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Post by punkska on Jul 19, 2016 11:52:38 GMT 1
Oh go on then, I'll make this thread seeing as I'm back in my "natural home". Hopefully not quite my final retirement home, but who knows. team last season trainer youthscout?
Husker Du 10th 1.1 16f 16h 16m 14d 14s 14t 8 11 12 Slayer 11th 1.1 20f, 20h, 16t n SpartaB 3rd 2.1 15 all n Neo 4th 2.1 17t n Chosen Ones 5th 2.1 18d 2 2 2 Me ons zatte… 6th 2.1 15 all except d n Bolt Thrower 7th 2.1 16f n JM Jiminez 8th 2.1 15m 15s 10 10 16 Eagles Wings 1st 3.3 16 fit n Stars War 1st 3.2 15s 15 fit n GIK team 2nd 3.3 16h 15t 5 10 10 Sforsato 2nd 3.4 20s n Have a table that shows you a few things. It's hard to actually analyse a team on here with the inability to see player skills and wages are no indicator. Few observations: Slayer only has youngsters. Stars War has got promoted with old riders and only having a fitness trainer, will be interesting to see how that'll go in d2. 4 teams have 35 riders or more which seems crazy to me. I have 11 senior riders who aren't transferlisted right now, I know some of those can win races in this division but I'll have to pick the right ones to go for. So, I've no real hopes for getting top 2, but also no idea how I will do, which is well, kinda refreshing actually. 11 entries into the first race, just Sforsato missing (who last logged in on Friday, I'm sure he'll turn up soon) Good luck all.
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Post by punkska on Jul 19, 2016 12:22:08 GMT 1
Damn. Congrats JMJ, Rapaijc takes the provisional "best mountain rider in 2.1" title. I got my tactics right, but Domingues Barata's 70kg/happy mood just couldn't quite stay with Rapaijc 50kg/delighted in the steepest bits.
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Post by rarau on Jul 19, 2016 13:57:58 GMT 1
Damn. Congrats JMJ, Rapaijc takes the provisional "best mountain rider in 2.1" title. I got my tactics right, but Domingues Barata's 70kg/happy mood just couldn't quite stay with Rapaijc 50kg/delighted in the steepest bits. was the same last season. Rapaijc almost have more points then all my team and Forza Egles only fitness and very old cyclists and 500.000 $ wages . It could be all or nothing this season for him.
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Post by evild on Jul 20, 2016 9:14:50 GMT 1
i was in the same division as eagles 2 seasons ago. I asked him what his plans for the future looked like cause he only trains fitness. He didnt had any plans. Just training fitness, winning races and with that money buyin new and better cyclists. I'm curious now to see how he will cope with that now the level of cyclists gets higher in div 2 and he wont win 30 races anymore. Like rarau said, his wages are way over the top:-s
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Post by punkska on Jul 20, 2016 13:27:11 GMT 1
Feringaaaaaaaaaaa. Still a beast in div2 then. Suspect I didn't use him enough last season...Faster than 1:1 today.
Wins are expensive though: (Bonus) Win bonus for Alphee Feringa $47,900 (Races) Alphee Feringa won La Toma - Merlo $78,837
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Post by punkska on Jul 21, 2016 12:40:20 GMT 1
..and now he's actually costing me money 7/21/2016 (Bonus) Points jersey bonus for Alphee Feringa $71,900 7/21/2016 (Bonus) Won points jersey $56,000 Finished on the same points as Fegueroa but just won on time, Fege's bonus for today's win a more reasonable 25.7k. Don't mind, this is my most profitable week in ages. Not sure I have any winners in the next tour...so don't worry, I won't be continuing my 2nd, 1st, 1st run all season - I just wanted to start well.
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Post by bosko on Jul 22, 2016 8:32:27 GMT 1
Welcome to everyone who's new in this division, punkska, welcome back!
The first 3 weeks of this season, I can't spend much time to the game and I won't be often on this forum. I just quickly pick some cyclists for every race.
Prediction for this season: 1. Hüsker Dü 2. I think it could be a very open season with multiple candidates for place 2. If I have to put a name, my guess goes to Stars War. Personally, I'm hoping for place 3, but above all, I need a financial good season.
Good luck to all!
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Post by r2d2 on Jul 22, 2016 11:01:55 GMT 1
Welcome to everyone who's new in this division, punkska, welcome back! The first 3 weeks of this season, I can't spend much time to the game and I won't be often on this forum. I just quickly pick some cyclists for every race. Prediction for this season: 1. Hüsker Dü 2. I think it could be a very open season with multiple candidates for place 2. If I have to put a name, my guess goes to Stars War. Personally, I'm hoping for place 3, but above all, I need a financial good season. Good luck to all! Hi everyone! Thanks Bosko for putting me 2nd. I can feel the pressure allready! But let's be honest. Finishing 2nd would be, how would I put it... a miracle. I spoke with Lefevre yesterday (our main sponsor) and he told me that a place in the top 5 is the goal for this season. let's try not to dissapoint him. Grtz. R
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Post by Slayer772004 on Jul 22, 2016 22:11:48 GMT 1
Hi guys ! Good to be in 2:1. A lot of new teams, managers and riders ... excited to see their skills.
Same here, I think Hüsker is the man to beat this season. And indeed an open battle for place 2. Maybe Neo ? Finally 1:1 would be a nice reward after all this season in 2:1. Stars War is a man to watch too, and SpartaB was 3th last season, so maybe he will be the runner up.
