matt17br wrote:
Colbrelli should hopefully do something at Clasica di Tirreno Adriatico (which is an horrible mix of 2 languages ),.
You can blame Dippofix for that he made the race.
The Rider wrote:
Quickest season ever, so far, Bikex! Uploading the season startlists soon?
I am still missing planners from 2 persons, but I set them the ultimate deadline on Saturday, so that's when I'll upload the startlists.
knockout wrote:
@ Bikex Any chance that you could add the top prologue specialists?
Yeah sure. I have some standard layouts on what stats are shown in the preview. Here you go:
Team
AVG
PL
Gretsch
Patrick
74,6
78
Ludvigsson
Tobias
75,3
78
Grivko
Andriy
73,0
77
Bodnar
Maciej
73,6
75
Quaade
Rasmus
73,7
74
Sánchez
Luis León
75,6
74
Majka
Rafal
78,2
74
knockout wrote:
Oh and can I request video coverage for Milan San remo and at least one of the cobbled classics ?
I planned to do them for the monuments anyways and also for Omloop as it's the first cobbled race.
Cyclotron wrote:
I'm surprised that neither Purito nor Nibali are attending. Startlist looks rather weak.
I was also surprised to see none of the strongest climbers there. I for my part wanted Nibali to take part in the hilly classics this year, so there were no race days left for another long stage race besides the Giro.
Really sorry for TheRider. Annoying to lose a top favourite like this...
Kwiatkowski suffered in stage 4 which suited him the least. On the other hand though I expect him to gain some time back in the next stage. And of course he'll win the race in the ITT then
March is the month where we will have to survive somehow. I don't really believe in Vandenbergh for the cobbled classics, he's more of a lucky shot - but maybe this will turn out in our favour.
At National Capital Tour the first time ever a control rider finished in the Top 30, which obviously is far too good so I edited them out of the result. Just putting the riders on auto seems not to be the best idea.
Chernetskiy falling out of the points due to the crash is bad but KUSNETZOV!!! finally the first victory for Leopard! sexy man I thank you for staying, he nearly went away in a big trade but now gives me a crucial first victory
now let it rain victories captains!
just
That collapse in Paris Vasco Did De Gendt crash? I can understand not having a top result on stage 5 but that time trial result, he was behind Nieve on a stage he should have been a podium contender on That was a dumb decision to make a goal race, now RVV and Roubaix have to be better.
On the other hand, the Dev team went well in national capital tour. Spagnoli 4th on stage 4 was nice and Pizzi's KOM win was great, these two are some great young talents.
Silvio Herklotz wrote:
Really sorry for TheRider. Annoying to lose a top favourite like this...
Thanks for kind words, you and everyone.
So Gilbert goes from winning stage 2 to .....
147 Philippe Gilbert Prorace - La Boulangère s.t.
... dead last on stage 5. Suffering there. Of course it was a major bummer losing Gilbert like that, but what really troubles me, for the rest of the season, is that the rest of the team just drop back to help him to the finish, sacrificing any chances of more points. I fear if a big name gets injured, but continues on, in a stage race.
In the end we have to be pretty happy with how the Basque GC podium ended up (so we won't have lost too much ground), the WT race winners being spread out well up to now. Vegeta having some fun: I tell you, it's the noodles!
Damn, that early move by Martin, Vanendert and Betancur looked so promising!
Would have been nice to have Betancur in the top 3 in the end, but with the 4th and 7th rank I can't be too disappointed.
Aw crap, I caught myself cheering when Serry crossed the line
A great stagewin for us and some nice results as well, but every rider having one bad stage gave us only 9th and 11th. Team classification is a nice extra though
Moreno can snap back in the top 5 if not even more in the next days.
Fucking hell yes he can
Now onto keeping up this sort of result for the entireness of the year and we are two feet outside of the relegation spots! Majka is simply consistency itself btw, he's just astounding and probably the first rider I'll steal from Luigi next year Tried it with both him and Martin this year and case wanted that they both finished in front of Moser, but who gives a sh*t now that he got a podium in THAT way - not that he did anything heroic but we are desperate for points lol
Thanks Bikex
EDIT before even posting: Wow I see the rankings are on their way and we climbed two positions! 6th is so damn high for us, let's enjoy our time here while we can, while preparing for a slow slipping down hehe. Also gotta love that start of the season of Fiskars taking them to the first place in Prestige! rankings. Atlantius couldn't have dreamed of a better start - and so couldn't have JA although I even doubt he's reading tbh
CarbonSports #11 WT Ranking
Now, that has to change soon
A whole total of 1 WT point throughout the month should qualify for the worst month in team history. Now there's only one way to go!
(Still ahead of Illes Balears though )
No CT points yet. That ain't gonna stay so as well.
U23 rankings are looking fine to me.
1-4-7 individual and nearly double the points of the second team
Cant go much better there
Edit: For those that don't know how it works, just pick a race with the seletor and in "Starters" you'll have all riders taking part in that race in DB style.
I'll get together important files that are needed for racing for people willing to help me with reporting the races in the next few days.
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I can understand not having a top result on stage 5 but that time trial result, he was behind Nieve on a stage he should have been a podium contender on 
