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Saunier Duval - Scott
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| zkkyby |
Posted on 29-05-2008 20:47
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Ok, here I go: my first story.
I need motivation to play and by informing you of how I do, may just so be the way.
I'm choosing Saunier Duval as my team. I've always liked them and they've a few riders who can have a go at grand tours: Ricco, Piepoli and Cobo Acebo to name a few.
I'm using the PCM daily 08 DB (not sure if that's the correct name) and I race on normal difficulty.
Team Roster:
Raivis Belohvosciks - Time Trials
Ivan Parra (signed at start) - Stage Races
Angel 'Litu' Gomez - Climber
Raul Alarcon - Northern Classics
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante - Stage Races
David Canada - Stage Races
Alberto Benitez - Climber
Alberto Fernandez - Climber
Javier Mejias - Climber
Jesus Del Nero - Northern Classics
Arkaitz Duran - Stage Races
Alberto Martinez - Time Trials
Josep Jufre - Climber
Ruben Lobato - Climber
Iker Camano - Stage Races
Juan Jose Cobo Acebo - Stage Races
David De la Fuente - Climber
Benat Intxausti - Stage Races
Hector Gonzalez - Climber
Rubens Bertogliati - Fighter
Adam Blythe (signed at start) - Northern Classics
Leonardo Piepoli - Climber
Stefano Zanini (signed at start) - Northern Classics
Manuele Mori - Puncheur
Eros Capecchi - Climber
Riccardo Ricco - Climber
Ermanno Capelli - Northern Classics
Denis Flahaut - Fighter
Aurelien Passeron - Sprinter
Luciano Pagliarini - Sprinter
(F.Y.I. I may of signed some others on free agents. However, due to my own idiocy, I've forgotten which ones they are, sorry)
Season Goals:
Riccardo Ricco's season diary:
Leonardo Piepoli's season diary:
I'll post more tomorrow...
Any advice you'd like to give, including news of bugs I need to avoid will be much appreciated. For example, I've heard I must simulate the second stage of Paris - Nice, is that true?
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| ember |
Posted on 29-05-2008 20:51
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Good luck, hope you can do well, Saunier Duval is one of my favourites team |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 29-05-2008 21:02
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Looks like its going to be an interesting story, looking forward to the Giro  |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 29-05-2008 21:24
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ouch who is going to be the leader of TDF. Camano? Marchante? Intxiua Cobo Acebo?
its a real tricky one !!!
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| Osmose |
Posted on 29-05-2008 21:57
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you will use ricco to peak at giro and vuelta, right?
Nélson Évora, national hero!
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| zkkyby |
Posted on 29-05-2008 22:05
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Well for Ricco: he wants to ride both and has a two month break after the Giro, so of course he will be looking to ride well in both.
As for the TDF question from Karl_rab (sorry, I don't know how to quote ops
I'm thinking I might stick an all round strong climbing team in with no real leader. Marchante, Cobo Acebo, Camano, Jufre and Parra etc... |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 29-05-2008 22:08
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zkkyby wrote:
(sorry, I don't know how to quote ops: )
There's a quote button at the top-right of each individual post
and good luck
Edited by Addy291 on 29-05-2008 22:09
YORKSHIRE BORN, YORKSHIRE BRED... |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 29-05-2008 22:21
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zkkyby wrote:
Well for Ricco: he wants to ride both and has a two month break after the Giro, so of course he will be looking to ride well in both.
As for the TDF question from Karl_rab (sorry, I don't know how to quote ops
I'm thinking I might stick an all round strong climbing team in with no real leader. Marchante, Cobo Acebo, Camano, Jufre and Parra etc...
Sounds like a plan, a tactic with that may be just to put all your good riders onto relay at the big mountains and just let them power away from all the faveroutes, i mean if you have 5 strong climbers on relay like the ones we talked about, you could easily destroy some of the big guns!
i cant wait for it!
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| zkkyby |
Posted on 30-05-2008 10:04
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Down Under Classic
48Kms Adelaide
Riders:
David Canada
Manuele Mori
Rubens Bertogliati
Eros Capecchi
Alberto Fernandez
Arkaitz Duran
Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
David De la Fuente
The Down Under Classic is just 48Km round Adelaide race. A very flat stage; it is definitely one for the sprinters. My riders would just look to get in a breakaway and hope for the best...
The race started off slowly, but after 10Km of riding a large group of riders jumped away, including Rubens Bertogliati. There were 20 riders in this breakaway group.
Soon after this group of 20 were joined by a further six riders, including so called team leader, Cobo Acebo.
However, this was too many riders and although at one point nearly having two minutes over the peloton, they were caught with 17Km to go.
As soon as they were reeled in, Willems, riding on the Liquigas team, went up the road. He was later caught with 10Km to go.
Rick Verbrugghe then had a go for the stage win and was holding a 30 second lead over the main pack.
Behind, the sprinters were forming there express lines, but couldn't take the race win with Verbrugghe holding a 30 second lead.
