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Post by bosko on Mar 11, 2019 9:58:56 GMT 1
Yeah, that was a very close decision. But I was quite certain after half of the race. He always won some seconds in the mountain part and lost it again in the downhill. And the final section was mountain of course ;-) Who knows? Perhaps that was his last win. 4 Mountain Jerseys this season at the age of 39, I think he deserves his retirement now
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Post by ElGringo on Mar 11, 2019 14:45:46 GMT 1
Very interesting last week coming up: - Will SeMTeX gather enough points to conquer the 2nd place and the ticket to the top division? Or did WC VroOom had gathered enough margin troughout the season? - Can Melres United keep KS Crusaders behind him and stay in our division? Only 47 points between them... - Can Cavaco win the best cyclist award? Only 301 points between him and nr2... I think that will be a good fight for promotion. About my fight, I'm already in div 2, Crusaders is saving to relegate. I think that I have a very good change of winning tomorrows stage, GC and YC in Hammer. for the rest of the week is more difficult. Cavaco deservs to fight with the best in div 1 and seems a good season to promote, or Semtex could have the same problem I had when I reach last time div 1, I lost my best climber Naz, and the best TT rider Tirlea, so become a very difficult season.
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Post by evild on Mar 11, 2019 22:05:22 GMT 1
Mike, i will be honest. I stopped playing after the vuelta because of some reasons: First, my team will not be competitive. My oldies still took many points, and another season is just a bridge too far for them. I might even lose them after the update. If not, they will become weaker and weaker Second: if you win all 3 tours in one season, you are ready for promotion. I told you before, If you believed in your chances from the beginning you would have been 2nd, maybe even 1st now in GC Third: cavaco deserves his chance in 1.1. Like Elgringo says, its now, or never for him. Let him race against Timm and others And fourth, the engine stays the same next season where i hoped to have better chances with the new version. See De waen in last weeks fun race. So there goes my plan, and with that, my ambition
So, i wasnt planning on telling this, but now you now. I will continue not playing anymore (what a weird sentence:)) and hope you take that well deserved 2nd spot. Some may think this is rather unfair, but look at the wins in the GC. WcVroOom is clearly not the 2nd best team.
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Post by Mike on Mar 11, 2019 23:01:27 GMT 1
Well you're right about me not beleaving in my team first couple of weeks. I realised I was wrong when Cavaco won with an 'ok' mood.(because of contract negotiating) I thought it would take him a very long time to be able to win races. And I was not bothered in planning who, wich races and when cyclists would be best to ride them. Something I did start doing once I realised we had a chance. Last week twice we came in second where I thought we would win. This coming week I've got a good chance to gather a lot of points. About tomorrows race: this is interesting We have a secret weapon too.. GC and YC, you hav'nt seem this secret weapon ride yet Very exited about tomorrows race. I could be wrong though..
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Post by ElGringo on Mar 12, 2019 14:50:16 GMT 1
Well you're right about me not beleaving in my team first couple of weeks. I realised I was wrong when Cavaco won with an 'ok' mood.(because of contract negotiating) I thought it would take him a very long time to be able to win races. And I was not bothered in planning who, wich races and when cyclists would be best to ride them. Something I did start doing once I realised we had a chance. Last week twice we came in second where I thought we would win. This coming week I've got a good chance to gather a lot of points. About tomorrows race: this is interesting We have a secret weapon too.. GC and YC, you hav'nt seem this secret weapon ride yet Very exited about tomorrows race. I could be wrong though.. Well, congratz Mike, seems your rider Carnea has got a better combination hill+sprint. Very strong rider
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Post by evild on Mar 12, 2019 19:18:03 GMT 1
Mike, 18mountain, what do you think? there aren't that many teams with a cyclist like that. I think he can even win at normal fitness :xo
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Post by headcase on Mar 13, 2019 19:53:19 GMT 1
I like Hammer series! My team consisted of 4 riders that are younger than 26. We won two top 5 places, are 4th in Team Classification and if we had a bit more luck we could have taken youngster jersey and even a podium in stage 1. The top 10 spot for Perot (only 29 yo) was what we aimed for. Well done by The Mothers of Invention with Soria. Strauss came really close, El Gringo.
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Post by ElGringo on Mar 14, 2019 10:44:11 GMT 1
I like Hammer series! My team consisted of 4 riders that are younger than 26. We won two top 5 places, are 4th in Team Classification and if we had a bit more luck we could have taken youngster jersey and even a podium in stage 1. The top 10 spot for Perot (only 29 yo) was what we aimed for. Well done by The Mothers of Invention with Soria. Strauss came really close, El Gringo. Not enought. Nice to see in top 5 4 riders with <33
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Post by headcase on Mar 14, 2019 13:24:15 GMT 1
From pure pleasure, this game starts to turn into an excruciating painful piece of crap! Why in the name of everything that is holy do my riders keep on falling? Today Vindevogel in a winning position fell and never came back. O well, he has only 14 balance. I've invested a lot in this man! Now some SpartaB-guy takes the win in Quebec and holds me from 2nd place in the Best Cyclists of the season.
