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Post by passepartout01 on Apr 25, 2015 12:10:25 GMT 1
Seems like this division topic could use some additional active members besides chakra Regarding the U21 Tour, I obviously hope I can keep the yellow jersey with Billiouw, looks like Van Leemputtem and Preziuso are the biggest threat when looking at their age and fitness. As for the Giro, my general classification contender lost 8 minutes in the first week while being at full fitness and on flat/hilly terrain which I did not expect at all. Looking at the last two mountain stages, I can maybe still aim for the podium although I fear a top 5 spot is the highest achievable. Brouillet seems untouchable, even after today's stage where he lost a considerable amount of time.
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Post by chakra on Apr 25, 2015 13:07:05 GMT 1
Yeah! It was a bit lonely here on the forum. Glad you came on.
As for the Giro I don"t know if he is untouchable. Today I ordered him to cycle at 70% but take the endsprint. Idem for Roland. I'm aiming for the yellow jersey at the Giro. But there are still 4 stages left. So anyting is possible. I do fear teams like yours, lambs, chosenones. and what about justme and shotokan. A 7 minute lead can melt as snow in the sun. Brouillet will be participating in the Vuelta as well. If he is fit...
Billouw can be succesfull in the U21 in Isere. But watch out for Van Leemputten. I need Preziuso in the U21 for next week (Spokes)... I think he lacks mountain skill to compete tomorrow. I hope Wolf can defend his points jersey. Wish you good luck tomorrow.
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Post by chakra on Apr 26, 2015 13:02:48 GMT 1
As predicted: Van Leemputtem made a putsch!
I've been stupid with my tactics. Preziuso took some sprint points before Wolf. Results in a loss of the points jersey with just 2 points. But hey, congratz to lambs. Taking 2nd place in Div ranking. Breschel closing the gap with ChosenOnes. Perhaps he needs to buy a youngster and compete?
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Post by passepartout01 on Apr 26, 2015 23:19:51 GMT 1
So frustrated with that fall... Otherwise, I presumably would have won the U21 Tour
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Post by chakra on Apr 30, 2015 13:04:24 GMT 1
3rd Giro stage this week 3rd time being 2nd. Damned. Though took the certainty of the mountain jersey. And with an approx 10' lead I hope to finish in pink. Got only 55% fitness left. I first saw the results and Amaro of ChosenOnes placed a tremendous attack. I thought I would not win the dot jersey. Luckily with just one point the difference. I was aiming for a triple jersey win. But Palma of la&li will win the points jersey. Only Corneille and Brouillet could hold him off. But they've put their effort on the other races.
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Post by chakra on Jul 3, 2015 23:36:44 GMT 1
Van Leemputten tried to be the best cyclist of our Div. Well done! Unfortunately Brouillet had just enough fitness left to take over the lead in this ranking. My (secret) goal to win 30 stages is gone. Last week I realised that some of my cyclist still had to fulfill their contracts. So some of them were not good enough to win stages or even help my better cyclists. Even though I wanted, I did not succeed. Next season back to 2nd Div. For the 3rd time. Hope I can stay there longer than 2 seasons... As for lambs&lions congratz to you for your promotion too. You made the races hard. For ChosenOnes and Breschel Cycling I'm pretty sure next season you'll succeed. You made the races hard too. For my team, I have (so far) 27 wins, 28 2nd places and 16 3rd places. Often with just seconds the difference, but it was difficult to beat you all. Good luck next season.
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Post by chakra on Jul 4, 2015 12:23:28 GMT 1
And again a 2nd place.
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