Dumootz wrote:
I'm about to start the 2008 season (PCM Spain pack + db) with he following team. I am Quickstep by the way
Tom Boonen
Paolo Bettini
Alejandro Valverde
Damiano Cunego
Stijn Devolder
Gert Steegmans
Alexander Efimkin
Aleks Pliouschine
Steven de Jongh
Pieter Vanspeybroeck
Giovanni Visconti
Sebastien Rosseler
Kevin Hulsmans
Kevin Van Impe
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Mark Cavendish
M Wyss
Boasson Hagen
Ulissi
Sven Krauss
Ivan Santaromita
Davide Vigano
Alessandro Proni
Geert Verheyen
Jurgen Vandewalle
Dmitro Grabovskyi
My team only has got somewhat like 26 riders. next year I'm gonna promote Valverde to leader (is now protected rider) and let 34 years old Bettini go. I'm planning to expand the team to 30 riders containing smoe plain team-mates instead of Bettini...
We're now in the middle of july (Cunego was 2nd after a nice Giro and Boasson hagen is on his way to win the green jersey in the Tour) and my team is almost complete for next season. Three riders are leaving the team: Bettini, Tonti (73 climbing) and Vandewalle.
I already have 5 newcomers who have signed for us: Mikhael Ignatiev (76 general), Mauricio Soler (79 climbing), Bradley Wiggins (time triallist and helper) + 2 scouted young talents. Ther last spot will be taken by a good team-mate and I'm negotiating with Maxim Iglinskyi (77 climbing) and Thomas Lovkvist (good allrounder).
If in the transfer period, I will recieve a good offer for Gert Steegmans (he's only the 4th best sprinter and his salary costs a lot) or over the top guys like Steven de Jongh or Geert verheyen, I'll probably accept them and try to buy some promising youngsters who are not too expensive for now instead.
Spring '08 (No db, I edited a few stats to be more realistic - ie, give contador a chance to win the tour if i sim'd it)
I turned Disco into Werner - AMD cycling. Werner is a trucking company, if you didn't know. Don't ask me why. Can someone make me a jersey? I'm thinking sky blue and the green that was on the Disco jerseys last year.
Anyways - my team. I didn't cheat. Honest. Although I did turn the team into the Aussie brigade.
Alberto Contador GC
Levi Leipheimer GC - 3rd, TdF 07
Michael Rogers GC - 1st, TdF 07
Cadel Evans GC
Robbie McEwen Lead out for Davis
Allan Davis Sprinter
Jonathan Bridge Grooming him for Worlds in a year or two
Matthew White TB (Team Bitch)
Trent Lowe TB
Scott Trent Promising young Aussie Sprinter
Duncan Rowe Another neo-McEwen
Gianni Meersman TB
Fuyu Li TB
Brian Vandborg TB/TT guy
Fumiyuki Beppu TB
Andreas Kloden GC - 4th, TdF 07
Bradley Wiggins Prologue Man
Alessandro Ballan PR
George Hincapie PR
Tom Danielson GC (esp Vuelta) 5th, TdF 07
Tomas Vaitkus Lesser Sprinter
Pavel Padrnos TB
Uros Murn TB
Janez Brajkovic GC
Benjamin Noval ***These three are still
Jose Luis Rubiera the "Spanish Armada" -
Egoi Martinez GC supporters ***
Sergio Paulinho GC - 8th, Vuelta
Vladimir Gusev PR
Svein Arne Rnkovic Young Norwegian Climber
We might go bankrupt this year, but by God we'll go out on a high note.
I once had a team in a CSC career without cheating (original DB)
Vino
Simoni
Cunego
Di Luca
Cancelarra
Zabriske
Contador
Leipheimer
Freire
Mcewen
Boonen
Valverde
The Schlecks
Sastre
Voight
and a couple other good riders but a couple months into the season I was kicked off the team for going over budget.
Tour Riders: Contador, Valverde, Ricco, Brajkovic, F. Schleck, Basso, Gerdeman, Karpets, Cobo, Lovkvist, Paulinho, Pellizotti, Colom, Machado, Voeckler, Docker, Dancik.
Classics: Burghart, Pozzato, Nolf, Vanspeybrouck, Boom, Kopp
Sprinters: Ventoso, Davis, Bazayev
Time Trial: Schar, Vaugrenard, Cembronos
I added Basso to my game and signed him at end of season. I used the Spain DB. I done well in the Tour and Giro But was never able to win Vuelta and i didnt do all that well in the classics even know i have a strong team in the classics. But my main focus was the Tours.
