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Post by bam on Nov 10, 2015 10:04:50 GMT 1
Hello to all! The teams for this season (and their result of last season): Hüsker Dü (9th in 1:1) Nightbiker (10th in 1:1) J.M. Jiménez (3rd in 2:1) Neo (4th in 2:1) Op kop de sloot in (5th in 2:1) De Scheefspuiters (6th in 2:1) SeMTeX (7th in 2:1) ALESANA (8th in 2:1) SpartaB (1st in 3:1) ChosenOnes (1st in 3:3) Sforsato (1st in 3:4) shiraz2 (2nd in 3:2) It seems our division did not become easier with 3 numbers 1 from 3rd division and the numbers 9 and 10 from first division. From the new teams I competed against Hüsker Dü (who will have another try to get to 2:2 via 1:1 I think ) and ChosenOnes. I also competed against Shiraz in season 7, but that was his first team. Good luck to all!
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Post by bosko on Nov 10, 2015 10:56:50 GMT 1
Hello, first time in 2nd division, so I don't really know what to expect. Personal goals for the season: 1) don't go bankrupt 2) fight for 8th position I guess after 1 week I will have an idea if they are achievable or not. Good luck to everyone!
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Post by chakra on Nov 10, 2015 12:14:50 GMT 1
In my opinion 2:1 always has been the hardest of the 2nd Divs. And as bam mentionned we've got some nice teams in our Div.
Pfffff, again it will be a battle to stay in 2nd Div. Fight for the 8th place with bosko (SpartaB)? And not go bankrupt.
Welcome to the new teams in the most excited Div.
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Post by newborn on Nov 11, 2015 17:50:09 GMT 1
My GC-rider injured, not the best way to start my season...
See how it all will go
Nightbiker will winn easily i think but he doesn't have a big team (20 riders). Molema is the rider with the lowest transfervalue, but i know his skills, so all of his 20 riders are great unfortunately...
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Post by punkska on Nov 15, 2015 18:58:00 GMT 1
Missed today's deadline by about 10 mins, damn. Not a good first week overall. Seems division 2 got better!
65 mins before todays update...very glad I remembered I had cyclist contracts expiring. If I lost 6 riders I would not have been happy. They're so annoying though, hope these are fairly painless.
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Post by Mike on Nov 15, 2015 21:38:37 GMT 1
well I think this Div has indeed got a little harder again.. It's just the first week offcourse but it'll be hard to keep up this season
anyone to put up standings every week?
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Post by bam on Nov 15, 2015 21:58:18 GMT 1
Standings after the first week: Nr |
| Ploeg | GR | TT | PT | BT | Punten | YJ |
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| Nightbiker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 509 | 0 | 2 |
| Op kop de sloot in | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 343 | 0 | 3 |
| SpartaB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 0 | 4 |
| J.M. Jiménez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 5 |
| shiraz2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 0 | 6 |
| ChosenOnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 0 | 7 |
| Hüsker Dü | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 8 |
| De Scheefspuiters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 9 |
| Neo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1 | 10 |
| SeMTeX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 11 |
| Sforsato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 12 |
| ALESANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
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Post by bosko on Nov 16, 2015 10:16:04 GMT 1
Very happy with my first week. For next week I'm curious to see: - If Nightbikers cyclists are ALL that good - The result of thursdays race in the Tirreno (who are the mountain goats in this division) punkska: Do you always set your tactics just before the race? Maybe it's better to set a provisional tactic in advance. You can still change it till right before the race, but this way it's not a disaster if one day you're not able to get on the internet for some reason.
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Post by punkska on Nov 16, 2015 13:14:45 GMT 1
I did suspect Nightbiker was "tanking" at the end of last season, but I'm still not sure this level of performance will keep up. A not so sneaky plan to improve finances and cyclist mood for a better go at 1:1 next season...I guess that's what I'm aiming for too, ha.
I tend to set them the evening/night before, it's only if I get busy / fall asleep before doing it that I'll leave it until the morning. I usually roughly plan ahead on my spreadsheet so there's no reason I can't do the provisional thing earlier I suppose.
Really need some wins this week! If not I'll be selling someone soon.
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Post by bam on Nov 19, 2015 15:02:33 GMT 1
Quite quiet here this season, so let's keep the forum alive a bit. Nightbiker really incredible until now. 7 wins, and the only 2 races he did not win he became either second or he did not participate at all Guess we will have a hard season with respect to winning stages... Nevertheless, I'm hoping to do better again tomorrow after 2 really bad stages (as usual for me with a TTT and pure mountain race), but that shouldn't be too hard
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Post by bosko on Nov 19, 2015 16:13:23 GMT 1
I silently hoped Fabbro would have been able to fight for stagewin today. Quite a disappointment... He is by far my best mountain rider, so I guess I won't be winning mountain jerseys this season .
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Post by ElGringo on Nov 19, 2015 21:25:56 GMT 1
I silently hoped Fabbro would have been able to fight for stagewin today. Quite a disappointment... He is by far my best mountain rider, so I guess I won't be winning mountain jerseys this season . Fabbro is an excelent rider but needs attacking points in dh to make the difference
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Post by bosko on Nov 20, 2015 9:58:55 GMT 1
Thanx for the hint . I had set 4 attacks, but either he was alone or he had only 1 compagnon who also attacked, so he only attacked at the start. But after the first attack point already he was in group 3, 53s behind the first. I hoped a mountain skill of 15 and a weight of 50kg should have been good enough. Todays race: I guess Platiaux will be the guy to beat?
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Post by punkska on Nov 20, 2015 13:54:19 GMT 1
Well I got close today...losing Green by one point, bah! TTT set me up pretty well but not entering orders again yesterday ruined it really. Decent from Iorga today on a flat(ish) stage and 79% effort, didn't know he had that versatility really. Hope he can win things again this season. I suppose one thing coming from missing races is I should have more of my best riders fit than other teams...Watch out next week
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Post by newborn on Nov 20, 2015 20:04:30 GMT 1
Today i'm still happy to see that i can still compete in the GC.
I think my riders are too allround for stage wins. And I'm afraid that the supremacy of Nightbiker will have influence on my (and other their) finances.
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