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aCross the road: Mud, Sweat & Gears
Ian Butler
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Posted on 27-03-2014 10:06
Tommeke Grin
 
Shonak
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Posted on 27-03-2014 11:28
Ian Butler wrote:
Tommeke Grin


5 times winner of Paris-Roubaix, sounds like a title worth achieving. Cool
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admirschleck
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Posted on 27-03-2014 11:33
Not a shame to finish in front of names such as Breschel, Vandenbergh and Hayman in Paris - Roubaix at all! Wink
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atlanta
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Posted on 27-03-2014 13:06
You dont think he will win it mate. I think he will he is improving all the time, 24th and 23rd is a great step.
 
kubys
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Posted on 27-03-2014 13:14
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Tommeke Grin


Well, that's reality, he'll rule the world like that this year. Cool
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Shonak
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Posted on 27-03-2014 15:11
De Brabantse Pijl
Popovych surprises at Brabantse Pijl

Oldie Yaroslav Popovych took a surprise win out of the breakaway at Brabatnse Pijl. The chasing pack, around Van Avermaet, Iglinskiy, Gatto and Offredo, started too late its engine and the two lucky breakaway riders rescued themselves over the finish line in the rain of Overijse by over a minute. I rode the final kilometers of the race mostly on my own and came in 15th.

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Our plan was to have Marcato as the team leader after his great services for the team in the recent races. However, as soon as we hit the cobblestones he was nowhere to be seen and Gatto and I had to think of a strategy of our own. Without a race radio, we couldn’t do much more than follow BMC and Astana as they set the pace.

With about 40 kilometers, the rain came down heavy and hard. From the once sunny course remained a fight through the mud and pave. Of course, I liked it. But I wasn’t in perfect shape anymore, still tired and exhausted from Paris-Roubaix honestly. So I just stayed a bit back, and Van Avermaet and others eventually attacked. I didn’t go with them like Gatto did, but rather decided to ride my own race and attacked a little bit later on to drop some guys.

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I came in 15th. I’m not quite satisfied with my performance, there would have been way more possible. Plus, I should have watched out for Marco Marcato. He’s an experienced rider but the cobblestones have a tendency of making riders disappear into nowhere…

Impressions
Spoiler


De Brabantse Pijl, Results
RankNameTeamTime
1Yaroslav PopovychTrek Factory Racing5h02'49
2Romain ZingleCofidis, Solutions Créditss.t.
3Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing Team+ 56
4Maxim IglinskiyAstana Pro Team+ 1'31
5Tobias LudvigssonTeam Giant - Shimano+ 1'39
6Kevin RezaTeam Europcar+ 1'48
7Stijn SteelsTopsport Vlaanderen - Baloises.t.
8Jan GhyselinckWanty - Groupe Goberts.t.
9Philippe GilbertBMC Racing Team+ 2'10
10Yohan OffredoFDJ.fr+ 2'34

Spoiler
 
sutty68
Top  #287 Print Post
Posted on 27-03-2014 16:50
Raphael looks like he could do with a good shower after that race Smile
 
Shonak
Top  #288 Print Post
Posted on 27-03-2014 18:24
He sure does. Grin
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Shonak
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Posted on 27-03-2014 18:36
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Ardennes classics


So I wasn’t sure if I’d even race here after Sagan crashed. Initially it didn't make much point to me. My legs ain't so good on those hills as they are on the pavé, our leader was injured and the races just another three nightmarish routes of suffering and exhaustion. Howeve my father convinced me to take advantage of the recent form and just put into those last 550 kilometers until my deserved holiday.

I’ll be riding for Moreno Moser and after Amstel Gold Race, I’ll reassess my situation. The DS has stated that I can decide for my own. The DS is delusional and without hope already, what a sad face he has when Sagan isn’t starting. Thus the DS really needs to get some confidence back soon, maybe with some nice results? In any case, there’s no reason to be unhappy after our recent performances that saw the completion of sponsor goals. So, let’s complete some others, right?


Amstel Gold Race
Simon Gerrans wins Gold Race
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The Australian from Orica GreenEdge probably can celebrate another great victory by taking the Gold Race out of a small group. He defied the harsh weather conditions, the oppositions many attacks and eventually came out on top by outsprinting the others on the way up the Cauberg.

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For us at Cannondale, this race was an assessement how things would work out without Sagan. Turns out: It wasn’ so bad. I had the job to protect Moreno Moser from everything. And I mean everything. Some crashes, wind and rain, freezing, hypothermia. The whole freaking deal. I like to think I did a decent enough job in my first Ardennes classic.

