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The Last of the Real | #11 Tour de l'Avenir VI
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 05-09-2014 13:42
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Welcome to this story about Dries Deckers, Belgian legend and one of cycling’s greatest. The story will not be about how good or bad I am at playing PCM, but will focus on telling a great story with Dries as the main character. As the story progress he is going to win a lot (I hope), but don’t expect him to win great things right away. The story will switch between a book-style and the traditional one-rider-story-style. Below you will find information about the game, database etc. There will be an overview of updates, a list with important palmarès, things said about Dries and probably other things as well.
Game: PCM12
Database: 1973DB that I have made from scratch by myself.
Difficulty: Normal
Development: 0.5
Random potential: No
Prologue will be in Stage Race/Classic mode, while the rest will be career.
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 05-09-2014 13:42
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Edited by Wild Dog on 07-08-2015 19:12
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 05-09-2014 13:42
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Spoiler
Results
1972
1st Omloop Het Volk Amateurs
1st Ronde van Drenthe
7th Paris - Roubaix Espoirs
Grand Tours
| Giro d'Italia | Tour de France | Vuelta a España | | 1973 | | | | |
Hilly Classics
| Amstel | Flèche | Liège | Sebastián | Lombardia | | 1973 | | | | | | |
Cobbled Classics
| Het Volk | E3 Prijs | RVV | Wevelgem | Roubaix | | 1973 | | | | | | |
World Championships
Spoiler
Other notable results
1973
Victories
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UCI Ranking
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Super Prestige Pernod
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Race days
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Records
Trophies
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 05-09-2014 13:43
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What you have just read, dear reader, is the beginning of a book. The book is written by the great Dries Deckers, the most successful cyclist ever in the professional peloton. His prime fell together with the golden era of cycling - an era that had the perfect mix of technology and mystique.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 05-09-2014 13:45
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Ah, I'd been looking forward to this 
Good luck, it seems very promising so far. Nice idea for a lay-out!
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| Roextro |
Posted on 05-09-2014 13:50
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Looks awesome Wild Dog, Good luck! |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 05-09-2014 13:51
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Good luck mate, I somehow think this will be go the same path as Puncher is meant to go. Will definitely follow.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-09-2014 15:08
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Hope you have a lot of success with Dries, Good Luck  |
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 06-09-2014 08:07
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Thank you guys, I appreciate your comments.
Vincenzo Nibali - Rui Costa - Nairo Quintana - Alberto Contador - Peter Sagan
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The Last of the Real
- Story about Dries Deckers - racing against Merckx, de Vlaeminck etc. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 06-09-2014 19:07
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Good luck, looks very promising.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 06-09-2014 19:09
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Really interesting. Best of luck.
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 07-09-2014 09:27
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-09-2014 17:08
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Lets hope you can make your father happy by being a success on the road |
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 08-09-2014 09:25
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@Sutty - Thanks. Indeed, that is what his father hopes too.
Next update about Dries' and his brothers' childhood. Then we're ready to start racing.
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 08-09-2014 19:00
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 10-09-2014 19:37
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I learned quickly and together, Mathijs and I dominated the local junior races. During a race in 1967 in our home town Wetteren I was unlucky and got hit by a car. I broke my leg and I needed to take a break for a while. As a result Mathijs decided to take to the track instead of the road, and while I recovered he became one of the best young track riders in Belgium if not in Europe. I had a hard time, but my father insisted and he got me back to cycling.
For the past two years I have raced with the amateurs and I think that I’m soon ready to search for a professional team. At this moment in time – right before the Paris – Roubaix Espoirs, Mathijs is in talks with the Molteni team, but they are not interested in me – yet. I’m eager to impress them as it would be a dream come true if my brother and I would turn professional at the same team. My focus is on the Tour de l’Avenir in the coming month, while Mathijs is concentrated on the Paris – Roubaix and the World Championships for amateurs in Rome.
We have both had some great results so far this season. Mathijs won the Ronde van Vlaanderen for amateurs, Paris – Troyes and Gent Wevelgem for amateurs and he is currently leading the amateurs’ world ranking. I’ve won the Omloop Het Volk for amateurs and also Ronde van Drenthe, but I don’t think I’m in with a chance at Roubaix. My job is to protect my brother and also Maertens, but even if they will have a great day it is going to be tough. Our team manager has heard about some Italian guy who won the Baby Giro last year, and who is now focusing on the Paris – Roubaix and the World Championships. There is a big battle ahead of us, but I will enjoy it.
