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Project 2100 and beyond!
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| AndySchleck |
Posted on 18-08-2012 00:36
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Kupiainen going for Lance's record!
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Alexander The Great
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 18-08-2012 23:40
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2037
A fitting image for such a memorable year.
Results:
Spoiler | Santos Tour Down Under | Marelle Marino (ITA) | | Paris-Nice | Tristan Fritzsche (GER) | | Tirreno-Adriatico | Benoit Colbach (LUX) | | Milan-Sanremo | Cas Pronk (NED) | | Vulta Catalunya | Juan Manuel de Hombre (ESP) | | Gent-Wevelgem | Trenton Everett (USA) | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | Anton Bogun (RUS) | | Vuelta... Pais Vasco | Cas Pronk (NED) | | Paris-Roubaix | Anton Bogun (RUS) | | Amstel Gold Race | Cas Pronk (NED) | | La Fleche Wallonie | Benoit Colbach (LUX) | | Liege-Bastogne-Liege | Emmanuel Veiga (ESP) | | Tour du Romandie | Tristan Fritzsche (GER) | | Dauphine | Ethan Juillard (FRA) | | Tour du Suisse | Bastian Fischer (GER) | | San Sebastian | Benoit Colbach (LUX) | | Tour du Pologne | Ferdinand Broers (NED) | | Eneco Tour | Hugo Lambrecht (BEL) | | Vattenfall | Andrey Golovin (RUS) | | GP Quest France-Plouay | David Bender (GER) | | GP Quebec | Nicolas Astruc (FRA) | | GP Montreal | Roman Strobl (AUT) | | Tour de Beijing | Casper Meijer (NED) | | Giro di Lombardia | Michele Paolucci (ITA) |
GT-results
Spoiler | GIRO | TOUR | VUELTA | | 1 | Alessio Lella (ITA) | Bastian Fischer (GER) | Pontus Lindberg (SWE) | | 2 | Graziano Caracciolo (ITA) | Loik Champagne (CAN) | Pablo San Domingo (ESP) | | 3 | Paolo Alfano (ITA) | Clement Franck (FRA) | Bastian Fischer (GER) | | 4 | Paolo Lollo (ITA) | Cas Pronk (NED) | Michele Paolucci (ITA) | | 5 | Mario Sarno (ITA) | Aleksandr Kupiainen (FIN) | Eeta Saarinen (FIN) | | 6 | Jacopo Ross (ITA) | Graziano Caracciolo (ITA) | Miguel Zazueta (ESP) | | 7 | Mikhail Kovalchuk (BLR) | Nuno Atxaran (ESP) | Ferdinand Broers (NED) | | 8 | Luis Filipe Gois (POR) | Ethan Juillard (FRA) | Andres Subeldia (ESP) | | 9 | Kyrylo Kowalchuk (UKR) | George King'atua (KEN) | Nuno Atxaran (ESP) | | 10 | Juan Almansa (ESP) | Allen Smith (USA) | Mario Manchego (ITA) | | Point | Alessio Lella (ITA) | Miguel Durango (ESP) | Pontus Lindberg (SWE) | | KoM | Andrea Ramiti (ITA) | Sylvain Lemée (FRA) | Pontus Lindberg (SWE) | | Youth | Damiano Prete (ITA) | Marc Guillemain (FRA) | Rudy Clerc (FRA) |
| CQ-RANKING | | | | | RIDER | TEAM | NATION | | 1 | Bastian Fischer (GER) | Bancia Intesa | Italy | | 2 | Miguel Durango (ESP) | RadioShack | Spain | | 3 | Ferdinand Broers (NED) | Rabobank-Asics | Germany |
| WC ITT | WC RR | | 1 | Luca de Zeeuw (NED) | Casper Meijer (NED) | | 2 | Rafael Ruiter (NED) | Ferdinand Broers (NED) | | 3 | Hector Johnson (USA) | Michele Paolucci (ITA) |
Sad news kicked off the 2037-season as Tadgh Holland, Thies Klaasen and Claudio Cesari all announced their retirement. All leave behind them long lasting legacies and those who have been following this story might remember how both Holland and Klaasen each dominated the early spring races.
But old friends leave and new ones take their place. Benoit Colbach, in his 2nd season after his return, still dominates as he did 6-7 years ago. After last years triumphant return he would go on to celebrate wins in Tirreno-Adriatico and La Fleche Wallonie aswell as his 4th win in Classica San Sebastian. Hugo Lambrecht had something of an ufortunate start this year as he finished 2nd in both Gent-Wevelgem and Ronde van Vlaanderen and 3rd in Paris-Roubaix. As an upset though, he did win the Eneco Tour.
After being injured only 4 stages in, last years Giro was not one to remember for Alessio Lella. This year he was back to try to take his 4th win. A usual it turned out to be a battle between just two men; Lella and Caracciolo. Caracciolo has won the Italian Grand Tour twice in a row, but now Lella took back his throne. With both Lella and Caracciolo getting older one must wonder how long this fight will go on before new names take their place. What is certain is that the Italian dominance on home soil doesn't seem to have an end; yet again we see the Italians completely dominate the Top 10. With the Giro getting fewer and fewer foreing competitors it has become more or less a race just for the Italians. Some might be happy, others might not be.
If the Giro has seemed a bit boring in the last years, that is not to be said for the Tour. Unlike the Giro where Italians do as they wish, the French doesn't seem to stand a change in their own race. With the two major GC-riders of the last 6-7 years, Kupiainen and Pronk, both aging the stage seemed to be set for frenchman Clement Franck who many hoped would improve on his impressive 2nd place from last year. That was not to be, as he only finished 3rd, more then 9 minutes behind Bastian Fischer who had more than 6 minutes down to nr. 2.
