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Project 2100 - 2nd edition!
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 03-01-2014 18:16
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Wut, Stannard WC?! |
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 03-01-2014 18:19
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WTF, Stannard and Millar 1-2
Gig 'em Aggies
Fast N' Loud Cycling Project - ICL
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 03-01-2014 19:09
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Abelbaba wrote:
Wut, Stannard WC?!
I've had worse *cough* Battaglin *cough* 
And nice to see two Irish cracking top tens at the GTs, way to go! 
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| The Rider |
Posted on 03-01-2014 19:11
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Dippofix wrote:
Abelbaba wrote:
Wut, Stannard WC?!
I've had worse *cough* Battaglin *cough*
And nice to see two Irish cracking top tens at the GTs, way to go!
You must know some strange results get thrown up when the game is simmed.
I have simmed the last stage of the TDF a few times and a two man break ended up winning by 10'00+...twice!  |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 03-01-2014 19:23
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The Rider wrote:
Dippofix wrote:
Abelbaba wrote:
Wut, Stannard WC?!
I've had worse *cough* Battaglin *cough*
And nice to see two Irish cracking top tens at the GTs, way to go!
You must know some strange results get thrown up when the game is simmed.
I have simmed the last stage of the TDF a few times and a two man break ended up winning by 10'00+...twice!
No, i played that race.
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| 547984 |
Posted on 03-01-2014 19:53
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Horner on the podium of the TDF? Tell me if he has a job next year..
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 03-01-2014 23:42
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Horner still has a job, yes, but his contract expires this season so you never know
The 2nd season is well underway, expect more frequent updates from now on. I probably won't be posting any photos for a while since nothing big happens during the first years, but in 5-6 then we'll see some new stars emerge, I hope.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-01-2014 23:51
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Froomey had a really successful season
And nice to see an outsider in Stannard become the World Champion |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 05-01-2014 11:55
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2014
WT-results
Spoiler | Santos Tour Down Under | Marcel Kittel (GER) | | Paris-Nice | Bauke Mollema (NED) | | Tirreno-Adriatico | Maxime Monfort (BEL) | | Milan-Sanremo | Fabian Cancellara (SWI) | | Vulta Catalunya | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | | E3 Harelbeke | Greg van Avermaet (BEL) | | Gent-Wevelgem | Tom Boonen (BEL) | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | Fabian Cancellara (SWI) | | Vuelta... Pais Vasco | Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) | | Paris-Roubaix | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | | Amstel Gold Race | John Degenkolb (GER) | | La Fleche Wallonie | Philip Gilbert (BEL) | | Liege-Bastogne-Liege | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | | Tour du Romandie | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | | Dauphine | Chris Froome (GBR) | | Tour du Suisse | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | | San Sebastian | Michal Golas (POL) | | Tour du Pologne | Thomas de Gendt (BEL) | | Eneco Tour | Tom Boonen (BEL) | | Vattenfall | Bryan Coquard (FRA) | | GP Quest France-Plouay | Peter Sagan (SVK) | | GP Quebec | Jan Bakelants (BEL) | | GP Montreal | Beñat Intxausti (ESP) | | Giro di Lombardia | Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) | | Tour of Beijing | Sergio Henao (COL) |
GT-results
Spoiler | GIRO | TOUR | VUELTA | | 1 | Andrew Talansky (USA) | Chris Froome (GBR) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | | 2 | Wilco Keldermann (NED) | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP) | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Carlos Betancur (COL) | | 4 | Beñat Intxausti (ESP) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Daniel Navarro (ESP) | | 5 | Richie Porte (AUS) | Richie Porte (AUS) | Javier Acevedo (COL) | | 6 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | | 7 | Jurgen van den Broeck (BEL) | Carlos Betancur (COL) | Igor Anton (ESP) | | 8 | Matthias Frank (SWI) | Nicholas Roche (IRE) | Tony Gallopin (FRA) | | 9 | Daniel Martin (IRE) | Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) | Daniel Martin (IRE) | | 10 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (POL) | Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) | Dario Cataldo (ITA) | | Point | Marcel Kittel (GER) | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | | KoM | Stefano Pirazzi (ITA) | Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP) | Gianni Meersmann (BEL) | | Youth | Wilco Keldermann (NED) | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Carlos Betancur (COL) |
CQ-RANKING
| RIDER | TEAM | NATION | | 1 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Vodafone | Spain | | 2 | Vincenzo Nilbali (ITA) | Movistar | Italy | | 3 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Omega-pharma-Quick-Step | Great Britain | | | | | | | | | | WC ITT | WC RR | | | 1 | Tony Martin (GER) | Greg van Avermaet (BEL) | | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara (SWI) | Jeremy Roy (FRA) | | | 3 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) | Daniel Martin (IRE) | |
Velo d'Or
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | | | | 2 | Chris Froome (GBR) | | | | 3 | Greg van Avermaet (BEL) |
Expectations where high before the start of the season. Could Great Britain continue their dominance and could Froome toy with the competition like last year? As the season progressed it became clear we would not get a recap of 2013, but in Britains absence a nother nation stepped forward and pick up a flurry of wins.
