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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-03-2009 17:40
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thanks guys. I think that I will use the same strategy in the next stage |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-03-2009 18:44
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Giro d'Italia Stage 6
4 riders in the day's breakaway.
Same tactics as yesterday for Columbia with Van Emden behind Cavendish
Ignatiev owns them all with no other big sprinter close to us
When Boom takes the lead the gap between us and the rest became even bigger
And it's seems like going to be a 100% Columbia business for the podium
Boom looks behind, no one is coming he can celebrate now
Van Emden is second and except Cavendish he wins points over everyone
And the big winner of the day is Mark Cavendish, second stage win for Cav after the stage won yesterday, which also are his firsts GT wins
Stage
1.  Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 5h40'16
2.  Jos Van Emden Team Columbia s.t.
3. Lars Boom Team Columbia s.t.
4.  Enrico Gasparotto Silence - Lotto s.t.
5.  Fabian Wegmann Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
6.  Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
7. Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
8.  Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
9. Francesco De Bonis Gerolsteiner s.t.
10. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia s.t.
Overall
1. Thomas Dekker Rabobank 21h48'10
2.  Michael Rogers Team Columbia + 10
3.  Peter Velits Team Milram + 14
4. Damiano Cunego Lampre s.t.
5. Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 26
6. Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 28
7. Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step + 29
8.  Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 30
9. Xavi Florencio Bouygues Télécom + 34
10. Robert Gesink Rabobank + 36
Points
1. Jos Van Emden Team Columbia 74
2. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 66
3. Thomas Dekker Rabobank 53
Mountain
1. Tiziano Dall'Antonia CSF Group - Navigare 8
2. Stefano Cavallari Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 5
3. Karsten Kroon Gerolsteiner 5
Young: Thomas Dekker Rabobank
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 14-03-2009 18:50
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 14-03-2009 18:58
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 14-03-2009 18:59
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| Silence |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:12
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I'm sorry to say that the constant, neverending series of victories and lack of any kinds of defeat is bummin' me out and drags this story down a notch imo 
Everything but that is great
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:21
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whats wrong winning? |
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| Silence |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:23
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It get's very dull reading about a team that has nothing but succes in everything they're doing - ruins the excitement and anticipation for each update
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:25
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but what do you want to see Cavendish losing a sprint in front of Elmiger, Gasparotto or Koldo Fernandez? |
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| Silence |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:27
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I don't want you to stage anything, I just don't want you to win 4/5 races you are in and dominating all the jerseys, it's completely unrealistic and, as I said, sucks the excitement out of the story - you always know what's gonna happen, either you win or get a top 5, securing your overall lead.
Just go extreme or something, 'cause from my point of view it's waaaaaaaaaaay too easy for you as of now.
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| kirosha |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:28
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Amazing tactics!!! |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:30
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Silence wrote:
I don't want you to stage anything, I just don't want you to win 4/5 races you are in and dominating all the jerseys, it's completely unrealistic and, as I said, sucks the excitement out of the story - you always know what's gonna happen, either you win or get a top 5, securing your overall lead.
Just go extreme or something, 'cause from my point of view it's waaaaaaaaaaay too easy for you as of now.
where the fuck I'm dominating all the jerseys. I dominate the point one cause Columbia is the best sprint team in the Wolrd and in PCM too. Rogers is second only because the mountains didn't come yet just a TT and a hilly stage |
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| kirosha |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:31
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What level is it? Normal? |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:32
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Hard. |
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| Silence |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:42
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I'm not talking about this race only, and please, calm down, I'm just coming with some criticism, relaxe.
My point is, you win almost everything - sometimes just don't go for it, it's uncrealistic when a team tries to win close to every race they run:
Overall
Romandie
1. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia 18h20'39 (won several stages)
Georgia
1. Michael Rogers Team Columbia 25h41'57 (won several stages)
Grimpeurs
1. Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia 3h06'45
LBL
1. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia 7h11'46
PaÃs Vasco
1. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia 21h10'16
Plus top 5 and 3 in Amstel and Flèche and a couple of stages in PaÃs Vasco.
These are the last races you've done and the outcome of them are quite similar (I only excluded the Giro itself because it is not done). You win them all or perform extremely well - only in the cobbles you don't really get many major results over and over (lately only the win in GW), but I guess that's 'cause you're better at the other aspects of the game, which shows.
We have to go back to around PN before more humble results starts to emerge and even then they're above decent. A team just can't maintain such performances, realistically and Kirchen should be pretty tired by now with all the wins.
EDIT: Don't get me wrong I like your story very much, it's just becoming kinda repetitive which I think is a bad thing
Edited by Silence on 14-03-2009 19:51
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:50
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Kirchen is 81 hills so only 2 riders are better than him. Valverde and Schleck.
Neither of them was in Romandie or Vuelta al Pais Vasco so it's ok for Kirchen to be the best there as no one was even close to his stats
As I said Kirchen is one of the best puncheurs in the game so podiums and win(s) are also expected on Ardennes Classics
Ignatiev's opponents in France were some shity Frenchies that never win anything
Rogers didn't win any stage in Georgia, that was Cavendish, the closest sprinter to his stats was Maaskant (73 sprint) and Zabriskie's win in TT, which is also quite predicteble |
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| Silence |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:55
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Still, he's constantly winning - again and again which just isn't realistic.
Ignatiev is just a case of many, I just don't think your team would try anything in such a race = waste of energy for bigger races.
I didn't say, they were the ones who won, I just said you won.
What DB is this if he's the third best puncheur?
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| Silence |
Posted on 14-03-2009 19:59
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The only thing I'm asking for is some variation. I have yet to see you fail a stage where you really try winning.
Your explanations makes op for some of the results, but if you look at the PT-calendars for the past years noone has driven as well as you have that many races in a row
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 14-03-2009 20:01
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It's the first RNDB. If you don't like the way that I make my story stop reading.
And in France for example with the team that I had there I could easily got the first 8 places but I didn't want that, just wanted to give Ignatiev a morale bust for Giro where he will be just a domestique in the sprint train. |
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| Silence |
Posted on 14-03-2009 20:06
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I won't, I just wanna help make it more realistic (unless you don't go for realism )
My point is but this: I love the way you make you story - it's fun and exciting with good SS'. But when you know what's gonna come next, it's just not near as thrilling actually reading it 
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