Edit: Quick question what are your graphic settings? I tried playing a stage with shadows and they really messed up the riders models and faces.
Edited by valverde321 on 04-03-2011 23:02
roturn wrote:
Great chance now for a double win with your riders in the overall.
We`ll see tomorrow if there are really just 5 riders in the group. I think it will be a bigger group. ~25 riders in real
I hope so, tomorrow gonna be intresting to say least, hopefully
tsmoha wrote:
Nice stage! Good job by your team.
Thank you
Pellizotti2 wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
Nice stage! Good job by your team.
+1
Thanks
FreitasPCM wrote:
It's going to be very close for the time-trial, your riders have enough quality to win it.
It is gonna be intresting, Horner (75), Tondo (76), Lofkvist (75), Knees (72). But Knees has the best shape in my team, thanks !
valverde321 wrote:
Especially nice screens last report.
And the results look nice with the boldings.
Edit: Quick question what are your graphic settings? I tried playing a stage with shadows and they really messed up the riders models and faces.
Thanks Everything is maxed out, though I don't play with motion blur and depth of field, instead I prefer anti-aliasing set on 8.
baia wrote:
Good result.Now lets take overall.
Thanks for bolt...way better now.
Thanks, hope we can do it as well. And no probs on the bold, I prefer it that way too
Two prologues hopefully tomorrow, one from Murcia and second from Paris Edited by Alakagom on 04-03-2011 23:43
The 12km long time trial will decide the overall betweeen the five riders today.
Favourites: A.Kloden, P.Sagan, X.Tondo
Jos Van Emden was one of the first riders to set a very good time, it will take a long time to get that time beaten.
16'26"
Dario Cioni after celebrating yesterday shows off his jersey on the last stage. Great result by him, he will be a very important helper for Lofkvist in the Giro.
Rubén Plaza after yesteday's dissapointing day, clocks a very good time, but not good enough to beat the Dutchman.
16'28"
Our best prologue riders is on the road and I have no idea why, but he unfortunatately has -3 form today, which limits his performace, very much. Slightly before him Micheal Rogers had -4 as well.
17'03"
Knees with another bad fitness of -2, our captain doesn't have the best day either, he finishes behind Lofkvist. Unlucky day for us so far, but we need to forget about it and move on.
17'05"
Chris Horner sets good time, but not good enough to beat Van Emden or Tondo, which means Tondo is crowned new Vuelta a Murcia champion.
16'46"
Results
1
Jos Van Emden
Rabobank Cycling Team
16'26
2
Xavier Tondo
Movistar Team
+ 2
3
Rubén Plaza
Movistar Team
+ 12
4
Brent Bookwalter
BMC Racing Team
+ 17
5
Chris Horner
Team RadioShack
+ 20
6
José Iván Gutiérrez
Movistar Team
s.t.
7
Peter Sagan
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 21
8
Andreas Klöden
Team RadioShack
+ 22
9
Roman Kreuziger
Pro Team Astana
+ 24
10
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
11
Imanol Erviti
Movistar Team
+ 29
12
Hugo Sabido
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 30
13
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 32
14
Cândido Barbosa
CC de Tavira
+ 33
15
Thomas Löfkvist
Sky ProCycling
+ 37
Very much dissapointed about today, our three most important riders had a minus day form, we hope this is a one-off and we will do much better in the Paris-Nice prologue.
Overall
1
Xavier Tondo
Movistar Team
9h03'50
2
Chris Horner
Team RadioShack
+ 10
3
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
+ 41
4
Thomas Löfkvist
Sky ProCycling
+ 47
5
Peter Sagan
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 52
6
Cândido Barbosa
CC de Tavira
+ 56
7
José Iván Gutiérrez
Movistar Team
+ 1'03
8
Paolo Tiralongo
Pro Team Astana
+ 1'06
9
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 1'07
10
Roman Kreuziger
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
11
Hugo Sabido
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 1'13
12
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1'15
13
Michael Rogers
Sky ProCycling
+ 1'23
14
Egoi Martínez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1'25
15
Stef Clement
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1'27
Though today was dissapointing, we still somehow keep 3rd with Knees and Lofkvist even moves to 4th overall. Defintely not the best, but good start to the March.
