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Discovery Channel - 1 season
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| lance_armstrong |
Posted on 25-06-2007 15:29
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It's my first story so please don't be to harsh, and please excuse my english because i'm Romanian. 
Ok, so i start my first season with Discovery Channel, the team's objective's are:
The most important riders of the team are:
Yaroslav Popovych
His main objective is winning this years Tour De France, a relatively young rider with unlimited potential that has to confirm himself in this year.
Alberto Contador
A young rider with a big potential, i have big hope in him and he must finish in top 3 this Vuelta a Espagne but he wants to win it. He's really ambitious and one day the result of his talent will be seen.
Levi Leipheimer
He doesn't have what it takes to win big tours so his objective is to win the Dauphine Libere and more short strong tours.
George Hincapie
His objective is to help his teammates, Yaroslav Popovych and Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer such as he did with Lance Armstrong, that's why he is the "Captain du Route".
Allan Davis
Our number one sprinter, he wants to win at least 3 stages in this Tour De France and take the green jersey to Paris. He is one of the favourites to win the Australian Road Championship.
I didn't find a picture with him at Discovery. 
Vladimir Gusev
He is the best for the cobblestones races so he'll be my #1 for Paris-Roubaix and other UCI Pro Tour cobblestone races.
We will try to bring 1 or 2 free riders who could help the team in the big tours.
January's schedule:
Only Vuelta al Tachira and the Australian Championships(for Allan Davis).
Edited by lance_armstrong on 25-06-2007 15:44
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:16
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nice presentation, good luck with your 1st story
and just a couple of questions
what db?
what difficulty level?
Edited by Addy291 on 25-06-2007 16:16
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:24
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Yeh will be good, Leipheimer looks a bit red |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:41
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I think this story will be great. 1 or 2 riders you say........ mmm maybe it would be a bit better is you had someone say.... Gensink Pleaseeeeeeeeee
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| Crommy |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:42
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Good Luck 
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:43
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Karl_rab wrote:
I think this story will be great. 1 or 2 riders you say........ mmm maybe it would be a bit better is you had someone say.... Gensink Pleaseeeeeeeeee
he said 1 or 2 free riders |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:49
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Awwwwwww but he is Discovery the richest team. He could afford gensink and then still have enough left over to move half the squad of AC Milan to Accrington Stanley. (ok i over exaggerated)
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:52
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HEHE!!! Looking 4ward ti this story, please take it a long way... |
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| Boasson Hagen Jr |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:55
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Karl_rab wrote:
Awwwwwww but he is Discovery the richest team. He could afford gensink and then still have enough left over to move half the squad of AC Milan to Accrington Stanley. (ok i over exaggerated)
GESINK ffs |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:55
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Yes ok i know how its spelt . Its called a danm typo ! 
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| Boasson Hagen Jr |
Posted on 25-06-2007 16:58
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| litllemagnum |
Posted on 25-06-2007 17:15
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what are devolder his stats?
could you use him as backup for contador in the vuelta |
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| lance_armstrong |
Posted on 25-06-2007 23:34
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Addy291 wrote:
nice presentation, good luck with your 1st story
and just a couple of questions
what db?
what difficulty level?
I don't know how to say the DB, it's the bat editor v3.0 but it was reedited by some of my friends.
Difficulty is normal.
litllemagnum wrote:
what are devolder his stats?
could you use him as backup for contador in the vuelta
Devolder isn't bad at stats but in case Contador gets injured, Tom Danielson will be his replacement.
And about the riders, i take only free now because i don't have so big skills...
In about an hour the first stage of Vuelta of Tachira will appear. |
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| lance_armstrong |
Posted on 26-06-2007 00:37
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Vuelta al Tachira stars on 7 Junuary 2007 and has 14 stages and 1 rest day.
There are no point or moutain jersey. Only overall, team and under 25. And no bonifications are given to stage winners.
But before we go to the first stage we have hot news.
Ivan Basso signed a 2 year contract with Discovery Channel, he will be payed 520800 euros every year and he will be the leader for Giro d'Italia.
A reporter, Lonny Banks got an interview with him.
Question: Why did you sign with Discovery?
Answer: Why wouldn't I? It's one of the best cycling teams and i had no other offers, believe me i would have signed for any team.
Q: Do you think you can win the Giro?
A: I think that i can do more then just win the Giro, i want to win the Tour de Suisse too because i don't think i'll participate in the Tour de France this year.
Q: Why do you think Discovery has signed you and not other potential tour winner?
A: Because i was the best free agent and they know what i'm capable of, I only hope that the dopping sentence will not be changed again.
This was the end of the interview so let's get back to the Vuelta al Tachira.
