|
Vuelta a Colombia Discussion
|
| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 21-12-2021 08:25
|
Small Tour Specialist
Posts: 2433
Joined: 07-07-2013
PCM$: 200.00
|
Great to see Willwohl turn up for the sprint and a podium is a great result.
Congrats to Marco and thanks for the report cunego.
Would love to see Tatarinov back in the break tomorrow and Arndt keep his top 20 position.
Edited by DaveTwoBob on 21-12-2021 16:07
|
| |
|
|
| Nemolito |
Posted on 21-12-2021 08:29
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3367
Joined: 20-04-2020
PCM$: 425.00
|
Great sprint by Los Pollos. Happy with a second place and another Minions win. Also nice to see Spilak in better form yesterday. I suppose tomorrow´s stage will be crucial for the GC so I´d appreciate him having a good daily form again  also interesting to see Munoz with 77 mtn at 30 min already, wouldn´t mind an attack from him on the final stage.
Thanks for the great reports, cunego!
|
| |
|
|
| Ollfardh |
Posted on 21-12-2021 08:35
|
World Champion
Posts: 14563
Joined: 08-08-2011
PCM$: 9100.00
|
Ollfardh wrote:
Congrats Minions, I guess you know which sprinter to keep next season 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
|
| |
|
|
| Marcovdw |
Posted on 21-12-2021 09:22
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7593
Joined: 04-07-2012
PCM$: 15345.00
|
The name's Hodeg, Alvaro Hodeg 
What a legendary feat for him in his home country! Now I might regret not giving him leadership more often.
Thanks for the congrats and thanks cunego for the beautiful report
|
| |
|
|
| ember |
Posted on 21-12-2021 13:38
|
Team Leader
Posts: 6849
Joined: 27-03-2008
PCM$: 700.00
|
Galta in the GC top 15 looks doable as it stands now. We need him to defend that, or that he does what he does best in GTs - go on and ride aggressive for KoM points and breakaway success. Though, the AI doesn't seem to allow that in shorter stage races, meaning a top 15 should be our main goal for Galta here.
Seeing Stake outside the top 50 hopefully makes him one of the attackers on the final two stages. As cio pointed out pre-race, there should be loads of KoM points to fight for, and maybe even a stage win, and if we're going to get something from this race, attacks and breakaway luck seem like our best bet. Good to see Wohrer and Pruus try on the first mountain stage, but I suspect Stake is our only option for a stage win/stage top 5 from a breakaway in such a packed field. Fingers crossed we send him out too!
PHL wearing yellow is definitely expected, congratulations so far, SotD! Kudus being the only one at a "dangerous" gap, which should make it kind of easy to control for PHL. The fight for the final podium spot, though, looks wide open!
And congratulations on the double stage win, Marco! Great, but also surprising, to see Hodeg prove himself on home ground  |
| |
|
|
| SotD |
Posted on 22-12-2021 06:41
|
World Champion
Posts: 12188
Joined: 29-11-2006
PCM$: 2980.00
|
Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
|
| |
|
|
| Nemolito |
Posted on 22-12-2021 08:21
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3367
Joined: 20-04-2020
PCM$: 425.00
|
GC wise I can´t complain at all. Spilak moving up to ninth is above expectations, now I hope he doesn´t have an off day tomorrow and I´ll leave Colombia a happy man.
Nice to see my two best suited riders on the attack, although it left Spilak with Osorio as best mtn domestique. Too bad Munoz and Affonso are a bit too light to complete at this level. Especially Munoz has been doing terrible in the GC, not every home riders performs like Hodeg apparently  Big love for Quispe and Maksimov.
Congratulations on a very nice win to Aker, and thanks for another great report to cunego!
|
| |
|
|
| Ad Bot |
Posted on 22-11-2024 09:28
|
Bot Agent
Posts: Countless
Joined: 23.11.09
|
|
| IP: None |
|
|
| ember |
Posted on 22-12-2021 08:36
|
Team Leader
Posts: 6849
Joined: 27-03-2008
PCM$: 700.00
|
Thank you, Nemolito!
Brilliant stuff by Stake, also giving us something from this race. He has been the rider of the season for us this far. This is another big performance from him. I can only be happy 
Galta sitting inside the top 15 is also good. Fingers crossed Stake can get in another breakaway on the final stage. Hopefully his KoM points from stage 5 gives him extra motivation to get in the breakaway on the final stage too.
Thank you for the report, cunego. Very enjoyable! |
| |
|
|
| tastasol |
Posted on 22-12-2021 09:21
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 2889
Joined: 11-09-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
ember wrote:
Seeing Stake outside the top 50 hopefully makes him one of the attackers on the final two stages. As cio pointed out pre-race, there should be loads of KoM points to fight for, and maybe even a stage win, and if we're going to get something from this race, attacks and breakaway luck seem like our best bet.
