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Now that we got the whole ESTA shit, Team FL will hopefully arrive in time tomorrow at the start of the Tour of California at 9h. Most probably these riders will start:

x1 Nathaniel Biedermann
x2 Toni Hassler
x3 Harry Hole
x4 Niels Hörnö
x5 Stefan Küng
x6 Takashi Murakami
x7 Pit Schlechter
x8 Gaudenz Taverna
x9 Xaver Unsinn

No training, no motivation, so goals: fuck them.

After some thoughts about the right time we decided to ride in the morning. We bring a strong and expensive team for our 2 leaders

1 Hermann Schwarz - our man for the overall
2 George Stokes - he should have some chances for a sprint
3 Hermann Minkowski - the young-star is prepared to work for the leaders
4 Stanislaw Mazur - his reg will be crucial for success
5 Guiseppe Vitali - as always a helper we can trust
6 Beppo Levi - a coming star and already an important part of the team
7 Arthur Milgram - strong an reliable helper
8 Guido Fubini - another young strong rider
9 Rene Baire - the old man will not get many chances this tour

targets: podium, green and at least 1 stage

Riding with evenning and night guys always become boring, i'm just insulting this days
so 9h to ride california with a nice group ( i hope). after seeing radunion teams i changes my leader and goals (was happy after seeing Fl team riders ) so :

51-Engin Kumaz
52-Daniel Falbo
53-Mounir Achraf
54-Amine Zekri
55-Hary Gravlend
56-Charles Gibs
57-Manny Fernandes
58-Mantor Shaponov
59-Fares Daily(old leader)

Goals? during the race

Favorite check!

General classement

***** Herman Schwarz (Radunion)
**** Xavi Ximenez (ELITE TEAM)
*** Stiro Yeah (PankowTeam)
** Illya Kljujew (RV Zahna)
* Max Krug (Team Bavaria)

Points classement

*** Cain Deckard (Atletico Sinks)
** Geroge Stoke (Radunion)
* Aaron Moses (ELITE TEAM)

Mountain classement

*** the one who wants it
** another rider
* a surprise rider

Youth classement

*** Illya Kljujew (RV Zahna)
** Stiro Yeah (PankoTeam)
* Fares Daily (Team TAKA)

Team classement

*** PankoTeam
** ELITE TEAM
* another team

Team classement PankoTeam?
i don't think so ;P

panko88 wrote:Team classement PankoTeam?
i don't think so ;P

Well, you have the best TT and a good rider for the GC (with TT) as well as a mountain proof team. So yes, I think it's possible. If you stop escaping with your mountain rider on a stage like today

Good check FL - i have to think about what to do, to get a chance for the win lets see what the form let be possible ...

My Team at this Tour:

1 Xavi - the General
2 Pique - The Climb Helper
3 Moses - The Classic
4 Sanchez - Helper
5 Thiago - Helper
6 Pedro - The Fighter
7 Iniesta - The smoothe one
8 Puyol - The Curl
9 Busquets - The "Assi"

i will stop he then the mountais ;D

the favo for the team classment is 28mins behind

cataracs wrote:the favo for the team classment is 28mins behind

Yes, had too less information about this team, it seems

Anyway, first stage with lots of action. Early group, later even with a climber, early split and tempo by Baravia and a glorioius victory by Xaver Unsinn. Would have never expected that and was mostly frustrated about Taverna and Küng having to work a lot behind the main group. But in the end, the finish put me in consiliatory mood again .

Funny fact, PankoTeam sacrificed his climber for the mountain jersey, being now - as TAKA already mentioned - 28 min behind in the team classement (shame on me for this favorite check). The famous Californian maglia rosa - höhö - is worn by Unsinn of course. He also heads the points classement. Second in the stage, Beppo Levi from Radunion is at least wearing the jersey of the best youth rider. But of course, after stage one, everything is still very open. Ok, perhaps not the team classement for PankoTeam...

GC after stage 1:

01. 00:00 Xaver Unsinn (Team FL)
02. 00:05 Beppo Levi (Radunion)
03. 00:15 Engin Kurnaz (TEAM TAKA)
04. 00:22 Aaron Moses (ELITE TEAM)
05. 00:22 Toni Hassler (Team FL)
06. 00:22 Heiner Hoch (Bavaria)
08. 00:24 George Stokes (Radunion)
09. 00:24 Cain Deckard (Atletico Sinks)
10. 00:24 Santi Busquets (ELITE TEAM)
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30 more riders within 00:24.

Second stage, Team FL expected nothing but keeping Unsinn in the leader's jersey. Well, at least that worked perfectly. But in the end, we gave away a better chance for the stage win too when Nathaniel Biedermann attacked and Paris from Atletico Sinks followed. Anyway, there was the decision to try it like this or to take ELITE TEAM' s offer to pull him for GC while he would let Nate win the stage. I just guess this was not an opportunity for Nate. Anyway, so far the tour is much more successful than we ever expected. Besides that the mountain classement changed to Virenke and Kumaz is wearing the points jersey.

