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B.T.: Preview on the Continental Tour 2010
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 29-04-2009 21:12
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And thats why I chose every single single day hilly race I could, and avoided ALL stage races with mountains apart from one Italian one. Hills are the way forward.
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| SotD |
Posted on 29-04-2009 21:12
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Macquet wrote:
rjc_43 wrote:
...And also for the reason that I will make less mistakes in chosing races and team rosters than some new managers, I hope I'd perform better than most...
That is partly why I chose very few one day races and more stage races and virtually no cobbled races, I went after my teams strengths. It should be amazing to see the season pan out with so many teams and so many new managers.
But then again, we have to assume that all managers will try to suit the races to their riders  |
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| Macquet |
Posted on 29-04-2009 21:17
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Not all managers are that smart, or knowledgeable...I think you will see some poor use of talent and calendar planning (two or three races at the same time) because they like this race or that race etc. Either way I love your review and thank you for your hard work and kind words about my team. |
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| Macquet |
Posted on 29-04-2009 21:19
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rjc_43 wrote:
And thats why I chose every single single day hilly race I could, and avoided ALL stage races with mountains apart from one Italian one. Hills are the way forward.
Good then you won't be in my hair all season |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-04-2009 21:43
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Yeah because us, the new mangers, don't have a lot of experience with this, just a short experience of how the things go in PCM 08, I think that Sony Ericsson won't have a real opponent in their way back in Pro Tour and teams like BMC or Wiggle will be higher than your prediction (which is made only after the riders stats).
I still hope that I did the best choices for the races to ride.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 29-04-2009 22:38
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rjc_43 wrote:
And thats why I chose every single single day hilly race I could, and avoided ALL stage races with mountains apart from one Italian one. Hills are the way forward.
Exactly my strategy as well, although I am doing some pointains as well, hoping for breakaway wins on the transitions stages with my weaker riders.
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| untal |
Posted on 29-04-2009 22:48
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I believe there's a team missing in the preview |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 29-04-2009 22:48
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mattiasgt wrote:
Very nice preview, SotD. Will be interesting to see how good your predicition are. But it's damn hard to predict, especially when we don't know which races everybody will be in. Plus the transition to PCM 08.
And as if that wasnt enough, theres the new ranking system too  |
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 29-04-2009 22:55
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SportingNonsense wrote:
mattiasgt wrote:
Very nice preview, SotD. Will be interesting to see how good your predicition are. But it's damn hard to predict, especially when we don't know which races everybody will be in. Plus the transition to PCM 08.
And as if that wasnt enough, theres the new ranking system too
Holy jesus! Will be interesting to see how that plays out when you can score more points by taking KOM jersey and so on...
EDIT: Or did I missunderstood you? Thought you wrote scoring system at first.
Edited by mattiasgt on 29-04-2009 22:58
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 30-04-2009 00:37
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Macquet wrote:
Overall, this team lacks a lot, but the two main stars will make up for a lot.
I built this team for one purpose...To win stage races, I had no idea that so much talent would "trickle" down from the ProTour. For being only the second year I think my little team that could is destined for some big wins.
Great report, thanks for your efforts.
Edit:I mean you go out and sign the CT champ from last year, and still get picked to finish in the same spot you did last year...Oh well that much sweeter when I take top-5.
Haedo was the CT champ last year.
It went down to the last stage of the tour du faso
And as for 19th placed prediction, I like being underestimated
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 30-04-2009 00:50
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mb2612 wrote:
rjc_43 wrote:
And thats why I chose every single single day hilly race I could, and avoided ALL stage races with mountains apart from one Italian one. Hills are the way forward.
Exactly my strategy as well, although I am doing some pointains as well, hoping for breakaway wins on the transitions stages with my weaker riders.
My strategy as well.
Nice work on the preview too, SotD.
I'd be more than happy (and surprised) with 5th - my main goal is to go well in Italian races. |
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| Macquet |
Posted on 30-04-2009 03:04
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Levi4life wrote:
Haedo was the CT champ last year.
It went down to the last stage of the tour du faso
And as for 19th placed prediction, I like being underestimated
Oh yeah, I meant Tom D. was dominant all year.... |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 30-04-2009 16:08
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I think the previews were great but the predictions a way off - then again its gonna be so hard to predict
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 30-04-2009 16:28
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I think you are underrestimating my team (quiet surprising ) as I've went for a well balanced team instead of a team with a few good riders and rest is pure crap
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| E_Hagen |
Posted on 30-04-2009 17:30
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Could you PLEASE- i beg, I pray, i'm so sorry if i've been rude, could you PLEASe rate my team. Thank your good heart. |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 07-02-2010 13:00
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SotD wrote:
Our guess on the Continental Tour standings:
1 Wii Racing
2 Sony Ericsson
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3 British Airways
4 Olympus AirAsia
5 Vespa - Caffreys
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6 Jack Wolfskin
7 IKEA - Bianchi
8 100% Me
9 Nespresso - Sportzone
10 Santander
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11 Energie - Diesel
12 NVidia Intel
13 Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
14 Team Starbucks
15 LEGO - Capri-Sonne
16 Team NOS
17 Nokia Nike
18 AON Global
19 BMC Racing Team
20 Wiggle
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21 Obama & Biden
22 Ernst and Young
23 Molteni
24 Alpro - Cord Blood America
25 M&M Cycling
26 IrnBru-RBS
I'm very pleased I'm well on course to beat my prediction. What can I say, I'm a sensible manager
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 07-02-2010 13:06
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Wii Racing? What the hell happened to them?
Yes, Wiggle have done a lot better than I was expecting. Thought they would win big next season not this. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 07-02-2010 13:10
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4 places higher than what SotD predicted for us is nice
I guess I owe that to Cornu
Edited by alexkr00 on 07-02-2010 13:13
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| untal |
Posted on 07-02-2010 13:31
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fenian_1234 wrote:
Wii Racing? What the hell happened to them?
Yes, Wiggle have done a lot better than I was expecting. Thought they would win big next season not this.
Wii Racing was managerless until Bushwackers took control of them.
About my team, the prediction is fairly accurate if we don't count with Wii Racing and British Airways. |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 07-02-2010 15:23
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I'll end up 3-7 places further than expected. Expect 3 but hope 7
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