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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-10-2012 23:58
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I really enjoyed that race, the game AI delivered an exciting flat race for once.
Desperate for a dominating performance, Puma gave too much, and the other teams made them suffer for as long as possible before striking to take victory away from them.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 06-10-2012 00:10
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Okay, if it would work every time, it wouldn't be as fun celebrating when it works 
I was actually just waiting for the day we get completely exhausted because noone else chases, still it's a bit sad to see it happen in Bennati's last race before decline hits him.
Barring any training, say goodbye to the only two competitive 85 sprinters 
So we couldn't even overtake Venchi, and as we don't have a chance of even scoring in Japan, congratulations for promoting 
Definately a well-deserved representative of the new CT teams in PT next year!
Oh, and that should secure Meiji their 5th place in Asia Tour, so congratulations to them as well!
Crommy, it's time to wrap the season up!
Edited by cio93 on 06-10-2012 00:19
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| Rin |
Posted on 06-10-2012 00:15
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Instead of a Puma 1-2-3 you waited obviously for a Pokerstars 3-10-11-14-15-16-17 to happen
What a eventful race but I guess no one really helping Puma was the neckbreaker here.
Also somehow not being able to put someone infront even though he had "some" tries, 6th for Ciolek is ok but would be better if he would be 3rd of the race and not 3rd of the sprinters.
Hope the Japan Cup could create an exciting race when even the Taihu created a great race. Also when you think about that some teams could still grab some promotion places.
But what happened to Cyclevox, they found the next gear I guess what a blast the last races for them.
Edited by Rin on 06-10-2012 00:16
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 06-10-2012 00:23
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cio93 wrote:
Oh, and that should secure Meiji their 5th place in Asia Tour, so congratulations to them as well!
Indeed very happy
I couldn't see the last few screens for some reason, but the way it sounded, Bauer was really strong. Not quite strong enough, but I'm not complaining. 
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 06-10-2012 01:08
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That was crazy. My prediction was way off... |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 06-10-2012 06:29
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I am not too disappointed with the 5th place from Jelloul. It was a fantastic performance by that rider - disappointed that Giaux conld not hang on.
It will be difficult to part with him at the end of the year, he is a sterling domestique who has produced some nuggetty performances over the two years he has been part of Red Bull's francise.
Puma self destructed a bit, the all round strength of Pokerstars actually paid off this time.
When it comes to the Asian rankings, we have to remember that the Japan Cup does offer higher rewards so the Meiji - Oz battle may not quite be over.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 06-10-2012 06:42
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Buuuuuuh.. worst case here.. not happy at all.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 06-10-2012 06:42
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Superb race! I don't think I've ever seen such good tactics from the AI.
Cyclevox with another brilliant win. Huge congrats for all the late success.
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| ANFreeman |
Posted on 06-10-2012 08:47
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Superb race! I don't think I've ever seen such good tactics from the AI.
Cyclevox with another brilliant win. Huge congrats for all the late success.
Cheers, I think we've finally made up for a lacking mid-season.
I'd forgotten that I'd even entered this race (it's not on my HQ calendar for some reason), so what a shock to have won. And Mandri, finally getting the win he's been battling for all season.
I'd like to thank SN for a great report, and for also making me fist pump and utter the words 'F**k yeah!' on a crowded train
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| jph27 |
Posted on 06-10-2012 08:47
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What were Puma doing? Anyway, great win for Cyclevox which might lift them a bit higher up the rankings. |
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| ember |
Posted on 06-10-2012 11:48
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Well played by Pokerstars, sealing a top 5 in the rankings, congratulations!
And nice to see Cyclevox win once again. They've really had momentum going for these final races of the season. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-10-2012 13:44
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Not a lot of change in the standings - perhaps to be expected. Both Pokerstars and Cyclevox scored over 100 points here, and they are duly rewarded with a move upwards. Another gain for Cyclevox, while Pokerstars go 4th - Top 5 secured?
