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ICL15 - Race Discussion
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| jaxika |
Posted on 15-04-2015 16:31
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Still cheering for Allianz  |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 15-04-2015 16:39
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I'm still here of course.
Pete going well in Japan and Dyball with a good stage result in Guatemala. Other than that, I just want these three races to end. This triple-header was always going to stop the game dead for a bit.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 15-04-2015 16:49
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Some strange racing happening in Germany & Japan. Purito 4 minutes down on Froome & Quintana, and Germany just, at least Bertie is leader now.
I actually hope that ICL switches to PCM14 or 15 sooner than later. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 15-04-2015 16:58
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Just loving this game.
The organisation is great, really easy to understand and complete with your wonderful database and entry spreadsheets.
The pace is excellent even dizzying sometimes.
The reporting style is quick and easy to follow.
The racing is fun and if your team is not doing do well there is always another race coming up soon.
Voted ICL my favourite story game (it was a close call, I really like EPIC as well).
One of my considerations for not applying for a man-game team was to make sure I had time to keep my ICL and EPIC teams going. I intend to be around for the long term I just wish I had some time to help out.
I really appreciate the effort put into this game and hope you can find your mojo and continue, but ultimately its your time so you must do whats best for you.
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| The Rider |
Posted on 15-04-2015 17:50
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No need to complain about the pace Bikex, especially when only two people have mildly helped you out with races this season.
Others activity isn't great, but overall, at least, it is better than in the first season. eg. I'm pretty sure Cycletron never posted once throughout all of last season and he has already posted half a dozen times this. It is very weird MARSUPILAMI abandoned this, especially as he wanted in in the Man Game and is apparently always on this site. On the upside we have had great additions like Matt and D2B.
That tool you suggested sounds great and I would be sure to use it, but I have no problem keeping tabs on my teams performances as it is.
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Wynants must have hidden stats: top 5s in the cobbled classics and now leading the points in Guatemala and I thought that was our first chance for a jersey, ever.  Hoping for a surprise last stage in Guatemala that might see us retain a podium spot.
Deustchland going well with De Gendt, hoping he can solidify that top 10 spot on the final stage. A top 5 with VDB in the Mount Fuji would not be too shabby.
So this triple header looks like a bad run for the team with no stage wins, but if this is the low point of the season so be it as we could still get decent GC places in all three races, so not really a low point at all! |
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| krisa |
Posted on 15-04-2015 20:44
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I only react when my teams ride, but I do enjoy the other races as well
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| knockout |
Posted on 15-04-2015 20:47
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The Rider wrote:
Others activity isn't great, but overall, at least, it is better than in the first season. eg. I'm pretty sure Cycletron never posted once throughout all of last season and he has already posted half a dozen times this.
Have to agree. Cyclotron definitely improved this season and while he can of course improve more it would be much appreciated if everybody would comment at least as much.
Honestly, I think that there are quite a lot of managers who did not post anything do far since racing started. If the reason is that there is a lack of results then I recommend to take a look at brewers posts. He does not wins much, too, but his complaints about his teams are always a great read . Also you can comment on breakaway appearances of your rider, the unbelievable bad luck of your star rider, the chance to score some points with a young rider classification or the winner of a race. A lot of possibilities and nearly everything is better than just following as a silent reader.
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 15-04-2015 22:26
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I'm still following, although sometimes I forget to post.  |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 15-04-2015 22:28
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I've very active, I just haven't had much to comment on recently, we had a bad Giro and Andorra was disappointing, plus, we don't have many races at the moment. I will comment more though. |
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| Cyclotron |
Posted on 15-04-2015 22:46
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knockout wrote:
The Rider wrote:
Others activity isn't great, but overall, at least, it is better than in the first season. eg. I'm pretty sure Cycletron never posted once throughout all of last season and he has already posted half a dozen times this.
Have to agree. Cyclotron definitely improved this season and while he can of course improve more it would be much appreciated if everybody would comment at least as much.
Thanks for the kind words, guys. Although I don't post as much as others I'm still very interested in the game.
Also I really appreciate you effort, bikex. It's natural that you can't hold up the high pace of the beginning for a whole season.
