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| Thrige |
Posted on 19-09-2009 18:27
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Hi PCM.Daily.
This will be a story of Caisse D'Èpargne. My first story on this forum ended a bit sad (and very early  ) - so I hope I can continue this for a while. I’ll play on the difficulty “Hard”, with the PCM.Daily Expansion Pack.
Here goes a short presentation for the most important riders in the season:
[img-l]https://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/Thrige/Story%20Album/avalverde.png[/img-l] Alejandro Valverde is our main captain! He can win classics, small stage races and we do look out for a GT-victory! Alejandro has a great finish, and very nice hill skills, so he would defiantly be great in the Ardenners. But, he also has a "fine" time trial so he could actually also win stage races! Profile
[img-l]https://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/Thrige/Story%20Album/jrodriguez.png[/img-l] Joaquim Rodriguez is primary a rider for the hilly classics. He climbs well in the hills, and have a great finish. He has a very poor time trial, though. Therefore, he'll often be the last man for Valverde on the mountains. Profile
[img-l]https://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/Thrige/Story%20Album/llsanchez.png[/img-l] Luis Leon Sanchez is a great stage-race rider, with this great climbing skills, and ditto time trial. At the moment he's Spanish TT-champion, which says a lot! He'll probably be a great helper for Valverde in the GT's, though. Maybe a GT-victory in the future? Profile
[img-l]https://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/Thrige/Story%20Album/jrojas.png[/img-l] José Juan Rojas is something near the only sprinter on our team. But that doesn't make him to a bad one. In the future, he'll maybe be a man for a green jersey in Tour, but at the moment, we'll probably see him the most in races like Vuelta a Murcia and Route du Sud. Profile
[img-l]https://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/Thrige/Story%20Album/ruran.png[/img-l] Rigoberto Uran is a new kind of Valverde. He's a great climber, both in the hilly and mostly mountain races, and has a great TT for a guy in his age - because he's actually only 18 years old, at this moment in the season. Profile
We will, in the upcoming season ride on Pinarello bikes, the Prince editon, on Campagnolo wheels.
The helmets are from Giro.
And at last, but not least, our season goals:
A little translation for the “non-danish”:
Win Clasica San Sebastian
Win Tour of Basque
Top-3 in Paris – Nice
Win Vuelta a España
Stagewin in Tour de France.
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 19-09-2009 18:33
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Could you make the first season realistic for Valverde: like no Tour, low form in Ardennes and peaks at Dauphne and Vuelta?
Pretty please.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-09-2009 18:45
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ok i´m sure that this one will be very cool.keep it up i´m waiting for the first races.
good luck!! |
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| Thrige |
Posted on 19-09-2009 19:13
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Bosskardo wrote:
Could you make the first season realistic for Valverde: like no Tour, low form in Ardennes and peaks at Dauphne and Vuelta?
Pretty please.
Well... You can see his trainingprogram under "profile". I won't let him ride the Tour, and he does not reach the 90 in the Ardennes. Quite the same in Dauphine, and then we just gamble everything on the Vuelta! 
Batista15 wrote:
ok i´m sure that this one will be very cool.keep it up i´m waiting for the first races.
good luck!!
Thanks... I'll post Tour Down Under this evening  |
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| baia |
Posted on 19-09-2009 19:24
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Good luck. |
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Posted on 19-09-2009 21:05
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Tour Down Under Stage 1. Norwood – Mawson Lakes
For Tour Down Under we’d selected those following riders:
- Arnaud Coyot
- “Checu” Garcia Acosta
- Iván Gutierrez
- Arnold Jeanneson
- Pablo Lastras
- Luis Pasamontes
- Luis Leon Sanchez
Pablo Lastras was in the break-away today.
They couldn’t really make it work, so Lastras attacked with Julian Dean (Garmin).
At the first mountain sprint, Lastras took the points, without even fighting for them.
Dean couldn’t follow, when Lastras paced up-hill, so why not just ride alone?
He easily took the points at second mountain sprint – mission complete, he went back to the peloton.
For the sprint Garcia Acosta had made us into a fabulous position!
And Sanchez almost kept our position – a perfect deliver for Jeanneson.
