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Slipstream - Chipotle | Re-Writing History
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 00:52
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Game Info:
Team: Slipstream Chipotle
Database: PCM Norge 2007 DB (With minor edits)
Patch: 1.0.4.4
Race Difficulty: Hard
Development of Attributes: 0.4
Foreword:
Hello everyone. I have been thinking about making a team story with the 2007 db as it was my favourite year of cycling. I also wanted to make a Garmin story, but Roturn already has one and if I were to use a current database, I dont know if I'd be happy as I do not agree with the way Garmin are heading.
I also like doing small team stories, so if you're keeping count, this story should address all three of those issues, one way or another.
My plan is to grow the team like they did in real life, but do things a little differently and my way.
I need a reserve or two, so dont post yet, please.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 00:52
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As you can see, the team will need a lot of work, if it is to try and gain promotion into the Pro Tour. I think our leaders for the year will be Pate, Huff, Friedmann and maybe Thomas Peterson.
As for youngsters, there is Craig Lewis, Peter Stetina and Taylor Tolleson.
Our team only really has climbers and sprinters. The other stages will be quite boring for them.
Edited by valverde321 on 04-04-2012 01:43
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 00:52
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Not too much here, but a good result is wanted at the Tour Down Under, Criterium Intl. and the Tour of California. The Tour of Georgia will also be an important race, and one where the team can maybe get a good result.
Edited by valverde321 on 04-04-2012 01:45
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 00:53
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Thats it for the reserves. My plan is to try and update this once a week, and David will continue to be updated as much as my spare time/ time not playing UT or FM, allows for...
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 04-04-2012 02:57
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Nice! A team built around Danny Pate, can't go wrong 
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| ThaBomb99 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 06:29
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 08:48
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Awesome! Can't wait for it to start!
Hope this will last for a long time!
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| Alastairhufc |
Posted on 04-04-2012 09:02
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Good Luck with this but I have no idea who they are  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 09:16
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Alastairhufc wrote:
Good Luck with this but I have no idea who they are
Garmin-Barracuda came from Chipotle |
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| Alastairhufc |
Posted on 04-04-2012 09:37
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Miguel98 wrote:
Alastairhufc wrote:
Good Luck with this but I have no idea who they are
Garmin-Barracuda came from Chipotle
Ah, that explains the Garmin reference 
Thanks for letting me know, I have only following cycing since last year's Tour |
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| olabj |
Posted on 04-04-2012 10:21
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Wow.. three stories at once! Dude, nice And you took my concept, but hey, early bird gets the worm right? Anyway good luck
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| dienblad |
Posted on 04-04-2012 10:24
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And the winner of the PCM.daily award 2012 in the category "Most stories" goes to valverde321 . Man, you're addicted to story-making!
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 12:29
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I like this DB alot, was thinkin of starting a story myself but have too much with Europcar and playing FM12 alot
Good luck with this
MG Team manager Team Ticos Air Costa Rica
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 04-04-2012 12:51
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I like the idea of this story being based on the 2007-DB! I've been thinking about doing the same (before I started to have too less time to continue with Dark Dog  ..).. good luck with managing your stories! We all know, we can expect some more quality here
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 15:32
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Thanks a lot everyone! So glad to hear that you like this idea!
As for the "most stories" award, I see it as more of a problem, than something I should be awarded for...
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 04-04-2012 17:06
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valverde321 wrote:
Thanks a lot everyone! So glad to hear that you like this idea!
As for the "most stories" award, I see it as more of a problem, than something I should be awarded for...
I see it as something you enjoy doing.
Good luck for this one. Hope you can cope well with the other two! |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 06-04-2012 06:18
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Wow, this looks great, i hope you will ride the whole season, as i want to see many Canadiens incoming to Slipstream
Good luck.
