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Petronas Cycling|The Journey To The Top
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| Raziz |
Posted on 02-01-2017 12:18
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We are here today to embark on a journey that see's the endeavours of one Malaysian team in the PCT ranks give it all to fight for the top end of the cycling world.
Story Rules:
Difficulty:Hard/Exreme (Might change it every alternate race)
Team: Must stay with miscellaneous countries (cant sign anyone from france, spain etc)
Riders:At least for the first year, I have challenged myself to pick 1 rider out of every country except for the sponsor's.
The team:
(attached)
As you can see we are not allowed as a team to sign or hire anyone who comes from one of the well-renkowned cycling countries.
Team Roles:
A.Kruopis|Leader
J. Drucker|Leader
A. Porsev| Leader
L.Meintjes|Leader
R.Taaramae| Leader
T.Ludvigsson|Young Rider
Y.Reguigui|Super Domestique
V.Buts|Super Domestique
J.Monsalve|Young Rider
A.Zeits|Super Domestique
S. Baek Park|Domestique
C. Ji|Domestique
S.Tvetchov|Domestique
A. Manan|Domestique
R.Chtioui|Domestique
D.Teklehaimanot|Domestique
T.Skujins|Young Rider
H.Salleh|Domestique
A.Orken|Young Rider
M.Amin|Domestique
M.Othman|Young Rider
M.Senan|Young Rider
Our team is most likely not strong enough to promote to the WT so we will be looking to get some solid results throughout the season and build the team, for the years to come. With the rules of this story, it will be difficult,but never say never.
Raziz attached the following image:
Edited by Raziz on 04-01-2017 13:10
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| Raziz |
Posted on 02-01-2017 12:23
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I am fairly new to daily so I dont know how to do much so if you could help, it would be appreciated. First how to get pictures properly and also how to get numerous spaces between words (as you can see from the rider roles) and many more  |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 02-01-2017 15:29
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For pictures, upload them to photobucket or imageshack first as a .jpg
Then past the direct link from there into the forum code and highlight it with [img][/img] as such:
[img]photobucket.com/sdgasgfgsdfhasdag[/img]
For the lists, make two columns of the different texts in excel, then copy and paste them into here, and highlight them with the function to whatever percentage of the space you want them to take up horizontally (usually 100%)
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 02-01-2017 15:43
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if you press "Quote" on this one you see how both images and tables are done!
| A.Kruopis | Leader | | J. Drucker | Leader | | A. Porsev | Leader | | L.Meintjes | Leader | | R.Taaramae | Leader | | T.Ludvigsson | Young Rider | | Y.Reguigui | Super Domestique | | V.Buts | Super Domestique | | J.Monsalve | Young Rider | | A.Zeits | Super Domestique | | S. Baek Park | Domestique | | C. Ji | Domestique | | S.Tvetchov | Domestique | | A. Manan | Domestique | | R.Chtioui | Domestique | | D.Teklehaimanot | Domestique | | T.Skujins | Young Rider | | H.Salleh | Domestique | | A.Orken | Young Rider | | M.Amin | Domestique | | M.Othman | Young Rider | | M.Senan | Young Rider |
I really like the look of your team, may I ask which game/db you use? Good Luck for the story!
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| EwanWilson |
Posted on 02-01-2017 16:35
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Heja Tobias!
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 02-01-2017 22:01
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nice to see some people still playing pcm14 
Good luck for the story!! |
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 03:46
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Thank you all for the help and support and I am using the expansion pack |
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 07:09
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Our sponsor as expected, are not aiming for the greatest results, but there are some tricky ones in there.
Unfortunately, we don't have any racing for the first month of the year as our race inquiries have been declined.
Our first race, though will be in Marseille, France in the opening days of February.
See you then! |
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| purepasd |
Posted on 03-01-2017 08:07
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Is is fun to see you start a Malaysian team, as right now I'm actually in Malaysia. Was by the Petronas when it turned 2017 as well Good luck with the team. It looks really well balanced for a start up team, but I don't really get why you need one rider from every country, and don't just stick to the more local riders. Looking forward anyhoo |
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| Ripley |
Posted on 03-01-2017 08:11
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I like the very international team, good luck! |
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 08:25
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Race:GP de Marseille
We are here today on a hilly parcours in France to attend the GP de Marseillle.
Parcours:
Favourites:
S.Gesche
V.Kiryienka
W.Barguil
J.Hivert
A.Kroupis
F.Gavazzi
E.Battaglin
As you can see we do have a favourite racing in our ranks with A.Kroupis.