The awful rain early on kept changing but eventually it was here to stay. What was also quite obvious that the favourites didn’t want to wait until Cauberg. Many attacks split up the peloton and heated up the race. I couldn’t follow the attacks and raced calm in a group to the finish, while up front the guys were battling it out. At around those 20 kilometer mark, Moser had to try it on his own to catch up to Valverde, Martin, Gerrans & Co. They had about 40 seconds lead on the peloton and Lotto and Astana just couldn’t get any closer to them. Moser’s move didn’t bring him to them but instead of being caught in no man’s land, his brave attack allowed him to race at his own pace. That was enough to snatch a sweet fantastic 7th place as he arrived on his own on the Cauberg, over a minute behind today’s winner Gerrans.

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While Moser can be seen here achieving the 7th place on his way up the Cauberg, I was merely a pawn for today and thus can’t complain about my 44th rank. As I said, I still feel fatigued from Paris-Roubaix and all those northern classics. With Amstel Gold Race being so tough, it doesn’t help my recovery but I decide to keep on riding the Ardennes.

Impressions
Spoiler


Amstel Gold Race, Results
RankNameTeamTime
1Simon GerransOrica GreenEdge6h24'27
2Alejandro ValverdeMovistar Teams.t.
3Daniel MartinGarmin Sharps.t.
4Samuel SánchezBMC Racing Teams.t.
5Daniel MorenoTeam Katushas.t.
6Sergio HenaoTeam Sky+ 31
7Moreno MoserCannondale+ 1'14
8Diego UlissiLampre - Merida+ 1'35
9Jelle VanendertLotto Belisol+ 3'09
10Philippe GilbertBMC Racing Team+ 3'32

Spoiler
 
sutty68
Top  #290 Print Post
Posted on 27-03-2014 18:38
Another tough day for Raphael Frown
 
Shonak
Top  #291 Print Post
Posted on 27-03-2014 20:39
Everybody had a tough day and Moreno's 7th place is a great result, justyfing the efforts of the team. Smile
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Shonak
Top  #292 Print Post
Posted on 28-03-2014 08:57
La Fleche Wallone
Martin takes Mur de Huy the fastest!
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Mur de Huy saw an intense finish of various high-class riders as Irishman Daniel Martin further increases his classics count by taking La Fleche Wallone. His Acceleration put him up front on the last kilometer and he crushed the steepest part and got quite a gap on his opposition. Rui Costa came in 2nd and may suffer his own curse of the rainbow jersey. The World Champion just couldn’t get past Martin in the finale and was missing the last percentages of power. Diego Ulissi lead the bunch over the Mur.

It was the same job as last time for me: Protect Moser until no more. La Fleche Wallone is a different race compared to Amstel Gold Race though and race tactics rarely do work twice as great as last time.

The race wasn’t particularly tough but somehow none of our teammates made it to the 30 KM Mark in the peloton. They were all dropped and we were on our own at that point. Sharks all around us, lots of them. Of course the first thing I did was to catch necessary bottles for Moser and then we had to wait for the finale. Or so, I thought.

Valverde, who’s in some stellar form, surprised everybody by attacking a bit far out, when 20 kilometers still remained. His attack saw quite some nervous stares in the peloton, but thanks to the work of Tinkoff Saxo, the Spaniard was caught.

In the ensuing fight for position, Rui Costa and Daniel Martin prevailed the best and received a bit of a lead thanks to Ulissi not holding the pace for a few seconds. That was enough for them to get the clear and stray away to fight it out. Moreno Moser finished 13th, I myself landed a rank way far out on 83th.

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I fought up my way in zig-zag manner. Jeez, Mur de Huy is one steep S.O.B. Climbing it one time might be okay, but three times seems like unnecessary torture and Belgian pretentiousness. “Look at our awesome climbs, you should ride it 3 times!”… Well, they do have awesome climbs, and so I have tired legs.

But alas: Two down, one more to go.

Impressions
Spoiler


La Fleche Wallone, Results
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Unfortunately both the export file for Fleche Wallone and L-B-L are corrupted or at least don't open,
 
sutty68
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Posted on 28-03-2014 09:18
It was a day for hurting legs for Raphael Frown

But on a lighter note, liking the pic of the cameraman Smile
 
Shonak
Top  #294 Print Post
Posted on 28-03-2014 10:50
Thanks sutty, appreciate it. Yeah, those guys from Eurosport sure know how to pose for the camera. Grin
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The Rider
Top  #295 Print Post
Posted on 28-03-2014 14:06
A strange Brabantse race there! If that was Raphael who hit the deck there I hope he wasn't too badly injured.

