So here we are for the final stage of the Tour de San Luis. It's been a rivoting race, and this commentator certainly has been suprised by the outcome. The victories of the previous 6 stages have been shared between just 3 teams, with Katusha taking half of them as J. Rodriguez well and truly set his stamp on the mountain finishes. Porsev can also be extremely pleased with his 1st stage victory, outmanoeuvering the great Sagan. Yet Peter today has a final chance of revenge, as this stage set to be a bunch sprint. Can Porsev do it again? Will the van Poppel duo be able to see off the Slovakian? Or maybe even the British team Sky duo. Let's find out!
143km: We're already half way up towards the Mountain Sprint of the day before anyone dares to break. And it's O. Zaugg Saxobank who starts us off. Having been an outsider for a couple of the previous stages, 30th could be said to be disappointing for the Swiss, yet he's trying to resurrect his tour here today. He gets joined by C.Feng) Champion Systems and M. de Maar United Health Care. Champion Systems can be very pleased with their couple of surprising days in Yellow, where they acquitted themselves very well. Feng is out here today for one last stab of glory. Meanwhile de Maar is a veteran of breakaways, even in this race, so he's a good man to have with you at the front.
142km: Within 1.5km, the break has already got a gap of 1'00'' as Zaugg easily outpaces the others to 1st place, with de Maar 2nd and Feng 3rd.
133km: Yet after a further 10km, the gap has only extended by 45'' as they roll through the 1st Intermediate Sprint with Zaugg again taking the plaudits with as before de Maar in 2nd and Feng once again in the rear.
Meanwhile we have a few more attackers from the pack: G. Lequatre of Bretagne, I. Boev Rusvelo and J.M. Garate Belkin. Bretagne can be extremely pleased with their stage victory already in this race, but the Frenchman doesn't seem content to sit on his laurels. Rusvelo have had a fairly inoquious tour, as you'd expect, and while Belkin favourite Gesink let the side down a bit, they haven't had a bad race. All are out for glory today and add some bulk to our break of the day.
93km: The gap back to the pack is 5'30'' as the pack starts to work together. And interestingly there is quite a bit of co-operation with Liquigas, Astana, Vacansoleil and even the Mountain Jersey wearer Dombrowski of Sky all taking turns on the front. It looks like they have this under control.
85km: As the break rolls through the 2nd Intermediate Sprint, with the Russian taking the maximum points ahead of Garate and Lequatre, the gap has already lost 45'' the pace is high so this should be one hot finish!
20km: Very little happens over the next 65km yet as the break rolls under the 20 to go banner, they still hold a gap of 1'45''. There still is no domination in the bunch, yet the hammer isn't down just yet.
13km: still 1'00'' this is going to be close! Liquigas have finally taken over with all their men on the front! Not entirely sure why MTN are helping out.
10km: Under the 10 to go, and the cars have been pulled out. Surely this must spell the end for the break. But the gap is still 52''.
5km: All the riders in the break sit up but one. Lequatre is off! The Frenchman's never say die attitude allows him to still hold 43'' over the chasers!
1km: The pack slows momentarily as they catch the others, allowing Lequatre's lead to extend back up to a minute! He's definitely got this. Surely now it's just a race for 2nd place.
0km: And that finishes off a magnificent race for the French team. Great guts from Lequatre here to take the win! Peter Sagan can only look on in despair at the Frenchman raises his arms in celebration. The Slovak easily takes 2nd place, and as a consoluation prize the points jersey, though he'll rue his missed chances in this race. Swift rounds off the top 3 while compatriot and leader Wiggins misses out on the same spot in the GC.
Stage Results:
Apologies I forgot to export. Everyone finished in the peleton, but sadly I can only give the top 15 places
1
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
3h22'32''
2
Peter Sagan
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 29
3
Ben Swift
Sky Procycling
s.t.
4
Boy Van Poppel
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
5
Danny Van Poppel
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Guillaume Boivin
Cannondale Pro Cycling
s.t.
7
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Cannondale Pro Cycling
s.t.
8
Robert Wagner
Belkin Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Luke Rowe
Sky Procycling
s.t.
10
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
11
Jay Thomson
MTN - Qhubeka
s.t.
12
Alexander Porsev
Katusha Team
s.t.
13
Fabio Felline
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
14
Simone Ponzi
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
15
Fabian Schnaidt
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
GC
1
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
19h20'33
2
Tanel Kangert
Astana Pro Team
+ 56
3
Po-ding Kim
Team Europcar
+ 1'19
4
Bradley Wiggins
Sky Procycling
+ 1'54
5
Peter Sagan
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 1'59
6
Leopold König
Team NetApp - Endura
+ 4'53
7
Fabio Duarte
Colombia
+ 7'29
8
Pieter Weening
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 8'06
9
Thomas De Gendt
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 8'48
10
Robert Gesink
Belkin Pro Cycling Team
+ 8'52
11
Josef Hintermuller
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 9'29
12
Sergio Pardilla
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 9'41
13
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 9'46
14
Fabian Schnaidt
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
+ 10'11
15
Ivan Basso
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 10'33
Spoiler
16
Miguel Rubiano
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 10'38
17
Steven Kruijswijk
Belkin Pro Cycling Team
+ 10'56
18
Ángel Vicioso
Katusha Team
+ 11'42
19
Cesare Benedetti
Team NetApp - Endura
s.t.
