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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-11-2013 23:28
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Agreed. Haven't enjoyed Chloe storyline cause it is so predictable.
Stroke storyline was very unpredictable way back when.
Once again I agree with more racing. Makes it seem less realistic if all that happens is drama. This isn't a soap opera, this is a cycling story.
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| jseadog1 |
Posted on 15-11-2013 01:09
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Agreed. Haven't enjoyed Chloe storyline cause it is so predictable.
Stroke storyline was very unpredictable way back when.
Once again I agree with more racing. Makes it seem less realistic if all that happens is drama. This isn't a soap opera, this is a cycling story.
I agree with everything that he said.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 15-11-2013 01:09
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@The Hobbit: The first fair race, wow interesting choice. But I guess it did set the stage for him to become I cycling so yeah I could see that. And their my secrets, while most of them. Some writers have already PM me asking how I do it (like TMM) so they are slowing being leaked.
@welker3257: The stroke was an interesting twist. I just needed more time to stall until I had a DB to use. But the stalling didn't last long enough as you found out.
@Jakstar22: Thanks for your input. I have to agree, I don't have a favourite episode either. I like most of them. Few of them I would go back and reword but not every story is perfect.
@TheManxMissile: Yeah I can understand the "frustration/hatred" of the Chloe story line but it's something I have no regrets doing looking back on it. It's different and I enjoy it. In terms of it being irrational, the only thing I can say is everybody makes weird decisions in their life. Travis just came off a big statement win at the festival, thinking logical probably wasn't his top priority.
Also, Andy Schleck was quite an achievement but this is by far my longest story. It's your decision. If it was me I would include both lol.
@baseballlover312: You don't enjoy a story line because it's too predictable but don't want too much drama... Yeah, I still get what you mean. It's tough to balance but I understand that it has been rather drama orientated lately. I have to keep both in check but once you start the cycling aspect it typical goes on for 5-6 episodes. The same goes with setting up the drama aspects, it takes 4-5 episodes to build up the tension to were I want it.
All considered, you should all be happy to know that more racing is coming. And at the moment I don't have any more twists stored up.
For now... 
Thanks for responding, I like hearing from readers. Even if your not always on board with my plot twists or story decisions from time to time (*cough* TMM & BBL *cough*) 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 15-11-2013 01:14
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What's predictable about a good cycling race?
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Posted on 15-11-2013 01:16
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baseballlover312 wrote:
What's predictable about a good cycling race?
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 15-11-2013 06:56
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Also, why is everyone complaining about a predictable and over dramatic story line, watch Australian Master Chef, and you'll realise just how laid back and surprising this is, 
TMM! I don't see what was surprising about Travis' actions in the latest episodes, I mean, it seemed to me the right thing, or am I just Naive. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-11-2013 09:36
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Favorite episode? Well it's a couple of episodes: the track experience
Didn't see most of it coming, but you keep pleasantly surprising me.
I'd say you keep up like you're doing with it, it's a great story! |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 16-11-2013 03:15
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Life was moving so fast. I now had a baby and a marriage on the way.
Chloe, Zooey, and I were all getting settled in here in Barcelona, Spain.
I almost forgot that I was a cyclist. I still had a job to do. That's why I was here.
Fernando Alonso didn't waste any time getting me back into the action -
February 17-20, 2014:  Vuelta a Andalucia
What a start list. Wiggins, Conta, Quintana, J-Rod... for this race?
My form is awful. I haven't raced since the American RR, 7 and half months ago.
So, I just using this 4 days to build that up as a helper for Henao.
Not like our new team can do much with this start list anyways.
--- *** --- *** --- *** ---
We are in San Fernando for the opening prologue. A tad to far outside
of Barcalona for Chloe and little Zooey to make the trip to watch me.
Just some pictures of me today because I'm egotistic. 
You already could guess that Wiggins easily got the victory.
Alonso didn't waste any expenses with these colorfully jerseys.
I actually kind of like them, they are cooler than Bissells that's for sure.
I finish 103rd out of 116th. Yeah it's going to be a long 4 days.