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| baia |
Posted on 06-04-2012 15:53
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Looks interesting...but you´ll need lots of patience and motivation as wins will not come in every race..but is how i like it...good luck for this one.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-04-2012 04:16
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Thanks everyone! This will be a quick story, as I will do my reports with less detail so I can get through seasons quicker (if I ever get through one)
Tour Down Under coming soon!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-04-2012 04:49
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Spoiler Discovery
1. Y.Popovych
2. F.Beppu
3. G.Hincapie
4. U.Murn
5. P.Padrnos
6. B.Vandborg
7. M.White
Quickstep
11. T.Boonen
12. C.Barredo L.
13. S.De Jongh
14. G.Steegmans
15. M.Tosatto
16. K.Van Impe
17. P.Van Petegem
AG2R
21. J.Nazon
22. J.Arrieta
23. P.Deignan
24. M.Elmiger
25. S.Gerrans
26. L.Mondory
27. S.Poulhies
CSC
31. N.Sørensen
32. K.Arvesen
33. M.Blaudzun
34. F.Cancellara
35. M.Goss
36. M.Ljungqvist
37. D.Zabriskie
Tinkoff
41. P.Brutt
42. E.Aggiano
43. D.Contrini
44. D.Hondo
45. V.Kiryienka
46. R.Marzoli
47. N.Trussov
Fuerteventura
51. D.Bernabeu
52. M.Artetxe
53. V.Ballester
54. J.Cherro
55. O.Chuzhda
56. M.Diaz Armas
57. D.Muñoz Banon
Unibet.com
61. B.Cooke
62. A.Coyot
63. G.Gardeyn
64. M.Pronk
65. N.Scheuneman
66. E.Thijs
67. M.Zanotti
Cofidis
71. S.Scheirlinckx
72. M.Buffaz
73. G.Lequatre
74. S.Minard
75. N.Nuyens
76. C.Sutton
77. T.Valentin
Flaminia
81. R.Illiano
82. A.Aug
83. A.D'Aniello
84. V.Duma
85. G.Geremia
86. M.Khalilov
87. A.Wadecki
Barloworld
91. H.Sabido
92. G.Bonomi
93. E.Degano
94. F.Guidi
95. R.Hunter
96. J.Perry
97. G.Thomas
Liberty Seguros
101. C.Barbosa
102. H.Broco
103. F.Cardoso
104. H.Guerra
105. A.Jesus
106. L.Pinheiro
107. P.Urtasun Perez
Slipstream
111. D.Pate
112. T.Duggan
113. M.Friedman
114. W.Frischkorn
115. B.Huff
116. B.Johnson
117. F.Parisien
Predictor
121. S.Zanini
122. W.De Vocht
123. N.Gates
124. T.Steels
125. G.Van Avermaet
126. P.Van Hecke
127. W.Vansevenant
Tenax
131. D.Pietropolli
132. C.Cucinotta
133. G.Ermeti
134. R.Ferrari
135. R.Pidgornyy
136. F.Piemontesi
137. M.Santambrogio
BMC Team
141. S.Nydam
142. D.Galvin
143. J.Garcia
144. C.Hartley
145. S.Moninger
146. J.Rosenbarger
147. J.Stewart
Hearth Net
151. K.O'Bee
152. R.Downing
153. K.Gritters
154. S.Milne
155. N.O'Neill
156. F.Pipp
157. R.Sutherland
Miche
161. K.Szczawinski
162. L.Cardellini
163. M.Giallorenzo
164. A.Honkisz
165. P.Muto
166. E.Serri
167. S.Wasowicz
Action
171. R.Radosz
172. B.Bondariew
173. P.Chmielewski
174. B.Huzarski
175. K.Kuzniak
176. K.Miara
177. J.Zarebski
Elk Haus
181. H.Starzengruber
182. M.Comploi
183. C.Frankhauser
184. W.Murer
185. P.Pichler
186. S.Rucker
187. J.Summer
Navigators
191. O.Grishkine
192. B.Brooks
193. G.Chadwick
194. H.Clarke
195. B.Day
196. C.Power
197. V.Rapinski
 Tour Down Under Stage 1
The first stage of the tour was a hectic one, and many of the sprinters teams wanted to grab the race by the horns, and get the famous leaders jersey. Slipstream were a little weak to contest for the win, we thought but that didn't stop us from trying. In the end Quickstep were too strong, with almost a Tour de France lineup, here to lead out Boonen, so of course he was able to grab the win! But great news, as Brad Huff was able to grab Boonen's wheel shortly and take 2nd on the stage.
