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Mountain Advices
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| MasterFlorin |
Posted on 12-05-2011 19:46
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Heya guys I'm curios to know a good strategy for mountain stages. I usually finish the grand tour or the small ones in top 5, top 10 the very least with at least one rider but I simply can't win one unless I use simulation. I usually don't use a Pro Team Tour, a custom one or a edited Hannes Converter based team ( Continental one).
I can't win the mountain stages if I fight against riders like Casar, Nibali, not to mention Contador, Schleck. It would be cool to know how can I keep up with them in a small group. I don't use the strong 80+ climbers, I do like Soler and use him though.
Is there a way to do a magical Soler, Voekler race? A heroic effort done by the rider as in it surpasses his normal strenght but he keeps on going hard.
And another thing, is there a way to select the goals by yourself. I find it quite annoying that you can't set your goals, even though sponsors are probably the most adequate to do so. |
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 12-05-2011 20:19
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I would suggest riding on the dot. It can save more energy than if you use maintain position. In regards to a heroic effort, you can only really hope you get a +5 day. |
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 12-05-2011 20:26
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I'm fairly new to this forum. What is "riding on the dot" exactly? And should we be doing this rather maintaining position as a norm? |
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 12-05-2011 20:31
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lennybernstein wrote:
I'm fairly new to this forum. What is "riding on the dot" exactly? And should we be doing this rather maintaining position as a norm?
Independent relay, wich means that your rider takes his own pace, independent from the other riders.
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 12-05-2011 20:33
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laidbackmarc wrote:
lennybernstein wrote:
I'm fairly new to this forum. What is "riding on the dot" exactly? And should we be doing this rather maintaining position as a norm?
Independent relay, wich means that your rider takes his own pace, independent from the other riders.
OK, thanks. And it's better to do this rather use 'maintain position'? |
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 12-05-2011 20:36
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Yes, because when he is riding at "maintain position" he has to follow the other riders pace and fight for his position.
It is like in real life (IRL). If you can't follow the best, then take your own pace. 
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| cio93 |
Posted on 12-05-2011 20:55
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You can easily prevent unnecessary high heart rates when the peloton alternates the speed (in corners or when a sudden increase/decrease of slope occurs) with the dot, thus having much more energy to spend.
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 12-05-2011 20:57
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Thanks guys. Keeping the dot at around 50 is OK for most of the race (until the action starts)? Or should it be set differently? |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 12-05-2011 21:49
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Well, if you choose "keep position", then 50 is enough. Otherwise, read on.
If you want to have the full control and play most of the stage with the dot to save as much energy as possible, you have to carefully watch the race situation and adapt the effort, but I try an easy rule:
Peloton riding slowly (not chasing, first ~100kms): ~20, you can keep position when you got the right spot
Peloton chasing: 50-60, depending on flat stat and speed, for sure
Peloton speeding up to prepare the sprint (50k to go): ~70, maybe more
On mountains, everything depends on your rider's stats. Just stay as close as possible at the front.
Sure you should try to keep a good position all the time, which means pausing the game often to change effort and anticipating situations.
Just a quick overview, you have to practice to get a feeling for this type of playing, but then it's a lot more fun.
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