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | 7'01 | | 2 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | + 4 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Skil | + 10 | | 4 | Tanel Kangert | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 11 | | 5 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 12 |
Spoiler | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 14 | | 7 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 8 | Andreas Klöden | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 9 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 16 | | 10 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 17 | | 11 | Stephen Cummings | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 12 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 18 | | 13 | Thor Hushovd | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 14 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 19 | | 15 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 20 | | 16 | Martijn Keizer | Skil | s.t. | | 17 | Jens Voigt | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 18 | Aitor Galdos | Euskadi | + 21 | | 19 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 20 | Jesús Del Nero | Sojasun | + 23 | | 21 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | + 24 | | 22 | Steven Kruijswijk | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 24 | Barry Markus | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 25 | | 25 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 26 | Laszló Bodrogi | Sojasun | s.t. | | 27 | Dennis Van Winden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 26 | | 28 | Marcel Sieberg | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 29 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 30 | Bobbie Traksel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 27 | | 31 | Marco Haller | Sojasun | s.t. | | 32 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | + 28 | | 33 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | + 29 | | 34 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 35 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 30 | | 36 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | + 31 | | 37 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 38 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | + 32 | | 39 | Maxim Pokidov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 40 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 41 | Wouter Mol | Skil | + 33 | | 42 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 43 | Rubén Fernández | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 34 | | 44 | Gustavo Domínguez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 45 | José Rujano | Skil | s.t. | | 46 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 47 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskadi | s.t. | | 48 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 49 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 50 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Procycling | + 35 | | 51 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 52 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 53 | Joshua Edmonson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 54 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 55 | José Joaquín Rojas | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 56 | Michel Kreder | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 57 | Daniel Silva | Itera - Katusha | + 36 | | 58 | Rafael Valls | Skil | s.t. | | 59 | Rafael Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 60 | Igor Romero | Euskadi | s.t. | | 61 | Marco Coledan | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 62 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 63 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 64 | Raymond Künzli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 65 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 66 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 67 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | + 37 | | 68 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 69 | Thomas Peterson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 70 | Haritz Orbe | Euskadi | s.t. | | 71 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 72 | Pello Bilbao | Euskadi | s.t. | | 73 | Marlón Pérez | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 74 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 38 | | 75 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 76 | Egor Silin | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 77 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 78 | Willem Wauters | Skil | s.t. | | 79 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Procycling | + 39 | | 80 | Yann Huguet | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 81 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 82 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 40 | | 83 | Beñat Urain | Euskadi | s.t. | | 84 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 85 | Marco Canola | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 86 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Skil | s.t. | | 87 | Cristian Delle Stelle | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 41 | | 88 | Tom Slagter | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 89 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 90 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 91 | Ángel Vallejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 92 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 42 | | 93 | Donato Cannone | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 94 | Roman Katyrin | Itera - Katusha | + 43 | | 95 | Jesús Del Pino | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 44 | | 96 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | s.t. | | 97 | Silvère Ackermann | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 98 | Aleksandr Rotyakov | Itera - Katusha | + 45 | | 99 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 46 | | 100 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 101 | Pedro Sequera | Desigual Cycling | + 47 | | 102 | Juan Carlos Riutort | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 103 | Travis Newton | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 104 | Sebastian Henao | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 105 | Steve Bekaert | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 106 | Andrew Bajadali | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 107 | Yauheni Sobal | Sojasun | s.t. | | 108 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 48 | | 109 | Sergey Kolesnikov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 110 | David De la Fuente | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 50 | | 111 | Jose Aguilar | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 112 | Flavio De Luna | Desigual Cycling | + 52 | | 113 | Andreu Durango | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 53 | | 114 | Anton Agafonov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 55 | | 115 | Ruben Silva | Desigual Cycling | + 56 | | 116 | Francisco Javier Arizmendi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 57 |
3 hilly stages on tap after the prologue to decide the tour.
My job? Protect Henao. Hopefully he remembers this for later in the season.
Sebastian finishes in one of the top groups so my protect isn't wasted.
Although I was wasted at the end of the day. Getting in shape isn't fun.
The winner of the stage was none other than Contador.
