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Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 28-04-2011 20:22
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Team: Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
Patch: 1.0.4.1
Database: PCM Daily's 2011 DB
Evolution of attributes: 0.5
Difficulty: Extreme
Leaders:
Our best climber, who will be our leader in the stage races. He is 27 years old, which means that he is at his best now. His targets will be some stage races. Alex has the ability to keep up with the best in the mountains, but his weak TT skills is his problem. I hope that he can perform enough in the road stages to not need to worry about the TT:s.
Juan is the best sprinter in the team, which means that he will be our man for the mass sprints. He lacks a bit of sprinting ability to the best, but he is a strong climber, so I hope that he will be able to deliver good results on some hilly stages too, aswell as on the flat ones.
The team's old man. However, at 36 years, he is still capable of producing good results. Probably our best allrounder, as he is also a strong TT rider. That is good, as we lack a bit of that in the team. His career is going towards an end, but I think he will be able to deliver good results in at least one more season.
Nairo is already at only 21 years, a really good climber. He has the potential to become a future Grand Tour winner. I am really happy to have him here in the team, as he will probably be able to deliver some great results. Just like Alex, he is a weak TT:er, so he will have to deliver good results on the road stages.
Last but not least...
As I said to valverde in the other thread, a Japanese is a must in every team. This team didn't have any Japanese, so I signed Taiji, as he was looking for a team. Another strong sprinter, who will be able to leadout Forero, but also take his own chances in some races. I hope for at least one Japanese win this season.
Full team:
The team consists of only Colombian riders, plus our Japanese friend. Laverde, Chalapud, Ospina, Pantano and Atapuma are all strong helpers in harder terrain, while the others will do great as domestiques. I'm sure we will be able to get some good results this season.
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 15-09-2011 18:35
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-04-2011 20:25
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Did you add Taiji to the db? If so could you upload this db? Looks nice.
Nice team, also try to keep it Colombian/South American. No frenchies.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 28-04-2011 20:25
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Nice choice!
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-04-2011 20:31
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This one is nice too.  Good luck. 
EDIT: Win Bayern Rundfhart is going to be very very hard... 
Edited by FreitasPCM on 28-04-2011 20:31
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| ricotero_uy |
Posted on 28-04-2011 20:31
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Great! A southamerican team!!!
Good luck!!!
Are the goals to hard for the team? Which races in America you will enter? Vuelta a Tachira, Tour de San Luis, Tour de California.
I think that would be nicer goals for your team at the start, but great to have a story of a team from my continent. |
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| Munique |
Posted on 28-04-2011 20:53
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Great choice - probably a lot more challenging than Leopard Trek . Looking forward to follow the story. Guess you are riding the continental tour? If so, any hopes as regards the rankings? |
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 28-04-2011 20:55
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How will your recruiting strategy be? Will you keep it realistic in terms of nationality? |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 28-04-2011 21:10
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@valverde: I haven't added him, he was in the DB. I can upload it if you want, but aren't you already using it? I will of course stay with only Colombians.
@tsmoha: Thank you!
@ricotero: Thanks. Tachira isn't included in the DB, as far as I know, but Tour de San Luis will be our first race of the season. I think the report from the first stage is coming up tomorrow.
@Munique: Yes, definitely more challenging. More challenging and more fun. I don't have any expectations on a high place in the CT, we will only try to have a good season to be able to sign some new riders next season. Then we might start thinking about promotion.
@MrDemus: Only Colombians. That makes it more of a challenge.
Our first race will be Tour de San Luis. Report from stage 1 there will be coming up tomorrow, so stay tuned!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-04-2011 21:13
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Oh I've never seen him before. Maybe you just edited his sprint stat?
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 28-04-2011 21:19
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valverde321 wrote:
Oh I've never seen him before. Maybe you just edited his sprint stat?
Actually not. He had this stats in the DB.
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 28-04-2011 21:20
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Nice, south american team =)
Good luck.
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| olabj |
Posted on 28-04-2011 21:44
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Really nice. Are you going for WC to the Vuelta And good luck
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| canojuancho |
Posted on 28-04-2011 22:45
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Im from Colombia, so, be sure that i will follow you.
i dont like that japanese rider and i hope that you will sign suramerican riders only, but obviously, is your choice.
Go for the victory!!!!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 29-04-2011 06:21
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@lluuiiggii: Thanks!
@olabj: I haven't decided yet, but that would certainly be very nice. We will be asking for Wild Cards in Volta a Catalunya and Pais Vasco, though.
@canojuancho: Nice to hear. Taiji will be the only non-Colombian I will sign. Like I said earlier, only Colombians (plus Taiji).
