Great week for the team, more points in the overall yeahh
As about the points, partly understand you, partly not. You said the sprint opponents didnt was near good, but i can say this about the domestiques too. And the other hand Gombocz and Zoltan win 1st category stages, no points, the guys from 2nd category stages, points. Strange balance. I dont want to argue just shared my opinion
jaxika wrote:
As about the points, partly understand you, partly not. You said the sprint opponents didnt was near good, but i can say this about the domestiques too. And the other hand Gombocz and Zoltan win 1st category stages, no points, the guys from 2nd category stages, points. Strange balance. I dont want to argue just shared my opinion
I agree it's harsh but here's the situation:
The level of the race is irrelevant because there are still no WT teams. And as you saw, no top sprinters entered either Route du Sud or Slovenia, and, in fact, there were better sprinters at the Tour de Beauce. Also, you are the youngest rider in the squad at 18 and are already WAY too good. Name a rider in the history of cycling who has been that quick at 18. Not even Cav or Sagan! So you don't need points, unless you were to put it on your weaknesses, which I know you wouldn't.
Poor Rodriguez, he had to crash at that moment. Damn you Opie!
Spoiler
Gibson gets fifth...*sneaky smile*
Anyway, Gibson will get +1 MO please. (as if 59 wasn't enough for Gibson to finish Top 5 in GC in a tour w/summit finish...)
@jaxika: Just look at poor Hashir, he's getting poor results every time and going up against strong competition, he's not getting points...
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jaxika wrote:
As about the points, partly understand you, partly not. You said the sprint opponents didnt was near good, but i can say this about the domestiques too. And the other hand Gombocz and Zoltan win 1st category stages, no points, the guys from 2nd category stages, points. Strange balance. I dont want to argue just shared my opinion
I agree it's harsh but here's the situation:
The level of the race is irrelevant because there are still no WT teams. And as you saw, no top sprinters entered either Route du Sud or Slovenia, and, in fact, there were better sprinters at the Tour de Beauce. Also, you are the youngest rider in the squad at 18 and are already WAY too good. Name a rider in the history of cycling who has been that quick at 18. Not even Cav or Sagan! So you don't need points, unless you were to put it on your weaknesses, which I know you wouldn't.
I see your point and as i say you have partly right. But the other hand, this is a game where your the boss and i hoped we are treated equally. Just as example, Zoltan in his 20+ race days (maybe 30 now, i havent see) got 1! point (excluding the natural progression) which i think its the waaay lowest in the team ....
And dont be mad, im just write my thoughts. I know you didnt change yor mind, but at least see my viewpoint
Not the best showing for Bennett (still cocky after finishing top-20 every stage in California ), but not everybody can be truly awesome every race.
+1 stamina for Bennett due to the fact after tasting success in his first few races he's ready to ride all out for the chance to wear the Stars and Stripes in cycling for Murica!!! Edited by bennettWPS on 05-10-2013 09:58
(and from a rather selfish point of view, I'd rather see Saint Ledger a little further up than the grupetto, its not like he was that bad!) Edited by ryant on 05-10-2013 12:53
John St Ledger in Team Bunzl-Centrica and Team U25
I am finally on the end and will be dedicating tomorrow on catching up with all that I have missed. About 10 videos I believe....although given I've had a glimpse at the upgrade points given out..i have either a)barely raced....b) have been crap or c) am being singled out ...ill go with most likely A...at least I hope so.
Brewer I will let you know what stats I want to upgrade after I have seen the videos..so some time tomorrow evening. Cheers pal.
Thanks for the upgrades mvhoogdalem, 547984 and bennettWPS. Poor Rodriguez .
And on another subject, please stop complaining about things. It's impossible for me to keep everyone happy all of the time and I'm trying my best to manage all of these riders without having to manage egos as well. Remember it's just a game, and my game at that .
@ryant, -5 on the day unfortunately. Couldn't keep up with the big guys so there's no point riding hard once you're out of contention. It's all about conserving energy.
@owen, neither of those three options really. Just not quite able to compete in Slovenia, hence the lack of points. But you still have 3 to use so it's not all bad! Thanks for updating me anyway.
As I said, Heikkinen is now the Finnish ITT champion and I will decide the road race ones later with the infamous coin toss method!
I should also warn you that there is no actual race coverage in this video but we do have the first NCTT's so if you just want to know what happened in them advance to 17:00. Before that, I go through results, rankings, some interesting injuries, and an overview of the squad and the weaknesses that some of you have.
), but not everybody can be truly awesome every race.
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