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Quickstep - Innergetic | 3h24'36 | | 2 | Bradley Huff | Team Slipstream | s.t. | | 3 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | s.t. | | 4 | Candido Barbosa | Liberty Seguros | s.t. | | 5 | Stefano Zanini | Predictor - Lotto | s.t. | | 6 | Baden Cooke | Unibet.com | s.t. | | 7 | Hilton Clarke | Navigators Insurance | s.t. | | 8 | Jaroslaw Zarebski | Action - Uniqa | s.t. | | 9 | Robert Hunter | Barloworld | s.t. | | 10 | Gorik Gardeyn | Unibet.com | s.t. |
Tour Down Under Stage 2
Stage 2 was a little dull, but Frischkorn was able to grab a lead in the KoM competition. The sprinters had their day again, and it was basically a fight for 2nd place again, as Boonen got a great lead out once again. Huff was able to get 2nd, so I would say we can officially leave this race happy, no matter the result now!
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Quickstep - Innergetic | 3h26'20 | | 2 | Bradley Huff | Team Slipstream | s.t. | | 3 | Hilton Clarke | Navigators Insurance | s.t. | | 4 | Robert Hunter | Barloworld | s.t. | | 5 | Danilo Hondo | Tinkoff Credit Systems | s.t. | | 6 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | s.t. | | 7 | Baden Cooke | Unibet.com | s.t. | | 8 | Candido Barbosa | Liberty Seguros | s.t. | | 9 | Tom Steels | Predictor - Lotto | s.t. | | 10 | Gert Steegmans | Quickstep - Innergetic | s.t. |
Tour Down Under Stage 3
Stage 3 was a little bumpy, and so the puncheurs were able to get away late in the stage. CSC and Quickstep worked at the front all day long, no doubt working on a move for their leaders. Arvesen attacked late in the stage, and a small group followed, including Pate who was able to slowly reach the tail end of the lead group, however Arvesen stole the stage and Boonen still gets to step on the podium as he finishes 2nd.
| 1 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | 3h28'11 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Quickstep - Innergetic | s.t. | | 3 | Pavel Brutt | Tinkoff Credit Systems | s.t. | | 4 | Nick Nuyens | Cofidis | s.t. | | 5 | Vladimir Duma | Ceramica Flaminia | s.t. | | 6 | Danny Pate | Team Slipstream | s.t. | | 7 | Carlos Barredo L. | Quickstep - Innergetic | s.t. | | 8 | Nicki Sørensen | Team CSC | s.t. | | 9 | Simon Gerrans | AG2r Prévoyance | s.t. | | 10 | David Zabriskie | Team CSC | s.t. |
Tour Down Under Stage 4
Stage 4 was flat, which spelt Boonen all over it. I wont keep you waiting, Boonen got yet another win, as he's 3/4 now, but Huff had a poor sprint today. We wanted to do better, but we are already happy with his results from before, so we wont be too angry at him, for this one. Lets see if we can get some results in the last two stages.
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Quickstep - Innergetic | 3h18'01 | | 2 | Candido Barbosa | Liberty Seguros | s.t. | | 3 | Baden Cooke | Unibet.com | s.t. | | 4 | Jean-Patrick Nazon | AG2r Prévoyance | s.t. | | 5 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | s.t. | | 6 | Gert Steegmans | Quickstep - Innergetic | s.t. | | 7 | Hilton Clarke | Navigators Insurance | s.t. | | 8 | Marco Zanotti | Unibet.com | s.t. | | 9 | Robert Hunter | Barloworld | s.t. | | 10 | Marcus Ljungqvist | Team CSC | s.t. |
Tour Down Under Stage 5
Lets guess who won stage 5? Boonen and Quickstep once again dominated the stage, and the breakaway has really not been working all that well. We tried to get Duggan in the break today, but Quickstep and CSC both took them back with about 30km left. Huff was able to break the top 10, but some of the better sprinters are starting to find their form now, so it will be harder for Huff to get a good result.
