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Agritubel - A French Revolution
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| Setzel |
Posted on 02-02-2008 22:31
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if it was released how can i not find the link to dw
Got it stupid me
Edited by Setzel on 02-02-2008 22:33
Eating my daily Breakfast at 9 pm
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| issoisso |
Posted on 02-02-2008 22:33
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setzel wrote:
if it was released how can i not find the link to dw
I'm afraid you're either going to have to wait for the link to be made available publicly or leech it off someone else who's willing to be friendly
EDIT: oh it's out is it? good then 
Edited by issoisso on 02-02-2008 22:37
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 02-02-2008 23:22
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Its got some good stuff.
Only there are like 40 Fidea teams which I assume you have to go through all the extra trouble to play as.
I am crossing my fingers that they fixedx the scouting feature. Last version yo could scout for 1 season and after that there were 1 or 2 per nation.
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| rodda |
Posted on 03-02-2008 04:44
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issoisso wrote:
sorry. a certain person's bad attitude and "I'm never wrong, no one is allowed to disagree on anything" mentality ticked me off, so I'll never register.
i always register then it tells me i have to wait until the mods accept me so i say **** that and go away and forget about the whole thing haha
unfortunately this means ive registered about 3 times so they keep blocking my email addresses
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| Crommy |
Posted on 03-02-2008 09:50
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Down Under Classic
Adelaide
My first race, and time for me to see how everything works. Well, not quite.
David believes in a hands on approach, and divided the team into 2 - he would be working with the majority of the team - Hans Dekkers and Anthony Ravard were our lead team sprinters, but he decided to allow me to control Romain Feillu, who was assigned a free role today for the sprint.
A break of 11 got away, and unfortunately, the teams were do diverse in that break that David was forced to sacrifice a couple of riders to pull it back in. Unfortunately, with the sprint beginning, some of them were still ahead, so it would be a tough finish.
The break might just make it!
I told Romain to get to the front, and with the help of Benoit Salmon, he wriggled his way to the front, and saw the wheel of Hans Dekkers. As the sprint began, he saw an opening as Matt Goss accelerated away, and latched onto him. He just went for it then, and managed to take 4th, behind winner Matt Goss - beating our main sprinter Hans in the process!!!
Matt Goss wins in his brand spanking new Aussie champ jersey - Gates of the break in 2nd wrenched away our poidum spot
Results:
1 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC 1h04'01
2 Nick Gates PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
3 Brett Aitken SAVINGS & LOANS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
4 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
5 Damion Drapac DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
6 Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL s.t.
7 Peter Dawson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
8 Enrico Degano BARLOWORLD s.t.
9 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
10 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 03-02-2008 16:25
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Very nice 4th and 6th
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| Crommy |
Posted on 03-02-2008 21:22
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Thanks Addy
So, my first major cycling experience, and I get the young sprinter who surprises everyone to nearly take a podium in a strong field. I'm fairly sure its complete and utter beginner's luck on my part, but David keeps telling me it isn't, and that I should be confident in my own ability - not that I actually did much. I think he believes that riders are only as good as the person behind them (a.k.a. us), and that's a good thing to say when going for a raise, but is is that true. Who knows!
Anyway, I'll be helping the team out again tomorrow as we begin the Tour Down Under - it should be great fun, words going round that it may be a PT race next year, so we're lucky to be here!
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DF: Trust me on this - he will make us great...
B: How? How can some common Englishman, who is totally unproven be our future - we've never heard of him
DF: Trust me. He has something extra - something I've never seen before, something I'll never see again
B: So, you think we should hire him?
DF: Most definitely, yes. Trust me.
B: I wish you'd stop saying that. OK, we'll talk about, and inform you of our decision later...
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| Crommy |
Posted on 05-02-2008 19:34
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Tour Down Under
Stage 1
The line up to the Tour Down Under is very impressive - Petacchi, Hushovd, O'Grady - this is a world class line up. So we brought along Benoit Slamon to the lead the team, with Hans Dekkers and Romain Feillu here for the sprints.
Stage 1 was bumpy to begin with, and had a couple of mountain sprints. So David told me to take care of Baranauskas as he joined the break. I told him to stay calm, and just focus on getting those mountain points - which he did, taking the climber's jersey.
