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Posted on 06-08-2007 08:18
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Awfully - they both got dropped
@ Lance - not really - I changed this time because my old save game didn't work any more when reinstalled for some odd reason 
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Posted on 06-08-2007 14:05
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Tour Down Under - Stage 1
Mawson Lakes - Tanunda
Quite possibly the most disastrous sprint chain I've ever set up
Team Leaders:  Luis Pasamontes and  Baden Cooke
Geraint Thomas punctured early, and showed exactly what he thought of the Unibet.com car that I nearly drove into him, as Saul Raisin led the 5 man break to take the climber's jersey
After the break was caught, our sprint chain fell apart - first Thijs fell after a kangaroo got onto the road, then Zanotti punctured due to the manager's crap graphics (again), so Cooke was on his own
Cooke led from the front, and nearly took it, but O'Grady managed to get round him. Bob Johnson took this picture, and 4 hours later, he's still stuck 
A happy O'Grady then, but some nice early season sprinting from Cooke
1 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 4h01'30
2 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM s.t.
3 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
4 Simon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
5 Jeremy Hunt UNIBET.COM s.t.
6 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
7 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM s.t.
8 Oleg Grishkine NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
10 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
75 Tom Criel UNIBET.COM s.t.
76 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
77 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM + 2'16
90 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM s.t.
News - Dave Jones has wandered off, and is on the trail for next year's neo-pros. A new assistant will be announced shortly
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Posted on 06-08-2007 14:06
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not the best sprint train
but very good 2nd with Cooke
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Posted on 07-08-2007 14:58
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Tour Down Under - Stage 2
Mannum - Hahndorf
Crack open up the Foster's mate, Unibet get a win
Team Leaders: Luis Pasamontes and Baden Cooke
After yesterday's fall, Thijs decided to go for that mountain jersey in the break - and he got it
Dave Jones was playing the didgeridoo on the web cam as he went on his global scour - but Thijs was still with 2 others with other a minute with 36 km left
Crikey! He's ditched the others, and he could actually do this
He does, he takes our first win and puts on the climber's jersey too
What an awesome win!!!
1 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM 3h59'08
2 Jonathon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 30
3 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC s.t.
4 Mark Jamieson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
5 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
6 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL s.t.
7 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
8 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
10 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
17 Jeremy Hunt UNIBET.COM s.t.
43 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM s.t.
44 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
54 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
55 Tom Criel UNIBET.COM s.t.
74 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM s.t.
78 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
General Classification:
1 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 8h00'48
2 Jonathon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 2
3 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 8
4 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC + 12
5 Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 16
8 Jeremy Hunt UNIBET.COM s.t.
18 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM s.t.
45 Tom Criel UNIBET.COM s.t.
46 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
50 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM + 2'19
52 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM + 2'34
53 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM + 2'36
59 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
News - A new assistant has been appointed, and is currently coordinating the efforts to free Bob Johnson from where he is still stuck - he'll be announced shortly.
Breaking news - Bob Johnson was freed, but our new assistant accidentally knocked over some Aussie's can of fosters when celebrating - we wish him well as both his broken arms heal
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Posted on 07-08-2007 15:05
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Nice win, but did you forget to sprint with Cooke?
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Posted on 07-08-2007 15:11
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haha I have that as well when I am in a winning break, totally forget about the sprinters but atleast he won
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Posted on 07-08-2007 15:18
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great win
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Posted on 07-08-2007 16:05
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Yep, forgot about Cooke, concentrating on Thijs
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Posted on 08-08-2007 09:12
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Tour Down Under - Stage 3
Stirling - Victor Harbour
Another podium spot, another pack sprint
Team Leaders: Luis Pasamontes and Baden Cooke
In a new nice jersey, Thijs joins the break and begins to rack up more mountain points - shame it's a mix up and he's not wearing the climber's jersey, but oh well
A far more successful train this time, as we try to propel Baden Cooke up to the front
Bugger, more Aussie success as Simon Clarke wins and Baden Cooke can't even get past 2 of his lead out men, So Jeremy takes 3rd spot
1 Simon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS 3h00'26
2 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
3 Jeremy Hunt UNIBET.COM s.t.
4 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
6 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM s.t.
15 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM s.t.
57 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM s.t.
59 Tom Criel UNIBET.COM s.t.
82 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
96 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM + 2'57
General Classification:
1 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 11h01'02
2 Jonathon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 14
3 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 20
4 Jeremy Hunt UNIBET.COM + 24
5 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC s.t.
6 Juri Krivtsov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 26
7 Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 28
8 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 32
9 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM s.t.
10 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
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Posted on 08-08-2007 15:23
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awesome lead-out, can't understand why you didn't win
what's the form of Hunt, Zanotti, Cooke?
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Posted on 08-08-2007 15:54
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All around 50/60 - not great, they just got going too late in the sprint 
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Posted on 08-08-2007 20:25
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Tour Down Under - Stage 4
Willunha-Willunga
What's this! Hills? A typical Dave Jones "flat stage", he think's he's already found someone!!!
