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FDJ-BigMat (2012) - February
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 17:18
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So I decided to start my own story on PCM 11 and I chose FDJ-BigMat because I wanted something that would give me a bit of a challenge as I have never really played a PCM game before and didn't want to start with an amazing team and win everything!
The team is sponsored by the French National Lottery (FDJ) and French building merchants (BigMat).
Team: FDJ-BigMat
Database: PCM.daily 2012 DB V1
Financial Difficulty: Normal
Race Difficulty: Hard
Evolution of Attributes: 0.5
Edited by CLURPR on 18-03-2012 23:04
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 17:18
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The Team:
The team is mainly French riders and has a good balance between the young and old. Even though it is not one of the strongest team in the ProTour, it will still be possible to achieve some great results with this team!
Edited by CLURPR on 12-03-2012 18:18
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 17:18
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Climbers:
As you can see, we don't have very good climbers with the highest being 74 OVR. But it isn't too bad as we can still achieve good results and possibly wins in some of the lesser-known races. Casar, Pinot and Jeannesson will be our main leaders in the GT's and longer stage races while Pauriol and Roy will be two of many riders who will support them in achieving our goals in the mountains this season.
Cobble Specialists:
Our cobbles riders should give us some great results in the early season classics and maybe we can hope for a Top 10 at Paris-Roubaix. Guesdon will lead the way in most of the ProTour cobbled classics and with Offredo who can also double up as a rider who will be useful on hills. Finally, we have Bonnet who is a relatively good sprinter and if he manages to stay in contention for the win could outsprint his rivals for victory.
Puncheurs:
The second-best group of specialists on our team are the Puncheurs. With this group of riders I think we can hope for some good results in hilly finishes and the Ardennes. Fedrigo will obviously be our leader here and his supporting cast is strong enough in case a crash/puncture happens at the wrong time.
Sprinters:
Hutarovich is our main sprinter in any race he goes to and we can hope to achieve some good results in the flatter stages with him. But the most exciting riders in this group are Bouhanni and Demare who both are very young and could both potentially become huge sprinting stars, they will be targeting the lesser-known one-day and stage races hopefully gaining some good results along the way and also to prepare them for the step up to some of the bigger ProTour events.
Edited by CLURPR on 12-03-2012 17:44
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 17:18
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The Sponsors:
Both our sponsors are French so both are expecting some very good results from the French races. FDJ is our main sponsor and with BigMat joining forces with them this year we have a budget over just over £2,000,000 which is a pretty sizeable amount but we have assembled a great team.
These goals from FDJ seem reasonable enough apart from the Paris-Nice Top 10 which could be quite hard to achieve and a Top 5 in Milano-Sanremo I think is impossible with the riders we have got, but everything else I think is very achieveable.
BigMat hasn't really set us too hard goals to achieve, the only one I think that I would be worried about achieving is the Top 10 in the Dauphine.
(I will upload the pictures to a bigger size for the reports as I have now noticed they probably are a bit too small!)
Edited by CLURPR on 12-03-2012 17:51
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 17:52
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The first reports should be up later tonight at somepoint. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-03-2012 17:53
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A very nice presentation, hope it goes well for you  |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 17:58
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sutty68 wrote:
A very nice presentation, hope it goes well for you
Thanks , I hope so too! |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 12-03-2012 18:26
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Looking good CLURPR! Hope to see some fine results, hope to avoid a relegation scrap!
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| franki28 |
Posted on 12-03-2012 18:46
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Dominique Rollin!!!!! 
Good luck, gonna be very interesting to see if you'll be able to stay in WT |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 19:01
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@ baggieboys32 & franki28: Yeah I'm aiming to avoid relegation and hopefully finish around the halfway point.
Only 2 races for us in January and we will be looking to score some early points in the ProTour at the Tour Down Under and then maybe some stage wins in the Tour de Langkawi.
Edited by CLURPR on 12-03-2012 19:07
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| franki28 |
Posted on 12-03-2012 19:04
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TDU is a great place to get some points with breakaways I think you can get out of there with a top 5 in GC |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 19:07
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Road Race:
A pretty comfortable victory for Cadel Evans in the end, denying Gerrans and GreenEdge the Australian Road Race Jersey and their first win as a team.
Time Trial:
Another easy victory for Evans again denying GreenEdge a jersey and a victory. Evans kicks off the season with 2 victories and is a Double Australian Champion! |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 12-03-2012 19:15
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Looks good so far Good Luck!
