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Vuelta al PaÃs Vasco discussion thread
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 24-03-2013 01:07
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I think that went as well as it was ever going to. Good
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| SotD |
Posted on 24-03-2013 10:40
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Alakagom wrote:
I don't think he'll be the only one wanting a deal for Ulissi  
You sure he's leaving your team for definite ? He might have some great surprsing results yet, never loose hope.
It's not because of this result I'm selling him. A GC top 10 was always the very best I could hope for here, and well I can live with him flopping one or two races in the season. He isn't the best puncheur for races like this.
I'm selling him because I decided to try other things, such as making the team french, and obviously because I don't see much point in having a very expensive hilly rider when the game AI seems to favour suptop riders equally well.
So Ulissi will definately be for sale at the end of the season. Obviously he isn't going just to get rid of him, but if I can get a decent backup for him, and someone would be willing to do a nice trade/buy then he's definately up for grabs.
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| niconico |
Posted on 24-03-2013 12:14
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If you want to make your team French, why the keeping of him through the transfer season?
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| SotD |
Posted on 24-03-2013 14:05
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niconico wrote:
If you want to make your team French, why the keeping of him through the transfer season?
I don't want to relegate either...
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| p3druh |
Posted on 24-03-2013 22:06
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This is beyond ridiculous...
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| Kami |
Posted on 24-03-2013 22:17
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My pure climbers don't perform well in the race, but neither do the pure puncheurs of others. Seems like a pretty tricky race.
Didn't expect much from this race, but i would have like to have some more people in the break. Pardilla did very well today, but the other days were pretty lackluster for the team.
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| ember |
Posted on 24-03-2013 22:19
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Definitely not a race for the "pure" puncheurs, with Boasson Hagen and Bakelants struggling to make an impact, while great climbers like Rujano and Van Den Broeck are incredibly strong on the toughest stages.
Happy Boasson Hagen managed to get the better of Roelandts and climb a spot in the GC. 6th is the best possible outcome as it looks now though, and I'm only hoping he can hold on.
Great report again, Smowz!
And congrats to SN. Schleck definitely still has it.
Edited by ember on 24-03-2013 22:20
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| Roman |
Posted on 25-03-2013 00:49
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Really solid ride by Nepomnyachsniy here. Too bad that he lost a lot of time in previous stages..
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| niconico |
Posted on 25-03-2013 08:39
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NICO!
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Posted on 25-03-2013 11:52
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Well this is a disasterrace for us. Move along, nothing to see here
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| cio93 |
Posted on 25-03-2013 14:27
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RIDICULOUS 
Actually even beyond that...I mean distancing Hagen, Bakelandts, Schumacher, and finishing ahead of Trofimov in a straight uphill sprint... in a stage that shouldn't favour the MO stat enough to justify that, this result is simply incredible.
VDB leading the points classification with so many strong puncheur/sprinter-combining riders competing here says it all.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 25-03-2013 14:48
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It's a tough cocktail really, especially in the Basque country. Hilly stages are either not decisive or too much in favour of mountain stats. Rest assured it would have been worse if we'd have kept the Eibar stage in. Rujano and Van den Broeck would have been highly placed there too.
I do think Van Den Broeck's high GC place is somewhat inspiring him (and likewise Keinath) to do better than he usually would.
I am really shocked how poorly Bakelants is doing, he never seems to make the right position. He was ding dong with Schleck - Trofimov last year in these sorts of things. With the exception of the odd stage in Tirreno he has been very ordinary looking.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 25-03-2013 15:08
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I think mountains are making more of an impact here than hills... |
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| niconico |
Posted on 25-03-2013 15:30
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SotD wrote:
Well this is a disasterrace for us. Move along, nothing to see here
I can honestly say I am well pleased with this fine race.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 25-03-2013 19:16
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Long may Schleck continue to be at the front of attacks! Nice to get a stage win out of the race, and a GC podium looking good ... until he crashes again.
rjc_43 wrote:
I think mountains are making more of an impact here than hills...
That stage was the worst with a rating of 0.45. Hill was still the most important stat. But yes, 0.45 is too high - but its so tough to find a stage in PCM12 that is hard enough to make gaps, and not be favoured to the mountain stat by the stupid automatic system.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 25-03-2013 19:25
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Love to see Matthias Frank and Albasini being more active than Schumacher 
What an odd race, this AI is no good, but I guess its great news for the climbers with low hill stats in GT's.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 25-03-2013 22:03
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Sorry guys for the lack of mini's eyes just rolling shut!
This stage had a better hill mountain ratio but as you can see a lack of gaps.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 25-03-2013 22:16
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Even though the victory is not secured yet, the podium is which means that Project 1t4i have achieved their first goal of the season
Edited by alexkr00 on 25-03-2013 22:17
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| ember |
Posted on 25-03-2013 22:42
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That Pro Tour win is really hard to get, but what a try from Nordhaug! Really can't ask for more, and he was incredibly close. Well done!
Boasson Hagen also looked strong, but either he mistimed his sprint or he was simply not strong enough. Will be an interesting battle with Bakelants for 6th in the overall standings.
Thanks for another nice report, Smowz.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 25-03-2013 22:49
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Nothing spectacular for us this stage, good to finally see a breakaway appearance, though it was a bit risky to do so with VDB's best helper.
5th place should be secured now (YAY!), now it's about daily form who of the two most surprising riders will be 4th.
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