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ICL - General Discussion | Velo d'Or
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 27-05-2014 21:16
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one of the highest ranked CT teams in general and in the targeted areas (MO/HIL). nice overview btw.
hopefully Kiserlovski and co will challenge those pesky WT guys for the stage wins (no I haven't checked the february results  )
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 27-05-2014 21:18
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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 27-05-2014 21:23
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Very nice preview. I wasn't thinking somebody would put so much effort into this and write a MG-like preview, but that is just amazing. 
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 27-05-2014 21:27
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Thanks , really sets a different perspective of what each team has focused on and it was good to see a prediction of this season And btw thanks for reminding me that my team...
Spoiler
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 21:30
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Awesome work wow! |
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| The Rider |
Posted on 27-05-2014 21:37
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Great, just great knockout. 
-- Great to see Prorace getting some praise. It would be fantastic if we finish 1st, I thought we would be scrapping for relegation and judging by the first few races we still might!  |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 27-05-2014 21:57
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Laughing at The Rider's constant complaints about the spending methods of other teams now.
Fantastic read, knockout. Thank you for this effort! Just nice to have such a little season appetitizer (Appetitanreger?) for ICL too. Loved some jokes in there 
Of course, it's nice to see Liberty Seguros so high up. I'm actually rather surprised that the team is mid-aged, we will have problems in the future though. Hoping that we will do even better than people fear. So far, we have allocated 3 wins and things are going smoothly.
I thought Celesio was really strong? Didn't they have like Degenkolb and Cancellara and Martin?!
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 22:00
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So did I but finishing last in a TTT with Tony Martin is pretty special |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 27-05-2014 22:05
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Nice analysis glad to provide inspiration
Seems like we're good on all fronts without really excelling in one, which reflects the all-round mentality I had in mind when trying to build the team. I think we'd be pretty happy with an 'Upper Midcard' finish
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 27-05-2014 22:09
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Don't care for these things, you can't predict anything in PCM anyway. I just bought riders I like and that fit in the profile of the team. |
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| knockout |
Posted on 27-05-2014 22:13
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All - Thanks for commenting. Always nice to get some reactions!
Ollfardh - Thanks. Always nice to hear that others agree with the own opinion - especially for the low ranked teams.
The first table (AVG Age) should give you some hope though.
SSJ2Luigi - Your team should do nice indeed. Very nice mix of riders you got there and you should have chances in promotion battle.
Silvio Herklotz - Thanks. Let's say I had some more free time than one should have. Started to "only" do the WT one for my own overview and then it got bigger and then i decided to share it with you as it would be a waste to keep it hidden and thus I added the text.
Just see it as my way to motivate Bikex to continue this game
sgdanny - Your team may be down in the ranking but it has a great national approve and some interesting riders like Matti Breschel, CAS or Morkov who should bring in some nice results for you. I want to add that i like your team much more than some other ones that just tried to get a bunch of random riders into their squad.
nacho- Thanks!
The Rider Also Thanks to you. I could not really decide who to put on #1 as you , my team and Liberty should be on a very similar level so i decided to stay with the depth formula there.
I doubt that you will slip into the bottom half but between 1 and 6 everything is possible.
Shonak - I doubt that you have more wins than CarbonSports (=me) 
Finally someone who liked some of the jokes and thanks for the compliments
Celesio has Degenkolb, Martin but the next best riders are Wegmann and Nerz and as this is a depth ranking they don't do too well here.
They concentrated a bit too much on young talents and will propably pay for that.
Stromeon - Thanks for the inspiration. Your team was close to Lower Midcard so it will be close ..
mvhoogdalem - Then just ingnore it. I just liked to get an overview and wanted to share it for those who like these things, too.
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 27-05-2014 22:15
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Sorry if it came of as rude, wasn't my intention. Still was a nice read and very interesting. |
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| knockout |
Posted on 27-05-2014 22:20
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mvhoogdalem wrote:
Sorry if it came of as rude, wasn't my intention. Still was a nice read and very interesting.
Didn't sound that way. Just understood that you don't think such an analysis is interesting and then you should not feel the need to read it
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| Shonak |
Posted on 27-05-2014 22:24
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knockout wrote:
Shonak - I doubt that you have more wins than CarbonSports (=me)
Luckily, CarbonSports and Liberty Seguros fish in different lakes so plenty for us both - except for Sagan at the Ardennes (oh, I will hate him there, this little overpowered pixel. Please please no domination by him like he did in EPIC... )
Edited by Shonak on 27-05-2014 22:25
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 27-05-2014 22:25
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Shonak wrote:
knockout wrote:
Shonak - I doubt that you have more wins than CarbonSports (=me)
Luckily, CarbonSports and Liberty Seguros fish in different lakes so plenty for us both - except for Sagan at the Ardennes (oh, I will hate him there, this little overpowered pixel. Please please no domination by him like he did in EPIC... )
At least the rest of the team compensates for his domination. |
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| Bikex |
Posted on 27-05-2014 23:47
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Great preview knockout, very much appreciated!
I have posted the last stages of Algarve and NCTour. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 28-05-2014 00:04
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Love the speed. Keep 'em coming.
Shame Gorka missed the KoM jersey so close in Algarve, would have been a nice reward for some basque attacking spirit. Other than that, this was surely more of a training ride for us, although on Stage 3 another Libertine tried his luck. Liking the attitude.
Gazprom Development Team already snatching a win, thus Gazprom Dev. Team > Gazprom Real Team
Edited by Shonak on 28-05-2014 00:07
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 28-05-2014 00:24
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Bibby's on fire.
Of course Swift gets 2nd in a bunch sprint when the breakaway takes the stage. At least Dennis hung on for a top 10. Nice ride from Yates as well, best Dev Team rider in Australia.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 28-05-2014 06:08
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Great preview Knockout but would have been nice to see CT predictions as well. Great to see my team up there with the WT teams in MO and HIL and the best CT Team overall just ahead of TMM. Really hoping for Promotion as we definitely have the riders to do it.
In terms of the last two races. Algarve was a great race for us with 2nd on Stage 3 and 1st on Stage 4 resulting in a good GC win for the World Champion in our home race, great for the sponsors! Hoping to keep up the good form in the sprints as well.
For my U25 team it was a great surprise to see the very young Bauhaus managing a podium on stage 3 and 3rd in the KOM from Ruben Fernandez is also good so overall not a bad race there for the dev team.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 28-05-2014 06:27
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Great idea there, Knockout!
5th is good
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
PCMdaily Awards: 12x nomination, 9x runner-up, 0x win.
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| knockout |
Posted on 28-05-2014 11:23
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Thanks for all the nice comments
@LLS You can look at the depth ranking to see my CT predictions
Some decent results that should help my team to defend the lead in the Prestige Ranking. Now moving forward to the March where we should field a strong team for the upcoming classics! #SaganReadyToContinueDomination
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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