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EA-Sony Ericsson Cycling Story (2010)
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 07-03-2010 16:59
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Well I've spend the last month getting back into the cycling sprit, I came to the conclusion that this site has given so much to the game, that I owe my thank you in some form. So I'm going to try and produce my first story. From all the updated databases down to the jersey's makers, this site makes PCM 2009 worth while playing. So now that I got that over with the basics of my story -
Database - PCM.daily's 2010 DB
Difficulty - Career: Hard; Race Settings: Hard
Orientation of Custom Team - 50%
Evolution of Atributes - .5
Team Information
Name - EA-Sony Ericsson Cycling
Shorten Name - EA-Sony Cycling
Initails - EAS
Nationality - United States of America
Jersey -
Thank You Rasm.
Rider Signings coming up in next post.
Comment Away, Mresuperstar
Update Section
Last Updated - August 16, 2011
Spoiler In-Game Date: October 15, 2010
Current Race: End of Season
Sponsor Confidence: Very Good
Money: 478,840 Euros
Stage Wins: 23
World Championships:
- TT: Gustav Erik Larsson
National Championships:
- Road: Sweden (T. Lovkvist)
- TT: Sweden (G.E. Larsson)
Tour Wins: 7
Vuelta a la Region de Murcia (T. Lovkvist)
Criterium International (T. Lovkvist)
Circuit Sarth-Pays de la Loire (J. Peraud)
Amgen Tour of California (G.E. Larsson)
Bayern-Rundfahrt (G.E. Larsson)
Philadelphia International Championship (T. Lovkvist)
Tour of Missouri (T. Lovkvist)
Last Stage Win: October 9, 2010 - T. Lovkvist
Mountain Jersey's (Tour) Wins: 5
Sprint Jersey's (Tour) Win's: 4
Young Rider (Tour) Wins: 3
Pro Tour Leader: Team Saxo Bank
Top Continental Rider: Thomas Lovkvist
Top Pro Tour Rider: Alberto Contador
Projected Promotion:
1. Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
2. Skil-Shimano
3. Bbox Bouygues Telecom
4. Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
5. EA-Sony Ericsson Cycling
6. Acqua & Sapone
Edited by Mresuperstar on 16-08-2011 14:39
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| Maximka |
Posted on 07-03-2010 17:06
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Good luck! I hope you won't sign only Americans
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| purepasd |
Posted on 07-03-2010 17:07
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Good Luck with your story, looks nice. |
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 07-03-2010 17:15
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Looks interesting, good luck mate !
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 07-03-2010 18:20
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Welcome to the 2nd Meeting for EA-Sony Ericsson Cycling
After talking and sending offers back and forth between teams we are proud to announce the 2010 Roster including 16 riders from 4 different countries, They are -
Leaders -
Gustav Erik Larsson - Country Sweden - Age 29 -
Now in his prime Larsson is a great TT and will hopefully win take home a few stage races with this ability, as it also says he will be one of our two leaders for this year.
Thomas Lovkvist - Country Sweden - Age 25 -
As the second leader for EA-Sony he brings talent as well as youth and is not only great in the hills and mountains but also brings that explosive burst on the flat making a treat for any stage.
Climbers -
Philip Delgnan - Country Ireland - Age 26 - MO Stat 74
Daniel Martin - Country Ireland - Age 23 - MO Stat 75
Thomas Peterson - Country USA - Age 23 - Mo Stat 73
All three riders are going to give it their all in hopes of a stage win or even win a stage race. KoM for any event can also be contested by any 3 at any time. They all pose a treat.
Other Names -
Jean-Christophe Peraud - Country France - Age 32 - TT Specialist
Andrew Talansky - Country USA - Age 21 - Sprinter
Young Rider - Worth Mentioning
Future Great - Richard Ackerman - Country USA - Age 18 - Fighter
Has a great potentional in this team and has his sights set on the Giro, and could make a splash in the next few years.
And the others - Young Riders
Masauso Wells - Country USA - Age 19
Douglas Arnold - Country USA - Age 19
Harrison Neil - Country USA -Age 18
Shadrack Miles - Country USA - Age 19
Moses Crawford - Country USA - Age 19
Anthony Skene - Country USA - Age 18
Raphael Delobel - Country France - Age 19
Christophe Anziani - Country France - Age 21
Total Roster -
There you have the 2010 EA-Sony Ericsson Roster.
Roster toke a while to settle so Goals, and Calender are going to be in the next meeting.
Manager Mresuperstar
Edited by Mresuperstar on 10-03-2010 20:18
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 07-03-2010 18:21
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Looks interesting,good luck with your story! |
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| Pazflor |
Posted on 07-03-2010 18:27
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GL with your story
What difficult are you playing?
What DB are you using? |
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| Tombola |
Posted on 07-03-2010 18:28
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Nice, succes!
