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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 21-09-2010 16:59
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I have decided to start again with my Team Sky story. I started one about a week ago, and after I thought I had lost it after it became corrupt, I deleted parts of the original thread. But it is back...
But this time, I am adding more challenge to the story. Using the Team Sky website, I have been able to plan an identical season to in real life using the PCM Planner, and I am going to be taking part in the same races with the same riders riding those races, and I am going to see if I can equal or better Team Sky's real life results.
In terms of how I show my story, I will be doing brief outlines of the races and stages with the stage results, and I will be going into more detail when it comes to the more major races and races that are my sponsor objectives.
-- Team Presentation and Sponsors to follow --
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 22-09-2010 11:12
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are you going to only race those that the riders participated in... or which the riders were going to race before injury (eg.. EBH was going to ride some cobbled race, but then he got an injury to his ankle and didn't ride) |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 22-09-2010 15:56
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well I have just taken to startlists from the website, so I am guessing that it will only the races the riders raced in. i will investigate further 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 23-09-2010 18:30
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Database: PCM Daily's Expansion Pack V2.1
Attribute Evolution: 0.5
Difficulty: Hard
Team Presentation
Created by Dave Brailsford, the Mastermind behind British Cycling's success on the Track, Sky Professional Cycling Team has one big goal... To win the Tour de France with a British Rider for the first time.
Made up of talented up and coming riders and experienced old heads from British and International backgrounds, Team Sky are ready to hit the group running, and also building on the future as talents are nurtured to fulfil their Tour de France dream.
Team Sky's Main Riders
Bradley Wiggins: Signed from American team Garmin-Transitions, Wiggins will look to build on his 4th place finish in the Tour de France. With outstanding Prologue and TT skills and improving climbing ability, Bradley will be the main rider for the GC in the Giro and Tour, where he will be aided by Simon Gerrans and Thomas Löfkvist respectively.
Thomas Löfkvist: A Swedish rider signed from HTC-Columbia. Due to his high climbing skills and good TT ability, he will be Wiggins right-hand man in the Tour, and the main GC rider for the Vuelta, where he will be aided by Simon Gerrans.
Juan-Antoinio Flecha: Signed from Dutch team Rabobank, Flecha will be the main rider in the Cobbled and Ardennes Classics, and will look for victories in the Paris-Roubaix and Ronde van Vlaanderen. He will also be part of the lead-out train in the Tour de France.
Edvald Boasson Hagen: Signed from HTC-Columbia, this 22 year-old Norwegian rider is one great future prospect in the sport. He will be used as one of the main sprinter for the team, his main goals will be the Tour de France Green Points Jersey.
Geraint Thomas: A young Welsh rider, who started off in cycling as a Track rider under the guidance of Dave Brailsford. Part of the lead-out train in the Tour, Geraint will also be part of the classics team aiding Flecha, and also he will be the leader in the Tour of Britain.
Season Goals
1. Win the Paris-Roubaix
2. Wear the Sprinter's Jersey in the Giro d'Italia
3. Top 5 on GC in the Tour de France
Key Races
1. Tour de France
2. Liège-Bastogne-Liège
3. Paris-Roubaix
4. Tour of Britain
-- Additional Sponsors and Goals to be added as they are signed --
Edited by the_hoyle on 24-09-2010 21:39
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 24-09-2010 19:16
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5th January 2010 - Additional Sponsor Announcement
We are pleased to announce the signing of some additional sponsors for the forthcoming season.
Sky TV have offered monthly payments of 25,100€, with additional payments of 24,000€ for a Top 5 finish in the Vattenfall Hamburg Classic.
Adidas have offered monthly payments of 29,800€, with additional payments of 36,000€ for a Top 5 finish in Ronde van Vlaanderen.
Foster's Lager have offered monthly payments of 26,100€, with additional payments of 27,000€ for a Top 10 finish on the GC at the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco.
-- Australian TT Championships to follow --
Edited by the_hoyle on 24-09-2010 21:40
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 24-09-2010 19:18
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Good luck. |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 24-09-2010 19:20
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Thanks a lot. I hope I don't corrupt the file like I did before 
I should't do as I have used the PCM Planner before anything else
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 24-09-2010 21:31
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6th January 2010 - Australian National TT Championships
Evans takes the Title
Cadel Evans added the Australian TT Jersey to palmares with a victory in Buninyong. His time of 54'30" was good enough on the day, coming in 12" ahead of Michael Rogers and 1'00" ahead of Heinrich Haussler in third.
