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| Patricmy |
Posted on 11-04-2012 12:00
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Research In Motion Press Release
The RIM board of directors has taken the decision to create a cycling team as a form of marketing the brand. In order for any marketing campaign to be successful it needs to have a solid financial backing the same applies for our cycling team, as a result of this we have given Patricmy (General Manager and DS) a decent sized budget and have encouraged him to assemble a World Tour ready team despite the teams Continental status. Team presentation will follow shortly. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-04-2012 12:03
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Hope it goes well for you once you have assembled your squad, Good Luck matey  |
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| Patricmy |
Posted on 11-04-2012 15:20
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Team Presentation
GT Leaders
Andy Schleck
Andy has three targets for this year, Le Tour, the Ardennes and the autumn hills.
Jose Rujano
Jose will lead the team at the Giro because although he is a brilliant climber he can't handle the long ITT's of Le Tour and La Vuelta. He will also help Andy in the Ardennes.
Ryder Hesjedal & Luis Leon Sanchez
Ryder and Luis Leon will be co-leaders at La Vuelta. But don't be suprised if Luis Leon does better not only because he will be at home but also because he has a stronger TT stat than Ryder. Ryder and Luis Leon will both assist Andy in the Ardennes and Ryder will provide some high mountain support for Andy in Le Tour while Luis Leon will do likewise for Jose in Italy. |
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| Absintlover |
Posted on 11-04-2012 15:24
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Looking forward to see what you can do with Sanchez , since I got him in my career too , my rabobank career . And have fun !! |
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| Patricmy |
Posted on 11-04-2012 15:35
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Classics Leaders
Fabian Cancellara
Fabian will lead us over the cobbles of Flanders. We managed to persuade him to join BlackBerry over Leopard because we can offer stronger support.
Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain is a classics specialist and he will try to get a few wins for himself not only over the cobbles but also in the Ardennes. But mostly he will act as a luxury domestique for Fabian on the cobbles and for Andy in the Ardennes.
Lars Boom
Lars has been the dominant force in cyclo-cross in modern times and he has signed on with us to be luxury support for Fabian over the cobbles. He will also be ride La Vuelta mainly to help in the TTT. |
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| madzdaman |
Posted on 11-04-2012 15:38
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if you download one of the many databases you can have real names for all the riders |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 11-04-2012 15:39
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Wow, strong squad! you should dominate everywhere with this team!
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| beagle |
Posted on 11-04-2012 15:47
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hope you present to us at least two from trio Cavendish, Greipel, Farrar (supported by Kittel & EBH) as your sprinters, making your CT team competitive
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| Patricmy |
Posted on 11-04-2012 16:42
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@madzdaman; I live in Zambia and have very very slow internet, trust me i have tried to get a real name DB but have failed quite dismally.
@beagle; The rest of the presentation is coming very shortly
@baggieboys32; I havent played that much so i will try to do well but no promises
@absintlover; Thanks i will try to get him into the top 10
Edited by Patricmy on 11-04-2012 16:44
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 11-04-2012 16:45
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beagle wrote:
hope you present to us at least two from trio Cavendish, Greipel, Farrar (supported by Kittel & EBH) as your sprinters, making your CT team competitive
Hahaha, +1
Hushovd and Pettachi would be useful for your leadout too!
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| Patricmy |
Posted on 11-04-2012 16:59
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Sprinters
Tyler Farrar
Tyler will go for the points jersey at both La Vuelta and the Giro as these are sponsor goals, however due to the tough parcours for these GT's helping with these goals will be the already introduced GT leaders. Also a personal goal for Tyler is the rainbow jersey.
Gert Steegmans
Gert will serve as final lead-out man for Tyler at both the Giro and La Vuelta. He will also ride as a domestique on the cobbles. He will also get the chance to ride for his own chances with his own lead-out train in some smaller races.
Greg van Avermaet
Greg will be the third specialised sprinter we send to the Giro to give Farrar a strong lead-out train. He will also be a domestique over the cobbles of his home province, Flanders
Tomas Vaitkus
Tomas will take over the role performed by Greg at the Giro in La Vuelta. He will also ride as a cobbles domestique. Tomas and Greg will try to help Gert to some wins in smaller races. |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 11-04-2012 17:02
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fcancellara wrote:
beagle wrote:
hope you present to us at least two from trio Cavendish, Greipel, Farrar (supported by Kittel & EBH) as your sprinters, making your CT team competitive
Hahaha, +1
Hushovd and Pettachi would be useful for your leadout too!
+1 and lets be honest here, without Boonen and Ballan, to support him, Cancellara will have no chance in those dastardly cobbled classics
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| Patricmy |
Posted on 11-04-2012 17:54
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Domestiques/Young Riders
Marcus Burghardt
Marcus is in the team to help Fabian to Flanders glory
Michael Rogers
Michael is in the team as a GT team mate. He is a decent climber and a strong time trialist.
Rein Taaramae
Rein is a GT talent but in the mean time he will ride as a domestique.
Richie Porte
Richie is similar to Michael Rogers except he has a few years of development still to go and could become a GT contender.