But, no, Jeanneson didn’t have the powers to pass Sanchez, and it seems like the stagewin should go to Elmiger or Feillu. Or could Sanchez take the stagewin?
No. Sanchez had sprinted since 2,5 km. to go – he couldn’t do anything, while Elmiger took the win!
Norwood – Mawson Lakes:
| 1 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | 3h31'56 | | 2 | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | s.t. | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 4 | Arnold Jeanneson | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Alexandre Usov | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 8 | Enrico Gasparotto | Lampre - N.G.C | s.t. | | 9 | Nick Nuyens | Rabobank | s.t. | | 10 | Steven De Jongh | Quick•Step | s.t. | | 11 | Lars Boom | Rabobank | s.t. | | 12 | Stijn Devolder | Quick•Step | s.t. | | 13 | George Hincapie | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. | | 14 | Baden Cooke | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 16 | Jose Vicente García Acosta | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 17 | Matthew Lloyd | Silence - Lotto | s.t. | | 18 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 19 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | s.t. | | 20 | Sebastian Langeveld | Rabobank | s.t. | | 21 | Boris Shpilevski | Fuji - Servetto | s.t. | | 22 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. | | 23 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick•Step | s.t. | | 24 | Alberto Ongarato | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 25 | Arnaud Coyot | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. |
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| 1 | Pablo Lastras | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 4 Pts | | 2 | Julian Dean | | Garmin - Slipsteam | | 1 Pts | | 3 | Christian Knees | | Team Milram | | 1 Pts |
Note: Because of a bug I don’t know how to fix, Garmin rides with LPR Brakes jerseys… Just keep in mind. |
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| Kami |
Posted on 19-09-2009 21:08
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About the bug, this probobly means that the garmin.tga file has the wrong size make sure its saved as 556 kb.
About the story, love your style and will be sure to follow it!
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| Thrige |
Posted on 19-09-2009 21:27
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Yearh, thanks! Can see, that when I download it from the Shirt DB it only gonna be up in 288 kb, thanks!
Second tage of Tour Down Under in half an hour! |
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| baia |
Posted on 19-09-2009 22:07
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Good race and good 3rd and 4th place. |
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| Thrige |
Posted on 19-09-2009 22:09
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Tour Down Under Stage 2 - Hahndorf – Stirling
Gutierrez crashed on yesterday’s stages, and had to leave the race. We won’t see him racing before Marts.
Anyway, Pablo Lastras was in the break-away, again. A defend on his polka jersey.
And he easily won the sprint, and lead the KoM competition with a huge margin (compared to the very little point to get).
With like 60 km. to the finish line, Luis Leon Sanchez launched an attack. A short, fast downhill made the gap, and he just rode away from the peloton.
In the sprint, Arnold Jeanneson lost Pasamontes’ wheel, so he aren’t going to get his position for a podium spot.
But who care? Cos’ Luis Leon Sanchez got our first season win, and is the new leader of the Tour Down Under. He won the race in 2005 – can he do it again? At least, an incredible win by Luis Leon!
Martin Elmiger crashed with 5 km. to go. He lost 6 minutes – and his yellow shirt.
My game crashed in the middle of the replay (luckily I saved it, so you have your screens, but couldn’t export the results. Therefore I’ll only post a top-5 of each competition.