Final Standings
| 1 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 54'30 | | 2 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | + 12 | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Cervélo Test Team | + 1'00 | | 4 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'12 | | 5 | Ben Day | Fly V Australia | s.t. | | ... | | 24 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'48 | | 27 | Simon Gerrans | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 2'54 |
Team Reaction to the Race:
Overall a pleasing result to the TT event for Team Sky. With no real Australian Time Trialists in the squad, a Top 30 finish with all the riders is a really good result, and now we will look for a even better result in the Road Race event in 4 days.
-- Australian RR Championships to follow --
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Posted on 26-09-2010 15:07
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10th January 2010 - Australian National RR Championships
Gerrans wins the Road Race title and takes Team Sky's first win
Simon Gerrans won the Australian Road Race Championship, with a time of 5h21'02", ahead of Cadel Evans in Buninyong. The Team Sky rider paced away from the peleton with 4 laps remaining of the 10km circuit before outsprinting the World Champion Evans at the finish. A break of 7 riders was formed earlier in the race, gaining a gap of around 4'00" before Gerrans and Team Sky upped the pace. The break was slowly caught by Gerrans, and soon couldn't follow the pace the Aussie was setting. With 10km to go, the main favourites from the peleton attacked, with only Evans being able to bridge to gap to Gerrans. But Gerrans had enough to keep Evans at bay, taking the victory in a two-man sprint for the line.
Final Standings
| 1 | Simon Gerrans | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 5h21'02 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Cervélo Test Team | + 56 | | 4 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 5 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'42 | | ... | | 30 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 31 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. |
Team Reaction to the Race:
A fantastic day for Team Sky. We sadly missed getting in the early break with Hayman, but the team worked hard to bring the break back and to set up Gerrans for the win. It will be great to see Gerrans in the National Jersey at the Vuelta a Andalucia in Spain for the first time, and the team hopes to carry on this good performance with a successful Tour Down Under.
-- Sydney Pre-season Training Camp to follow --
Edited by the_hoyle on 29-10-2010 17:45
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Posted on 26-09-2010 15:12
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12th January 2010 - Pre-season training camp (Sydney, Australia)
Following the National Championships in Australia, the whole team got together for 5 days and a spot of pre-season training in Sydney, Australia. Nothing too vigorous was planned for the training camp, just a few gentle rides to build the riders fitness and endurance.
-- Tour Down Under Preview to Follow --
Edited by the_hoyle on 26-09-2010 15:15
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| Jona8366 |
Posted on 26-09-2010 16:02
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Good drive in Australian Championships Good story  |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 26-09-2010 16:08
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Did you skip screenshots just this time or will you not use screenshots? |
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Posted on 26-09-2010 16:35
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19th-24th January 2010 - Santos Tour Down Under
Based in Adelaide, Australia, the Tour Down Under has slowly grown in popularity with fans and riders from around the world. Originally started in 1999, it became a UCI 2.HC event in 2005 and the first UCI ProTour Event outside of Europe in 2008.
This will be the first ProTour event for Sky, and with a varied levels of terrain over the 6 stages, there will be plenty of opportunities for a victory in a sprint finish or from a breakaway.
Previous Winners of the Tour Down Under include Simon Gerrans, Martin Elminger, André Griepel and most recently Allan Davis in 2009.