He also takes the GC lead away from Wiggins.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 4h10'41 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 47 | | 3 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 55 | | 4 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'12 | | 5 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | + 1'24 |
Spoiler | 6 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'02 | | 8 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 9 | Steven Kruijswijk | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Stephen Cummings | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 11 | Tanel Kangert | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 12 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 14 | Andreas Klöden | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 15 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 16 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 17 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 18 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 20 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 21 | Lieuwe Westra | Skil | s.t. | | 22 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 23 | Joshua Edmonson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 24 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 25 | Rubén Fernández | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 26 | José Rujano | Skil | s.t. | | 27 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | | 28 | Jens Voigt | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 29 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Skil | s.t. | | 30 | José Joaquín Rojas | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 31 | Rafael Valls | Skil | s.t. | | 32 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 33 | Tom Slagter | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 35 | Sebastian Henao | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 36 | Jesús Del Nero | Sojasun | s.t. | | 37 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 38 | Daniel Silva | Itera - Katusha | + 2'51 | | 39 | Pello Bilbao | Euskadi | + 4'22 | | 40 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'42 | | 41 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'50 | | 42 | Ángel Vallejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 43 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 44 | Aitor Galdos | Euskadi | s.t. | | 45 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 46 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 47 | Marlón Pérez | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 48 | Raymond Künzli | BMC Racing Team | + 5'28 | | 49 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 50 | Egor Silin | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 51 | Silvère Ackermann | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 52 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 53 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 54 | Thomas Peterson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 55 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 56 | David De la Fuente | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 57 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 58 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 59 | Pedro Sequera | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 60 | Thor Hushovd | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 61 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskadi | + 6'35 | | 62 | Michel Kreder | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 63 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 64 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 65 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 66 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 67 | Andrew Bajadali | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 68 | Marcel Sieberg | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 69 | Rafael Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 71 | Yauheni Sobal | Sojasun | s.t. | | 72 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 73 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 74 | Gustavo Domínguez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 75 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 8'05 | | 76 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 77 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 78 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 79 | Martijn Keizer | Skil | s.t. | | 80 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 81 | Marco Canola | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 82 | Travis Newton | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 83 | Yann Huguet | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 84 | Haritz Orbe | Euskadi | s.t. | | 85 | Dennis Van Winden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 86 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 87 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 88 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 89 | Barry Markus | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 9'03 | | 90 | Donato Cannone | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 9'42 | | 91 | Marco Haller | Sojasun | + 10'28 | | 92 | Sergey Kolesnikov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 93 | Wouter Mol | Skil | s.t. | | 94 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | s.t. | | 95 | Laszló Bodrogi | Sojasun | s.t. | | 96 | Jesús Del Pino | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 97 | Willem Wauters | Skil | s.t. | | 98 | Marco Coledan | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 99 | Steve Bekaert | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 100 | Igor Romero | Euskadi | s.t. | | 101 | Bobbie Traksel | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 102 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 103 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 11'18 | | 104 | Jose Aguilar | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 105 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 12'23 | | 106 | Cristian Delle Stelle | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 107 | Beñat Urain | Euskadi | + 13'54 | | 108 | Andreu Durango | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 14'48 | | 109 | Roman Katyrin | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 110 | Francisco Javier Arizmendi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 111 | Maxim Pokidov | Itera - Katusha | + 15'25 | | 112 | Anton Agafonov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 113 | Ruben Silva | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 114 | Aleksandr Rotyakov | Itera - Katusha | + 16'14 | | 115 | Juan Carlos Riutort | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 19'08 | | 116 | Flavio De Luna | Desigual Cycling | s.t. |
Uphill finish so odds are another Contador win.
But the breakaway steals this one, a stage win for Jorge Azanza.