Points
1
Xavier Tondo
Movistar Team
44
2
Chris Horner
Team RadioShack
37
3
Cândido Barbosa
CC de Tavira
37
Mountain
1
Dario Cioni
Sky ProCycling
20
2
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
16
3
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli
16
Team
1
MovistarTeam
27h13'40
2
Sky ProCycling
+ 49
3
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 1'23
Young
1
Peter Sagan
Liquigas - Cannondale
9h04'42
2
Roman Kreuziger
Pro Team Astana
+ 15
3
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 23
Paris-Nice preview and prologue coming up laterEdited by Alakagom on 05-03-2011 11:09
@Roturn and baia Thanks, we did a lot better in this prologue, but you will see later
Paris-Nice
Paris Nice or "the race to the sun" is a Pro Tour race in March. It leads from Paris to Nice in 7 stages. The most successful cyclist in Paris Nice was Sean Kelly from Ireland. He won seven consecutive titles (1982–1988).
Results in 2010
1 Alberto Contador Astana 28:35:35
2 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:11
3 Luis-Leon Sanchez Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:25
4 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas - Doimo 0:00:26
5 Samuel Sanchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:30
6 Jens Voigt Team Saxo Bank 0:00:35
7 Joaquim Rodriguez Team Katusha 0:00:37
8 Reine Taaramae Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:07
Last year winner Alberto Contador won’t participate this year, as well as doper Valverde. Last year Sky didn’t do to well, Gerrans being our best rider on the 15th position overall, we hope to improve that this year.
Sky Team
Thomas Löfkvist Christian Knees Edvald Boasson Hagen Geraint Thomas Kurt-Asle Arvesen Chris Froome Ian Stannard Christopher Sutton
Looking at our team, there is a lot of quality, as I am playing the 2010 version of the race, I brought team slightly diffrent than I intended. I am still undecided who our main captain will be, we will see that after two or three stages. What I hope too is that Hagen can survive only mountain stage in the peloton and take good overall position as well. Thomas will be Hagen lead-out, but if he does well in prologue as he has better form, he may be the main sprinter. Arvesen, Froome, Sutton and Stannard will be important helper to our team.
Strong startlist, but not as strong as I expected it to be, A.Schleck looks to be big favourite, but L.L. Sanchez and V.Nibali can win some precious seconds on him in the prologue. Gilbert might be the dark horse if he can survive the mountain stage, and the possibility of that is reasonable.
Biggest surprise? Astana comes here without Vinokourov; he had brilliant form winning three stages in Adalucia, if there is no Vino, I expected at least Kreuziger, but no he as well isn’t listed. The Paris-Nice profile suited both very well. Very surprising tactic by Astana.
The sprinter startlist looks more impressive, a lot of top sprinters are here, T.Farrar and T.Bonnen look to be in best shape and will be hard to beat. Hagen shape (76) isn’t bad but not best. He will have strong support from Arvesen and Thomas, and we hoep we can win at least one stage.
Edited by Alakagom on 05-03-2011 12:03
This year Paris-Nice starts with a flat 8km prologue. Can GC contenders gain some time on the strongest climber in the field Andy Schleck?
Favourites: Farrar, Boonen, Hushvod Voigt, Hagen
First of the better prologue riders is Westra, and with good and strong start he sets new best time.
11’04”
The Czech Time-Trial Champion, Frantisek Rabon, he didn’t do well and looks not to be in top form yet.
11’19”
Geraint Thomas is probably the first favourite to hit the road, continuing from his win in the time trial in Oman. With a absolute great day form +5, he creates absolutely stunning time and smashes Westra time and clocks time which will be a very hard time to beat.
10’42”
Jens Voigt is one of the bigger favourites for this prologue, but even he can’t come even close to Thomas time. Looking good for us if such a good prologue rider like Voigt lost 19 seconds today. Maybe Thomas could turn in overall contender?
11’01
Next in the road is the World Champion an great prologue rider. But he is another rider that doesn’t even come close to Thomas time.
11’04”
Knees is our next rider and with his good fitness, he tries his hardest and finishes with impressive time for his prologue skill, equal with Voigt time.
11’01”
Thomas Löfkvist is next, he is much better prologure rider and proves his form with very good time, obviously not as good as Thomas. But very competitive, and he will gain some important seconds on other contenders.
10’59”
Fugslang will probably be Andy’s slave for this race, but his time-trial skills are very good, and he really disappoints today finishing 101th.
11’29”
Tyler Farrar is a top sprinter and a prologue rider, his from this year has been consistent, but even he doesn’t match Thomas time.
