would get a one-year extension on her current contract which would lock her up through the 2026 season as well.
Offer on the table, should Diamond... Accept or Test Free Agency?
Back and ready for more! After losing the Eredivisie title by two points to Ajax last season, we are motivated to make sure that doesn't happen again. But we will have to do it without our top strikers from a season ago.
Liverpool swooped in and bought Nick Foss for 16.75 million euros and budding star Dylan Klok is going to VfB Stuttgart for a modest 13.5 million euros.
On August 10, Feyenoord used some of those funds to buy a replacement striker. Nicolas Messiniti, a 27-old-year Argentinian, was bought for 14.75 million euros from Benfica. He scored 30 goals in 72 appearances for Benfica.
Rumors had it that AS Monaco was interested in me for a while, but then they went out and signed my Nigeria teammate John Hazmat from Atletico Madrid for 67 million euros. I see how it is.
Another one of Feyenoord's new signings, 24-year-old Danish winger Kristian Bagger, scored off an assist by yours truly in Feyenoord's final preseason tune-up match. We coasted to a 2-0 win over Nacional da Madeira.
We start the regular season with hardware on the line. It's the eighth straight season Feyenoord opens the year playing for the Dutch Super Cup. We have won four out of the last five. Standing in our way this year is rival Ajax.
Johan Cruyff Shield vs. Ajax
August 5, 2023
65,000 screaming fans pack the Johan Cruijff Arena to watch this one.
Spoiler
Ajax 1, Feyenoord 1
Summary: After 90 minutes of heart-pounding action, this instant classic will need to be decided by a penalty shootout. The pressure mounts as Ajax's striker Ze Gomes steps up to the spot first...
Ajax — Ze Gomes stopped by Jeroen Zoet!
Feyenoord — Otavio, calm and collected, powers the ball in!
Feyenoord jumps out to a 1-0 lead after the first kicks. Otavio also scored Feyenoord's lone goal in regulation with roughly a half hour to play to force penalty kicks. Here come the second kicks.
Ajax — Jeroen Zoet guesses right again! Wilfried Bony denied!
Feyenoord — Thijs Visser soaks in the pressure and scores!
Zoet is playing out of his mind, Bony in disbelief, and 18-year-old Thijs Visser is making his case to crack Feyenoord's Starting XI this season. Easily the biggest goal in his young career so far.
Ajax — Gonzalo Fernandez drops to his knees... Saved!
Feyenoord — For the win! No... Pedro Empis turned away.
Feyenoord could have ended it after the third round, but Justin Pistoor keeps Ajax alive with a brilliant diving save. Ajax can't afford another slip up, or it's game over and Feyenoord lifts the Cup again.
Ajax — Fernando Fonseca finally beats Zoet. Not over yet.
Feyenoord — Marcus Diamond's moment to shine... Oh my! No!
Diamond did everything right in sending Pistoor the wrong way. Now starring down an open net, the powerful strike was pulled wide, smacked the left post and stayed out. Johan Cruijff Arena gasped in agony.
Ajax — Samir El Amrani won't be denied! All tied at 2-2.
Feyenoord — All eyes on Thomas Meunier, and... Saved!
Somehow, someway, Ajax comes back from the brink of elimination to force sudden death. The Feyenoord supporters can't believe what they are watching. Their team had five separate chances to win this.
Ajax — Jerry St. Juste sails the ball into Row Z! Awful miss kick!
Feyenoord — Tudor Baluta put them out their misery... GOAL!!!
Not how they drew it up, but Feyenoord defends the Dutch Super Cup!
Feyenoord 1, Ajax 1 (Won 3-2 on penalties)
Rating: 6.5 - I'm going to have nightmares about that penalty. But, hey, at least we still won. That's my second Johan Cruyff Shield victory in consecutive seasons.
Player of Game: Gonzalo Fernandez, Ajax (7.6)
Champions League Qualifying vs. FC Porto
August 9, 2023
Third Phase, First Leg: Tough test taking on the Liga NOS runner-ups.
