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| ivan the terrible 2191 |
Posted on 07-06-2014 01:18
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Who has been winning the GT's in you're carear would love to see the list i like long story's as it is good to think hat the riders you like have done. How as Kreuziger been doing for you(if you still have him). Kreuziger has 405WT points and were only in Suisse. |
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| JoelManiac |
Posted on 07-06-2014 01:45
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I'll get some pics. Kreuziger develops into a great GT rider. I gave him lead at a Giro a few seasons ago and he nearly one against tough competition. Unfortunately he decided to leave and I couldn't keep him even offering the same as Contador. |
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| JoelManiac |
Posted on 07-06-2014 02:13
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| ivan the terrible 2191 |
Posted on 07-06-2014 02:20
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Some great results i bet Vuelta 17 was tough. And yay on Bardet winning a GT. What has happen'd to Froome?
Edited by ivan the terrible 2191 on 07-06-2014 02:20
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| JoelManiac |
Posted on 07-06-2014 02:29
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Bardet has been the biggest threat in this Giro I'm doing at the moment but he lost a lot of time on a quick simulated flat stage. Froome always has bad luck, he falls constantly and is always injured and for some reason easily dropped on climbs. One of the first to go of the big GC contenders. It was hard Mollema rarely wins but is very hard to get away from. He would do alot better with a stronger team he is always by himself.
Edited by JoelManiac on 07-06-2014 02:30
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| JoelManiac |
Posted on 07-06-2014 02:34
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and Kreuziger
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| ivan the terrible 2191 |
Posted on 07-06-2014 02:51
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Yes that is good how is the Giro going do you think you got it in the bag. Also like how Kreuziger has devoloped. He could be the other way round though with 81/80.
I am not offering new deals to Roche and Rogers and Breschel as i want to make it a little realistic so i will sign Sagan hopefully(at least it is realistic as irl Oleg wants the number 1 team lol) |
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| JoelManiac |
Posted on 07-06-2014 03:00
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Don't think so. Quintana lost alot of time with Bardet and was 10 minutes back now he with 4 mountain stages to go is 26 seconds behind. I can't follow his attacks and by the time I catch back up to them I have no bars left, then he attacks again. Second is in the bag though with 10 minutes back to third. I signed Sagan this season and he has been great. I lost Roche and Rogers despite trying to keep Roche. Breschel is leaving at the end of this season. |
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| ivan the terrible 2191 |
Posted on 07-06-2014 03:56
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Yes Quintana is a monster i bet. Well 2nd is still good i love playing with Majka he is real fun rider i just came 4th in Dauphinee behind some big names with him. |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 07-06-2014 05:21
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Started a new OGE game.
Won Down Under with Clarke and came 5th at Herald Sun Tour with him also.
Won Tour of Haut Var with Matthews. Got a solo break on stage won and hung on with the leading group on stage 2.
Won a stage a Tour of Algarve with a solo break from Santaromita. Was down on GC, attacked with 40 k to go and the peleton just sat up once they caught the other guys from the break. |
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| JoelManiac |
Posted on 07-06-2014 08:07
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Majka wins the Giro! Consistency and a bit of luck pays off. Bardet, Rolland and Aru attacked on the second last cat 2 climb of the final stage. Quintana didn't follow and stayed in my group. Upped the pace a little and slowly bought the group back except for Bardet who was no threat to the GC. Rolland and Aru attacked again and Quintana tried to follow this time but couldn't do it. Majka and Pinot were on their own now and Quintana slowly started losing time. At the begging of the last climb he was 4 minutes behind so Majka was in the virtual lead. Lost Pinot pretty early in the climb so backed the pace up a little and followed Rolland to the summit then rode the descent to the finish where Quintana lost about 8 minutes.
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| nielsboy1998 |
Posted on 07-06-2014 08:56
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Great result JoelManiac  My plan is to make a Egyptian CT team, and try to reach the WT with at least 80% Egyptians  Only i can't start it now, because I have to add a lot of (African) riders 
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 07-06-2014 13:41
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Update on my EPM - Une game:
Not much has happened since the last update, since I'm busy with school...
Sevilla has gotten a great second place in the Vuelta a Murcia, and I'm now leading the Vuelta Mexico with free agent signing Anton Marin.
But the most string thing so far: William Bonnet won 8 stages in the tour de Langkawi... That's quite impressive...
Manager of Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska in the PCM.Daily Man-Game |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 07-06-2014 21:02
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Up to season 2 for Lotto. A quick roundup of season 1 -
| Stage Race wins - |  Tour of Luxembourg (Greipel), |  Tour of Wallonie (Gallopin) | | GT's |  Giro - 10th overall (Monfort), Stage win (Debusschere) |  Tour - 10th overall (VdB), Stage win (Greipel), 2nd Points (Greipel) |  Vuelta - 6th overall (VdB), Stage win (Monfort) 1st KoM (Monfort) | | Other big results - 4th LBL (Vanendert), 3rd Paris-Nice (VdB) |
Here's the 2014 team. Big additions are Kwiatkowski, Dennis, Vandewalle and Barguil.
