Tour de Abandon
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emre99 |
Posted on 20-06-2019 22:36
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We have entered the last week of Pro Cycling Manager and obviously i have to do something fun.
Tour de Abandon is basically world's best cyclists trying to tackle 21 stages without crashing and being out of time limit. I'll post daily updates and we will see who'll win
Settings
WorldDB2019v4 - Extreme - 3.00 Crash Frequency
Route

First week kicks off with a downhill stage from Fuji. Following that we have a windy stage in Turkish landscape in Konya. Hilly terrain in famous Nürburgring followed by the long Sanremo and the week finishes with a tough italian triple: Giau / Sormano / Zoncolan... As it isn't enough the weekend is in Belgium with Ronde van Vlandaaren followed by Liege Bastogne Liege.

The second week is mainly based in France. Starting with the Hell of the North. Another cobble in North France followed by Paris - Tours. A mountain double in France with very tough climbs, followed by a long time trial. A swiss stage settles the week.

A deserved rest in Zürich but the pain is back as the riders will climb 3 HC climbs. Then the route heads to Spain, first in Basque Country for hilly terrain and then basically 'on top of the world' for Bola del Mundo. The race is full of surprises and the penultimate stage being a TTT basically makes it harder, as it is in doubt how many riders will be left in teams.
Startlist
The 'best' 8 riders from all World Tour Teams. Best of France/Belgium/Rest of World/Italy teams.
+ a terrible belgium team
Edited by emre99 on 20-06-2019 22:52
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emre99 |
Posted on 20-06-2019 22:36
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The Results Overview
Edited by emre99 on 22-06-2019 16:41
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Thread of the Week : Tour of California 2014
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''I call you the stage god. You are the stage god.'' -baseballover312, 15.07.2016
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 20-06-2019 22:43
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Going for Nibali as winner
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 20-06-2019 23:04
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Really awesome idea
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Ollie23 |
Posted on 20-06-2019 23:10
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This should be fun!
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emre99 |
Posted on 20-06-2019 23:32
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Stage 1 - Recap - Mount Fuji Downhill

It was a hectic race with many crashes and many withdrawals..

Jan Tratnik was the first one to leave the race, 5 kilometers in. Throughout the course, Gasparotto, Turgis and Ewan attacked and had a gap. There were many falls. The organizers have put only 7 minutes as the time gap.
Caleb Ewan also had a minor incident which put Gasparotto and Turgis to a sprint:

Stage Results


The Remaining

Next Up: The wind : Aksaray - Konya
Edited by emre99 on 21-06-2019 00:09
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emre99's stages
Thread of the Week : Tour of California 2014
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''I call you the stage god. You are the stage god.'' -baseballover312, 15.07.2016
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Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 21-06-2019 04:09
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That's a lot of riders out very early! This really is going to be the survival of the wittiest
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Tamijo |
Posted on 21-06-2019 04:49
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FUN
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emre99 |
Posted on 21-06-2019 08:13
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Thanks for all the replies, it's gonna be a fun and short one with only week to go for release.
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emre99's stages
Thread of the Week : Tour of California 2014
-Official PCM World Cup 2016, 10th best keirin player in the world
PCM.daily Awards : 2 Nominee 0 Award 
Daily Song Contest WINNER! With Foals - Mountain at my Gates with Greece!
1 like 1 girlfriend
''I call you the stage god. You are the stage god.'' -baseballover312, 15.07.2016
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emre99 |
Posted on 21-06-2019 08:20
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Stage 2 Recap - Aksaray - Konya

A windy stage on the menu for the riders as they prepare for the first flat stage of the tour.
The Stage
It was very slow out there and therefore ended in a mass sprint. An interesting exceptin but was fun nevertheless. It was Viviani who brought it home.

The Results


The GC didn't change much, but Brandle who was 5th before lost time after involving in an accident.

The Remaining List
It is unchanged from stage 1.

Next: Nordschleife Nürburgring
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Thread of the Week : Tour of California 2014
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''I call you the stage god. You are the stage god.'' -baseballover312, 15.07.2016
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baseballlover312 |
Posted on 21-06-2019 14:55
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I love stories like this that test the limits of the game. Should be fun.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
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sutty68 |
Posted on 21-06-2019 17:44
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Sounds interesting, good luck  |
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emre99 |
Posted on 21-06-2019 18:26
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Stage 3 Recap - Nordschleife Nürburgring

A hilly stage with 3 kilometers averaging 7% climbed 12 times.
Stage

Early crashes meant Bizkarra and Coquard were out respectively.

