Hey guys, i just want to say that this is probably going to finish , before start of new season. I'll continue this as career , but just can't write reports for this. It's not lack of motivation, it's something different. I just don't feel into this story anymore and writing reports started to be boring and all of that. No crashes/problems, it's just me.
Btw, will probably start something new in few days. Have few ideas on my mind.
Well guys, i can't see point in continuing without me wanting to. I mean , i know that i am starting and finishing all of these stories too soon, but it's something that i can't explain. At least i finished season, and it was good. As i said , i will continue this as personal career. Thanks to everyone that followed/commented.
If it's the effort of writing reports that is the problem, perhaps take a longer break. I know the biggest problem i've found recently is having to play the race, make notes then turn it all into a report. Never a problem with the career.
So take a longer break, play PCM for fun. Then come back when it's all fresh again. Or try something quite different from what you've done in the past. It's easy to start lots of ideas, play them for a bit, then start something new after a season, but it's not the best idea.
This was a good read, and sorry i never commented.
One of my favourite stories of the last while. I really hope it continues, but I must say, at least you did one proper season with awesome reports, etc. btw, I'll still do that request
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Well guys, i can't see point in continuing without me wanting to. I mean , i know that i am starting and finishing all of these stories too soon, but it's something that i can't explain. At least i finished season, and it was good. As i said , i will continue this as personal career. Thanks to everyone that followed/commented.
Never forget the story, keep coming back to it when you feel like it so as it keeps going
Don't promise reports every night as that will make you more prone to stopping
Just go at a steady pace, that's what i am doing with my Team Type 1 story and i am almost at 100 pages
Thanks for support guys! Really means alot. Had no idea that this amount of you are following this (got 250 views since yesterday ). Just to be clear, i will focus on non cycling stuff much more if i continue this, and will change a layout a bit, but that's not so important. Also, as sutty68 said, i should not hurry up with all of these reports. Will be at much lower pace (in terms of writing reports).
I hope that i'll start 2014 in few days (i have to do accessories and aidanvn13 is slightly finishing NC's , so it has to be soon).
Hey guys, here is a bit detailed 2013 recap. So , for short , this story isn't dead! Now, just seat and enjoy, this is going to be a bit longer report.
Well , all i can say is that results from all of these 3 Grand Tours were surprising. Some guys disappointed, other ones showed some really nice skills. Froome's schedule was quite strange, Contador timed perfectly, Roche was big surprise, whole Saxo Tinkoff aswell. Rodriguez did what was expected from him. So , here are results from all of these GT's , but detailed:
Giro d'Italia
Unexpectedly, Froome's first target for this season was Giro. Maybe he still don't feel like winner of Tour de France or Italians are just easier to cheat on, we'll never know. Whole Giro was really cold and rainy, with even snow on some stages, but even that could not stop Chris from winning it. Froome got an impressive win over Nibali , with about 5 minutes of advantage.
Top 10 standings were like this:
Position
Rider
Team
1st
Chris Froome
Sky
2nd
Vincenzo Nibali
Astana
3rd
Rigoberto Uran
Sky
4th
Tanel Kangert
Astana
5th
Cadel Evans
BMC
6th
Daniel Martin
Garmin
7th
Jakob Fuglsang
Astana
8th
Vasil Kiriyenka
Sky
9th
Jean-Cristophe Peraud
AG2R
10th
Peter Sagan
Cannondale
So , it was exciting Giro, with quite expected winner. It was time to move on, Tour was next race.
Tour de France
Well, Saxo Tinkoff brought strongest squad here , and they really had amazing Tour. Nicolas Roche had really bad last season, so he had to show something in this. And he really did. He finished as 2nd, behind team's leader Alberto Contador. Again, teammate spirit and MONEY on first place, made Alberto win this, since Roche lost few seconds on last stage, just to let Alberto win. Purito finished as 3rd, again.
Here are results:
Position
Rider
Team
1st
Alberto Contador
Saxo - Tinkoff
2nd
Nicolas Roche
Saxo - Tinkoff
3rd
Joaqium Rodriguez
Katusha
4th
Chris Horner
Radioshack
5th
Chris Froome
Sky
6th
Michal Kwiatkowski
OPQS
7th
Richie Porte
Sky
8th
Jurgen van-den Broeck
Lotto - Belisol
9th
Bradley Wiggins
Sky
10th
Alejandro Valverde
Movistar
Great performance from Riij's team.
