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Omega Pharma Quickstep - 2012
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| dienblad |
Posted on 31-01-2012 20:11
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Great intro!! Good luck, and you're right about bringing more Dutchies to your team!!
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| Faillu |
Posted on 31-01-2012 20:17
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Looks very nice. 
I'll follow. |
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| 0buKKaKe |
Posted on 31-01-2012 20:24
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yep, will follow for sure too, quickstep this yr has awesome squad, and as big fan of stybar also another czech rabon and as a big fan of cobbled classics this story is must for me. hope you can reconsider making race reports with pics instead of vids, but thats up to you of course. |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 31-01-2012 20:30
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Looks rather decent, I might consider to follow...
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 31-01-2012 20:34
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Nice intro, congrats and good luck, just hope this one lasts more than the others 
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| Ad Bot |
Posted on 25-11-2024 16:42
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| canojuancho |
Posted on 31-01-2012 23:03
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Great Intro. I Hope Boonen can beat Cancellara in Cobbled-classics. |
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 01-02-2012 00:11
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cunego59 wrote:
Looks rather decent, I might consider to follow...
Yeah this guy sounds like a bit of a noob. But, you know, it wasn't that bad....
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 01-02-2012 11:01
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Teddy The Creator wrote:
cunego59 wrote:
Looks rather decent, I might consider to follow...
Yeah this guy sounds like a bit of a noob. But, you know, it wasn't that bad....
Well, you got to give him at least credit for trying... Maybe he can improve a bit if he puts a bit more work in it.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-02-2012 12:26
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Great Introduction Alakagom, i really hope your story will do all the hard work some justice, Good Luck |
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| andy222c |
Posted on 01-02-2012 15:55
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Fantastic presentation Alakagom, you've done a great job.
I really like your graphics, they're perfect. i Hope you'll continue like that when your season starts
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 01-02-2012 18:18
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@valverde321 - Thanks man, appreciated. It did take a bit, but all worth it I think
cio93 - Thanks very much, very appreciated. I'll try to report fast so we can start the live reports, although at the start I will experiment with few stages, one or two in PN I think, and we'll see how it goes. Might do both report and then live video available, well see. Thanks again
@roturn - Thanks, hope so too. And yeah, especially with three great Germans you should find it more exciting than my Sky stories 
@FreitasPCM - Thanks a lot
@tsmoha - Thanks a lot Tsmoha, the goal section will be fixed in next update so I get awesome "as perfect as perfect can be", especially from you
PCM rulezz - Thanks And unfortunately no, that would be too much from PCM to give me I hired them at the start, should help development a lot, especially younger riders.
@Olinho - Thanks very much, great team to follow in real life, hope I can much your 'expected' results from us
@dienblad - Thanks a lot, few Dutch riders should please our Dutch audience and in general its awesome to play them
@Faillu - Thanks, and thank you for following too, much appreciated. Hope you can comment regularly too
0buKKaKe - Thank you, I will certainly give it think, but I might do a few. I might do a normal report and them do a video of the stage, it's a different dimension to the story adding something new and unique, so I'll see how it goes
@cunego59 - To get any praise from you is a success, so thank you
It's going to be tough to improve on it, I am out of ideas But might think on something for later updates
@lluuiiggii - Heh, that's the plan Thanks
@canojuancho - It will be tough, but we hope so BMC and Cancellara are the big opponents. And thanks
@Teddy The Creator - Glad I got some prasie from you too, thanks 
@sutty68 - Thank you Sutty, hope so to
@andy222c - Thank you very much, much appreciated, especially as you are on the best graphic designers here. So again thanks
And just overall thanks to everybody that commented and viewed the story. Very appreciated, and definitely makes me feel that all the work was well worth it So again thanks to everybody !
Australia National Champs Update coming later today. We don't have any Australians so the first race will be on tomorrow. Let's bring on tour Down Under !
Edited by Alakagom on 01-02-2012 18:18
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| Geezar10 |
Posted on 01-02-2012 18:22
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A lot of smilies on that last post
Good luck with this team. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 01-02-2012 19:01
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A bit late, but awesome presentation. One of the best ones I've seen.
