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Eduardo Alonso - The spanish magician
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| LeTrik |
Posted on 20-10-2012 21:07
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Wild Dog wrote:
Can only second what Ian Butler said.
Is Filio a future marriage? 
Who knows, things can change
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| LeTrik |
Posted on 20-10-2012 21:20
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Chapter 5 - Injury
''I was preparing for the Charity Race, riding a hilly road together with the rest of the team. In one of the swings my bike swepped off the ground, i fell down 2 meters, but landed in a bush, how lucky can you be? If that bush wasnt there i could have destroyed my body, maybe unable to cycle for a year! But even through i dindt fall all the way down my right leg really hurt, and i was drowen home by the manager. He told me that it wasnt a serious injury, but i would miss Charity Race.''
-Eduardo Alonso
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 20-10-2012 21:21
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Ouch! Bad luck  Hopefully he will recover fast.
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| HaRe |
Posted on 20-10-2012 21:23
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oh that is bad |
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| LeTrik |
Posted on 20-10-2012 21:29
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Wild dog: Yes, but he will be ready for Tour of Pologne!
HaRe: Indeed
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| LeTrik |
Posted on 20-10-2012 22:00
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Chapter 6 - To Poland we go!
''I remember it, while most of the other riders where at Tour de France, i was on my way to the airport. Since the injury i had alot of time to be together with Filio, we moved together 2 days after the injury. When the team left for Tour de France Filio took with them, that meant i was not going to be together with her for nearly a month. But i had other things to think about, Tour of Pologne was just around the corner and i was the leader, i needed to stay focused, i took the car and drove to the airport. In the airport i meet together with the others, then we entered the airplane, to Poland we go!''
-Eduardo Alonso
Edited by LeTrik on 20-10-2012 22:04
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| LeTrik |
Posted on 20-10-2012 22:35
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Chapter 7 - Tour of Pologne
Stage 1:
With names like Vanendert, Rodriquez and Evans, Eduardo Alonso was a complete outsider. The stage crosses the same hill 4 times before the finish. The last time we hit the hill the BOTM was nearly catched, and it was time to shine for Alonso. With 4 km Fuglsang, Cunego and Evans tried to get away from the big group, Alonso captured them without a problem. 2 km later Alonso attacked. Moreno opped the pace of the peleton, he knew Alonso from Vuelta a Burgos, and was not gonna let his captain, Joaquim Rodriquez, lose time. But Alonso was to fast, he got away from the group, then he reached the BOTM, and got past them aswell. When they reached the top LL Sanchez and Cunego tried to get away aswell, they were incredible strong downwards so Alonso had to use alot of energy on not to get cachted. However, Alonso got caught with 17km to go. Moreno still opped the pace, and more and more riders couldnt keep up with him, the group became smaller and smaller. With 12 km to go Alonso and Porte, but Porte couldnt keep up with Alonso, then Cunego and Evans attacked. Alonso got caught by a group of six, Gilbert, Fuglsang, Porte, Evans, Rodriquez and Cunego. Alonso gave it a last shot with 4 km to go, and who can describe the last kms better than Eurosport commentary:
There he goes again, how will the others react?Porte quickly takes the lead, can he close the gap here? Gilbert comes up, 9 seconds behind Alonso, he comes closer! He goes past Alonso, it looks like Gilbert will take the win here! Alonso has no more energy, Evans and Albasini goes past him. Gilbert wins! Alonso gets the 6th place, the same time as Gilbert.
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 20-10-2012 22:48
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I don't understand why you keep talking about Vuelta a Burgos. Isn't Burgos at the start of August just before Eneco Tour??
Anyway still looks good.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-10-2012 22:52
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Lucky that bush was there  |
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| LeTrik |
Posted on 21-10-2012 14:19
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Chapter 8 - Going for glory
''After the first stage it was time for 3 flat stages, after those Peter Sagan took the leader jersey, winning 2 out of 3 flat stages. On the 5th stage Vanendert won an amazing solo victory, but what about me? I knew it was gonna happen, i could fell it the day before. My leg still hurt after that crash, and i lost more than 10 minutes on the stage. The day after i only had one thing in my mind, a stage win. When the race had just started, i attacked. It was really wet, and i was gonna fell that later. The stage contained 10 mountain sprints, so i though i could maybe take the mountain jersey aswell. I won the first 4 mountain sprints without a problem, and took over the mountain jersey, now i just needed to win the other sprints aswell. I could still fell my leg hurting, but it wasnt as bad as the day before. I won the 3 next mountain sprints, but on my way to the 8th, i crashed. I quickly got up again, and drove all i could. But i landed on the same leg as last time, and it really hurt. But i wasnt giving up, i ''only'' had 60 km to go. With 40 kms remaining there was only 2 mountain sprints left. I could fell my leg hurting, but i dindt give up, not now! with 10 km to go we swicth over to the Eurosport commentary:
There he goes, Eduardo winning the 10th, and last mountain sprint of the day, that means he will not only have the mountain jersey, but he also wins it with double as many points as the 2. place! (with 2km to go) An amazing solo ride by Eduardo Alonso, his first World Tour stage win! He lifts his arms, he points to the sky, he wins today! (some minutes after) Jelle Vanendert sprints to the second place, he wins the GC!
Here is the famous picture of Alonso's first World Tour victory, the quality is not the best, as it is an old photo:
Edited by LeTrik on 21-10-2012 14:20
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 21-10-2012 14:26
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Soloing whole stage? Awesome! 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-10-2012 15:14
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Great stage  |
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Posted on 21-10-2012 15:44
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Game crash!
I was about to do the Tour of Beijing, but then my pcm game crashed, and the save doenst work -.- Therefore i have decided to stop the story.
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| HaRe |
Posted on 21-10-2012 15:48
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did you try finding the savegame at my documents and then deleting the ~ sign or take the weekly save.
Edited by HaRe on 21-10-2012 15:48
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| LeTrik |
Posted on 21-10-2012 15:51
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HaRe wrote:
did you try finding the savegame at my documents and then deleting the ~ sign or take the weekly save.
Cant even find the savegame -.-
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