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Team Adecco - Flying the flag for Switzerland
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-08-2012 17:26
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Can't wait for the story to continue  |
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| danto194 |
Posted on 27-08-2012 16:19
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Vuelta ciclista a Cataluna (Intxausti, Kennaugh, Pinot, Quintana, Schelling, Stalder, Tschopp, Zaugg)
Stage 1 (Mountainous, one cat 3, one cat 2, one cat 1 but a flat finish)
1) Meersman
2) Quintana +0’00
3) R.Costa +0’00
A ferociously ridden stage, a select group of around 60 riders came together to battle for victory but Meersman was peerless. Quintana a fabulous second. Defending champion Scarponi and Nibali lost over 9 minutes.
Stage 2 (One cat 3 and a steep cat 1 near the end of a previously flat stage)
1) Poels
2) Gutierrez +0’00
3) Quintana +0’00
28) Meersman +1’14
We’re in yellow!! Meersman cracked under the pressure on the final climb after another brutally fast stage. Quintana probably could have won the stage, he got boxed in unfortunately. A shame because he had enough in the tank.
Stage 3 (Mountainous, two cat 1s, a HC climb, and a long climb to a summit finish)
1) Kloden
2) R.Costa +0’17
3) Poels +0’53
14) Quintana +1’28
It was all a bit too much for us and Quintana. We had the race under control until about 8km to go when the huge number of attacks simply overwhelmed us. Kloden takes the yellow jersey with Quintana relegated to 8th.
Stage 4 (Mountainous, one cat 2 and two times up the same cat 1)
1) Navarro Garcia
2) Pinot +0’00
3) Wynants +0’51
Pinot instigated a 6 man breakaway and went on to contest the win with Navarro Garcia. Unfortunately he was just edged out in the sprint. GC unchanged.
Stage 5 (Mountainous, one cat 2 and one cat 1)
1) Meersman
2) Florencio +0’00
3) Tankink +0’00
4) Quintana +0’00
Pinot attacked early to secure the polka-dot jersey for the next stage and Intxausti bridged to the day’s breakaway. He was heartbreakingly caught with 4km to go by the main field and Meersman dominated the sprint.
Stage 6 (Medium mountain, three cat 3s)
1) Vaitkus
2) Fernandez +0’00
3) Ginanni +0’00
A polka-dot clad Pinot took to the day’s breakaway to affirm his mountain leader status and try and win the stage. Pinot tried to attack from the lead group but had no luck in running.
Stage 7 (Lumpy, three cat 3s and one cat 2)
1) Zaugg
2) Ignatiev +0’00
3) Meyer +0’38
Zaugg took to the day’s breakaway of 15. It was a stunning ride from the Swiss, he rode them all off his wheel bar Ignatiev, who he overturned in a sprint.
Having held the yellow jersey early doors, Quintana ended up in 6th overall, +1’38 behind Kloden, and 2nd in the young riders GC behind Poels. Pinot comfortably won the mountains classification. With a stage win to boot thanks to Zaugg, this was a pretty good tour for Adecco.
Settimana Ciclista Internazionale (Bertogliati, Dietziker, Frank, Morabito, Porte, Taaramae, Wyss)
Stage 1 (Lumpy, two cat 2s, no difficulty but no flat either)
1) Porte
2) Felline +0’00
3) Kocjan +0’00
Wyss was part of a failed 4 man breakaway. With 5km to go, Porte attacked on the descent of one of the lumps into the final and clung on by millimetres ahead of the sprinters for an unexpected win. He was on a great day and thought why not try.
Stage 2 (Short stage with one medium uncategorised climb)
1) Porte
2) Pirazzi +0’00
3) Felline +0’59
One the climb, Frank and Taaramae set a fierce pace to cause a splinter group of 6 riders including yellow jersey Porte. Splinter groups kept forming behind too as no team took control. With 7km to go, Porte and Pirazzi attacked and Porte made it two wins after dominating the sprint.
Stage 3 (Pan-flat 16.5km team time trial)
1) Lampre
2) Androni Giacotti-Venezuela +0’10
3) Adecco +0’10
Joint 2nd on the day. Pirazzi’s Colnago team were 36 seconds slower than us so Porte’s GC lead rose to over a minute.
Stage 4 (Very lumpy, three cat 2s, up and down all day)
1) Proni
2) Vandborg +0’30
3) Bailetti +0’30
We were happy to control a steady pace and let the breakaway to win. Numerous attacks threatened Porte near the end but we held firm.
Stage 5 (Mountainous, one cat 2, three cat 3s)
1) Sella
2) Felline +0’00
3) Moreno +0’00
10) Porte +0’00
We were pushed really hard here but survived. Porte was tested to the limit by some savage attacks but hung on and remains in yellow. Porte incidentally loses his lead in the points classification....not that it matters.