20
Vladimir Gusev
Katusha Team
+ 11'49
21
Alessandro De Marchi
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 12'17
22
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Astana Pro Team
+ 12'19
23
Davide Malacarne
Team Europcar
+ 12'23
24
Natnael Berhane
Team Europcar
+ 12'25
25
Juan Manuel Gárate
Belkin Pro Cycling Team
+ 12'26
26
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 12'40
27
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
+ 12'44
28
Joseph Dombrowski
Sky Procycling
+ 12'50
29
Christian Knees
Sky Procycling
+ 13'32
30
Oliver Zaugg
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 13'35
31
Arnaud Gérard
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 13'59
32
José Mendes
Team NetApp - Endura
+ 14'03
33
Simone Ponzi
Astana Pro Team
+ 14'07
34
David López
Sky Procycling
+ 14'14
35
Evgeni Petrov
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 14'18
36
Carlos José Ochoa
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 14'24
37
Timothy Duggan
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 14'38
38
Fabio Felline
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 14'50
39
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
40
Cayetano Sarmiento
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 14'51
41
Meron Russom
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 15'07
42
Iker Camaño
Team NetApp - Endura
+ 15'55
43
David De la Cruz
Team NetApp - Endura
+ 15'58
44
Manuele Boaro
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 16'27
45
Andrey Zeits
Astana Pro Team
+ 17'15
46
Maxim Belkov
Katusha Team
+ 17'17
47
Fumiyuki Beppu
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 17'26
48
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 17'35
49
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
50
Ilnur Zakarin
RusVelo
+ 18'09
51
Marc De Maar
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 19'05
52
Mads Christensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 19'34
53
Mitchell Docker
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 19'38
54
Florian Vachon
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 19'39
55
Leonardo Duque
Colombia
+ 19'54
56
Alexander Mironov
RusVelo
+ 20'02
57
Juan Pablo Suarez
Colombia
+ 20'26
58
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 20'50
59
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
+ 21'00
60
Ruslan Tleubayev
Astana Pro Team
+ 21'04
61
Anthony Charteau
Team Europcar
+ 21'08
62
Songezo Jim
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 21'46
63
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 21'53
64
Jani Tewelde
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 22'27
65
Pierre-Luc Périchon
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 22'28
66
Jay Thomson
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 23'01
67
Alexander Porsev
Katusha Team
+ 23'06
68
Renaud Dion
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 23'12
69
Craig Lewis
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
+ 23'17
70
Guillaume Boivin
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 23'32
71
Serguei Klimov
RusVelo
+ 23'35
72
Gregor Gazvoda
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
+ 24'02
73
Damien Gaudin
Team Europcar
+ 24'03
74
Muhamad Othman
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
+ 24'19
75
Johann Nokkvason
Team Europcar
+ 24'30
76
Gennadiy Tatarinov
RusVelo
+ 24'36
77
Chun Feng
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
+ 25'45
78
Frederik Veuchelen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 25'55
79
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Team Europcar
+ 26'09
80
Dmitriy Gruzdev
Astana Pro Team
+ 26'51
81
Kristian Sbaragli
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 27'06
82
Svein Tuft
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 27'16
83
Marc Goos
Belkin Pro Cycling Team
+ 27'29
84
Zakkari Dempster
Team NetApp - Endura
+ 27'46
85
Ben Swift
Sky Procycling
+ 27'49
86
Tomás Gil
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 27'58
87
Luke Rowe
Sky Procycling
+ 28'13
88
Alessandro Bazzana
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 28'20
89
Jeff Louder
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
90
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
+ 28'35
91
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 29'14
92
Boy Van Poppel
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 29'37
93
Cristiano Salerno
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 30'14
94
Jetse Bol
Belkin Pro Cycling Team
+ 30'28
95
Alexander Serov
RusVelo
+ 30'29
96
Igor Boev
RusVelo
+ 30'32
97
Andrea Peron
Team Novo Nordisk
+ 30'39
98
Robert Wagner
Belkin Pro Cycling Team
+ 30'56
99
Wouter Mol
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 31'51
100
Lucas Euser
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 31'53
101
Stephen Clancy
Team Novo Nordisk
+ 32'17
102
Jean-Luc Delpech
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
+ 32'39
103
Danny Van Poppel
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 32'55
104
David Lozano
Team Novo Nordisk
+ 33'07
105
Fabio Calabria
Team Novo Nordisk
+ 33'20
106
Omar Bertazzo
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 33'36
107
Nariyuki Masuda
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 34'00
108
Luke Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
+ 34'02
109
Sam Bewley
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 35'54
110
Martijn Verschoor
Team Novo Nordisk
+ 35'55
111
Kevin De Mesmaeker
Team Novo Nordisk
+ 37'11
112
Marouane Shaqif
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 37'36
113
Clinton Avery
Champion System Pro Cycling Team
+ 37'47
114
Jens Mouris
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 40'54
115
Michael Hepburn
Orica - GreenEdge
+ 48'00
Points
All further points have been added on, so the following is correct
Right, some ranking updates, the last ones before we close this part of the season.