10’51”
Philppe Gilbert might be a dark horse, as Paris-Nice route involves only one mountain stage, he does have a chance, as the prologue might be deciding factor, he doesn’t too well, but definitely not the worst result for him.
11’07”
Edvald Boasson Hagen leading the UCI Pro Tour rankings starts his ‘real’ season off here. His form is not best, but we hope he can do better every stage.
11’00”
Tom Boonen looks to be in shape for Milano-Sanremo setting very good time on the first point, though he couldn’t match Thomas finish time he finishes third behind Farrar with only few riders to go.
10’54”
L.L. Sanchez is probably biggest favourite in absence of Contador to win this race, in his Spanish TT Champion jersey many expected from him a lot. He is the last rider who can take victory away from Thomas. But he disappoints and his time is not very good if you compare what can he do. He finishes 66th and 38 seconds back to Thomas.
This prologue was one of the most stressful ones as Thomas was one of the earliest to set the time, I couldn’t believe he could hold it for so long. Unbelievable feeling...our first win on extreme and in a Pro Tour race.
We put the Murcia prologue behinds us now, our team has done a great race overall. Lofkvist and Hagen get the Top10. And Knees just outside.
Now I have a big dilemma, Thomas had a decent lead, I have two options now, either make him captain and control the peloton on all the stages and make sure no big gap will be created, or keep my tactic before the race, all team riding for Knees and Lofkvist, with Thomas being Hagen lead-out. After such performance, we must think what will be the best solution for our riders and Sky.
Results
1
Geraint Thomas
Sky ProCycling
10'42
2
Tyler Farrar
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 9
3
Tom Boonen
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 12
4
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
+ 15
5
Janez Brajkovic
Team RadioShack
s.t.
6
Robert Hunter
Team RadioShack
s.t.
7
Thomas Löfkvist
Sky ProCycling
+ 17
8
Carlos Barredo
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
9
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky ProCycling
+ 18
10
Heinrich Haussler
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
11
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
s.t.
12
Jens Voigt
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project
+ 19
13
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
14
Nicolas Vogondy
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
15
Grégory Rast
Team RadioShack
+ 21
Spoiler
16
Coen Vermeltfoort
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
17
Lieuwe Westra
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 22
18
Jérôme Coppel
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
19
Thor Hushovd
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
20
George Hincapie
BMC Racing Team
+ 23
21
Lars Ytting Bak
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
22
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
s.t.
23
David Millar
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 24
24
Sandy Casar
FDJ
s.t.
25
Andriy Grivko
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
26
Andrey Amador
Movistar Team
s.t.
27
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Sky ProCycling
+ 25
28
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
29
David Le Lay
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 26
30
Damien Monier
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
31
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
+ 27
32
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Tomas Vaitkus
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
34
Marcel Sieberg
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
35
Marcel Wyss
Geox - TMC
+ 28
36
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
37
Vladimir Gusev
Katusha Team
s.t.
38
Enrico Gasparotto
Pro Team Astana
+ 29
39
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
40
Olivier Kaisen
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 30
41
Niki Terpstra
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 31
42
Imanol Erviti
Movistar Team
+ 32
43
Allan Davis
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
44
Filippo Pozzato
Katusha Team
+ 33
45
Jan Bakelandts
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
46
Christophe Riblon
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 34
47
Óscar Freire
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
48
Ian Stannard
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
49
Joost Posthuma
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project
s.t.
50
José Joaquín Rojas
Movistar Team
+ 35
51
William Bonnet
FDJ
s.t.
52
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ
s.t.
53
Denys Kostyuk
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
54
Juan José Cobo
Geox - TMC
+ 36
55
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
56
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
57
Paolo Tiralongo
Pro Team Astana
+ 37
58
Daniel Navarro
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
59
Frantisek Rabon
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
60
Manuel Quinziato
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
61
Kristof Vandewalle
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 38
62
Eduard Vorganov
Katusha Team
s.t.
63
Bert Grabsch
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
64
Dario Cataldo
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
65
Mikaël Chérel
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
66
Luis León Sánchez
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
67
Matteo Carrara
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
68
Timofey Kritskiy
Katusha Team
s.t.
69
Pablo Lastras
Movistar Team
s.t.
70
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 39
71
Francisco Pérez
Movistar Team
s.t.
72
Alessandro Ballan
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
73
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
74
Graeme Brown
Rabobank Cycling Team
s.t.