We have also brung options for the hillier parts of the race with R.Taarame and T.Ludvigsson.
Race:
The racing commences with an 8 man break up at the front mainly looking for some exposure for their sponsors. DISASTER has struck! With 35km to go it seemed to be smooth sailing, but 3 team members are down in a crash (Taaramae, Chtioui and Kroupis). Awful crash for the boys, but they still might be able somehow to get to the front. With all this, the pace has been cranked up at the front, awful timing for the crash. We might have to change leaders.3 riders have gone onto the attack on the slopes of the final climb.
Cataldo, Battaglin and Geschke. The breakaway still in front by a mere 45 seconds with 20km to go. Our riders could not counter with them dwinidling in the middle of the pack. More riders have gone onto the attack and it is looking like a shocking race for us. The break might get this with C.Venturini 30 seconds in front of the 2nd group with 10km on a downhill. Alaphilipe now joins him at the front. All hope of a top 5 has gone for the team with 8 riders comfortably in front of the peloton.
The finish:
As you can see the 2 men got caught and passed by Gavazzi and Battglin who get a 1-2 in front of Venturini and Alaphillipe. In the pack it is all messy and we have no riders in the top 10. Kroupis though launches an unbelievable sprint passing at least 30 riders in the last 2km to finish in a very surprising result of 12th(4th in the peloton) especially from where he crashed before and would have gotten a top 10 if there was 100m more.
Official Results:
Not the greatest results, but not too bad considering our leaders crashed 35km to go and struggled to get back to the front. Also, for some reason, PCM did not count it as a gap.
That's it from Marseille, but we do stay in France for the next race, Etoile de Besseges.
Edited by Raziz on 03-01-2017 08:30
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 08:33
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Purepasd-That's interesting that your in malaysia right now!. To be honest, I wanted a really hard challenge, so I decided to put some rules, to only attain riders from miscellaneous cycling countries(Luxembourg is questionable) and to only sign one rider from that country apart from Malaysia.
Ripley-Glad you liked it! |
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 10:26
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We have arrived in Besseges, to race this 6 day stage-race with 5 flat stages and 1 final time trial. We commence with the sprint stages.
Stage 1:
Parcours is all flat for this one.
Team:
Favourites:
Y.Hutarovich
A.Kroupis
K.van Hummel
A.Petit
R.Feillu
A.Richeze
J.Debuscerre
We bring T.Ludvigsson(very tired) and Rein Taarame for GC with Kruopis and Porsev for the sprints.
Race:
The breakaway never really stood a chance and got caught fairly early from the key sprinter team. The inevitable sprint happened and the leadout did fairly well firing Kroupis into 3rd place and Porsev even finished 9th. Janse Van Rensburg took the win after sprinting very late.
Final Sprint
We will see you at Stage 2. |
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 10:59
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Etoile de Besseges:
Stage 2:
This one with a hilly ending but still classified as a flat stage although we will ride for Taaramae. A pretty boring day in the saddle with a sprint guaranteed in the finale. Our leadout was a bit average this time and Taaramae finished just outside the top 10 in 11th. The stage victory was Jonathan Hivert in front of another frenchman Anthony Roux. A bit hillier than we would have thought.
Finish:
Stage 3 will have a slight kick towards the line, but this time it will be the main sprinters lining this one out. |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 03-01-2017 11:07
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Since you seem to be quite inexperienced with story writing, I recommend reading this guide. It's absolutely brilliant and contains all info you need. Given that you already started some parts are obsolete already, but still.
For the rest, I wish you good luck, I'll try to follow this story as much as I can.
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 11:21
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Etoile de Besseges:
Stage 3:
The stage has kicked off (another flattish sprint likely) and something amazing has happened. Due to crosswinds, the orange jersey (1st place) is 2 minutes up the road with the breakaway along with 1 team-mate. It is only a twenty-man group, but this is amazing racing from the start. They could perhaps stay away although there are still 125km to go. Big names inculde Sinkeldam (orange jersey), Barguil, Vachon, Dekker, Sergent and Day.
The resistance has finally stopped as the breakaway have been finally caught.
The finish had inexcess winds of 60km/h and our sprinters were completely drained. Kroupis managed a 3rd place in the finale which is a pretty solid result with the amount of energy left. Sinkeldam with the stage win in front Anthony Roux and of course Kroupis.