With 3Km to go and with Verbrugghe still up the road, there was a large crash in the peloton, started by recently crowned Australian national champion, Simon Gerrans. About 20 riders went down in total, including: Capecchi; Cobo Acebo; Fernandez and De la Fuente.
Verbrugghe's lead was dropping and quickly. The inevitable happened just 1.2Km from the line as he was caught by the on rushing pack.
In the mass sprint, it was Astana rider Aaron Kemps, who took the victory, ahead of Matthew Goss of team CSC and third was Milram rider, Alberto Ongarato.
Final Results
1 Aaron Kemps Team Astana 1h03'19
2 Matthew Goss Team CSC s.t.
3 Alberto Ongarato Team Milram s.t.
4 Wesley Sulzberger SouthAustralia.com - AIS s.t.
5 Zak Dempster SouthAustralia.com - AIS s.t.
6 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
7 Assan Bazayev Team Astana s.t.
8 Roy Sentjens Silence - Lotto s.t.
9 Matej Jurco Team Milram s.t.
10 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
11 Johnnie Walker SouthAustralia.com - AIS s.t.
12 Rik Verbrugghe Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
13 William Ford SouthAustralia.com - AIS s.t.
14 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
15 Patrice Halgand Crédit Agricole s.t.
16 Chris Anker Sörensen Team CSC s.t.
17 Markus Eichler Team Milram s.t.
18 Peter McDonald Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
19 Travis Meyer SouthAustralia.com - AIS s.t.
20 Matt King SouthAustralia.com - AIS s.t.
21 Grant Irwin Drapac Porsche Development Program s.t.
22 Michael Schär Team Astana s.t.
23 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step s.t.
24 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
25 Enrico Poitschke Team Milram s.t.
26 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole s.t.
27 Chechu Rubiera Team Astana s.t.
28 Bram Tankink Rabobank s.t.
29 Marc De Maar Rabobank s.t.
30 Theo Eltink Rabobank s.t.
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 30-05-2008 10:10
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Nice start
You will have to sim the second stage of P-N as it crashes when loading the 3D stage. |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 30-05-2008 10:11
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Nasty crash, always one on that stage. |
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 30-05-2008 10:15
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Smoothie wrote:
Nasty crash, always one on that stage.
Its weird, because I know lots of people experience crashes on that stage (from reding other peoples stories), but I've raced the Down Under classic quite a few times and theres never been a mass crash yet. I must be doing something wrong. |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 30-05-2008 10:50
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looking nice
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| zkkyby |
Posted on 30-05-2008 12:52
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Stage 1
Individual Time Trial
3.7Km San Luis
Riders:
Alberto Benitez
Eros Capecchi
Iker Camano
Josep Jufre
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante
Jesus Del Nero
Today's opening stage was a short 3.7Km prologue round San Luis.
Here's how some favourites got on:
Usually strong Time Trialist, Martin Garrido wasn't on top form. 26th + 20"
CSC's Kurt-Asle Arvesen is looking good. 3rd + 8"
Iker Camano had a good day. 5th + 8"
David Herrero 11th + 12"
Gomez Marchante riding well for a man short of fitness. 7th + 11"
An all round good day for CSC. Jason McCartney 2nd + 4"
The old mountain goat himself, Gilberto Simoni. 15th + 16"
And Today's winner:
Sergei Honchar came home in a time of 5'18.
Stage Results
1 Sergei Gonchar Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe 5'18
2 Jason McCartney Team CSC + 4
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC + 8
4 David Blanco Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
5 Iker Camaño Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
6 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 9
7 José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott + 11
8 Paulo Fernandes Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
9 Jesús Cobelo Karpin Galicia s.t.
10 David George Team MTN + 12
11 David Herrero Karpin Galicia s.t.
12 Jurgen Van Goolen Team CSC s.t.
13 Danilo Hondo Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
14 Rob Ruijgh Team Sparkasse + 16
15 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
16 Nicholas White Team MTN + 18
17 Paidi O'Brien An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
18 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
19 David Abal Karpin Galicia s.t.
20 Ruslan Ivanov Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli + 19
21 Stefan Cohnen Team Sparkasse s.t.
22 Dennis Van Niekerk Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub + 20
23 Carlos Castaño Karpin Galicia s.t.
24 Ronan McLaughlin An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team s.t.
25 Phil Cortes Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.
26 MartÃn Garrido Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
27 Paul Sneeboer Palmeiras Resort - Tavira + 21
28 Nelson Vitorino Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
29 Michele Gobbi Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe s.t.
30 Gustavo Artacho Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light + 22
Edited by zkkyby on 30-05-2008 12:53
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| zkkyby |
Posted on 30-05-2008 12:56
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Something else I noticed, though not part of the story, was Phil Cortes of the Amore e Vita - McDonald's team sporting the world time trial jersey:
Not a great picture, I know, but trust me. It was the world champions jersey with a light blue stop watch in the middle, which is the time trial one. Unless I missed something, I thought Cancellara has held that position now for two years. Bug or human error in the database?
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 30-05-2008 13:02
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a screen shot of all ur riders abillities(stats) please
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| zkkyby |
Posted on 30-05-2008 14:42
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