I'm sorry to make this a short report but I played it ages ago and failed to find time... Now I've forgotten how the stage played out other than the main events so, we re-join the action in spain 30km from the finish line...
A day which had been hard fought so far, countless attacks being chased down kept the pace very high right the way up to this point.
Spoiler
As we head back to the current race, we see yet another attack, but this time it's clear that this is no break for a stage win, but rather the start of the GC fight!
Chris Horner was the first man to attack, on the first of the 3 short final climbs.
He was however brought back just before the final climb, and as he was caught, so another volley came... This time it was the pre-race favourites making the attack, and sadly Chris had nothing left to follow them.
Valverde managed to outsprint his rivals to take first place, he was followed in at S.T by Andy Schleck and Samu Sánchez, Whilst Chris finished in a large group 31" behind the leaders.
With Horner not looking quite up to scratch, the GC will be a difficult mountain to climb. Today we'll be looking for a breakaway, to see if we can get our paws on the KOM jersey.
As per pre-race intentions, we set about creating this mornings breakaway. Captain America was keen to take on the job, and sure enough he managed to get away early on in the stage...
He was joined by 11 others, including some strong climbers such as Mosquera and Seeldrayers of Quickstep, however he managed to collect 21 points during the various KOM sprints held today, enough to move into the KOM jersey come stage-end.
Spoiler
1
David Zabriskie
Exxon Walmart
21
Player
2
Alexandr Kolobnev
Acqua & Sapone
17
3
Aitor Galdos
Caja Rural
15
4
Jérôme Pineau
Quick·Step Cycling Team
14
5
Mikel Nieve
Leopard Trek
12
6
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
11
7
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Geox - TMC
9
8
Pierrick Fédrigo
FDJ
8
9
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
8
10
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Quick·Step Cycling Team
7
Surprisingly, despite having the leaders jersey on there leader Valverde's back, Movistar left it to Euskaltel and Radioshack to do the chasing. It proved to be a good decision however, as the duo brought the break back in good time ready for a GC showdown.
Nibali made the first major attack, and several teams set about chasing him down, he was followed by Kreuziger, but the duo were caught with over 15km to ride.
The most threatening attack came just as the riders were cresting the final hill. Euskaltels leader Sánchez broke clear, and was making good use of his descending abilities to get a gap...
But to no avail, as the GC leader himself put in the effort, and brought back the spaniard with 4km to ride. Horner was still in the front group, and had found a position on the wheel of Damiano Cunego.
With 1.2km to go, it was looking like a good wheel, and Chris found himself very well positioned, could he take his first stage win of the season here in his favourite race?
No. Sadly his sprinting ability wasn't good enough and he struggled to hold the wheel of the man in front. WC Cunego takes the stage win, with Horner claiming 6th place.
Not a bad result for us, considering Chris' lacking love of downhill terrain, and we move steadily up the GC.
Other than the TT, today is a last opportunity for the GC contenders to gain some placees. Dave is going out in the break again, to make sure he claims that KOM jersey, and hopefully Horner can follow the decisive moves...
Joining Zabriskie in the KOM fight, was Caja Rurals rider from yesterdays break, Aitor Galdos. Captain America managed to hold off the competition in the 2 big sprints of the day however, to confirm the victor of that competition with 2 days to go.
On the climb before last, a huge move with many big GC names went clear. Sánchez and Nibali lead the move over the top of the climb, which despite his best efforts, Chris sadly couldn't follow. It was now the time to work with Lampre, to bring this big group back!
The elastic however, had snapped... Sánchez, Nibali and Schleck repeated the move on the final climb, and opened the gap over a minute and a half!
Horner was having a bad day (-4) and really didn't have the energy to attack, so we wave goodbye to the thought of holding it for another year...
Sánchez however wasn't going to hang around! He gave everything on the descent, and created an almost 30second gap to the duo, who were trying everything just to keep him in sight!
Sánchez takes the stage, and with it almost certainly the GC in his home territory of the Basque. Schleck wins the sprint for second 38" behind, whilst Horner rolls in inside the peloton (48 men) 1'38" after Sánchez stormed home.
The day is classed as flat, we might try something on the short hill conisdering the stage is only 111km, but it will probably come down to a sprint finish.
The hill was enough to kill the sprinters, but not to springboard any form of an attack. We'll have to put the effort in during tomorrows TT to move up the rankings, after we saw Samuel Sánchez collect his second stage win in 2 days, after a powerful uphill sprint against Cunego.
The final day of this race is a 22km TT. We're hopeful of breaking into the GC top10 today with Dave Zabriskie, whose had a fantastic race so far, already claiming the KOM jersey!