I just rest in the peloton today, maybe I'll try something tomorrow.
| 1 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4h17'04 | | 2 | Silvère Ackermann | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | Egor Silin | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | Thomas Peterson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Yauheni Sobal | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 7 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 37 | | | 8 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 1'17 | | | 9 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 10 | José Joaquín Rojas | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | | 11 | Lieuwe Westra | Skil | s.t. | | | 12 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 13 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 14 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 15 | Thor Hushovd | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 16 | Steven Kruijswijk | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 17 | Tom Slagter | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 18 | Tanel Kangert | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | | 19 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 20 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 21 | Stephen Cummings | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 22 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 23 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 24 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 25 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 26 | Andreas Klöden | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | | 27 | Jens Voigt | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 28 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 29 | Rafael Valls | Skil | s.t. | | | 30 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 31 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 32 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 33 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 34 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 35 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 36 | Gustavo Domínguez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | | 37 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 38 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 39 | Aitor Galdos | Euskadi | s.t. | | | 40 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 41 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 42 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 43 | Rubén Fernández | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | | 44 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 45 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 46 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 47 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 48 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 49 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | | 50 | Jesús Del Nero | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 51 | Michel Kreder | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 52 | Pello Bilbao | Euskadi | s.t. | | | 53 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 54 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 55 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 56 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 2'18 | | | 57 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 58 | Joshua Edmonson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 59 | Barry Markus | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | | 60 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 61 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 62 | Rafael Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 63 | Sebastian Henao | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | Mresuperstar | | 64 | David De la Fuente | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | | 65 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 66 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 67 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 68 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | | 69 | Bobbie Traksel | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 70 | Marcel Sieberg | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 71 | Sergey Kolesnikov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | | 72 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | | 73 | Ángel Vallejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 74 | Daniel Silva | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | | 75 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 76 | Donato Cannone | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 77 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 78 | Marco Canola | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 79 | Yann Huguet | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 80 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | | 81 | José Rujano | Skil | s.t. | | | 82 | Marco Haller | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 83 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 84 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 85 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 86 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | | 87 | Laszló Bodrogi | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 88 | Haritz Orbe | Euskadi | s.t. | | | 89 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Skil | s.t. | | | 90 | Dennis Van Winden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 91 | Igor Romero | Euskadi | s.t. | | | 92 | Raymond Künzli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 93 | Andrew Bajadali | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 94 | Marco Coledan | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 95 | Willem Wauters | Skil | s.t. | | | 96 | Marlón Pérez | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | Mresuperstar | | 97 | Wouter Mol | Skil | s.t. | | | 98 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | s.t. | | | 99 | Travis Newton | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | Mresuperstar | | 100 | Martijn Keizer | Skil | + 3'32 | | | 101 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | | 102 | Cristian Delle Stelle | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 103 | Jesús Del Pino | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | | 104 | Pedro Sequera | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | Mresuperstar | | 105 | Beñat Urain | Euskadi | s.t. | | | 106 | Andreu Durango | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | | 107 | Steve Bekaert | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 4'07 | | | 108 | Maxim Pokidov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | | 109 | Aleksandr Rotyakov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | | 110 | Jose Aguilar | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | Mresuperstar | | 111 | Roman Katyrin | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | | 112 | Juan Carlos Riutort | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | | 113 | Francisco Javier Arizmendi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 5'44 | | | 114 | Ruben Silva | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | Mresuperstar | | 115 | Anton Agafonov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 18'45 | | | 116 | Flavio De Luna | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | Mresuperstar |
Downhill finish so odds are a breakaway win.
It's my one chance to shine as I'm joined with Pedro Sequera in the breakaway.
Nope, you really should have seen this coming. Contador wins.
