Jesleyh - It's just the start. Wait to see what's coming.
Shonak - Be patient, it's going to be there quickly.And yep, i tried to describe teams shortly, but to give some basic infos about them.
Selwink - Of course they look alike, since these colours (f.e Partizan has black/white combination) are used on their kits at every sport. I didn't want to pay attention on jerseys that much, since they won't be here for a long time. You'll see why. And, here are some jerseys of these teams in spoiler.
It seemed like it was a month, but my last post was "only" 11 days ago. It's now time to show you my new contract, the one i was talking about in last report.
I had alot offers for my new team. Partizan made one, Red Star and Metalac as well, but one teams' contract terms really made me want to ride for them. It was Borac. Actually , negotations lasted for only 3 days, since we found common ground with 2nd offer.
As you can see from their site, i signed 2 years contract with them. This was definitely best opinion, since i got leader role and that was key thing...Yes , LEADER role! I am really happy about my new team. I hopes for 2 years of total joy and some great results.
That's pretty much it for this blog update, see ya in next post where i am going to post detailed presentation of my new team.
As i promised 2 weeks ago, here is Team Presentation. As every team in this league, Borac has 8 riders in their squad. Team is all-arounded , with both climbers and sprinters in its squad.
Just for info, Nedić brothers are missing from this photo, since they were on vacation at photo session time. For Leaders Presentation look below. I am one of them so it's going to be a bit weird to write about my pros and cons.
Team Leaders
[img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/2b/XE/zXTe4A1/unknown.jpg[/img-l][img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/s/EH/VoRkHmw/blankspace.png[/img-l]Nikola Čupić - aged 17 Specialisation: Mass sprint
Teams leader in any kind of flat terrain (cobblestone, sprint). However, acceleretion is not his best side.
[img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/2b/XE/zXTe4A1/unknown.jpg[/img-l][img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/s/EH/VoRkHmw/blankspace.png[/img-l]Nemanja Nedić - aged 16 Specialisation: Steep climbs
Best (besides me) teams puncheur with stunning acceleration. Of course, he loves steep and short climbs. His only defect is bad TT ability.
[img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/2b/XE/zXTe4A1/unknown.jpg[/img-l][img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/s/EH/VoRkHmw/blankspace.png[/img-l]Marko Šantić - aged 14 Specialisation: Both, long and short climbs
Well, that's me. What can i say about myself? My trainer says that i'm one big talent and i am youngest guy in squad, as well. It's somehow weird to have leader role as only 14 years old.
Huh, 3 months passed since I started this blog. It's really nice to see what i've been writing back in time. I just wonder how will this look alike in 2013 or 2014. Anyway, i am not here today to speak you about that, but to publish my 2009 Calendar.
As we're in Serbia and all of us are pretty young, our calendar's looking a bit empty , with only few racing days each year. Here's mine one , for this season:
Looking pretty cool so far! Liking the idea of racing in a Serbian league first. Hopefully the only 8 teams won't lead to faulty gameplay other than that, i'm always a fan of discovering new races from a small country like Serbia, so i'm looking forward to those schedule and how it plays out for Marko and in general.
Quality presentation as always, too! So i will follow for sure!
Faillu - No way that he's going to keep this amount of races. I won't say anything more than that, you'll see what i am talking about in next few reports.
tsmoha - Thanks mate! Yep, i thought it would be perfect to add something fresh to stories and this was my best idea. Many leagues and features like this (and ever more interesting) to come in future. I wanted something unique and i hope i made it unique. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
sutty68 - Thanks. I finally have a story that is fully planned (at least in next few years) and i am totally enjoying this right now. I hope you do, as well.
Just as i posted last thing on this blog, i remembered that i didn't tell you one really important thing. How could i miss that?
Yeah, i am CycloCross rider as well! I even rode more CycloCross races then Road Races , but i thought i wrote it somewhere. No way, someone deleted that definitely, i swear i wrote it before. I don't like to speak about that, but i am Junior National Champion in CycloCross.
I wish i have more time available now, but that's it for this time. I have to go to training now, so no space for detailed description. More about this in next post.
After few days of training, i finally found some time to do a bit detailed explanation of my CycloCross "career". Well, i started as CycloCross rider , but then, one of my best friends started riding in local road cycling club, so i joined him. Anyway, that's not main topic of this blogpost.
Well, no major changes on - team topic. Team stayed same (Borac) , with same contract lenght (2 years) and same riders (from U17 developement squad). Only 2 things changed, my Calendar and my jersey. I am National Champion of Serbia in CycloCross (Not in U17 category, but in Seniors one!) thanks to an early attack in that race. Sadly, this blog didn't exist back in 2008 when i raced it.