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| roturn |
Posted on 29-04-2011 08:29
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Nice team choice. Ardila can do strange things as I realized in my story. Also Forero is promising.
Good luck with this one. |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 29-04-2011 17:07
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Btw, Forero 76? Does he deserve that irl?
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 29-04-2011 17:30
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@roturn: Thanks. I hope that he can do that here too.
@lluuiiggii: He is actually 75. I think so, as he has got some good results in mass sprints with good sprinters participating. Also, I want to have at least a small chance in the mass sprints.
Here is our first race of the season:
 17.01.2011 - 23.01.2011: Tour de San Luis
Isn't it perfect to start the season with a race in our home continent? This is the fifth edition of Tour de San Luis, and it has already started attracting interest from many european teams who wants to send riders here.
The race has seven stages, with one of them being a time-trial. However, this race is far from easy. Stage 2, 5 and 6 are all very hard stages, with stage 6 possibly being the hardest one. The winner of this race will have to be a strong climber, to survive the hard climbs here. We will certainly see some action in Argentina this week.
Stage 1: San Luis - Justo Daract: 166.0km
Stage 2: Juana Koslay - El Mirador del Potrero: 168.5km
Stage 3: Buena Esperanza - Villa Mercedes: 163.0km
Stage 4: San Luis: 18.5km (ITT)
Stage 5: Etapa la Toma - Merlo (Mirador del Sol)
Stage 6: La Huertita - La Carolina: 192.0km
Stage 7: San Luis - El Trapiche: 181.9km
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia:
 Nairo Quintana
Robinson Chalapud
Johan Chaves
Luis Felipe Laverde
John Martinez
 Taiji Nishitani
Jarlinson Pantano
Juan Villegas
Quintana is supposed to be our leader here, but if he doesn't feel good then we have Laverde, Chalapud and Pantano, who all could be the leader instead. Nishitani will be our man for the sprints, but he will unfortunately not have any leadout man, as we do only have two sprinters in the team and I decided to leave Forero home in Colombia. Chaves, Martinez and Villegas are here as domestiques and will just help our stronger riders. However, one of them might try to go with a breakaway to try and get the win out of it.
Full startlist:
Spoiler Sky
1. R.Urán
2. M.Barry
3. D.Cioni
4. S.Cummings
5. A.Dowsett
6. C.Froome
7. L.P.Nordhaug
8. I.Stannard
Astana
11. P.Tiralongo
12. D.Fofonov
13. M.Gourov
14. A.Grivko
15. V.Iglinskiy
16. R.Kiserlovski
17. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
18. S.Renev
Europcar
21. C.Kern
22. Y.Arashiro
23. S.Chavanel
24. M.Claude
25. D.Gaudin
26. C.Gautier
27. T.Hurel
28. P.Rolland
Tavira
31. C.Barbosa
32. S.Caldeira
33. A.Cardoso
34. H.Casimiro
35. D.Mestre
36. T.S.Metcalfe
Skil - Shimano
41. A.Geniez
42. R.Curvers
43. B.De Backer
44. K.De Kort
45. M.Docker
46. M.Kittel
47. R.Kluge
48. T.Veelers
Miche
51. S.Schumacher
52. W.Aranzazu
53. G.Di Salvo
54. L.Rocchetti
55. C.Zaballa
56. V.Zagorodny
Veranda's
61. S.Scheirlinckx
62. J.Drucker
63. D.Kemp
64. B.Schmitz
65. S.Van den Houte
66. J.Vanlandschoot
67. E.Verbist
68. T.Vernaeckt
Landbouwkrediet
71. B.De Waele
72. K.Barbé
73. R.Honig
74. A.Kruopis
75. S.Nys
76. B.Scheirlinckx
77. B.Traksel
78. G.Verheyen
UnitedHealth
81. R.Sutherland
82. J.Clarke
83. H.Clarke
84. R.Förster
85. J.Keough
86. K.Menzies
87. A.Pinfold
88. B.Van Poppel
Caja Rural
91. Í.Cuesta
92. O.Chuzhda
93. V.De la Parte
94. H.Fernández
95. F.Ferrari
96. A.Galdos
97. E.García
98. D.Milán
Team Type 1
101. J.Kocjan
102. R.Bertogliati
103. L.Bodrogi
104. D.Callegarin
105. J.Eldridge
106. O.Kerkhof
107. V.Kobzarenko
108. K.Reijnen
Colombia
111. N.Quintana
112. R.Chalapud
113. J.Chaves
114. L.Laverde
115. J.Martinez
116. T.Nishitani
117. J.Pantano
118. J.Villegas
PureBlack
121. G.A.Chadwick
122. D.Barry
123. T.Gudsell
124. M.Northey
125. R.Van Uden
126. J.Williamson
Endura
131. J.Bauer
132. A.Blain
133. R.Hayles
134. R.Mandri
135. R.Partridge
136. S.Thwaites
137. P.Voss
138. I.Wilkinson
Itera - Katusha
141. S.Firsanov
142. M.Antonov
143. K.Baranov
144. E.Kovalev
145. N.Novikov
146. A.Prishpetniy
147. V.Shmalko
148. A.Vorobev
CCC Polsat
151. J.Morajko
152. A.Honkisz
153. B.Janiaczyk
154. T.Kiendys
155. B.Matysiak
156. J.Mendes
157. A.Schulze
158. K.Zielinski
PSK Whirlpool
161. S.Kozúbek
162. P.Bencík
163. T.Buchácek
164. M.Hebik
165. F.Kloucek
166. J.Vecera
ISD CT
171. V.Popkov
172. Y.Agarkov
173. D.Grabovskyy
174. O.Martynenko
