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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 17:32
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As I've already mentioned I decided to start a new story. The winner of the poll was Team Milram. (at least when I said it's done  )
Milram is the only German top team left after T - Mobile and Gerolsteiner decided to quit cycling. The team used to be made for the sprits for Zabel or Petacchi but this year the team was changed a lot and some top German riders signed for Milram. Gerdemann and Ciolek came from Columbia, the Fothen brothers, Forster or Russ from Gerolsteiner and it was a brand new team.
At a first look Ciolek seems to be the best rider in the team but Terpstra, Gerdemann, Forster, Forhten and Wegmann are also on the leaders list.
The goals for the 2010 season don't look too hard except for the Gent - Wevelgem one, where it's expected a top 5, probably from Terpstra. The stage wins in Giro also look pretty hard and Wegmann or Forster will be the riders for that, while Knees will probably try to get the polka dot jersey in Le Tour.
The other 3 goals came from the 3 minor sponsors that we signed a contract at the start of the season. The sponsors are: Mercedes - Benz, Hugo Boss and Vodafone. The easiest of those goals seems to be Bayern - Rundfahrt, where Gerdemann or Fothen will be leading the team. For the Vattenfall Cyclassics Ciolek and Wegmann are the main riders, Fabian also being our main hope in Tre Valli Varesine.
Edited by alexkr00 on 23-08-2009 17:33
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| Kami |
Posted on 23-08-2009 17:39
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Btw, you have to edit the nationality of Peter Velits, was in my game to, he has the wrong nationality, i believe he is from country 27 instead of 28, just look at Martin Velits and you can find out.
Btw, gl, altough you have some hard goals!
Edited by Kami on 23-08-2009 17:40
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 17:41
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Kami wrote:
Btw, you have to edit the nationality of Peter Velits, was in my game to, he has the wrong nationality, i believe he is from country 27 instead of 28, just look at Martin Velits and you can find out.
Btw, gl, altough you have some hard goals!
thanks. He should have the same nationality as his brother (Slovakian not Slovenian) but it's not a major thing. I'll have a look at it though.
oh and it's Martin with the wrong nationality, not Peter
Edited by alexkr00 on 23-08-2009 17:42
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 17:58
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The team
Team leaders:
 Fabian Wegmann
[img-l]https://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu145/alexkr93/wegmann.png[/img-l]
Wegmann is the National German Champion and one of our stars. He will be one of our main riders in the Giro and our leader for the Ardennes Classics. He should probably bring some crucial points for us to survive in the Pro Tour.
Gerald Ciolek
[img-l]https://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu145/alexkr93/ciolek.png[/img-l]
Gerald is one of the best sprinters in the World and now that he left Columbia, where he rode in the shadow of Mark Cavendish, has a real chance to show his power. He will be probably riding two Grand Tours this year, the Tour and the Vuelta.
Linus Gerdemann
[img-l]https://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu145/alexkr93/gerdemann.png[/img-l]
2007 was the year when Gerdemann took the biggest win of his carrer. He won a stage in Le Tour de France and also wore the yellow jersey for one stage. 2008 was also a good year for him, winning the Tour of Germany. The both races are his main goal for this season.
 Niki Terpstra
[img-l]https://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu145/alexkr93/terpstra.png[/img-l]
Terpstra is the only main rider in the team that is not German. Niki is the team - leader for the cobbles, where he is suported by his compatriot, former winner of Paris - Roubaix, Servais Knaven. In 2009 he will be focused on the April Classics but he should have a good performance in the Tour de France as well.
Rest of the team:
 Luca Barla
Markus Eichler
Markus Fothen
Thomas Fothen
Robert Förster
Johannes Fröhlinger
Artur Gajek
Servais Knaven
Christian Knees
Christian Kux
Martin Müller
 Thomas Rohregger
Dominik Roels
Matthias Russ
Ronny Scholz
Björn Schröder
Wim Stroetinga
 Martin Velits
Peter Velits
Paul Voss
Peter Wrolich
Edited by alexkr00 on 23-08-2009 18:03
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| viking90 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 18:01
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good luck with this one ! (: |
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Posted on 23-08-2009 18:12
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As always I'll be watching this story  good luck, and nice team to go with |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 18:23
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thanks. I will post the first race later tonight.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 23-08-2009 18:25
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ok..Milram them..this one of the best teams for story. Good luck. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 19:09
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thanks and yeah it's a really nice team for stories 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 19:21
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Tour Down Under Stage 1
First mass sprint of the season and Wegmann is trying to get the best position he can.
The sprint starts with Hondo in front, followed by Boonen, Napolitano and Bennati. Wegmann is caught somewhere behind
Before the last kilometre Boonen made his move
Napolitano, Feillu and Bennati had no chance to keep it up with him and Boonen gets the win
Wegmann was 12th but he is really looking forward to the hilly stages
Stage
| 1 |  | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | 3h34'43 | | 2 | | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 3 |  | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | s.t. | | 4 | | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas | s.t. | | 5 | | Danilo Hondo | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 6 | | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 |  | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 8 | | Yuri Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 9 |  | Simon Gerrans | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 10 |  | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | 3h34'37 | | 2 | | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | + 2 | | 3 | | Brett Lancaster | Cervélo Test Team | + 3 | | 4 | | Perrig Quemeneur | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 5 | | Hilton Clarke | Fuji - Servetto | s.t. | | 6 | | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | + 4 | | 7 | | Grégory Rast | Astana Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 |  | Josu Agirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5 | | 9 | | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas | + 6 | | 10 | | Danilo Hondo | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | 25 | | 2 | | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | 22 | | 3 | | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | 20 |
Mountain
| 1 | | Grégory Rast | Astana Cycling Team | 2 | | 2 | | Rick Flens | Rabobank | 2 | | 3 | | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 1 |
Young
| 1 | | Perrig Quemeneur | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | 3h34'40 | | 2 | | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | + 1 | | 3 | | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 3 |
Edited by alexkr00 on 23-08-2009 19:22
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 23-08-2009 19:40
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Good luck alex, I will follow this story!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 19:49
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thanks. I just hope the game won't start crashing again
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| pedala |
Posted on 23-08-2009 20:37
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What database are you using?