The 6-time winner Aleksandr Kupiainen didn't come close to getting his 7th title. Now aged 35 the years seems to have taken its toll on him. His dreams of equaling Armstrongs record now seem to be gone and the two 2nd-places he has in the Tour might come back to haunt him...
To see Fischer on the top spot shouldn't come as a surprise since he has had several Top 10-finishes in the last years. What was a surprise however was Swedens first ever GT-win. It came in the Vuelta and was thanks to Pontus Lindberg who has steadily improved over the last two years. This was only his 3rd appearance in the Spanish race, he debuted with a 6th place in 2035 and came 2nd last year behind 2-time winner Luis Filipe Gois, who failed to deliver. Not only can Lindberg brag about winning the Vuelta, he also took with him all 3 jerseys, leaving just the Youth-jersey to Rudy Clerc.
Last, some of you might have noticed a puzzling result in the World Championships. The Netherlands absolutely dominated both WCs, taking both first and second place. This was their first ever ITT-win and their 3rd RR-win.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| falonso95 |
Posted on 19-08-2012 00:28
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What a great story!! 
Is there any hungarian talents??  |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 19-08-2012 01:01
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Poor Kupiainen 
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| CountArach |
Posted on 19-08-2012 07:36
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Absolute dominance by the Dutch there in the Worlds.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-08-2012 08:28
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Ah stuck at 6 wins, that's a bummer
But Maybe Armstrong will lose one of his titles, so Kupiainen is still in competition for the record |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 19-08-2012 10:22
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This might be the last update from this story since my save file might have reached a "point of no return".
I've asked for some assistance in "Technical issues", but I don't have very high hopes...
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 19-08-2012 10:23
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Is 2037 the breaking point for PCM? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-08-2012 10:29
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Surprised it lasted so long
Too bad to see this ending though |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 19-08-2012 11:32
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If this is the end of the story, I might aswell give you some info.
Grand Tour wins by nation:
| Giro | Tour | Vuelta | Total | | ESP | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | | ITA | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 | | FRA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | COL | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | | CZE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | NED | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | CAN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | LAT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | LIT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | GER | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | FIN | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | LUX | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | | BEL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | AUS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | RUS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | POR | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | SWE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Monument wins by nation:
| M-S | RVV | P-R | L-B-L | Lombardie | Total | | USA | 7 | | | | | 7 | | NED | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | | BEL | 1 | 5 | 7 | | 1 | 14 | | ITA | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | | RUS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | | ESP | | 3 | | 3 | 3 | 9 | | FRA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | | IRE | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | LUX | | | | 5 | | 5 | | GB | 4 | | | | | 4 | | GER | 3 | | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | | AUS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 6 | | NOR | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | BRA | | 1 | | | | 1 | | SVK | 2 | | | | | 2 | | DEN | | 1 | 5 | 1 | | 7 | | SLO | | | 1 | | | 1 | | CZE | | | | 2 | | 2 | | NZ | | | | 1 | | 1 | | POL | | | | 1 | | 1 | | CAN | | | | 3 | | 3 | | CUB | | | | | 1 | 1 | | LIT | | | | | 1 | 1 | | COL | | | | | 1 | 1 | | OMA | | | | | 1 | 1 |
WC-wins by nation:
| WC ITT | WC RR | Total | | USA | 5 | 2 | 7 | | NED | 1 | 3 | 4 | | BEL | 3 | 5 | 8 | | ITA | | 7 | 7 | | RUS | 4 | 2 | 6 | | ESP | 1 | 1 | 2 | | LUX | | 1 | 1 | | GB | | 1 | 1 | | GER | 4 | 1 | 5 | | AUS | 1 | | 1 | | NOR | | 1 | 1 | | POL | 2 | 1 | 3 | | CAN | | 1 | 1 | | SWI | 4 | | 4 | | SWE | 2 | | 2 | | AUT | | 1 | 1 |
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-08-2012 11:59
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The Netherlands did well in the monuments.
Spain ruled the GT's, though  |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 19-08-2012 14:16
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What's actually wrong with it? If it's corrupt, have you tried to use a weekly?
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 19-08-2012 15:07
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Read my post in "Technical Issues", I've explained it there.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| Mr_Monk |
Posted on 20-08-2012 16:22
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This has een a great story, sad to see it might be ending  |
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| Ndovlu |
Posted on 22-08-2012 23:08
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Awesome! And how to find these "Kupianen"? hahaha In my career mode I only find bad riders.
Manager of Red Bull-Oracle in PMG and PCM2011
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 23-08-2012 16:04
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The reason i found so many future greats is that I only spent money on scouts and trainers. I usually only had 7-8 riders in my team, all on a contract of 2000/week.
All 6 scouts were among the best in the world, the same goes for the trainers.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| MacC |
Posted on 23-08-2012 16:11
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Great stuff.
Would i be right in general in saying that the generated "generation" did not contian many great stage racers?
Seems to me that Climbers dominated... |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 23-08-2012 16:28
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Gillen Erleaga was the only really good "Contador-ish" rider I found. If I remember correctly he had 84 in MO and 82 in TT by the age of 26-27. However, he was without a contract from 2027 and in 2038 he still hadn't found anyone.
Long story short, you are absolutely right. There are two reasons why climbers dominate. First; there arn't any riders who are good in both MO and TT. Secondly; almost every GT was won with more then 7 minutes between 1st and 2nd. The biggest gap I saw was 28 minutes in the Vuelta. the rider in 7th was 50 minutes behind.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 23-08-2012 16:33
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if this is the end will you do anything like this for pcm12?
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| MacC |
Posted on 23-08-2012 16:41
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I jusr realised this is from PCM 2011!!!
I am guessing much the same would happen in 2012 |
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