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| Kami |
Posted on 07-03-2010 18:28
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Pafzlor:
Mresuperstar wrote:
Database - PCM.daily's 2010 DB
Difficulty - Career: Hard; Race Settings: Hard
Orientation of Custom Team - 50%
Evolution of Atributes - .5
Btw, nice team, GL!
Edited by Kami on 07-03-2010 18:33
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 07-03-2010 18:32
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Larsson and Lovkvist ! 
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 07-03-2010 18:52
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3rd Pre-Season Meeting - EA-Sony Ericsson Cycling
The following sponsors have jumped on to the team including -
Co-Sponsors:
Ebay
McDonalds
Trek
Financial Sponsors:
American Express
Voler
Powerade
Team and Co-Sponsors Goals for 2010 Season -
Financial Sponsors Goals -
Now with 2010 Goals Settled we can now focus our prorities on the schedule, which will be posted later tonight or early tomarrow morning.
Note - I'm in the USA est Time Zone, So right now it is 2:48 p.m. March 7, 2010, just incase anyone gets confussed.
EA-Sony Ericsson Manager - Mresuperstar
Edited by Mresuperstar on 10-03-2010 20:22
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| baia |
Posted on 07-03-2010 19:54
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Good luck.
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| jaccan |
Posted on 07-03-2010 21:04
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Yay two swedish guys. They are relly going to kick ass in the mountain and in the TT |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 07-03-2010 22:43
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EA-Sony Ericsson Cycling Final Pre-Season Meeting
After looking over the cycling schedule for 3 hours with our sponsors we have come to a conclusion for the 2010 calendar.
January
Giro della Calabria - 4 Stages
February
Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca - 5 Stages
Vuelta a Andalucia - 5 Stages
Giro della Provincia di Grosseto - 3 Stages
March
Le Tour de Langkawi - 7 Stages
Vuelta a la Region de Murcia - 5 Stages
Omloop Van het Waasland
Milano-Sanremo - Pending Wildcard
Criterium International - 3 Stages
April
Circuit Sarth-Pays de la Loire - 5 Stages
Vuelta a Castilla y Leon - 5 Stages
Giro del Trentino - 4 Stages
Tour of the Gila - 5 Stages
May
Szlakiem Grodow Piastowskich - 4 Stages
Amgen Tour of California - 9 Stages
Bayern-Rundfahrt - 5 Stages
June
Philadelphia International Championship
Air Force Cycling Classic
Ster Elektrotoer - 5 Stages
National Championships
July
Tour de Delta - 3 Stages
Tour de Qinghai Lake - 9 Stages
Chicago Criterium
August
Paris-Correze - 2 Stages
Sparkassen Giro
Dutch Food Valley Classic
Larry H. Millar Tour of Utah - 5 Stages
Tour of Missouri - 5 Stages
September
Tour of Britain - 7 Stages
Circuit Franco-Belge - 4 Stages
October
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - 7 Stages
Paris-Bourges
Giro del Piemonte
Japan Cup
Italics are Team Goal Races
As the manager of this team I convinced the sponsors to let us pass over the 3 main tours, and instead focus on getting them more exposser by competing in more stage races over in Europe. And we pulled both ways back and forth until we came to this schedule, with hopeful given wildcard for the Milano-Sanremo. The overall schedule is made up of -
National Championships
32 Stage Races (Hopefully 33)
125 Stages (126)
Leaders Main Races
Gustav Erik Larsson
(Milano-Sanremo)
Tour of the Gila
Amgen Tour of California
Jayco Herald Sun Tour
Thomas Lovkvist
(Milano-Sanremo)
Vuelta a Andalucia
Bayern-Rundfahrt
Tour of Missouri
That's all for now, Giro della Calabria results should start being posted tomarrow. If you want any race information or anything at all from me I would be glad to take any questions, or suggestions considering this is my first story.
Manager Mresuperstar
Edited by Mresuperstar on 23-03-2010 00:23
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 08-03-2010 02:00
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Giro della Calabria Report Stage 1
EA-Sony Ericsson Riders
First stage for the our newly formed team proved to be a tough one. Being a flat profile we were hoping to keep our riders in the peleton and wait for the bunch sprint for Talansky, but our plans were spoiled by the wind conditions. It broke the peleton in half almost ever 30-45 Km. And well it caused many problems throughout day.
The Start
Along the way some great views,
But then the wind got the best of my sprinter for the day Talansky, but also young rider Anziani. Leaving them over 9min back!
Now really mad at my manager style of not watching Talansky close enough, I had to make the best of what was turning into a horrible first race. So I turned to fighter Jean-Christophe Peraud who managed to stay in the peleton the whole day and was feeling great. And with 8km to go the breakaway was caught and another strong gust of wind caught the peleton off guard, leaving a small range to attack and he did. The sprint trains now stunned had to put on the after burners if they still wanted their win because Peraud was getting away.