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Quickstep - Innergetic | 3h18'52 | | 2 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | s.t. | | 3 | Baden Cooke | Unibet.com | s.t. | | 4 | Robert Hunter | Barloworld | s.t. | | 5 | Hilton Clarke | Navigators Insurance | s.t. | | 6 | Candido Barbosa | Liberty Seguros | s.t. | | 7 | Jean-Patrick Nazon | AG2r Prévoyance | s.t. | | 8 | Gert Steegmans | Quickstep - Innergetic | s.t. | | 9 | Bradley Huff | Team Slipstream | s.t. | | 10 | Martin Elmiger | AG2r Prévoyance | s.t. |
Tour Down Under Stage 6
The sprinters made it 6/6 today, as Quickstep were once again at the head of the race! Boonen was blocked late in the sprint and so instead of waiting, Quickstep kept on, hoping to get the win anyway. Huff was getting a great leadout by Pate and the two actually broke away and had a small gap, and it looked like they could win, but they were caught with 200m left and finished outside the Top 10. Steegmans was able to get the win, and Boonen finished 24th. That wraps up the race, and we can definitely be happy with that once! Frischkorn nearly won the KoM if not for a small break late in stage 6 grabbing the last points of the tour. No we can look forward to Qatar.
| 1 | Gert Steegmans | Quickstep - Innergetic | 2h07'19 | | 2 | Hilton Clarke | Navigators Insurance | s.t. | | 3 | Candido Barbosa | Liberty Seguros | s.t. | | 4 | Marco Zanotti | Unibet.com | s.t. | | 5 | Nick Nuyens | Cofidis | s.t. | | 6 | Pavel Brutt | Tinkoff Credit Systems | s.t. | | 7 | Vladimir Duma | Ceramica Flaminia | s.t. | | 8 | Yaroslav Popovych | Discovery Channel | s.t. | | 9 | Robert Hunter | Barloworld | s.t. | | 10 | Brian Vandborg | Discovery Channel | s.t. |
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Quickstep - Innergetic | 19h02'33 | | 2 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | + 26 | | 3 | Candido Barbosa | Liberty Seguros | + 36 | | 4 | Pavel Brutt | Tinkoff Credit Systems | + 42 | | 5 | Danny Pate | Team Slipstream | + 46 | | 6 | Yaroslav Popovych | Discovery Channel | s.t. | | 7 | Vladimir Duma | Ceramica Flaminia | s.t. | | 8 | Nick Nuyens | Cofidis | s.t. | | 9 | Simon Gerrans | AG2r Prévoyance | s.t. | | 10 | Erwin Thijs | Unibet.com | s.t. |
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Quickstep - Innergetic | 0 | 38 | | 2 | Hilton Clarke | Navigators Insurance | 6 | 24 | | 3 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | 0 | 18 | | 4 | Bradley Huff | Team Slipstream | 0 | 16 | | 5 | Baden Cooke | Unibet.com | 2 | 16 | | 6 | Candido Barbosa | Liberty Seguros | 4 | 10 | | 7 | Robert Radosz | Action - Uniqa | 0 | 10 | | 8 | Stefano Zanini | Predictor - Lotto | 0 | 8 | | 9 | Krzysztof Szczawinski | Miche | 0 | 8 | | 10 | Gert Steegmans | Quickstep - Innergetic | 8 | 8 |
| 1 | Nathan O'Neill | Health Net - Maxxis | 16 | 48 | | 2 | William Frischkorn | Team Slipstream | 12 | 44 | | 3 | Eddy Serri | Miche | 0 | 26 | | 4 | Fabrice Piemontesi | Tenax | 0 | 24 | | 5 | Jochen Summer | Elk Haus - Simplon | 12 | 24 | | 6 | Timothy Duggan | Team Slipstream | 0 | 20 | | 7 | Rory Sutherland | Health Net - Maxxis | 0 | 18 | | 8 | Krzysztof Szczawinski | Miche | 0 | 16 | | 9 | Jacob Rosenbarger | BMC Racing Team | 0 | 16 | | 10 | Oleg Grishkine | Navigators Insurance | 16 | 16 |
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