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Caisse d'Epargne || The Future of the Past
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 22-10-2012 20:12
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Hushovd is extremely overpowered.  |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 22-10-2012 20:14
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What sprint for Hushovd |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 22-10-2012 23:09
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Fantastic sprint by Hushovd.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-10-2012 23:35
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Hushovd was just too good for everyone else today 
But nice to see Jeremy Hunt grab the second place
BTW, The first pic looks so real |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-10-2012 12:35
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How do you make them so nice-looking? Ingame or afterwards? |
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| andy222c |
Posted on 26-10-2012 19:28
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Quite domintant by Hushovd! He must really be in great shape 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 01-11-2012 16:34
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Thanks a lot everyone! Hushovd has been very strong lately, hopefully we can stop him
And thanks Sutty and Ian. I just edit them afterwards. My in-game settings are maxed out, and I have the light filtering, in case I want to change the saturation in game, although I never have yet, since you cant do it mid-race anymore, unlike last year.
BTW, I have been a little busier the last week or two, as well I have been more interested in other things, than PCM so that has been the reason for lack of activity.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 16:24
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 Tirreno - Adriatico Stage 3
Rojas' plan was to get as many points as he could on this stage, and since the peloton could not allow a breakaway to get clear for the first sprint here, he was able to surprise and take the 5 points, a solid effort by him.
Later a breakaway did form, and although it again did not last the entire stage, it was still a great way to get the team sponsors some well needed face time. This time it was Marzio Bruseghin who was in the breakaway for Caisse, but he was not on form, and after he was caught, he lost up to 4 minutes on the peloton.
The other 3 riders are brought back slightly later than Bruseghin, but are brought back regardless. Rollin was the most active of the riders in the break.
And in the sprint, it was again Tom Boonen who came away with a victory. His early season form has been outstanding, and we can only hope he holds it for the Spring Cobbled Classics, which he has to be a favourite for at this point.
Results
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 4h51'31 | | 2 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 | Koldo Fernández | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 8 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 9 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Danilo Napolitano | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
Overall:
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 11h09'11 | | 2 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 11 | | 3 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Giacomo Nizzolo | RadioShack Nissan Trek | + 12 | | 7 | Chris Horner | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 8 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 9 | Daniele Bennati | RadioShack Nissan Trek | + 15 | | 10 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack Nissan Trek | + 17 | | ... | | 67 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'16 |
Points:
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 14 | 26 | | 2 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | 6 | 13 | | 3 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | 5 | 13 | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 10 | 10 | | 5 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0 | 10 |
KOM:
| 1 | Troels Ronning Vinther | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0 | 10 | | 2 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | 5 | 5 | | 3 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0 | 4 | | 4 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | 3 | 3 | | 5 | Carlos Betancur | Acqua & Sapone | 0 | 3 |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 16:31
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Youre screens are not from a game, they are art! ;-)
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 16:47
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It looks easy for Boonen. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-11-2012 16:50
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Boonen taking an easy one! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 17:07
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The Caisse boys obviously had a quiet day today  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:47
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Thanks a lot Spilak, I love these kinds of comments I just to minor editing in Photoshop Wouldn't want to give away the secret though
Ian and Miguel, indeed Boonen is on great form. I like him though, so its nice to see him win, even if its just PCM.
Sutty, yeah Not played PCM in a while so results aren't going to be great. Hard seems like a good level for me.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-11-2012 17:54
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 Paris Nice Stage 7
A 14 man breakaway got clear today, with big names like Dario Cataldo, Sicard and Pierre Rolland. They gained a max of 8 minutes over the peloton, who were chasing pretty hard all day long to keep the gap small.
Nearing the 60km to go mark, a few teams put up a chase in order to starting winding the breakaway back in. The likes of Astana and even Caisse, who had guys at the front, and the pace on the final climb was very quick. The fact 120 riders hung on is quite a shock....
Now we can see Caisse really hammering out a quick pace at the front just as we are about to crest the summit of the climb, after the KOM sprint a few km's back.
The breakaway is brought back just in time for the sprint trains to get going, barely inside 5km to go. The break nearly made it!
Sagan and Cav are the two in front as we reach 1200 metres to the line. Its looking good for one of them, but have they started too early? Valverde was in a decent spot, but was boxed in.
But Gasparotto takes it, from many bike lengths back, to take the win. That was a very powerful sprint from him, but the experts did expect the punchuers to be riding well at the end here and not the sprinters, so maybe we shouldn't be too surprised. With just the mountain TT tomorrow it is still anyones race!
| 1 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | 5h37'28 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 7 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 9 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | ... | | 16 | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. |
Overall:
| 1 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | 28h14'00 | | 2 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7 | | 3 | Nicolas Roche | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 11 | | 4 | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | + 22 | | 5 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 23 | | 6 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 33 | | 7 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 34 | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack Nissan Trek | + 35 | | 9 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 39 | | 10 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | + 44 |
Points:
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 16 | 105 | | 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 6 | 77 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 22 | 77 | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 18 | 72 | | 5 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | 3 | 70 |
KOM:
| 1 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0 | 42 | | 2 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | 0 | 29 | | 3 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0 | 23 | | 4 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 17 | 18 | | 5 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 17 | 17 |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 03-11-2012 17:56
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Great screens, love them! Also can't wait for the Col D'Éze MTT, it's going to be a great one for Caisse, I hope! |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 03-11-2012 17:58
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Valverde, Valverde, Valverde!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 03-11-2012 17:59
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I would die to play with these graphics... Do you get much lag?
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 03-11-2012 18:01
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Mresuperstar wrote:
I would die to play with these graphics... Do you get much lag?
You wouldn't, the computer would. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 03-11-2012 18:01
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Mresuperstar wrote:
I would die to play with these graphics... Do you get much lag?
Tbh Valv playing the game on laptop with decent, but not overopwered graphic card. It's his skills at photoshop that make such an amazing difference. Love the screens, up to the standard I expect
And very good result, usually Mountain ITT are the easiest form of stages so hopefully Valverde can snatch a win and GC podium. Good luck.
Edited by Alakagom on 03-11-2012 18:02
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-11-2012 00:50
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@ Fernando: Thanks a lot. That will be a decisive stage, so I'm looking forward too it, but also fearing it at the same time
@ Miguel:
@ Mre: I have pretty much no lag. If I play with my laptop unplugged I get lag though. It plays at pretty much 50 FPS most of the time, while I imagine my old PC played at abut 10
@ Alakagom: Hey, my laptop is amazing But thank you. I love to just improve on the screens and get some more natural colors into them.
Thanks. Want to play the MTN ITT for me then? I am afraid I will blow the chance, even if Albasini is more of a puncheur than a climber
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