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Cepsa - Estrella Galicia | PN & TA
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 17-07-2017 16:15
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I'm starting a story in PCM 2017 with team Cepsa - Estrella Galicia, a new Spanish team which will compete straight in the World Tour.
Both main sponsors have signed a ten-year deal with the team, so we won't have to worry about lack of sponsorship for several years.
The team is composed of 30 riders, with some young riders and also some experienced ones.
While creating the team, I put myself two rules:
1- Team salaries could not surpass the 700k barrier (i think i ended up around 675). This was to avoid having a superteam from the beggining. This only gives me margin to have 2 superstars (79-81 MED), and a big bunch of decent riders (74-77 MED)
2- I could only select 1 rider per team, in order to not heavy harm any team, like i did in the past. This rule is only broke for 1 team, because team leader "asked me" to bring with him a team-mate.
This means that my 30 riders come from 29 teams
- Difficulty: Extreme (except for TTT, which i will play on hard, at least for the first season)
- Random potentials: Activated
- Crash frequency: 0.5
- Prices coefficient: 1
- Database: PCM.daily Lite Pack (although it has some changes that i made, like some stats)
Edited by Aquarius97 on 05-10-2017 22:16
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 17-07-2017 16:15
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Spoiler | Nº | Race | Rider | Category | | 1 | Tour Down Under, Stage 3 | Valerio Conti | 2.WT | | 2 | Dubai Tour, Stage 1 | Marcel Kittel | 2.HC | | 3 | Herald Sun Tour, Stage 3 | Valerio Conti | 2.1 | | 4 | Dubai Tour, Stage 4 | Heinrich Haussler | 2.HC | | 5 | Herald Sun Tour, Stage 5 | Valerio Conti | 2.1 | | 6 | Vuelta a Murcia | Lilian Calmejane | 1.1 | | 7 | Trofeo Laigueglia | Ruben Guerreiro | 1.HC | | 8 | Tour of Oman, Stage 2 | Tejay van Garderen | 2.HC | | 9 | Tour of Oman, Stage 3 | Marcel Kittel | 2.HC | | 10 | Vuelta a Andalucia, Stage 3 | Emanuel Buchmann | 2.HC | | 11 | Vuelta a Andalucia, Stage 6 | Vicente Garcia de Mateos | 2.HC | | 12 | Tour La Provence, Stage 1 | Lilian Calmejane | 2.1 | | 13 | Tour La Provence, Stage 3 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | 2.1 | | 14 | Tour La Provence, Overall | Lilian Calmejane | 2.1 | | 15 | Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 3 | Egan Bernal | 2.WTm | | 16 | Abu Dhabi Tour, Overall | Egan Bernal | 2.WTm | | 17 | Paris-Nice, Stage 3 | Lilian Calmejane | 2.WT | | 18 | Dwars door Drenthe | Fabio Sabatini | 1.1 |
Secondary classifications Spoiler | Nº | Race | Rider | Category | | 1 | Vuelta a Mallorca, KoM | Tejay van Garderen | 2.1 | | 2 | Dubai Tour, U25 | Alexey Lutsenko | 2.HC | | 3 | Herald Sun Tour, Points | Valerio Conti | 2.1 | | 4 | Volta a Valencia, U25 | Adrien Costa | 2.1 | | 5 | Vuelta a Andalucia, Points | Mikel Landa | 2.HC | | 6 | Vuelta a Andalucia, U25 | Emanuel Buchmann | 2.HC | | 7 | Vuelta a Andalucia, Teams | Cepsa | 2.HC | | 8 | Tour La Provence, Points | Lilian Calmejane | 2.1 | | 9 | Tour La Provence, U25l | Lilian Calmejane | 2.1 | | 10 | Abu Dhabi Tour, Points | Marcel Kittel | 2.WTm | | 11 | Abu Dhabi Tour, KoMl | Egan Bernal | 2.WTm | | 12 | Abu Dhabi Tour, U25 | Egan Bernal | 2.WTm | | 12 | Abu Dhabi Tour, Teams | Cepsa | 2.WTm |
Edited by Aquarius97 on 18-10-2017 10:45
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 17-07-2017 16:16
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| Rider | Country | Age | Speciality | Biggest achievement | | Marcel Kittel | Germany | 28 | Sprinter | 9x Stage Tour de France | | Mikel Landa | Spain | 27 | Climber | 3rd Giro d'Italia | | Tejay van Garderen | Usa | 28 | Climber | Tour of California | | Lilian Calmejane | France | 24 | Ardennes | Stage Vuelta a España | | Alexey Lutsenko | Kazakhstan | 24 | Baroudeur | Stage Paris-Nice | | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Denmark | 24 | Sprinter | 2x Stage Vuelta a España | | Alexis Gougeard | France | 23 | Baroudeur | Stage Vuelta a España | | Jelle Wallays | Belgium | 27 | Baroudeur | Paris-Tours | | Taylor Phinney | Usa | 26 | Baroudeur | Stage Giro d'Italia | | Phil Bauhaus | Germany | 22 | Sprinter | Stage Tour of Denmark | | Fabio Sabatini | Italy | 31 | Sprinter | 2nd in Stage Giro d'Italia | | Marc Soler | Spain | 23 | Climber | Tour de L'Avenir | | Dimitri Claeys | Belgium | 29 | Flanders | GP Jef Scherens | | Emmanuel Buchmann | Germany | 24 | Climber | German C'ship | | Heinrich Haussler | Australia | 32 | Sprinter | Stage Tour de France | | David Gaudu | France | 20 | Climber | Tour de L'Avenir | | Nils Politt | Germany | 22 | Flanders | Top10 3D-Panne | | Valerio Conti | Italy | 23 | Ardennes | Stage Vuelta a España | | Victor Campenaerts | Belgium | 25 | Timetrial | Belgium TT C'ship | | Egan Bernal | Colombia | 20 | Climber | 4th Tour de L'Avenir | | Tyler Farrar | Usa | 32 | Flanders | Stage in all 3 GT | | Stefan Denifl | Austria | 29 | Ardennes | 7th Paris-Nice | | Alexander Foliforov | Rusia | 24 | Stage race | Stage Giro d'Italia | | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Norway | 20 | Sprinter | U23 World C'ship | | Guillaume Martin | France | 23 | Climber | LBL U23 | | Ruben Guerreiro | Portugal | 22 | Ardennes | Volta a Portugal do Futuro | | Adrien Costa | Usa | 19 | Stage race | 2nd Tour of Utah | | Raul Alarcon | Spain | 30 | Climber | Stage Volta a Portugal | | Vicente Garcia de Mateos | Spain | 28 | Ardennes | 2x Stage Volta a Portugal | | Julen Amezqueta | Spain | 23 | Ardennes | Volta a Portugal do Futuro |
Edited by Aquarius97 on 20-07-2017 00:05
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-07-2017 16:23
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Cool!