After that, it was a case of waiting for the break to be caught, and it was Hans Dekkers time to take lead. He got himself up front, behind Thor Hushovd, and whilst he couldn't get around the Norwegian, he managed to take 2nd, even though Stuart O'Grady tried to knock him off of his bike!!!
Stage:
1 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
2 Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL
3 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC
4 Peter Dawson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS
5 Mark O'Brien DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
6 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL
Climber:
1 Aivaras Baranauskas AGRITUBEL 10 10
2 Juri Krivtsov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 6 6
3 Bernard van Ulden NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 6 6
4 Arnaud Coyot UNIBET.COM 2 2
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 05-02-2008 19:45
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Great 2nd place in this field, with this team
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| dave92 |
Posted on 05-02-2008 19:48
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A french team 1-2  , and KOM
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| Crommy |
Posted on 06-02-2008 19:40
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Tour Down Under
Stage 2
Well, old Willunga hill is normally the decider for the TDU, but today saw a tough stage, which could help decide who's going to be in contention up the hill. So today was all about seeing Benoit Salmon to the finish line, at the front.
Aivaras just can't cope with the hills
Except of course, we had to join the BOTD - Baranauskas attempted to hold onto his climber jersey - but the tough pace meant he couldn't get enough points.
It all goes wrong
Then David got it all wrong - up the last hill, with only 56 riders in the peloton, he sent Herve to attack whilst Salmon sat alone in the bunch. Unfortunately, Herve didn't get away, but 3 others did, and they stayed away, taking the victory
Brooks beat his 3 escapees to take the stage and the orange
Stage:
1 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 3h58'03
2 Dominique Cornu PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
3 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD s.t.
4 Pierre Drancourt BOUYGUES TELECOM + 35
5 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Benoît Salmon AGRITUBEL s.t.
GC:
1 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 7h57'52
2 Dominique Cornu PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 8
3 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD + 12
4 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 35
5 Glenn Chadwick NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM + 43
6 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 47
7 Dries Devenyns PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 51
8 Lachlan Norris SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 53
9 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 55
10 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t.
29 Benoît Salmon AGRITUBEL s.t.
Climber:
1 Glenn Chadwick NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 30 30
2 Aivaras Baranauskas AGRITUBEL 18 28
Points:
1 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 25 28
2 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 0 25
3 Dominique Cornu PREDICTOR - LOTTO 20 20
4 Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL 0 20
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| Crommy |
Posted on 08-02-2008 09:05
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Tour Down Under
Stage 3
Another flat stage, and it all boils down to a sprint.
I manage to sneak Feillu into a nice position behind Hushovd and Brooks
And then it just goes weird - Brooks, who is a pretty poor sprinter, just starts powering away - Hushovd can do nothing. O'Grady goes for it, and it looks like Romain has lost the podium spot
But no! He battles back hard, fights for every inch, and gets O'Grady in a photo finish!
Stage:
1 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 3h08'41
2 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
3 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
4 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
5 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
General Classification:
1 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 11h06'13
2 Dominique Cornu PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 28
3 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD + 32
4 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 43
5 Glenn Chadwick NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM + 1'03
Points:
1 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 25 53
2 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 20 45
3 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 14 33
4 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 14 26
5 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL 16 26
Climber:
1 Glenn Chadwick NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 0 30
2 Aivaras Baranauskas AGRITUBEL 0 28
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| robert_psv |
Posted on 08-02-2008 09:59
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Nice with Feillu
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| rodda |
Posted on 08-02-2008 10:04
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wouldnt have picked brooks to win
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| Crommy |
Posted on 08-02-2008 10:10
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It was pretty weird - he just sprinted off, and nobody could get near him 
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| samtheman |
Posted on 08-02-2008 11:04
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what difficulty are you playing on?
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| Crommy |
Posted on 08-02-2008 13:43
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Hard 
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| dave92 |
Posted on 09-02-2008 03:29
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nice job by Feillu on hard is nice, but Brooks :
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| Setzel |
Posted on 09-02-2008 13:58
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Brooks tooked smthin suspicious
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| roadie |
Posted on 09-02-2008 16:18
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Definately a "synthetic" win.. |
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