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A Tale of Two
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 19-09-2012 15:49
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 16:22
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Wow another Lombaerts...Now the title would be a tale of Lombaerts |
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 16:38
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great idea!! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 19-09-2012 16:56
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Another Lombaerts? Hm, this is interesting.  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-09-2012 18:33
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@Jesleyh: I'm glad 
@dev4ever: Good that you're so excited His journey to the top will take a while, though, since he's only 20 now (another reason for me to keep this story going long!
@fcancellara:
@maxime86: I'm glad you like it!
@FreitasPCM: I hope it'll be interesting. Ultimate goal: be more successful than those two other brothers. cough - Schlecks - cough |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-09-2012 18:36
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Start of the Vuelta won't be for at least another day, hopefully I can do it tomorrow evening.
I start school tomorrow, so brace yourselves for a serious drawback on reports in this story. I've seen my schedule online, most days I leave for the train station at 6.30am and I'm back around 8-9pm.
I'll do the best I can to keep this going and report on a regular basis, though. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 18:38
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That is a long day for school 
Don't worry too much about the posts, you will soon get into a rhythm |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 18:40
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Don't worry. Real life comes first than PCM. |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 18:46
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Ha! Europe! A place where you can rely on public services. That really makes life easier...
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 19-09-2012 18:51
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Man! Dirk looks good and i would like to see him train as a punchuer and not a climber maybe something like Jouaqim
and as you said earlier in this story you will always have atleast 3 follovers in me, Sutty and aidanvn13.
Edited by JuanMotr on 19-09-2012 19:04
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 19:03
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JuanMotr wrote:
Man! Dirk looks good and i would like to see him train as a punchuer and not a climber maybe something like Jouaqim
and as you said earlier in this story you will always have atleast 2 follovers in me and Sutty.
Make that 3
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 19-09-2012 19:05
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aidanvn13 wrote:
JuanMotr wrote:
Man! Dirk looks good and i would like to see him train as a punchuer and not a climber maybe something like Jouaqim
and as you said earlier in this story you will always have atleast 2 follovers in me and Sutty.
Make that 3
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| fred947a |
Posted on 19-09-2012 19:17
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Nice twist with Erics brother. It should be a boost for The story. BTW better starting stats |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 19-09-2012 19:28
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The twist with the long lost twin brother of STijn would have been better
But this one is great too! He should be a good puncheur and climber who sucks in timetrialling, like Vanendert.
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 19:47
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Hey Ian! Great twist of the story! I have now passed one month of reading... This is a story that I will follow for sure, no matter what! |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 21:42
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And now Stijn is gone forever. Even from memory. 
Edit: Can't Stijn have just faked his own death?
Edited by baseballlover312 on 19-09-2012 21:45
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-09-2012 22:26
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@sutty68: Yeah, tell me about it, film school... Hope it'll be fun though. And on the upside, if I should dislike it and decide to quit, I might have the rest of the year off
@Miguel98: Thanks for understanding
@aidanvn13: I hope I'll be able to rely on those trains! I'm glad you're following
@JuanMotr: You read my mind. I was thinking about 2 riders when creating Dirk: Rodriguez & Valverde
However, I think he should have decent climbing as well, like those two, unlike Gilbert. For example, if his HILL would be 82, his climbing should be 78-80.
@fred947a: Thanks, I've learned a lot from my mistakes
@dienblad: Indeed. I didn't want a younger copy of Eric, but it would be weird to have a cobbled racer or a pure sprinter as a brother as well, so this is more realistic imo, kind of the same (climbing/hills), but he's shorter so a different speciality (sprint uphill instead of TT) Thanks again for the many tips so far. Coming from such a successful storywriter as yourself, it means a lot (even if I don't always agree )
@rogvi97: I'm very pleased to hear that I hope I'll keep you entertained!
@baseballover312: You know what, I'm going to miss Stijn, too
Maybe he faked his own death he didn't want the famous life so he's probably somewhere in Hawaii, drinking Sangria, lying on the beach. Maybe I'll do a story about that later, it won't involve much cycling, though
Thanks again for following and commenting! Tomorrow film school start, so I think this has been a great exercise in writing and in English to far |
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| Logghje |
Posted on 19-09-2012 23:23
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As I already said before, I'm not fond of this new twist But I'll keep my 'remarks' for myself, just because I don't want to bother everyone else here in this thread Maybe I'll send them in a PM once 
Oh, and if you were wondering: I'll definitely will keep following this amazing story. Eric was already my favorite rider of the two btw, so I'm "glad" you killed the other one (oh God this is weird to say ) |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 23:25
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@sutty68: Yeah, tell me about it, film school... Hope it'll be fun though. And on the upside, if I should dislike it and decide to quit, I might have the rest of the year off
Just like me |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-09-2012 16:42
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@Logghje: I'm glad you'll keep following PCM me anytime. I'll be happy to give you an answer as best as possible.
@sutty68: Well, the way it's gone today, it might just come true...
I might ride the Vuelta prologue this evening, but I'm very exhausted, so maybe I'll turn in early. I'll do my best, though! |
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