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| Shiverson |
Posted on 29-07-2010 11:49
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Batista15 wrote:
This is the 1000th post!!!! 1000 posts!?...This is just incredible and really crazy for me as story writer!
At this point I would like to thank everybody who supported me with this story...that means everyone who´s reading it all the time..Thank you very much it means a lot to me 
When I started with this "new" story I was really frustrated because of my crashed Katusha story.....so my goal was to get another story..but I´ve never thought about 50 pages and 1000 posts!
So thanks a lot to all of you...hope this story is still good enough for you..I really enjoyed your posts and your support and of course the whole work...so I hope you enjoyed that,too...
Congratulations 
You story is very nice and your style of writting and your screenshots are great.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-07-2010 12:09
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Shiverson wrote:
Batista15 wrote:
This is the 1000th post!!!! 1000 posts!?...This is just incredible and really crazy for me as story writer!
At this point I would like to thank everybody who supported me with this story...that means everyone who´s reading it all the time..Thank you very much it means a lot to me
When I started with this "new" story I was really frustrated because of my crashed Katusha story.....so my goal was to get another story..but I´ve never thought about 50 pages and 1000 posts!
So thanks a lot to all of you...hope this story is still good enough for you..I really enjoyed your posts and your support and of course the whole work...so I hope you enjoyed that,too...
Congratulations
You story is very nice and your style of writting and your screenshots are great.
Thanks a lot man! It´s great to hear that... |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-07-2010 20:38
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After the first uphill finish yesterday, we´re going to see the first real mountain arrival today! Today we will see, who can go for the Top 3 in the overall. Monfort should try to get at least a Top 10 result today which seems to be quite realistic
We sent Mark Cavendish in today´s break for taking some extra points for his green jersey. On the first sprint competition of today´s stage Mark was the strongest, taking 6 points
He could also celebrate at the second sprint...another 6 points for him which are really important for his big goal..leading the green jersey in Paris
When the pack reached the last 20 kilometres of this stage, Menchov was the first one, starting an attack out of the pack. Moreau and Van den Broeck went after him prompt
Joaquim Rodriguez was the first one in the peloton who showed a reaction after Menchov´s move
Just a few moments later he was followed by Leipheimer, Basso and Sammy Sanchez. The man in yellow started an early attack today...hopefully this wasn´t a mistake by him because Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador were still waiting in the pack together with their team-mates
But then, they couldn´t stay there anymore! Contador made his move with Andy Schleck behind him
Monfort and Rogers had some problems as their day forms were really bad. This is a pity for our team because Monfort was on a great 5th position in the overall before this stage! At least they could stay in one group with Gesink, Fränk Schleck and Löfkvist
After a few kilometres, a small leading group was built, including Menchov, Leipheimer, Andy Schleck and Contador
Ivan Basso and Sammy Sanchez tried to hang on there but the speed of the leading group was unbelievable high at this point. With only 2 kilometres to race it was sure that Contador, Schleck, Leipheimer or Denis Menchov will win this stage and maybe there is a change in the overall because Leipheimer´s advantage to Contador were only 6 seconds
Almost 2 minutes behind them, were the chasing group with Monfort and Rogers..surely Monfort will loose many seconds and his 5th overall position today
The sprint begins and Andy Schleck has the best legs today sprinting really fast out of Contador´s slipstream
Great stage win for Andy! Contador comes with the same time like Andy but Leipheimer lost 8 seconds to them which brings Alberto the yellow jersey!
Monfort and Rogers came with more than 2 minutes behind Schleck and Contador to the finish-line. Maxime Monfort lost his 5th position but he´s still in the Top 10
Stage results
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 5h08'02 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Astana | s.t. | | 3 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 8 | | 4 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | s.t. | | 5 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 38 | | 6 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 7 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'06 | | 8 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'19 | | 9 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'47 | | 11 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1'55 | | 12 | Fränk Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'22 | | 13 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | s.t. | | 14 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 15 | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2'32 | | 16 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 17 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 18 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 19 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 20 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 35h34'25 | | 2 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 2 | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 18 | | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'17 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'19 | | 6 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'45 | | 7 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'03 | | 8 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2'26 | | 9 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 2'54 | | 11 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | + 3'07 | | 12 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 3'11 | | 13 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3'50 | | 14 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 4'14 | | 15 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | + 4'15 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 158 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 109 | | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 100 |
KoM
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 46 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 46 | | 3 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | 42 |
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 29-07-2010 21:01
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That last stage seemed familiar to me...