During the spring, Belgium saw several great wins come their way, coming out triumphant in Tirreno-Adriatico, Harelbeke, G-W, P-R and Fleche Wallonie. Could they continue along the same track just as Great Britain the year before or was this it? Answering the sceptics, the Belgian riders continued their fantastic season in the autumn, winning Tour de Pologne, Eneco Tour an GP Quebec.
The first of the Grand Tours, the Giro, was hit by sadening news early on. Majka, who finished 4th last year, Wiggins, who finished 8th, aswell as last years winner, Uran, where all plagued by injuries keeping them away from the starting line up. Michele Scarponi took a nasty fall in stage 8 and was forced to withdraw aswell. Many thought this paved the way for the big favourite Nibali, but sadly no. In the absence of some major competition, Andrew Talansky took a surprising win, edging out Keldermann and Nibali by 13 and 26 seconds.
The list of injured riders for the Tour de France was even longer. Along with Majka, Wiggins, Uran and Scarponi who didn't start, Inxausti picked up a nasty injury keeping him out of both the Tour and Vuelta. This injuries thinned out the start ranks a bit, and perhaps contributed to Froome getting his 2nd Tour win in a row, making it three in a row for GB.
One man will look back at this season as one of his most successfull ones. Aswell as winning several major races, Valverde was triumphant in the Vuelta. Like Froome before him, he took control early on and kept the leaders jersey for a total of 15 days, picking up 7 stage wins and winning by a margine of 8'23'' down 2nd place.
Belgiums fantastic season ended on a high note with Greg van Avermaet taking a surprising win in the World Championship, thus putting a cherry on the icing on the belgian waffle. The WC ITT was again won by Tony Martin, making it his 4th win. He now has the same amount of wins as the famed Spartacus. Can "Der Panzerwagen" take the record for himself?
Edited by cactus-jack on 05-01-2014 11:55
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-01-2014 12:01
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Another nice season
I like that you put the GTs in a different spoiler. Could you do the same for the monuments, please? |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 05-01-2014 12:08
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Yay for Kelderman in the Giro
We have some surprising WC winners though
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 05-01-2014 12:12
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Ian Butler wrote:
Another nice season
I like that you put the GTs in a different spoiler. Could you do the same for the monuments, please?
I'll think about it, but I don't really think it's necessary. I've been toying withe the idea of putting flags next to riders, but it would be time consuming.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 05-01-2014 13:16
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Yay, Kelderman 2nd in the Giro
And nice writing Cactus
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-01-2014 14:06
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Nice to see a nice mixture of Winners |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 05-01-2014 17:19
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Do you want the results after the summary or the way it is now?
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 05-01-2014 17:24
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Again a nice season.
I like it when there is no overall ruling cyclist.
I prefer the results first. |
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| 547984 |
Posted on 05-01-2014 17:30
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This season was actually somewhat realistic.
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
Big thanks to jdog for making this AMAZING userbar! |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 05-01-2014 17:46
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Another great write-up Cactus, hope you can keep this up like the previous one.
