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The Basque Proud - February 2011
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| ricotero_uy |
Posted on 04-05-2011 00:56
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January 1st, 2011
Well I've been reading lot of stories and I decided to start(again) my own one. I hope we can enjoy the story and of course, I'm open for advices that will be welcome.
Game: Pro Cycling Manager 2010
Patch: 1.0.4.1
Database: PCM Daily 2011 DB
Team: Euskaltel Euskadi
Gameplay hardness: Hard
Career hardness: Normal
Next post: Team presentation, sponsors and objectives.
Edited by ricotero_uy on 23-05-2011 15:00
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| markene2 |
Posted on 04-05-2011 01:04
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Looking forward to it 
Venga Vino
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| ricotero_uy |
Posted on 04-05-2011 02:37
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@markene2: Welcome!!!
January 1st, 2011
Main Sponsor
Euskaltel (Communications)
Budget: €244.500
Objectives:
* San Sebastian Classic: Win the Race (31/07),
* Tour de France: Win the General Classification (3,23/7),
* Vuelta al Pais Vasco: Win the Points Classification (5,10/4)
Secondary Sponsors
Renfe (Transport)
Budget: €21.500 (€105.000)
Objective: Vuelta a España Podium (28/8,17/9)
Repsol YPF (Energy)
Budget: €21.800 (€68.000)
Objective: Tour of Romandie Podium (27/4,2/5)
Iberia (Transport)
Budget: €37.500 (€63.000)
Objective: World Championships Podium (28/9)
Team Leaders
Samuel Sanchez
The great leader of the team. He will be in charge of fighting for the objectives in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, San Sebastian Classic, Tour de France and World Championships.
He also will be our leader in most of the Pro Tour races and ardenne classics.
Igor Anton
The second team leader. His objectives are the Tour of Romandie and the podium in the Vuelta a España. He's going to be the companion of Samuel in the Tour de France and Vuelta al Pais Vasco.
Koldo Fernandez
Koldo will be the leader in sprint finishes. He will participate in Pro Tour races trying to win points for the teams classification. He also will be our leader in the Giro d'Italia.
The rest of the Team
We have a strong team to support our leaders. Mikel Nieve, Gorka Verdugo, Amets Txurruka and Romain Sicard will help the Sanchez and Anton in their objetives and also have possibilities to test their own chances.
Ruben Perez, Pablo Urtasun and Iñaki Isasi will help Koldo in the sprints, but also could try for stage wins in minor races.
Johnatan Castroviejo and Gorka Izagirre are young prospect between a nice group of riders.
The idea is to plan the season so each rider will have aprox. 70 racing days.
And yes, I will only sign basque riders (scouted in the Basque Country or with basque surname). Of course real riders born in Basque Country are available to join the team in the future.
Next post: January races |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 04-05-2011 03:36
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Not easy goals, especially the TdF one looks hard. Nice you'll keep it realistic by only signing Basque riders =)
Also looks like Sammy Sanchez will be peak/lvl 5 a lot of times this year (lots of goals). Hopefully he still has some fuel in the end of the year for the WC.
Very nice presentation, and good luck
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-05-2011 06:21
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Good luck. I will be following.
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| olabj |
Posted on 04-05-2011 06:28
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GL. I'll follow
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| BikeRoel |
Posted on 04-05-2011 07:58
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I will follow this too. And good luck
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| roturn |
Posted on 04-05-2011 07:59
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Me too.
Looking forward for this one. As said really tough goals.
Good luck. |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 04-05-2011 08:26
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roturn wrote:
Me too.
Looking forward for this one. As said really tough goals.
Good luck.
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| ricotero_uy |
Posted on 04-05-2011 14:21
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@lluuiiggii: Winning the TdF is like a dream, specially in hard mode. I believe we could fight for top5 or with patience we could reach the podium. Samu is intended to help Igor Anton in the Vuelta, but I will take care of his form to reach the WC in shape. Maybe he will not go to the Vuelta and instead participate in a Pro Tour staged race.
Welcome and thank you very much!
@Pellizotti2, @olabj, @BikeRoel, @roturn, @tsmoha: Thank you all and welcome to the story. It's great to have great writers here too.
PCM crashed on Tour Down Under stage 1 repeat, but I would write the race introduction and the report of the stage after work. (Internal note: Don't use secondary screen when playing PCM) |
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| BikeRoel |
Posted on 04-05-2011 15:25
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thank you ricotero_uy for your compliments to us that we follow your story
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 04-05-2011 22:21
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Good luck, ready for some reports! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 04-05-2011 22:28
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Good luck with Euskadi.  Interested how Pello Bilbao develops, because in two seasons with my career, he improved a lot. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 05-05-2011 06:39
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Good luck with this story, I´m really looking forward to this one
Good team choice and nice goals for this season...will be exciting! |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 05-05-2011 16:15
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Good luck ! Very intresting team to play and as there are few ( almost none ) Eustakel stories the suspense is defitnely up Good luck in Aussie Land.