My ambition ? A season vacation in 2:1. Nothing more, nothing less. You will find my team most of the time in the lower regions, with allready a tickt to Division 3. Of course if there is even a small chances to stay, I'll grab it with 2 hands. But that would be a miracle.
Have fun this season, and good luck to all of you !
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Post by newborn on Jul 24, 2016 15:09:09 GMT 1
Hi guys ! Good to be in 2:1. A lot of new teams, managers and riders ... excited to see their skills. Same here, I think Hüsker is the man to beat this season. And indeed an open battle for place 2. Maybe Neo ? Finally 1:1 would be a nice reward after all this season in 2:1. Stars War is a man to watch too, and SpartaB was 3th last season, so maybe he will be the runner up. My ambition ? A season vacation in 2:1. Nothing more, nothing less. You will find my team most of the time in the lower regions, with allready a tickt to Division 3. Of course if there is even a small chances to stay, I'll grab it with 2 hands. But that would be a miracle. Have fun this season, and good luck to all of you ! Thx for the confidence! :-) But i'm rebuilding my team, training my young leader and see where i can reach with this method. If i see that i can compete with the top 5 in this way and promotion is still An option, i wil chance my team and go for promotion.
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Post by Slayer772004 on Jul 26, 2016 5:14:47 GMT 1
Well ... 3 guys who do want to promote, or at least made some nice reinforcement, are Hûsker, GIK and Stars War: all 3 of them bought a toprider from Franconia. Dokkem (Hüsker), Hoyer (GIK) and last week Stars War bought Bregge and Martinez. Looks like they are the ones with ambitions.
Thought in 2:1 I finally got rid of this monsters, but it seems like they still haunt me - lol ! Well actually, its nice to see them back. Looking forward to see them blaze !
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Post by punkska on Jul 30, 2016 12:19:55 GMT 1
I thought I couldn't pass up Dokkum. I've sold / lost so many mountain riders in the past season or two and I wasn't gonna find any better than Dokkum by waiting.
I'm having a pretty good week. Two victories now and Fossati with a yellow jersey (my first in ages). Only 17 seconds between him, Hoyer and Bregge - v competitive. Surprised Mourisse was beaten in the sprint, wish I knew whether it was the sprint skill, downhill skill or something else that made the difference.
Not sure I should be favourites really. I only have 12 good riders! (and hate the idea of fitness training, so will rarely use it). Most of those 12 do look like they'll be at least top 3 in stages I try to win I suppose. GIK doing very well too, and without a stage win. If that improves they can get promotion for sure.
Note to self: don't win time trials.
7/30/2016 C (Bonus) Win bonus for Pierre-Etienne Loete $44,100 7/30/2016 C (Bonus) Win bonus for Curcio Domingues Barata $25,600 7/30/2016 C (Bonus) Win bonus for Mugur Ragar $27,600 7/30/2016 C (Bonus) Win bonus for Joe Gisriel $29,000 7/30/2016 I (Races) Joe Gisriel won Donoratico - San Vincenzo TTT $70,000
lolz, etc. Surely the win bonus should be 1/5th of the bonus for a normal stage? (or only the first man over the lines gets it) I'm guessing with no IP there can't be a fix though.
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Post by newborn on Aug 3, 2016 16:51:30 GMT 1
Great
First victory of the season by Gommeren! The tactics this season seems to be enough to build my team up to a higher level
Promotion is not for me this season, the top 3 is way too strong
Next week another holiday so hopefully with good wifi :-)
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Post by bosko on Aug 3, 2016 18:33:50 GMT 1
I thought I couldn't pass up Dokkum. I've sold / lost so many mountain riders in the past season or two and I wasn't gonna find any better than Dokkum by waiting. I'm having a pretty good week. Two victories now and Fossati with a yellow jersey (my first in ages). Only 17 seconds between him, Hoyer and Bregge - v competitive. Surprised Mourisse was beaten in the sprint, wish I knew whether it was the sprint skill, downhill skill or something else that made the difference. Not sure I should be favourites really. I only have 12 good riders! (and hate the idea of fitness training, so will rarely use it). Most of those 12 do look like they'll be at least top 3 in stages I try to win I suppose. GIK doing very well too, and without a stage win. If that improves they can get promotion for sure. Note to self: don't win time trials. 7/30/2016 C (Bonus) Win bonus for Pierre-Etienne Loete $44,100 7/30/2016 C (Bonus) Win bonus for Curcio Domingues Barata $25,600 7/30/2016 C (Bonus) Win bonus for Mugur Ragar $27,600 7/30/2016 C (Bonus) Win bonus for Joe Gisriel $29,000 7/30/2016 I (Races) Joe Gisriel won Donoratico - San Vincenzo TTT $70,000 lolz, etc. Surely the win bonus should be 1/5th of the bonus for a normal stage? (or only the first man over the lines gets it) I'm guessing with no IP there can't be a fix though. That's an expensive victory indeed . Of course, you also get some cash from the point jersey classification. As you mentioned, I wouldn't count on a bug fix real soon (or even ever...). I assume this won't be my best week. I find it a to much of single races. For the moment, GIK is doing very well in keeping up with punkska. I'm very happy with my current 3rd place an hope I can stay there till the end of the season. But above all, I want to win the battle against bankruptcy (the coming weeks, I'll focus on finding a good balance).
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Aug 4, 2016 12:26:51 GMT 1
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Post by newborn on Aug 4, 2016 12:26:51 GMT 1
Great First victory of the season by Gommeren! The tactics this season seems to be enough to build my team up to a higher level Promotion is not for me this season, the top 3 is way too strong Next week another holiday so hopefully with good wifi :-) 2 in a row!!! Party!!!
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