The Tour result was very realistic, and LLS and Kelderman surprised in the GT's which was interesting to see. The young Dutchman could be on the top step of the podium soon. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 05-01-2014 18:42
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Some surprises in the Giro! |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 06-01-2014 19:10
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2015
Drama at the Tour
WT-results
Spoiler | Santos Tour Down Under | Bauke Mollema (NED) | | Paris-Nice | Rigoberto Uran (COL) | | Tirreno-Adriatico | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | | Milan-Sanremo | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | | Vulta Catalunya | Nairo Quintana (COL) | | E3 Harelbeke | Daniel Oss (ITA) | | Gent-Wevelgem | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | | Vuelta... Pais Vasco | Bauke Mollema (NED) | | Paris-Roubaix | Tom Boonen (BEL) | | Amstel Gold Race | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | | La Fleche Wallonie | Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) | | Liege-Bastogne-Liege | Peter Sagan (SVK) | | Tour du Romandie | Chris Froome (GBR) | | Dauphine | Chris Froome (GBR) | | Tour du Suisse | Alberto Contador (ESP) | | San Sebastian | Nicholas Roche (AUS) | | Tour du Pologne | Peter Kennaugh (GBR) | | Eneco Tour | Fabian Cancellara (SWI) | | Vattenfall | Marcel Kittel (GER) | | GP Quest France-Plouay | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | | GP Quebec | Chris Froome (GBR) | | GP Montreal | Jeremy Roy (FRA) | | Giro di Lombardia | Nairo Quintana (COL) | | Tour of Beijing | Jelle Vanendert (BEL) |
GT-results
Spoiler
| GIRO | TOUR | VUELTA | | 1 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Michal Kwiatkovski (POL) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | | 2 | Rigoberto Uran (COL) | Nicholas Roche (AUS) | Igor Anton (ESP) | | 3 | Andrew Talansky (USA) | Chris Froome (GBR) | Daniel Moreno (ESP) | | 4 | Jurgen ven den Broeck (BEL) | Sergio Henao (COL) | Fabio Duarte (COL) | | 5 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | | 6 | Carlos Betancur (COL) | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | | 7 | Rafael Majka (POL) | Andy Schleck (LUX) | Peter Sagan (SVK) | | 8 | Robert Kiserlovski (CRO) | Maxime Monfort (BEL) | Dario Cataldo (ITA) | | 9 | Wilco Keldermann (NED) | Tanel Kangert (EST) | Daniel Martin (IRE) | | 10 | Beñat Intxausti (ESP) | Nario Quintana (COL) | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | | Point | Marcel Kittel (GER) | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Andre Greipel (GER) | | KoM | Javier Acevedo (COL) | Daniel Moreno (ESP) | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | | Youth | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Michal Kwiatkovski (POL) | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
| CQ-RANKING | | | | | RIDER | TEAM | NATION | | 1 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Vodafone | Great Britain | | 2 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Omega-Pharma-Quick-Step | Spain | | 3 | Michal Kwiatkovski (POL) | RadioShack | Colombia | | | |
| WC ITT | WC RR | | | 1 | Tony Martin (GER) | Peter Sagan (SVK) | | | 2 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Arnaud Demare (FRA) | | | 3 | Taylor Phinney (USA) | Matthew Goss (AUS) |
| | | | | Velo d'Or | | | | 1 | Michal Kwiatkovski (POL) | | | | 2 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | | | | 3 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) |
The season started with some sad news. Several great riders announced their retirement this year, among them such legends as Chris Horner, Juan Antonio Flecha, Alessandro Petacchi and David Millar. Some teams also changed hands with Garmin being taken over by Coca-Cola and Astana by Walmart.
The spring races saw several of the usuall suspects take the win, among them Nibali, who was looking to improve on his dismal GT-performance last year, and Boonen, who had reason to celebrate since he won his 5th Paris-Roubaix, making him the all-time winner. Sep Vanmarcke continued Belgiums good performance in the classics, taking home both Ronde van Vlaanderen and G-W.
As the Giro came closer, many where expecting to see how high up last years surprise, Andrew Talansky, could finish with the starting line up being a bit tougher this time. He did better than many thought, finishing 3rd behind Roman Kreuziger who took a well deserved win.
The Tour however, was by far the most dramatic race of the year. Featuring a strong peloton, many were wondering if Froome could make it three in a row. Eyes were also on Kwiatkowski, the yound polak who was progressed steadily. Mark Cavendish should his prowess by taking yet another green jersey aswell as 4 stage wins in a row, thereby beating Merckxs record for the total number of stage wins.
This was reason enough to call it a Tour to remember, but what came next really pushed the boundries. At stage 4, Bruxelles-Roubaix, the dreaded cobbled section reared its ugly head. The peloton was edgy all day and tensions where high. At one of the cobbled sections, Froome made the mistake of staying too far behind when a crash occured. He was caught while the few remaning riders at the front continued on, among them where Kwiatkowski and Roche. By the time Froomes group got going the distance was too great and the front group wasn't caught. At the finish line, two time winner Froome was a total of 11'23'' behind Kwiatkowski.
As the race headed into the mountains he was able to gain a bit on the yellow jersey, but the distance was far to great. After an heroic performance Froome came in third, 8'19'' behind the polak. The time differences where huge, with 10th placed Quintana finishing 29'05'' behind.
After such a spectacle, the Vuelta could never live up to the Tour, allthough it came close. Valverde was leading Anton by only 11 seconds at the 19th stage was a time trial on the 21th. Anton had to attack, but Valverde broke him in the mountains before the ITT and there never was much contest, allowing him to make it two in a row.
Honorable mentions goes out to Taylor Phinney who wrote his name into the history books with stage wins in all three GTs in the same year. It should be mentioned, they where all time trials. Sadly, he didn't crown the year with the WC-title, that honor went to Tony Martin (again) who made it five straight wins, thereby beating Cancellaras record.
Edited by cactus-jack on 06-01-2014 19:11
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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