Correction: flat is not that important, but energy is important. But in the end, flat will prove to be important because the worse the rider is in flat skill, the more tired he'll get to sprint. It's explained a few posts ago.
You're right, lluuiiggii! So the thing that need to change is that the riders could sprint better(not normal), but still better than climbers like contador, as they not do, when they have less energy! This applies especially those with 75+ in sprint.
Exactly Ellingsrud!! It is rediculous that contador wins a sprint when for example Rojas and Petacchi are still in the peloton! If the sprinters are in the peloton at the end, they should win the sprint even though they have less energy than the climbers.
I agree with you guys, and it should also be better if we could start sprinting earlier in hilly stages ending by 10-20km of flat.
I just played a stage like that, a small peloton of 40 riders arrived for the win and it was possible to follow only 3km from the finish line and to sprint 1km away. I had the best sprinter of that group (Feillu) who was distanced in the hills but I managed to bring him back with my entire team but useless, the guy leading the peloton when the sprint started, won (he had 61 in Sp!). Really upsetting
Edited by BouBBox on 16-05-2011 19:14
The stat system today is just too predictable. I think there should be a possibility that a rider can become completely transformed (Wiggins, Gatto) or a climber/sprinter/classics/TT rider with about 70 in the concerning skill make rop performances. If they continue to do so, their skill mat increase with 5-10 points. The same goes for riders performing bad, like a 80 climber finishing in 50-60th place in top form should have a stat decrease. If he again performs well, hos stats should increase again.