Start list:
Discovery Channel
1. S.Devolder - leader
2. S.Cummings
3. J.McCartney
4. G.Meersman
5. T.Vaitkus - sprinter
6. M.White
Serramenti
11. J.Serpa
12. A.Loddo
13. G.Missaglia
14. M.Turrina
Orbitel
21. J.Agudelo
22. J.González
23. R.Laverde
24. F.Piamonte
Colombia Pasión
31. V.Orozco
32. A.Díaz
33. J.Hernández
34. R.Montiel
Slipstream
41. P.Stetina
42. T.Duggan
43. W.Frischkorn
44. C.Lewis
Panaria
51. M.Aldape
52. A.Bucciero
53. D.Colli
54. F.Tomei
Drapac
61. D.Drapac
62. P.Grinter
63. D.Lapthorne
64. C.Munro
Health Net
71. R.Kilun
72. N.O'Neill
73. D.Ollerenshaw
74. R.Sutherland
Fuerteventura
81. I.Flores
82. D.Belda
83. Y.Mehah
84. A.Piedra
Barloworld
91. K.Siutsou
92. G.Bonomi
93. P.Longo Borghini
94. G.Thomas
GAM - Relax
101. Á.Vallejo
102. R.De Mateo
103. M.De Sárraga
104. J.Sobrino
Liberty - Würth
111. H.Broco
112. F.Cardoso
113. L.Pinheiro
114. C.Quiterio
LA MSS
121. C.Faria
122. R.Batista
123. B.Neves
124. A.Vazquez Iglesias
BMC
131. D.Galvin
132. C.Hartley
133. S.Moninger
134. D.Vitoria
Navigators
141. S.Lagutin
142. B.Brooks
143. D.O'Loughlin
144. K.Wamsley
15Teams with a total of 62 cyclist will want to win this race.
The 1st stage is 100% flat, with a distance of 104km and 500meters altitude.
When there are 91kms till the finish there is a breakaway made by 6 cyclists, McCartney(DSC), Diaz, Sutherland, Laverde, De Mateo and Pinheiro.
With 45 kms before the finish the 6 cyclist have 4minutes and 50seconds in front of the peleton and have big chances of winning.
There are only 17,8kms until the finish and McCartneys relay makes Diaz and De Mateo get behind but the peleton is only at 1minute and a half behind the leading 4.
When there are onyl 9kms till the finish McCartney attacks and lets his opponents behind with a gap of almost 30seconds, he seems favourite to win.
But with 1km before the finish McCartney goes dead and a group of 12 sprinters are 20seconds behind him.
The sprint is won by Discovery Channel's sprinter Vaitkus that was taken to the finish by Devolder, Loddo came second, Bonomi third and McCartney came forth.
1st Stage Rank:
1. T. Vaitkus 2h 28' 47''
2. A. Loddo st
3. G. Bonomi st
4. J. McCartney st
5. B. Neves st
General Rankings:
1. T. Vaitkus 2h 28' 47''
2. A. Loddo st
3. G. Bonomi st
4. J. McCartney st
5. B. Neves st
Best Young rider:
1. T. Vaitkus 2h 28' 47''
2. B. Neves st
3. D. Colli st
Best Team:
1. Discovery Channel 7h 26' 21'
2. Liberty Seguros - Wurth st
3. Serramenti Diquigiovanni - S.I. st
Interview with today's winner, Tomas Vaitkus.
Q: Are you happy?
A: Of course I am, why shouldn't i be? I won unexpectedly, I'm honesly sorry for my teammate McCartney because he deserved to win but i saw he couldn't rezist anymore so I had to try to win and fortunetly i managed.
Q: Do you think you can win this tour?
A: That's out of the question, this isn't a sprinters tour, there are a lot of hilly stages and 2 time trials so I must help Devolder win the tour.
So in conclusion it has been a perfect day for Discovery Channel.
Edited by lance_armstrong on 27-06-2007 00:51
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 26-06-2007 08:00
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Yeh nice stuff the interview part is good. |
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| lance_armstrong |
Posted on 26-06-2007 10:16
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Any sugestions on how should i continue?
Edited by lance_armstrong on 26-06-2007 10:17
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| SidGarcia |
Posted on 26-06-2007 13:20
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Continue as you do, but maybe a little more text or smaller photos?
But it's good as it is. |
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| lance_armstrong |
Posted on 26-06-2007 13:37
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Now i see that there's a bug in the second stage because it's a 54kms team time trial and you have to have minimum 5 riders and all the teams beside mine have 4... well i'll try to make a story of this as I can... It will appear soon i hope it won't affect too much the rankings. |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 26-06-2007 15:59
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nice win,
did you make that 'border'/'skin' thing yourself, or is it in a package, because it's look quite nice (i'm talking about the blue things around the edge, with the rider controls) |
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| lance_armstrong |
Posted on 26-06-2007 16:06
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No , but i need some help, can someone help me make the 2nd stage (TTT) into a ITT because if i play as a TTT nomather how i play there will be a gap between the DSC riders and the others... |
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