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The frustration thread - 2011
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 27-10-2011 11:47
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In my 2015 career with Rabo, I had Gesink in Pink at the Giro, and with a 2'00 lead and one time trial left, but on the penultImate flat stage, Grsink along with 3 other Rabos crash and drop out. Then in La Vuelta, Igor Anton recreated history and crashed out in red with 3 stages left. And also, in TdF, I finished 2nd by 2" to Contador as Richie Porte, after a horror tt. Ultimate frustration.
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| ruben |
Posted on 30-10-2011 15:59
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Tbe 'blocking' is more noticeable in 2nd/3rd/4th year of career, when the variants come in that use far more 'narrow' climbs than the original cyanide stages.
Especially here you WILL get blocked A LOT even with the dot. You have to be in 1st/2nd position before the road gets narrow or you are screwed |
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| yoejo |
Posted on 22-12-2011 18:15
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I play with garmin (official db) and I always wanted to win the world championships with farrar. 2011 there´s a late attack with cancellara and two other guys in the end. I get panicked so I attack with farrar and also the break being reeled in. unexperienced.
In 2012, there´s another late attack by Lequatre (!). This time, I know we won´t have time to reel him in. so I attack with farrar 4 km to go and come 2nd with a wheel length. Not even real, who the fuck is lequatre!
same season, I also came 2nd with gesink at the giro and 4th at the vuelta. Frustrating not to win  But he´s only 26 so he´s got time to win stage races. I played in money for 1600000 euro that season so I a lot of other things went great |
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| Wiley |
Posted on 31-12-2011 02:13
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just had a brilliant one ....
WC RR in Copenhagen, i was GBR (of course)
So this didnt happen to me, but i bet it was frustrating
Lief Hoste, Belgium, fell no once, not twice, not three times, not even four times. Hoste fell 5 times. He made it back to the peloton every time, only to crash again. Never with anyone, just on his own. He wasnt in the mass pile up at 2km to go, and as a result finished 16th.....
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-12-2011 15:23
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Wiley wrote:
just had a brilliant one ....
WC RR in Copenhagen, i was GBR (of course)
So this didnt happen to me, but i bet it was frustrating
Lief Hoste, Belgium, fell no once, not twice, not three times, not even four times. Hoste fell 5 times. He made it back to the peloton every time, only to crash again. Never with anyone, just on his own. He wasnt in the mass pile up at 2km to go, and as a result finished 16th.....
That's a weird one Wiley |
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| yoejo |
Posted on 10-01-2012 23:29
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16th is still pretty good considering hte bruises he should have. He "crushed" it. |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 17-02-2012 20:46
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REALLY!!! 
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| happywheels_eap |
Posted on 23-02-2012 10:56
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In glava tour of norway I win the first tree stages with Kristoff but because a bug he was over eight hours behind the leader. I had to remove 4 teams from the race in a editor and that took long time to fix. |
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 11:59
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Detailed Simulation. Enough said.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 04-04-2012 12:08
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It happened in a small spanish race ( i think it was the vuelta a castilla e leon), in one of the stages, i attacked with Vinokourov and created a 20 second gap to the pack, and when the sprint started ( it was a medium-mountain stage) Vinokourov had enough lead and with 100m i started celebrating, and Luis Leon Sanchez came out from nowhere to win the stage by a nail. |
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| Caruut |
Posted on 04-04-2012 14:41
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Sep Vanmarcke broke away with 20km to go, and kept his lead, crossing the line first, just half a wheel ahead of Petacchi. The victory, however, was awarded to Petacchi. Would have been his maiden victory with me as well - I was not happy. |
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| Caruut |
Posted on 08-04-2012 19:42
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Okay - just plain confused here - when I have a guy in the break, the team on the front think that it's deadly, but they're happy to throw away their GC leads if I won't help close down a break I'm not in.
Just in a race here, where there are 2 breaks - I was in the second, with mainly Conti teams. It got reeled back in really quickly by Saxo, who had the race leader after 1 stage. Then once I'm back in, they let the 2nd, with riders from most of the top teams, back out. Is this a problem with a known solution, or just the way it is? |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 17-04-2012 10:23
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During Brixia Tour there was a fall just under the 1km banner where 70 riders went down including my leader. Did everyone get the same time in the end? No, my leader was suddenly 2 minutes behind Cunego who beat sprinters with SP=72-74.
Good God... |
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| Wiley |
Posted on 18-04-2012 16:57
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Boonen on contract for 85,000
Doesnt sign a new 95,000 contract for 2 years
No-one else signs him, becomes free rider
Next season i lose UWT status as a result.....
Now i could sign him back for 45,000 but im CT so he doesnt want to come...
Spends another year free-rider, i get re-promoted, go to re-sign him, now hes declined and useless.....
Transfers in PCM are TERRIBLE!!!!
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 18-04-2012 17:00
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On one of my careers Gilbert was a free agent for a year, at 85 hill stat too 
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| kumazan |
Posted on 18-04-2012 18:11
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Ste117 wrote:
On one of my careers Gilbert was a free agent for a year, at 85 hill stat too
I had Gilbert, Schleck II and Evans (who was still far from useless) as free agents in one of my old careers. That sucks.
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| RHW |
Posted on 18-04-2012 21:19
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Free agent stuff isn't quite as bad as it's been in some versions but there's very often 2-3 top riders without a contract. At least there's less Contador to Topsport Vlaanderen type transfers in this version, they either join top teams or stay free agents rather than riding in small races. |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 18-04-2012 21:52
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I don't know how many times the breakaway has gotten away because the AI doesn't care about reeling them in. If you are leading, they will rather go from 2nd to 8th instead of helping you reel in the break... |
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 18-04-2012 23:26
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cactus-jack wrote:
I don't know how many times the breakaway has gotten away because the AI doesn't care about reeling them in. If you are leading, they will rather go from 2nd to 8th instead of helping you reel in the break...
I NEVER bother chasing breaks until there's about 70km to go (they have an advantage of about 10mins by this point)
unless there's a close rival, then i'll try to get a guy in the break (which means that it's alwyas doomed to failure) |
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| Wiley |
Posted on 18-04-2012 23:36
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samdiatmh wrote:
I NEVER bother chasing breaks until there's about 70km to go (they have an advantage of about 10mins by this point)
unless there's a close rival, then i'll try to get a guy in the break (which means that it's alwyas doomed to failure)
Would not let that happend on many stages, just too unpredictable.
On point, new cutom team carrer started this evening
Fenn with 79 fitness going into TDU. So i try to get him the break. Let a 19 man break get caught 21km into the stage. Wait 5km then attack, get reeled in, attack 5km later, reeled in. Attack 5km later, get reeled in. Counter an Aqua&Sapone rider, get reeled in.
Now were over half way through the stage.
Cancellara and Flecha attack, peloton lets them get a 4min lead inside 15km....
They get a max of 9mins, winning by 6:30......
This needs to be adressed by Cyanide at some point, its f**king bulls**tingly c**tishness
Edited by Wiley on 18-04-2012 23:36
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