And with his fighter mentality he was still leading the sprint teams that were very close behind with 1km to go.
But the wind couldn't help Peraud anymore, and not known for his sprint ability he didn't stand a chance and just had to try and hold off the surge riders for a top 10 placement, after a horrible day for the team.
And he did just that and keep a nice 6th Place.
Overall Finish
1 Paride Grillo CarmioOro NGC
2 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo
3 César Quitério Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
4 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone
5 Nicolas Sanderson Amore & Vita - Conad
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
7 Sebastian Siedler Vorarlberg - Corratec
8 Tomasz Lisowicz CCC Polsat Polkowice
9 Yuri Metlushenko Amore & Vita - Conad
10 Jure Kocjan CarmioOro NGC
72 Richard Ackerman EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
85 Philip Deignan EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
126 Anthony Skene EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
132 Harrison Neil EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
157 Andrew Talansky EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +9'16
158 Christophe Anziani EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +10'58
"Well hopefully we can bounce back for stage 2," Andrew Talansky, "I was just caught off guard and the next thing I knew it was just me and Christophe Anziani, and got the message from the team car that we were over 2 minutes back and we just could never catch up."
Manager Mresuperstar
Edited by Mresuperstar on 08-03-2010 02:23
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| hellboy |
Posted on 08-03-2010 06:57
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looking like a very nice story to follow
Go Roman!
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 08-03-2010 13:32
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Giro della Calabria Race Report Stage 2
After a dissapointing stage 1, we hoped for some better results today. Being mostly flat with rolling hills at the end, our goal for today was to get Anziani in the breakaway because he is already 11 minutes back and try to keep everyone together for a bunch sprint at the finish line.
The stage started off slow for the first 20km with no one attacking the slow pace so I had to make the first move, and took my chance with young rider Anziani. And it caused confusion in the peleton as other teams sent off their riders as well, leaving what looked to be a group of 7 riders.
And the peleton seemed content with that group of breakaway riders as we worked together for the next 30 km and gained a 3 minute lead. But some teams still didn't like the combination and two riders in the peleton were lauched and hopes of catching up with the group that now had a good 4'30 lead. Back in the breakaway Anziani was having problems keeping the tempo and a few times had to sit in the back regaining energy from the fatigue from yesturday's stage. And while the other 6 riders didn't like that all. So after 20km of this cat and mouse game they had enough and started attacking one another.
Leaving Anziani alone on the road almost 2 mins beheid the group, but shortly after was picked up by the 2nd breakaway group with the two late attackers, 4 mins behind E1 and 3 mins ahead of the peleton.
But he was again dropped by that group and found his way back in the peleton and then just couldn't handle the fatigue and dropped back into the team car with us, and withdrawal from the race.
Back in the peleton the chase was on the 1st breakaway had a 7 minute gap with 110km to go. So young riders Harrison Neil and Anthony Skene stepped into the chase. And with 30 km to go they only had a 1'30 gap. And the second breakaway group was already caught.
And by 25km at the base of the final hill they were caught, slowing down the peleton for a few km to catch their breath, but our Irish climber Delgnan saw the chance to make something happen, and let off a raging attacking without any signal to the team car, causing other climbers to react that were stronger than Delgnan and soon their was a breakaway of 4 about to go over top of the hill with a min gap with 12km to go.
Over the top the group of 4 split leaving Delgnan in a fight of possibly third. With the other two riders gaining a minute on them. And under the 10km banner sprint trains were forming, and Peraud with Talansky got hooked up as they hit the flat heading for the finish line.
But the two riders in front couldn't be caught and the fight was for 3rd between Delgnan and the sprint trains coming on fast.
They were just fast passing Delgnan under the 1km banner and Talansky came flying by in the sprint and coming in with a nice 10th place after the disaster that happened yesturday, and Delgnan held off for a 14th Place finish.
Overall Stage Results
1 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone
2 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo +35
3 Sebastian Siedler Vorarlberg - Corratec +1'14
4 Eddy Ratti De Rosa - Stac Plastic
5 Paride Grillo CarmioOro NGC
6 Roberto Ferrari De Rosa - Stac Plastic
7 Marko Kump Adria Mobil
8 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Doimo
9 René Weissinger Vorarlberg - Corratec
10 Andrew Talansky EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
14 Philip Deignan EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
42 Jean-Christophe Peraud EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
120 Richard Ackerman EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
148 Harrison Neil EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +9'40
150 Anthony Skene EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
158 Christophe Anziani EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING Withdrawal
Overall General Results
1 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone
2 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo +33
3 Paride Grillo CarmioOro NGC +1'14
4 Sebastian Siedler Vorarlberg - Corratec +1'20
5 César Quitério Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
6 Marco Cattaneo De Rosa - Stac Plastic
7 Roberto Cesaro Miche +1'22
8 Pavel Gorenc Adria Mobil
9 Bernardo Colex Amore & Vita - Conad
10 Mart Ojavee Cycling Club Bourgas +1'23
18 Jean-Christophe Peraud EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
46 Philip Deignan EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
104 Richard Ackerman EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
145 Anthony Skene EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +9'50
146 Harrison Neil EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
147 Andrew Talansky EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +10'40
Interview - Philip Delgnan
Q: What made you want to attack on that final hill?
