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100 years career - The FCD variant
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| ruben |
Posted on 20-01-2014 11:25
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Hi everyone. I was Inspired by cactus-jack 2100 and beyond project, which I really liked in the previous PCM and I'm anxious to see how it will turn out in his new project.
This is by no means a competitor, I just wanted to see for myself how it would turn out with the FCD DB i'm usually using for my careers. I often get to 4/5 seasons (sometimes even 10), but never much longer. I think the talent development is a bit better in FCD, so just wanted to see if fictional regens have a better shot here in a long career. And how long it takes before the current crop of riders and talents are overwhelmed by the new ones.
Let's see how FCD does in a long test..
Some rules for myself:
-I'll take a lowly CT team and set my own sponsor year to 2100
-I'll only take riders from 1 nation and let them go after their contract is out
-I'll basically have minimal effect on the game
Development speed: 0.3
For the results and stats I'll try to maintain a similar format as cactus-jack 
Edited by ruben on 20-01-2014 12:56
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 20-01-2014 11:30
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Hmm, should be nice to see how this compares to the Daily DB.
Prepare for extremely long seasons though, simulating seasons in FCD is really slow
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| LLDS |
Posted on 20-01-2014 11:32
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Nice idea. We can see how different DB behave in time .
Who offers himself as a volunteer for a 2100 career with the original young rider generating files  ?
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| ruben |
Posted on 20-01-2014 11:34
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Jesleyh wrote:
Hmm, should be nice to see how this compares to the Daily DB.
Prepare for extremely long seasons though, simulating seasons in FCD is really slow
not on my super computer tho
plus i'm taking precautions. I'm deleting past race history every 3 seasons to keep the DB size manageable.
After 5/10 years I'll probably delete retired riders from the DB as well.
Edited by ruben on 20-01-2014 11:35
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 11:37
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I'd imagine that with this being a bigger DB it would need to create more regens so there should be a better chance of creating ones able to compete with the current stars to be despite the XML's used.
That said if the XML's used really are better then it should see quite a difference.
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| ruben |
Posted on 20-01-2014 16:50
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Season 2013
So the first season turned out to be the year of Joaquim Rodriguez mainly. The strong veteran from Spain already showed good early form in Catalunya, and didn't disappoint later in the season with wins in the Tour de Suisse, the Vuelta a España and an epic World Championship demonstration.
Gilbert followed closely in his footsteps by winning Gent Wevelgem, Liege, Clasica San Sebastian and Quebec. But the strong Belgian might have thought he blew his chance at the Worlds by waiting too long. Jelle Vanendert attacked earlier and Gilbert was caught in Belgian team tactics... Eventually finishing 5th.
Nobody managed to dominate the spring classics as they nearly all had different winners. The same thing happened in most of the WT tours. Nice diverse winners with young riders such as Bardet, Kwiatkowski and Spilak winning the first 3 world tour stage races and Moreno Moser winning the last one in Beijing.
The Giro d'Italia was dominated by Nibali who had a commanding lead of over 8 minutes to Uran. Valverde just edged Basso by 1 second for the last podium step finish. It was the only big victory of Nibali in the season though, he more than often had to content with high top five finishes in other high profile races.
The Tour de France was the domain of Chris Froome. But his victory was less convincing than his real life achievement. Nairo Quintana proved to be a nuisance in the mountain stages, and in the end Froome thanked his time trial to win by 1'30 advantage to the young Colombian. Alberto Contador also stayed pretty close to the British/Kenyan rider, finishing just over 2 minutes behind. Bauke Mollema was best of the rest in 4th, but trailing by almost 8 minutes. A pretty big gap. Sagan dominated the points competition as expected, while Ulissi took the polkadots jersey.
As said earlier the Vuelta was won by Joaquim Rodriguez who really dominated the race. He led the damn thing for 19 days, took 4 stage victories and the points jersey as well. His lead was well over 8 minutes to Andrew Talansky who was a suprising 2nd. Veteran Sammy Sanchez placed 3rd to hold off Valverde of his 2nd podium finish in a GT.
