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Posted on 03-08-2008 21:25
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Stage 1
A mixed stage
With Silence-Lottos leader 3 minutes behind after a solo fall, Barloworld rake control.
12 km to go and a group of seven, including Eibegger, are a minute and a half in front of the pack.
Spilak takes the stage as the breaks hold out Eibegger finishes forth.
1 Simon Spilak Lampre 4h15'09
2 Francesco Masciarelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
3 Dario Cataldo Liquigas s.t.
4 Markus Eibegger ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
5 Silvère Ackermann NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte s.t.
6 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse s.t.
7 Tomasz Nose Adria Mobil s.t.
8 Christophe Brandt Silence - Lotto s.t.
9 Emanuele Sella CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
10 Christian Pfannberger Barloworld + 1'23
11 Addy Engels Quick·Step s.t.
12 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
13 Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank + 1'52
With Eibegger well up in the GC and close to two minutes ahead of Rohregger, he will be our new leader.
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Posted on 03-08-2008 22:40
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Stage 2
Some tough climbs on the menu.
Rohregger attacks up the toughest climb of the day.
Soler just beats him up hte climb...
But the austrian is first up the next clmb. Will it be enough to take the polka dot? He has spent a lot of energy and will surely be dropped once the peloton catches up. Eibegger is now our leader.
Rohregger is joined by Sella and Spilak.
Spilak is alone going down thowards the finish. Just 7 kilometers of downhill left.
Spilak beats Masciarelli.
Stage
1 Simon Spilak Lampre 4h44'54
2 Francesco Masciarelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 12
3 Silvère Ackermann NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 38
4 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse s.t.
5 Christian Pfannberger Barloworld s.t.
6 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
7 Dario Cataldo Liquigas s.t.
8 Christophe Brandt Silence - Lotto s.t.
9 Emanuele Sella CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
10 Tomasz Nose Adria Mobil s.t.
11 Addy Engels Quick·Step s.t.
12 Markus Eibegger ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
13 Thomas Rohregger ELK Haus - Simplon + 1'36
14 Luca Solari Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 2'34
15 Tim Klinger Gerolsteiner s.t.
Eibegger hangs on to group that includes favourites like Pfannberger and Sella. Rohregger fights of the peloton and finishes a minute ahead of the pack.
GC
1 Simon Spilak Lampre 8h59'17
2 Francesco Masciarelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 34
3 Dario Cataldo Liquigas + 1'14
4 Silvère Ackermann NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 1'16
5 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse + 1'20
6 Christophe Brandt Silence - Lotto + 1'24
7 Tomasz Nose Adria Mobil s.t.
8 Markus Eibegger ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
9 Emanuele Sella CSF Group - Navigare s.t.
10 Christian Pfannberger Barloworld + 2'47
11 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
12 Addy Engels Quick·Step s.t.
13 Thomas Rohregger ELK Haus - Simplon + 4'14
14 Francesco Tizza NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte + 5'00
15 Murilo Fischer Liquigas + 5'08
16 Clemens Frankhauser ELK Haus - Simplon + 5'10
17 Rok Grilc Adria Mobil s.t.
18 Andrea Tonti Quick·Step + 5'12
19 Matteo Bono Lampre s.t.
20 Daniele Nardello Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
Eibegger is eight, but only ten seconds from the podium. Rohregger is in top 15, but far behind.
Mountain
1 Thomas Rohregger ELK Haus - Simplon 24
2 Mauricio Soler Barloworld 20
3 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse 15
4 Raffaele Illiano Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 14
5 Christophe Brandt Silence - Lotto 14
6 Francesco Tizza NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 12
7 Wim Van Huffel Silence - Lotto 12
8 Markus Eibegger ELK Haus - Simplon 10
9 Addy Engels Quick·Step 10
10 Silvère Ackermann NGC Médical - OTC Industria Porte 6
Rohregger will be in polka dot tomorrow. One of our sponsor goals are achieved! Can he hang on to the jersey?
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Posted on 04-08-2008 11:27
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Nice start in Austria! 
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Posted on 04-08-2008 20:25
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Stage 3
Yet another mountain stage.
Forgot to take screenshots.
It was a pretty quite race a long way. A break of 15 were about two minutes out in front. Frankhauser was in it, cathcing some sprint points. However they got disorganised and broke apart. Spilak attacked early, even before the start of the final climb. Both our top climbers were caught completely of guard and got stuck behind. When they finally attacked the leaders were well out in front.
Rohregger managed to finish forth, climbing to a tenth place in the GC and Eibegger is now ninth. Rohregger jsut holds on to the polka dot in front of Soler.
Edited by rontgen on 04-08-2008 22:07
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Posted on 04-08-2008 20:28
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Something is apparently wrong with my previous post...
fixed
Edited by rontgen on 04-08-2008 22:07
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Posted on 04-08-2008 22:01
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Stage 4
An uphill finish again.
Todays tactic: Keep close to Spilak and counter him with Rohregger, Eibegger and Trampusch. Providing that all three mananges to keep up with him (or fall close behind) they'll work as a team in order to get a stagewin. A break of nine are out with a good lead before the first climb ensure that Soler will not get any mountain points there. So if Rohregger is ahead of him to the line he'll most likely retain the polka dot jersey.
Barloworld and CSF - Navigare are controlling things at the moment 20 kilometers to the line and the favourites starts to move up front.
Deviation from the tactic as Sella and Pfannberger goes. We opt to go with them. Spilaks teammates have been pulling hard for a while, with both Pfannberger and Sella out in front Liquigas will probably have to do all the work themselves.
