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| cunego59 |
Posted on 04-11-2011 22:27
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I think the worst thing you can do is force yourself to report even if you don't really want to (I experienced that myself). I don't think you have any sort of obligation here 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-11-2011 02:25
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cunego59 wrote:
I think the worst thing you can do is force yourself to report even if you don't really want to (I experienced that myself). I don't think you have any sort of obligation here
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Thanks for the advice  I do hope I can get atleast a stage out this weekend though. Usually when I have more time/all day to think about it, I feel more inclined to report a stage.
Nice pic though
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-11-2011 21:42
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 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Stage 1
April 4th, 2013
Spoiler Telefonica
1. A.Contador
2. C.D'Amore
3. D.Gutiérrez Palacios
4. I.Izagirre
5. I.Melero
6. F.Márquez
7. I.Salas
8. C.Sastre
Movistar
11. A.Valverde
12. D.Arroyo
13. V.García de Mateos
14. R.Guardado
15. L.Á.Maté
16. J.Rojas
17. J.Rovira
18. J.Soler
Leopard
21. A.Schleck
22. M.Albasini
23. J.Fuglsang
24. M.Monfort
25. S.O'Grady
26. J.Posthuma
27. F.Schleck
28. D.Viganò
Sky
31. R.Kreuziger
32. J.Atkins
33. R.Creber
34. S.Cummings
35. M.Ignatiev
36. I.Stannard
37. D.Teklehaimanot
38. D.Veilleux
Lampre - ISD
41. D.Cunego
42. D.Hondo
43. D.Kostyuk
44. Man.Mori
45. P.Niemiec
46. A.Pérez Arrieta
47. E.Rossi
48. S.Spilak
Garmin
51. R.Hesjedal
52. S.Cozza
53. S.Deeny
54. D.Lloyd
55. D.Menchov
56. D.Millar
57. G.Rasch
58. A.Rasmussen
Euskaltel
61. I.Antón
62. V.Celis
63. D.De la Fuente
64. R.García
65. I.Isasi
66. R.Sicard
67. P.Urtasun
68. G.Verdugo
AG2R
71. N.Roche
72. G.Bonnafond
73. N.Brouzes
74. D.Champion
75. H.Dupont
76. J.Gadret
77. S.Hinault
78. D.Le Lay
Rabobank
81. R.Gesink
82. C.Barredo
83. S.Kruijswijk
84. T.Leezer
85. W.Stroetinga
86. L.L.Sánchez
87. J.Van Leijen
88. D.Van Winden
Lotto
91. C.Evans
92. M.Lloyd
93. M.Neyens
94. Ó.Pujol
95. S.Van Dousselaere
96. J.Vanendert
97. J.Veikkanen
98. R.Zingle
Katusha
101. J.Rodríguez
102. V.Efimkin
103. V.Gusev
104. M.Kessler
105. A.Losada
106. E.Popov
107. Y.Trofimov
108. M.Vantomme
Astana
111. A.Vinokourov
112. M.Astarloza
113. M.Gourov
114. Ó.V.Grau
115. T.Kangert
116. F.Kessiakoff
117. R.Kireyev
118. M.Lorenzetto
Highroad
121. T.Martin
122. C.Fairly
123. L.Gerdemann
124. B.Grabsch
125. M.Hebik
126. G.Hincapie
127. A.Klöden
128. G.Smukulis
Cofidis
131. T.Dekker
132. V.Barriere
133. A.Blain
134. S.Casar
135. L.Duque
136. J.El Fares
137. A.Lemair
138. M.Sprick
FDJ
141. Y.Popovych
142. T.Cano
143. D.Flahaut
144. A.Jeanneson
145. D.Monier
146. D.Rollin
147. J.Roy
148. L.Seguy
The Shack
151. M.Scarponi
152. S.Bewley
153. M.Irizar
154. D.Martin
155. S.Paulinho
156. S.Rosseler
157. S.Schumacher
158. Ó.Sevilla
Saxo Bank
161. T.Machado
162. L.Bøchman
163. R.Costa
164. L.Didier
165. L.S.Haedo
166. J.A.Jørgensen
167. D.Navarro
168. M.Reihs
Quick·Step - Omega
171. K.Seeldraeyers
172. F.Amorison
173. D.Devenyns
174. I.Keisse
175. J.Pineau
176. Z.Stybar
177. J.Tratnik
178. P.Van Hecke
Liquigas
181. I.Basso
182. D.Caruso
183. V.Garofalo
184. J.Sagan
185. P.Sagan
186. M.Sohrabi
187. S.Szmyd
188. P.del Giudice
Saur - Sojasun
191. J.Coppel
192. C.Bessy
193. J.Hivert
194. F.Jeandesboz
195. B.Kadri
196. C.Lemoine
197. G.Levarlet
198. J.L.Paiani
Geox
201. E.Mosquera
202. M.Brändle
203. J.A.Carrasco
204. F.Felline
205. D.Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
206. J.Jurado
207. R.Pérez
208. M.Wyss
Caja Rural
211. J.Moreno
212. J.Castroviejo
213. D.García Dapena
214. J.Herrada
215. J.Lopez Arrieta
216. A.Mora
217. F.J.Pacheco
218. E.Prades
Today is only the first stage of the race, so it will be a day where most riders will look for signs of weakness in the other contenders. Kreuziger is riding his first race of the season, but he will still be leader. If he can't compete I will become the leader, but I don't expect myself to do any better that he would. The startlist is filled with climbers and punchuers and even Contador is here, so this should be a very exciting race!