A: Well to me it just seemed like everyone gave up after they caught the breakaway and I know I'm a good climber and their was chance and I toke it, and have no regrets about it.
Manager - Mresuperstar
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Edited by Mresuperstar on 10-03-2010 20:42
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| Pazflor |
Posted on 08-03-2010 15:11
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Nice story, hope that this will be a long story, as I like to read about Swedish riders |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 08-03-2010 18:35
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Giro della Carabria Stage 3 Report
Heading into stage 3 Philip Deignan is considered a favorite and we plan to ride in the peleton all day until we hit the 3 hills at the end and hopefully Deignan can muster together another strong attack and compete for our first win.
Early on the breakaway was made and at the highest had a gap of 4 minutes. The 14 riders up front didn't work well together and had problems staying together throughout the whole stage.
And with 45km to go there was only 5 riders with a gap of a minute. And they still haven't learn they meaning of teamwork.
They were caught at the base of the first hill, with the peleton still going at a strong clip, no one got a chance to attack over top the first hill.
Desended down to the base of the second hill were the peleton slowed down and Deignan toke his shot and was followed by three other riders.
At the top of the second hill Deignan was leading the group of 4 now 45 seconds ahead of the peleton, down to the base of the final hill.
Now at the base of the final hill with the finish line in view, attacks from other favorites still in the peleton occured and Geignan start to question how early he attacked because the riders attacking from the peloton were coming strong and went by him with 2km to go. And all Geignan could do was try and hold on again like he did in the last stage.
At the top of the hill at the finish line Geignan managered to keep a 10th Place finish while everyone around him seemed much faster. He also gained time over the main group of riders that stayed in the peleton.
Stage Results -
1 Emanuele Sella CarmioOro NGC
2 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
3 Constantino Zaballa Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano +19
4 Daniele Callegarin Centri della Calzatura - Cavaliere
5 Fortunato Baliani Miche
6 Uros Murn Adria Mobil
7 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone
8 Andrea Tonti CarmioOro NGC
9 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo
10 Philip Deignan EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
59 Andrew Talansky EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +1'56
76 Jean-Christophe Peraud EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
85 Richard Ackerman EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
156 Anthony Skene EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +10'00
157 Harrison Neil EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +11'09
Overall General Results
1 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone
2 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo +33
3 Emanuele Sella CarmioOro NGC +55
4 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator +59
5 Constantino Zaballa CentroCiclismo de Loulé - Louletano +1'20
6 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Doimo +1'24
7 Uros Murn Adria Mobil
8 Fortunato Baliani Miche
9 Massimo Codol Acqua & Sapone
10 Aleksandr Kuschynski Liquigas - Doimo
16 Philip Deignan EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
62 Jean-Christophe PeraudEA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +3'01
82 Richard Ackerman EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
136 Andrew Talansky EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +12'17
150 Anthony Skene EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +19'31
152 Harrison Neil EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING +20'40
Sprint Points Overall
1 Francesco Failli Acqua & Sapone 48
2 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Doimo 47
3 Paride Grillo CarmioOro NGC 37
15 Jean-Christophe PeraudEA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING 10
21 Philip Deignan EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING 8
26 Andrew Talansky EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING 6
Mountain Points Overall
1 Yauheni Sobal Centri della Calzatura - Cavaliere 10
2 Emanuele Sella CarmioOro NGC 8
3 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 6
Team Standings Overall
37h58'01 (1) Acqua & Sapone
+ 35 (2) Liquigas - Doimo
+ 55 (3) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
+ 4'28 (14) EA-SONY ERICSSON CYCLING
Interview - Philip Deignan
Q: Was attacking early your call or the team managers call?
A: I told the manager before the race that if we were all together on the second hill and I felt good that I was going to try for it then, but looking back on it I should have waited until that third hill, because I'm the one who start that small break, and if I would have waited I think I could have gotten a better finish.
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| Tombola |
Posted on 08-03-2010 19:43
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Pazflor wrote:
Nice story, hope that this will be a long story, as I like to read about Swedish riders
I don't like reading about Swedisch riders...
Spoiler Kidding! Have fun with your story, I like custom teams! Specially when people don't make it a Super Squad!
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