As team is competing in CT and not in Regional League , it's going to be pretty big challenge for me and all our guys. I am the youngest guy in active (WT,PCT and CT) CycloCross now. Big pressure on me, but i think i can handle it.
Marko's CycloCross Calendar for 2009
Date
Name
May 22nd
Toi Toi Cup - Race 1 (Stibro)
May 28th
Toi Toi Cup - Race 2 (Mnichovo Hradiste)
June 6th
Toi Toi Cup - Race 3 (Lostice)
June 7th
Aigle
June 13th
Toi Toi Cup - Race 4 (Hlinsko)
July 10th
Toi Toi Cup - Race 5 (Louny)
July 17th
Toi Toi Cup - Race 6 (Hole Vrchy)
August 15th
Toi Toi Cup - Race 7 (Kolin)
September 9th
Zonnebeke
October 17th
Eeklo
Which will make my full calendar for 2009 looks like this:
Bikex - Wow, thanks so much. I am really enjoying this so far and i really think that this has potential to become my best story so far (well, that's not so hard).
Hey guys, i just came back in hotel after last day of our training camp on Kopaonik (Mountain)/ Serbia. Our season starts in few days, so we had to prepare well. Mountain was best place for something like that.
Our manager took some photos with his brand new Canon photo-camera. I'll let you enjoy these photos, without saying anything more, because i'll make it look worse by each word i say. Here they are, enjoy the beauty of nature:
Guys in the bottom of the mountain
Climb started, guys are starting to feel some pain
I needed some fun, so i attacked
N. Čupić is feeling some hard pain at the middle of the climb
Looks a very promising story, Admir.
I take it that you use the Cyclocross DB for the Cyclocross part?
(I believe May is actually September/Octomber, everything is bumped a few months, but okay )
Jesleyh - Thanks alot. Yes , i use that DB with your FixedCareers DB. And i have no idea how it is going actually, but i am going to keep it like it's in game. No reason to change anything.
All - Just to set up few things in editor tonight and tommorow and racing can definitely start. Be sure to check the thread few times a day, since i got some nice speed on reports and i am not changing thread's name , so you might miss something.
The World Cup, Superprestige and bpost races are lots of fun (in PCM2012 StanosCrossBase), but all this small cyclocross races. Hm. They are not good & fun (for me at least) due to the small number of participations.
I thought about doing a Road/Cyclo-Cross One-Rider story too, much like Stybar IRL, but always found the differenct databases a bit... distracting, and also I found it hard to report a cyclo-cross stage in traditional manner. I think a short report on what happened (like yours?) suits it better. Anyhoo. It's great to see that you try it and do it! I hope it will last long and I'm sure to never miss an update.
Shonak - I honestly don't care about how realistic this looks.I just hopes that i won't get any gameplay issues (my biggest worry, currently) with both CycloCross and Road races. If that goes as i planned , it would be perfect. Thank you for your long comment and nice explanation, but i'll stick to games' calender. Thanks for following and commenting, mate!
All - I know it sounds so complicated after this "episode" , but it really isn't. You'll see what i am talking about in next report, first PCM report since the start of this "blog". I am really enjoying this at the moment, btw.
Hi everyone! I just noticed that i forgot to write this in League Presentation, so i'll try to write it here, shortly. I'll talk you about my U17 Road League rules and point system. It's unique, weird and pretty cool.
Well, as i already said, this league has unique point system and some different rules. As i don't have such a big vocabular to describe it by words, i'll let you discover new rules with these table below. So here it is:
Spoiler
Place
Points
1.
25 points
2.
18 points
3.
15 points
4.
12 points
5.
10 points
6.
8 points
7.
6 points
8.
4 points
9.
2 points
10.
1 point
Of course, this applies only to 1day classics and races. Since we have only 1 stage-race, point system is pretty similar and it looks like this:
Spoiler
Place
GC
Points
KoM
1.
25 points
10 points
10 points
2.
18 points
8 points
8 points
3.
15 points
6 points
6 points
4.
12 points
4 points
4 points
5.
10 points
2 points
2 points
6.
8 points
No points
No points
7.
6 points
No points
No points
8.
4 points
No points
No points
9.
2 points
No points
No points
10.
1 point
No points
No points
At the end of the season, winner gets a chance to sign new contract with some Continental Team. This rule is not valid if rider is less than 15 years old.
And that's pretty much it for today, my friends! I am ready for my first cycling challenge since the start of the season, Niš - Bor Road Classic. It's tommorow, and i'll be here after the race, to bring you some nice race report. Cheers!
Niš - Bor 
Toi Toi Cup - Race 1 (Stibro)
Aigle
Zonnebeke
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