Puma are just 11 points away from Venchi. Venchi will be expected to score better in Japan, but you just never know - Japan Cup has a history of surprising results!
| 1 | 1 | | | Team Bianchi | 4981 | | 2 | 2 | |  | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 4706 | | 3 | 3 | |  | Jayco - Red Bull | 4444 | | 4 | 5 |  |  | Pokerstars.com | 3802 | | 5 | 4 |  |  | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | 3786 | | 6 | 6 | |  | Aker Solutions - Bergans | 3617 | | 7 | 7 | |  | UniCredit | 3474 | | 8 | 8 | |  | Team Venchi ProCycling | 3454 | | 9 | 9 | |  | Team Puma - SAP | 3443 | | 10 | 10 | |  | Hollister Pro Cycling | 3298 | | 11 | 11 | |  | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | 3198 | | 12 | 12 | |  | VolksWagen - Siemens | 3152 | | 13 | 13 | |  | Emu Export | 3113 | | 14 | 14 | |  | Team Trilux - Falke | 3039 | | 15 | 15 | |  | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | 3013 | | 16 | 16 | |  | T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft | 3002 | | 17 | 17 | |  | Team Bpost | 2832 | | 18 | 19 | |  | Cyclevox | 2383 | | 19 | 18 | |  | Saab-Scania | 2344 | | 20 | 20 | |  | Team Rothaus - Aegon | 2275 | | 21 | 21 | |  | Ferrari - ERG | 2241 | | 22 | 22 | |  | Team CSC-Orbea | 2217 | | 23 | 23 | |  | Team WWE | 2154 | | 24 | 24 | |  | Proximus - Trek | 2145 | | 25 | 25 | |  | Focused Cycling | 1993 | | 26 | 26 | |  | Koppert Cycling Team | 1816 | | 27 | 27 | |  | Cerne | 1765 | | 28 | 28 | |  | Meiji - Fuji | 1431 | | 29 | 29 | |  | Oz Cycling Project | 1323 |
And the Asia Tour standings:
| 1 | | Jayco - Red Bull | 1886 | | 2 | | Hollister Pro Cycling | 1012 | | 3 | | Team Bianchi | 1007 | | 4 | | Meiji - Fuji | 760 | | 5 | | Team Puma - SAP | 745 | | 6 | | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 734 | | 7 | | Oz Cycling Project | 715 | | 8 | | Ferrari - ERG | 628 | | 9 | | VolksWagen - Siemens | 590 | | 10 | | Emu Export | 556 | | 11 | | Pokerstars.com | 531 | | 12 | | Focused Cycling | 418 | | 13 | | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | 369 | | 14 | | Cyclevox | 360 | | 15 | | UniCredit | 354 |
The Top 50 individual standings - and whether they are in Japan
| 1 | Jose | Alarcon |  | Aker Solutions - Bergans | 1478 | | | 2 | Cesare | Di Maggio |  | Team Venchi ProCycling | 1213 | Japan | | 3 | Daniele | Bennati | | Team Puma - SAP | 1162 | | | 4 | Jonathan | Bellis |  | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 1120 | Japan | | 5 | Francesco | Ginanni | | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | 989 | | | 6 | Domenico | Pozzovivo | | Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa | 951 | | | 7 | Alejandro | Valverde |  | Proximus - Trek | 902 | | | 8 | Dimitri | Claeys |  | Team Bianchi | 885 | Japan | | 9 | Chris | Froome | | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 858 | Japan | | 10 | Luis Leon | Sanchez Gil | | Cerne | 806 | | | 11 | David | De la Fuente | | Team Bianchi | 795 | | | 12 | Allan | Davis |  | Hollister Pro Cycling | 788 | | | 13 | Robert | Kiserlovski |  | Hollister Pro Cycling | 773 | | | 14 | José | Rujano | | Pokerstars.com | 708 | | | 15 | Tomas | Vaitkus |  | Cyclevox | 665 | | | 16 | Danilo | Napolitano | | UniCredit | 664 | | | 17 | Aleksandar | Flügel |  | VolksWagen - Siemens | 660 | Japan | | 18 | Jurgen | Van den Broeck | | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | 659 | | | 19 | Marco | Marzano | | VolksWagen - Siemens | 654 | | | 20 | Nicolas | Roche |  | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | 633 | Japan | | 21 | Erik | Mohs | | Pokerstars.com | 624 | | | 22 | Mikhail | Ignatiev |  | T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft | 620 | | | 23 | Heinrich | Haussler | | Team Trilux - Falke | 612 | | | 24 | Lars | Boom |  | Team Rothaus - Aegon | 606 | | | 25 | Carlos | Castaño | | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | 597 | | | 26 | Mikayil | Krasnoperov |  | Emu Export | 589 | | | 27 | Matthias | Kessler | | Team Trilux - Falke | 574 | | | 28 | Kai | Reus | | VolksWagen - Siemens | 573 | | | 29 | Kristjan | Koren |  | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | 553 | | | 30 | Rui | Costa |  | Team CSC-Orbea | 552 | | | 31 | Adam | Blythe | | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 550 | | | 32 | Pieter | Vanspeybrouck | | Team Bpost | 549 | | | 33 | Franco | Pellizotti | | Team Venchi ProCycling | 538 | | | 34 | Daryl | Impey |  | Jayco - Red Bull | 532 | Japan | | 35 | Alex | Dowsett | | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 524 | Japan | | 36 | Manuel | Lloret | | Team Bianchi | 524 | | | 37 | Gianpaolo | Caruso | | Ferrari - ERG | 524 | | | 38 | Peter | Stetina |  | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | 503 | | | 39 | Niels | Albert | | Team Bpost | 499 | | | 40 | Frantisek | Rabon |  | Team Bianchi | 489 | Japan | | 41 | Fabian | Wegmann | | Team Trilux - Falke | 480 | | | 42 | Ryan | Eastman | | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | 479 | | | 43 | John-Lee | Augustyn | | Emu Export | 474 | | | 44 | Magno | Nazaret |  | Emu Export | 466 | | | 45 | Igor | Antón | | Team CSC-Orbea | 463 | | | 46 | Juan José | Cobo | | Team Bianchi | 454 | | | 47 | Vadim | Ratiy | | VolksWagen - Siemens | 448 | Japan | | 48 | Daniel | Moreno | | Jayco - Red Bull | 446 | | | 49 | Fabio | Duarte |  | Team Venchi ProCycling | 434 | | | 50 | Aleksandr | Kolobnev | | T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft | 432 | Japan |
And the Top 25 Asian Tour individuals. Davis will take the crown unless Froome can win in Japan
| 1 | Allan | Davis | | Hollister Pro Cycling | 566 | | | 2 | Chris | Froome | | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 452 | Japan | | 3 | Daniele | Bennati | | Team Puma - SAP | 345 | | | 4 | Marco | Marzano | | VolksWagen - Siemens | 326 | | | 5 | Daniel | Moreno | | Jayco - Red Bull | 303 | | | 6 | Gerald | Ciolek | | Team Bianchi | 239 | | | 7 | Daryl | Impey | | Jayco - Red Bull | 236 | Japan | | 8 | Mark | Cavendish | | Proximus - Trek | 209 | | | 9 | John | Gadret |  | Jayco - Red Bull | 205 | | | 10 | William | Ford | | Oz Cycling Project | 197 | | | 11 | David | De la Fuente | | Team Bianchi | 195 | | | 12 | Aleksandar | Flügel | | VolksWagen - Siemens | 186 | Japan | | 13 | Gustavo | Veloso | | Jayco - Red Bull | 182 | | | 14 | Baden | Cooke | | Oz Cycling Project | 169 | | | 15 | Peter | Kennaugh | | Rapha Condor - Qhubeka | 161 | | | 16 | Mikayil | Krasnoperov | | Emu Export | 154 | | | 17 | Sung Baek | Park |  | Meiji - Fuji | 147 | Japan | | 18 | Enrico | Gasparotto | | Team Puma - SAP | 144 | | | 19 | John-Lee | Augustyn | | Emu Export | 143 | | | 20 | Gianpaolo | Caruso | | Ferrari - ERG | 141 | | | 21 | Dimitri | Claeys | | Team Bianchi | 140 | Japan | | 22 | Kristjan | Koren | | California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized | 131 | | | 23 | Marco | Guillén |  | Pokerstars.com | 131 | | | 24 | Fabian | Wegmann | | Team Trilux - Falke | 130 | | | 25 | Carlos | Castaño | | Pirelli - Alfa Romeo | 128 | |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 06-10-2012 13:46
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What a horrible outcome From 5 to 7 in Asia, instead of securing our season goal.. Can't expect much from Japan as well..
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| Smowz |
Posted on 06-10-2012 13:58
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Hmm I wouldn't say Meiji are safe either, Rapha are going to be pretty good in Japan I reckon and this Puma parade.
Some nervous GM's in Japan they better stick off the Saki!
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| beagle |
Posted on 06-10-2012 16:41
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That was awesome race, one of the best for my team this season!! It´s hard to believe that my team was controlled by AI  congrats to Cyxclevox for another big win!
Moving up to 4th place sounds like a miracle for me after miserable Herald Tour and 2/3 of Tour du Faso...
Now let´s wait what will happen in Japan.
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