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100 years career - The FCD variant
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 24-01-2014 09:38
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Jesleyh wrote:
Luis Leon Sanchez wrote:
What kind of simming are you doing?
Huh?
There's only 1, right?
And as a CT team(thinking he is), he probably just sims to the end of the season, just click on a date very far away and then 'sim without interruptions' 
You have quick sim and detailed sim.
I thought it would be that sim but when you get a a particular type of messagedoes it not stop the simming. Eg. Transfer Requests, National Team, Podium or race win (I know it does in PCM11).
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 24-01-2014 09:39
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There's no detailed sim in PCM 13
And he will just skip past the dates I assume, so not even specifically clicking quick sim.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 24-01-2014 09:47
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Ah ok  he is going to go quite quickly then 
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| ruben |
Posted on 24-01-2014 15:27
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well its a big db, so simming isn't quick wehen there is 7 races a day |
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| ruben |
Posted on 26-01-2014 22:41
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Still not done (not enough time) with 2018.
But I can report that we have a scouted rider winning a GT (!) and another one finishing 6th.
They are reaching the top in especially stages races and sprints. The classic scouted riders are subtop, but getting closer to the win.
So that's the 5th season and the ones winning are 25/26/27. Pretty realistic.
But so far we haven't found a Sagan like one that is superb at 21... (they should be rare ofcourse) |
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| ruben |
Posted on 27-01-2014 22:05
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2018
We're starting to see some real changes in 2018. It was really the year of Colombians. Quintana won the TDF, Betancur the Vuelta... both were 1st and 3rd on the WT ranking and 1st and 2nd on the Velo d'Or awards.
Other then the GT's though, the Colombians didn't win much.
That brings me to my second point. Nobody won much. In the spring, only Terpstra impressed by doing the RVV/PR double. The Dutchman really has risen to fame in the cobbled classics the last few seasons, as his former leader Boonen has dissappeared into oblivion. Cancellara is also a has-been by now.
Sagan should have been filling in for them. But the Slovakian had a rather poor season, winning only Amstel Gold Race until that 1 race at the end of the year... the World Championships! Finally!
The Giro, the first year of the year.. No Nibali, who chose to focus on the TDF instead. In a suprising turn of events, Alessandro Di Lenardo rose to fame and took the victory. This scouted rider has 80 MO and 78 HIL. Finally a future grand italian GC star to take over from Nibbs.
Also keep an eye out for Ioan Florea, the Romanian youngster, finishing in 6th place. Dutch rider Sem Hartland also made an impression by winning the mountain jersey.
Froome had a perfect lead-up to the Tour by winning Romandie and Dauphine. But an injury meant pretty much end of the season for him soon after crashing out the British champs.
Quintana, already finishing 2nd in the Giro out of shape, finally took the TDF victory for his own. Nibali did not manage to beat him and finished 1'30 behind. Rui Costa took another podium place, 3rd at 2'30. Marcel Kittel took over the best sprinter mantle again from Cavendish, winning the points jersey. German Arevalo finished as best young rider and finished top 20 GC. Another scouted rider to keep an eye on. Also, Di Lenardo competed as well, finishing 1 place higher than Arevalo 
Carlos Betancur managed to win the Vuelta again as I told in the beginning. He had little competition from Diego Ulissi and Andrew Talansky in a very non-mountainous Vuelta. Most of the stages were hilly. Specialists such as Ulissi, Vanendert, Slagter and Bardet all finished in the top 10.
In the autumn classics Mollema took San Sebastian, after winning Paris Nice and Pais Vasco earlier this year. Another stellar year from the Dutchman who's almost the most consisten top 5 finisher in the World Tour. Alexander Kristoff showed himself the best classics sprinter this year. He won the Vattenfall/Plouay double after already establishing himself as the new sprint king by winning San Remo. Kristoff is not only good at just sprints. He also already won races as Tour of Flanders, E3 Prijs and Gent Wevelgem before. This man has it all!
Final note of the season were the worlds. The ITT was a boring pickup for Tony Martin, winning his 6th (!!) title.