Here we have the break of the day, consisting of 10 riders, who are out here to get the teams sponsors a little more TV time. Sky stayed out of this breakaway, gambling on the fact that its the first stage and teams will be eager to get a win.
As we can see, Lampre, and Leopard are doing the majority of the work at the front.
On the final climb before the finishing hill, I can't keep up with the pace being done by the Lampre and Leopard guys, and so I drop back to what eventually becomes the main peloton, or chasing group.
These are the leaders of the race, and although they are within sight on the descent, there's no way, I'm ever going to be close enough to pick out who is who again, on this stage, my day is over.
As we start the final climb to the finish, the breakaway has been swept up, and Contador makes his move for the line. He doesn't get too far though, and drops back into the group negating his attack of little use.
Moments later, Kreuziger goes, this time he gets almost 20 seconds lead on the group surely strong enough to hold on for the win!
But he starts his mad dash for the line and somehow they're back with him. This is anybody's stage now!
And the Little Prince takes it in a sprint, something he does do alright in. It was a disappointing result for Roman who looked good for a win, but he just cracked as the gradient kept getting steeper, and Cunego was able to time his sprint the best.
I did return to the back of the main group by the finish line, in time to see a Lampre rider celebrate Cunego's win, so the fact I made it back to the group is an alright sign. See you tommorow!
 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 4h08'36 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. |  3 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |  4 | Fränk Schleck | Leopard Trek | s.t. |  5 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Andy Schleck | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 7 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |  8 | Linus Gerdemann | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. |  9 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. |  10 | Yaroslav Popovych | FDJ | s.t. | | ... | | 34 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 4h08'36 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Fränk Schleck | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 5 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Andy Schleck | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 7 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Linus Gerdemann | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. | | 9 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 10 | Yaroslav Popovych | FDJ | s.t. | | ... | | 34 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 25 | 25 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 20 | 20 | | 3 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | 16 | 16 | | 4 | Fränk Schleck | Leopard Trek | 14 | 14 | | 5 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | 12 | 12 |
KoM
| 1 | Guillaume Levarlet | Saur - Sojasun | 15 | 15 | | 2 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | 9 | 9 | | 3 | Preben Van Hecke | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | 6 | 6 | | 4 | David Gutiérrez Palacios | Telefonica - Santander | 5 | 5 | | 5 | Caleb Fairly | Saunier Duval - Highroad | 3 | 3 |
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| Tuco the Ugly |
Posted on 07-11-2011 21:50
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Like cunego said, report when you want.
Great screens and close win by Cunego. He's doing well in a lot of stories right now.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-11-2011 01:53
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Tuco the Ugly wrote:
Like cunego said, report when you want.
Great screens and close win by Cunego. He's doing well in a lot of stories right now.
Thanks
Yeah, Cunego is doing quite well in a few Stories lately. Its kinda freaky actually 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-11-2011 03:31
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Mmmmm Cunego wins again in yet another story |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-11-2011 17:51
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sutty68 wrote:
Mmmmm Cunego wins again in yet another story
Yeah, its happening to often. He probably always gets some middle of the season form boost as thats where most of these stories are at.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-11-2011 20:33
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*cough* Hey guys. Fifa 12 is a really awesome game. I recommend it to everyone
Anyway I feel in the mood for a few stages, but I can partially blame my slow update pace on Fifa
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 13-11-2011 21:07
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ok 
indeed Fifa 12 is a great game
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 13-11-2011 22:11
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Well, I've played Fifa 12 a few times on the Xbox.. it's indeed a very nice game.. but anyway, nice to hear that you feel like playing some stages though
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-11-2011 22:22
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Thanks guys. Being jobless on a 4 day weekend means I get to play lots of Fifa I also have tomorrow off and so I'd like to have a stage or two up
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 13-11-2011 22:25
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valverde321 wrote:
*cough* Hey guys. Fifa 12 is a really awesome game. I recommend it to everyone
If it is Fifa who's delaying you, then we apologize your delay. =) |
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Posted on 14-11-2011 02:05
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Fifa 12 is in fact a great game. SO IS PCM 
Edited by baseballlover312 on 14-11-2011 02:06
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-11-2011 18:54
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - Stage 2
April 5th, 2013
Well were on to stage two now, and Kreuziger showed yesterday that he's in pretty decent shape for his first few race days of the season. For me, I'm trying to work my way up into decent shape in order to get a respectable result at Paris Roubaix. I don't think I will ever beat the Canadian record in my career but who knows unless you try. A break could make it etc. Today is going to be a miserable stage with the howling wind and downpours, so hopefully there'll be some nice warm drinks at the finish line.