Finish:
Another solid result. |
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 11:25
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selwink-I will read it, thank you! |
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 13:43
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Etoile de Besseges:
Stage 4:
Race Preview:
A stage not too disimilar to the last 2 with another semi-hilly finish. The team will be looking for another top 5 at least, and hopefully the win.
Parcours:
Race:
Another sprint stage with crazy wind. The sprint ensues as Jose Joaquin Rojas takes the win. The word of the whole stage race so far is "consistency" as Kroupis finishes in the top 5 again with 4th. Kroupis though, moves up to 3rd in the sprint classifications.
Finale:
Stage 5:
Race Preview:
Yes, you guessed it, another flat sprint, although there is a mountain in the middle of the stage, not quite the most difficult, but still a pretty hard climb especially for sprinters. This stage though is super short being only 80km long.
Parcours
Race
Being only 80km it is very dangerous to let the breakaway have too much time, keeping this in mind, a group of 6 venture up the road with the hope of taking a win. The climb has commenced and the peloton has split with sprinters being shed out the back with one of our own Kroupis being dropped. Only 67 survive in the peloton as they start heading downhill and look to the finish. Porsev is still in the group, albeit tired. 3 other men are in this decreased peloton with Taaramae, Chtioui and Ludvigsson. While there is only 1 rider up in front, Maxim Belkov, 30 seconds in front. The break are finally caught with 8km to go.
Finale:
The sprint is incredibly dis-organised and we sprint excellently with a leadout from Taaramae, but we cant quite take the win as Marcato attacked late to be the victor. Porsev is so close, but finishes in 2nd and Chtioui in 3rd. As well as this, only a group of 55 or so make the front group.
Stage 6
Race Preview:
Stage 6 is the final stage in this year's Etoile de Besseges and will be a 10km prologue. It will suit both Ludvigsson and Taaramae, as there is a final hilly climb at the end.
Parcours
Race
With bonus seconds in the previous 5 stages, Sinkeldam has a 24 second lead in front of Roux and 48 seconds to the main pack including Taaramae and Ludvigsson. The early starters go off as Jesse Sergent is the one to set the fastest time. The stages continues as Ludvigsson starts.Ludvigsson nearly passes the rider in front of him as he finishes....1st!!! provisionally 12 seconds in front of Sergent. Taaramae rolls across the line a few minutes after Ludvigsson and SMASHES his time! He is now 8 seconds in front of Tobias and 20 seconds in front of Sergent. Dennis comes close being just 2 seconds behind Taaramae and nudges Tobias down to 3rd. Chtioui even is in 7th place for now. Taaramae wins the stage and Tobias in 3rd!!! Where will they finish in the final GC.
Final GC Results:
This is simply extraordinary!The SAME TIME! Anthony Roux wins Etoile de Besseges by split seconds. What a finale. Taaramae gave it his all and wasn't quite enough for the Estonian. Chtioui and Ludvigsson finish 6th and 7th respectively which are great results for each of them.
We wrap it up here from France with drama in the final stage.
GC
1.Anthony Roux
2.Rein Taaramae+0
3.Tony Gallopin+2
Points:
1.Ramon Sinkeldam 80pts
2.Anthony Roux 59pts
3.Jose Joaquin Rojas 56pts
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5.Aidis Kroupis 46 pts
Young Riders
1.Rohan Dennis
2.Ramon Sinkeldam+4
3.Tobias Ludvigsson+7
Team
1.Petronas Cycling
2.Movistar Team+27
3.Garmin Sharp+39
Edited by Raziz on 03-01-2017 21:21
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| Selwink |
Posted on 03-01-2017 14:21
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Great result already! Bit unfortunate to lose it on such a small gap, but hey it's only February, anything couls till happen.
Btw one more tip: for the results I recommend using the export button you see when the results are displayed. This creates an excel file with all results in it, which you can then easily copy to the forum here (and of course you can copy and leave out anything you want from those tables).
Also I'd recommend you quit imageshack (or has it become free again?) because there are free alternatives available.
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| Raziz |
Posted on 03-01-2017 15:09
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Selwink wrote:
Great result already! Bit unfortunate to lose it on such a small gap, but hey it's only February, anything couls till happen.
Btw one more tip: for the results I recommend using the export button you see when the results are displayed. This creates an excel file with all results in it, which you can then easily copy to the forum here (and of course you can copy and leave out anything you want from those tables).
Also I'd recommend you quit imageshack (or has it become free again?) because there are free alternatives available.
Thank you, I will take all this into consideration. |
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