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 19:24
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@ Mresuperstar: Thank you
The Tour Down Under, the place where the cycling season kicks off in style with none other than a ProTour event so early points are up for grabs for the riders who have had a good winter. The 2012 race will be the 14th edition and will start in Prospect and finish 803km later in Adelaide. Normally a sprinters haven, this year features a hilltop finish on Willunga Hill which should definitely decide where the yellow jersey will go at the end of the race.
Startlist:
Spoiler BMC
1. T.Hushovd
2. A.Ballan
3. A.Blythe
4. M.Burghardt
5. M.Kohler
6. G.Van Avermaet
7. D.Wyss
Sky
11. E.Boasson Hagen
12. D.Appollonio
13. M.Cavendish
14. J.A.Flecha
15. J.Hunt
16. I.Stannard
17. C.Sutton
Garmin
21. H.Haussler
22. M.Fischer
23. N.Haas
24. R.Hunter
25. M.Maaskant
26. A.Rasmussen
27. J.Rathe
Vacansoleil
31. R.Feillu
32. T.De Gendt
33. B-J.Lindeman
34. M.Marcato
35. J.Morajko
36. M.Mortensen
37. K.Van Impe
Cofidis
41. L.Duque
42. S.Dumoulin
43. J.Ghyselinck
44. A.Labbe
45. L.Á.Maté
46. D.Monier
47. A.Petit
Lotto
51. L.Bak
52. J.Debusschere
53. A.Hansen
54. G.Meersman
55. M.Neyens
56. J.Roelandts
57. J.Vangenechten
Movistar
61. P.Lastras
62. J.Castroviejo
63. I.Erviti
64. I.Gutiérrez
65. J.Herrada
66. V.Karpets
67. I.Konovalovas
Euskaltel
71. M.Nieve
72. P.Bilbao
73. V.Cabedo
74. I.Izaguirre
75. E.Martínez
76. R.Pérez
77. P.Urtasun
RadioShack
81. J.Fuglsang
82. L.Didier
83. T.Gallopin
84. M.Irizar
85. T.Machado
86. G.Nizzolo
87. H.Roulston
Astana
91. B.Božic
92. A.Bazayev
93. A.Dyachenko
94. J.Guarnieri
95. M.Iglinskiy
96. S.Ponzi
97. E.Silin
Acqua & Sapone
101. F.Ginanni
102. C.Corioni
103. R.Marzoli
104. S.Masciarelli
105. D.Napolitano
106. A.Proni
107. F.Reda
Katusha
111. Á.Vicioso
112. V.Gusev
113. M.Ignatiev
114. A.Kuschynski
115. R.Selig
116. G.Smukulis
117. M.Vantomme
Quick·Step
121. K.Vandewalle
122. F.Chicchi
123. A.Fenn
124. M.Kwiatkowski
125. G.Steegmans
126. Z.Stybar
127. M.Trentin
Lampre
131. G.Bole
132. D.Cimolai
133. M.Graziato
134. D.Krivtsov
135. M.Mori
136. O.Sheydyk
137. D.Viganò
FDJ
141. S.Casar
142. D.Boucher
143. N.Bouhanni
144. A.Courteille
145. M.Delage
146. Y.Hutarovich
147. G.Soupe
GreenEdge
151. A.Davis
152. J.Bobridge
153. A.Kruopis
154. R.McEwen
155. S.O'Grady
156. W.Sulzberger
157. T.Vaitkus
Rabobank
161. B.Tankink
162. G.Brown
163. T.Leezer
164. M.Matthews
165. M.Renshaw
166. J.Van Emden
167. C.Vermeltfoort
Saxo Bank
171. N.Nuyens
172. J.Cantwell
173. J.J.Haedo
174. L.S.Haedo
175. K.Kroon
176. L.Roberts
177. M.Tosatto
Androni
181. E.Sella
182. O.Bertazzo
183. G.Ermeti
184. F.Felline
185. R.Ferrari
186. J.Rodríguez
187. M.Ubeto
UnitedHealthcare
191. R.Sutherland
192. H.Clarke
193. R.Förster
194. C.Jones
195. K.Menzies
196. K.Reus
197. B.Van Poppel
AG2R
201. M.Chérel
202. J.Bérard
203. S.Georges
204. S.Hinault
205. S.Houanard
206. S.Minard
207. B.Shpilevsky
Liquigas
211. D.Oss
212. M.Da Dalto
213. E.King
214. P.Longo Borghini
215. A.Marangoni
216. D.Ratto
217. F.Sabatini
An impressive lineup for the first event of the year here in Australia. BMC and Sky look to have brought very strong squads. Depending on the fitness of the riders I think it is hard to see past Hushovd (BMC), Fuglsang (RadioShack-Nissan) and Boasson Hagen (Sky) winning this race.