The Triple header is going great for my team. Two stage wins so far for Quintana and Uran. Nice to see a battle between Quintana and Froome in the Tour of Mount Fuji. It gets me in the mood for the tour.
Uran is clearly overachieving in Germany after hist decent giro. I hope he doesn't loose to much time on the last hilly stage.
Well, Betancur lost too much time on the time trail in Guatemala, but this was expected as he has one of the lowest tt stat of all gc contenders. The last mountain stage could be to his advantage though.
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 16-04-2015 00:03
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For sure I am still here! But my Team is rather shit this season, so I don't have anything to cheer.
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| Ad Bot |
Posted on 23-11-2024 19:23
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 16-04-2015 00:31
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knockout wrote:
Honestly, I think that there are quite a lot of managers who did not post anything do far since racing started. If the reason is that there is a lack of results then I recommend to take a look at brewers posts. He does not wins much, too, but his complaints about his teams are always a great read . Also you can comment on breakaway appearances of your rider, the unbelievable bad luck of your star rider, the chance to score some points with a young rider classification or the winner of a race. A lot of possibilities and nearly everything is better than just following as a silent reader.
Don't make me come down there. I have a spoon and I'm not afraid to use it.
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| Roextro |
Posted on 16-04-2015 06:25
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Still here and checking regular basis |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 16-04-2015 14:00
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Paul23 wrote:
For sure I am still here! But my Team is rather shit this season, so I don't have anything to cheer.
You have someone to blame, though! 
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| Smowz |
Posted on 16-04-2015 15:48
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I enjoy this game BikeX, been following with some fascination all season.
The question always with these things is whether you enjoy doing it though - because it is a labour of love mate. But honestly keep up the great work 
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| Bikex |
Posted on 16-04-2015 21:57
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Thanks for all your posts nice there are still some following.
I just posted the last stage of the three ongoing WT races.
After such a tripple header the question of course is who scored best:
Spoiler | | | | DT | VG | TF | | 1 | Gazprom Cycling Team | WT | 1307 | 116 (13) | 659 (1) | 532 (2) | | 2 | Ecopetrol - Vivo | WT | 1300 | 292 (6) | 361 (3) | 647 (1) | | 3 | Liberty Seguros - Würth | WT | 1176 | 735 (1) | 40 (19) | 401 (3) | | 4 | Celesio Pro Cycling | WT | 824 | 505 (2) | 207 (8) | 112 (11) | | 5 | Vegeta Cycling Team | WT | 727 | 222 (8) | 244 (7) | 261 (6) | | 6 | Allianz - BMW Cycling Team | WT | 629 | 244 (7) | 308 (6) | 77 (13) | | 7 | Air China | WT | 573 | 385 (4) | 175 (10) | 13 (18) | | 8 | Filliers - Mora Pro Cycling Team | WT | 557 | 165 (9) | 109 (14) | 283 (4) | | 9 | Avia - Orlen Oil | WT | 545 | 158 (10) | 340 (5) | 47 (16) | | 10 | Prorace - Camtel | WT | 513 | 138 (12) | 202 (9) | 173 (8) | | 11 | LIUCPBM3CGIPBT | WT | 511 | 438 (3) | 65 (18) | 8 (19) | | 12 | LA Aluminios - Antarte | WT | 506 | 80 (16) | 369 (2) | 57 (15) | | 13 | CarbonSports