It was a long tour but I'm glad to get the first one out of the way here in 2014.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 4h52'44 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 51 | | 3 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 1'33 | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 2'03 | | 5 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | + 2'45 | | 8 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Tanel Kangert | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 10 | Jens Voigt | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 11 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 15 | Lieuwe Westra | Skil | s.t. | | 16 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 17 | Rafael Valls | Skil | s.t. | | 18 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 19 | José Joaquín Rojas | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 20 | Yauheni Sobal | Sojasun | s.t. | | 21 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 22 | Steven Kruijswijk | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 24 | Andreas Klöden | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 25 | David De la Fuente | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 26 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 27 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 28 | Tom Slagter | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 30 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 31 | Thomas Peterson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 32 | Daniel Silva | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 33 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 34 | Sebastian Henao | Desigual Cycling | + 5'25 | | 35 | Michel Kreder | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 36 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 37 | Rubén Fernández | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 38 | Jesús Del Nero | Sojasun | s.t. | | 39 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 40 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 41 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | | 43 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 44 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 45 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 46 | Silvère Ackermann | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 47 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 48 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 49 | Egor Silin | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 50 | Rafael Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 51 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Skil | s.t. | | 52 | Marcel Sieberg | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 53 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 54 | Stephen Cummings | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 55 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 56 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 57 | Gustavo Domínguez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 58 | Yann Huguet | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 59 | Andrew Bajadali | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 60 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 61 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 62 | Dennis Van Winden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | Willem Wauters | Skil | s.t. | | 64 | Raymond Künzli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 65 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 66 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 67 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 68 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 69 | Martijn Keizer | Skil | + 6'46 | | 70 | Wouter Mol | Skil | s.t. | | 71 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 72 | José Rujano | Skil | + 8'01 | | 73 | Bobbie Traksel | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 74 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 75 | Pello Bilbao | Euskadi | s.t. | | 76 | Thor Hushovd | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 77 | Donato Cannone | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 78 | Aitor Galdos | Euskadi | s.t. | | 79 | Ángel Vallejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 80 | Sergey Kolesnikov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 81 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 82 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 83 | Joshua Edmonson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 84 | Marco Canola | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 85 | Barry Markus | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 86 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 87 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 88 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskadi | s.t. | | 89 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 90 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 12'00 | | 91 | Beñat Urain | Euskadi | s.t. | | 92 | Marco Haller | Sojasun | s.t. | | 93 | Laszló Bodrogi | Sojasun | s.t. | | 94 | Cristian Delle Stelle | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 95 | Roman Katyrin | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 96 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | s.t. | | 97 | Igor Romero | Euskadi | s.t. | | 98 | Steve Bekaert | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 99 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 100 | Andreu Durango | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 101 | Marco Coledan | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 102 | Jesús Del Pino | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 103 | Haritz Orbe | Euskadi | s.t. | | 104 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 105 | Jose Aguilar | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 106 | Francisco Javier Arizmendi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 107 | Travis Newton | Desigual Cycling | + 16'25 | | 108 | Maxim Pokidov | Itera - Katusha | + 20'31 | | 109 | Anton Agafonov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 110 | Pedro Sequera | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 111 | Aleksandr Rotyakov | Itera - Katusha | + 23'25 | | 112 | Juan Carlos Riutort | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. |
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 13h27'39 | | 2 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 3'05 | | 3 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 3'44 | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 5'29 | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 5'32 |