Team Leaders: Luis Pasamontes and Baden Cooke - Time for Pasamontes to come to the fore
Thijs (correct jersey now) joins the early 9 man break
Oh dear. My car breaks down, and here is our back up car my new assistant provides me with - it breaks down, so the team is on its own
Pasamontes does rubbish on the climb, and 3 riders pull away - Aerts takes the win.
What an awful performance - Pasamontes was not there today, and Dave Jones has decided to play a 'practical joke' on all of us and our team credit cards won't work - looks like llama's on the menu tonight 
1 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO 3h32'53
2 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
3 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
4 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 1'06
5 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
6 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM + 2'37
16 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM s.t.
17 Tom Criel UNIBET.COM s.t.
24 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
50 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM s.t.
51 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
52 Jeremy Hunt UNIBET.COM s.t.
85 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM + 6'48
General Classification:
1 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO 14h34'07
2 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 8
3 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 12
4 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 1'26
5 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
11 Jeremy Hunt UNIBET.COM + 2'49
26 Tom Criel UNIBET.COM + 2'57
33 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
35 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM s.t.
46 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM + 4'48
48 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM + 5'11
49 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM + 5'13
85 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM + 12'31
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Posted on 08-08-2007 20:30
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ah, unlucky
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Posted on 08-08-2007 20:32
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I know, llama tastes absolutely awful
Seriously though, I wasn't really expecting anything, Pasamontes isn't that good, and his form is crap
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Posted on 08-08-2007 22:33
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Tour Down Under - Stage 5
Adelaide City Council Circuit
A final chance for success, Baden?
Team Leaders: Luis Pasamontes and Baden Cooke
Gardeyn tries to make up for his shocking tour - it doesn't work
You push, I'll pull - Bob Johnson gets stuck...again
Not a bad tour, but not great - a jersey, a stage win and a top 10 result is some good early season preparation - as long as we improve
1 Simon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS 2h06'40
2 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
3 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM s.t.
4 Jeremy Hunt UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
6 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
20 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM s.t.
25 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM s.t.
26 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
85 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
87 Tom Criel UNIBET.COM s.t.
General Classification:
1 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO 16h40'47
2 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 8
3 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 12
4 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 1'26
5 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
6 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 2'13
7 Jonathon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 2'39
8 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2'45
9 Jeremy Hunt UNIBET.COM + 2'49
10 Mark Jamieson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
21 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM s.t.
36 Tom Criel UNIBET.COM s.t.
39 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
46 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM + 4'48
47 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM + 5'03
49 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM + 5'13
85 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM + 12'31
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Posted on 09-08-2007 15:27
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The Unibet board weren't happy with our first month of racing results, or the fact that my assistant had wandered off to go on his global search. They are a bit too demanding if you ask me - it's only a warm up month, but they still want to be dominating early - when I told them we would be struggling in the ProTour this year, they gave me icy stares, and when I asked them for a new team car, they actually threw stuff at me - I have chunks of coffee mugs still lodged in parts of me!!!
It took a lot of time therefore for me to persuade them to buy a new team car, but after yelling at them from a long way away so they couldn't throw stuff at me, I managed to make them see sense. Unfortunately, the sense part is kind of lacking in the boards finance department. Here's the new car:
Fitting the spare bikes/llamas to it is going to be a struggle though.
Next up, we are in Malaysia for the Tour de Langkawi, but before that, we'll be announcing the first of Jones' prodigies that he's found
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Posted on 09-08-2007 15:37
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"they actually threw stuff at me"
is that a Bugatti Veyron?
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Posted on 09-08-2007 15:38
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Changed, and yes, that is the new Bugatti Veyron team car
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Posted on 15-08-2007 20:43
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Well, I'm totally bored with Unibet. Those directors seemed more hassle than they are worth, and there was talk of race fixing that sickened me, so I decided to get out of there straight away. I only went there for the money anyway, so my heart would never be in it, which is almost sacrilege as a director sportif, so I've decided that I've got to start at the bottom again, and actually grow to love the team. Plus, I've just hit big in the Premiun Bonds, and am now a millionaire, so my wage no longer bothers me greatly
Except this time, it's the very, very bottom. You can't go further down. Well actually, you can, as I've still got my good friend Dave Jones with me, who's managed to nick one of his global prodigies from signing with Unibet to signing for us - we had to give the young lad a wage increase, but Dave reckons it's worth it.
So who am I with? Which team is the lowest of the low, and comes with these nifty helpers in the package of becoming the team manager?
Sorry guys, but after the recent influx of lower team stories, I realised that I got very bored with big teams that are not the ones I've taken to glory, so it's another change for Allan, and back to the bottom for you as he leads you with one of the worst teams in game
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Posted on 16-08-2007 13:35
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Bouygues
no, i thought Benteng were but, i would say Azad University
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