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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 01-09-2014 18:11
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TMM always withdrawing from such things 
I think its a cool idea. Hopefully you will have more time to pursue that than I had with my domestique series which was over after only one race 
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 01-09-2014 18:51
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Abasi Abundi is allowed to join these races.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 01-09-2014 20:03
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Good luck with this. I suggest you make a couple of test runs to check for weird AI as I expect having MTN as the only full team could be very good for the "breakaway-in-races-with-small-pelotons" bug. That is why I have smaller teams/talent teams with other riders from the DB in EHST. Possibly MTN could even be split into South Africa and the rest to allow a many riders as possible to participate while also providing the race/AI with another big team. Just ideas based on my experience.
Also Euskaltel - Euskadi has Tarik Choaufi from Africa, who are free to race should he get invited 
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| JoeArmstrong13 |
Posted on 02-09-2014 07:49
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Atlantius wrote:
Good luck with this. I suggest you make a couple of test runs to check for weird AI as I expect having MTN as the only full team could be very good for the "breakaway-in-races-with-small-pelotons" bug. That is why I have smaller teams/talent teams with other riders from the DB in EHST. Possibly MTN could even be split into South Africa and the rest to allow a many riders as possible to participate while also providing the race/AI with another big team. Just ideas based on my experience.
Also Euskaltel - Euskadi has Tarik Choaufi from Africa, who are free to race should he get invited
Thanks I will do.
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Posted on 02-09-2014 07:54
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TheManxMissile wrote:
FDJ.fr would like to withdraw their riders from this series. We feel the extra racing would not be of benefit as they fight relegation.
I have used Delfi Cervero to fill a spot on the AG2R team.
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| JoeArmstrong13 |
Posted on 02-09-2014 08:10
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I have decided to fill all teams so that everyone has 3/4 riders, this will be done by using low ranking domestiques who won't impact on the final ut come and will be removed from the result if they do.
Edited by JoeArmstrong13 on 02-09-2014 08:14
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Posted on 02-09-2014 08:26
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I have also chosen to include a number of continental teams, who will be allowed to compete with the others.
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Posted on 02-09-2014 08:34
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I can now announce the destination for the first few rounds with the first round being held later this morning.
Here are the locations for the first few rounds:
First Round: Paris Roubaix
Second Round:Alpe d'Huez x2
Third Round: Milano San Remo
Fourth Round:1st Stage 2013 Tour - Corsica
Fifth Round: Liege Bastogne Liege
Sixth Round:Uphill TT
More to come at a later date
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Posted on 02-09-2014 10:36
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The sprint for today's points will take place at the 100 kilometre mark as the race reaches the first sector of cobbles. Today's race is very unpredictable as there are not many riders who enjoy riding on the cobbles, which will perhaps mean that Sky are left to do all the work for there cobbles star Sithembele, this may mean that a break will stay away to the finish, however we will have to see as the cobbles are very unpredictable and anything could happen. The closest contenders to sky may be Amador and Duque as they are both very experienced so know how to position the bike when riding on cobbles.
The break of the day went away very quickly featuring 2 riders who were allowed to go for the overall competition, they were Romero (COL), Moyano (CJR) and Frenchman Sprick (ARG).
5 more riders then came across the gap, including Jamel Johnson (CSS) and Winner Anacona the other riders were all ineligible for the competition, and were merely cannon fodder for their team, however I would give you the names but there was an issue with the report.
Johnson won the sprint ahead of Bilbao (EUS) and Romero There were numerous punster among them Romero and Anacona However all riders managed to get back into the group they were in.
Still with over 80 kilometres to go Sithimbele made his move and immediately distanced the field, he rode across to the break with relative ease, and then set of chasing the lone leader, who was M. Lamoisson. (EUR)
Sithimbele then attacked M. Lamoisson. with over 50 kilometres to go and soloed to the victory over 6 minutes ahead of Andrey Amador who came in second behind the flying Kenyan, who even punctured on the run in, or his gap would of been over 10 minutes.
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Ranking | Rider | Total | Difference | | 1 | TJ. Sithembile | 25 | 0 | | 2 | A. Amador | 20 | 5 | | 3 | L. Duque | 12 | 13 | | 4 | A. Abundi | 9 | 16 | | 5 | M. Shaqif | 7 | 18 | | 6 | R. Hunter | 6 | 19 | | 7 | L. S. Haedo | 1 | 24 |
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| Ranking | Team | Total | Difference | | 1 | Garmin Sharp | 15 | 0 | | 2 | Sky | 9 | 6 | | 3 | Colombia | 8 | 7 | | 4 | CCC | 7 | 8 | | 5 | Belkin | 6 | 9 | | 6 | MTN | 5 | 10 | | 7 | Astana | 4 | 11 | | 8 | Accent Jobs | 3 | 12 |
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| Ranking | Rider | Team | Total | Difference | | 1 | J. Johnson | CSS | 20 | 0 | | 2 | P. Bilbao | EUS | 17 | 3 | | 3 | J. Romero | COL | 15 | 5 | | 4 | A. Kamyshev | AST | 12 | 8 | | 5 | J. Moyano | CJR | 10 | 10 | | 6 | M. Sprick | ARG | 8 | 12 | | 7 | B. Gasteur | ALM | 5 | 15 | | 8 | W. Anacona | LAM | 4 | 16 | | 9 | J. Edmondson | SKY | 3 | 17 | | 10 | J. Bol | BEL | 2 | 18 |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-09-2014 11:02
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JoeArmstrong13 wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
FDJ.fr would like to withdraw their riders from this series. We feel the extra racing would not be of benefit as they fight relegation.