Spoiler | 6 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 5'35 | | 7 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 5'39 | | 8 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | + 5'41 | | 9 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | + 5'44 | | 10 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | + 5'55 | | 11 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'59 | | 12 | Lieuwe Westra | Skil | + 6'05 | | 13 | Tanel Kangert | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 6'06 | | 14 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 6'09 | | 15 | Andreas Klöden | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 16 | Jens Voigt | Team Argos - Shimano | + 6'15 | | 17 | Steven Kruijswijk | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 6'19 | | 18 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 19 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | + 6'21 | | 20 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 6'29 | | 21 | José Joaquín Rojas | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 6'30 | | 22 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 23 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 6'31 | | 24 | Rafael Valls | Skil | s.t. | | 25 | Tom Slagter | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 6'36 | | 26 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'39 | | 27 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 7'16 | | 28 | Daniel Silva | Itera - Katusha | + 8'17 | | 29 | Thomas Peterson | Team Argos - Shimano | + 8'37 | | 30 | Stephen Cummings | Sky Procycling | + 8'52 | | 31 | Jesús Del Nero | Sojasun | + 8'58 | | 32 | Rubén Fernández | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 9'09 | | 33 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | + 9'12 | | 34 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'21 | | 35 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | + 9'42 | | 36 | Yauheni Sobal | Sojasun | + 9'46 | | 37 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Skil | + 10'10 | | 38 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 10'21 | | 39 | Sebastian Henao | Desigual Cycling | + 10'23 | | 40 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 10'45 | | 41 | David De la Fuente | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 11'12 | | 42 | Egor Silin | Itera - Katusha | + 11'14 | | 43 | Silvère Ackermann | BMC Racing Team | + 11'16 | | 44 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 11'33 | | 45 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 11'35 | | 46 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Procycling | + 11'46 | | 47 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | + 11'55 | | 48 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 12'37 | | 49 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 12'38 | | 50 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 12'40 | | 51 | José Rujano | Skil | + 12'46 | | 52 | Joshua Edmonson | Sky Procycling | + 12'47 | | 53 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | + 13'33 | | 54 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | + 13'36 | | 55 | Raymond Künzli | BMC Racing Team | + 13'38 | | 56 | Gustavo Domínguez | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 13'42 | | 57 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 13'43 | | 58 | Michel Kreder | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 59 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin - Sharp | + 13'49 | | 60 | Pello Bilbao | Euskadi | + 14'08 | | 61 | Aitor Galdos | Euskadi | + 14'20 | | 62 | Marcel Sieberg | Katusha Team | + 14'35 | | 63 | Rafael Serrano | Movistar Team | + 14'45 | | 64 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskadi | + 14'47 | | 65 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 66 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | + 14'49 | | 67 | Thor Hushovd | Team Argos - Shimano | + 14'55 | | 68 | Andrew Bajadali | Garmin - Sharp | + 14'56 | | 69 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | + 15'12 | | 70 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | + 15'29 | | 71 | Ángel Vallejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15'41 | | 72 | Dennis Van Winden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 16'05 | | 73 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 16'15 | | 74 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 16'17 | | 75 | Yann Huguet | Team Argos - Shimano | + 16'18 | | 76 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | + 17'25 | | 77 | David Belda | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 17'26 | | 78 | Martijn Keizer | Skil | + 18'34 | | 79 | Willem Wauters | Skil | + 18'40 | | 80 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | + 18'52 | | 81 | Marco Canola | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 18'55 | | 82 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 18'57 | | 83 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 19'32 | | 84 | Barry Markus | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 19'38 | | 85 | Wouter Mol | Skil | + 19'56 | | 86 | Donato Cannone | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 20'34 | | 87 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos - Shimano | + 21'02 | | 88 | Bobbie Traksel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 21'05 | | 89 | Sergey Kolesnikov | Itera - Katusha | + 21'26 | | 90 | Haritz Orbe | Euskadi | + 22'51 | | 91 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 22'52 | | 92 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Procycling | + 22'53 | | 93 | Laszló Bodrogi | Sojasun | + 25'02 | | 94 | Marco Haller | Sojasun | + 25'04 | | 95 | Igor Romero | Euskadi | + 25'13 | | 96 | Marco Coledan | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 97 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | + 25'21 | | 98 | Jesús Del Pino | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 26'35 | | 99 | Steve Bekaert | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 27'13 | | 100 | Travis Newton | Desigual Cycling | + 27'22 | | 101 | Jose Aguilar | Desigual Cycling | + 28'06 | | 102 | Cristian Delle Stelle | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 28'27 | | 103 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 28'34 | | 104 | Beñat Urain | Euskadi | + 29'57 | | 105 | Pedro Sequera | Desigual Cycling | + 30'09 | | 106 | Andreu Durango | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 31'04 | | 107 | Roman Katyrin | Itera - Katusha | + 31'29 | | 108 | Francisco Javier Arizmendi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 33'20 | | 109 | Maxim Pokidov | Itera - Katusha | + 40'26 | | 110 | Aleksandr Rotyakov | Itera - Katusha | + 44'22 | | 111 | Juan Carlos Riutort | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | + 47'18 | | 112 | Anton Agafonov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 55'27 |
+2 EXP for finally getting back to the road with my new team Desigual.
My next race will be Vuelta a la Region de Murcia:
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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| 547984 |
Posted on 16-11-2013 03:20
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Posts: 5008
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Nice to be racing again!