Sagan has taken the lead in the riders ranking, but his race days are a bit higher than most of his competitors.
Spoiler
1
P. Sagan
1220
2
F. Cancellara
980
3
T. Boonen
874
4
N. Quintana
755
5
W. Brouwer
695
6
A. Greipel
685
7
A. Valverde
602
8
J. Rodriguez
535
9
J. Degenkolb
518
10
M. Cavendish
505
11
C. Froome
484
12
S. Vanmarcke
482
13
P. Kim
442
14
G. Meersman
426
15
G. Van Avermaet
404
16
M. Kittel
397
17
R. Porte
354
18
A. Kristoff
350
19
S. Spilak
330
20
V. Nibali
322
21
C. Horner
316
22
M. Kwiatkowski
305
23
G. Ciolek
304
24
L. Khamphan
278
25
M. De Maar
276
26
E. Boasson Hagen
274
27
D. Moreno
268
28
B. Wiggins
250
29
T. Hinault
242
30
E. McDermott
235
31
B. Jungels
220
32
M. Ignlinskiy
220
33
F. Gavazzi
219
34
F. Pellizotti
217
35
B. Mollema
216
36
A. Contador
209
37
S. Chavanel
208
38
A. Hanzen
206
39
R. Hesjedal
205
40
P. Gilbert
204
41
I. Izagirre
196
42
S. Sanchez
191
43
G. Lequatre
186
44
M. Wynants
183
45
T. Kangert
169
46
R. Kreuziger
167
47
M. Goss
165
48
J. Cristobal Riquelme
164
49
T. Van Garderen
161
50
F. Duarte
160
Omega Pharma - Quick Step remains untouchable, even after their misfortunes in Wevelgem. After that, it's still Belkin, Sky, RadioShack and Movistar fighting it out, though the latter managed to get 0 points in all the WT classics of this season part. After those, the big gap remains, though Cannondale aka Team Sagan is trying to close it. BMC, Argos and Lotto are really close. Europcar, taking maximal advantage of their young riders, is the first Continental Tour team.
At the bottom, NetApp's new manager inspired the team to climb the rankings. AG2R, Lampre and Vacansoleil will lose their WT status unless they improve in the next season parts.
brewers90 wrote:
And about the NC goals, please don't allow them, otherwise you can see this happening at Orica:
Easy Goal: Top 3 Aussie NC
Oh really?
But imagine the Countered Goals if they did that? Top5 Le Tour of something like that to balance it out.
Please allow them because NC's are very important to a number of teams, and you can always balance out too easy goals with your countered ones.
Saying that because my Part 2 is based off a focus on the NC's because it's realistic to the team and that is how i'm playing it.
Also related, what do you mean you don't know how to run them? Is it a decision between 3D or sim, or just a more basic not a clue how to organise it?
Nice to see Saxo climbing towards the top 10 in the rankings after a dreadful start to the season. Bodes well for the latter two thirds of the season where we're likely to score many more points
I'm thinking of making mine
Medium: Win Aussie NC. Because although I have a strong team there are people like Porte, Evans and Rogers who are better than Gerrans.
Nah, NC's won't be part of goals, for several reasons.
The current plan is to simul most TT's and the small road races. From my experience, AI doesn't work properly if you don't get a decent amount of riders.
Tour de San Luis 
Saxobank who starts us off. Having been an outsider for a couple of the previous stages, 30th could be said to be disappointing for the Swiss, yet he's trying to resurrect his tour here today. He gets joined by C.Feng 
) Champion Systems and M. de Maar United Health Care. Champion Systems can be very pleased with their couple of surprising days in Yellow, where they acquitted themselves very well. Feng is out here today for one last stab of glory. Meanwhile de Maar is a veteran of breakaways, even in this race, so he's a good man to have with you at the front.
of Bretagne, I. Boev 
Rusvelo and J.M. Garate 
Belkin. Bretagne can be extremely pleased with their stage victory already in this race, but the Frenchman doesn't seem content to sit on his laurels. Rusvelo have had a fairly inoquious tour, as you'd expect, and while Belkin favourite Gesink let the side down a bit, they haven't had a bad race. All are out for glory today and add some bulk to our break of the day.
of Sky all taking turns on the front. It looks like they have this under control.
can only look on in despair at the Frenchman raises his arms in celebration. The Slovak easily takes 2nd place, and as a consoluation prize the points jersey, though he'll rue his missed chances in this race. Swift 
rounds off the top 3 while compatriot and leader Wiggins misses out on the same spot in the GC.
Boy Van Poppel
Guillaume Boivin
Robert Wagner
Jay Thomson
Fabio Felline
Tanel Kangert
Po-ding Kim
Leopold König
Fabio Duarte
Thomas De Gendt
José Mendes
Good job Pieter.
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