Race Report
This is not the way I had wanted to start the stage. I hit the ground pretty hard, but luckily it was only scrapes and bruises. Nothing that would stop me from carrying on. I made it back to the front of the peloton in a matter of minutes as the peloton's pace was extremely slow.
The breakaway had 9 minutes lead with 100km left, and there were a few big names. Hincapie, Juraj Sagan, Ivan Basso, Thomas Dekker and Arnold Jeanneson.
The peloton tried to bring the group back, but with 10km left it looked like the break would stay away, so Dekker went for the glory and attacked the group. He pulled out a small gap but a few km's later he was brought back into the 14 man group.
Ignatiev was pulling really hard at the front to try and bring the break back, who only had a minute gap with 5 km to go. The breakaway was getting closer with every pedal stroke.
But a crash with 3km to go hindered any chance of the main peloton getting to the breakaway, or atleast we thought. The breakaway was battling it out between each other and didn't think the peloton was going to reach them a miss communication by all the teams managers and so a select few sprinters were able to join the break.
And its JJ Rojas taking the stage win, with a massive gap to the others behind him. He really showed he was the top sprinter here today!
Race Results
| 1 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | 5h52'37 | | 2 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Pro Team Astana | s.t. |  3 | Romain Zingle | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. |  4 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 5 | Enrico Rossi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. |  6 | Cyril Bessy | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |  7 | Thomas Dekker | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 8 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 9 | Davide Viganò | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 10 | Arnold Jeanneson | FDJ | s.t. | | ... | | 18 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger | Sky ProCycling | 10h01'13 | | 2 | Michael Albasini | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 6 | David De la Fuente | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 7 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Arnold Jeanneson | FDJ | s.t. | | 9 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | ... | | 12 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 0 | 25 | | 2 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | 25 | 25 | | 3 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Pro Team Astana | 20 | 23 | | 4 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 0 | 20 | | 5 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | 0 | 16 |
KoM
| 1 | Thomas Dekker | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 21 | 21 | | 2 | Sam Bewley | Team RadioShack | 16 | 16 | | 3 | Guillaume Levarlet | Saur - Sojasun | 0 | 15 | | 4 | Laurent Didier | Saxo Bank SunGard | 12 | 12 | | 5 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | 0 | 9 |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 14-11-2011 19:05
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18th is a very good result after the crash
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-11-2011 19:21
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[quote]valverde321 wrote:
*cough* Hey guys. Fifa 12 is a really awesome game. I recommend it to everyone
Anyway I feel in the mood for a few stages, but I can partially blame my slow update pace on Fifa
Totally agree mate but cant defend for my life
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-11-2011 19:23
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If he still managed to finish 18th despite the crash then it's a good result |
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Posted on 14-11-2011 22:34
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Crash-stage.. it started as a bad day for David, but in the end, you can be satisfied with a Top-20 here... and btw: Speaking of the Canadian record for Paris-Roubaix.. which placement has David to achieve to beat this record?
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-11-2011 22:39
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tsmoha wrote:
Crash-stage.. it started as a bad day for David, but in the end, you can be satisfied with a Top-20 here... and btw: Speaking of the Canadian record for Paris-Roubaix.. which placement has David to achieve to beat this record?
Yeah, I was happy that he didn't have any lingering injuries.
As for P-R, Steve Bauer came 2nd in 1990 so David must win to hold the Canadian record!
Edited by valverde321 on 15-11-2011 05:30
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 15-11-2011 05:31
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And thanks everyone else! 18th is quite a nice result, and 12 in the GC is fairly nice too!
@ Sutty - I switch to Legacy Defending for offline. Its exactly like last years system so its much more enjoyable for me. But if you play online it resets it back to Tactical so be aware of that. I have a lot of crazy good teams in Ultimate Team 
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