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| Roman |
Posted on 19-02-2013 16:18
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This season Howard probably doesn't stand a chance in these sprints, it's too soon for him. And more of a bud luck for Coppel.. Not the best race for Milka indeed. 
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-02-2013 17:09
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Leigh Howard is a brilliant leadout this season - Next year he is going to be very good I think. Allan Davis sorta good 
But next year Tzortzakis and Keukeleire will also be pretty good 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-02-2013 18:18
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I think we already know who's going to win the race.
Maybe we will see some gaps in the next stage and Luis Leon will be able to gain a few seconds on Dekker and Phinney to move onto the podium.
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-02-2013 18:28
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That was a nice way to handle the stage from Chris Anker. At this point a top 15 seems like a real possibility. Too bad Lavoine crashed on the one stage where he stood a chance to podium.
The hilly stages seems to favour large groups, but in the end the best riders seem to have a notch extra for the final kick, so they still end up on top of things.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 19-02-2013 18:42
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A good ride from Margaloit and nice to see the team on the attack with appropriate riders.
Trofimov is proving dominant but it will be all for nothing if he has a bad day on the Mende uphill. It is possible Schumacher or Sanchez Gil could turn the tables...
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 19-02-2013 18:46
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That was a great day, may it continue thus. |
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| Roman |
Posted on 19-02-2013 20:03
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SotD wrote:
Leigh Howard is a brilliant leadout this season - Next year he is going to be very good I think. Allan Davis sorta good
But next year Tzortzakis and Keukeleire will also be pretty good
You are right and that's why he will ride every other non-cobble race as a leadout man for Bewley, but as he has quite a lot of race days available, he will have a lot of his opportunities for himself as well. It will be probably quite a similar situation in the next season as well, plus maybe I will have better versions of Alex Nepomnyachsniy and Vesely - both as a part of my leadout team.
This was a great stage by Konig, well played by him. A really solid overall result could be a possibility now.
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 19-02-2013 20:36
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Another one booked off, four too go..
On a more serious note. It is still wide open, and although I don't mind the big groups due to Trofimov's sprint stat, it makes it more risky with crashes etc.
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| Kami |
Posted on 19-02-2013 20:41
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Roux can't sprint for shit, but i'm happy with that result.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-02-2013 20:50
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Trofimov is just an admirable rider everyone would like to have on his team.
Would some of the managers around for a far longer time mind to tell me a bit of his stat history? Like with what stats he was added and how/why he developed this way?
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-02-2013 20:55
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cio93 wrote:
Trofimov is just an admirable rider everyone would like to have on his team.
Would some of the managers around for a far longer time mind to tell me a bit of his stat history? Like with what stats he was added and how/why he developed this way?
I think he received a "correction" in his stats in 2010:
| Flat | Mo | Hill | Downhill | TT | Sta | Res | Rec | Cobbles | Sprint | Acc | Fighter | XP Level | XP Points | | 73 | 77 | 79 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 4 | 20 |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-02-2013 21:03
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That is far from an adaptation based on real-life results though, someone decided there was a need for such a rider type?
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-02-2013 21:21
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I guess that's what happened. But when the 2010 transfer season started, we were actually in March 2009. At that time Trofimov results were quite promising.
Still, the only one that can give you a full explanation of why he was giving those stats is SN, I think.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-02-2013 21:28
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Yeah, I recall he had some promising results around that time, just like Spilak's stats are probably because of such results.
Thanks for shedding some light on that, maybe SN gives more insight, though obviously not every decision in this game has to be justified thoroughly.
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| ember |
Posted on 19-02-2013 22:07
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That was pretty much as expected from my team. Unfortunately Juul-Jensen couldn't manage to sneak away with the right attack. Hopefully he or someone else from Aker - MOT will be able to figure in the breakaways to come.
And well done Trofimov and congrats to mattiasgt, really useful sprint stat, picking up "easy" wins. |
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 19-02-2013 22:24
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alexkr00 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
Trofimov is just an admirable rider everyone would like to have on his team.
Would some of the managers around for a far longer time mind to tell me a bit of his stat history? Like with what stats he was added and how/why he developed this way?
I think he received a "correction" in his stats in 2010:
| Flat | Mo | Hill | Downhill | TT | Sta | Res | Rec | Cobbles | Sprint | Acc | Fighter | XP Level | XP Points | | 73 | 77 | 79 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 4 | 20 |
That seem about right, although I think those stat is after I used hilly group training for him (was an option back in the day). I think he started with Hill = 78.
The season after I used the Hill stat increase when he went to 100xp, basically opting for that over the Stage race increase since there were less great hilly riders compared to great stage racers in the Man game. Also thought that the sprint stat would be much more useful for a puncheur than a climber. I can easily say that I have not regretted that decision.
And for this season, since everybody else was going mental with their hilly leaders, I had to train Trofimov once more in the hills.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-02-2013 22:30
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Well, the 2010DB that I have is post-training, so I can't tell if he started with 78 or 79. But since he's your rider, I guess you know better 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-02-2013 22:40
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I dont see that stats being 'real life accurate' matters much - at the end of the day, every new or modified rider is a free agent, so anybody can buy them. I don't remember the thought process behind adding him, but it was apparantely 4 years ago, so why should I! But it is always healthy for the game to add in riders who are already good, not just young talents
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 20-02-2013 06:19
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Great win from Trofimov, i expected him to win four stages here, so just three to go.
Just two to go, this will be easy overall for Trofimov imo, congrats.
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| Kami |
Posted on 20-02-2013 23:10
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A very nice ride by Roux, unfortunately not rewarded. I hope he can slip into the top 10 though, but it seems that opening gaps is quite hard.
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