It was Radioshacks rider Jason Mcartney who set the first strong time, 31'48" which put him over 30" ahead of second place at the point he set off round the course...
However, no sooner was this set, than Jean-Christophe Peraud absolutely destroyed his time, shaving a full minute off his time! Good enough for 9th place in eventuality.
The next of the Time trialists to set off was our very own Dave Zabriskie. He rolled in provisional second, two seconds behind JC-Peraud, eventually taking 10th place in the TT.
Luis-Leon Sanchéz won the Worlds TT last season, though he was unable to replicate that ability, despite initially going 1st with a time 5" quicker than Peraud, he only finished 7th at conclusion.
Gustav Larsson of Sweden rode an excellent TT to move above the rest, with just 10 riders left to start, 16" quicker than the Frenchman, and enough for overall 4th on the stage.
The final key competitors were rolling now, Kreuziger, Nibali and Sánchez. Despite good times from the first two, (both making the podium,) their was once again, nobody to stand in the way of Sánchez who takes a third consecutive stage, and with it the GC in his Home region.
Overall Results
Zabriskie is our best placed man, he did indeed break into the top10 thanks to a great time-trial, but not exactly what we'd come here hoping to achieve after success last year.
Sánchez is the hands-down winner, collecting three stages, the GC and the Points jersey. Andy Schleck is unfortunate to just slide from 2nd place on the final stage, after being caught out by the Time Trial.
General Classification
1
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
20h34'56
2
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'18
3
Andy Schleck
Team RadioShack
+ 1'19
4
Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
+ 1'59
5
Roman Kreuziger
Pro Team Astana
+ 2'11
6
Gustav Erik Larsson
Leopard Trek
+ 2'22
7
Kim Kirchen
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'28
8
Cadel Evans
BMC Racing Team
+ 2'29
9
Luis León Sánchez
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 2'33
10
David Zabriskie
Exxon Walmart
+ 2'40
Player
Spoiler
11
Mikel Astarloza
Pro Team Astana
+ 2'46
12
Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin - Barracuda
+ 2'52
13
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - ISD
+ 2'53
14
Thomas De Gendt
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 2'58
15
Stefano Garzelli
Acqua & Sapone
+ 3'03
16
Marzio Bruseghin
Movistar Team
s.t.
17
Denis Menchov
Katusha Team
+ 3'06
18
Fränk Schleck
Leopard Trek
+ 3'07
19
Chris Horner
Exxon Walmart
+ 3'11
Player
20
Franco Pellizotti
Lampre - ISD
+ 3'14
21
Gorka Verdugo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 3'15
22
Vladimir Karpets
Katusha Team
+ 3'16
23
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Leopard Trek
+ 3'23
24
Riccardo Riccò
Pro Team Astana
+ 3'27
25
Rigoberto Urán
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 3'34
26
Michael Albasini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 3'35
27
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Landbouwkrediet
+ 3'39
28
Alexandr Kolobnev
Acqua & Sapone
+ 3'43
29
Igor Antón
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
30
David García Dapena
Caja Rural
+ 3'47
31
Daniel Navarro
Pro Team Astana
+ 3'48
32
Juan José Oroz
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 3'50
33
Rémi Pauriol
FDJ
+ 3'57
34
Michel Kreder
Team Garmin - Barracuda
+ 3'59
35
Yury Trofimov
Katusha Team
s.t.
36
Pablo Lastras
Caja Rural
+ 4'03
37
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 4'11
38
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
+ 4'12
39
Francesco Bellotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 4'22
40
Jens Voigt
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 4'27
41
Giampaolo Caruso
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 4'30
42
Vasil Kiryienka
Movistar Team
+ 4'41
43
Oleg Chuzhda
Caja Rural
+ 4'43
44
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
+ 5'31
45
Pavel Brutt
Katusha Team
+ 5'32
46
Sergueï Ivanov
Pro Team Astana
+ 5'37
47
Levi Leipheimer
Team RadioShack
+ 5'41
48
Xavier Florencio
Movistar Team
s.t.
49
Andreas Klöden
Team RadioShack
+ 5'46
50
Mikel Nieve
Leopard Trek
+ 5'57
51
Kjell Carlström
Sky ProCycling
+ 6'02
52
Romain Sicard
FDJ
+ 6'04
53
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
+ 6'11
54
Thomas Löfkvist
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
55
Gianni Meersman
FDJ
s.t.
