first before I post the preview, I would like to say thanks for listening to my request of not posting, I wanted to start the story for real on a new page, hope you understand. also I'm not very good at writing a preview
***Gold Rank***
Andy Schleck (Radioshack-Nissan-Trek)
Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team)
Bradley Wiggins (Sky Pro Cycling)
**Silver Rank**
Denis Menchov (Katusha)
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel)
Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
Frank Schleck (Radioshak-Nissan-Trek)
Andy Schleck (Radioshack-Nissan-Trek)
Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team)
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar)
Ajelandro Valverde (Movistar)
**Silver Rank***
Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM)
Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE Cycling)
Frank Schleck (Radioshack-Nissan-Trek)
Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD)
*Bronze Rank*
Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale)
Robert Gesink (Rabobank Cycling Team)
***Gold Rank
Tejay van Garderen (BMC)
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis)
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank)
Anthony Roux (FDJ)
David Malacarne (Europcar)
Peter Sagan (Liquigas)
Cayelano Jose Sarmiento (Liquigas)
Spoiler
T.Van Garderen
75 MO
75 Hill
73 TT
75 PRL
R. Taaramae
76 MO
77 Hill
72 TT
69 PRL
S. Kruijswijk
77 MO
75 Hill
70 TT
71 PRL
R. Uran
77 MO
75 Hill
66 TT
75 PRL
T. Pinot
75 MO
74 Hill
64 TT
64 PRL
A. Geniez
75 MO
72 Hill
63 TT
65 PRL
W. Poels
76 MO
77 Hill
69 TT
68 PRL
A. Roux
61 MO
75 Hill
71 TT
75 PRL
D. Malacarne
70 MO
73 Hill
61 TT
63 PRL
P. Sagan
71 MO
78 Hill
66 TR
75 PRL
C. J. Sarmiento
71 MO
70 Hill
54 TR
56 PRL
Startlist
Spoiler
Omega Pharma - Quickstep
Dario Cataldo
Gerald Ciolek
Gert Steegmans
Jèrôme Pineau
Kevin de Weert
Levi Leipheimer
Peter Velits
Sylvain Chavanel
Tony Martin
Sky Pro Cycling Edvald Boasson Hagen
Richie Porte
Bradley Wiggins
Juan Antonio Flecha
Chris Froome
Kanstantsin Siutsou Rigoberto Uran
Mark Cavendish
Berhard Eisel
BMC Racing Team
Amael Moinard
Cadel Evans
Greg van Avermaet
Marco Pinotti
Marcus Burghardt
Philippe Gilbert
Steve Morabito Tejay van Garderen
Thor Hushovd
Radioshack-Nissan-Trek
Andreas Kloden
Andy Schleck
Chris Horner
Daniele Bennati
Fabian Cancellara
Frank Schleck
Haimar Zubeldia
Jakob Fuglsang
Maxime Monfort
Vacansoleil-DCM
Björn Leukemans
Gustav Larsson
Johnny Hoogerland
Kenny van Hummel
Lieuwe Westra
Matteo Carrara
Romain Feillu
Thomas de Gendt Wout Poels
Liquigas-Cannondale Cayetano Jose Sarmiento
Cristiano Salerno Daniel Oss Elia Viviani
Eros Capecchi
Ivan Basso Peter Sagan
Sylvester Szmyd
Vincenzo Nibali
Rabobank Cycling Team
Bauke Mollema
Carlos Barredo
Lars Boom
Laurens ten Dam
Luis Leon Sánchez
Mark Renshaw
Matti Breschel
Robert Gesink Steven Kruijswijk
Lampre-ISD
Alessandro Petacchi
Damiano Cunego
Daniele Pietropolli
Danilo Hondo
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Manuele Mori
Marco Marzano
Matthew Lloyd
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Orica Green-EDGE
Allan Davis
Julian Dean
Matthew Goss
Michael Albasini
Pieter Weening
Sebastian Langeveld
Simon Gerrans
Stuart O'Grady
Svein Tuft
@Jesleyh
my variation of PCM logic, call it SSJ2Luigi logic
similiar reason why Sagan, Sarmiento and Malacarne are there. Roux only lacks the mountain abillity while the others lack a TT abillity
like tradition the Tour de France starts with the prologue. Not my favorite thing to do so I need to keep any time loss to a minimun
however the chain slipped up when I started so I already lost time after 100m. there wasn't much I could do besides not hitting the sides of the road so I didn't lose any more time. easier said than done
I eventually finish in provisional 85th, but many more had to finish after me
Sylvain Chavanel won the prologue, beating teammate Levi Leipheimer with 2 seconds. I finished in 182th place, only 51 seconds down on Chavanel and 46 seconds down on Boasson Hagen who now leads the Youth Classification
1. Sylvain Chavanel
Omega Pharma - Quickstep
7'02"
2. Levi Leipheimer
Omega Pharma - Quickstep
+2"
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky Pro Cycling
+5"
4. Thos Hushovd
BMC Racing Team
+8"
5. Philippe Gilbert
BMC Racing Team
+8"
6. Richie Porte
Sky Pro Cycling
+8"
7. Anthony Roux
FDJ-Bigmat
+10"
8. Andreas Kloden
RadioShack-Nissan-Trek
+10"
9. Fabian Cancellara
Radioshack-Nissan-Trek
+10"
10. Ryder Hesjedal
Garmin
+11"
182. Thibaut Pinot
FDJ-Bigmat
+51"
Youth Classification
1. Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky Pro Cycling
7'07"
2. Antony Roux
FDJ-Bigmat
+5"
3. Tejay van Garderen
BMC Racing Team
+8"
4. Rein Taaramae
Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
+16"
5. Alexandre Geniez
Team Argos-Shimano
+22"
6. Steven Kruijswijk
Rabobank Cycling Team
+24"
7. Peter Sagan
Liquigas-Cannondale
+26"
8. Elia Viviani
Liquigas-Cannondale
+27"
9. Rigobert Uran
Sky Pro Cycling
+31"
10. Wout Poels
Vacansoleil-DCM
+31"
19. Thibaut Pinot
FDJ-Bigmat
+46"
Française Des Jeux Rankings
7. Anthony Roux
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7. Antony Roux
2. Antony Roux
8. FDJ-Bigmat
Thibaut Pinot Rankings
Stage
Results
GC
Points
Mountain
Youth
Liège -> Liège (ITT)
182th
182th
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17th
the starting sound effects are out of sinc because the intro lagged so I lost some frames 81 to be excact.
also if there is a rider that you want me to follow, example your favorite rider, please say so in a PM. there will only be a top 10 of each classification
@Ian
it's better to last on after the first stage then the last stage
@Daggen
that's true but it would be nice to get some early adventage though
sutty68
indeed, Anthony's 7th place is a great boost for Thibaut
JuanMotr
it can only get better from this point
ste_18
in the console game your only allowed to control one rider at the time but you can give orders too your teamates via the team radio. I have planned too only control Thibaut Pinot for this story so it's trully a one-rider story