Oh wait, that sounds a little like the real TdF stage^^
Awsome story dude
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-07-2010 21:05
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miggi133 wrote:
That last stage seemed familiar to me...
Oh wait, that sounds a little like the real TdF stage^^
Awsome story dude
Thanks a lot man! The stage was really hard |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 29-07-2010 21:48
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Moreau's doing a nice Tour so far. 
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-07-2010 21:53
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Moreau's doing a nice Tour so far.
Oh yeah, I´m really surprised about his performance up to here! |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 29-07-2010 21:53
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Great story!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 29-07-2010 21:57
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Great story!
Thank you very much |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 30-07-2010 12:10
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Today is another hard stage with many climbs! There are many KoM points which is quite interesting for us while we think about this competition..If there will be a change in the overall is not sure up to here because the last climb is more than 50 kilometres before the stage ends
There were many escapes today but in front was a smaller group with Amets Txurruka and Albasini. Yes, as I told you, we would like to get another jersey. Albasini should have the strength to get many points today and in the next stages
On the first KoM competition he had no problem ro beat his Spanish rival
On the second and third one he was also the winner and with 45 KoM points in one stage he´s 4th in this competition for this moment
Sammy Sanchez tried an early attack today on the last climb when there were still 52 kilometres left
12 kilometres later Andy Schleck went after him and it seemed that Sanchez was really tired after this move
The next reaction came from Ivan Basso and as you can see, Sammy Sanchez was already brought back to the peloton which became smaller and smaller while the speed was really high. But Monfort and his main help Rogers were still in this group just like Menchov, Leipheimer, Contador
The first chasers of Basso were Leipheimer, Menchov and Bradley Wiggins. They attacked with only 3,5 kilometres to go on this climb
And then came the big move by Alberto Contador. The Tour leader was so fast that he could reach Schleck, the current leader of this stage, in a few seconds
With only 2 hard and stepp kilometres left Monfort made his final move!
Monfort reached Menchov even before the long downhill began. Only Contador and Andy Schleck were better on this hard climb
After the fast downhill, Andy Schleck was still in front of his rival Alberto Contador. There were only 3 kilometres to go and it looked like another stage win for Schleck or Contador
When Monfort reached the last kilometres he still had a lot energy left for another move. Maybe he could arrive the leading group
On the last kilometre he actually saw Contador and Schleck but it was too late for a sprint victory!Contador´s acceleration was amazing andy Andy couldn´t counter that
This is the second stage win for Contador and he even gets 18 seconds to Schleck and Monfort! Monfort takes the third position which is still a fantastic result for us! The next group with Leipheimer, Menchov and Wiggins came 1 minute and 6 seconds after Contador. This is a great day for our captain because he was able to improve his overall position from 10 to 8
Stage results
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 5h52'42 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 18 | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 4 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'06 | | 5 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 6 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 8 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | s.t. | | 9 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 12 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 13 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 15 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 16 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 17 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 18 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 19 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | s.t. | | 20 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'35 |
Overall
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 41h27'07 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 36 | | 3 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'08 | | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'23 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'25 | | 6 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2'51 | | 7 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 3'09 | | 8 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 3'12 | | 9 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'32 | | 10 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | + 4'13 | | 11 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 4'17 | | 12 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'56 | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 5'06 | | 14 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 5'20 | | 15 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | + 5'21 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 158 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 109 | | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 100 |
KoM
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 66 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 64 | | 3 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | 50 |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 30-07-2010 15:01
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Awesome result. 