56
Santo Anza
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 6'18
57
Bruno Pires
Leopard Trek
+ 6'19
58
Pieter Weening
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 6'27
59
Andrea Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
+ 6'33
60
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 6'49
61
Jérôme Pineau
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 8'02
62
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
+ 8'03
63
Stephen Cummings
Sky ProCycling
+ 8'12
64
Simon Gerrans
Sky ProCycling
+ 8'16
65
John-Lee Augustyn
Sky ProCycling
+ 8'19
66
Ezequiel Mosquera
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 8'32
67
Yoann Le Boulanger
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 8'42
68
John Gadret
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 8'45
69
Ángel Vallejo
Caja Rural
s.t.
70
Óscar Pujol
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 9'33
71
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 9'35
72
Haimar Zubeldia
Team RadioShack
+ 9'49
73
Francisco Pérez
Movistar Team
+ 10'04
74
Juan José Cobo
Geox - TMC
+ 11'02
75
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 11'30
76
Davide Rebellin
Acqua & Sapone
+ 11'50
77
Marc De Maar
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 12'14
78
Aitor Galdos
Caja Rural
+ 12'38
79
Christophe Brandt
Landbouwkrediet
+ 12'54
80
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Barracuda
+ 13'29
81
Tanel Kangert
Pro Team Astana
+ 13'52
82
Xabier Zandio
Sky ProCycling
+ 14'10
83
Joaquím Rodríguez
Katusha Team
+ 14'59
84
Addy Engels
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 15'37
85
Amaël Moinard
BMC Racing Team
+ 16'37
86
Sven Van Dousselaere
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 16'42
87
Karsten Kroon
BMC Racing Team
+ 16'50
88
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 17'48
89
Maxime Bouet
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 18'34
90
Carlos Sastre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 19'01
91
Xavier Tondo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 19'10
92
David Loosli
Lampre - ISD
+ 19'34
93
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team RadioShack
+ 19'53
94
Rafael Valls
Geox - TMC
+ 20'02
95
Wesley Sulzberger
FDJ
+ 20'13
96
Javier Moreno
Caja Rural
+ 21'31
97
Floyd Landis
Exxon Walmart
+ 21'37
Player
98
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Geox - TMC
+ 21'43
99
Valentin Iglinskiy
Pro Team Astana
+ 21'50
100
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 21'57
101
Francesco Masciarelli
Lampre - ISD
+ 22'45
102
Jason McCartney
Team RadioShack
+ 22'54
103
Pietro Caucchioli
Leopard Trek
+ 22'58
104
Fabio Felline
Geox - TMC
+ 23'05
105
Stijn Vandenbergh
Katusha Team
+ 23'31
106
Joseph Dombrowski
Exxon Walmart
+ 24'16
Player
107
Blel Kadri
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 24'24
108
Jeff Louder
Exxon Walmart
+ 24'29
Player
109
Coen Vermeltfoort
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 25'48
110
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone
+ 26'00
111
Diego Milán
Geox - TMC
+ 26'01
112
Geert Omloop
Landbouwkrediet
+ 26'08
113
Mathieu Perget
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 26'21
114
Alessandro Vanotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 26'28
115
Olivier Pardini
Landbouwkrediet
+ 28'00
116
Simon Spilak
Lampre - ISD
+ 28'26
117
Jérémy Roy
FDJ
+ 28'54
118
Carlo Scognamiglio
Acqua & Sapone
+ 29'30
119
Maxim Gourov
Pro Team Astana
+ 30'27
120
Nikolas Maes
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 30'39
121
Manuel Medina
BMC Racing Team
+ 30'59
122
Vicente Reynès
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
123
Tom Leezer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 33'19
124
Phil Zajicek
Exxon Walmart
+ 33'55
Player
125
Matteo Pelucchi
Geox - TMC
s.t.
