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Post by tossboom on Jan 20, 2014 12:10:28 GMT 1
Seems we got super TT cyclists in our division To be honest I expected to win today... Hey everybody, Sorry I missed this division forum but will be here from now on. This season ik expect to relegate, although I won the first tour. Last season I was 7th and was actually lucky with the terrain. I have no mountain guys whatsoever and this season there's a lot more mountains. Also, everybody is active so it's tough. Off course I'm a bit dissapointed with my 1 second loss in the Tirreno. Bandolin actually lost a tour last season by 1 second, he's unlucky. Good luck to all.
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Post by Quatannens on Jan 20, 2014 12:35:55 GMT 1
Can I ask the skills of your winner, or do you want to keep them secret? (Just to know if it is just the mood, or actually better skills ) well, less than 11 tt And what about flat? More than 6, but how much more?
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Post by punkska on Jan 21, 2014 18:27:41 GMT 1
A victory \o/ Loete goes 1 place better than the first race of the season. I wonder how long he stays top of the cyclist classification...and whether I keep just entering him to win single races or maybe try him in a tour at some point. Just 3 teams without a racewin now, and no-one has more than 2...nicely even. Today a 7th place with a 75% attack, not bad as the first 6 all used more effort. But mostly today = good tactics from Kimbainvelocipede (really, is such a long name neccessary? ), if any of those 4 are GC contenders a 2 minute+ advantage is probably worth 5% effort. Interesting to see multiple pelotons behind, and what happens later in the tour, e.g. Devos saving fitness but losing loads of time. I've got a goodish mountain squad for this tour I think, but before I know what'll happen, tomorrow's stage scares me
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Post by Quatannens on Jan 21, 2014 20:55:56 GMT 1
I hope to take some points again tomorrow If it won't happen in stages like tomorrow I have no future at all But before the race I have some bigger troubles (an exam )!
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Post by Quatannens on Jan 22, 2014 15:40:11 GMT 1
Second again But the winner is faster than 1:1 and 2:2, so I guess it's not my fault
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Post by punkska on Jan 25, 2014 15:17:53 GMT 1
Congrats to P&P! Sickener for Pelevialli with a fall in the last section for his cyclist in the lead. I'm not 100% sure how Van Thunye lost 50 seconds to Diegelman in the penultimante hill/downhill section, maybe an attack the race report didn't report, but just the difference between 4th/5th, no big deal. I haven't watched many reports this season, maybe I shouldn't, I'll just get irritated by little things like that. Also I wonder whether I attacked with the wrong guy given I got 9th and 12th in the main peloton with helpers...
Tomorrow I'm not expecting much, Talon got a 4th in the Adelaide Sprint Circuit race earlier in the season, 1st and 3rd from that race are both riding, I'm not sure Talon even makes it over the mountains so maybe I'll try two sprinters. Next week looks fun...Will favour those with big/deep squads!
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Post by magopat on Jan 25, 2014 17:19:20 GMT 1
Congrats to P&P! Sickener for Pelevialli with a fall in the last section for his cyclist in the lead. I'm not 100% sure how Van Thunye lost 50 seconds to Diegelman in the penultimante hill/downhill section, maybe an attack the race report didn't report, but just the difference between 4th/5th, no big deal. I watched many reports this season, maybe I shouldn't, I'll just get irritated by little things like that. Also I wonder whether I attacked with the wrong guy given I got 9th and 12th in the main peloton with helpers... Tomorrow I'm not expecting much, Talon got a 4th in the Adelaide Sprint Circuit race earlier in the season, 1st and 3rd from that race are both riding, I'm not sure Talon even makes it over the mountains so maybe I'll try two sprinters. Next week looks fun...Will favour those with big/deep squads! diegelman is good, but he fall almost always...without it (and the fl) i am sure enough he could win i am first for the moment think it's the first time ever in 2nd division for me....well, thanks to the good catalunya
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Post by Quatannens on Jan 27, 2014 13:16:16 GMT 1
Oh. Great result again. Ravazzi should have won, but he fell two times + 4 weeks injury :/ There goes my leader for the next weeks -.-
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Post by elite on Jan 30, 2014 8:18:56 GMT 1
Thank you man! It seems that we share the same division again. Sorry for my delayed presence on the forum; maybe from now on, I can keep up with the stories here. My goal this season: 4th or 5th position. My dreaded fear: to suck up in the big tours (as I always do). My strength: selling off the riders who got injured. Hopefully everyone will enjoy this season which looks seemingly even.
