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EPIC - Season 2 Part 1
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 17-03-2015 20:38
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Sagan is getting closer to the win, good to see him get a few bonus seconds before the hilly stages.  |
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Posted on 17-03-2015 20:52
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The Favourites
So the bookies favourite going int to today is Delfi Cervero of Androni, however expect Nairo Quintana and Benedikt Weschenbeck to challenge him. Then we have the outsiders, those riders that on a good day could get the win, but aren't quite powerful enough to fight for the win on every occassion, these riders include, Sky Duo, Henao and Pedersen as well as Albasini and Van Avermaet. However my outside bet for the day is Paolini of Vacansoleil or Puccio of CCC, who if they get in a break have a chance of staying away to the finish.
The Race
The break of the day went pretty early into the race with it containing 3 riders, they were Maikan (Katusha), Mazzanati (Neri) and Pauwels (Wanty). They quickly built up a lead of three minutes as the bunch sat back and relaxed. The bunch and the break then settled into a rhythm with nothing much happening, could this be the most boring race of the year?
Just to prove how boring this race is the first rider to get dropped is Zach Bell with 84 kilometres to go. That means he has no chance of winning the race, despite being the red hot favourite. NOT! Sorry CSS only joking.
The next rider to get dropped was Harrini of Colombia, to be honest I think his manager was stupid to sign him up for the race, whoever this idiot is.......
OH MY GOD! An attack that actually mattered, and it's from one of the fan's favourites Visconti goes for it with Battaglin in his wheel. Could he go all the way? Oh no he's caught within about 100 metres of attacking, my bad. Stupid me thought this race would be interesting, oh well we wait.
AAAAHHHHH! SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE'S AN ATTACK! Henao attacks, but Quintana and Cervero are chasing behind. BUT THERE'S MORE Arredondo is chasing and the the chase group isn't out of it yet, and there's only 20 kilometres to go so we have had almost 150 kilometres of nothing and then 25 kilometres of stuff happening!
10 KILOMETRES TO GO AND STUFF IS STILL HAPPENING, HENAO IS STILL AWAY, QUINTANA AND CERVERO ARE STILL CHASING AND ARREDONDO IS CHASING BEHIND THEM, THEN THERE'S MORE STUFF HAPPENING BEHIND!
The Stuff That Happening Behind Is Also Pretty EXCITING! Caruso and Moreno HAVE ATTACKED they want to get rid of Weschenbeck before the sprint.
5 KILOMETRES TO GO AND HENAO IS HANGING ON, AS CEVERO KEEPS CRACKING AND QUINTANA KEEPS (I don't know a descritpive word with a Q) DOING STUFF. ARREDONDO ISN'T COMING BACK TO THE GUYS NOW! OR IS HE?
ONLY 1 WHOLE KILOMETRE TO GO AND STUFF IS STILL HAPPENING, HENAO IS GOING TO TAKE A WIN THAT NO ONE WILL CARE ABOUT. UNBELIEVABLE!
HENAO TAKES THE GREATEST WIN OF HIS CAREER IN THE EYES OF NOBODY.
CERVERO TAKES A SECOND PLACE THAT HE WILL NEVER TELL HIS KIDS (if he hars any) ABOUT
QUINTANA TAKES A 3RD HE WONT REMEMBER TOMORROW. WHAT A BORING RACE WITH A MILDLY EXCITING FINAL 25 KILOMETRES.
The Results That No One Will Care About!
