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Winning a Grand Tour?
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 04-01-2009 18:46
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I am playing with Discovery in the Giro right now.
Leipheimer has 80 Fitness, but he is only in 18th place on GC. He always gets dropped on the climbs and is getting beat by guys who are only in the low 70's for MO stats.
He always gets red bars and I have him at 80% or so.
Any help on how I can play this game and win some mountain stages?
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-01-2009 18:47
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what about his morale? that's important too.
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 04-01-2009 18:50
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keep protecting him all the time. never ride somewhere alone up moutain.
only counterattack
never put on 100% try to find a balance so your red bar just fills slowly.
never lead a group. savfe your energy until the last moment and then attack. = victory ( in my games though)
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 04-01-2009 18:56
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play on easy
with discovery you should have good mountain helpers so use your team-mates to protect in order of mountain skill (lowest first, highest last).
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| untal |
Posted on 04-01-2009 19:13
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80 fitness is incredibly low. He have to have fitness around 95, at least. |
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 04-01-2009 19:28
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His moral has been dropping...so I guess that could be why. I never put in attacks (never have chance to.... )
I have Devolder, Martinez, Noval, Van Goolen who are there most of the time. Even Davis has good fitness enough to stay around.
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| Halvor |
Posted on 04-01-2009 19:30
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Edit her( ) form and moral in an editor, then turn on easy. |
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 04-01-2009 20:18
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I just played Vuelta a Catalunya and won with Contador on Mountain stage. 
What level do all of you guys play on. I see you all win a lot, but are you on easy or just really that good |
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| Biathlon |
Posted on 04-01-2009 20:20
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Nice Hard. Sometimes Extreme if it is to easy
Edited by Biathlon on 04-01-2009 20:23
Words to live by
"What would Lance do?"
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| olabj |
Posted on 04-01-2009 20:26
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i play on Normal, but if i want to win much then it is down to easy
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 04-01-2009 20:40
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Always hard, if not extreme. With Levi you can win a grand tour on extreme with the correct fitness and morale. Riders morale also falls when their recovery is crap - due to bad fitness. All GT riders (domestiques included) need to have at least 85-90 fitness, and the team leaders (sprinters/GC Contender) looking at 95 fitness. For a GC contender, I enter the GTs with their fitness on roughly 85, and by the end mountain stages can make up any ground lost as the fitness is upto 97-99. For a sprinter an earlier peak is probably better.
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 04-01-2009 20:58
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Thanks guys, hopefully I can get up to Hard some day. |
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 05-01-2009 02:38
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What do you all use on mountains. The effort bar (if so, what percentage) or the relay when alone? |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 05-01-2009 03:17
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untal wrote:
80 fitness is incredibly low. He have to have fitness around 95, at least.
Exactly. 80 is too low to do well in a big race.
Also if morale is low you haven't a chance and will get dropped. |
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 05-01-2009 07:10
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ive managed in some mountain races to keep a 70 % bar while he was just following. like that he did had enough energy left for the last 3 km.
prevent hangovers --> stay drunk
pozzato, basically the most stupid cyclist around
RIP WW. Gone but not forgotten
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