175. A.Pakthusov
176. O.Sheydyk
Topsport
181. P.Vanspeybroeck
182. J.Coenen
183. S.Joseph
184. G.Joseph
185. J.Salomein
186. P.Serry
187. P.Van Hecke
188. J.Wallays
Adria Mobil
191. K.Fajt
192. B.Furdi
193. P.Gorenc
194. A.Hocevar
195. B.Jarc
196. P.Segina
Favourites:
Rigoberto Urán Sky ProCycling
Urán is the best hilly rider in the race, so I will name him as the favourite here. He is also a good TT rider, which will be useful for him, as he can get an advantage in the harder stages from the TT. Also, as he is Colombian, he might be one of our transfer targets for next season. Urán will certainly be a man to watch here in Argentina.
 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana
The second best puncheur in this race. However, he is more of a climber than a puncheur, so this race would have suited him better if it included a mountain stage. Tiralongo will still be a man to watch, though, as he is a very good rider. His weakness is that he will probably lose a bunch of time in the TT.
 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana
Astana has a strong lineup here with both Tiralongo and Kiserlovski as possible leaders. Kiserlovski is an even better climber than Tiralongo, but a weaker puncheur, so we'll see who of them will be the leader of Astana. I don't think Kiserlovski will be able to win this race, but a podium should be achievable for the Croatian super talent.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 29-04-2011 17:39
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Great presnetation, great team, great player. Good luck Pelli
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| Tombola |
Posted on 29-04-2011 18:05
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Good luck! Seen the Leopard Story I will follow this one!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 29-04-2011 18:34
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Thanks Alakagom and Tombola.
17.01.2011: Tour de San Luis
Stage 1: San Luis - Justo Daract: 166.0km
Only one man broke away early, so no breakaway today. However, he was unlucky, as the whole "climb" was a straight road so the pack had him in eyesight even as he was over three minutes ahead.
We didn't have any good flat riders or any leadout man, so Quintana (best allround rider) acted as a flat rider and Pantano (second best sprint and acceleration) acted as a leadout man for our Japanese friend Nishitani, who had a great day (+5).
Quintana did what he could, but Pantano had to start his leadout from a mediocre position. Skil-Shimano was at the front with Kluge leading out Veelers.
With just over a kilometer to go, Nishitani cleverly changed to Veelers' wheel. The Dutchman was the one going fastest at the moment, so Nishitani got a good leadout from him.
Seven hundred meters from the line, Nishitani launched out of Veelers' slipstream and blasted towards the line. This could be a fantastic start for us, but Caja Rural's Galdós was also going well just behind Veelers and Nishitani.
Galdós lost some speed in the end and couldn't stop Nishitani from winning the stage and give us a great start of the season. Veelers held on for the second place ahead of Galdós. There was even two Japaneses in the top 5 today, with Arashiro finishing 5th.
After the finish I realised that the pack had splitted. Pre-race favourites Rigoberto Urán (Sky) and Robert Kiserlovski (Astana) finished in the second group 1'26 behind Nishitani.
Stage results:
| 1 | Taiji Nishitani | Colombia es Pasión | 3h57'26 |  2 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | s.t. |  3 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | s.t. |  4 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. |  6 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. |  7 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. |  8 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | s.t. |  9 | Oleg Chuzhda | Caja Rural | s.t. |  10 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | s.t. |
General Classification:
| 1 | Taiji Nishitani   | Colombia es Pasión | 3h57'06 | | 2 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | + 4 | | 3 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | + 12 |  4 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 | + 16 | | 5 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | + 18 |  6 | Koen Barbé | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 7 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 20 | | 8 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 9 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. |
Individuals:
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