| 1 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | 4h16'59 | | 2 | Delfi Cervero | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 3 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Julian Arredondo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | + 42 | | 5 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1'47 | | 6 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | Benedikt Weschenbach | Sky Procycling | + 2'38 | | 8 | Marco Marcato | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Kevin Pauwels | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 10 | Enrico Battaglin | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 11 | Miguel Rubiano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 12 | Roman Maikin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 13 | Giovanni Visconti | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Michael Albasini | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 15 | Tom Slagter | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 16 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Luca Mazzanti | Neri Sottole | s.t. | | 18 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 19 | Sep Vanmarcke | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 7'30 | | 20 | Dario Cataldo | BMC Racing Team | + 7'58 | | 21 | Ivan Santaromita | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 9'16 | | 22 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 23 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 24 | Alf Pedersen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 25 | André Cardoso | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 26 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 12'11 | | 27 | Joshua Edmonson | Sky Procycling | + 12'40 | | 28 | Ricardo Martinez Machado | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 29 | Carlos Bonilla | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 30 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 31 | Pablo Urtasun | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 32 | Steven Caethoven | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 33 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 34 | Janier Acevedo | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 35 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | | 36 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 37 | Meron Russom | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 38 | Roger Kluge | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 39 | Matteo Trentin | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 40 | Simon Yates | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 41 | Salvatore Puccio | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 42 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 43 | Enrico Barbin | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 44 | Jarosław Marycz | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 45 | David De la Cruz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 46 | Ángel Madrazo | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 47 | Rafael Valls | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 48 | Adrien Niyonshuti | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 49 | Stéphane Rossetto | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 50 | Ed Clancy | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 51 | Naveed Alinejad | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 52 | Francesco Chicchi | Neri Sottole | s.t. | | 53 | Oscar Gatto | Neri Sottole | s.t. | | 54 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 55 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 56 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 57 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 58 | Mattia Cattaneo | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 59 | Tom O'Callaghan | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 60 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 61 | Gregory Brenes | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 62 | Davide Villella | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 63 | Andrew Tennant | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 64 | Jesús Hernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 65 | Bruno Pires | Colombia | s.t. | | 66 | Mathieu van der Poel | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 67 | Davide Formolo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 68 | Angelo Pagani | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 69 | Natnael Berhane | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 70 | Richard Löwenherz | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 71 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Colombia | s.t. | | 72 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 73 | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 74 | Ivan Rovny | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 75 | Fabio Felline | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 76 | Davide Mucelli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 77 | Lars Ytting Bak | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Ioannis Dimitriou | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 79 | Francesco Bongiorno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 80 | Edoardo Zardini | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 81 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 82 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 83 | Simone Stortoni | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 84 | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 85 | Chad Haga | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 86 | Josh Burton | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 87 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia | s.t. | | 88 | Silvio Herklotz | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 89 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 90 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 91 | Sebastian Lander | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 92 | Roy Jans | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 93 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 94 | Matthias Friedemann | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 95 | Mauro Finetto | Neri Sottole | s.t. | | 96 | Mark Renshaw | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 97 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 98 | Jetse Bol | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 99 | Jacek Morajko | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 100 | Matthew Brammeier | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 101 | Luca Paolini | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 102 | Wilson Marentes | Colombia | s.t. | | 103 | Silvio Pennarossa | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 104 | Yonas Tekeste | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 105 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 106 | Drago Di Silvestro | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 107 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 108 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 109 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 110 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 111 | Francesco Failli | Neri Sottole | s.t. | | 112 | Maciej Paterski | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 113 | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 114 | Marco Coledan | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 115 | Reto Hollenstein | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 116 | Adrian Honkisz | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 117 | Cesare Benedetti | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 118 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 119 | Jasper Stuyven | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 120 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 121 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 122 | Juan Esteban Arango | Colombia | s.t. | | 123 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Mateusz Nowak | CCC Polsat - Polkowice | s.t. | | 125 | Jose Alberto Juárez | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 126 | Antonio Piedra | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 127 | Carlos Verona | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 128 | Louis Meintjes | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 129 | Luis Ángel Maté | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 130 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 131 | Stefano Locatelli | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 132 | Gang Xu | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 133 | Jan Barta | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 134 | Dayer Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 135 | Heiner Parra | Colombia | s.t. | | 136 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 137 | Iker Camaño | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 138 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 139 | Vladimir Karpets | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 140 | Fabrizio Harrini | Colombia | s.t. | | 141 | Alexandre Pliuschin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 142 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 143 | Alessandro Proni | Neri Sottole | s.t. | | 144 | Hugh Carthy | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 145 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 146 | Freqalsi Debesay | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 147 | Jani Tewelde | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 148 | Pengda Jiao | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 149 | Zachary Bell | Team Champion System | + 27'14 | | 150 | Rasmus Sterobo | Team Cult Energy | s.t. | | 151 | Christian Moberg Jørgensen | Team Cult Energy | s.t. | | 152 | Patrick Clausen | Team Cult Energy | s.t. | | 153 | André Steensen | Team Cult Energy | s.t. | | 154 | Michael Reihs | Team Cult Energy | s.t. | | 155 | Kasper Linde Jørgensen | Team Cult Energy | s.t. | | 156 | Troels Ronning Vinther | Team Cult Energy | s.t. | | 157 | Alexander Kamp | Team Cult Energy | s.t. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 17-03-2015 20:56
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Slightly different reporting style there.
