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team milram (i hope)
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 04-03-2008 12:54
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not so much a story but an online log of my progress. not sure how often i'll be able to update with my other commitments but i'll do my best. also not sure how long the game will hold out for, atm i've got no roads (well not real roads anyway). they are either blue, seem to reflect whatevers above them or just aren't there at all leaving the riders going through fields, rivers and whatever else the game decides to throw in. if anyone can help with this problem it'll be greatly appreciated.
Anyway, i dedided to go with milram because i had a nice little career going with them till my game went all wierd and i had to un-install it. as you probably know, they're no the strongest team in the peleton and i'll be relying heavily on Petacchi and Zabel to get most of my wins to keep me in the pro tour.
a bit of basic info:
sponsors goals: win the milan-san remo
win the gent-wevelgem
finish as leading sprinter in the giro and le tour
win the vettenfall cyclassics
win the deutschland ruunfahrt
at least the sponsors recognise our only real strength is sprinting and have listed their goals accordingly.
key riders:
Alessandro Petacchi: on his day unbeatable in a group sprint, only problem is he relies very heavily on a strong leadout train so my tactics will need to be perfect to keep the wins coming in.
Erik Zabel: probably not as strong a sprinter as petacchi but he makes up for it in other areas. not as reliant on a train and so will be a valuble asset in the hillier classics and stage races. obviously not in the mountain though.
Fabio Sacchi: another specialist sprinter though nowhere near as much class as petacchi. will be a good lead out man and leader in some of the minor one dayers and stage races.
Mirko Celestino: not really much to say. it says alot about the strengh of your squad when this guy is your best hope at a gc placing. will be alright in some of the flatter stage races but definately no grand tour contender.
Igor Astarloa: former world champ will be a good asset in the hillier classics. again not really a contendor for gc in any major tours. will be leader if we have any minor races in spain.
January: i'm down to ride both the tour of australia and qutar this month. pettachi's and celestion stated they doesn't want to ride either so they'll get the month off. i'll prob send astarloa to australia along with brett lancaster and a few youngens for experiance. to qutar i'll send zabel, sachi and the milram train to make the most of the dead flat stages and hopefully get some early season wins for confidence.
i'll report back at the end of the month 
Edited by ringo182 on 04-03-2008 12:58
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 05-03-2008 11:39
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January Report:
nothing too exiting. sent teams to the tour down under and the tour of qatar without really expecting too much. just a bit of early season race practise.
Australian Championships: Won by Allan Davis
Brett Davis finished 19th
Tour Down Under: Team: Astarloa (L)
Sacchi (S)
Lancaster (F)
Velo (F)
Ongarato
Scognamiglio
Lorenzetto
Rigotto
sent a pretty young italian squad to australia without to many expectations. the train worked well on a couple of stages and Sacchi managed to get a couple of decent top 10 placings. however he wasn't strong enough to match the australian sprinters. on the penultimate stage i managed to get Astarloa into a successful break which gave him a final gc placing of 5th which i was quite happy with.
Top 5 GC: McEwen - Predictor Lotto
Eeckhout - Chocolade Jacques
Pineau - Bouygues Telecom
Kalesnikov - Unibet.com
ASTARLOA - TEAM MILRAM
Tour of Qutar: Team: Zabel (L,S)
Siedler (S)
Grabsch
Sieberg
Dyudya
Schroder
Muller
Schwager
sent a team of germans to qatar with the hopes of getting my train rolling and maybe getting an early season win to boost moral. however, a combination of a strong field, weak team and Zabel never haveing a daily rating of more than -2 made it impossible. The train worked well on the last stage and Zabel claimed 8th, but with the likes of Boonen, Forster and Flecha, Zabel didn't really stand a chance in his condition.
GC Top 5: Boonen - Quickstep
Clerc - Bouygues Telecom
Pichot - Bouygues Telecom
Lafevre - Bouygues Telecom
Forster - Gerelsteiner
Febuarary Programme.
After a weeks training camp at the start of the month feburary see's Petacchi's first race of the season at the Coppa costa degli Estruschi. will prob send a strong team to try and get that train moving and a first win of the season. Then for some reason my 3 leaders all want to ride the Vuelta ciclista a Andalucia, which is suprising seeing as it's quite lumpy and we won't have much of a chance of getting any wins. but i'll send a stong aquad to prepare for the Paris-Nice and the Tirreno-Adriatico the following month.
other then that, the only other two races i'm down fo is the Giro di Laigueglia which is again quite lumpy withnot much chance of success (will probably send Petacchi and the italian train) and the Volta a regiao do Algarve which is a hillyish tour but might suit the likes of Astarloa or even Zabel.
i'll report back at the end of Febuary.
p.s i hope to add some pictures to the story later on. but i'll only do it for the pro-tour races or the races my sponsors see as a major goal. otherwise it'll take too long and i'll get fed up!
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| Halvor |
Posted on 05-03-2008 13:16
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This is nice! It will be better if the headlines are bold or bigger. You could take a SS of your team stats 
But you are writing very good
Edited by Halvor on 05-03-2008 13:16
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 05-03-2008 15:40
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thanks. i'll keep your sugestion of writing the headlines in bold in mind.
atm my laptop isn't connected to the internet which is the reason for the lack of pics. hopefully it will be sorted by the time i get to my first pro-tour race in march and i'll be able to report the pro-tour races in more detail.
only thing i'm worried about is i'm just getting to the stage where the game went all funny last time. i've completely re-installed it so hopefully it will be ok this time. |
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 05-03-2008 16:30
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it looks like this story might be over before it's even got going:cry:
despite a complete re-installation i'm having the same problems as before.
basically the road is blue and seems to reflect objects above it such as buildings and mountains and every so often the screen just goes crazy, similar to what is happening in this picture off another message board:
hope that works!!!
anyway, does anyone know whats wrong and what i can do to fix it? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 05-03-2008 17:39
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try installing the newest drivers for your graphics card
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 05-03-2008 17:53
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ok, how do i do that? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 05-03-2008 17:55
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Do you know what your graphics card is?
EDIT: better not clog the thread with this. Let's settle this through PM
Edited by issoisso on 05-03-2008 17:56
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 06-03-2008 14:44
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good news is issoissob has told me how to fix the problem with my graphics card.
bad news is i won't be able to get my laptop on to the internet to sort the problem until next weekend  so my story is on hold for a couple of weeks until i solve the problem.
hopefully my next installment will have some pictures to help illustrate.
see you in a couple of weeks! |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 06-03-2008 17:41
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ringo182 wrote:
good news is issoissob has told me how to fix the problem with my graphics card.
As I told you through PM: about 60% that it'll fix it. that means 40% chance it won't.
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 06-03-2008 23:02
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well fingers crossed, i just don't understand why it works fine through january and then the first race in feb it just goes crazy? is there any chance a patch might solve the problem? |
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 17-03-2008 15:33
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good news, the graphics card update seems to have worked many thanks to issoisso for all his help. this means my story will continue from the start of febuary.
can one of the moderators remove the posts about my problem from this thread so it won't get in the way of people trying to read the story. or will i have to start a new on and paste in the first two installments?
anyway, i'll report back at the end of feb with my progress.
thanks for reading. |
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