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LA MSS - This Time Without the Dope!!!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 22-04-2009 08:15
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Stage 10
...another mass sprint finish
and yet another victory for Fabian Wegmann with the escapees lead by Crosbie being caught just before the finish line!!
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1 Fabian Wegmann Team CSC Saxo Bank 3h45'38
2 Nicolas Crosbie Bouygues Télécom s.t.
3 Alessandro Petacchi Rabobank s.t.
4 Mikaël Chérel Française des Jeux s.t.
5 André Greipel Team Columbia s.t.
6 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux s.t.
8 Andrea Moletta Gerolsteiner s.t.
9 Aaron Kemps Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas s.t.
GC
1 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank 38h40'51
2 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 19
3 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
4 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
5 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 20
6 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 26
7 Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 28
8 Michael Rogers Team Columbia + 30
9 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
10 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 32
Points
1 Fabian Wegmann Team CSC Saxo Bank 204
2 Alessandro Petacchi Rabobank 151
3 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto 142
4 André Greipel Team Columbia 131
5 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld 110
Mountain
1 Gorazd Stangelj Lampre 32
2 Christophe Laurent Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 32
3 Ivan Santaromita Liquigas 32
4 Antxon Luengo Euskaltel - Euskadi 29
5 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux 27
Tomorrow: Rest day
Edited by Gustavovskiy on 22-04-2009 08:17
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| Heloo |
Posted on 22-04-2009 14:40
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Oww your finances are very bad, i dont know how you could save yourself out of this one  You still need to win about 300k in 2,5 months.. Maybe you can get a 'loan' (editor  ) and then try to pay of your debt in the next season.. ?
Btw i've finished my first season with LA MSS but haven't signed such a good cyclists as you did. I choose to only transfer spanish, portugese and columbian (also spanish speaking ). I got Sevilla, Barbosa, Pecharroman and Martinez Gerolsteiner tried to buy Vicioso for 1.7 M but sadly enough Vicioso didnt want to sign a contract with them .. Too bad cause i wanted to buy Duque and another columbian sprint/climb-talent with the money.
Anyway, my salaries are only 175k so i should be able to keep out of debts with my 2.2 M starting budget.
Good luck in TdF!! And keep up the great story  |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 22-04-2009 15:52
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come on give us more pics in Le Tour. 
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Posted on 04-05-2009 10:05
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Great story!
Is the story dead? 
Edited by scandal on 04-05-2009 10:14
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 09-05-2009 19:00
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sorry guys the University Festival has taken a lot of my time. I'm either partying or recovering my hangover that's why I haven't posted anything lately but that's about to change
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Rest Day
Some fresh news about the transfer market are being spread by the media:
An horrible tragedy in deed... T.Machado is leaving our team to join our fiercest rival! Damn it!
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| beagle |
Posted on 09-05-2009 20:03
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Gustavovskiy wrote:
sorry guys the University Festival has taken a lot of my time. I'm either partying or recovering my hangover that's why I haven't posted anything lately but that's about to change
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Rest Day
Some fresh news about the transfer market are being spread by the media:
An horrible tragedy in deed... T.Machado is leaving our team to join our fiercest rival! Damn it!
nice to see your story still alive!
you should kick off dopers from your game though |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 09-05-2009 20:05
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beagle wrote:
you should kick off dopers from your game though
No I don't think so, as those riders were riding when the story started
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 10-05-2009 17:41
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well you know the doping agencies are doing their work dont you?
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-05-2009 17:47
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No they don't, at least not in my story
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 10-05-2009 17:50
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I was starting to think you were a good PCM player... now I understand: all your riders are doped 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-05-2009 17:52
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actually the AI riders are the doped ones, but I'm so good that I can even beat the dopers
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 10-05-2009 19:08
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ahah
that's what I thought
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Stage 11
A day which will most likely start to define the top10
The break of the day with the KoM leader
At the Col du Kandel they had more than 7min of advantage!
There Rodriguéz was the first in the peloton beating Popovych and Barredo
On the next climb Cobo won the sprint in the bunch!
At the Col Wiedener-Eck, penultimate climb of the day the lead group started to perish
Nontheless the climb was completed with no major moves until Leipheimer attacked near the summit!!
In the downhill he happened to gap the bunch by 30''
However Astana, Rabobank and ourselves worked to catch the LPR leader
The final climb was reached and now it is turn for Contador!!
Andy Schleck followed right after him with Kloden and Anton in his tail!
Evans was there as well
They all caught Leipheimer and were later joined by Soler and Menchov
But Contador was already all alone and building a dangerous gap!
Schleck tries his luck once more
...with Evans behind him!
But none of them is able to get away due to Anton's efforts
Meanwhile Contador crossed the top isolated
With the pack of 6 pursuing him
However the victory seemed guaranteed for the spaniard
and a little later that was confirmed! Victory and Yellow Jersey for Alberto Contador!
A minute later Andy Schleck outsprinted Evans to conquer the 2nd place in the stage while Kloden was 4th
Stage
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 4h55'57
2 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 1'08
3 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
4 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
5 Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
6 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
7 Denis Menchov Rabobank s.t.
8 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas s.t.