Arredondo is proving a really nice draft pick at the moment, the Caja Rural bandwagon rolls on!
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 17-03-2015 20:57
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Sky won again then, no news there. Delfi was so close though  |
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Posted on 17-03-2015 20:59
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Shit. Cervero was so close  I wish he took this instead of fucking sky
Let's hope that sky will lose their luck once the grand tours start... :/
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:03
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Not a fan of the "humor" (in very generous air-quotes) style report, primarily because it didn't make me laugh nor did it seem appropriate to the situation. AI fail, make jokes. Actual race, don't make jokes.
Other than that, we had a classic with decent AI (i would call it good but look at Delfi.... that's not good AI). Looks like Sky needs some more nerfing next renewals period. Did still have the break in the Top20 though.
Edited by TheManxMissile on 17-03-2015 21:10
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:05
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SECOND PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.
Not just Delfi's children, but his grand children, perhaps even his 15th cousins thrice removed, will hear about this day, and sing around the campfire of this great triumph, as they watch the setting sun shine over the desolate hopeless wastelands of the distant future.
Would have been nice to win though.  |
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:06
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4/6 goals failed, really hope for easier goals next season part :/ Didn't like the report style either 
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:13
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I'm pretty close to just straight-up quitting at the moment. Absolutely ridiculous.
What's the point when the game hates your team for no reason? There's more fight in a dead donkey than in this team. PN and TA need to go well otherwise fuck this.
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:14
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Good result for Cannondale with Moser in 5th and Battaglin in 10th. |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:26
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Jesus Christ, that report was not pretty. Like adding three exclamation marks doesn't make anything more important, making half the report capslocked doesn't make it any funnier. Other than that, nice to see the mighty Delfi do well.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:33
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brewers90 wrote:
I'm pretty close to just straight-up quitting at the moment. Absolutely ridiculous.
What's the point when the game hates your team for no reason? There's more fight in a dead donkey than in this team. PN and TA need to go well otherwise fuck this.
Then it's good Owniak will win TA Sky is really lucky getting wins from guys like Cummings and only a crash from Froome in the Tour can give others a chance :/
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:38
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brewers90 wrote:
I'm pretty close to just straight-up quitting at the moment. Absolutely ridiculous.
What's the point when the game hates your team for no reason? There's more fight in a dead donkey than in this team. PN and TA need to go well otherwise fuck this.
Hanzen feels hurt after he's off to a better start that last season. At lesat give it until MSR, then rage-quit! Shindigs won't let you down
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| Vali |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:40
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@Paris Nice:
Really nothing happened that would be worth noting.
@Roma Maxima: Here I fucked up the startlist, I thought Roma Maxima would still be a bit cobbled like about 2 years ago 
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| JoeArmstrong13 |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:41
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Some people take this to seriously
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:43
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A bit of an odd reporting style. I didn't really like it myself, but can't blame people for trying something new
Belkin continuing their sleepy performance here. Although perhaps it's my own fault for sending too many of our best guys to Paris-Nice.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-03-2015 22:00
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if I ever need an yoyo, I'm calling Coquard. seems to finish 3rd, 2nd and 3rd again . oh well could be worse #spoilers
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 17-03-2015 22:04
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Didn't really like this, especially as it really seems bringing Haussler will never work out. Nice top 25 for Denifl though. Really wasn't impressed with Carlos, only top 30 is a real disappointment despite maybe not the best stats.
And didn't really like the report, no offence
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 17-03-2015 23:53
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Its Weschenbach! Not Wesenbach or Weschenbeck!
Its not that hard...
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 18-03-2015 04:34
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13th, Visconti attacked and that was about it for the day.
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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