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Newbie Career With Created Team
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 14:35
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Hi
I decided to create my own team, im fairly new to all this, i have only had a few single races just to get used to the whole game
ive added a screenshot of my team, i focused on youth mainly
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-10-2012 14:41
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Nice team, should get some good results!
Good luck, mate! |
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 14:41
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so....
First race was the australian championships, unfortunalty i miss timed my finish badly and came a very poor 10th
Michael Rodgers won
Next came Ruta De San Luis tour
i took a team of 6 riders
Ben Swift
Wilco Kelderman
Cameron Meyer
Gianluca Brambilla
Geriant Thomas
Diego Ulissi
as im british, i was going to focus my main aim on Thomas to win the GC and Swift to maybe pick up some flat stage wins |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-10-2012 14:42
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Let's hope Swift picks up some stages  |
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 14:55
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Stage 1 goes exactly how i planned with swift nicely tucked in behind his train and a last 1km sprint to win by a few bikes lengths
Stage 2 is a similar flat stage and swift picks up yet another stage win, this time only by a tyres width with Thomas closely behind in 3rd
Stage 3 however comes our first main challenge.... 1 mountain followed by a slight hill finish, i decided to concede the stage and focus on getting thomas as close to the front as possibe. His main rival for the GC Julien Simon wins the stage with Thomas in a decent 8th losing 31 seconds
Stage 4 is a flat time trial and Thomas shows his strenghts to win the TT but more importantly pics up 51 seconds on rival Simon giving him a lead of 20 seconds going into stage 5
Stage 5 is hilly stage with a large hill summit finish and suprisingly sees ulissi power to the front in the breakaway where he stays, he then makes a final push on the last hill to the finish to finish over a minute infront of his next competitor who is Simon who fiishes over a minute infront of a poor Thomas who struggles to a 10th place finish |
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 15:00
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AT the end of stage 5 the standings are as follows
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| kqyt |
Posted on 09-10-2012 15:03
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a nice team here, looking forward to this
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 15:03
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GC
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 15:08
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by the way im a complete newbie, never made a story or used this before,its on normal difficulty so any tips/advice would be great and anymore screen shots you guys want just ask
we are currently over 4 minutes down in the team standings due to a crash in stage 5 where my 3rd rider Meyer crashed out and i'd foolishly given my other 3 riders a slow ride to preserve energy for futher races, i wont make that mistake again!! |
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 15:09
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So im just about to do stage 6, i will post more updates when completed |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-10-2012 15:13
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The team's riding very well 
kqyt: you can delete the post by editing it and then deleting it. |
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 16:01
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Stage 6
! huge mountain followed by a big decent to the finish, the mountain seperated the men frim the boys as the breakaway managed to get 11 minutes on the peleton, for the first time i could get a rider in the breakaway.
we managed to haul the breakway back in the final kilometers apart from the magnificent Chearini who finished 22 seconds infront of the next group
Thomas Sprinted to a proud 2nd place but is still 40 seconds behind Julien Simon going into the final stage |
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 18:36
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if people are interested and would like me to continue writing a story please ask
im new to it so i will grually get better at writing and post more screenshots and details
thanks
i will hope fully be doing the final stage 7 tomorrow along with a day race in marseille |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-10-2012 18:40
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I'd like you to continue, but it's all up to you, of course
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 18:51
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Good story Braithwaite1985! But myb you can upload pictures at the actual race to make it more interresting to read? A good team you have
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 18:54
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ok
cheers for the quick answers ian and rogvi, i'll take some screen shots during the race from now on
is there a way to post more than 1 screenshot in a reply or do i have to post 1 and then open another reply and post another?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-10-2012 18:58
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Yes, upload the pictures to Photobucket, then paste the link to the picture and use the IMAGE button below
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 19:46
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ok, i'll give it a try |
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 19:47
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| Braithwaite1985 |
Posted on 09-10-2012 19:51
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cheers Ian
so here u can see after 6 stages we are fighting for GC but need a very very strong ride to overhall a massive 40 seconds
our team chances were gone in stage 5 with a crash that took out my 3rd rider leaving me with only 2 riders finishing strong
i think im going to sacrifice all my team to get Thomas to finish high in the individual sprints and try and win the stage with him, hes a good chance of winning the tour as both GC and points leader |
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