Cycling p/b Lightweight | WT | 505 | 317 (5) | 74 (17) | 114 (9) | | 14 | Smartone Cycling Team | WT | 481 | 92 (15) | 345 (4) | 44 (17) | | 15 | Fred Whitton Race Team | WT | 427 | 41 (19) | 113 (13) | 273 (5) | | 16 | Fiskars Cycling | WT | 361 | 96 (14) | 88 (16) | 177 (7) | | 17 | Swiss Life Team | WT | 293 | 64 (17) | 162 (11) | 67 (14) | | 18 | Team Bunzl - Centrica | WT | 249 | 60 (18) | 95 (15) | 94 (12) | | 19 | Geox - Kalev Cycling Project | CT | 157 | 157 (11) | 0 (20) | 0 (20) | | 20 | Bulgaria Air | CT | 146 | 0 (20) | 146 (12) | 0 (20) | | 21 | TVM - Sanyo | CT | 113 | 0 (20) | 0 (20) | 113 (10) |
Spoiler | | | DT | VG | TF | | 1 | Spain | 1354 | 580 (2) | 100 (10) | 674 (1) | | 2 | Colombia | 1280 | 272 (6) | 361 (5) | 647 (2) | | 3 | Belgium | 1220 | 372 (3) | 529 (2) | 319 (5) | | 4 | Italy | 973 | 310 (5) | 499 (3) | 164 (7) | | 5 | Germany | 881 | 873 (1) | 0 (27) | 8 (15) | | 6 | Poland | 835 | 190 (10) | 643 (1) | 2 (19) | | 7 | Netherlands | 664 | 259 (7) | 53 (17) | 352 (4) | | 8 | Great Britain | 645 | 27 (18) | 0 (27) | 618 (3) | | 9 | Ireland | 473 | 3 (26) | 470 (4) | 0 (21) | | 10 | United States | 426 | 326 (4) | 100 (10) | 0 (21) | | 11 | Australia | 393 | 63 (16) | 102 (9) | 228 (6) | | 12 | France | 343 | 215 (9) | 74 (14) | 54 (10) | | 13 | Slovakia | 300 | 0 (29) | 300 (6) | 0 (21) | | 14 | Russia | 272 | 228 (8) | 44 (20) | 0 (21) | | 15 | Austria | 226 | 33 (17) | 186 (7) | 7 (17) | | 16 | Switzerland | 221 | 119 (11) | 53 (17) | 49 (11) | | 17 | Estonia | 201 | 71 (14) | 0 (27) | 130 (8) | | 18 | Czech Republic | 196 | 22 (19) | 174 (8) | 0 (21) | | 19 | Norway | 178 | 0 (29) | 53 (17) | 125 (9) | | 20 | Slovenia | 177 | 66 (15) | 76 (13) | 35 (13) | | 21 | Kazakhstan | 170 | 97 (12) | 72 (16) | 1 (20) | | 22 | Sweden | 134 | 82 (13) | 5 (24) | 47 (12) | | 23 | Costa Rica | 83 | 0 (29) | 83 (12) | 0 (21) | | 24 | Croatia | 73 | 0 (29) | 73 (15) | 0 (21) | | 25 | Portugal | 43 | 13 (25) | 12 (23) | 18 (14) | | 26 | New Zealand | 29 | 21 (20) | 0 (27) | 8 (15) | | 27 | Romania | 19 | 0 (29) | 19 (21) | 0 (21) | | 28 | Curacao | 16 | 16 (21) | 0 (27) | 0 (21) | | 29 | Canada | 15 | 15 (22) | 0 (27) | 0 (21) | | Malaysia | 15 | 0 (29) | 15 (22) | 0 (21) | | 31 | Denmark | 14 | 14 (23) | 0 (27) | 0 (21) | | Lithuania | 14 | 14 (23) | 0 (27) | 0 (21) | | 33 | Argentina | 9 | 2 (27) | 0 (27) | 7 (17) | | 34 | Luxembourg | 4 | 0 (29) | 4 (25) | 0 (21) | | 35 | Brazil | 2 | 2 (27) | 0 (27) | 0 (21) | | Hungary | 2 | 0 (29) | 2 (26) | 0 (21) |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 16-04-2015 22:10
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Now I think I should have raced Deutschland. Chavenal and Pauwels got 10th and 11th in Andorra, which is pretty good, even if I was hoping for a stage win. |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 16-04-2015 22:10
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Generally happy with how thos three went.
Close to the TTT win in Germany, a nice stage win for Amador in Guatemala and a consistenly strong race from Kangert at Mount Fuji.
Fiskars is generally not getting bashed as hard as I had expected
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 16-04-2015 23:02
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Rolland and Bardet only got 8 points between them, and i think it wasn't even from them
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| Shonak |
Posted on 16-04-2015 23:09
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Really glad Contador didn't fuck this up in the last stage. Purito with a nice stage win too, solid.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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