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Suggestions: New Riders for ManGame
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-08-2013 09:47
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SotD wrote:
Luca Paolini - OLDIE
- Don't know if you want to correct decent riders from the past back into decent riders, but Paolini has been riding very well this season, in all kinds of terrains. He should be top 30 cobblers in the world and he is a very nice puncheur aswell - Also around the 30 best in the world.
Paolini is how he is in the ManGame because of the stats decreases - and Im not going to reverse that.
But thanks for all the rest. It's much easier for me to update existing riders than add new ones!
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 19-08-2013 10:16
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Just thought I might suggest some stats for the riders I suggested on page 1.
Name:  Johann van Zyl
Maxed stats:
Spoiler FL 78; MO 66; HIL 74; FTR 77; COB 74; RES 75; REC 70; STA 72; TT 70; SPR 62; ACC 66
Name: Songezo Jim
Maxed stats:
Spoiler FL 66; MO 75; HIL 72; FTR 73; COB 51; RES 70; REC 67; STA 68; TT 63; SPR 58; ACC 64
Name:  Merhawi Kudus
Maxed stats:
Spoiler FL 68; MO 80; HIL 79; FTR 73; COB 51; RES 77; REC 75; STA 75; TT 71; SPR 63; ACC 75
Name:  Till Drobisch
Maxed stats:
Spoiler FL 73; MO 68; HIL 71; FTR 65; COB 58; RES 68; REC 66; STA 70; TT 74; PRL 76; SPR 65; ACC 66;
You may or may not agree with these stats, but do with them as you please. Higher or lower them according to what pleases you. I put them up just as a suggestion to gauge the talent of the riders. Basically, just know that Kudus is a big talent and has been tipped to finish on the podium of L'Avenir this year.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 19-08-2013 12:52
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80 mountain for someone who hasn't raced a WT race is too high imo.
That would be making him just the same level of climbing talent as Pinot...
Edited by CountArach on 19-08-2013 12:57
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| jph27 |
Posted on 19-08-2013 13:06
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Vinhas and Galta were the same though. |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 19-08-2013 16:33
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Firstly a name change:  Mwangi Samwel -> Samwel Mwangi
https://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/...erid=16007
 Fritjof Roinas - 3rd August 1994 (19)
PCS: https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider....?id=163393
Younger Norwegian rider who rides for Plussbank. Got 4th at the Himmerland Rundt this year, and 11th in the Junior WC Road Race last year. He's a sprinter who can climb just as well, maybe 75 SP/72 Hill when maxed.
 Marcos Garcia Fernandez - 4th December 1986 (26)
PCS: https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/...cos_Garcia
Rides for Caja Rural. Got a 4th during Stage 4 of the Vuelta last year as well as 27th overall, and has had some decent results this year like 11th overall in the Giro del Trentino. Best at Mountains but can also ride over hills pretty well and has some good One Day results. I'd suggest 74 MO and 71/72 HI.
Edited by FroomeDog99 on 19-08-2013 16:35
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 19-08-2013 17:30
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Basically, just know that Kudus is a big talent and has been tipped to finish on the podium of L'Avenir this year.
L'Avenir comes before the rider stats need to be decided. We can see how he rides in that. |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 19-08-2013 17:38
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I'm just trying to outline that he's probably going to be one of the best riders to come from the continent, but I'm inclined to agree wih you. We should rather watch his performance at L'Avenir first. 80 is high, but I'm just using it to show that he's a promising climber. I mean rating him as 75 MO is sufficient - same goes for my other riders.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-08-2013 09:48
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Aidan, Till Drobisch is already in the DB, and with a better future TT stat than you suggested.
CountArach wrote:
80 mountain for someone who hasn't raced a WT race is too high imo.
That would be making him just the same level of climbing talent as Pinot...
This is the ManGame DB, not the PCMdaily DB.
Real life is a very handy guide, but it does not need to be a constraining factor.
It certainly wouldnt hurt to have more good African riders, but whether that leads to Kudus getting an especially high mountain stat is up to me.
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-08-2013 10:34
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What would be even better, though is to get a load of greek superhuman talent, that only I want.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 20-08-2013 11:04
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Nicolae Tanovitchii from  is already in the DB jt1109. I know it,because i signed him last transfer season.
He is now on loan in PrivatBank and will be hopefully lvl3 after the season, so you should notice him later. 
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 20-08-2013 17:34
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Sorry, my mistake. I somehow overlooked Drobisch. Noob mistake. His stats seem to be perfect as is. In my opinion, MG can do with another African star seeing as there are way more African teams, or teams with at least a minor interest in African riders, than there was a few seasons ago. 2 years back there was basically only Rapha Condor - Qhubeka. Now you have my team, MTN, Kenya Airways and Jaguar - Eritel who are fighting for limited African riders. However, final stats and riders are up to SN to decide. Also, in contrast I think CountArach is saying we should be careful about flooding MG with unnecessary talents - a very important point.
[sorry]Okay, to stop this thread from becomming a discussion, I'll shut up now  [/sorry]
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 21-08-2013 13:50
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Name: Andreas Nicolaou
From: Cyprus
Born on: 02/07/1982
https://www.cqrank...erid=12742
The 2008 National Champion ITT, which means he's not that useless. He beat Athanasiades back then, who is an OK timetrialist at my team now. But ofcourse Athanasiades was a lot younger and not as good as now .