Hahndorf - Stirling:
| 1 | Luis Leon Sanchez | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 3h 56'15 | | 2 | Stijn Devolder | | Quick Step | | +53' | | 3 | Nick Nuyens | | Rabobank | | s.t. | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | | Team Katusha | | s.t. | | 5 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | | Team Saxo Bank | | s.t. |
 Generel Classification:
| 1 | Luis Leon Sanchez | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 3h 56'15 | | 2 | Stijn Devolder | | Quick Step | | +57 | | 3 | Nick Nuyens | | Rabobank | | +59 | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | | Team Katusha | | +1' 01 | | 5 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | | Team Saxo Bank | | s.t. |
 Point Classification
| 1 | Luis Leon Sanchez | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 45 Pts | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | | Team Katusha | | 34 Pts | | 3 | Nick Nuyens | | Rabobank | | 32 Pts | | 4 | Stijn Devolder | | Quick Step | | 31 Pts | | 5 | Enrico Gasparotto | | Lampre | | 28 Pts |
KoM Classification:
| 1 | Pablo Lastras | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 6 Pts | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | | Team Columbia | | 1 Pts | | 3 | Christian Knees | | Team Milram | | 1 Pts | | 4 | Julian Dean | | Garmin - Slipstream | | 1 Pts |
 Young Classification:
| 1 | Romain Feillu | | Agritubel | | 7h 29'00 | | 2 | Denis Galimzyanov | | Team Katusha | | 1 | | 3 | Arnold Jeanneson | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 4 | | 4 | Lars Boom | | Rabobank | | s.t. | | 5 | Sebastian Langeveld | | Rabobank | | s.t. |
Edited by Thrige on 19-09-2009 22:16
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| baia |
Posted on 19-09-2009 22:12
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Great win,you are doing good. |
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| Thrige |
Posted on 19-09-2009 22:20
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baia wrote:
Great win,you are doing good.
Thanks... No more PCM for tonight... I'm having square eyes, of playing computer - as we say in Denmark
Edited by Thrige on 19-09-2009 22:20
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| drd23 |
Posted on 20-09-2009 00:25
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Nice story so far. I like your reporting style |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 20-09-2009 08:18
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It seems too easy, are you playing on normal?
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| Thrige |
Posted on 20-09-2009 08:24
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Wiggo wrote:
Attcking on a downhill is cheating.
Even if I had attacked on the climb there wouldn't be any difference... This stage is just too easy!!
Bosskardo wrote:
It seems too easy, are you playing on normal?
No, as said in the first post, I'm playing on Hard... I've always meant, that those two stages were very, very easy... |
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Posted on 20-09-2009 08:26
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Wiggo wrote:
Attcking on a downhill is cheating.
Have you guys seriously never been attacked on a decent in PCM? I know I have, quite a few times on the longer descents. I don't really see it as cheating due to that.
"We will continue to attack, even if we die in the process."
-A. Schleck
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| Thrige |
Posted on 20-09-2009 08:34
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Tour Down Under Stage 3 - Unley - Victor Harbor
| 1 | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | 2h50'29 | | 2 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 3 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 5 | Wouter Weylandt | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 6 | Steven Caethoven | Agritubel | s.t. | | 7 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 8 | Hilton Clarke | Fuji - Servetto | s.t. | | 9 | Alexandre Usov | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 10 | André Greipel | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. | | 11 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank | s.t. | | 12 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 13 | Mark Renshaw | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. | | 14 | Gorik Gardeyn | Silence - Lotto | s.t. | | 15 | William Bonnet | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 16 | Aart Vierhouten | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Denis Galimzyanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 18 | Arnoud Van Groen | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 20 | Steven De Jongh | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 21 | Koldo Fernández de Larrea | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 22 | Grégory Rast | Astana Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Alberto Ongarato | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 24 | Gerben Löwik | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Marcel Sieberg | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. |
Stages were I only post this means, that I simulated it |
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Posted on 20-09-2009 08:37
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Tour Down Under Stage 4 - Burnside Village - Angaston:
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 3h11'55 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 3 | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | Alberto Ongarato | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 5 | Lars Boom | Rabobank | s.t. | | 6 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 7 | Nick Nuyens | Rabobank | s.t. | | 8 | André Greipel | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. | | 9 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | s.t. | | 11 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank | s.t. | | 12 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. | | 13 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Steven Cozza | Garmin - Slipstream | s.t. | | 15 | Steven Caethoven | Agritubel | s.t. | | 16 | Koldo Fernández de Larrea | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 17 | Alexandre Usov | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 18 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 19 | Brett Lancaster | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 20 | Aart Vierhouten | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 22 | Anthony Geslin | Française des Jeux | s.t. | | 23 | Wouter Weylandt | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 24 | Christopher Sutton | Garmin - Slipstream | s.t. | | 25 | Mark Renshaw | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. |
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| Thrige |
Posted on 20-09-2009 08:40
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Now I'm quite new to this: Is there a way to export all the classifications? Not only the stage? Like Leader, KoM, Point and Young? |
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| Thrige |
Posted on 20-09-2009 10:18
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Tour Down Under Stage 5 - Snapper Point - Willunga
Todays stage was the hardest stage in the Australian stagerace. Two rounds on the Willunga Hill, is definatly enough for making a gap.
