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| tsmoha |
Posted on 16-12-2014 19:28
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Let's keep it short: fifth consecutive win in our last five starts. Somehow expected win, but still nice. Koren with a good day, too.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 16-12-2014 19:41
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Surely the doping authorities have to take a look at this team now 
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 16-12-2014 19:44
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valverde321 wrote:
Surely the doping authorities have to take a look at this team now
Rogers? Not suspecious at all 
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 16-12-2014 19:48
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Never knew Maciej could get a top 20 in a prologue...
Efimkin loses 20 seconds, more than I hoped for, but still quite decent.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 16-12-2014 20:02
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What a terrible month Oz are having.
5th for Bibby, could have been better but not too bad.
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| fintas |
Posted on 16-12-2014 21:12
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I was hoping for a little more from Barth but this wasn't a bad start. For the next stage I'm hoping that Gerdmann finishes in the top10..
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| jph27 |
Posted on 16-12-2014 22:29
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Nugara beating Bontenackels is the best result we've had since May. Not sure whether to laugh or cry |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 17-12-2014 02:13
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Augustyn not doing terrible, only losing 15 seconds. Race will be on in the next few stages - hopefully we don't have any stupid AI with breakaways dominating (unless it's my team winning from the break ).
Another nice win for Oz. Despite being a bunch of Aussies, it's a cool team. Cool, maybe not clean though. 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 17-12-2014 06:24
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10th is decent for Popo in the prologue, as he is not the fast guy anymore. Congrats to Oz, this win was more expected than few of the previous ones.
Nxt stage should be interesting, but i fear Popovych will not make something great,with his terrible acceleration in stage like that. Maybe wecould join a break, just in case...
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| Stevenag |
Posted on 17-12-2014 08:12
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Great start by Pozzo. Never feared losing much time on this stage, but it puts him in a great spot for the next stages. Need to avoid something stupid now.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 17-12-2014 08:45
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SportingNonsense wrote:
What a terrible month Oz are having.
Speaking of terrible...
..decided to put this second stage online already early today, as it ain't worth being featured on evening's "prime time". Kinda happy that Scully got zabel'd, would have felt like a wrong stage-win. And at least it made for some thrill/drama after an underwhelming stage here. Congrats to the local team then
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 17-12-2014 08:48
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Mountain stage time. Nothing to see in stage 2. Break pls. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-12-2014 08:53
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Every single hill stage ever:
"That would be the perfect stage for Efimkin in my team to place highly and get my team some much needed points"
Reality:
Breakaway or massive and weird group sprint
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 17-12-2014 09:29
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Terrible AI, waste of Tsmoha's time with stages like that. We are making the tempo whole stage and then just sit around 15th place, seems legit.
At least Popo moved himself two places up thanks to stage postioning.
Now i will be really surprised if stage 3 brings "normal" gameplay. Should be breakaway win...
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 17-12-2014 09:29
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| Smowz |
Posted on 17-12-2014 10:26
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I don't think stage 3 will be a breakaway win - the climb should be too tough. More likely a small group sprint at end with splintered groups behind.
Hilly stages in stage races are a problem in pcm - it has been a problem from what I can see in a couple of recent iterations. They are unpredictable I suppose in real life, but the way they play out seems a bit crappy. In general we hope for hilly stages = punchaer wins but as valverde says in reality this is not the case.
The profile suggested that this would have been a good punchy stage too - breakaways would be more expected if it was not a hill top finish.
Incredibly this stage almost resulted in another Oz Cycling win...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 17-12-2014 10:51
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The USAPCC is probably consistantly the worst AI race in PCM. The profile of the stages just doesn't work well with how the game works and it leads to a poor race. (At least in 13 and 14). If we are looking for races to cut this should be very high up the list.
Nice finish though
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 17-12-2014 11:03
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Great results so far!
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 17-12-2014 11:08
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Just what was wanted Gourgeard keeping up his amazing record of getting into breaks and being the strongest at the end. |
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| fintas |
Posted on 17-12-2014 11:32
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Boring stage but at least we got a good result with Sousa in 4th place. Now on the 3rd stage I only ask that Gerdemann not lose too much time to be dismissed from the outset of the top10
PS: tsmoha see the private message I sent you
Edited by fintas on 17-12-2014 11:49
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 17-12-2014 12:25
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Disappointing stage from a spectator's POV. Augustyn was at least somewhere near the front of the bunch which is a first this season. Hopefully that bodes of good things to come.
Bring on the next stage 
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