My Tour de France 2013: Andy Schleck | End of the Line
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-06-2013 17:05
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My name is Andy Schleck.
Officially I have won the Tour de France 2010.
Since my fall in the Dauphiné last year, I've gone from bad to worse.
I've been spit upon, laughed with, I've been passed by sprinters on small climbs. I've been down the darkest road a cyclist can ride.
But that's about to change. Just at the time when nobody believes in me anymore, when I've been kicked while being down, I intend to stand up.
My name is Andy Schleck
I will win the Tour de France 2013.
This year's Tour is almost perfect for me. I'm not a big fan of time trials and those are limited here. The tough mountain stages definitely make up for those TT kilometers. Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux, Madeleine, they're all here. I brought my wings and I want to fly!
The Queen's Stage is probably the Alpe d'Huez stage, where we will mount the legendary climb twice!
There are two people who will never stop believing in me. My brother Fränk, who unfortunately can't be here because of a suspension, and my team manager. He has absolute fate in me and brought an amazingly strong team to support me.
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Stage 1 :: Porto-Vecchio - Bastia
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Not a usual prologue, but a flat stage. I expect a nervous peloton. Cancellara will protect me in this stage, keep me at the front and keep me on my bike.
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The Race
And so we were ready for the Tour de France 2013, the 100th edition!
Even breaking away in the Tour brings incredible prestige! The first attackers tried their luck.
Surprisingly they stayed away and got joined by four others. The complete break: Phinney, Sijmens, Rollin, Bardet, Wynants, Arashiro and Izagirre.
It was Europcar's Arashiro who took the first mountain point of this Tour!
And then the peloton started moving. I was happy to have Cancellara in front of me to protect me, the wind was blowing hard!
The peloton was being strung out! Riders lost contact with the peloton!
There couldn't have been more than 50 riders left getting ready for the sprint. I only had Cancellara left and was on the verge of losing contact. He helped me through this tough finish!
And what nobody deemed possible had happened - the breakaway was not caught in time! Taylor Phinney wins the stage and will wear the first yellow jersey!
Stage Result/GC
1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | 4h46'02 | 2 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 3 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | s.t. | 4 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 5 | Maarten Wynants | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 6 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | 7 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 8 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 9 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | s.t. | 10 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 12 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | 13 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | 14 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | 15 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | 16 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 17 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 18 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | 19 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 20 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 21 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 22 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | 23 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 24 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 25 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 26 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 27 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 28 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 29 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 30 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 31 | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | 32 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 33 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | 34 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 35 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 36 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 37 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 38 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 39 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 40 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 41 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 42 | Rory Sutherland | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 43 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 44 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | 45 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | 46 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 47 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 48 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 49 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | 50 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 51 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 52 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | 53 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 54 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 55 | Robert Gesink | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 56 | Baden Cooke | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 57 | Nicolas Roche | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 58 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 59 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | s.t. | 60 | Ben Swift | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 61 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 62 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | 63 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 64 | Maciej Bodnar | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 65 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ | s.t. | 66 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 67 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 68 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | 69 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | 70 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | + 3'15 | 71 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 72 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 73 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 74 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin - Sharp | + 8'37 | 75 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 76 | Bauke Mollema | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 77 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 78 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 79 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | s.t. | 80 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 81 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 82 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 83 | Wilco Kelderman | Blanco Pro Cycling | + 9'40 | 84 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 18'06 | 85 | Robert Kiserlovski | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | 86 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 20'58 | 87 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | 88 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 89 | Gregory Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | 90 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 91 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 92 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | 93 | Paul Martens | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 94 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 95 | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 96 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 97 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 98 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | 99 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 100 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 101 | Haimar Zubeldia | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | 102 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 103 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | 104 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | 105 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 106 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 107 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 108 | Elia Favilli | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 109 | Jens Voigt | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | 110 | Robert Wagner | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 111 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 112 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | 113 | Davide Vigano | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 114 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 115 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | 116 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | 117 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | s.t. | 118 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 119 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 120 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 121 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 122 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 123 | Luka Mezgec | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 124 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | 125 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 126 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 127 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 128 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 129 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 130 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 131 | Chris Horner | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | 132 | Rubén Pérez Moreno | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | 133 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 134 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 135 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 136 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 137 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | 138 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | 139 | Davide Appollonio | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 140 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | 141 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | s.t. | 142 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 143 | Guillaume Boivin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 144 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 145 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 146 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 147 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | 148 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | 149 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 150 | Michael Rogers | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 151 | Damiano Caruso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 152 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | 153 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 154 | Samuel Dumoulin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 155 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | s.t. | 156 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 157 | Warren Barguil | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 158 | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | 159 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 160 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | 161 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | 162 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 163 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | 164 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 165 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 166 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ | s.t. | 167 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Sojasun | s.t. | 168 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | 169 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 170 | Laurens Ten Dam | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | 171 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | 172 | Rein Taaramae | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 173 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 174 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 175 | Ricardo Mestre | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | 176 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | s.t. | 177 | José Serpa | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 178 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 179 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | 180 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | 181 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 182 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 183 | Adriano Malori | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 184 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | 185 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 186 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 187 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 188 | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 189 | Maxime Méderel | Sojasun | s.t. | 190 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 191 | Julien El Fares | Sojasun | s.t. | 192 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | 193 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 194 | Brice Feillu | Sojasun | s.t. | 195 | Yannick Talabardon | Sojasun | s.t. | 196 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Sojasun | s.t. | 197 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 198 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | s.t. |
Points Classification
1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | 56 | 2 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 46 | 3 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 45 | 4 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | 45 | 5 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | 33 | 6 | Maarten Wynants | Blanco Pro Cycling | 31 | 7 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | 25 | 8 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 24 | 9 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel Euskadi | 17 | 10 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | 17 |
Mountain Points
1 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | 1 |
What a hectic day. The first yellow jersey is handed out, now. Tomorrow will be equally important not to lose time!