Nice team already, wonder who will come on the team as last riders  |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 17-07-2017 18:03
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Winning his first stage in a GT, in last year's Vuelta a España
The 24-year-old Danish is a promising sprinter, who has already won two stages in Vuelta a España with his former team, Orica. This year, he will repeat Vuelta a España, where he will be the main sprinter. We will also have big focuses on Cataluña and Dauphine.
He has set himself a few goals for this season:
- Win a stage in Vuelta a España
- Win at least another stage in a World Tour race
- Win at least 5 stages in this season
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 17-07-2017 18:06
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Strong team already, curious to see who will join
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Posted on 21-11-2024 20:34
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 17-07-2017 18:47
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lovely plan - the team is a tad too mainstream for me and I don't see an identity yet, but I'm looking forward to gain on it within this story
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 17-07-2017 18:54
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@IanButler, @VoetsT : Thank you both your words. We'll see who are the ones left
@Croatia14 I guess the lack of Spanish riders in a Spanish team (only 5 total) might be a little worry, but i hope to fix that for the second season, to have like 10 Spanish riders next season
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| Lamba |
Posted on 17-07-2017 21:20
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While I applaud the written stories, especially those where there's a bit more effort into making it look good too, I agree with Croatia14 here. It just seems like you picked a bunch of the best talents without taking any of the real top riders.
When I read Spanish team, I immediately thought of something like Euskatel or even Movistar, who are more international, but pretty much only southern nationalities (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin american).
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-07-2017 22:45
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Liking the jersey, Good Luck  |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 00:52
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@Lamba Thanks for your comment. I say to you the same that I said to Croatia
@sutty68 It does look great in game
Celebrating his win in stage 6 of 2016 Paris-Nice
Lutsenko is set to be our man for everything in our team. He is just that kind of a rider who can go well in every terrain. He will be a key rider in our Tour de France squad, where he will be a great helper in all terrains, and might have the chance to fight for a stage win. Also, in the first part of the season, his main focus will be the Flanders Classics
His season objetives:
- Win a Tour de France stage
- Make it into the top10 of a cobbled WT classic
- Take at least 3 win during the season
Edited by Aquarius97 on 18-07-2017 01:04
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 06:35
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Good luck Aquarius! Even though I partially agree with Croatia and Lamba, I'm still happy to see several of my favorite riders on the team.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 09:34
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Lutsenko is a fantastic pick-up!
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 13:26
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@Kiserlovski01 Thanks!
@Croatia14 Definitely a fantastic pick-up
Celebrating his (yet) only win in a GT stage, in last years Vuelta a España
"The next Thomas Voeckler". It might be a very simple way to summarize this rider, but the true is that Lilian Calmejane seems to be the exact same rider as Thomas Voeckler was in his good old days.
His season objetives are concentrated in April-May, as he will take part in the Ardennes Classic, where he will try to get a top10 in at least one classic, and Giro d'Italia, where apart from working for the team leader (TBA), he will have to chance to fight for a stage win
His goals for the season:
- Win a stage in Giro d'Italia
- Finish in the top10 of a Ardennes Classic
- Win his first GC
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 13:27
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two of the most likeable riders in the peloton as captains, that is some sweet sight!
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| iker321 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 15:39
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Very nice story and jersey. I think, that miss you stage race rider.
Btw, Are you from Czech republic, because I am from Slovakia. |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 16:34
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@Croatia14 Hope you also like the 3 remaining riders
@iker321 There are 2 riders left to be announced, so don't worry about the provisional lack of a stage racer. I'm from Spain. Why do you think that i was from Czech Republic?
Celebrating his win in La Molina, in 2015 Volta a Cataluña
Former known as the next hope for USA to win Grand Tours, Tejay van Garderen has accepted that he doesn't belong anymore to the group of riders who fight for GT wins.
This season we will have a extended calendar of one-week WT races in the first half of the season, before going to Le Tour looking for a stage win, without any GC ambitions. He will also race La Vuelta, just as a mountain domestique
Season objetives:
- Win a stage in Tour de France
- Win a WT one-week race
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 16:38
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Really like this choice, should be good for him to finally be able to step away from GT expectations.
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| iker321 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 16:42
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In the Photo of Jersey is Czech flag. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-07-2017 16:43
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Hope Tejay performs well for you |
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