126
Christopher Sutton
Sky ProCycling
+ 37'41
127
Jesús Herrada
Movistar Team
+ 38'05
128
Alberto Fernández de la Puebla
Caja Rural
+ 38'32
129
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
+ 38'41
130
Maarten Neyens
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 39'49
131
Juraj Sagan
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 40'16
132
Kristof Vandewalle
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 40'39
133
Janek Tombak
Leopard Trek
+ 41'32
134
Craig Lewis
Exxon Walmart
+ 42'39
Player
135
Ramunas Navardauskas
Team Garmin - Barracuda
+ 43'09
136
Martijn Keizer
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 51'15
137
Baptiste Planckaert
Landbouwkrediet
+ 52'34
138
Dennis Van Winden
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 54'31
139
Stijn Joseph
Landbouwkrediet
+ 54'50
140
José Vicente García Acosta
Movistar Team
+ 57'23
141
Brent Bookwalter
BMC Racing Team
+ 58'18
142
Davide Appollonio
Acqua & Sapone
+ 59'34
143
Olivier Bonnaire
FDJ
+ 1h03'46
144
Gabriel Rasch
Team Garmin - Barracuda
+ 1h04'05
145
Pim Ligthart
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h04'33
146
Benny De Schrooder
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 1h07'57
147
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h08'04
148
Igor Romero
Caja Rural
+ 1h09'14
149
Frederik Veuchelen
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h10'33
150
Sheldon Deeny
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h11'02
151
Brett Lancaster
Team Garmin - Barracuda
+ 1h11'07
152
Daniele Colli
Geox - TMC
+ 1h11'15
153
Simone Cadamuro
Acqua & Sapone
+ 1h11'55
154
Aidis Kruopis
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
155
Martin Kohler
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h12'19
156
Daniele Ratto
Geox - TMC
+ 1h12'22
157
Alexander Kristoff
BMC Racing Team
+ 1h12'27
158
Andreas Klier
Team Garmin - Barracuda
+ 1h12'51
159
William Clarke
Leopard Trek
+ 1h15'55
160
Andreas Stauff
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 1h16'18
161
Iljo Keisse
Landbouwkrediet
+ 1h16'47
162
Alexandre Pliuschin
Katusha Team
+ 1h17'03
163
Nico Eeckhout
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 1h17'24
164
Jacopo Guarnieri
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1h19'51
165
Erwin Meunier
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 1h23'35
166
Adriano Malori
Lampre - ISD
+ 1h23'54
167
Kristof Goddaert
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1h27'11
168
Graham Briggs
Sky ProCycling
+ 1h27'14
169
Yauheni Hutarovich
FDJ
+ 1h33'35
170
Romain Lemarchand
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2h26'43
Points Jersey
1
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
105
2
Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
73
3
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - ISD
73
4
Andy Schleck
Team RadioShack
65
5
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Cannondale
46
6
Luis León Sánchez
Rabobank Cycling Team
36
7
Michael Albasini
Liquigas - Cannondale
32
8
Kim Kirchen
Lampre - ISD
29
9
Franco Pellizotti
Lampre - ISD
29
10
Kjell Carlström
Sky ProCycling
25
Spoiler
11
Roman Kreuziger
Pro Team Astana
20
12
Xavier Florencio
Movistar Team
20
13
Santo Anza
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
20
14
Cadel Evans
BMC Racing Team
18
15
Riccardo Riccò
Pro Team Astana
17
16
Fabio Felline
Geox - TMC
16
17
Alexandr Kolobnev
Acqua & Sapone
13
18
Fränk Schleck
Leopard Trek
12
19
Chris Horner
Exxon Walmart
10
Player
20
Jens Voigt
Omega Pharma - Lotto
10
21
Jérôme Pineau
Quick·Step Cycling Team
10
22
Yoann Le Boulanger
AG2R La Mondiale
9
23
Aitor Galdos
Caja Rural
9
24
Pablo Lastras
Caja Rural
8
25
Gustav Erik Larsson
Leopard Trek
8
26
Marc De Maar
Quick·Step Cycling Team
7
27
David García Dapena
Caja Rural
5
28
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
5
29
Joseph Dombrowski
Exxon Walmart
5
Player
30
Thomas De Gendt
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
4
31
Yury Trofimov
Katusha Team
4
32
Francesco Bellotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
4
33
Rigoberto Urán
Rabobank Cycling Team
2
34
Eros Capecchi
Liquigas - Cannondale
2
35
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
2
36
David Zabriskie
Exxon Walmart
1
Player
37
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
1
King of the Mountains
1
David Zabriskie
Exxon Walmart
49
Player
2
Aitor Galdos
Caja Rural
30
3
Alexandr Kolobnev
Acqua & Sapone
17
4
Jérôme Pineau
Quick·Step Cycling Team
14
5
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
12
6
Mikel Nieve
Leopard Trek
12
7
Danilo Di Luca
Katusha Team
11
8
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Cannondale
9
9
Dimitry Kozontchuk
Geox - TMC
9
10
Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
8
Spoiler
11
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Quick·Step Cycling Team
