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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 16-03-2013 19:55
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"hard" mode, sure...
@Jesl
EPObank is a better name than Blanco
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 16-03-2013 19:57
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TheManxMissile wrote:
@Jesl
EPObank is a better name than Blanco
what?
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| Rammus |
Posted on 17-03-2013 00:02
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TheManxMissile wrote:
"hard" mode, sure...
@Jesl
EPObank is a better name than Blanco
Truly it was on hard  I've played a lot with this team (see post #96)
EPObank because of their history ... maybe not what they are now |
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 17-03-2013 12:12
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shin0da_13 wrote:
I have a nice career going with FDJ. I'm on 1st of April and managed to win Paris - Nice with Pinot and Catalunya with Fedrigo after a succesful breakaway in stage 1. Other notable results are a stage win with Demare in Down Under, a 2nd place in G-W and 6th in Flanders with Ladagnous. I try and play mostly races in french circuit where i dominate, notching about 35 wins so far.
April continued in a succesful manner. We managed a 4th in Paris-Roubaix with Ladagnous while Fedrigo rode incredible in Ardennes finishing 3rd in Amstel, 6th in Fleche and 5th in Liege. Casar did a super ride in Giro, winning 4 stages along with the points and mountain jerseys. In preparation for TDF Pinot got 2nd place overall at the Dauphine along with 4 stage wins missing on the overall victory thanks to a crash on a flat stage wich cost him 1'30''. We really wanted to hold on the french national jersey but unfortunately we got a kick in the teeth from Voeckler.
Next is the Tour where i have a dillema. Demare will go for the points jersey but i'm not sure if i will try for GC with Pinot against a very strong oposition or for the mountain jersey along with a stage win. |
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| MartijnVDD |
Posted on 17-03-2013 21:05
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Man, I'm having a frustrating season with BMC.
Paris - Nice: 2nd with Van Garderen
Tirreno - Adriatico: 2nd with Evans
After also finishing 11th in Milan - San Remo, my sponsor happiness turned to orange... =( |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-03-2013 21:27
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Oh god ....  Worst stage ever. A stupid flat stage in the Giro with a couple of hills in the end (stage 13, first year). A couple of favourites attack with 30 kms to go, Betancur follows, Pozzo stays in the pack. But on the chase, he suddenly loses tons of energy and can't keep up... eventually he loses more than 4 minutes and drops from fourth to 13th overall. So pissed right now! At least Betancur is in white again because Tejay lost time as well... still. It was looking so good!
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 17-03-2013 21:40
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Sky fun career:
Uran - 3rd TA (Contador 1st, Nibali 2nd)
- 2nd Catalunya (Contador 1st)
- 2nd Pais Vasco (Contador 1st)
- 2nd Amstel (Contador 1st)
for christs sake! the man is cursed by C*ntador!
Oh yeah and Amador won RVV
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 18-03-2013 07:13
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After the aforementioned amazing Giro, my Tour with Astana went dramatically. Guardini failing miserably (0 podium spots) and some stupid race tactics making Brajkovic lose 6 minutes on Mont Ventoux, so he only ended 11th in the GC, after comfortably sitting in 7th place. On top of that, Fuglsang sucked until the last time trial and became 20th. Just painful.
However, the team is bouncing back nicely with a TTT victory in the Vuelta and Nibali in the leader's jersey right before the first mountain stage. His main rivals will be Contador, Henao, Moreno and Valverde, judging by the hilly stages so far. San Sebastian went well too (Gasparotto 3rd) and we did a fantastic tactical ride in Hamburg, making Gavazzi win before Gasparotto and Boonen 
Transfers have been done too: Seeldraeyers, Kangert, Tiralongo & Huffman are out; Sagan, Samoilau, König, Bazhkou (talented Belarussian puncher) and Chelyakov (mediocre cobble talent from Kazachstan) are in. Normally, I'm not a fan of high profile transfers, but Sagan fills a huge gap for MSR and the cobbled classics, while I'm majorly dissatisfied with Guardini as a sprinter, so something needed to be done. For the future, I will try to build my team around Sagan, Aru & Lutsenko. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-03-2013 07:21
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cunego59 wrote:
Oh god .... Worst stage ever. A stupid flat stage in the Giro with a couple of hills in the end (stage 13, first year). A couple of favourites attack with 30 kms to go, Betancur follows, Pozzo stays in the pack. But on the chase, he suddenly loses tons of energy and can't keep up... eventually he loses more than 4 minutes and drops from fourth to 13th overall. So pissed right now! At least Betancur is in white again because Tejay lost time as well... still. It was looking so good!
These off-days can be catastrophic... |
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 18-03-2013 08:01
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The Tour was quite an epic battle, by the way. Froome peaked early and took 2 minutes on Contador, but on the final mountain stages, Contador got closer and closer. Eventually, Contador managed to get the lead and defend it with a 10 second gap in Paris |
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| TTspecialist |
Posted on 18-03-2013 08:54
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2014 season with RadioShack,gto Velits,Van Garderen,Kristoff and its going pretty well. I also started again my Elan - Turkish Airlines story |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 18-03-2013 12:25
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Well. Giro ended kind of conciliatory. Pozzo continued to lost time but went into a long break on the last mountain stage, winning it and vaulting him back at least into 10th, and also giving the lead in the KoM.
Wiggins won easily in front of Hesjedal and Sanchez, Nibali only fifth after losing some 8 minutes on a mountain stage.