Vuelta d'Espana
Quite expected results in Spain , after that Tour. Once again , Nicolas confirmed that he has absolutely great season. This time, Joaquim Purito Rodriguez was in front of him. This time , he got what he deserved. Purito was about 1 minute in front of Roche , who was in front of Henao , again by 1 minute.
Results were:
Position
Rider
Team
1st
Joaquim Rodriguez
Katusha
2nd
Nicolas Roche
Saxo - Tinkoff
3rd
Sergio Henao
Sky
4th
Daniel Martin
Garmin
5th
Benat Inxtausti
Movistar
6th
Daniel Moreno
Katusha
7th
Igor Anton
Euskaltel
8th
Frank Schleck
Radioshack
9th
Peter Sagan
Cannondale
10th
Michele Scarponi
Lampre
Results in other races were a bit strange, as they were with GT's. Qucik reports for some other important races will be below. So start.
Hilly Classics: Well , this is probably strangest part of 2013 season. Some really unexpected winners, such as Spilak winning Classica San Sebastian , or Ryder Hesjedal winning Fleche Wallonie. But i can only imagine your faces when you hear that Jan Bakelants won Amstel Gold Race. So unpredictable part of season, was great to watch.
Cobblestones Classics: Well, Cancellara was dominating there, winning every single cobblestone race except E3 Prijs - Harelbeke. Tom Boonen was winner of it. Swiss machine was just unstoppable, altough both Flecha and Boonen , aswell as Vanmarcke had good form.
Other stage-races: Not a single guy won 2 stage-races from WT calendar in 2013 , and that's what makes it interesting. Sagan opened season by winning in Australia, on Santos Tour Down Under and Van Avermaet closed it, by winning in Bejinig. Winners were quite different, from Cancellara to Rui Costa, from Valverde to Nibali etc.
No big changes in 2013 from this sector of cycling. Only 1 WT/PCT team changed sponsor and it was Vacansoleil. We already knew that they will change sponsor at the end of the season, so it was not big surprise. KLM , Dutch flying company jumped in their place, and got in contract with team directors.
Also, one small team joined CT. It's Nespresso team, which is made of guys from all over the world. Quite strong team, indeed.
Again , everything but expected promotions/relegations. Just check this list out, and you'll see what i am talking about.
World Tour
Team name
In/Out
Current division
Bardiani
In
World Tour
Cofidis
In
World Tour
Lotto - Belisol
Out
Pro Continental
Euskaltel
Out
Pro Continental
Pro Continental
Team name
In/Out
Current division
Radenska
In
Pro Continental
Jamis H.B.
In
Pro Continental
Nippo
In
Pro Continental
Novo Nordisk
Out
Continental
Bretagne
Out
Continental
Champion System
Out
Continental
Continental
Team name
In/Out
Current division
Adway
In
Continental
Nespresso
In
Continental
SAP
In
Continental
ISD
In
Continental
And , biggest transfers from 2013 season, for the end of this 2013 recap. So , here we go.
TheManxMissile - Well, i really hopes that it's only form and finally giving Roche free role. But it's hardly beliavable.
And about Sagan, yep, that's just what i thought when i saw results...
Miguel98 - Well , it has to be something really strong to transform old Roche to this one.
And about Sagan, ye , it happened before aswell (in my second career).
aidanvn13 - Well, i don't find them so unrealistic. Contador wanted better team so he gone to AG2R. They could not pay to both Contador and Betancur , so Betancur left. Wiggins joined BMC since he can't ride in shadow of Froome anymore, and they could not have both Wiggins and Phinney, so they sold him. Greipel joining Katusha because Lotto relegated. Degenkolb joined Sky since he wants to be 1st sprinter. Goss had awful season with Orica, so he joined Lampre. Gilbert , Kreuziger and Renshaw are quite realistic aswell.
sutty68 - Great chance for him to show what he has, since he isn't in shadow of Kittle anymore. And thanks so much, i really put big effort in doing this, it was quite complicated.
baia - Thanks for support! Haha, the thruth has been spoken.
). Just to be clear, i will focus on non cycling stuff much more if i continue this, and will change a layout a bit, but that's not so important. Also, as sutty68 said, i should not hurry up with all of these reports. Will be at much lower pace (in terms of writing reports).
What did Riis give to him?
