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Michał Kwiatkowski | January Review
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 03-12-2013 17:20
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sutty68 - Yep, they did really good. Training Camp surely helped them. Yes he is, as i said, just few bruises on legs, but nothing serious. 
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 03-12-2013 17:55
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 Tour Santos Down Under - Stage 2
After yesterdays fall ,i am feeling pretty disappointed. But, 2nd stage is hilly one, with great chance for me. I'll surely try to get stage win, and to reduce gap in GC.
And , here we go!
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A bit colder than yesterday here in Australia. Actually i like these conditions more.
No breakaway today for us, that's the plan. BOTD was created fastly after start and peloton let these riders go: Koch (CAN) , Bol (BEL) , Jorgensen (SAX) and Brookwalter (BMC). They seems like small,compact group. We'll see what they can do.
They actually had 6 minutes of advantage in front of peloton, but that was only temporarily. 25 kms to go, they were still relaying. They seems strong.
Meanwhile, few guys attacked in peloton. These guys are favourites actually. Meyer (OGE) , Dumoulin (AG2R) , Florencio (KAT) and Haas (GAR). I decided to skip this chance to attack, since it was a bit far for me.
They fastly got E1 and show could start. Many attacks, but none successful. But , after about 10 attacks from first group, Bookwalter and Dumoulin got some distance and kept getting advantage in front of them. Seems like winner is one of these 2.
Last and decisive hill starts. I was on top, and it was great position for me. I had doubt should i attack or not, but Gianni was with me and he encouraged me. I attacked.
And i actually got advantage really quick. I really felt good. Dumoulin attacked Brookwalter but i passed both of them. And now i am on downhill. Big pressure, i have to keep first position and win this. Dumoulin is behind me, and 10man group 40" behind.
My TimeTrial abilities helped me alot here. I kept advantage and i won this. Karma. After i fell and probably lost all chances for GC fight yesterday, i won stage today!
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| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | OPQS | 2h44'56 | | 2 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Leopard | + 38 | | 3 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 5 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 6 | Gianni Meersman | OPQS | s.t. | | 7 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 8 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 9 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 1 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | 5h54'06 | | 2 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Leopard | + 4 | | 3 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6 | | 4 | Niki Terpstra | OPQS | s.t. | | 5 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | + 8 | | 6 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 10 | | 7 | Gianni Meersman | OPQS | s.t. | | 8 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 9 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | ... | | 54 | Michał Kwiatkowski | OPQS | + 2'01 |
I am in great form. I will attack at least 2 times in next few stages. Maybe i can get onto podium. Why not?
Edited by admirschleck on 04-12-2013 17:15
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| 547984 |
Posted on 03-12-2013 21:16
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Nice win for Michal. Some impersonator tweeting though. Doesn't have the little "check", you know. 
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
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| Shonak |
Posted on 04-12-2013 02:00
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Kwiatkowski showing who's boss.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 04-12-2013 11:34
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547984 - Thanks! And not sure that i understood 2nd part of your post... 
Shonak - If only he didn't fall on first stage... But it's anyway great result.
Expect at least one update today.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-12-2013 12:26
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Great win from Michal  |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 04-12-2013 13:16
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sutty68 - Yeah. Thanks!
Tour Santos Down Under - Stage 3
Yesterdays win definitely raised my ambitions and my mentality. I'll try something today, but this is more stage for Gianni. We'll see what we can do, anyway.
We're about to start. Bye , bye.
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No brekaway in first 20 kilometers. Quite strange , i have to admit. Anyway, at that point 3 guys attacked. Their names are: Agnoli (AST) , Dennis (GAR) and Tossato (SAX).
Everyone's nervous, that's sure. Seems like someone are preparing attack, i can feel it. And yes, 2 laps to go and Nocentini (AG2R) attacked. He's followed by Florencio (KAT) , Oss (BMC) and Bak (LBL). They seems like nice group. Our tactic is to stay calm and to put Rabon (OPQS) and Terpstra (OPQS) at the front, to relay. Should be working.