Andreas is getting old now and his focus is more on training children in his own academy, but he should still be considered a decent rider I guess.
The stats I'd suggest him to have:
FL: 70
MO: 60
HI: 65
TT: 71
PRL: 69
STA: 70-ish
and maybe FI around 70 aswell.
Other stats in the low or mid 60s or even lower I guess.
He's not the most talented guy, but still quite useable.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 22-08-2013 18:17
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I'll need a few Dutch talents next year, so here it goes:
 BOSMAN Gert-Jan 16/08/1992
Finished 16th int Tour des Fjords this year. I'd make him a valuable domestique on the flat and a good rider for the time - trials.
REINDERS Elmar 14/03/1992
Finished fourth in this year's Olympia's Tour. I'd say he could be the next puncheur superstar.
ROOSEN Sjors 18/09/1991
Finished second in Tour de Berlin. I'd say time - trials should be his speciality.
KONING Peter 03/12/1990
2nd in Olympia's Tour and 6th in the national time - trial championship. He could be the next Joost Posthuma (his ManGame version).
TUSVELD Martijn 09/09/1993
4th in Liege-Bastogne-Liege U23. So he should be a very good puncheur. Maybe a Mollema type of rider - good puncheur that can also ride a good GC in stage races
VAN TRIJP Maarten 06/10/1993
There are plenty of sprinters already in the ManGame, but another won't do too much harm. Especially since Kreder will need someone to lead him out in the future.
VAN GOETHEM Brian 16/04/1991
A breakaway specialist. So a good fighter and flat stat, with a decent hill attribute. Not so good on mountains though.
POUTSMA Stefan 10/09/1991
Maybe the next Dutch GT star?
MEIJERS Daan 11/04/1991
MEIJERS Jeroen 12/01/1993
I'm guessing they are brothers. Maybe a Dutch member can tell me if I'm wrong or not. I'd stay both could turn out to be quite good climbing domestiques.
DOLFSMA Emiel 11/07/1992
Who doesn't love a punchy-sprinter?
Spoiler I've made this list only by a having a quick look at some of their results. So the specializations I gave them might be totally wrong, but I just went with what the ManGame (ok, I) needs (need)
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| SotD |
Posted on 22-08-2013 21:18
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Okay, so I'm really impatient when it comes to reading what people already mentioned, so it might be pointless.
But danish cycling talents seems to be improving very very positive. I'm not interested in any of them in my team, but I have tried to put something together based on what danish experts and media have said about them.
Mathias Krigbaum - Might be 1995, can't find his data, so I'm treating him as 1994.
Timetrialist, whom became Danish champion in 2012 juniors beating Mads Würtz Schmidt. Came 2 seconds short of the WC title.
Mads Würtz Schmidt - 31. march 1994
Huge talent: Paris-Roubaix winner of U19 2012. World champion juniors 2011. 7th Ster Zwolle this season. Comes out of a large cycling family, so should have the capacity.
Kristian Haugaard Jensen - 27/02-1991
5th Tour of Flanders 2013 (U23). Eksperts says he is a very nice sprinter, who can survive a lot of different terrain, already on Leopard-Treks talent team.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 23-08-2013 15:55
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Name: Reto Hollenstein
DOB: 22/08/1985
Nationality: Swiss
PCStats: https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/...ollenstein
Rides for IAM Cycling, has good results in TT's/Prologues, seems to be a decent sprinter with some top 10's in sprints, but also has decent results in hilly races. Mostly a time trialist I would say.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 23-08-2013 16:02
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@ SotD: Krigbaum is indeed 1995;
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/...s_Krigbaum |
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| SotD |
Posted on 23-08-2013 17:11
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Oh thanks FroomeDog. Perhaps he is eligeble next season
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 24-08-2013 20:12
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Samuel Spokes -  - 16.4.1992 (21 years)
Can't really say too much about him, but he seems worth being added.. just finished 7th in Avenir's prologue and also 11th in the Aussie NC ITT earlier this year.. lacks outstanding results in his several 2.2(U)/2.1-appearences though, so if anyone knows more about his strengths, feel free to add more.
In 2012, he finished 6th in LBL-espoirs and he did quite well in this challenging stage in Thüringen Rundfahrt this season. So maybe a puncheur-type with decent TT-skills.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 27-08-2013 16:09
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Name: Julien Taramarcaz
DOB: 12/11/1987
Nationality: Swiss
PCStats: https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/...Taramarcaz
He's the Swiss National Cyclocross champion, been riding as a trainee for BMC in the Tour of Utah and Colorado. Looks like he's not good in the mountains, but decent in the hills, and probably best on the cobbles. Doesn't look good at TT's or sprints either.
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| tyriion |
Posted on 31-08-2013 07:19
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Lars van der Haar
Notable name from cyclocross (back to back U23 world champ and 3rd on the last WCs with the grown-ups in his first year) Hasn't really crossed over into road racing yet, but he has put up some results with the Rabo development team. His best was 5th in the tour of Azerbaidjan.
As a cyclocrosser he is known for his sprint, if he tries the transition to the road he could become a good prologue rider, be a punchy kind of rider and should be able to handle cobbles well. A type like Lars Boom comes to mind, maybe a little less talented. It's hard to say though.
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