GC after the 2nd stage :

01. 00:00 Xaver Usnin (Team FL)
02. 00:04 Engin Kurnaz (TEAM TAKA)
03. 00:08 Gilbertoa Paris (Atletico Sinks)
04. 00:11 Nathaniel Biedermann (Team FL)
05. 00:19 Heiner Hoch (Team Bavaria)
06. 00:22 Aaron Moses (ELITE TEAM)
07.00:22 Toni Hassler (Team Fl)
08. 00:24 Illya Kljujew (RV Zahna)
09. 00:30 Lutinjan Levesque (Team Bavaria)
10. 00:37 Xavi Ximénez (ELITE TEAM)

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Favo Classment :

01. --:-- Illya Kljujew (RV Zahna)
02. 00:09 Xavi Ximénez (ELITE TEAM)
03. 00:13 Max Krug(Team Bavaria)
04. 00:15 Herman Schwarz(Radunion)

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well,i don't see any other favos for the GC....
*Radunion did Big mistake by bringing 2 leaders , he is losing time every stage and hasn't a win yet .
*Kljujew is doing (sucking ) well without helpers.
*Panko with a nice team is riding like a shit

team fl wrote:Second stage, Team FL expected nothing but keeping Unsinn in the leader's jersey. Well, at least that worked perfectly. But in the end, we gave away a better chance for the stage win too when Nathaniel Biedermann attacked and Paris from Atletico Sinks followed. Anyway, there was the decision to try it like this or to take ELITE TEAM' s offer to pull him for GC while he would let Nate win the stage. I just guess this was not an opportunity for Nate. Anyway, so far the tour is much more successful than we ever expected. Besides that the mountain classement changed to Virenke and Kumaz is wearing the points jersey.

i don't know what's wrong with you and names of my riders....

cataracs wrote:

team fl wrote:Second stage, Team FL expected nothing but keeping Unsinn in the leader's jersey. Well, at least that worked perfectly. But in the end, we gave away a better chance for the stage win too when Nathaniel Biedermann attacked and Paris from Atletico Sinks followed. Anyway, there was the decision to try it like this or to take ELITE TEAM' s offer to pull him for GC while he would let Nate win the stage. I just guess this was not an opportunity for Nate. Anyway, so far the tour is much more successful than we ever expected. Besides that the mountain classement changed to Virenke and Kumaz is wearing the points jersey.

i don't know what's wrong with you and names of my riders....

nothing wrong. Really, who would remember the name of such an unimportant rider, right?

not important??!! he is the best in the 2stages and without tt he would win the tour easily
anyway Engin will kick your ass tomorrow(like before)

The tour proved more difficult for us than expected. We took the risk to ride for stages and overall with a team with low reg. So far the risk did not pay off. We managed with some difficulties to keep in contention for the overall, but the it proved impossible so far to create a sprint for George. A main problem is the presence of Cain Deckard who is difficult to distance. Therefore we decided for an offensive strategy in the first stage but Beppo lost in the sprint and got second. In the 2nd stage we had to pay for this as Beppo started the stage without full energy and got distance on the last hill. This left us only Stanislaw to limit the losses.

As the tour continues our main focus is the overall, but we will keep trying to get a stage as well.

PS: To leave George at home would would make me suffer even more. This are the profiles I dream of for 1 day races.

It's Giuseppe Radunion, not what you wrote in the chat today!!!!!!!


And somebody stop FL please.

Robyklebt wrote:And somebody stop FL please.

Bah, your just jealous! The Brandstifter rules!

Jealous? Why, it's all thanks to me.
I gave Hugo the right mindset.
He gave it to the rest of your boys.
So no Ape, no win today, it's that simple.

cataracs wrote:not important??!! he is the best in the 2stages and without tt he would win the tour easily
anyway Engin will kick your ass tomorrow(like before)

Aha...

Robyklebt wrote:Jealous? Why, it's all thanks to me.
I gave Hugo the right mindset.
He gave it to the rest of your boys.
So no Ape, no win today, it's that simple.

¨

But then there is not way to stop me... no?

ape Jealous ? why ?
If that guy know how to sprint you lose evrything ,you stop your self alone

cataracs wrote:ape Jealous ? why ?
If that guy know how to sprint you lose evrything ,you stop your self alone

Was Furpach today, not me.

It was neither, it was Hugos, so my, well my bosses, influence!!!!

Stopping you? With that I just meant your posts full of self praise.

Me, the humble Roko Keko, employed by the even humbler Enormous Ape would never do that

Sooo, TT is over, Schwarz in front. But it seems he still haves problems with the energy with only 37 Reg. Today, ELITE TEAM tried to use it but did not succeed. Instead, TEAM TAKA won his first stage at the ToC infront of Nate Biedermann, who is now wearing the points jersey, with Unsinn three points behind. Tomorrow will be a climber's stage then. I don't think that Schwarz will lose the leader position in the general classement, also Ximenez from ELITE TEAM seems to be eager to try it. While the classement for the best youth rider seems to be made for Kljujew from RV Zahna already, the mountain classement is still open, although only theretically. Most probably Mutti from PankoTeam will take this jersey at home. Still, Team FL is expecting an interesting stage on Sunday.