As i said, it was great tactic. Now, few kilometers after that, new attack! This time, more serious guys. Ulissi (LAM) tried once again.
And once again, he failed. Meanwhile, E1 group is at good position. They co-operate and it is looking great so far.
No action in next few kilometers. I decided to break the silence. It's time to attack! Meersman (OPQS) is following me.
Since everyone was exhausted from all of these attacks, we succeeded, we made group. 2 kilometers to go, and i am struggling. It's painful! Gianni is few meters in front of me. Looks like he'll make it.
And yes! He overtook guys from first group and he is winning! We did great job.
You can see me in background. Great result for me , aswell.
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| 1 | Gianni Meersman | OPQS | 3h18'27 | | 2 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 3 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Michał Kwiatkowski | OPQS | s.t. | | 5 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 6 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 7 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 8 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 39 | | 9 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
| 1 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | 9h12'33 | | 2 | Gianni Meersman | OPQS | s.t. | | 3 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | + 10 | | 4 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 30 | | 5 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 45 | | 6 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 49 | | 7 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | + 1'09 | | 8 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'15 | | 9 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 1'56 | | 10 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | ... | | 11 | Michał Kwiatkowski | OPQS | + 2'01 |
This isn't over yet!
Tour Santos Down Under - Stage 4
Great job yesterday. Today's flat stage again, and i'll try to help Gianni taking his 2nd win. Won't try anything today, most probably.
Here we go. It's start time, babe!
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This seems like it will be boring stage. Breakaway from start, weak guys in it , to be honest. We won't let them win this.
Members of BOTD today are: Bazayev (AST) , Wellens (LTB) , Bilbao (EUS) and Tanner (BEL).
And , as i said , it is boring stage. Peloton let breakaway take only 2 minutes of advantage , so it's clearly visible, this will finish in mass sprint.
And here we are, 10 kilometers to go, breakaway group neutralised. Our team is creating train. I am on top of it, followed by Keisse (OPQS) and Meersman (OPQS). Seems fine at the moment.
Somehow, i succeeded to bring both of them on top until 2 kilometers to go. Rest was routine. Impey (OGE) tried something, but no chances. Again, win by Meersman (OPQS)!
Thats it man! Wooohoo! Mission completed.
| 1 | Gianni Meersman | OPQS | 2h51'02 | | 2 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 5 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 8 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Iljo Keisse | OPQS | s.t. | | 10 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | ... | | 15 | MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski | OPQS | s.t. |
| 1 | Gianni Meersman | OPQS | 12h03'25 | | 2 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | + 10 | | 3 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | + 20 | | 4 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 40 | | 5 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 49 | | 6 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 59 | | 7 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | + 1'19 | | 8 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'25 | | 9 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'06 | | 10 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | ... | | 11 | Michał Kwiatkowski | OPQS | + 2'11 |
- Not able to post 2 tweets in comment, so here is tweet for today's race.
Edited by admirschleck on 04-12-2013 17:15
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-12-2013 13:18
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Gianni
Despite that crash on the first day, Kwiatek is going very well |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-12-2013 13:26
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With Kwiatkowski's help, Meersman should be able to hold on to the GC.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-12-2013 13:32
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Its turning out to be a GREAT race for the Omega Pharma boys
Edited by sutty68 on 04-12-2013 16:03
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 04-12-2013 14:38
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Ian Butler - Yeah , i know, he is amazing! Yeah, shame he had that crash, he would have great chance to win this. But podium is still possible, i guess.
Olfradh - Well, i am still not sure about tactics. Will Michal get free role and try something himself (rest of the team will help Gianni) , or he will be main Giannis helper , but anyway, i think Gianni has this in hands. No way Impey can beat him 1v1 on Old Willunga Hill.
sutty68 - True! It's actually great, since we got 3/4 wins and leaders jersey.