There were 4 riders in the breakaway today.
Great for us - we just controlled the stages nice and slow. They never got more than 4 minutes.
When Willunga Hill was passed for the first time, the gap was only 2' 21.
At the second time, Niki Terpstra attacked. Lastras went after him, the same did Anthony Geslin and Lorenzo Bernucci.
Then Carlos Barredo attacked. Luis Leon Sanchez went after. Now the action begins!
Back in the peloton Cancellara, Nuyens, Devolder and Hincapie attacked!
In front, Sanchez and Lastras was the leaders. Other men in the group: Yuri Trofimov, José Luis Arrieta and Maxim Iglinsky.
But they couldn't hold the other favorites behind - Cancellara's group came up in front. Now 14 men!
Pozzato opened up the sprint. Even though Devolder tried to catch him, and came really fast on the last 200 m. Pozzato got the win!
Satisfied, Luis Leon Sanchez came in 8th place, he weren't even near the stage win, but now seems to win the Tour Down Under!
Snapper Point - Willunga:
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 3h33'28 | | 2 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 3 | George Hincapie | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. | | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 5 | Nick Nuyens | Rabobank | s.t. | | 6 | Lorenzo Bernucci | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 7 | Pablo Lastras | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 8 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 9 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Silence - Lotto | s.t. | | 10 | Christophe Moreau | Agritubel | s.t. | | 11 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Slipstream | s.t. | | 12 | Matthew Lloyd | Silence - Lotto | + 40 | | 13 | Anthony Geslin | Française des Jeux | s.t. | | 14 | Johan Van Summeren | Silence - Lotto | s.t. | | 15 | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | s.t. | | 16 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 17 | Niki Terpstra | Team Milram | s.t. | | 18 | Sebastian Langeveld | Rabobank | + 1'00 | | 19 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 20 | David Millar | Garmin - Slipstream | + 1'41 | | 21 | Simon Gerrans | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 22 | Elia Rigotto | Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli | + 1'57 | | 23 | Luca Solari | Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 24 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 25 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Cycling Team | s.t. |
General Classification:
| 1 | Luis Leon Sanchez | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 17h 03'55 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | | Team Katusha | | +49' | | 3 | Stijn Devolder | | Quick Step | | +53' | | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | | Team Saxo Bank | | +55' | | 5 | Nick Nuyens | | Rabobank | | +59' | | 6 | George Hincapie | | Team Columbia | | s.t. | | 7 | Pablo Lastras | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | s.t. | | 8 | Lorenzo Bernucci | | LPR Brakes | | +1'01' | | 9 | Ryder Hesjedal | | Garmin | | s.t. | | 10 | Staf Scheirlinckx | | Silence - Lotto | | s.t. |
Point Classification:
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | | Team Katusha | | 101 Pts | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | | Team Saxo Bank | | 66 Pts | | 3 | Romain Feillu | | Agritubel | | 64 Pts | | 4 | Nick Nuyens | | Rabobank | | 62 Pts | | 5 | Luis Leon Sanchez | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 58 Pts |
KoM Classification:
| 1 | Pablo Lastras | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 7 Pts | | 2 | Simone Ponzi | | Lampre - N.G.C. | | 4 Pts | | 3 | Checu' Garcia Acosta | | Caisse D'Èpargne | | 2 Pts | | 4 | Ruben Perez | | Euskaltel | | 2 Pts | | 5 | David Millar | | Garmin | | 2 Pts |
Young Classification:
| 1 | Romain Feillu | | Agritubel | | 17h 05'26' | | 2 | Niki Terpstra | | Team Milram | | +5' | | 3 | Nikel Nieve | | Euskaltel | | +10' | | 4 | Sebastian Langeveld | | Rabobank | | +30' | | 5 | Gerald Ciolek | | Team Milram | | +1'23' |
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