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Post by kurtinsc on Oct 19, 2014 20:35:14 GMT 1
Well, LFW worked out for me but I have no idea what I did right.
I essentially just put 5 riders at 100% and put my two best sprint/mountain guys I brought as final sprinters. Got first and second, but I have no idea what about my riders was important. My guys are all a little multi-skilled (though Friere who got second really is deficient in some areas). But I would have thought with a group that big that more mountain/sprint capable guys would make it to the end.
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Post by newborn on Oct 20, 2014 10:03:19 GMT 1
The only rider in the first group was my only rider at 85% I was convinced he wouldn't make it till the finish with a flat 1. Mistake...
My best rider for tomorrow got injured so some others get a chance I hope the giro will start soon, perhaps i can save my top 2 place, but i'm not sure of that
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Post by champadero on Oct 21, 2014 1:24:57 GMT 1
Now a shot at LBL and King stage at Giro del Trentino with all its jerseys, looks interesting before Giro d'Italia
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Post by kurtinsc on Oct 21, 2014 12:34:41 GMT 1
My team has a good little run going. I've struggled a lot with 1-days in the past, but Seabra just pulled down my second in a row with LBL. I wasn't sure if I was safe taking the second attack point off, but the 2nd place group was able to pull the leader back so I got away with that one. Seabra seemed to be the strongest on hills in the breakaway group so him making it to the finish with the other leader pretty much wrapped it up.
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Post by champadero on Oct 21, 2014 15:05:54 GMT 1
I was going to attack with Fitas, but in the last moment changed orders with Miehe who is worst at flat and heavier, but much better downhiller, and swapped the flat and downhill attack points.
I think the final result would had been the same, arriving with Seabra just till last part (if even) but not enough as Warner Bros is too strong at hills
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Post by kurtinsc on Oct 21, 2014 22:44:22 GMT 1
The final stage of Trentino should be interesting.
I doubt I can compete for the stage win, even though Doudna is one of my better mountain guys. But I have hopes for the GC.
1. Cian 19 5 04:53:55 Zapardiel (84%) 2. Tourneux 17 0 +2:23 The Mothers of Invention (65%) 3. Cabu 12 1 +2:29 Warner Bros Racing (84%... not in contention) 4. Storti 10 0 +3:10 BJA Cycling Team (80%) 5. Verrecas 5 0 +3:17 LeeuwenOpWielen (87%) 6. Seeuws 6 0 +3:24 Neo (90%) 7. Gommeren 5 0 +3:24 Neo (75%) 8. MacAloan 9 3 +3:43 NUFAN (95%) 9. Hecht 8 0 +3:47 WC VroOom (80%) 10. Cottin 3 0 +4:14 Pegasus Cycling (85%) 11. Doudna 0 0 +5:42 Warner Bros Racing (100%) 12. Ferrarese 0 0 +6:58 Tokmok Racers (80%) 13. Rivolta 0 0 +8:00 Nattramn (84%) 14. Broschinsky 8 0 +8:30 NUFAN (95%) 15. Coucke 10 0 +8:58 The Mothers of Invention (100%) 16. Szekely 4 0 +9:03 Zapardiel (100%) 17. Adolescente 4 0 +9:03 Zapardiel (85%) 18. Cotto 4 0 +9:03 Zapardiel (85%) 19. Posada 4 0 +9:03 Zapardiel (100%) 20. Le Gac 2 0 +9:07 BJA Cycling Team (100%)
Doudna is the highest of the 100% guys... but 5:42 is a pretty big gap. There are also some 90% and higher guys in between in Seuws and Mscaloan.
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Post by champadero on Oct 22, 2014 3:40:46 GMT 1
I strongly doubt Cian will keep the time jersey (but he will try), and my stage guy, Posada, is way too far in GC.
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Post by kurtinsc on Oct 23, 2014 0:05:50 GMT 1
Doudna was able to take the GC, despite a flat on the final stage. My run of good results continues. Maybe it will last through the Giro.
Pre-Giro standings:
Nr Team RW TJ PJ MJ Points 1. Warner Bros Racing 6 4 1 1 1754
2. Neo 3 1 1 1 1361 3. Zapardiel 4 0 1 1 1310 4. The Mothers of Invention 6 0 1 0 1244 5. NUFAN ( No Use For A Name) 2 1 1 0 916 6. WC VroOom 5 0 0 0 880
7. Snake Milano 2 0 1 0 737 8. Tokmok Racers 2 1 0 1 735 9. Pegasus Cycling 1 0 0 0 719
10. BJA Cycling Team 1 0 1 1 507 11. LeeuwenOpWielen 0 0 0 1 345 12. Nattramn 0 0 0 1 146
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Post by stimpmeister on Oct 23, 2014 12:54:24 GMT 1
Ah great, I forgot to set my team for the Giro. Now it will be a real battle to still stay in division 3.
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Post by kurtinsc on Oct 24, 2014 0:24:27 GMT 1
Ah great, I forgot to set my team for the Giro. Now it will be a real battle to still stay in division 3. Ouch... that sucks. I always put in my guys for the 3 GT's at the start of the season. I then schedule the riders for all the races up to the Giro (when the Giro's going on I go through France and when the Tour's going on I schedule through the end of the season). I may not put tactics in... just the riders I'll be putting in the race. That way if I forget the first day of a tour I'll still be able to stage hunt.