Sylvain Chavanel proved good form in the Vuelta by winning the mountain jersey, and continued his efforts in the World Champs ITT where he suprisingly beat Wiggins, Cancellara and Martin. Martin even did poorly with his 6th place.
In the road race it turned out to be a 3-way battle between Rodriguez, Vanendert and Betancur. On the last short but steep climb Rodriguez shook off his competitors and became world champion. Gilbert was maybe as strong as Rodriguez but was caught behind with Vanendert up front. In the last 10km Gilbert made up almost 1'10 on Rodriguez but still only finished 5th...
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 16:55
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A great season for Rodriguez |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 20-01-2014 16:59
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Good luck! I really like the simple but effective excel format for the results.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 20-01-2014 17:03
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This looks really good. Best of luck, i'll definitely follow
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 17:05
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Have you edited the FCD Ruben stats-wise? Oterwise I like the format and idea. Should be good to compare this to the Daily DB and see how the regens develop |
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| ruben |
Posted on 20-01-2014 17:08
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I haven't made any changes to the stats at all. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 20-01-2014 21:48
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Season 2014
Gilbert vs Sagan, that was what season 2014 was mainly about. The two classic specialists, one almost a veteran, the other technically still a rookie, went head to head in a lot of major battles.
Sagan took the E3 Prijs, Gent Wevelgem, Liege Bastogne Liege and the World Tour ranking. But Gilbert won Amstel, Fleche, Montreal and most importantly the world championships, where he beat Sagan in a direct battle.
Yet the Velo d'Or title went to Sagan again, but that was debatable. For me, Gilbert was the man of the year.
The season started with big names immediately winning the first big races. Henao, Costa and Nibali took the Down Under, Paris Nice and Tirreno titles respectively. Cavendish was again the strongest in MSR while Kreuziger proved to be strong early in the season in Catalunya.
Again nobody really dominated the cobbles. Sagan took the 2 smaller ones, but Kristoff suprisingly won RVV. While Tom Boonen took the win in Roubaix. Cancellara was left with the ENECO Tour only this year. In the Ardennes classics Gilbert scored 2 out of 3, but the most important one eluded him and went to Sagan instead.
The Giro was once again won by Vincenzo Nibali, but this time he only edged Uran by 2 minutes, a large difference with the year before where he had 8 minutes advantage. Anton was a suprising 3rd and showed he is back in contention. Wilco Kelderman was also worth a mention in 7th place and taking the youth jersey. It's possibly he might do that in real life this year as well!
Chris Froome took his 2nd straight TDF title, and was this time unthreatened by the rest of the field. Quintana had to deal with 2nd place again, more than 3 minutes behind. Valverde took the last podium spot just ahead of Van den Broeck. Cavendish took the green jersey back and defeated large favourite Sagan in this competition. Fränk Schleck returned from suspension succesfully by winning the polkadots jersey. Alberto Contador was a disappointment in 7th place...
...but he bounced back at La Vuelta with a win. Leaving the revived Anton in 2nd place more than 4 minutes behind. Robert Gesink took his first GT podium spot ever in 3rd place, leaving years of bad luck behind. Intxausti was 4th, and that was the same spot he finished in the Giro. Poor Beñat just missing out on the podium twice.
The World Championships were pretty exciting, both in ITT and road. In the ITT Wiggins just nearly edged out Froome by 4 seconds, while Tony Martin led all the way through but faltered on the final climb (yeah, I played the WC as Russia). In the road race a group of 10 attacked on the final climb. Just over the top Gilbert and Sagan broke lose. And on the final tiny stretch uphill Gilbert dropped Sagan and then descended on to victory... Phil still the best at the moment.
Rodriguez sprinted to 3rd just in the final meters past Navardauskas. But it doesn't look like Rodriguez will ever relive his 2013 season.
Finally Van Poppel and Taaramae notched up a ridicolous amount of wins as CT-riders, as seen in the stats below. They helped their teams promote up thanks to that.