Stage 6 (Pan-flat 9.4km individual time trial)
1) Porte
2) Frank +0’05
3) Taaramae +0’08
4) Morabito +0’09
5) Wyss +0’12
Wow, we locked out the top 5. Ok the competition wasn’t much but it was still an unbelievable effort. Fitting for the overall GC winner Porte to win the stage and pick up his 3rd stage win.
What a tour for us! 3 stage wins, the overall GC victory and the points classification for Porte, and winning the overall team classification too. We were the only team to take up the race day in day out and we deserved our success.
Dwars door Vlaanderen (Degenkolb, Elmiger, Grabsch, Langeveld, Rast, Schar, Van Avermaet, Veelers)
1) Boonen
2) Van Avermaet +0’53
3) Hoste +0’53
5) Langeveld +4’27
We had to try and isolate Boonen. With 30km to go Boonen launched a solo attack with the early breakaway already reeled in. Despite collaborating with two riders from Accent, we couldn’t catch Boonen who held a lead until the finish and Van Avermaet attacked late for second.
Criterium International (Albasini, Degenkolb, Grabsch, Kluge, Rast, Schar, Veelers)
Stage 1 (Flat circuit course)
1) Veelers
2) Swift +0’00
3) Degenkolb +0’00
7) Albasini +0’00
Given the opposition we’d hoped to dominate this sprint. As our leadout train wasn’t challenged, it was leadout man Veelers ended up being delivered to the line comfortably.
Stage 2 (Pan-flat 7.9km individual time trial)
1) Grabsch
2) Bodrogi +0’01
3) Zabriskie +0’02
Great win for Grabsch, a real confidence booster. Veelers did enough in 11th to take yellow into the final stage.
Stage 3 (Mountainous, four cat 3s and summit finish up the Col de l’Ospedale)
1) Peraud
2) Geniez +0’17
3) Rogers +0’17
No chance whatsoever of defending the yellow jersey so we had Albasini in the break and the rest of the guys had an easy day in the grupetto. Albasini concentrated on taking the mountains jersey which he did. The climbers played out the rest of the day.
With 2 stage wins out of 3, the mountains classification, and the GC lead at the end of 2 of the 3 days this was a worthwhile outing for us. We had no designs on the overall GC victory so we got all we could out of it.
E3 Harelbeke (Elmiger, Langeveld, Van Avermaet)
1) Terpstra
2) Flecha +0’00
3) Sagan +0’00
With only 3 riders present and no chance to take on the race ourselves, we put Elmiger in the breakaway. The race was a struggle for all 3 of our riders though, never threatened a win. Elmiger a respectable 14th.
Gent-Wevelgem (Elmiger, Langeveld, Van Avermaet)
1) Van Avermaet
2) Ballan +0’00
3) Gilbert +0’00
Unlike Harelbeke, we had Elmiger and Langeveld stay with Van Avermaet. On one of the cobbled climbs, we managed to detach ourselves and bridge over to a breakaway group of 11 with the race in tatters behind. However, an elite group of around 25, with all the main favourites, caught up and regrouped at the front as the race came together for a sprint. Van Avermaet did a great job dodging the wheels and came late for a superb sprint win. He judged it to perfection, Ballan and Gilbert perhaps should have worked together! The sacrifices of Elmiger and Langeveld were worth it, they both played a massive part.
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| Mithrillian |
Posted on 27-08-2012 16:24
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NOOO! NOT ADECCO!
I worked for them for some extra cash in the holidays.. They suck..
Luckily, the team doesn't! Shame you don't have a jersey though..
Edited by Mithrillian on 27-08-2012 16:24
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| danto194 |
Posted on 27-08-2012 16:28
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Haha oh dear! Yeah I did try and do a jersey but I made a complete horlicks of trying to put it in the game (plus it was rubbish anyway) so I gave up lol. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-08-2012 16:34
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WOW, some really great results for the team, especially Richie Porte |
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| danto194 |
Posted on 27-08-2012 17:17
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Richie is solid, uber consistent 
By the way I promise you all that the gameplay is set on the 'hard' level, I realise some of the results look suspiciously good. I reckon they've made the game easier since last year, I had some great results on PCM11 but I wasn't this prolific. |
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| Mithrillian |
Posted on 27-08-2012 17:24
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danto194 wrote:
Haha oh dear! Yeah I did try and do a jersey but I made a complete horlicks of trying to put it in the game (plus it was rubbish anyway) so I gave up lol.
Try asking a jersey maker. I know for one that fcancellara makes great jerseys.. And adding it is really easy.
Seems like you're using team c00. That means you should add your jersey with the name c00_maillot to the following folder (by default):
C:\Program Files\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Season 2012\3D\Cyclists\Cloth\Team\c00
If you really want, I could try fetching you a simple jersey. It won't be that great, and will take time, but I can make you something.