See you then,
Andy
Edited by Ian Butler on 28-06-2013 21:46
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welker3257 |
Posted on 22-06-2013 17:11
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Go Andy. Hopefully he can do great in the Tour irl also.
Gig 'em Aggies
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Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-06-2013 17:11
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Wow, this was about the last I expected from you Ian!
Seems a nice idea, I will follow this ofc
Phinney surprised. If it was a prologue start, I could imagine Phinney picking up the first yellow jersey. But not now
Edited by Jesleyh on 22-06-2013 17:13
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ThVoets |
Posted on 22-06-2013 17:13
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Didn't see that coming
Btw, breakaway wins to much on PCM 2013 (at least in my game)
I was PCM Rulezz in a previous life
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-06-2013 17:14
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welker3257 - Thanks, hope so, too
Jesleyh - Don't know, this is PCM 2013, not console game
ThVoets - I've beginning to notice that, too. Remind me to send Voigt in many breakaways
This is just a little thing I want to do. A small story, no pressure. Don't expect this to be my finest work. Just a Tour seeing what Andy Schleck can do and mainly to test the mountain AI in the Tour
Edited by Ian Butler on 22-06-2013 17:14
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Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-06-2013 17:16
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@Ian I realised that a minute later, but you were faster than my edit
Hmm, I should get some sleep
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krisa |
Posted on 22-06-2013 17:29
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ThVoets wrote:
Didn't see that coming
Btw, breakaway wins to much on PCM 2013 (at least in my game) then you have to brealaway more
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Posted on 22-06-2013 17:37
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Nice and different idea;
Sijmens 2nd in Le Tour
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Posted on 22-06-2013 17:52
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Great Idea!
A little of topic:
I think shleck should look at the 2010 win with honor. He would have won it right there and then if it wasn't for Alberto Contador's unfairness.
Edited by muttisr on 22-06-2013 17:52
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Posted on 22-06-2013 17:54
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muttisr wrote:
Great Idea!
A little of topic:
I think shleck should look at the 2010 win with honor. He would have won it right there and then if it wasn't for Alberto Contador's unfairness.
Im sorry for going offtopic, but why is it unfair Contador attacked? He also has to make his living. I agree, it wasnt nice, but it surely wasnt unfair
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Posted on 22-06-2013 17:59
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Great! Good luck Ian, love the idea! |
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Posted on 22-06-2013 18:48
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Good luck, though I wish Andy keeps on failing. In real life, that is. |
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Posted on 22-06-2013 19:01
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I would like to see Andy return to the front in this year's Tour, but that isn't going to happen, so this story will be the best I have. Good luck!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Posted on 22-06-2013 20:06
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Ollfardh wrote:
I would like to see Andy return to the front in this year's Tour, which is going to happen.
fixed that for you |
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Posted on 22-06-2013 20:28
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That's probably the most awesome intro to a story ever. So brutal yet making you cheer him on from beginning to end |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 22-06-2013 20:30
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Good Luck Ian mate |
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Posted on 22-06-2013 20:43
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Awesome story dude! definatly going to follow this story, i am a big Andy fan myself!!
and muttisr i agree with you, Contadors attack wasn't okay, he won the tour because of an mechanical failure... imagine to be Bjarne Riis in that situation: the rider he was negotiating a contract with, doing that to his present star ??
But awesome story! Thumbs up!
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Posted on 22-06-2013 20:45
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I agree with Daggen, very nice intro!
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Posted on 22-06-2013 21:05
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Jesleyh wrote:
I agree with Daggen, very nice intro!
I feel agreed.
(Is there any such thing as agreed?) |
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Posted on 22-06-2013 21:08
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I like the new story, a break from the fictional rider stories and a nice story about a great rider! |
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