7
12
Karsten Kroon
BMC Racing Team
7
13
Rafael Valls
Geox - TMC
7
14
Kjell Carlström
Sky ProCycling
6
15
Óscar Pujol
Omega Pharma - Lotto
6
16
Davide Rebellin
Acqua & Sapone
6
17
Francesco Masciarelli
Lampre - ISD
5
18
Manuel Medina
BMC Racing Team
5
19
Andy Schleck
Team RadioShack
4
20
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - ISD
4
21
Jens Voigt
Omega Pharma - Lotto
4
22
Yoann Le Boulanger
AG2R La Mondiale
4
23
Stephen Cummings
Sky ProCycling
4
24
Thomas De Gendt
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
3
25
Chris Horner
Exxon Walmart
3
Player
26
Igor Antón
Euskaltel - Euskadi
3
27
Christophe Brandt
Landbouwkrediet
3
28
Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
2
29
Kim Kirchen
Lampre - ISD
2
30
Luis León Sánchez
Rabobank Cycling Team
2
31
Sergueï Ivanov
Pro Team Astana
2
32
Andreas Klöden
Team RadioShack
2
33
Ángel Vallejo
Caja Rural
2
34
Addy Engels
Quick·Step Cycling Team
2
35
Joseph Dombrowski
Exxon Walmart
2
Player
36
Massimo Codol
Acqua & Sapone
2
37
Marzio Bruseghin
Movistar Team
1
38
Francesco Bellotti
Liquigas - Cannondale
1
39
Marc De Maar
Quick·Step Cycling Team
1
40
Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin - Barracuda
1
41
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
1
42
David Loosli
Lampre - ISD
1
Young Results
1
Rigoberto Urán
Rabobank Cycling Team
20h38'30 (1)
2
Michel Kreder
Team Garmin - Barracuda
+ 25 (2)
3
Romain Sicard
FDJ
+ 2'30 (3)
4
Jonathan Castroviejo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 7'56 (4)
5
Tanel Kangert
Pro Team Astana
+ 10'18 (5)
6
Sven Van Dousselaere
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 13'08 (6)
7
Rafael Valls
Geox - TMC
+ 16'28 (7)
8
Fabio Felline
Geox - TMC
+ 19'31 (8)
9
Joseph Dombrowski
Exxon Walmart
+ 20'42 (9)
Player
10
Coen Vermeltfoort
Rabobank Cycling Team
+ 22'14 (10)
DS Reaction
All in all, there are good and bad things to take from this, Chris was unlucky to miss out on a decisive move, and received little help when he tried to set up attacks himself...
Having said that, Dave Zabriskie had a great race, winning the KOM competition after some aggressive breakaway work, and he also collects a top10 finish in the GC.
I think the time has come for this to end, the team is too weak, so results are mostly poor, I seem to have lost most of my followers, and I'm losing motivation, I'll come back with a 2012 story for sure though, you guys mind that?
I'm sorry folks, after much consideration over the past couple of weeks, I've decided to end this story. It's a shame to let go after 39 pages of fun I know at least I've had with the Exxon-Duke-Walmart boys.
To be honest I've been suffering motivation issues for a while due to the weak team I have, and then this recent hoodoo with the USADA investigation, and the coming to light that most of the teams best were dopers doesnt help...
I'll be back soon with another story, which will (sort of) link to this story, so for those of you who enjoyed this, look out in the PCM 2012 Forums for my new story
I know I'm suppossed to say something like, " Good luck", or "sad that it has to end, but I'll still follow", but too bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Screw you!
Most of the teams best were dopers? Horner? Farrar? I don't care what you think. You will say I'm overreacting, and that's fine, but why don't you not start a new story. Kill off Exxon my ass. Screw you to hell.
Yeah, I'm overreacting, but this needs to be said from my POV, cause it's true. You have no idea how much this story meant to me.
Edited by baseballlover312 on 24-10-2012 22:05
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
I'm sorry Baseball, I know it kind of sucks, but I'm just not really enjoying it anymore, it feels like effort rather than fun...
My other reasons:
1. Uni is taking up a large portion of my time, making it feel to me as though its not flowing anymore...
2. When I patched my game to sort the sprint bug, It reverted back to the old style of race name, and I can no longer search through sponsor zones, instead it just crashes
3. The team is weak, we're barely scratching the top10 in most events...
Query, are there others who agree with Baseball and really want it to continue? If so, could anyone help to sort problem 2?
If people are that keen, then I might just take a small break, and then come back to it in a week or 3, alternatively, I will just stick to the game plan, and continue with my idea for the new story, which was to start on PCM12, and do a one rider story about Exxon's Shy Vogel, beginning at the start of next year?
@Alakagom Cheers man, Glad I kept you entertained anyway, hopefully my new one will as well, I've tried to do something unique, I think it could be good fun
@Fcancellara Hope you enjoy the read, It's always great to know you've got followers