+1 PRL
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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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 16-11-2013 04:39
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+ STA. He needs better secondary stats
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Posted on 16-11-2013 05:08
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Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 9595
Joined: 18-07-2010
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+1 SPRINT
PCM.Daily Survivor Season 2 Fan Favorite Winner
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 16-11-2013 05:25
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Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 8057
Joined: 22-06-2009
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EXP - Prologue, Stamina / Form - Sprint
@547984: Yep it's good to be on the road again.
@aidanvn13: Agreed. It's frustrating seeing his energy bars deplete so fast during each stage. We are getting to the point his main stats don't matter if his secondary ones aren't any good.
@jseadog1: Thanks for the SPRINT form on a mountain stage.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 16-11-2013 07:36
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A good warm up race.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 16-11-2013 15:40
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I didn't have any time to go home to check up on little Zooey
because three days later I had to race the Vuelta a Murcia.
Rodriquez makes the same journey as me from Vuelta a Andalucia to take part.
Really hard to see anybody else winning this one considering
Joaquim needs to back up his Spanish RR Championship he won last season.
Our team is riding for Diaz (not Perez), but Henao might try something as well.
But if you came here to see me, your going to be disappointed...
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Is the big climb going to decide it? Or the uphill finish?
A huge group of 14 riders get away. The Desigual rider is Henao.
He is by far the best climber in the group and rips the breakaway apart
on the longest climb of the day, but as you can see the peloton is closing in.
Over the top the peloton splits but they do catch Henao.
Igor Anton slips away but Henao is in the E2 group trying to chase him down.
Anton is caught with 8kms to go and Rodriguez capitalizes on it.
Henao slips all the way back to 53rd as a big group swept him up.
It's a no-show day for me. I'm still trying to build up my form.
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 4h12'44 | | 2 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'45 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Astana Pro Team | + 1'56 | | 5 | Emanuele Sella | Lampre - Merida | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Marcos García | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 7 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 8 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 9 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Joseph Dombrowski | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 11 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 2'15 | | 13 | George Bennett | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 14 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 15 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 16 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | | 17 | Rubén Plaza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 18 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 19 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 20 | Haimar Zubeldia | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 21 | Miguel Rubiano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 22 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 23 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 24 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 25 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 26 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 27 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | José Joaquín Rojas | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 29 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 30 | Jaume Rovira | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 31 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | s.t. | | 32 | Egoi Martínez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 33 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2'52 | | 34 | Silvère Ackermann | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 35 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | 36 | Rory Sutherland | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 37 | José Belda | Banco BIC - Carmim | s.t. | | 38 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Sojasun | s.t. | | 39 | Sergio Mantecón | Banco BIC - Carmim | s.t. | | 40 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 41 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 42 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 43 | Adrián Palomares | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 44 | Óscar Sevilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 45 | Moisés Dueñas | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 46 | Luca Solari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 47 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 48 | Gennadiy Tatarinov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 49 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 50 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 51 | Julian Kern | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'41 | | 52 | Alexander Rybakov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 53 | Sebastian Henao | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 54 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 55 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 56 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 57 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 4'06 | | 58 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 59 | Francesco Lasca | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 60 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 61 | Davide Appollonio | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 62 | Daniel Díaz | Desigual Cycling | + 4'43 | | 63 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | + 5'38 | | 64 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 65 | Esteban Plaza | Euskadi | s.t. | | 66 | Alexandre Pliuschin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 67 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 68 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 69 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 70 | Marc Goos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 71 | Sander Armee | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 72 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 73 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 74 | Travis Newton | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 75 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 76 | David Le Lay | Sojasun | s.t. | | 77 | Laurent Pichon | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 78 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 79 | Yaroslav Popovych | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 80 | Ilnur Zakarin | RusVelo | s.t. | | 81 | Ben King | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 82 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 83 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 84 | Lluis Guillermo Mas | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 85 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 6'49 | | 86 | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 87 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 88 