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| 547984 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 22:16
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Pretty realistic results the past couple of years besides the WC ITT.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 22:24
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Could you include team rankings Ruben, maybe in the bottom left? Another decent year, no real GT surprises though apart from maybe Kelderman and Pirazzi at the Giro. Meier winning the KoTM at the Vuelta though is funny
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 22:30
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Looking normal so far. Hopefully that will change 
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 22:37
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Danny van Poppel 26 victories? |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-01-2014 22:39
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Sagan was definitely better this time around |
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| ruben |
Posted on 20-01-2014 22:46
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nacho63 wrote:
Danny van Poppel 26 victories? Did you even read the write-up?
He was riding in a small CT team. Thus in weak fields... so with his stats he easily wins.
It's the same if you put a similar rider, for example Kenny de Haes, in a CT team \
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Looking normal so far. Hopefully that will change
Yeah 2014 had a lot of the same winners. Suprising since 2013 was pretty divers. But I think it will change in 2015.
Edited by ruben on 20-01-2014 23:16
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| ruben |
Posted on 21-01-2014 13:58
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Season 2015
Season 2015, also known as year of Chris Froome. Ofcourse, he won the Tour the previous years and 1 or 2 WT tours a year. But now he really did something special by winning both Tour and Vuelta in the same year. He also dominated the season with 21 victories in total. Also adding Tour down Under, Tour de Suisse and Tour de Romandie to this seasons victory list.
Ofcourse all those high profile WT wins made him win the World Tour by a country mile and take the Velo d'Or.
Peter Sagan dominated most of the spring with wins in E3 Prijs, Fleche Wallone and Liege Bastogne Gilbert. In stark contrast Gilbert 'only' managed to win MSR. Gallopin suprised in RVV while Cancellara showed he was still strong in Roubaix. The Amstel was suprisingly won for a 2nd time by Cunego. Who knew he still had it in him?
In the small WT Tours we mainly saw familiar names. But one nice addition was Andrey Amador. The Costa Rican managed to win both Vuelta Pais Vasco and the Criterium du Dauphine. While underachiever Dan Martin (best hill stat in the game...) finally managed a big win with the victory in the Tirreno Adriatico.
In the Grand Tours Nibali took his 3rd Giro victory in a row, beating teammate Betancur by only 1'30. But it was still enough. Uran lost a place and finished 3rd. Kangert and Bardet had nice top 10 placings.
Nibali's constant focus on the Giro does keep him from really challenging Froome in the Tour though. This year he doubled, but only managed to do 9th place in France..
Over to that Tour, as I said Froome won again, beating Quintana for a 3rd time in a row. Bauke Mollema was a suprising 3rd ahead of Valverde. Rui Costa rounded out the top five. Contador only finished 8th and it looks like he has had his best years behind him. Mark Cavendish managed to take another green jersey while old geezer Sammy Sanchez won the polkadots.
Froome continued his spree of victories with a classic win in the Vuelta. A weird Vuelta that was, with none other than Jeremy Roy (!?!!) finishing second, profiting from some long breaks in transition stages. Jakob Fuglsang took the final podium spot. Valverde and Contador managed only 6th and 7th. Froome also took the points jersey.. LL Sanchez won the mountains jersey. Moreno Moser showed a glimpse of life by winning U25 jersey.
Tony Martin finally won the WorldS ITT again by pulverizing the field. Malori was well over 1'30 behind. Castroviejo, Van Garderen and Phinney rounded out the top 5. Froome was suprisingly weak and Cancellara looks over the hill in ITT (still good on cobbles tho).
In the road race in Bristol it was Lars Boom who proved to be the strongest. His attack on the final lap was crucial for victory. Pre-race favourite Sagan gambled on the sprint and lost, only finishing 7th. Most suprising was 5th place Leonid Khabirov. One of the first scouted riders to do a big result. Khabirov has 77 SP and 69 HILL and good endurance/resistance. In the FCD DB those are pretty awesome stats...
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 21-01-2014 14:06
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Interesting results
Good to see that a regen has already broken through, sort of.
What are Van Poppel's stats btw? 35 victories!?
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