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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 05-05-2014 22:41
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After flicking through Kent's file I reckon the TT will be between Zoidl and Nicácio. Though I'm starting to think we will likely be fighting for a top 10 instead of the top 5 we are aiming for or the podium we had last year.
I reckon stage 12 will either be a breakaway or Pozdnyakov.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 05-05-2014 23:12
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cio93 wrote:
The amount of 76 MO riders present is ridiculous, a Top 20 for Herklotz would be a success.
It's crazy, so many riders who have interchangeable stats. You can see why the game doesn't necessarily handle the stat matrices well.
One way or another, I feel slightly belittled by that preview mention, and this is not even half of the amount of race days "wasted" for his development... 
Sorry, in part that was just because I was running out of things to say. I did a similar thing 3 years ago, loaning out Madrazo for free to get the boost one year faster. Given Herklotz makes you happy, there's no point waiting an extra year.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 06-05-2014 05:49
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Hoping that between Jeannesson, Parra Bustamante and Fernandez that we will have a good GC result here in the Middle East. Fernandez should be able to achieve a good result in reduced sprints. Hopefully we can get a few stage wins and a top 5 in the GC would be great. Two top 10s would be good as well. All in all, hoping to score quite a few points.
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 06-05-2014 11:32
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And I've seen guys saying stage 6 is flat, well it's not! The last kilometres are quite bumpy, enough to make worse climbing sprinters (Rasmussen) suffer.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 06-05-2014 11:42
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I don't expect too much here, but we'll see what happens. A stage win isn't unlikely here.
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 06-05-2014 12:10
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My new mantra: Can we have the mtn/hill ratios for all the non-flat stages please? Thanks  .
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 06-05-2014 12:49
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My predictions:
GC:
1- M. Iglinski
2- V. Rodrigues
3- Y. Martinez
4- S. Raisin
5- H. Schwab
6- R. Ochoa Quintero
7- P. Nicácio
8- C. Castaño
9- E. Parra Bustamante
10- J. RodrÃguez
Best sprinter*: JJ Haedo
U25: V. Adamou
Best team: Euskaltel - Bavaria
* I don't think the points jersey will be for a sprinter but he will be the one with more points
Edited by ggDonovan on 06-05-2014 12:51
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| cio93 |
Posted on 06-05-2014 16:15
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mb2612 wrote:
Sorry, in part that was just because I was running out of things to say. I did a similar thing 3 years ago, loaning out Madrazo for free to get the boost one year faster. Given Herklotz makes you happy, there's no point waiting an extra year.
Don't worry, no offence taken 
ggDonovan wrote:
My predictions:
GC:
1- M. Iglinski
2- V. Rodrigues
3- Y. Martinez
4- S. Raisin
5- H. Schwab
6- R. Ochoa Quintero
7- P. Nicácio
8- C. Castaño
9- E. Parra Bustamante
10- J. RodrÃguez
Best sprinter*: JJ Haedo
U25: V. Adamou
Best team: Euskaltel - Bavaria
* I don't think the points jersey will be for a sprinter but he will be the one with more points
Thanks for reminding me that Herklotz should try to get rid of Adamou before the TT to actually have a pretty decent chance at winning white.
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 06-05-2014 17:00
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cio93 wrote:
Thanks for reminding me that Herklotz should try to get rid of Adamou before the TT to actually have a pretty decent chance at winning white.
It will be really close, what Herklotz can win in the hills, Adamou can hit back in the TT. I picked Adamou because the TT is later in the GC, but could be one of the fights of the race.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 06-05-2014 17:40
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ggDonovan wrote:
cio93 wrote:
Thanks for reminding me that Herklotz should try to get rid of Adamou before the TT to actually have a pretty decent chance at winning white.
It will be really close, what Herklotz can win in the hills, Adamou can hit back in the TT. I picked Adamou because the TT is later in the GC, but could be one of the fights of the race.
damn, I thought Alizadeh was still eligible, It's a shame for use that both him and Zoidl are 1 year too old, same with Saggiorato.
Edited by sammyt93 on 06-05-2014 17:40
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 06-05-2014 19:56
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I am hoping for better than 9th in GC. However winning youth and Teams would be nice.
GGdonovan- I think a few of the riders in your list will fail because of their flat and hills being rather low.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 06-05-2014 22:53
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The stage played out very nicely, gutting for Euskaltel, but what a win by Herklotz. And the Tour is already made for Puma!
Iglinsky with the perfect start too.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 06-05-2014 22:58
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Can easily say that I am satisfied with that 5th position. Cool to see that the guys were working a bit today, can only indicate that the game sees us as the favourites. I like the look of this, already.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 06-05-2014 22:58
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ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 06-05-2014 23:00
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Nice to see Zoidl was active, should mean he's in good form for the race which can only be good for his key TT later on.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 06-05-2014 23:10
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cio93 wrote:
ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!
 Given how I disparaged you in the preview I was amused that I got my comeuppance on stage 1.
Also, sorry to you and any future winners, but when I switch camera angles it cancels the celebration, so pretty much all the winners look like they just roll over the line.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 06-05-2014 23:13
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mb2612 wrote:
Also, sorry to you and any future winners, but when I switch camera angles it cancels the celebration, so pretty much all the winners look like they just roll over the line.
No reason to be sorry, that's just one of many PCM13 bugs. Happened few times in my game, too.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 06-05-2014 23:19
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mb2612 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!
Given how I disparaged you in the preview I was amused that I got my comeuppance on stage 1.
Also, sorry to you and any future winners, but when I switch camera angles it cancels the celebration, so pretty much all the winners look like they just roll over the line.
Don't worry, I couldn't care less, that thread will forever be bookmarked anyway
And that serves you right, you're the first of certainly many reporters who will be fooled by his appearance 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-05-2014 23:32
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Haha, Herklotz already a winner
admirschleck wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
Also, sorry to you and any future winners, but when I switch camera angles it cancels the celebration, so pretty much all the winners look like they just roll over the line.
No reason to be sorry, that's just one of many PCM13 bugs. Happened few times in my game, too.
If that happens, you can usually just watch the replay and get the celebration in that
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 06-05-2014 23:41
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...hilly stage... Haedo is my top placed finisher... either this is really good for the flat stages, or this whole race is another disaster waiting to happen. At least Millan made an attack, though it didn't seem to do much.
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