I have used Delfi Cervero to fill a spot on the AG2R team.
You most certainly have not done so! All our riders are other wise engaged and are forbidden from taking part in the series. Without explicit written permission no FDJ riders are taking part, or face severe legal action
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| JoeArmstrong13 |
Posted on 02-09-2014 12:35
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TheManxMissile wrote:
JoeArmstrong13 wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
FDJ.fr would like to withdraw their riders from this series. We feel the extra racing would not be of benefit as they fight relegation.
I have used Delfi Cervero to fill a spot on the AG2R team.
You most certainly have not done so! All our riders are other wise engaged and are forbidden from taking part in the series. Without explicit written permission no FDJ riders are taking part, or face severe legal action
Ok I back down 
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 02-09-2014 12:38
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Don't mind TMM, he's just TMM
Sithembile was always going to win this, never heard of an African or South American cobbler 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-09-2014 12:40
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Ollfardh wrote:
Don't mind TMM, he's just TMM
Everyone roleplays in a different way 
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 02-09-2014 13:14
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Delfi Cervero would like to question why he was ever involved in this in the first place, since his permission was never asked for, and he is not from South America!
The Costa Rican would like to confirm that Costa Rica is in fact, in North America. |
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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 02-09-2014 14:03
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Pretty nice that Jamel took the sprint.
Spoiler You restarted it over and over to get him there, didn't you 
But Cervero is definetely right on being not from South America. And nobody noticed before.. 
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| JoeArmstrong13 |
Posted on 02-09-2014 14:20
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Silvio Herklotz wrote:
Pretty nice that Jamel took the sprint.
Spoiler You restarted it over and over to get him there, didn't you
But Cervero is definetely right on being not from South America. And nobody noticed before..
a) I didn't actually it was just pure look
b) I knew that I chose to include a few nations around that area, so as to increase numbers.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-09-2014 13:28
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With Lampre having five eligible riders it could work in our favour |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 03-09-2014 15:47
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 I am very happy at my new team.I am very excited to ride with my new teammates.
I aim to win some races and a top 10 on one of the Ardennes Classics or Lombardia this year.Mu long term goals are win WCH,LBL and Lombardia
Short Bio/Introduction
I was born in Luxembourg.I was both a very successful student and a cyclist.I was impressing a lot in hilly races.But an injury happened.Then I restarted and won even bigger hilly races and by that Team Colombia offered me a contract and I accepted it.
My favourite three cyclists are Andy Schleck,Charly Gaul and Frank Schleck.
My biggest victories are Liege-Bastogne-Liege Espoirs this year as well as lots of hilly races.
Edited by Forever the Best on 02-10-2014 11:39
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
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| JoeArmstrong13 |
Posted on 03-09-2014 15:56
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The Schleck Fan wrote:
I am very happy at my new team.I am very excited to ride with my new teammates.
I aim to win some races and a top 10 on one of the Ardennes Classics or Lombardia.
Short Bio/Introduction
I was born in Luxembourg.I was both a very successful student and a cyclist.I was impressing a lot in hilly races.But an injury happened.Then I restarted and won even bigger hilly races and by that Team Colombia offered me a contract and I accepted it.
My favourite three cyclists are Andy Schleck,Charly Gaul and Frank Schleck.
My biggest victories are Liege-Bastogne-Liege Espoirs this year as well as lots of hilly races.
The team are very happy to have you and hope that you will have a successful time at Team Colombia
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-09-2014 09:54
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Ciao Colombia! It's a me, Mario! I already wanted to introduce myself for to you, as I'll be riding for the team next year. I'm a 18 year old Italian sprinter, with a few top 10 results so far, but you may know me best from my breakaway in Milan - San Remo this year.
Attacking
Attacking some more
I had a great first year with MTN Qhubeka, but it felt it was better to find a new team. It's great to ride with a superstar like Gerald Ciolek, but we are targetting the same races. After a year of being a leadout, I think I should get my own chances in my prefered races. I did learn a lot from him, but we would clash in the future over leadership.
So why Colombia? It's a big change I know, but Colombia is a team that has a connection with Italy, which was very important to me. I got contacted by the manager who said he believed in me as main sprinter for next year, and since I received no counter offer from MTN, I decided to sign here. It will be weird to ride here between those Colombian climbers, but it gives me leadership in the sprints.
In the remaining part of the season, I hope I can get some more results with MTN. After that I'll move to Colombia and train there with the rest of the team. For the next year I have a few goals, Milan - San Remo being the biggest one. I know I won't wi nit, but I want to be there when the sprint starts.
Until then!
~ Mario
Edited by Ollfardh on 04-09-2014 09:55
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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