Edited by CLURPR on 12-03-2012 19:27
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 19:34
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We have a very good squad here which should do well. The only thing that worries me is the fitness of Hutarovich and Casar as they may not be able to perform as well as I had hoped. Obviously our leader is Casar and we will be looking to get him into the Top 10 and a good result on Willunga Hill will help this aim. Hutarovich will be supported by Bouhanni in the sprints, but with Cavendish, Hushovd and many other good sprinters here I think that it will be hard to get a stage win or even a Top 5 at that. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 12-03-2012 19:52
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Good luck. FDJ is always an entertaining team to play with, and I had that experience. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 12-03-2012 19:52
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Wait a minut, you're a French team and you don't ride the Grand Prix la Marsellaise?????
Anyway, good luck with your story, hope you enjoy it the same as I do with mine!
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 20:04
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Stage 1 - Prospect to Clare
A flat stage to start things off which should end in a mass sprint.
Favourites: Cavendish (Sky), Boasson Hagen (Sky), Hushovd (BMC)
After the peloton kept the pace high at the start of the race, a 4-man break was allowed to form with Hinault (AG2R), Sabatini (Liquigas), Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare) and Ignatiev (Katusha).
The break was allowed out to a maximum of 5 mins before the peloton, driven by Euskaltel, began to reel them in.
Van Emden (Rabobank) decided he would give it a go and attacked to try and bridge to the other escapees with 29km to go.
But the breakaway did not last the distance on today's stage and were caught with 10km to go as the sprinters teams looked to setup their leadouts.
Three distinct leadouts began to form. Ours is on the far left, Garmin's was in the middle and BMC's train was on the right with Cavendish in Hushovd's wheel.
But it was Hushovd with the win in what turned out to be a very close finish. Haussler was 2nd for Garmin and Cavendish rounded off the podium. BMC had begun the season nicely! Hutarovich was 9th which isn't too bad considering his poor shape at the start of the season.
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 3h25'39 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 6 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 8 | Tomas Vaitkus | GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 10 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. |
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 3h25'29 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 4 | | 3 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | + 6 | | 5 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 8 | | 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 10 | | 8 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 9 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
| 1 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | | 2 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 8 | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 8 |
| 1 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | 16 | | 2 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | 12 | | 3 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | 8 |
| 1 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | | 3h25'35 (1) | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | | + 4 | | 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack - Nissan | | + 4 |
| 1 | Sky Pro Cycling | 10h16'57 | | 2 | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 3 | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 20:36
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Stage 2 - Lobethal to Sterling
This stage will feature the riders who are good on hills or a sprinter that has a high hill stat.
Favourites: Fuglsang (RadioShack-Nissan), Nieve (Euskaltel), Hushovd (BMC)
There were many unsuccessful attacks to start the day but a 14-man break was allowed to go clear in the end, containing Gusev (Katusha), Ferrari (Androni) and our own Courteille (FDJ).
The break reached a maximum of 7 mins advantage before the combined effort of BMC and Lampre began to reel them back in. Hushovd must be feeling very good here at the TDU!
But no! It was Hushovd's teammate, Ballan, who attacks on the downhill section with 10km left to go. None of the favourites have reacted!
And Ballan managed to hold on and win Stage 2! There was nothing that the other favourites could do apart from Bole (Lampre) as the others rolled across the line together. Casar showed some promise today as he crossed the line in 15th but was credited with the same time as 3rd place.
| 1 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 3h57'57 | | 2 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 24 | | 3 | Wesley Sulzberger | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 41 | | 4 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 7 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 8 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 10 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 1 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 7h23'26 | | 2 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 28 | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 41 | | 4 | Wesley Sulzberger | GreenEdge Cycling Team | + 42 | | 5 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 45 | | 6 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 48 | | 7 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | + 49 | | 8 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | + 50 | | 9 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | + 51 |
(Other results didn't export for some reason  )
Edited by CLURPR on 12-03-2012 20:37
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 12-03-2012 20:41
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@ FreitasPCM: Thats good. I picked them in the hope that it would allow me to have an entertaining season.
@ dienblad: Yeah I have made some weird race choices in places. I hope I will too I have enjoyed reading yours when I get the time |
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