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| Tombola |
Posted on 05-05-2011 16:30
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Good luck with those goals!
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| ricotero_uy |
Posted on 06-05-2011 00:24
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@Tombola: Thanks!
@Alakagom: It's my favorite team too, so twice satisfaction for me.
@Batista15: Thank you.
@FreitasPCM: He's only 20yo. I think we will have lot of time to develop. He will race around 60 days this season. Thank you!
@chrica04: Thanks! Here they are!
January 19th, 2011
UPT - Tour Down Under
First UCI Pro Tour race of the year in the land down under. 6 stages with some hills that could decide the overall GC winner. Let's see how the sprinters shape is while the year start.
Team Objective: Stage Win
Our Squad
191. R.Pérez
192. F.J.Aramendia
193. J.Azanza
194. I.Isasi
195. G.Izagirre
196. M.Mínguez
197. D.Sesma
Start list
Spoiler Quick·Step
1. T.Boonen
2. F.Chicchi
3. G.Ciolek
4. F.Robert
5. K.Van Impe
6. G.Van Keirsbulck
7. J.Vermote
Lampre - ISD
11. A.Petacchi
12. D.Hondo
13. D.Kostyuk
14. A.Malori
15. D.Pietropolli
16. D.Righi
17. B.Szeghalmi
Garmin
21. T.Farrar
22. J.Dean
23. R.Hammond
24. A.Klier
25. B.Lancaster
26. J.Van Summeren
27. M.Wilson
Leopard
31. F.Cancellara
32. D.Bennati
33. D.Klemme
34. M.Mortensen
35. G.Nizzolo
36. S.O'Grady
37. M.Pedersen
The Shack
41. R.Hunter
42. B.Hermans
43. M.Irizar
44. M.Kwiatkowski
45. J.McCartney
46. D.Muravyev
47. B.Selander
Rabobank
51. C.Barredo
52. L.Boom
53. G.Brown
54. R.Flens
55. M.Matthews
56. J.Van Emden
57. D.Van Winden
Saxo Bank
61. B.Cooke
62. J.J.Haedo
63. L.S.Haedo
64. J.A.Jørgensen
65. L.Roberts
66. D.Tanner
67. M.Tosatto
Sky
71. G.Thomas
72. R.Downing
73. M.Hayman
74. J.Hunt
75. L.P.Nordhaug
76. I.Stannard
77. C.Sutton
Vacansoleil
81. R.Feillu
82. T.De Gendt
83. G.Gardeyn
84. J.Hoogerland
85. P.Ligthart
86. M.Marcato
87. J.Van Leijen
Astana
91. M.Lorenzetto
92. S.Clarke
93. M.Gourov
94. V.Iglinskiy
95. T.Kangert
96. R.Kireyev
97. T.Vaitkus
Movistar
101. J.I.Gutiérrez
102. I.Erviti
103. J.V.García Acosta
104. I.Konovalovas
105. P.Lastras
106. Á.Madrazo
107. C.Oyarzun
Geox
111. J.J.Cobo
112. M.Brändle
113. M.Corti
114. F.Felline
115. M.Kump
116. D.Ratto
117. J.Walker
HTC
121. M.Renshaw
122. L.Bak
123. J.Degenkolb
124. M.Goss
125. L.Howard
126. A.Rasmussen
127. G.Smukulis
Liquigas
131. M.Finetto
132. T.Dall'Antonia
133. D.Oss
134. M.Paterski
135. S.Ponzi
136. F.Sabatini
137. P.Sagan
Cofidis
141. S.Dumoulin
142. J.El Fares
143. L.Á.Maté
144. A.Petit
145. A.Saramotins
146. N.Sijmens
147. T.Valentin
FDJ
151. S.Casar
152. N.Bouhanni
153. S.Chainel
154. F.Guesdon
155. Y.Offredo
156. C.Pineau
157. W.Sulzberger
Katusha
161. P.Brutt
162. A.Arguelyes
163. D.Galimzyanov
164. M.Ignatiev
165. A.Kuschynski
166. A.Porsev
167. M.Vantomme
BMC
171. G.Van Avermaet
172. C.Beyer
173. A.Kristoff
174. J.Murphy
175. T.Phinney
176. M.Schär
177. D.Wyss
AG2R
181. L.Mondory
182. D.Champion
183. K.Goddaert
184. S.Houanard
185. Y.Krivtsov
186. S.Minard
187. R.Nocentini
Euskaltel
191. R.Pérez
192. F.J.Aramendia
193. J.Azanza
194. I.Isasi
195. G.Izagirre
196. M.Mínguez
197. D.Sesma
Omega Pharma
201. M.Sieberg
202. A.Blythe
203. D.Boucher
204. G.Dockx
205. A.Hansen
206. O.Kaisen
207. V.Reynès
Saur - Sojasun
211. C.Lemoine
212. A.Coyot
213. J.Engoulvent
214. F.Jeandesboz
215. L.Mangel
216. S.Poulhiès
217. Y.Talabardon
(UPT) Tour Down Under - Stage 1
Report
The day started really quite and the BOTD was formed by 6 riders, between them Dimitriy Muravyev who won the only KoM sprint. In the descent 3 riders, Gorka Izagirre was one of them, escaped from the peloton and reached the escapees. The difference of 7 minutes with 90kms to go was quickly reduced and with 20kms the difference was a minute. Then Izagirre decided to press the peloton a bit more and try a solo attack, but was caught with 10kms to the finish.