9 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step + 1'33
10 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
GC
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 43h37'07
2 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 1'08
3 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 1'09
4 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 1'14
5 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 1'15
6 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 1'21
7 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan + 1'33
8 Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 1'42
9 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne + 1'44
10 Michael Rogers Team Columbia s.t.
Points
1 Fabian Wegmann Team CSC Saxo Bank 204
2 Alessandro Petacchi Rabobank 151
3 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto 142
4 André Greipel Team Columbia 131
5 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld 110
Mountain
1 Christophe Laurent Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 73
2 Gorazd Stangelj Lampre 64
3 Maxime Méderel Crédit Agricole 34
4 Ivan Santaromita Liquigas 32
5 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 31
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| olabj |
Posted on 10-05-2009 22:01
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Nice racing. I really love the new shirt, are you going to ride with that one for the rest of the season? |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 10-05-2009 22:08
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yeah, I agree the yellow one looks better than the old one.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 11-05-2009 08:55
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well I suppose I can do that
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 12-05-2009 07:14
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Stage 12
Lots of animation during the stage with Wegmann getting away, Gilbert going for the KoM and Astana chasing as usual
However the real animation only began at Col du Hundstruck where Astana + Ten Dam train started to push harder
Leipheimer was the first to attack taking Soler and Cobo with him
Later Efimkin and others tried to follow
But only 4 resisted to the pack after the top: Leipheimer, Soler, Cobo and Lopez
Nontheless when the climb to the Grand Ballon started they all got caught
Menchov was the first to shake things
Moncoutié, Efimkin, Evans and Garate went with him
But only Evans and Efimkin were able to stay away from the bunch
Cobo tried his luck as well
And after him Anton, Soler and Leipheimer tried once more reaching Efimkin
Just a few later on: Contador!
Kloden tried to follow but he just couldnt!!
The gaps started widening while Karpets made an acceleration behind Kloden!
Contador caught Evans and rode past him!
But not far there were Andy Schleck and Karpets!!
And fortunately when entering the last kms Kloden's group didn't look too far away from the leading men
However the stage's podium was pratically decided
And as expected Contador grabbed the win extending his GC lead!
Behind Evans beated Schleck for the 2nd position
Karpets faded away in the last meters finishing with what seemed to be the same time as Kloden
Stage
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 6h12'56
2 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 50
3 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
4 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne + 1'39
5 Robert Gesink Rabobank s.t.
6 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
7 David Moncoutié Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
8 Denis Menchov Rabobank s.t.
9 Carlos Sastre Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
10 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto s.t.
11 Tadej Valjavec AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
12 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step s.t.
13 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
14 Juanjo Cobo Fuji - Servetto + 2'08
15 Michael Rogers Team Columbia s.t.
16 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
17 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
18 Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
19 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step s.t.
20 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Caisse d'Epargne + 2'28
GC
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 49h50'03
2 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 1'59
3 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 2'11
4 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 2'47
5 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne + 3'23
6 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
7 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 3'27
8 Robert Gesink Rabobank + 3'39
9 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R La Mondiale + 3'41
10 Carlos Sastre Team CSC Saxo Bank + 3'46
Points
1 Fabian Wegmann Team CSC Saxo Bank 204
2 Alessandro Petacchi Rabobank 151
3 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto 142
4 André Greipel Team Columbia 131
5 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld 110
Mountain
1 Christophe Laurent Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 73
2 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux 72
3 Gorazd Stangelj Lampre 64
4 Ivan Santaromita Liquigas 59
5 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank 52
Well once more we got robbed... How the hell was Kloden given more 29'' than Karpets if there wasn't any cuts? Ohh... Bite me assholes...
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 12-05-2009 07:59
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damn Contador. The anti-doping agencies should be after him
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 13-05-2009 08:24
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They should indeed
but that's not my fault they are so incompetent
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 13-05-2009 08:34
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Stage 13
Yet another mass sprint finish stage
Once more the big favs lost themselves in inutile trains
And once more Wegmann took all the benefit of it... or almost! Today someone was clever enough to follow him to the finish line: .....Takashi Miyazawa!!
Stage
1 Takashi Miyazawa Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 4h45'48
2 Fabian Wegmann Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
3 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
4 Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia s.t.
5 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
6 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas s.t.
7 André Greipel Team Columbia s.t.
8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
9 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
10 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
GC
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 54h35'51
2 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 1'59
3 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 2'11
4 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 2'47
5 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 3'23
6 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
7 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 3'27
8 Robert Gesink Rabobank + 3'39
9 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R La Mondiale + 3'41
10 Carlos Sastre Team CSC Saxo Bank + 3'46
Points
1 Fabian Wegmann Team CSC Saxo Bank 234
2 Alessandro Petacchi Rabobank 165
3 André Greipel Team Columbia 150
4 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto 150
5 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld 136
Mountain
1 Christophe Laurent Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 73
2 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux 72
3 Gorazd Stangelj Lampre 64
4 Ivan Santaromita Liquigas 59
5 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank 52
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 18-05-2009 04:45
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Stage 14
The stage we all were hoping for... or was it?
After waking up in the morning with a terrible night of sleep, with Angelito Vicioso pushing me over and over again I sat down in my bed I started to listen to whatever he was trying to explain:
- Señorito Gustavovskiy! Hurry hurry Andrés is disapeared! Bed is empty! Everybody looking out! Nobody know him where is it!
What the fuck! I went to look out for someone who could speak proper english and who could explain to me what th hell happened. The rest of the staff later told me Kloden had disapeared during the night. Everyone was looking for him but hadn't found him yet...
I went to seek him as well by myself into the french plains when I found some german footpsteps in the floor! I followed the trail and eventually I found a crushed Kloden in his favourite pijamas sitting in a freezer where he probably was carrying some alcohol I thought:
- Andreas wtf are you doing here?
- Sir... I... Sir I lost my... *continues crying*
- What? What the fuck did you lose? Your virginity?
- No Sir... worst than that... I lost my teddy bear!
- You WHAT??... *takes a deep breath* Well I promise I'll find your teddy bear if you get back to your room and get ready to race the TT ok?
- But how can I do it without my teddy bear?
- ...you do the best you can son
I was never able to find that fuckin teddy bear... my crushed team leader wouldn't be able to perform at his level I thought...
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and I was right...
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