Talk about hoping for something and really getting the reward! It was with a heavy heart that we sold Stake, so I'm very happy to see him having a good season so far and getting a win here. Congrats, ember!
|
| |
|
|
| Marcovdw |
Posted on 22-12-2021 09:29
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7593
Joined: 04-07-2012
PCM$: 15345.00
|
A disappointing day, Poljanski not making the breakaway work and Uran seems to have lost all energy since stage two. The best thing we can hope for now is Hodeg holding onto green which is a sentence I never thought I'd had to say.
|
| |
|
|
| alexkr00 |
Posted on 22-12-2021 10:21
|
World Champion
Posts: 13915
Joined: 05-08-2008
PCM$: 300.00
|
Dombrowski should consider becoming a liutenant. He seems to love working for these 85mo guys
|
| |
|
|
| Ollfardh |
Posted on 22-12-2021 12:13
|
World Champion
Posts: 14563
Joined: 08-08-2011
PCM$: 9100.00
|
Really good job by Oomen again, but what a season Laengen is having, congrats Ember!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
|
| |
|
|
| quadsas |
Posted on 22-12-2021 12:19
|
Small Tour Specialist
Posts: 2518
Joined: 18-01-2013
PCM$: 300.00
|
Kinda WeirdChamp race from us, every stage is a different guy. Gotta hope we can send Dyrnes tommorow to score a bunch of KoM points for extra scoring
|
| |
|
|
| Roman |
Posted on 22-12-2021 23:11
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4386
Joined: 29-05-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Oh, wow! Either the AI is even dumber in this new version of PCM or PHL had a really bad day. My bets are on former option.
But can't be unhappy with this result - it would be absolutely huge to finally win the overall standings of a mountain race for the first time ever in the history of my team - after like 12 years I am now part of this great game. Would need to update my bucket list in this game then. 
Thanks a lot for the report, cunego!
|
| |
|
|
| fjhoekie |
Posted on 23-12-2021 09:31
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4476
Joined: 25-07-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Total disaster. Don't like this season anymore 
Manager of Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska in the PCM.Daily Man-Game |
| |
|
|
| Ollfardh |
Posted on 23-12-2021 09:31
|
World Champion
Posts: 14563
Joined: 08-08-2011
PCM$: 9100.00
|
What a very entertaining report again, you really had me on the edge of my seat every (non-flat ) stage. Great job Cunego!
Oomen is just amazing. Looking at the competition he had here, I might rate this 4th place higher than his PaÃs Vasco win.
Congrats Roman as well, Kudus is scarier than ever before.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
|
| |
|
|
| Nemolito |
Posted on 23-12-2021 09:53
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3367
Joined: 20-04-2020
PCM$: 425.00
|
Really sucks to lose the ninth place by three seconds after it was easily doable to protect it in the descent. A GC-top 10 for Spilak is still okay of course, after I feared even top-15 would be hard. Affonso in the break for two days in a row, but he's just not good enough. A shame he dropped some places in GC to 43rd. Munoz entering the top-100 (100 exactly) to score two points is something I guess, although he is easily the biggest disappointment of our race. Someone who could have finished second in U25 seems to be more than 30/40 minutes behind the eventual (U25) winner and has several guys with 70 mtn around him in GC. Hope he improves next season. Maksimov did well to score 25 stage points from a 2nd and 5th in the sprint, whereas Quispe was an absolute hero as always.
Congratulations to Sauber on the nice stage win and Moser - Sygic on a deserved GC win! Thank you for the superb reports to you, cunego
|
| |
|
|
| Marcovdw |
Posted on 23-12-2021 10:23
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7593
Joined: 04-07-2012
PCM$: 15345.00
|
Thanks for the reports cunego and congrats Roman!
Uran made something of the final stage to at least finish inside the top 20, couldn't expect much more given the strength of the startlist. Rider of the race for me has to be young Alvaro with two stage wins and the green jersey in a mountains race!
Hopefully the next races will be just as successful to make our way up in the rankings...
|
| |
|
|
| ember |
Posted on 23-12-2021 10:51
|
Team Leader
Posts: 6849
Joined: 27-03-2008
PCM$: 700.00
|
Too great quality on that breakaway to be present at the end. A bit disappointing we weren't present when there was 32 riders left, but I guess we can't have it all after Stake's win yesterday
Congratulations on the overall win, Roman! Kind of refreshing to see a new rider win a mountain GC.
Coming away from the race with a stage win is nice. Points wise, it's another difficult race, though, that was expected here. But in general, I'm starting to worry for our promotion push, as the amount of races where we struggle to score, is getting bigger and bigger. |
| |
|
|
| quadsas |
Posted on 23-12-2021 11:22
|
Small Tour Specialist
Posts: 2518
Joined: 18-01-2013
PCM$: 300.00
|
Not the best. Some points scored, which I guess is the most realistic scenario. Sadly Dyrnes wasn't very consistent and couldn't get us big KoM points. we are onto Cincinnati
|
| |
|