Santos Tour Down Under Startlist:
Spoiler Saxo Bank:
1. A.Schleck
2. B.Cooke
3. J.Fuglsang
4. J.A.Jørgensen
5. D.Klemme
6. K.Klostergaard
7. A.Rasmussen
The Shack
11. L.Leipheimer
12. D.Impey
13. G.Lequatre
14. Y.Popovych
15. S.Rosseler
16. G.Steegmans
17. T.Vaitkus
Quick·Step
21. T.Boonen
22. I.Keisse
23. T.V.Kvist
24. A.Stauff
25. M.Tosatto
26. M.Velo
27. W.Weylandt
Rabobank
31. Ó.Freire
32. S.Clement
33. S.Langeveld
34. T.Leezer
35. P.Martens
36. T.Stamsnijder
37. M.Tjallingii
Team Milram
41. G.Ciolek
42. W.De Vocht
43. M.Eichler
44. R.Förster
45. S.Knaven
46. L.Roberts
47. P.Voss
Caisse d'Epargne
51. V.Kiryienka
52. J.J.Cobo
53. R.Costa
54. A.Coyot
55. M.Drujon
56. I.Erviti
57. J.V.GarcÃa Acosta
Cofidis
61. L.Duque
62. S.Augé
63. G.Blot
64. M.Buffaz
65. T.Gallopin
66. K.Ista
67. K.Kriit
Katusha
71. F.Pozzato
72. L.Bodrogi
73. M.Ignatiev
74. M.Khalilov
75. L.Mazzanti
76. R.McEwen
77. D.Napolitano
Garmin
81. R.Hesjedal
82. J.Dean
83. T.Farrar
84. R.Hunter
85. M.Maaskant
86. T.Meyer
87. M.Wilson
Vacansoleil
91. R.Feillu
92. M.Marcato
93. M.Mortensen
94. A.Ongarato
95. J.Van Leijen
96. F.Veuchelen
97. L.Westra
Lampre
101. M.Lorenzetto
102. L.Bernucci
103. G.Bole
104. A.Furlan
105. A.Grendene
106. D.Righi
107. M.Sapa
Footon - Servetto
111. M.Pedersen
112. M.Brändle
113. V.Celis
114. M.Corti
115. E.Mata
116. M.Merlo
117. J.Walker
BMC
121. K.Kroon
122. C.Barton
123. M.Kohler
124. A.Kristoff
125. M.Schär
126. J.Stewart
127. D.Wyss
Liquigas
131. M.Finetto
132. D.Cimolai
133. K.Koren
134. D.Oss
135. M.Quinziato
136. P.Sagan
137. E.Viviani
Astana
141. M.Iglinskiy
142. S.Davis
143. M.Gourov
144. A.Grivko
145. V.Iglinskiy
146. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
147. M.Selvaggi
HTC - Columbia
151. L.Bak
152. M.Goss
153. A.Greipel
154. L.Howard
155. M.Renshaw
156. H.Roulston
157. M.Sieberg
Française des Jeux
161. A.Geslin
162. S.Chavanel
163. A.Gérard
164. Y.Hutarovich
165. A.Roux
166. J.Roy
167. W.Sulzberger
Cervélo
171. X.Florencio
172. R.Hammond
173. J.Hunt
174. B.Lancaster
175. G.Rasch
176. M.Reimer
177. D.Rollin
Euskaltel
181. K.Fernández
182. A.Galdos
183. I.Isasi
184. E.MartÃnez
185. M.Nieve
186. R.Pérez
187. R.Sicard
AG2R
191. J.Arrieta
192. J.Bérard
193. K.Goddaert
194. B.Kadri
195. Y.Krivtsov
196. L.Mondory
197. C.Riblon
Omega Pharma
201. S.Scheirlinckx
202. A.Blythe
203. W.Cretskens
204. K.De Haes
205. L.Hoste
206. O.Kaisen
207. G.Löwik
Sky
211. C.Froome
212. R.Downing
213. M.Hayman
214. G.Henderson
215. C.Sutton
216. B.Swift
217. D.Viganò
-- Stage 1 Preview to Follow --
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Posted on 26-09-2010 16:38
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@jona: thanks alot. i hope i can carry on the form into the TdU
@pellizotti: I am going to be using screenshots, but only in major races (like ProTour and the Big Classics). I find it will be much quicker this way, and I will report all the races in a newspaper/website style report with a headline like I have so far. Or would you prefer screenshots in all the races?
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 26-09-2010 16:39
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the_hoyle wrote:
@jona: thanks alot. i hope i can carry on the form into the TdU
@pellizotti: I am going to be using screenshots, but only in major races (like ProTour and the Big Classics). I find it will be much quicker this way. Or would you prefer screenshots in all the races?