Great start to the Ardennes with a 7th for Moser, not too bad at Fleche (perhaps Moser is tiring?). Maybe send Basso to Liege? Wink
 
Shonak
Top  #296 Print Post
Posted on 28-03-2014 19:04
Thansk mate. Nah, Moser will keep his leader role, I'm not much worth at Fleche Wallone usually.

Thankfully it wasn't Raphael but a teammate (no idea who in particular). When Raphael crashes, there will be lots of images about it. Wink

Also on another note: I noticed that my DB is very weird looking so I think I'll "reboot" the story in the year 2015.
Edited by Shonak on 28-03-2014 19:06
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Ian Butler
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Posted on 28-03-2014 19:10
How do you mean, reboot the story? And what's odd with the database?
 
Shonak
Top  #298 Print Post
Posted on 28-03-2014 19:10
Liege – Bastogne – Liege
La Doyenne & its lovers
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Oh, the Old one. A mythical creature of cycling. Either love it – or hate it. Some guys think Ardennes races are boring? The hell with them. This is a treasure of cycling everybody wants to win, and most of all I want to win it. But we all start in the small way and thus I continue to lend my support to Moreno Moser in hopes of another Top 10 finish.

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Our team saw several riders calling it quits before the race. Koren and Gatto deserved a stay at home for once, while Villela, Marino and De Marchi join in the finale mix of things. The race starts slow and riders want to take it easy for the 100 kilometers, however when roughly at the half-point the peloton splits. Mohoric and I are working for Moser to make the race fast, but it didn’t work out. Roughly 10 kms later, the peloton is back together thanks to Tinkoff Saxo.

It took time again until the race really started heating up after our incident then. Henao, Kangert and Horner placed multiple attacks and they sure made the race interesting at that point. The original breakaway couldn’t hold up with them of course, but neither did the peloton for a while.

When Gilbert attacked at La Redute, Moser and me were upfront. A big list of favourites up ahead were riding crazy like a bunch of teenage girls. All just rode without head.
I wanted to lose my head too and had to follow Gilbert but the Belgian was just too fast. Moser however took on the hunt. I was inspired by that I admit that and so I tried my own thing to reach Gilbert. It didn’t work out and I just powered myself out. However, Moser was close to being part of the finale.

There were multiple groups at that point. Moser found his group in Horner and soon after, all those top riders came together and they worked together to keep the peloton at bay. Moser’s group was together with Gilbert, who was for a while the race leader.
The group consisted at that point of former break riders Henao, Horner and Tangert as well as Valverde, Purito, Dan Martin, Philipp Gilbert and Moreno Moser. The group had enough gap to lay a bit of tactical games. Oddly enough, while Lampre Merida had two riders at the front of the race (Rui Costa, Horner), none of them did any work. Quite a lame attitude, however I wasn’t part of the finale so I don’t complain. Moser must have kept himself always aware as he head into the finale up Ans with a great position as I saw in the post-race video. However, he was missing the desired punch and couldn’t hold up with Purito, who finally got his long deserved La Doyenne victory. Moser finished 5th, a great race by him, and overall a very enjoyable edition of La Doyenne.

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For me, La Doyenne also marks the end of my early season. It was a pleasure and La Doyenne has left me once more exhausted and with a desire to win it one day as payback. I achieved a 33rd place, so the oldest one certainly has been the kindest of all those Ardennes classics to me.

I’ll return to racing either at the National Championships or Clasica San Sebastian, however I’ll keep you updated on the upcoming Grand Tours.

Impressions
Spoiler


Liege - Bastogne - Liege, Results
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Edited by Shonak on 28-03-2014 19:15
 
Ian Butler
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Posted on 28-03-2014 19:12
A nice result for Moser Smile
Looked like a nice day for LBL, too.

Raphael has had a big chance by starting in all these beautiful and big races in his first (real?) road season. Hope it helps in his development Wink
 
Shonak
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Posted on 28-03-2014 19:14
Ian Butler wrote:
How do you mean, reboot the story? And what's odd with the database?


It's because I havn't sorted everything out with the game itself when I started the story. I think I kept the original XML files (but I'm not sure). In any case, there are way too high potential stats and it's a hassle to change all of that.

With rebott I mean, that I take over stuff like major WT transfers and development of the biggest talents into a new career and (re)start from 2015. I like to keep a coherent career but the game's just way too screwed in a potential outlook. Better sort out the problem now rathern than later.

Of course anything that happened in this story is "canon", thus Tommeke won 5 times Paris-Roubaix, Purito got his big Liege win and so on. Grin

EDIT Of course I'll also take over every progress Raphael made during this road season. Wink
Edited by Shonak on 28-03-2014 19:16
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