The road race however was very interesting. Ulissi led until the final lap, then a mad Colombian chase started, and Ulissi's lead of 1 minute almost dissappeared completely. Betancur closed the gap and looked to win. But he was passed in the final 500m by a sprinting Sagan. The Slovakian made up for his failed season by winning.
Also, remember A.Torgersen? The rider who won the U23 rankings in year 1? He's now one of the better cobbled riders in the peloton. And Ballesteros, also a former u23 great, finished top 10 in the Vuelta. So it seems the u23 greats are coming to the fore...
Edited by ruben on 28-01-2014 21:57
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| ruben |
Posted on 30-01-2014 10:22
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2019
The young u23 talents have really broken through the ranks in GT's now. But the WT classics and WT one-week stage races still get won by the known names. In 2019, that was mostly Mollema though. The Dutchman managed to win the Tirreno, Catalunya, Pais Vasco, Fleche Wallone and Romandie. He also finished 2nd in the Tour and many top 3 in other WT classics and stage-races. He had a record-breaking amount of World Tour points as a result. And then.... at the end of the season, he retires! In his best season ever...
The spring classics were kinda weird. Degenkolb won San Remo, Vanmarcke E3 and GW, but he failed to win either Tour of Flanders (Vantomme wins suprisingly) or Roubaix (old man Oss takes it!). The Ardennes had no clear winner either. But with Kwiatkowski (Amstel), Mollema (Fleche) and Sagan (LBL) they at least all had high profile winners.
For the second year in a row Di Lenardo won the Giro d'Italia, beating Wilco Kelderman by just over a minute. Rafal Majka took 3rd 1'30 behind. Nibali only managed a 5th place and seems to have had his best years behind him now. A 5th Giro win looks further away then ever. In the top 10 we saw several new names as Christophe Silvanus, Carlos Sanchez, Lauro Formica and Nelson Irribaren. Especially the 7th place of 24yo aged Sanchez was a nice suprise.
In the Tour de France many expected Quintana to dominate now that Froome was gone. But the Colombian had too many sub-par stages. It was therefore mr consistency Rui Costa that won his 2nd Tour de France. Bauke Mollema might have nightmares from this TDF forever as he was only 32 seconds behind in 2nd place in his last TDF.... Michal Kwiatkowski took 3rd place almost 2 minutes behind. Froome only finished 8th, so it doesn't seem like he will ever win a GT again. Also noteworthy was the 11th place of Di Lenardo. Soon he'll break top 10 or top 5 in the TDF as well.
Quintana too revenge for his 4th place in the Tour by winning the Vuelta ahead of Betancur. Majka did a repeat of the Giro and finished 3rd. Arevalo and Kismetdinov finished in the top 10 and will soon be regular top 10 finishers in GT's clearly. Also in the top 10? Damin Chang, a Chinese (!) rider. Yes, China has a good GT rider now. He's also still 24, and already close to the level of guys like Arevalo and Kismetdinov who are older...
Finally, autumn classics and worlds. Well, Records were broken. Boasson Hagen won his 5th ENECO Tour overall title. Cavendish won his 5th GP Plouay. Will anybody ever top that?
LL Sanchez won his 3rd CSS, also a record. And Betancur his 2nd Beijing, again a record.
The Worlds ITT had a new winner. Tony Martin is finally declining, and Taylor Phinney saw his chance to take victory. Adriano Malori had to content with another 2nd place. Castroviejo rounded out the podium.
In the road race it was suprisingly Degenkolb who was the last German sprinter. Kittel even worked for him despite normally being the better. Degenkolb didn't disappoint and won in front of Kristoff and Bouhanni. Canadian sprint talent Berg just finished outside the top 5.
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| ruben |
Posted on 30-01-2014 10:23
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Best stats for 2020 (no Mollema since he retired)
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-01-2014 14:11
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Kristoff has certainly had a couple of good seasons |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 30-01-2014 14:54
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Very equal stats, few riders that stand out (Quintana MO, Kittel SPR). Nice to see.