 
Kwiatkowski is going to aim for the Giro as his main goal along with the Ardennes. Lots of time-trialling along with a cobble-heavy stage makes it a route very suited for him. Aiming for a top three.
Greipel aiming for green at the Tour one last time before he leaves at the end of this year, while VdB is going for a Tour-Vuelta double again this year. Looking forward to it, will keep updating. |
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 08-06-2014 00:25
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I won the Vuelta by two minutes with Frank Schleck against Valverde!!! Getting ready for the WC and Lombardia! After that I'll show my new squad for next season
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 08-06-2014 19:29
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So I have a special squad for 2014!
Leaders:
A. Schleck
 N. Quintana
 F. Cancellara
Protected Riders:
F. Schleck
N. Bouhanni
G. Nizzolo
M. Monfort
 R. Kiserlovski
Team mates:
J. Bakelants
 M. Busche
S. Devolder
T. Gallopin
B. Hermans
 D. Hondo
C. Horner
M. Irizar
B. Jungels
B. King
A. Kloden
 T. Machado
N. Oliveira
 Y. Popovych
G. Rast
 H. Roulston
J. Sergent
 R. Sinkeldam
P. Stetina
M. Trentin
J. Voigt
H. Zubeldia
Note: After failing to impress as a leader, C. Horner will be degraded
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-06-2014 21:25
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In 2014 with Lampre career that I started a few months ago. Im in the Tour de France right now, and all of the favourites have pretty much lost loads of time on a hilly stage, that Costa won, while Kwiat has been following Costa very well and took time on him in the TT.
Its the 2008 route and last stage at Prato Nevoso, Costa was able to finish first with the favourites like Contador and take 27 seconds on Kwiat with this stage and Alpe d'Huez left before the final TT where Kwiat will probably take a little bit of time back. Its going to be close, but how crazy if Costa could win the Tour!
And I won the Tour by 4 minutes, because Kwiat basically gave up after I got a minute on him on one stage :\ The other GC riders were way too far down and never got more than 1min on me in the final 3 decisive stages, so a gap of about 10mins on most of the stronger riders like Quintana, Froome and Contador means it was actually quite easy.
Edited by valverde321 on 08-06-2014 22:59
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| JoelManiac |
Posted on 09-06-2014 01:54
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Won the TdF with Contador in a close race. Contador is showing his age.
Also won the last stage on the Champs Elysees with Jay McCarthy . From the break away I made an attack with 7km to go and held the rest of the breakaway group off. First time I have won on the Champs and first time I have seen a breakaway succeed. |
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| JoelManiac |
Posted on 09-06-2014 11:01
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Couldn't win the Vuelta. Contador was going for his 7th victory. Porte was to strong and in the second and third week gradually took back time and coming into the last stage was 2 seconds behind. Last stage was a time trial which I was never going to beat Porte at. He won by 34 seconds. Still a good result to win the Tour and 2nd at the Vuelta for a 35 year old. |
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| Anderis |
Posted on 09-06-2014 11:15
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Wow, what a Tour of California I had in my Garmin career!
It was an important goal for my sponsor so I wanted to win it badly. But then I saw Richie Porte was there. Not good!
I rode a great race and excellent time trial (1-2 for Dennis and Talansky). If not Porte, I would have totally dominated this race. After TT I had Talansky 1st in GC 8 secs ahead of Porte. I felt a little bit disappointed because I had some bar of energy left at the end of TT so it could be a few seconds more. It turned out that little bit of bar left was crucial. On Mount Diablo stage Porte beat Talansky by 10 seconds so had 2 seconds advantage in GC! Talansky 2nd, Dennis 3rd overral and young rider jersey, KOM jersey for Brown and lead in team classification. That would be quite a domination without Porte.
I thought I lost that race. The last stage was flat. I knew I had to try to win an intermediate sprint, because there was nothing to lose. How happy I was when I found out there are some steep hills at the beginning of that flattish stage! I was riding hard from the beginning. Van Baarle and Hansen ensured nobody rides too far away until those hills come. Then Wegmann set a big pace on those hills. Only 9 riders managed to hang onto, including him, Dennis, Talansky, Slagter, Porte, Zandio, Sagan, Gilbert and Villela. I had around a minute of 50-man peleton and OPQS was chasing hard for Cavendish. Luckily, Slagter had a daily form of +5 which helped massively to maintain the gap. 7kms before the intermediate sprint I attacked by Talansky. Sky didn't react and Sagan tried to chase for a while but resigned. I won the intermediate sprint and Sagan came 2nd so I knew I would win the race unless something crazy happens at the finnish!
Then pace went down big time and peloton was back to have 100-men again, which was good, because that ensured there would be some sprinters in the group to prevent Porte from taking a time bonus at the finish. As it did happen and I won the race by 2 seconds!
Edited by Anderis on 09-06-2014 11:22
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