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Post by Quatannens on Jan 30, 2014 13:08:33 GMT 1
Aargh I just can't win! But it's a good result Funny are the number 6 and 7 from today, brothers?
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Post by magopat on Jan 31, 2014 13:27:40 GMT 1
Aargh I just can't win! But it's a good result Funny are the number 6 and 7 from today, brothers? gratz today we saw who has the strongest team in our division
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Post by Quatannens on Jan 31, 2014 20:33:46 GMT 1
Strongest team is a big thing. To be honest, I think I have much quality, but because of the lower moods I won't get results as I was hoping for. Roquiny is a good example, he has very high mood which gives him a huge bonus. But after the Giro I'll have te renew his contract so his mood will drop again. Maybe I'm just going to sell him (Btw: Depla isn't my best cyclist at all, even if he's the only one who won stages for my team, but also his mood is slightly higher than others...) I hope I can win some races with other cyclists so they can get a higher mood too
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Post by punkska on Feb 2, 2014 18:45:05 GMT 1
I've stolen heppie's weekly table update idea. Bear with me if this doesn't look right first time, I'll edit it to get there RW TJ PJ MJ PTS wk PTS wk rank ch De Koereurs 2 1 0 0 1038 545 1 up5 Kimbainvelocipede 2 2 2 0 0 880 257 2 / P&P Runners 4 0 0 1 880 189 5 do2 Pelevialli 1 0 0 1 702 107 9 do1 Tossboom 2 1 3 1 670 145 6 / Hüsker Dü 3 0 0 0 668 243 3 up2 Dezza1 2 0 0 1 614 199 4 up2 Petrolul Ploiesti 2 1 2 0 539 0 12 do4 Zapardiel 2 0 0 1 520 65 10 do2 lambs&lions 1 0 0 0 426 109 8 / Low Budget Cycling 1 0 0 0 364 139 7 up1 De Stovebuzen 0 0 0 0 339 53 11 do1 Can't do colours inside code, which I need to line up the columns :/ that's annoying. Leaving it for now. So, a dominant week for Quatannens. Happy with my week also, two race wins. Feringa today Bolzonella earlier in the week was a surprise though, I've not trained him for a while, as a reward for his performance however he's back in I've still not looked like doing much in tours, maybe need to work on my tactics. Petrolul logged in on the 28th yet doesn't seem to have entered anything this week, and isn't subscribed for his home tour tomorrow Hope it's not a quit.
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Post by rarau on Feb 2, 2014 19:53:34 GMT 1
Petrolul logged in on the 28th yet doesn't seem to have entered anything this week, and isn't subscribed for his home tour tomorrow Hope it's not a quit. we are from Romania not Romandie (Switzerland) he is not so motivated (anymore) about Peloton like me, P&P (Elite) and Evcont (Negru) Perhaps he is on a holiday or smth near. We have a difficult winter and that could be an answer too. p.s. But no problem, he will not bankrupt, he is one of the richest teams from peloton
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Post by punkska on Feb 2, 2014 20:24:10 GMT 1
Petrolul logged in on the 28th yet doesn't seem to have entered anything this week, and isn't subscribed for his home tour tomorrow Hope it's not a quit. we are from Romania not Romandie (Switzerland) he is not so motivated (anymore) about Peloton like me, P&P (Elite) and Evcont (Negru) Perhaps he is on a holiday or smth near. We have a difficult winter and that could be an answer too. p.s. But no problem, he will not bankrupt, he is one of the richest teams from peloton Ah yeah. Sorry! I just quickly glanced at the name of the tour. Well good news, hopefully he'll be back...he can probably stay in this division if he wants to.
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