And good luck!
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 01-02-2012 19:14
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It looks awesome |
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| 10theri |
Posted on 01-02-2012 20:34
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Alakagom brings it every time! Looking forward to the continuation!
Administrator at PCMNorge.no
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 02-02-2012 05:41
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Pure perfection, nothing to add. Maybe you should have given Velits better stats,now it will be hard with him in GTs
Good luck with bunch of my favourite riders
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 02-02-2012 05:42
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 02-02-2012 09:01
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I just reread the team presentation and you said that there are 2 NC-jerseys in the team, but isn't Bert Grabsch the NC TT of Germany? |
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| olabj |
Posted on 02-02-2012 09:54
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Absolutely marvelous
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 02-02-2012 11:51
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@Geezar10 – Heh, yea I really ‘love’ to include a lot of smileys in my posts and thanks
@Pellizotti2 – It’s never late for such a nice comment, and thanks very much
@Schleck96 – Thanks a lot
@10theri – Thanks a lot theri, much appreciated
@ Avin Wargunnson – Thank you About Velits I might increase his MO stat to 77, but his development is good so he should develop into good GC rider, we’ll see
PCM rulezz – Thanks a lot for re-reading, glad you like it About Grabsch, you are absolutely correct, I didn’t include him as there weren’t any pictures posted with his German ITT jersey yet. When one will be available, I will add it in weekly news I will present in the story
olabj – Thanks very much, I remember you amazing Rabobank presentation, so it’s great to have such comment from you
The Aussie Nats and TdU Starlist will be posted today later. I had Aussie Nats done but I accidentally deleted it So coming up later tomorrow guys. Thanks for amazing support and stay tuned !
Edited by Alakagom on 02-02-2012 11:51
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 02-02-2012 16:15
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Australian National Championships - Road Race 2012
Tough race to predict. The course looks too tough for pure sprinters, and not too hard for the pure climbers. It consists of 16 tough laps, around Buninyong. The rider with the best form over the winter should be the most likely winner. There will be big pressure on GreenEdge especially to win their first race and one of the most important ones for them in the season.
 Road Race 2012 Results
| 1. | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 4h10'09" | | 2. | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling Team | +19" | | 3. | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | +19" | | 4. | Michael Rogers | Sky Pro Cycling | +19" | | 5. | Jack Bobridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | +49" | | 6. | Ben Day | UnitedHealthCare | +49" | | 7. | Matthew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | +1'05" | | 8. | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Barracuda | +1'05" | | 9. | Michael Matthews | Rabobank | +1'25" | | 10 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | +1'25" |
Australian Championships - Time Trial Championships 2012
After the intense Road Race we are now heading towards the Time Trial. The Road Race showed us who's got the early form. Cadel Evans will be the favourite here, while his big opponents should be Porte and Meyer brothers. Daily form will affect the results too.
The Time-Trial course is varied, with few hills and downhills, though mostly flat. Wind will play part too. Weather looks stormy, but there is no rain expected.
Time Trial 2012 Results
| 1. | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | 43'12" | | 2. | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | +15" | | 3. | Luke Durbridge | GreenEdge Cycling Team | +40" | | 4. | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Barracuda | +48" | | 5. | Ben Day | UnitedHealthCare | +1'17" |
It's been very interesting start to the season. GreenEdge made perfect start, making a formidable 1-2 podium with Goss and Davis. Both of them look in good early form, and will be big threats at the Tour Down Under, both in Sprints and GC.
Porte and Evans started their season great, with their season goals coming much later in the season, and with Willunga being a hill top finish, they will be both big contenders to win the stage if they can keep up that form.
One rider that caught my eye most was Haussler, making Top 5 in both races he looks in good form and should be on of the bigger favourites at this year's TdU. We can confirm that Ciolek will lead our team at the TdU. More news to follow.
Ciolek to lead OPQS at Tour Down Under !
Edited by Alakagom on 02-02-2012 16:17
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