Rohregger and Trampusch manages to follow Pfannberger and Sellas group. Spilak is closing fast from behind, while Eibegger is looking tired today.
Rohregger who has been sitting behind Trampusch for a while attacks with two kilometers to go. Sella follows.
Sella is first up, but Rohregger is gaining on him.
But the italian keeps the austrian duo behind him to claim the victory.
Rohregger finishes second, Trampusch is 7th and Eibegger just outside the top ten.
With three mostly flat stages to go, Rohregger is 6th in the GC and Eibegger is 10th. Very nice results.
Soler had to work hard for Pfannberger today and scored no mountain points. Thus Rohregger is well out in front. He'll most likely be able to wear the polka dot til the end! |
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Posted on 04-08-2008 22:09
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Good work with Rohregger!
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Posted on 04-08-2008 22:30
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Really enjoyed that last stage. It's hard not to do another now, but I have to empty the dishwasher 
Two flat stages tomorrow (will look for a stage win) and the finale on thursday. |
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Posted on 06-08-2008 07:22
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Stage 5
A fairly flat profile, the bumps near the end will help Frankhauser as some pure sprinters may struggle.
The break has been caught, and with only 7 kilometers to go the trains are forming.
Spilak, who has been dominating this race, has found his way to the front. Some of the major sprinters are following our train - lead by Valach.
1500 meters and Frankhauser has to go in order to catch Spilak.
Fischer, Liquigas, is on the prowl, the leading trio will settle this among themselves.
Frankhauser manages to battle Fischer off and brings home the bacon.
Victory is ours!!!
No changes in the GC, except that Spilak adds some seconds to his lead.
Rohregger is still 14 points ahead of doper Sella and Trafelet. With a maximum of 15 mountain points to claim, things are looking good. |
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Posted on 06-08-2008 08:03
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Congrats with the win and your excelent performance in Österiech Rundfart. |
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Posted on 06-08-2008 08:33
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Screenshots didn't work for stage 5 
It was a sprint finish, Sabatini (Milram) won it in front of Bole (Adria). Summer was forth and Frankhauser fifth. Hard to just miss the podium with two guys. The pace at the end was so high that Valach wasn't able to pull our sprinters to the lead. Thus, they were behind when the sprint started. That tactical misstake, may hace costed us another podium finish...
No changes in the GC or the mountain points. Frankhauser moved to fifth in the point competition. |
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Posted on 06-08-2008 10:28
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Great race!
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Posted on 06-08-2008 13:35
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Stage 7
The final stage is a bit of a mix, but with a long flat at the end it will probably result in mass sprint.
The break of the day features four riderds. Trampusch who has been a great helper in the mountains instigated the break.
With 40 km to the line, the four were still 5 mins before the pack. Trampusch and Devenyns (Silence-Lotto) were letting the others do most of the work, only taking short relays.
18 kilometers and 2.40 on the clock. Trampusch is looking really fresh and hasn't spent much energy.
Devenyns attacks and only Trampusch is able to follow. The peloton has pusched the tempo up very high and is closing quite fast.
Since the attack Trampusch has been sitting on the wheel of Devenyns recouperating. With 1400 km to the finishline he goes on the attack.
Tactical succes. Devenyns isn't able to follow and the pack is to far behind to catch him. Another stage win for the austrians!
Frankhauser just misses the podium as Devenyns holds out for second and Gasparotto proves too strong.
Sponsor goal was finish top ten. Eibegger just made that and in addition Rohregger finished 6th. Brilliant.
Sponsor goal was: wear climbers jersey. Rohregger not only wore it for four days, he won the overall.
Franhauser finished second in points, beaten only by outstanding Spilak. |
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Posted on 06-08-2008 13:45
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Authors notes
I will end this story on a high note. Apparently story telling wasn't my cup of tea. It's been a great season so far. Unfortunately we weren't able to complete all sponsorgoals (wild card for Tour de Romandie and win Tour of Slovenia) but the success in Austria has had a great impact on the sponsors (excellent confidence).
ELK Haus-Simplon has been really fun to play with. It's a fairly mixed team, with some talent. It's in no way a strong enough team to dominate the continental tour (after the Österrich rundfarht I'm on 11th place in the continental rankings). Budget is a bit tight, and I made some economical misstakes in the beginning of the season (signing a mythical scout for instance), that probably will lead to bankrupcy.
Once the fusionDB is out (and the game has been patched to a descent level - I can still be improved) I will start a new career (not a new story, however). Chances are that the team will be from Austria. |
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Posted on 07-08-2008 07:13
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Thank you for your story.
Interesting team - even tough I choosed to take the challenge of Auber 93 in my latest PCM2008 carrer, Elk Haus is now higher on my list of teams I might chose for my carrer when the Fusion DB arrives..
Best regards.
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Posted on 07-08-2008 08:28
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Awesome story, I really hope you are going to start a story again when the Fusion DB comes out.
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Posted on 07-08-2008 09:54
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Thanks for the support.
Right now, I don't think there will be another story from me. I was keen on the idea of doing a story, and I'm gald that I tested it. The storytelling part took too much focus from the gameplay. Although, there were times that it was fun. Maybe some other format of storytelling would suit me better. I don't know.
Anyways, now I'm waiting for the fusionDB and in the meantime I'll do stage races trying to improve my game level. |
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Posted on 07-08-2008 11:15
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Thank you. Your story was awesome... |
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