75
Steve Houanard
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
76
Arkaitz Durán
Geox - TMC
s.t.
77
Aleksejs Saramotins
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
78
Christopher Sutton
Sky ProCycling
+ 40
79
Nick Nuyens
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
80
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 41
81
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
82
Marzio Bruseghin
Movistar Team
s.t.
83
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 42
84
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
85
Matti Breschel
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 43
86
David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
Geox - TMC
s.t.
87
Christophe Le Mével
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
88
Tom Danielson
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 44
89
Sam Bewley
Team RadioShack
+ 45
90
Benjamín Noval
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
91
David Boucher
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
92
Peter Velits
HTC - Highroad
+ 46
93
Matteo Tosatto
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
94
Martijn Keizer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
95
Chris Barton
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
96
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
97
Vitali Kondrut
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
98
Egor Silin
Katusha Team
+ 47
99
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
100
Manuele Boaro
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
101
Jakob Fuglsang
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project
s.t.
102
Fabian Wegmann
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project
+ 48
103
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
104
Francis De Greef
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
105
Denis Galimzyanov
Katusha Team
s.t.
106
Tom Leezer
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 49
107
Sergio Pardilla
Movistar Team
s.t.
108
Andy Schleck
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project
s.t.
109
Romain Sicard
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
110
Mauro Santambrogio
BMC Racing Team
+ 50
111
Markus Eibegger
Geox - TMC
s.t.
112
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
113
Simone Ponzi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 51
114
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
115
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
s.t.
116
Mickaël Buffaz
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 52
117
Travis Meyer
Team Garmin - Cervélo
s.t.
118
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
119
Arnaud Labbe
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 53
120
Hayden Roulston
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
121
Björn Leukemans
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
122
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
123
Danny Pate
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
124
Juan José Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
125
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
126
Gerald Ciolek
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
127
Stéphane Rossetto
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
128
Fumiyuki Beppu
Team RadioShack
+ 54
129
Amets Txurruka
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
130
Matteo Bono
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
131
Andreas Klier
Team Garmin - Cervélo
+ 55
132
Domenik Klemme
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project
+ 57
133
Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 58
134
Caleb Fairly
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
135
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team RadioShack
+ 59
136
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
137
Jelle Vanendert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
138
Maciej Paterski
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
139
Mauro Da Dalto
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
140
Mikel Nieve
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1'00
141
Brice Feillu
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project
s.t.
142
Mickaël Delage
FDJ
s.t.
143
Nacer Bouhanni
FDJ
s.t.
144
Carlos Sastre
Geox - TMC
+ 1'01
145
Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
146
Jérôme Pineau
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
147
Gatis Smukulis
HTC - Highroad
s.t.
148
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 1'02
149
Tristan Valentin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
150
Volodymir Gustov
Saxo Bank SunGard
s.t.
151
Dmitriy Fofonov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
152
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
+ 1'03
153
David De la Fuente
Geox - TMC
s.t.
154
Iñaki Isasi
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
155
Ludovic Turpin
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'04
156
Philip Deignan
Team RadioShack
s.t.
157
Davide Cimolai
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
158
Joan Horrach
Katusha Team
s.t.
159
Pierre Cazaux
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
160
Anders Lund
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project
+ 1'05
161
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'06
162
Matteo Pelucchi
Geox - TMC
+ 1'07
163
Arnaud Gérard
FDJ
s.t.
164
Nico Sijmens
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
165
Julien Bérard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'08
166
Stéphane Poulhiès
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
167
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'09
168
Marco Marcato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
169
Jean-Lou Paiani
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
170
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
171
Frédéric Guesdon
FDJ
+ 1'11
172
Jimmy Casper
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
173
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 1'12
174
Olivier Bonnaire
FDJ
+ 1'13
175
Sergey Lagutin
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1'17
176
David Loosli
Lampre - ISD
+ 1'19
Looking at the times, there are some big loosers today, Sanchez and Fugslang disappointed today a lot, Andy Schleck and Carlos Sastre lost over 50 seconds today. Though there sis one winner today, Brajkovic, I didn’t expect from him such a good prologue, and it definitely tells he has good fitness and might be most dangerous rider for us in battle of the yellow jersey.
Good stage for you.
You should have played my new 2010 PN prologue as the intermediate sprint is in fact a KoM sprint. In the Cyanide version there are even bonus seconds on the sprint
Also they forgot the short cobbled section.
Edited by roturn on 05-03-2011 14:27