Steven Kruijswijk
Steven is one of the biggest GT talents in the world and the Dutchman will spend the next few years developing.
Geraint Thomas
Big G is in the team as a GT/cobble/sprint team mate, in other words he is one of the best allrounders in the world.
Jerome Coppel
Jerome is a GT talent from France, he might not be the next Bernard Hinault but he might get a top 5 in a few years.
Tejay van Garderen
Tejay is a strong, young rider from the USA and he will be attempting to follow in Armstrong's footsteps.
Bauke Mollema
Bauke is another Dutch GC talent except he is a bit stronger in the mountains than Steven at the moment.
Jakob Fuglsang
Jakob has followed Andy from SaxoBank and will do the same job here as he did there for the team leaders.
Squad Overview
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| Patricmy |
Posted on 11-04-2012 17:56
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P.S. I apologise for the overkilled team. I am very new to PCM so sorry. |
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| baia |
Posted on 11-04-2012 18:01
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I can´t believe you forgot P.Gilbert and A.Valverde...
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 11-04-2012 18:15
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I used to make overkilled teams to, it's completely normal when you're new. After a while you just realize that a challenge is more fun 
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 11-04-2012 18:16
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Patricmy wrote:
P.S. I apologise for the overkilled team. I am very new to PCM so sorry.
The only problem is that it might get boring for the readers if you win too much.
Btw, why don't you download a better DB (at least a real-name one, if you don't want the big packages)? Much better stats usually, and if you do go for the big packages, lots of new stages, equipment, variants, and more
Either way, good luck 
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 11-04-2012 18:18
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lluuiiggii wrote:
Patricmy wrote:
P.S. I apologise for the overkilled team. I am very new to PCM so sorry.
The only problem is that it might get boring for the readers if you win too much.
Btw, why don't you download a better DB (at least a real-name one, if you don't want the big packages)? Much better stats usually, and if you do go for the big packages, lots of new stages, equipment, variants, and more
Either way, good luck
he said he's from Zambia and his internet connection is super-slow
VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 11-04-2012 18:29
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sam1196 wrote:
lluuiiggii wrote:
Patricmy wrote:
P.S. I apologise for the overkilled team. I am very new to PCM so sorry.
The only problem is that it might get boring for the readers if you win too much.
Btw, why don't you download a better DB (at least a real-name one, if you don't want the big packages)? Much better stats usually, and if you do go for the big packages, lots of new stages, equipment, variants, and more
Either way, good luck
he said he's from Zambia and his internet connection is super-slow
Ups, true, hadn't read the comments, only the team posts. There is still this 258 kb DB, which still corrects names and stats. Not sure how slow the internet, but maybe it handles it
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| Patricmy |
Posted on 12-04-2012 10:28
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Australian National Championships
Aim;
A top 5 with Michael because he has better form at the moment.
Startlist
Spoiler BMC
1. C.Evans
2. T.Roe
Sky
11. S.Gerrans
12. M.Hayman
13. C.Sutton
HTC - Highroad
21. M.Goss
22. L.Howard
23. M.Renshaw
Leopard
31. S.O'Grady
32. W.Clarke
BLACKBERRY
41. M.Rogers
42. R.Porte
Astana
51. A.Davis
52. S.Clarke
UnitedHealthcare
61. R.Sutherland
62. J.Clarke
63. H.Clarke
64. K.Menzies
Saxo Bank
71. L.Roberts
72. B.Cooke
73. D.Tanner
RadioShack
81. R.McEwen
Skil
91. M.Docker
Garmin
101. M.Wilson
102. J.Bobridge
103. B.Lancaster
104. C.Meyer
105. T.Meyer
Rabobank
111. G.Brown
112. M.Matthews
Omega Pharma
121. A.Hansen
Liquigas
131. C.Wurf
Drapac
141. S.Shaw
142. P.Drapac
143. S.Grimsey
144. D.Lapthorne
145. L.Norris
146. D.Pell
147. A.Phelan
148. R.Pollock
149. A.Semple
Endura Racing
151. J.Anderson
Trek
161. D.Parker
162. J.Lewis
Team Type 1
171. F.Calabria
172. B.King
PSK
181. J.Prete
Veranda's
191. D.Kemp
The race was quite boring actually because there were many attempted breakaways including a few attempts from Richie. But they always got caught.
48 km to go
So we sent both Richie and Michael to the front of the peleton to try and whittle down the peleton. It seemed that Sky had the same plan.
15 km to go
However, it seemed as though the pull of the Green and Gold jersey was enough to keep the group together. So Richie launched the first attack but he didn't get much of a gap. Richie's attack triggered a torrent of attacks and these proved that Cadel Evans and Simon Gerrans were the strongest.
Final km
The final kilometre began with Simon Gerrans sprinting for all he was worth and Cadel Evans sitting comfortably in his wheel. Then with 500 meters to go Evans kicked and Gerrans couldn't respond.
Results (sorry game crashed before I could export results);
Word from the DS;
We tried the early break it didn't work, then we tried to get a select group it didn't work, finally we tried a late attack but Evans and Gerrans were just too strong. |
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