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Post by kurtinsc on Oct 26, 2014 16:22:16 GMT 1
Giro Standings on first weekend (pre-fitness update): 1. Karnish 22 8 11:32:36 NUFAN ( No Use For A Name) (54%) 2. Lacroux 20 0 +2:51 Warner Bros Racing (79%) 3. Dubreuil 11 0 +3:17 BJA Cycling Team (60%) 4. Singerman 28 15 +3:35 WC VroOom (63%) 5. Bulteau 14 0 +5:02 Neo (79%) 6. Fonzoni 15 4 +5:35 LeeuwenOpWielen (42%) 7. Amitrani 8 1 +6:05 Tokmok Racers (84%... ) 8. Tassinari 7 0 +6:12 BJA Cycling Team (74%) 9. Peçanha 10 5 +6:19 Snake Milano (80%) 10. Smiling 11 0 +6:39 Neo (80%) 11. Vadim 6 0 +6:48 Zapardiel (80%) 12. Rumler 25 9 +6:54 Warner Bros Racing (59%) 13. Zanna 10 3 +7:10 Tokmok Racers (80%) 14. Kobessen 6 0 +7:17 Neo (79%) 15. Cesare 3 0 +7:21 Zapardiel (80%) 16. Bouquin 4 0 +7:25 Snake Milano (80%) 17. Vanderslagmolen 2 0 +9:24 LeeuwenOpWielen (52%) 18. Courrier 0 0 +9:35 The Mothers of Invention (80%) 19. Moggi 6 0 +10:40 Neo (80%) 20. Mace 0 0 +10:58 Zapardiel (80%) Points: 1. Singerman 28 2. Rumler 25 3. Karnish 22 4. Lacroux 20 5. Fonzoni 15 6. Bulteau 14 7. Dubreuil 11 8. Smiling 11 9. Peçanha 10 10. Zanna 10 Mountain: 1. Singerman 15 2. Rumler 9 3. Karnish 8 4. Peçanha 5 5. Fonzoni 4 6. Zanna 3 7. Amitrani 1 Team: 1. Neo 11:38:55 2. Warner Bros Racin... +41 3. BJA Cycling Team +45 4. NUFAN ( No Use Fo... +2:00 5. Zapardiel +2:03 6. Tokmok Racers +2:14 7. Snake Milano +2:22 8. WC VroOom +2:32 9. LeeuwenOpWielen +2:45 10. The Mothers of In... +5:08
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Post by kurtinsc on Oct 28, 2014 23:04:11 GMT 1
The flat for Lacroux today came at a very inopportune time. He dropped from group 2 to group 5 and as he was grouped with another rider as opposed to solo he lost ground steadily after that point. He also had quite some time before his next attack point... just bad luck there.
The good news is he's leading the race... but I think he lost at least a minute there.
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Post by kurtinsc on Nov 1, 2014 1:14:09 GMT 1
The last week of the Giro is going to be interesting. Pre-update standings: 1. Lacroux 31 0 23:05:09 Warner Bros Racing (78%) 2. Smiling 23 8 +15 Neo (75%) 3. Bulteau 23 8 +42 Neo (78%) 4. Amitrani 20 14 +2:59 Tokmok Racers (59%) 5. Courrier 10 0 +3:20 The Mothers of Invention (63%) 6. Bouquin 14 0 +3:34 Snake Milano (75%) 7. Vadim 23 11 +6:29 Zapardiel (60%) 8. Peçanha 10 5 +6:50 Snake Milano (80%) 9. Zanna 16 3 +7:06 Tokmok Racers (88% ) 10. Tassinari 8 0 +7:46 BJA Cycling Team (69%) 11. Cesare 3 0 +7:53 Zapardiel (80%) 12. Morais 19 0 +8:14 Warner Bros Racing (63%) 13. Singerman 28 15 +8:28 WC VroOom (80%) 14. Fernandez Garcia 7 0 +9:28 Zapardiel (80%) 15. Mace 2 0 +9:28 Zapardiel (80%) Very tight after the ITT at the top. Neo is in very good shape with 2 guys placed with a shot at winning. Bad luck from one still leaves the other available. Points: 1. Lacroux 31 2. Singerman 28 3. Rumler 25 4. Smiling 23 5. Bulteau 23 6. Vadim 23 7. Karnish 22 8. Amitrani 20 9. Morais 19 10. Bandoni 18 This one is interesting. Lacroux really wasn't aiming for it and hasn't finished higher than 4th (other than the TTT). I'm not really sure how strong his position is. Mountain: 1. Deckers 20 2. Singerman 15 3. Amitrani 14 4. Vadim 11 5. Rumler 9 6. Smiling 8 7. Bulteau 8 8. Karnish 8 9. Peçanha 5 10. Fonzoni 4 I'm guessing Vadim. We'll see. Team: 1. Neo 23:08:49 2. Warner Bros Racin... +2:47 3. Tokmok Racers +3:22 4. Snake Milano +3:58 5. Zapardiel +4:16 6. The Mothers of In... +5:40 7. WC VroOom +7:17 8. BJA Cycling Team +7:42 9. LeeuwenOpWielen +12:18 10. NUFAN ( No Use Fo... +13:47
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Post by newborn on Nov 1, 2014 10:46:28 GMT 1
I guess the same result as last year in 2:2 = 2nd and 3th ... very frustrating, but when an other rider is better, so be it :-)
Good luck!!!
But I have no clou whether Lacroux can ride mountains, otherwise Smiling has a good chance (or Zapardiel...)
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Post by kurtinsc on Nov 2, 2014 14:29:54 GMT 1
I guess the same result as last year in 2:2 = 2nd and 3th ... very frustrating, but when an other rider is better, so be it :-) Good luck!!! But I have no clou whether Lacroux can ride mountains, otherwise Smiling has a good chance (or Zapardiel...) Lacroux is solid in mountains but he's not one of the best in the division. I'm not sure his margin right now is enough. That flat he had where he probably lost about a minute might be a deciding factor.
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