The team was well positioned to the sprint with Aramendia, Isasi and R.Pérez, and with 5 kms to go we were at the front of the leading sprint.
But it wasn't enough to hold Sagan who passed Pérez, and went all the way through to take his first victory. Samuel Dumoulin was just behind him and the uphill final give him more chances to beat the slovakian rider. Pérez managed to finish 3rd and Isasi 7th, so two riders in the Top10 is quite a good result for us.
Result
| 1 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 3h38'16 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Wesley Sulzberger | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervelo | s.t. | | 6 | Vicente Reynes | Omega Pharma-Lotto | s.t. | | 7 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Christopher Sutton | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 9 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 10 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 3h38'06 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 4'' | | 3 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'' | | 4 | Wesley Sulzberger | FDJ | + 10'' | | 5 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Cervelo | + 10'' | | 6 | Vicente Reynes | Omega Pharma-Lotto | + 10'' | | 7 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 10'' | | 8 | Christopher Sutton | Sky ProCycling | + 10'' | | 9 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 10'' | | 10 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 10'' |
Points
| 1 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 8 | | 2 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | 8 | | 3 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | 8 |
KoM
| 1 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | 16 | | 2 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | 12 | | 3 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 8 |
U25
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 3h38'10 | | 2 | Wesley Sulzberger | FDJ | + 6'' | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 6'' |
Teams
| 1 | Liquigas - Cannondale | 10h54'48 | | 2 | FDJ | s.t. | | 3 | Team Garmin - Cervelo | s.t. |
Next post: Tour Down Under - Stage 2 |
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| BikeRoel |
Posted on 06-05-2011 07:45
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Nice race ricotero_uy, nice podium but do you have good sprinters in your team that can do something good in the tour down under like winning on a flat stage in the final sprint. I hope you can make a good GC for the tour down under, good luck!
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| ricotero_uy |
Posted on 07-05-2011 15:31
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@BikeRoel: We didn't bring our best sprinters to Australia, but I think Rubén Pérez is doing great and may be he could give us a victory here.
January 20th, 2011
(UPT) Tour Down Under - Stage 2
Tailem Bend - Mannum
Report
A flat stage that most probably will finish in a mass sprint. From the start of the day lot of riders try to breakaway but Lampre was not giving everyone to get away. Finally a dangerous group was allowed to go away, with Daniel Sesma in it. Lloyd Mondory (AG2R) and Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) where also in the BOTD, so if the breakaway had success, we needed to attack to avoid a sprint.
Sesma did a great job to take all the points from the sprints and the KoM. He pushed really hard all the day, we know that at this time of the year the riders are not in shape, and the bunch needed to do a big job to bring the break back again.
With 10kms to go, Chad Beyer (BMC) launched an attack followed by Sesma, but both Iglinskiy and Mondory give it all to responde the attack. The bunch was pacing really high, and we moved Aramendia, Isasi and Pérez to the front in case the breakaway was catched.
Only 3kms to the line the BOTD story was finish, And the top sprinters team started the sprint. Garmin, Cofidis, Quick-Step and also us were in the front.
Tyler Farrar was the quickest and was very pleased of taking the victory. Samuel Dumoulin managed to take the second spot and with a great finish, Rubén Pérez take again the last place of the podium.
Result
| 1 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 3h25'47 | | 2 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 3 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Juan José Haedo | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 7 | John Degenkolb | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 8 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 9 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 7h03'47 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 6 | | 3 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 8 | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 10 | | 5 | Daniel Sesma | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 6 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | + 12 | | 7 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 9 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 14 | | 10 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 14 | | 2 | Daniel Sesma | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 12 | | 3 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 |
KoM
| 1 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | 16 | | 2 | Daniel Sesma | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 16 | | 3 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | 12 |
U25
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 7h03'57 | | 2 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | + 4 | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6 |
Teams
| 1 | Katusha Team | 21h12'09 | | 2 | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Next Post: Tour Down Under - Stage 3 |
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| BikeRoel |
Posted on 07-05-2011 16:42
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nice 3rd in the tour down under, hope you can do something good in the following races.
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