Spoiler
Feyenoord 1, FC Porto 1
Summary: Early goal from new signee Kristian Bagger had Rotterdam rocking, but FC Porto salvaged a draw with a crucial away goal in the second half. Ivo Rodrigues cleaned up a rebound from a difficult angle.
Rating: 7.1 - I got moved around the pitch and played multiple positions once Rodolfo Pizarro had to come off at halftime due to a bruised ankle. He will be out 2-3 weeks.
Player of Game: Kristian Bagger, Feyenoord (7.7)
Match Day #1 at PSV (0-0-0)
August 13, 2023
The season-opener for the 2023-24 Eredivisie league competition.
Spoiler
Feyenoord 0, PSV 0
Summary: A dull start to the season for both sides. Taking a closer look at the stats suggest Feyenoord should just be happy with a scoreless draw away from home. Surprisingly, 21 total fouls only turned into one yellow card.
Rating: 6.6 - No need to panic, we are building up chemistry.
Player of Game: Alfons Huntink, Feyenoord (7.4)
Champions League Qualifying at FC Porto
August 16, 2023
Third Phase, Second Leg: Got to be a win or 1-1 draw (+penalties).
Spoiler
FC Porto 1, Feyenoord 0
Summary: Enner Valencia sends Feyenoord packing with a 25-yard wonder strike in the first half that goes bar down. No chance for Jeroen Zoet. FC Porto parks the bus in the second half and keeps Feyenoord out. The defeat breaks Feyenoord's streak of 14 straight games without a loss (dating back to last season, and including friendlies).
Feyenoord still earns a spot in the Europa League competition.
Rating: 6.4 - I'm usually pretty reliable in big games. Not today.
Player of Game: Enner Valencia, FC Porto (8.3)
Match Day #2 vs. FC Twente (0-1-0)
August 19, 2023
Last game for Feyenoord before taking off to race the Vuelta a Espana.
Spoiler
Feyenoord 3, FC Twente 0
Summary: Feyenoord unloads some of its pent up frustrations. Nicolas Messiniti breaks through for his first two goals for the club and Rodolfo Pizarro returns from injury with a goal as well. Very strong first half, but not much to be said about the second half.
Rating: 7.1 - Mostly a bystander in the midfield left to daydream about the upcoming 21 days in Spain.
Player of Game: Nicolas Messiniti, Feyenoord (8.8)
Feyenoord closed out August with Match Day #3 on the road against SC Heerenveen (1-1-0). A free kick rebound goal by Ruud Meijer put Heerenveen up 1-0 going into halftime. After Rodolfo Pizarro reinjured himself, Yassin Ayoub showcased his left boot with a power strike to tie the game at 1-1. Heerenveen countered quickly with a crossed ball to Nemanja Mihajlovic for a simple tap-in finish. That was the winner, 2-1 for Heerenveen.
League Standings (3/34 Games Played)
League Leaders
Calendar
Club
International
Evaluation
Training Ground *Community Growth Development*
Feyenoord Training Facilities Boost:+1.5 Points Per Member
Spoiler
- Each member gets 6.5 points to spread however they like over the 36 attributes listed above. One post per member.
- Only stats that aren't locked can be upgraded.
- Stats work on a decimal system starting at 1.0.
- Stats are bumped up in FM when they hit that number, ex. 2.9 = 2 in-game, and 13.4 = 13 stat in-game.
- The decimal numbers will remain hidden.
- There is a threshold for each stat when more points are needed to increase that stat. It's start off on a 1-to-1 scale where 1 point equals 1 stat upgrade. However, the scales get exponentially further and further apart the closer that stat gets to the maximum of 20. The increasing scale will also remain a mystery and is different from the cycling progression scale.
-Comment below to provide stat upgrades.
Double Stat Lock: An extremely poor start to the 2023-24 season will see Marcus Diamond suffer two stat locks. Any attribute that doesn't receive at least 6.5 points is at-risk of being locked.
Glad Marcus waited on the proposal, think it's a good idea but that didn't seem like the moment 
Tour de Suisse
Senegal
Angola
Gabon
Egypt
Tao Geoghegan Hart
Egan Arley Bernal
Giulio Ciccone
Emanuel Buchmann
Mikel Landa
Grand Prix Cerami