So conclusion: 10th overall is not what I hoped for. KoM is a decent consolation price as well as the stage win. Also, we have assembled a second place (Beletti) and two third and fourth places (Hutarovich and Pozzovivo). Not the best race, but a decent one.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 18-03-2013 12:30
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cunego59 wrote:
Wiggins won easily in front of Hesjedal and Sanchez, Nibali only fifth after losing some 8 minutes on a mountain stage.
I had the exact same thing in my Sky career...
Please tell me Scarponi was 4th!
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 18-03-2013 12:32
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Haha, exactly 
Danielson, Gesink, Basso, Intxausti and then Pozzo followed. Nibali was in the lead for a long time, then lost it to Wiggins in the MTT, but he was only six seconds behind before that mountain stage.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 18-03-2013 13:04
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Top5 exactly the same... awesome!
Nibbles lost 7'50 on the Galibier for me.
Was rather different behind from yours though... but close enough 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-03-2013 04:56
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In my career Hesjedal was winning the Giro from Stage 2, then randomly on one stage (think it was 16 or 17) he finished 14mins back, and still ended up 4th 6mins behind
I was NetApp btw.
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 19-03-2013 06:11
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A strange thing happened at the Giro in my career too. After crushing the oposition in the first time trial and leading the general clasification, Wiggins lost almost 3 minutes in the mountain time trial finishing 4th overall. |
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 19-03-2013 14:16
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Wiggins wasn't very lucky in my career either: crashed out of the Giro right before the time trial, recovered in time for the Tour and crashed out again. That's some tough luck...
Anyway, I'm done with my first Astana season now. Gasparotto took the win in Plouay and Ponzi & Iglinskiy scored podium places in Canada, while Nibali beat Contador in a tough battle for the Vuelta win.
However, the highlight of the season is definitely Iglinskiy's victory in the World Championships! It was an amazing race with many attacks from guys like Nibali, Gilbert and Contador, but eventually Iglinskiy (daily form of +5) was the strongest and held off a small group of favourites for a solo win. Too bad that he cannot show his national jersey now though
Obviously, the world champion was aiming for the win in Lombardia too, but bad positioning got him in the wrong group and it took quite some effort to get back. Then Aru did an amazing job tearing the peloton down to 20 riders, but eventually Iglinskiy did not have the strength to attack and ended 4th in a sprint surprisingly won by Damiano Caruso. Iglinskiy took his revenge by winning the Tour of Beijing though, where Guardini also finally scored his only season win.
Really looking forward to the next season now, where Giro/Vuelta winner Nibali will go for the yellow jersey in Paris, Sagan will target Milan-Sanremo and the cobbled classics and the duo Gasparotto/Iglinskiy will once again aim for the hilly classics. Hopefully, we can defend the rainbow jersey in september too, that would be amazing.
Edited by Blueprint on 19-03-2013 14:17
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| yoejo |
Posted on 19-03-2013 14:52
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I will tell you about my 2015 season with Geox-Tinkoff Bank. (former saxo bank, but I got a good offer from another main sponsor) I play on extreme.
January: TDU - wins the points and Mo jersey with Alexander Porsev.
Gp la marsellaise - 3erd with Alexander Porsev
February: Giro della calabria - wins a stage and overall with Alberto Contador
vuelta ao algarve - Nick nuyens wins a stage
vuelta a andalucia - wins two stages (alberto and taylor phinney) and 2nd overall with Alberto C
Le samyn - 1st with nick nuyens
March: T-A - Alberto C wins the race, three stages and the points jersey
Criterium International - Fredrik Kessiakoff gets 2nd overall
Three days of de panne - Tayor phinney gets the U25 jersey and 3rd overall
April: Ronde van Vlaanderen - 3rd with Nick Nuyens
Gp al pais vasco - Gesink wins a stage and gets 7th overall
circuit de la sarthe - Taylor phinney wins the u25 jersey, 3rd overall and wins a stage
Paris Roubaix - 5th with nick nuyens
de brabantse pijl - 1st with nick nuyens
tour of romandy - gesink gets 2nd overall
May:
Giro di italia - gesink wins four stages and takes the overall plus the MO jersey
june: dauphine libere - Alberto C wins the overall, the points jersey and a stage
Tour de suisse - Robert Gesink wins the overall and two stages
July: Tour de france: Alberto contador wins three stages and the overall
August: Eneco Tour - Alberto C wins the overall and two stages
vuelta a espana - Alberto C takes the leaders jersey on the very first stage, TTT, wins 8 stages plus the overall
Gp Ouest plouay - Nick nuyens comes 1st, Gesink 2nd
September - Gesink wins the bergamasca stage race and gets 2nd in Giro di padania
Gp de Montreal - 1st with Nuyens
Milano-Torino - 1st with nuyens, 2nd with contador
Thats it. sorry if it was boring to read everything but I got the overall at T-A, the three GT: s, daupihne libere, tour de suisse and eneco tour in the world tour. my next season will be quite similar, but now I have sep van marcke and he´s a better sprinter than nuyens and a better P-R rider. And I also proved that it was possible to win the Tour-vuelta double and still win a lot of other races. Keep in mind that contador is the best climber in my DB as well. |
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 19-03-2013 16:44
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Finished the Tour with FDJ. It was a great one with Pinot 3rd overall plus a stage win while Demare took 2 stages and the points jersey. To round off the month of July, in Pologne Geniez took 2nd overall and Bouhanni 5 stage wins. |
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