I hate this. Cut the crap with adapting the moodthing or other new race engine things. The biggest problem of the game is riders with high steering getting flats and high balance falling.
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Post by quiller on Mar 14, 2019 15:20:04 GMT 1
Well Headcase... I agree partly with you… Sometimes I have the feeling that the higher the numbers, the more they fall...
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Post by evild on Mar 14, 2019 16:56:41 GMT 1
headcase, from my experience, I find those numbers merely an addition. I don't think that they are reliable. Like injuries, every cyclist has a different % change in his algorythm to become injured. I think it's the same with crashes, every cyclist has a different % chance to get involved in a crash. Just my thoughts
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Post by Mike on Mar 14, 2019 18:09:06 GMT 1
It's not only numbers in stability and steering, there is also a hidden number for possible flat's - crashes. So you never know. High numbers in steering an stability is better but the hidden factor is also important.
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Post by bosko on Mar 15, 2019 8:38:01 GMT 1
A bit a pity that Cormier now gets the victory "as a present". I'm confident he would have won anyway. 1) Vindevogel lost 1m12 compared to Cormier because of his fall but ended up at 1m50. That's 38s more. 2) At the moment of Vindevogels fall it seemed that Vindevogel was comfortable in the lead. But Cormier was 1m12 behind because I ordered him to save his attacks for the 2nd part of the race (he still had 3 attacks left). 3) Vindevogel was the best in FL, Cormier both in DO and HI (his best skill) and that last was also the finishing part.
In 11 races, Vindevogel had 2 falls (where 1 wasn't important at all). That doesn't seem that overdone? After all, balance 14 isn't balance 20 (I have a cyclist with balance 20 and he manages to fall now and than too, but I think thats because of his DO 0).
I understand your frustration though. It's never "fun" to have a flat or fall when you're in front of a race. Or that you're GC guy has one and his helpers refuse to help him (although ordered). I think it's even more a problem in U21 races, where most of the guys have low balance and steering. Every race, about 1 out of 3 cyclists has a fall or flat.
by the way: does a 2nd place in cyclist standings get you anything?
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Post by headcase on Mar 15, 2019 9:27:19 GMT 1
Well, I've noted all flats and falls of my riders since season 16. Maybe I'll make a chart of correlation with steering and balance. Just to figure that out. My frustration is over now and I look back at a very cool season. And I do see opportunities for next season. Not for promotion, but I will not relegate. I'm curious who will join us from 3rd division. CSC Cycling, GIK Team, Team Franconia, Carapaz, Firle Bostal and bolzonis will promote. Very cool to see Franconia move up with such a young team, but will it be strong enough to compete in 2nd division?
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Post by headcase on Mar 15, 2019 9:34:40 GMT 1
A bit a pity that Cormier now gets the victory "as a present". I'm confident he would have won anyway. 1) Vindevogel lost 1m12 compared to Cormier because of his fall but ended up at 1m50. That's 38s more. 2) At the moment of Vindevogels fall it seemed that Vindevogel was comfortable in the lead. But Cormier was 1m12 behind because I ordered him to save his attacks for the 2nd part of the race (he still had 3 attacks left). 3) Vindevogel was the best in FL, Cormier both in DO and HI (his best skill) and that last was also the finishing part. In 11 races, Vindevogel had 2 falls (where 1 wasn't important at all). That doesn't seem that overdone? After all, balance 14 isn't balance 20 (I have a cyclist with balance 20 and he manages to fall now and than too, but I think thats because of his DO 0). I understand your frustration though. It's never "fun" to have a flat or fall when you're in front of a race. Or that you're GC guy has one and his helpers refuse to help him (although ordered). I think it's even more a problem in U21 races, where most of the guys have low balance and steering. Every race, about 1 out of 3 cyclists has a fall or flat. by the way: does a 2nd place in cyclist standings get you anything? I'm sorry I called your man 'some SpartaB guy'. Frustration got over me, especially because Beaupr lost 3rd place in Hammer stage 1 and Perot lost at least 1 minute in Hammer stage 2. Congratulations on your win. I am not 100% sure Vindevogel would have won, but he had 2 attacks left, so it could have been an interesting fight. Maybe 2nd place gets you some cash, but for me it's all about honor.
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