Good luck with your new team! |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 20:39
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the expansion pack and thanks
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| DonJavier |
Posted on 23-08-2009 20:52
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Nice team for a story, I'm going to follow it, it seems really interesting |
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| ovidiue |
Posted on 23-08-2009 22:30
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Good luck with this story but I still wanted to see Roman and co.. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 22:34
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Tour Down Under Stage 2
After all the escapes were caught the preparations for the mass sprint started though that the last climb seems to be pretty steep. Cervelo, Agritubel and Lampre are leading the pack
Wegmann is keeping close as this might be the perfect stage for him
The sprint starts with Kiryienka in front, who apeared from nowhere
But he cracks and starts losing speed as the race reaches the last kilometre
It's going to be really close between Ignatiev, Sinkewitz and Gasparotto
And it's Gasparotto who takes the win, followed by Sinkewitz and then Ignatiev
Wegmann took the second spot. Nice start of the season for him
The bad news is that Terpstra lost the contact with the front group on the last climb and lost time
Boonen was nowhere today and Lorenzetto is the new leader
Stage
| 1 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Lampre - N.G.C | 4h00'08 | | 2 | | Patrik Sinkewitz | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 3 | | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 |  | Murilo Fischer | Liquigas | s.t. | | 5 | | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 6 |  | Vasil Kiryienka | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 7 | | Fabian Wegmann | Team Milram | s.t. | | 8 | | Yuri Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 9 | | Simon Gerrans | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Danilo Hondo | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Lampre - N.G.C | 7h34'45 | | 2 | | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 3 | | Patrik Sinkewitz | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 2 | | 4 | | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 5 | | Brett Lancaster | Cervélo Test Team | + 3 | | 6 | | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 4 | | 7 | | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | s.t. | | 8 | | Grégory Rast | Astana Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | + 6 | | 10 | | Danilo Hondo | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | 34 | | 2 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Lampre - N.G.C | 32 | | 3 | | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 31 |
Mountain
| 1 | | Grégory Rast | Astana Cycling Team | 2 | | 2 | | Rick Flens | Rabobank | 2 | | 3 | | Gorik Gardeyn | Silence - Lotto | 2 |
Young
| 1 | | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | 7h34'49 | | 2 | | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | + 0 | | 3 | | Yuri Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | + 2 |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 23-08-2009 22:38
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ovidiue wrote:
Good luck with this story but I still wanted to see Roman and co. .
well Liquigas was only third behind Bbox (  ) and Milram.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 24-08-2009 00:44
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Tour Down Under Stage 3
On the last climb of the day Terpstra tried to get away but he didn't managed to make any gaps
Still there's one small uphill section before the finish and it's Wegmann time to attack
Chavanel and Trofimov are right after him and they managed to get away from the pack
Wegmann enters the last corner first, followed by Chavanel and Trofimov, then the pack
With 1km to go Trofimov jumps from Chavanel's wheel as the former Cofidis rider doesn't seem able to get closer to Wegmann
Trofimov manages to catch Wegmann and he seems way faster than the German Champion
Wegmann is beaten and the stage win goes to Trofimov
Hondo was very fast in the last metres to get the pack in the same time with the winner's group
And we have a new leader. Trofimov is registered with the same time as Boonen or Lorenzetto but he will in the orange jersey tomorrow
Stage
| 1 | | Yuri Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | 3h14'15 | | 2 | | Fabian Wegmann | Team Milram | s.t. | | 3 | | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 | | Danilo Hondo | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 5 | | Stuart O'Grady | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 6 | | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 | | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | s.t. | | 8 |  | Assan Bazayev | Astana Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 |  | Jonas Ljungblad | Silence - Lotto | s.t. | | 10 | | Nicolas Jalabert | Agritubel | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | | Yuri Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | 10h49'00 | | 2 | | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 3 | | Enrico Gasparotto | Lampre - N.G.C | s.t. | | 4 | | Fabian Wegmann | Team Milram | + 2 | | 5 | | Patrik Sinkewitz | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 6 | | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 7 | | Brett Lancaster | Cervélo Test Team | + 3 | | 8 | | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | + 4 | | 9 | | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | | Yuri Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | 51 | | 2 | | Danilo Hondo | PSK Whirlpool - Author | 45 | | 3 | | Fabian Wegmann | Team Milram | 45 |
Mountain
| 1 | | Rick Flens | Rabobank | 4 | | 2 | | Grégory Rast | Astana Cycling Team | 2 | | 3 | | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | 2 |
Young
| 1 | | Yuri Trofimov | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | 10h49'00 | | 2 | | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | + 4 | | 3 | | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 4 |
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| drd23 |
Posted on 24-08-2009 00:55
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Good luck with Milram. I am happy that they won the poll as i voted for them too |
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