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 03-08-2010 10:45
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Well, Monfort lost many seconds yesterday so he has to try something today while his day form should be better than the last stage
First of all, it was Albasini who had a big day! He got 10 points on the first KoM competition but Contador and Schleck are still in front of
With only 11 kilometres to go, Monfort started his big move on the last climb. Especially Wiggins went after him while this ascent was really short
But Monfort was still able to get a nice gap to the peloton with Contador and Schleck. When the sprint began, he was in front of a chasing group with Wiggins
He was still in the leading position in the last corner and everything looked like a great stage win for him
That´s it!! Monfort takes the stage in front of Wiggins and Efimkin. Even Michael Rogers was able to get a gap to Contador&Co in the end. Monfort is 6th in the overall after this stage
Stage results
| 1 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | 4h54'22 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 5 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 6 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 59 | | 7 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 8 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'35 | | 10 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 11 | Cyril Dessel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Alberto Contador | Astana | s.t. | | 13 | Fränk Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 14 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | s.t. | | 15 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | s.t. | | 16 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 18 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 19 | Rémi Pauriol | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 20 | Vladimir Karpets | Team Katusha | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 46h23'04 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 36 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 50 | | 4 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'08 | | 5 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'16 | | 6 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'37 | | 7 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'57 | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'23 | | 9 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 3'09 | | 10 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3'21 | | 11 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | + 4'13 | | 12 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 4'17 | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 5'06 | | 14 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 5'20 | | 15 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | + 5'21 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 158 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 109 | | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 100 |
KoM
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 66 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 64 | | 3 | Michael Albasini | Team HTC - Columbia | 55 |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 03-08-2010 23:42
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Nice win, and Moreau is getting very irritating. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 04-08-2010 12:21
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Well, the last stages were really hard! We already saw the main favorites for the Tour victory in Paris but today we want to see another mass sprint for Mark Cavendish
Everything worked brilliantly for us when the last 8 kilometres began. Cavendish had a great day and he got the perfect wheel for the final
When the sprint began, we tried our plan for today! Renshaw was able to sprint really fast in front of Cavendish´s train
Cavendish went after him so he had his perfect lead-out man. Up to here our plan worked perfectly!
On the last metres Cavendish made his final move. Renshaw did a great job and it looked like no one is strong enough to beat Cavendish today. Behind Mark came Boonen, Breschel and Ciolek really fast but it should be too late
Mark was unbeatable today! He really can be proud about his performance. Breschel was able to beat Boonen and Ciolek behind Cavendish
Stage results
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 4h14'49 | | 2 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 5 | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Renshaw | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 7 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 8 | William Bonnet | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 9 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 10 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 11 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 13 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 14 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | s.t. | | 15 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 16 | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 17 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 18 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 19 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 20 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 50h37'53 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 36 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 50 | | 4 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'08 | | 5 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'16 | | 6 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'37 | | 7 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'57 | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'23 | | 9 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 3'09 | | 10 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3'21 | | 11 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | + 4'13 | | 12 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 4'17 | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 5'06 | | 14 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 5'20 | | 15 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | + 5'21 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 183 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 109 | | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 100 |
KoM
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 66 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 64 | | 3 | Michael Albasini | Team HTC - Columbia | 55 |
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 04-08-2010 12:42
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Nice win, and Moreau is getting very irritating.
Dito! But the Moureau thinngy is is the same at my TDF story...
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-08-2010 13:09
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You are doing great with Monfort
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 04-08-2010 13:12
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
You are doing great with Monfort
Yeah thanks, I knew that Monfort can do well there |
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| jobiwan |
Posted on 10-08-2010 20:35
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New to this site, but just wanted to say thanks for all your efforts. This is really fun to read! |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 11-08-2010 07:35
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jobiwan wrote:
New to this site, but just wanted to say thanks for all your efforts. This is really fun to read!
Thanks a lot guy! Great to hear that |
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| ElPistolero |
Posted on 12-08-2010 03:06
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really nice story and best wishes from germany =P
hopefully you continue this amazing story !
sau geil |
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