I find that you should always write the story the way you want it to be written or else you lose motivation quickly.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 26-09-2010 16:42
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valverde321 wrote:
the_hoyle wrote:
@jona: thanks alot. i hope i can carry on the form into the TdU
@pellizotti: I am going to be using screenshots, but only in major races (like ProTour and the Big Classics). I find it will be much quicker this way. Or would you prefer screenshots in all the races?
I find that you should always write the story the way you want it to be written or else you lose motivation quickly.
very true. I think I would get too bogged with trying to do screenshots all the time, so I'm liking the way that I am doing it 
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 26-09-2010 17:25
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Jep, just write how do you want, so that story will be existing a long time |
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Posted on 26-09-2010 17:56
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19th January 2010 - Santos Tour Down Under Stage 1 (Clare-Tanunda)
Stage 1 takes the riders from Clare to Tanunda on a fairly flat stage, which looks set to finish in a bunch sprint. But with a Mountain Classification 27km from the finish, which rider will have enough in their legs to take the stage victory.
Riders to watch: G. Steegmans, T. Farrar, T. Boonen, A. Greipel
My tip for the stage: F. Pozzato. The Italian shouldn't have too many problems with the climb to the Mountain Sprint, and should have enough in his legs to take the win.
-- Stage 1 Report and Results to Follow --
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Posted on 26-09-2010 18:33
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19th January 2010 - Santos Tour Down Under Stage 1 (Clare-Tanunda)
Steegmans fastest in the sprint
Gert Steegmans won the first stage of the Santos Tour Down Under with an excellent sprint victory, ahead of Garmin's Tyler Farrar and Sky's Greg Henderson. Steegmans timed his sprint to perfection, coming around Farrar and Henderson in the final 200 metres to win.
An attack earlier in the race by 14 riders was quickly pulled back, leading to further attacks. Eventually a break of 10 riders go away from the peleton, gaining a maximum of 5'00" over the peleton before it was reeled in by Team Saxo-Bank.
With 20km to go, the break was caught, and the stage was set to end in a bunch sprint. All the teams set up their trains, but Team Sky looked the strongest as Henderson was lead out by his team-mate Chris Sutton. But with Farrar and Steegmans in his wheel, Henderson would have to be strong to take the victory, and sadly ran out of legs just as the final 300 metres approached, leaving the victory wide open to Steegmans to take.
Steegmans celebrates his victory
Stage Results:
| 1 | Gert Steegmans | Team RadioShack | 3h18'22 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 3 | Greg Henderson | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 5 | Travis Meyer | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | ... | | 8 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Davide Viganò | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 24 | Russell Downing | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Chris Froome | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. |
Overall Classification Standings:
| 1 | Gert Steegmans | Team RadioShack | 3h18'12 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | + 4 | | 3 | Scott Davis | Astana | + 5 | | 4 | Greg Henderson | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 6 | | 5 | José Vicente GarcÃa Acosta | Caisse d'Epargne | + 7 | | 6 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 8 | | ... | | 13 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Davide Viganò | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Russell Downing | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Chris Froome | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. |
Points Classification Standings:
| 1 | Scott Davis | Astana | 10 | | 2 | Gert Steegmans | Team RadioShack | 8 | | 3 | José Vicente GarcÃa Acosta | Caisse d'Epargne | 6 | | 4 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | 6 | | 5 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | | ... | | 6 | Greg Henderson | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 4 |
Mountain Classification Standings:
| 1 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | 16 | | 2 | Marcin Sapa | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 12 | | 3 | Scott Davis | Astana | 8 | | 4 | Vidal Celis | Footon - Servetto | 6 | | 5 | Dominique Rollin | Cervélo Test Team | 4 |
Young Rider Classification Standings
| 1 | Travis Meyer | Garmin - Transitions | 3h18'22 | | 2 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank | s.t. | | 3 | Matthew Goss | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 4 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 5 | Ben Swift | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | ... | | 8 | Chris Froome | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. |
Team Classification Standings:
| 1 | Team RadioShack | 9h55'06 | | 2 | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 3 | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 5 | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. |
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 26-09-2010 18:36
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Gert Too bad that Henderson has not take it. But awesome accomplishments by the australian championship! |
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