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Posted on 04-12-2013 16:04
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It is now GREAT not good |
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Posted on 04-12-2013 17:08
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sutty68 - Indeed!
Tour Santos Down Under - Stage 5
And we decided. Giannis jersey will be priority and i have no problem with it. Will give my all to help him get it.
Nothing to wait for , so we can start.
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Big group started breakaway from an early start. It is clear that nothing's going to happen until first hill, so peloton let them go.
And , of course i was right. Nothing happened until first hill. E1 still had big advantage, but orange jersey fight is definitely more important. Our plan is to make 3 man attack ( Me, Gianni and Nicki) and try to relay until the finish. So, we have nothing to wait for.
Of course, Terpstra (OPQS) could not keep our tempo so he had to go back in peloton. Now, only 2 of us are going. I am in front of Meersman (OPQS) protecting him. I feel great!
My TT abilities helped me alot on flat part and we had to face last hill, 3 kilometers to go. Meanwhile , Bakelants (RLT) attacked and he's getting closer and closer. At about 100 meters to go, he's in in same line as me. He accelerated and got few meters of advantage. He wins this.
Anyway, since i finished 2nd and Gianni finished 3rd, it's obviously that we saved that jersey!
Aand somehow i managed to get KoM jersey, although i didn't even want to do that.
Nice achievement anyway.
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| 1 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | 3h30'36 | | 2 | Michał Kwiatkowski | OPQS | s.t. | | 3 | Gianni Meersman | OPQS | s.t. | | 4 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 14 | | 5 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 6 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 7 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 8 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 9 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. |
| 1 | Gianni Meersman | OPQS | 15h33'57 | | 2 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | + 14 | | 3 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 58 | | 4 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'17 | | 5 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'43 | | 6 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'07 | | 7 | Michał Kwiatkowski | OPQS | + 2'09 | | 8 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 2'24 | | 9 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'46 | | 10 | Niki Terpstra | OPQS | + 2'58 |
| 1 | Michał Kwiatkowski | OPQS | 16 | 28 | | 2 | Gianni Meersman | OPQS | 20 | 20 | | 3 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol | 0 | 20 |
Edited by admirschleck on 04-12-2013 17:13
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| Shonak |
Posted on 04-12-2013 17:22
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Kwiatkowski sure loves his social media stuffy.
Great race so far, strong performance at Old Willung Hill and smart tactic. Bakelants was just a bit too strong today I suppose. Kwiatkowski, King of the Mountain and stage winner - sounds good.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 04-12-2013 20:03
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Shonak - Yeah, he's game (IRL) also!
Really nice race for us so far, as you can see from last few reports.
- Guys , i got strange "bug" with PCM on steam. It needed about 5-10 minutes to open (it's only case with PCM - my computer is pretty strong f.e. NBA 2k14 and FIFA 2014 running on full graphics, so it's not problem) and now it takes even more (even 15 minutes sometimes). Is that because of new patch/ PCM database or because of something else? I reinstalled it, contacted game support/steam and no answer yet. This "bug" is there since start of Radenska, but it really starts annoying me now. I also deleted all databases and still same. Don't know what to do... Not helping with motivation , really.
Edited by admirschleck on 04-12-2013 20:04
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 04-12-2013 20:31
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As in the whole game, or individual stages?
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Posted on 04-12-2013 20:32
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When trying to start game, and when trying to play any stage (loading time). Gameplay is fine, running at about 50-60 FPS with MAX settings.
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Posted on 04-12-2013 20:38
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Stages just take longer on PCM13, but i found lowering the settings reduces the load times. Not heard anything about startup as even my steam powered half broken laprop opens the game in 2 minutes
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 04-12-2013 20:39
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Thanks for helping . We'll see what can i do with it...
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Posted on 05-12-2013 20:05
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Sorry for bumping , but anyone? I really like this story and it would be cool if i could continue, but if answer don't appears it seems like i'll have to take a break until i somehow solve this.
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