I have Skype with UCI, tell me everything is ok. My new age has been registered, and my nationality has been fixed! Very good news! I trained very hard the last few weeks, but I just can't seem to get to my former form. Oh well, maybe next years. But thank you for all flowers you sent me, really appreciate it!
Now I am very ready for my first race, Paris is Nice. Is a funny name, but I like it. Doctor Fu thinks it will be riding circles around Eiffel Tower. I look at map and Paris has no mountains, only hills. This is really good for me. I am ready to leave tomorrow to join the rest of the team. Doctor Fu won't be coming, but he did give me a lots of vitamine capsules, so I ride very strong.
The team has been going with ups and down, but no stage win yet, so I must try to do very good in Paris, we could use victory. I do not know who is team mates there, but I hope they will be strong. I am a bit nervous for first race in Europe, but when we start I just ride hard and bye-bye nervous!
I forgot promising a 60 race days schedule for this team, and I only got the 3 GC guys done. Neither of them raced yet, so this should still work. I tried to keep it realistic, but the team has no Ardennes guys so Contador had to be used there as well. I will see about updating it when/if I find the time. Probably Haedo/Richeze/Astarloza next. Might be a bit trickier since they have race days already.
My first professional race, but I have to say, it was not very professional. So I make ready for the start, but there is no start cannon. In Korea, we have start cannon. Of course, for safety reason, we don't use cannonball, we use dissident. But Paris have no start cannon, just some guy speaking gibberish. Finaly he said depart, so I ask where is departy? He look at me confused. Next is team manager shouting I should start racing, he was very angry, I think at french person.
So I start riding, was going very fast. But was very short race, suddenly there was finish line. I heard I win 4th place! Very happy now, this is a great day for North Korea! The first cycling points ever for our glorius nation! I already sent telegram to out great leader, but is sleepy time in Korea now. I hope he will be very happy when he wakes up!
Not much happened last days. I ride in peleton with team mates helping me. Our sprinters not doing that good, so we hope for good general classification. With good support, I can win!
Also, comrade Contador winning some race in Italy. Good for him! He'll need some confidence, and then he can help me win Tour de France. I wish him all the best!
Some more hilly stages coming up, but I do not fear them, I will just attack before they will!
Not much happened last days. I ride in peleton with team mates helping me. Our sprinters not doing that good, so we hope for good general classification. With good support, I can win!
Also, comrade Contador winning some race in Italy. Good for him! He'll need some confidence, and then he can help me win Tour de France. I wish him all the best!
Some more hilly stages coming up, but I do not fear them, I will just attack before they will!
~ Po-ding
This is definitely my favourite non-ING custom rider
Is sad day for me today. I have brought shame to my team and my country. I rode very bad race and lost good GC position. I don't know what happened, suddely there were attacks everywhere and I could not follow. I tried to ride back, but no one help me.
I now dropped to 14th place and must attack tomorrow. I will need all your support!
Even worse news from Italy, comrade Contador lost leader jersey on final day. I send him text he should train harder if he wants to ride Tour for me. He did not reply yet, I'm guessing he disappoint.
Paris is nice was a total disaster. It was going well, but suddenly, mountains everywhere. It was just too hard. But Paris has no mountains on maps! They gave me wrong map on purpose! I called Our Great Leader and he said vengeance would come against France. Also, brother was executed since I lost top 10 classifcation and have brought shame upon my country. Still, I have done better than first american Tailor Phinney, so they not sent wife and children to labour camp.
Next race is Tour of California in USA. I will have to win for the glory of North Korea. I have other brothers that can be executed after bad results, so I must train harder. Is still far away, so really hope to ride better then.
Just wondering, how many reporters are actually following the schedules in post #43? It would be a bit silly some follow it and some don't, cause eventually it will lead to main riders missing their 60 days mark.
I'm kinda back now so I will try to get back up to date with events and I hope that I can repair the damage that may have been done to the team. I apologise to everyone for disappearing but it won't happen again. I've been gone for 6 months now (or something like that) so I am not sure how much I missed. I will catch up as much as I can though and if I am allowed I will look to secure my place as a manager.
Grrrrrrr, there goes my plan of having Contador in my team next year
But, welcome back! Alberto has already won in Basuqe Country, so I bet your happy!
francopell wrote:
What's the next race on the calendar for me to send in a startlist? And where can I see my team roster?
I'm so sorry to tell you this but
TheManxMissile wrote:
THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
Here is a very basic Planning Sheet for you all!
Across the top is every race, and the number of days they are. Blue races are WT events, White are CT.
Down the left it says Rider 1-32. Simply fill in your team in any order you like.
To assign a rider to a race put the number of race days (eg for the Tour, 21) in the cell beneath that race, and across from the rider.
This will also mean that it automatically calculates the number of races days for that rider.
The red sections are for races already completed. Please put down the correct riders and days in there to make sure the race day calculations are correct.
When you have done all that, title the file: [Team Name] Planning Sheet
and send them back to me via PM. I will then send out the appropriate lists to the various reporters. If the file is filled out incorrectly i will tell you why, and get you to re-do it. If it is titled wrong i will delete it, and you will be screwed for the rest of the season. I am not mucking about with this!
You have until this time next week (19:25 BST, 24th June) to fill out the form correctly and return it correctly to me. If it is not done then your worst riders will go to every remaining race and your team will disband at the end of the season meaning you will leave the game (unless you can provide me with an excellent reason why you had not done as asked).
Please also reply with any currently asked for lists to the race reporter as normal: Koln (Atlantius) and Indurain (Bikex)