Edited by Mithrillian on 27-08-2012 17:25
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| danto194 |
Posted on 27-08-2012 17:29
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Only if you've got time mate, I just got a little scared of doing it because I seemed to mess up completely when I tried. Ended up with a load of the custom jerseys changed to the Liquigas jersey. If I can make sure none of this gameplay save will be affected then I'll try. |
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| Mithrillian |
Posted on 27-08-2012 17:31
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danto194 wrote:
Only if you've got time mate, I just got a little scared of doing it because I seemed to mess up completely when I tried. Ended up with a load of the custom jerseys changed to the Liquigas jersey. If I can make sure none of this gameplay save will be affected then I'll try.
Just change the name of the existing jersey to something else, and paste in the custom jersey. That should do it for you..
Had any sponsors in mind beside Adecco? (Ah.. I need something to kill my free time with here.. Holidaaayy...) |
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| danto194 |
Posted on 27-08-2012 17:35
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UBS and Alpina Watches but anything Swiss really lol. If you've got anything better to do then please put this to one side, don't want to take up anybody's time and effort lol. |
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| Mithrillian |
Posted on 27-08-2012 17:37
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danto194 wrote:
UBS and Alpina Watches but anything Swiss really lol. If you've got anything better to do then please put this to one side, don't want to take up anybody's time and effort lol.
I'll try and fetch you something.. Not sure if it'll look really great though.. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-08-2012 17:41
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Some great results there! |
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| Mithrillian |
Posted on 27-08-2012 18:51
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Danto, I hope you like F1-finish flag blocks!
EDIT2:
Et voila. Hope you like all the swiss flags and stuff!
Just like I said before, simply paste the file in the following folder (by default):
C:\Program Files\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Season 2012\3D\Cyclists\Cloth\Team\c00
You can then resume your normal career, it won't crash and the only thing changed is that your jersey is replaced with my design.
Have fun!
Edited by Mithrillian on 27-08-2012 20:06
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| danto194 |
Posted on 27-08-2012 20:04
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I'll try it out thanks!!!
Edited by danto194 on 27-08-2012 20:07
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| Mithrillian |
Posted on 27-08-2012 20:06
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danto194 wrote:
Where do I see it lol?
Please rename it to c00_maillot. It puts the _13 behind for some stupid reason Then it works.
Edited by Mithrillian on 27-08-2012 20:08
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| danto194 |
Posted on 27-08-2012 20:10
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Mithrillian wrote:
danto194 wrote:
Where do I see it lol?
Had it on c01 so renamed it.. Should be visible right now.
That's shit hot mate, love it. Nice and clean, looks proper smart. I'll try and get into the game tomorrow and hopefully road test it.
Look out for my next report screenshots (maybe 4/5 days time).
Thanks again, much appreciated! |
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| Mithrillian |
Posted on 27-08-2012 20:15
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danto194 wrote:
Mithrillian wrote:
danto194 wrote:
Where do I see it lol?
Had it on c01 so renamed it.. Should be visible right now.
That's shit hot mate, love it. Nice and clean, looks proper smart. I'll try and get into the game tomorrow and hopefully road test it.
Look out for my next report screenshots (maybe 4/5 days time).
Thanks again, much appreciated!
Well.. Glad you like it. It's the first one I made for someone else. I'll be following your story closely from now!
EDIT: I just finished some stuff to go with the jersey. The package below includes the jersey. Just unpack the whole thing and dump it in the c00 folder. That should leave you with jersey, transfert (plaques for on leader jerseys) and a bottle with the adecco logo on it.
Hope to see the jersey in-game soon! I haven't actually road tested it yet (I used Cyclist-editor)
EDIT: Can't upload .rar somehow...
EDIT2: Uploaded to mediafire. Download at: https://www.mediaf...bn9hj26d65
Edited by Mithrillian on 28-08-2012 15:44
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| danto194 |
Posted on 28-08-2012 16:52
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The new jersey in action......ok it's a dank day weather wise but we look as sharp and neat as anything in the peloton.
All credit to Mithrillian!
Next reports won't be up for a some days yet, still got plenty of racing to do after that last batch. |
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| Mithrillian |
Posted on 28-08-2012 16:58
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danto194 wrote:
The new jersey in action......ok it's a dank day weather wise but we look as sharp and neat as anything in the peloton.
All credit to Mithrillian!
Next reports won't be up for a some days yet, still got plenty of racing to do after that last batch.
Checked the mediafire one yet? You can add that stuff too
there's bottles and a plaque for leaders jerseys there! |
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| danto194 |
Posted on 28-08-2012 17:05
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No not yet mate, I'll have a look later but I'm still a bit wary of making a cock-up. I had difficulties with this alone nevermind a lot of other stuff. Will definitely look and try though. Really appreciate all your efforts, we stand out far more now in the peloton. |
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