staviros wrote:
Eple...that was the strategy I have been using.....but was experiencing contador attacking all the way on to the back wheel again.....and then sprinting well to take the stage.....maybe attacked to early on in the climb.....I try and go on the offensive about 7km. The protection rider dies after about 1km....leaving 6km on the dot at 84%.

Seem to have better luck when countering the Ai attacks and then sitting on the wheel of froome and contador....

Training and recce camps.....I use both only for the Tdf.....doesn't do much for the stats of my lead rider....more for the support guys......can't say I see a benefit from the recce camps yet.

juszta wrote:
My variant (probably you were using something similar) :

-Have your best rider protected by your third best during the mountains and your second best rider protected by the fourth best

-Have the rest of your team try to control the pace as much as possible during the climbs

-During the final climb (or when you expect high priority attacks) switch your second guy to protect your best guy and set the 3rd and 4th guys on relay with around 90 effort (could be 99 depending on the situation)

-When they are dead, switch your best guy to self effort (80-85) and ride away while being protected

-Your second best guy will die soon, from then just keep riding on self effort and hope for a good result (with Froome you can win every mountain stage on normal difficulity)

Avin Wargunnson wrote:

I think experiencing Contador attacking again and again and not being able to drop him is the best thing that the game can brought to you. Because if we want the game realistic, that is what is happening in real too. Doing a minute gap on Conta with lesser climber is nonsense imo and that is why i always play extreme, which gives the most realistic results.
Actually once you learn the game perfectly, even extreme is pretty easy to get results on and more believable.

staviros wrote:
update:
tried frromedog tactic first...just to summarise:
stage 12 TDF, normal difficulty, team sky.
wiggins leader (97% fitness); froome No2 rider. Uran & Henao protectng both of them until final climb:

climb 1: rest of team relaying @ 58% effort
climb 2: rest of team relay @ 60% effort
climb 3: 69% effort
final climb: 84% effort. then froome 99% on dot, wiggins on 99% follow. 17.8Km climb

basically the peleton and my domestiques disintegrated at about 10km to go, put froome on 99% dot and he broke the rest up and put a small gap in...chase group formed behind froome which including wiggo, they caught froome with about 1.5k to go and then there was sprint for the line.

Results:

1. Contador
2. VDB 0"
3. A Schleck 0"
4. Evans 0"
5. wiggins 22"
6. froome 22"
7. roche 44"
8. nibali 1'21"
9. pinot 1'35"
10. f.schleck 1'59"

Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Sorry to say that man, but if you play on normal, you have to be doing something wrong during the race, because Wiggo should be able to stay with the very best on this difficulty and 99% fitness.
You play with Daily database?

Jesleyh wrote:
Yeah... I think it's also about timing. When you used my tactic, have you got Wiggins protected? If necassary, you can also let Froome attack with him, and then protect Wiggins, and let him go on dot(a higher dot than when he goes solo, since he saves energy)
I don't really understand it, at my game, my tactic almost works every time, especially with a favourite like Wiggins. But how did Froome finish before Wiggins? Did you exhaust Wiggins too much or something?