Another big one, twice in one downhill. That means, Dupont, Rosskopf, Caruso, Van Garderen and THE YELLOW JERSEY Anthony Turgis were all out!
Halfway the race, crashes keep coming in, Consonni was also forced to be out, followed by Carthy, De Gendt and Trentin. The crashes weren't the only reason riders were worried, its about being over time limit as well, some riders seem to be struggling to keep up with the pace.
Alaphilippe attacked in the penultimate lap, bridging it with early break members Gallopin, Madouas, Wellens Rolland. The peloton cut down to 10 riders.

In the end it was Alaphilippe who won the stage ahead of Gallopin. The race was spread out to 48 groups at the time, with one hour in the time limit, who will be out of it?


Results


Remaining List
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emre99's stages
Thread of the Week : Tour of California 2014
-Official PCM World Cup 2016, 10th best keirin player in the world
PCM.daily Awards : 2 Nominee 0 Award 
Daily Song Contest WINNER! With Foals - Mountain at my Gates with Greece!
1 like 1 girlfriend
''I call you the stage god. You are the stage god.'' -baseballover312, 15.07.2016
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 21-06-2019 19:52
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Hmm, is this even going to finish?
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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emre99 |
Posted on 21-06-2019 20:00
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Only time will tell
#FREELANDA #FREELIA MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
emre99's stages
Thread of the Week : Tour of California 2014
-Official PCM World Cup 2016, 10th best keirin player in the world
PCM.daily Awards : 2 Nominee 0 Award 
Daily Song Contest WINNER! With Foals - Mountain at my Gates with Greece!
1 like 1 girlfriend
''I call you the stage god. You are the stage god.'' -baseballover312, 15.07.2016
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emre99 |
Posted on 21-06-2019 20:34
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Stage 4 Recap - Milano - Sanremo

Here we go, a long 300 kilometer race with a sprint finish expected. You never know what is going to happen now, though..
Race
Oh no! Race started slowly in the first third, downhill of Turchino was a madness: Thibaut Pinot withdrew from the race in a crash involving yellow jersey Nibali.

Another crash in Capo Mele, and 4 good climbers said goodbye to the race: Aru, Martinez, Oomen and Reichenbach.

In the end it was a sprint finish and it was Groenewegen taking the win in front of Gaviria, Degenkolb and Ewan
Results



Remaining List

Next up: Climbing the Gavia
Edited by emre99 on 21-06-2019 21:22
#FREELANDA #FREELIA MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
emre99's stages
Thread of the Week : Tour of California 2014
-Official PCM World Cup 2016, 10th best keirin player in the world
PCM.daily Awards : 2 Nominee 0 Award 
Daily Song Contest WINNER! With Foals - Mountain at my Gates with Greece!
1 like 1 girlfriend
''I call you the stage god. You are the stage god.'' -baseballover312, 15.07.2016
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panicmaster |
Posted on 21-06-2019 21:49
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Give me more! Very interesting.
Should do the same with only teams lower then PT again after this  |
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 21-06-2019 22:28
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This is good fun to follow, creative and innovative concept, well done.  |
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emre99 |
Posted on 22-06-2019 05:47
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Thank you for the comments. I’ve done this in 2018 (the year) as well but it was just a banter with my friend. This time i decided to post it here so you guys can have a look.
Gavia will be uploaded tonight, tomorrow might sense a triple upload.
#FREELANDA #FREELIA MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
emre99's stages
Thread of the Week : Tour of California 2014
-Official PCM World Cup 2016, 10th best keirin player in the world
PCM.daily Awards : 2 Nominee 0 Award 
Daily Song Contest WINNER! With Foals - Mountain at my Gates with Greece!
1 like 1 girlfriend
''I call you the stage god. You are the stage god.'' -baseballover312, 15.07.2016
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Tamijo |
Posted on 22-06-2019 10:00
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Have never seen the yellow jersey crash out in PCM before, good to see in does happen
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