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 13-09-2014 18:21
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The old radio was playing in the background, as I carefully prepared for tomorrow. My brother and I had travelled south, into northern France to take part in the first of our big goals this season. We stayed at a small hotel together with the rest of the Belgian team. Mathijs and I were studying the route map in order to make the best plan for tomorrow’s important race, the Paris – Roubaix Espoirs. The race would cross some of the toughest cobbled sections before getting to the finish on the velodrome in Roubaix.
Beside me lay today’s newspaper. I picked it up and as expected there were a few pages about the race.
“France has no chance, Belgium are clear favourites” June 10th 1972
“Mathijs Deckers – The 21 year old Belgian is seen by many as the biggest favourite for the amateurs’ Paris – Roubaix. He has had a great spring with the win in Ronde van Vlaanderen for amateurs and he has the best team to help him. Watch out – this could be a dominant winner.”
“Francesco Moser – Though he is a year younger than Deckers he must be considered as the greatest rival to the Belgian. Moser has already locked an agreement to turn professional with Filotex for the coming season. He is a great all-rounder who is going to be a superstar.”
“Freddy Maertens – Another Belgian and the youngest of the three main contenders. Primarily seen as a future sprint star he is capable of riding the cobbles quite well, as we saw in Ronde van Vlaanderen in which he placed 5th.”
“You should also keep an eye out for: Cees Bal and Hennie Kuiper, Netherlands – Frans Kerremans and Michel Pollentier, Belgium – Guy Sibille, France – Renato Marchetti, Italy”
As I turned the last page I felt a little more motivated than before. Even though I had not been mentioned I knew I was going to play a big part of the race. My main goal was to help my brother to victory, and hopefully a good showing would secure a professional contract for both of us. I knew great things were to come soon. |
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 16-09-2014 16:03
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The race started fairly easy in sunny weather as a small breakaway group took their chance. We had nobody in the group, but we stayed at the front of the peloton together with the Netherlands and a few Italians. I had a chat with my team-mate Freddy Maertens who has already signed a deal with Flandria to turn pro by 1973. He is a nice guy and a great talent who I’m sure will get lots of success in his career.
A moment of inattention and we had a huge problem. Our main rival, Francesco Moser, launched an early attack and as a result I was sent to the front of the pack which meant that I had no chance to look at those lovely ladies standing in the road side. I pedaled as much as I could, but Moser seemed uncatchable. It didn’t help the case that we were the only team working for it as the Netherlands took a long break – surely Kuiper had a bad day.
My day at the front had an end as well as I dropped from the group. I managed to maintain a high pace on my own which meant that I catched and passed some of the riders that held on for longer than I did. Our mistake from earlier had also settled the race as Mathijs, Freddy Maertens and Michel Pollentier were unable to gain ground on Moser at the front. The gap continued to grow until Mathijs launched an attack to attempt to catch him on his own.
Though he got a little closer the win was never within reach and Moser crossed the line on the velodrome with his arms raised as the winner of the Paris – Roubaix Espoirs 1972. A splendid effort by the Italian who looked as if he had ridden on cobbles since the day he was born.
Mathijs sprinted across the line in second to maintain his overall lead on the amateurs’ world ranking.
I entered the velodrome in 7th position proud of my performance, but still disappointed that we hadn’t won. That it wasn’t a ‘Deckers’ on top of the podium in Roubaix. I knew that time would come in the future, but right now it seemed impossible with a guy like Moser dominating. After all there are some big guns on the professional scene too. |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 16-09-2014 16:08
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Well, this doesn't mean anything yet. Better luck next time
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 20-09-2014 19:37
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@Selwink - A comment! Finally!  Thank you.
The Tour de l’Avenir was just around the corner. Our team stayed at a hotel in Gap in which the short time trial on day one would take place. From there the tour counted two flat stages, two hilly stages, two mountainous stages and the final time trial in Grenoble. I had used a few centiems to use the hotel’s phone to call my dad in Wetteren. He gave me some tips and tricks for the coming time trial. He talked about saddle height, position on the bike and something called aerodynamic.
My personal goal for the forthcoming week was a top 10 overall. Our team didn’t have the big favourite as we did in Roubaix, but we had the same rival. Francesco Moser was a great climber too, as he showed in last year’s Baby Giro, so he would be tough to beat. His team was better in the mountains as well, so we needed to be smart and a little lucky too.
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