 "If it hurts me, it must hurt the other ones twice as much" - Jens Voigt
You Can Do It To!
As known for a while now we have a number of very active and serious cyclists ni our community. Strydz is often out doing insane distances and numbers, Everesting or just making himself hurt. The Stava group this week has clocked in thousands of kilometers yet again. But huge shoutout and congratulations to aidanvn13 for competing in the South African National Championships at the Junior level.
His exploits have been clsoely followed in the 2015 National Championships thread with adianvn finishing 3rd in the ITT and 9th in the RR. A terrific result for him and we all eaglery await the next step for him.
Tour of America
The Man-Game PCT/CT Grand Tour has been happening for the past week or so. The race has provided shocks and surprises in it's opening 11 stages. Three of the PCT relegation battle teams, BelarusBank, Boeing-Bulgaria and Mobil-Aeropostal, are attending as are several of the promotion fighting CT teams like Bonsucro. Ryan Eastman of Heineken leads the race at the moment but with 10 stages to go anything can happen in this event.
In conjuction with this tsmoha has been announcing his own Tour of America variant. In his thread tsmoha has been giving us some great screenshots and information on the route for the race. Only two stages are currently available to download but i know i can't wait for the rest!
Man-Game Madness
The PT Title fight cranked up a level at the Deutschland Tour this week. Taylor Phinney dominated the GC fight to pick up big points for second in the rankings Wikipedia. But currently leading Vesuvio placed Frank Schleck in third to battle hard. The chase for the title is so close between the two teams it looks like it's going to go all the way to the final day.
Bottom of the PCT Compal-Merida stole some glory this week by winning Zagreb-Ljubljana with Yousef Mirza Banihammad from a surprise breakaway. Compal are having a horrid season and it's great to see them getting some success. The CT teams were in action at the Herald Sun Tour were Jose Mendes reigned victorious for promotion chasing Bank of Ireland.
This week also saw Lotto-Australia Post and manager Rin announce that the team will disband at the end of the season. Lotto are having a great season and Rin has been an outstanding manager for a number of years. It's sad to see him leave but great to see him go out on top!
Story Game Summary
The ICL has kicked into gear again with teams currently undergoing race planning and racing expected to start sometime in the coming week, hopefully. EPIC is one step ahead and is on the verge of beginning Season 2 in Gabon. The year will kick off with the Tropicale Amissa Bongo but until then there's been some great previews from Brewers90 and The Tracker that are worth reading.
Mre's H2H League is getting close to Play-Offs. The battles are hotting up and it's holding up to the high expectations Mre now has to live with. Ian Butlers CycloCross game is also back on track having fixed some rankings issues that slowed it down this week.
Thread of the Week
The National Championships thread comes close this week. Also the Womens Cycling thread has been active due to action in Qatar. The Other Races thread has been buzzing thanks to the Dubai Tour. Really it's been a good week for real cycling threads, all worth a read. IWS has also come back to life this week. But my Thread of the Week is, well it's more Sub-Forum of the Week, Other Sports. Plenty of F1 talk, NFL talk, NHL talk, NBA talk and now Rugby talk it's a buzzing place right now! |