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 89 | Jean-Marc Marino | Sojasun | s.t. | | 90 | Carlos Barbero | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 91 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 92 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 93 | Frederique Robert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 94 | Mickaël Delage | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 95 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 96 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 97 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 98 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 99 | Marco Bandiera | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 100 | Unai Iparragirre | Euskadi | + 7'18 | | 101 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | + 9'13 | | 102 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 103 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 104 | Marcel Sieberg | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 105 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 10'22 | | 106 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 107 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 108 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 109 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 110 | Remmert Wielinga | Univé - Streekgids.nl | s.t. | | 111 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 112 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 113 | Roy Curvers | Univé - Streekgids.nl | s.t. | | 114 | Christoph Pfingsten | Univé - Streekgids.nl | s.t. | | 115 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 116 | Julien Vermote | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 117 | Alexander Serov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 118 | Danilo Hondo | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 119 | Valentin Iglinskiy | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 120 | Laszló Bodrogi | Sojasun | s.t. | | 121 | Joaquín Sobrino | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 122 | Mattia Gavazzi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 123 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 124 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 125 | Valter Pereira | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 10'57 | | 126 | Evan Huffman | Astana Pro Team | + 12'45 | | 127 | Aritz Bagües | Euskadi | s.t. | | 128 | Haritz Orbe | Euskadi | s.t. | | 129 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 130 | Steve Bekaert | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 131 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 132 | Daniel Mestre | Banco BIC - Carmim | s.t. | | 133 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 134 | Igor Silva | Banco BIC - Carmim | s.t. | | 135 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 136 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 137 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 138 | Albert Timmer | Univé - Streekgids.nl | s.t. | | 139 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 140 | Yannick Martinez | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 141 | Benoit Drujon | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 142 | Igor Romero | Euskadi | s.t. | | 143 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 144 | Benjamin Giraud | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 145 | Sébastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 146 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | s.t. | | 147 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 148 | Ivan Kovalev | RusVelo | s.t. | | 149 | Evgeni Sokolov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 150 | Carlos Alzate | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 151 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Univé - Streekgids.nl | s.t. | | 152 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 153 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 154 | Noah Smeets | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 155 | David Livramento | Banco BIC - Carmim | s.t. | | 156 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 157 | Bas Stamsnijder | Univé - Streekgids.nl | s.t. | | 158 | Sjoerd Kouwenhoven | Univé - Streekgids.nl | s.t. | | 159 | Enrico Montanari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 160 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 161 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 162 | Beñat Urain | Euskadi | s.t. | | 163 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 164 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 165 | Alexander Khatuntsev | RusVelo | s.t. | | 166 | Jack Bobridge | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 13'49 | | 167 | Graeme Brown | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 17'24 | | 168 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 169 | Rick Ottema | Univé - Streekgids.nl | s.t. | | 170 | Kevin De Jonghe | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 171 | Rony Martias | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 172 | Bruno Sancho | Banco BIC - Carmim | s.t. | | 173 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 174 | Stefan Radochla | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 175 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 176 | Federico Butto | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 177 | Dion de Witt | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 178 | Bruno Urrutia | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 179 | Francisco Javier Arizmendi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 180 | Freddy Cruz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 181 | Bernardo Riccio | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 182 | Marlón Pérez | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 183 | Omar Fraile | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 184 | Higinio Fernández | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 185 | Piet Van den Broeck | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 186 | Flavio De Luna | Desigual Cycling | s.t. | | 187 | Diogo Nunes | Banco BIC - Carmim | + 19'51 | | 188 | Anton Agafonov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 189 | Juan Carlos Riutort | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 190 | Daniel Holt | Garmin - Sharp | + 21'49 | | 191 | Renat Lyubimov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 192 | Igor Musabayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
+1 EXP for learning patience. Can't be active every race.
My next race is the Istrian Spring Trophy in about a month's time:
(So I get time to be with Zooey and plan a wedding with Chloe.)
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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 16-11-2013 15:41
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+1 MT
Gig 'em Aggies
Fast N' Loud Cycling Project - ICL
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-11-2013 15:44
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Hardly surprising that Travis is lacking form after what he has been through  |
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 16-11-2013 16:02
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+1 hill I think. |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 16-11-2013 16:05
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Can we get a group consensus where we decide to improve Travis's secondary stats (STA, REC, DH)? His primary stats are (relatively)high without good back up stats 
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 16-11-2013 16:05
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+Sta
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-11-2013 16:13
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+1 Stamina from me as well |
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