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| Matthew21rp |
Posted on 30-01-2014 19:01
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Di Lenardo is going to win a lot of GT's |
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| kadtagenero |
Posted on 30-01-2014 23:50
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This is a great DB thats why I use it, colombians ruled the world for 5 years in my career... but it took me 3 seasons to start winning with my colombian continental team at the level that Nairo, Carlos, Rigo and all those great riders... really hope at least the half of this in real life
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| ruben |
Posted on 31-01-2014 22:32
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2020
So 2020...The spring was for Edvald Boasson Hagen. The Norwegian who became most famous for winning the most shitty WT race 5 times (ENECO Tour) finally did right to his enormous potential... and that in his final year. Just like Mollema, Hagen had an epic goodbye. The Norwegian won most important cobble classics of the season (E3, GW, RVV) to sign off a great career.
Ulissi made a mark on the Ardennes campaign by winning both FW and LBL. Aketza Martinez Ballesteros managed to win the Amstel Gold Race.
Alessandro Di Lenardo started his season great as well, by winning both Tour down Under and Tirreno Adriatico. He failed to win his big season goal however, the Giro, where he was beaten by none other than Wilco Kelderman! JesleyH had a massive fangirl attack after this.
Christian Fratiglioni held of Nibali for a 3rd place.
The Tour was massively dominated by Nairo Quintana. The Colombian superclimber decimated the field and won by 11 minutes. Kwiatkowski only just held off Romanian GT-star Florea. While German Arevalo and Alessandro di Lenardo also featured in the top 10. Peter Sagan finally won a green jersey again (after already winning MSR and PN the same year). The French are still waiting for a new GT win but Pinot at least keeps up the honour with a nice 4th place.
The Vuelta was again a pretty hilly edition. Which meant Amstel Gold winner Martinez Ballesteros took a suprising victory. He is the 2nd scouted rider to have won a GT now. Martinez Ballesteros held off Henao and Wout Poels for the win. Irribarren, Kismetdinov and Damin Chang are looking to be new GT top 10 regulars now.
Taylor Phinney took his 2nd world ITT title, and Blazej Konwinski was the first scouted rider to have breached the top 5 in this championship. A few days later however, Harrison Ashby became the first scouted rider to have won a World Championship. It wasn't a fluke either, he just rode away from all other top favorites on the Firenze course. Sagan and Betancur could only watch.
Quintana rounded off his year well by winning Montreal, which finally gave him the edge to win the World Tour and Velo d'Or. The question is, can he be stopped in the coming years in the Tour? He's still only 30 and by far the best climber...
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-01-2014 23:13
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Who is Barry Markus  |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 31-01-2014 23:16
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sutty68 wrote:
Who is Barry Markus
https://www.procyc...rry_Markus
the most shitty WT race 5 times (ENECO Tour)
isn't that Beijing or TDU?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-01-2014 23:21
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Thanks for letting me know Luigi |
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| ruben |
Posted on 31-01-2014 23:57
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sutty68 wrote:
Who is Barry Markus
Ouch... he is a pretty well known rider for Dutch cycling fans. Was always a good sprinting talent (and did pretty well at his first year at VCS). He was most known last year for finishing 2nd in Qatar a couple of times behind Cavendish.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 00:05
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ruben wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Who is Barry Markus
Ouch... he is a pretty well known rider for Dutch cycling fans. Was always a good sprinting talent (and did pretty well at his first year at VCS). He was most known last year for finishing 2nd in Qatar a couple of times behind Cavendish.
Really didn't notice him?
My apologies to my Dutch friends on PCM if i upset them then  |
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| ruben |
Posted on 01-02-2014 00:30
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No it's ok nobody cares about Qatar really. But it was nice to see Markus finishing 2nd though. I do think he is a type of rider that is early on his top, so I don't expect much improvement. He wont rack up 30 victories like in this career  |
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| kadtagenero |
Posted on 01-02-2014 01:14
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So far no U23 former ranking leader has shown?
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