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Wow, just seen there's a 13h competition. Surely my preferred time. Team? Hm, let's see what's possible, but salary will be around 100k per day.

Maybe:

Zachary Soneau 81-71-61-53-58, 60 Reg
Pakke Adlung 47-89-66-56-60, 41 Reg
Alan Bosh 46-85-53-49-54, 37 Reg
Bronco Bruni 54-80-77-54-46, 44 Reg
Gerard Glazemaker 53-59-79-54-85, 43 Reg
Renzo Spezileziatti 57-84-72-46-43, 35 Reg
Wilco Westermans 62-77-77-51-53, 61 Reg
Tim Wintersted 65-81-61-54-63, 49 Reg
Arno Wollfinger 73-79-54-49-57, 58 Reg

Salary then: 473.721 credits

13:00 would be way better, never thought a GT gets a 12-13h time

flockmastoR wrote:13:00 would be way better, never thought a GT gets a 12-13h time

Great, I know a good joke about afternoon tours. There's a magician and a mathematician entering the room etc etc

Okay, line-up stands. Like mentioned above, 100k salary, will bash everyone. Aims? Everything, as usual.

Now it's official, i participate to this tour:

This is the starting list

1)Patrick Hilbert, 35 years old on 1st july, For mountain stages, but no general classement ambitions
2)Thomas Brathwaite, the classic guy... for hilly finish
3) Ayrton SennaDaSilva, the escaper one, or the Mountain Jersey Guy
4) Abel Muzorewa Good helper
5)Mark Huges another good helper
6)John Brathwaite, The Flatters escape, or the moneyguy
7)Michael Brathwaite, the TT guy, he want to try to win something
8) Vlado Dasic, the little Sprinter, if someone take it another and works for MS
9) Reza Shah, the useless iranian rider

It will cost near 90k per day.
If i don't see, till 12.15, another sprinterteam, i may drop dasic for another useless rider

Hello,

I will start here too.

Please find the line-up of SK Blu-Bardhe below:

#1 Francisco Soares - the leader!
#2 Pieter McLeod - the important and strong helper
#3 Luis Gutiérrez - a supporter for the hills, maybe some money places
#4 JoséMaria Bonilla - young classic, his task should be to make race fast in hilly parts
#5 Salvador Murillo - one of the man who can the race quick in the hilly parts
#6 Antonio Zamora - the important and strong man who can the race really fast in the hilly parts
#7 Mauricio Osvaldo - he will care about Soares in the mountains
#8 Augustin Chacon - really needful helper with very good skills in downhill
#9 ManuelJosé Colina - just a helper

Goal: Soares should be the man for the gc. The line-up is not so strong then the tours before ... will see

3 D1
0 D2 (horrible chicken division)
3 D3

GC seems clearer here, SK Barde with Soares

Climbers: Max 86, dammit, Ramirez wants to change starting time:)
Sprinters:96-94-90, BSE and Rake should have no problems getting the sprints IMO. At least the easy ones.
Classics: Lots of 80-70 it seems?

Mmh, EM missing thought he would be here too?

Robyklebt wrote:3 D1
0 D2 (horrible chicken division)
3 D3

GC seems clearer here, SK Barde with Soares

Climbers: Max 86, dammit, Ramirez wants to change starting time:)
Sprinters:96-94-90, BSE and Rake should have no problems getting the sprints IMO. At least the easy ones.
Classics: Lots of 80-70 it seems?

Mmh, EM missing thought he would be here too?

Climber, one is Max 86^^ the other is.. toooooooo old and there are some young riders

Prologue:

1. 00:00:00 Ruben Creel (Rake Racing)
2. 00:00:07 Michael Brathwaite (AlmavivaItalia)
3. 00:00:11 Marcel Dunkelfels (Equipo Kas)
4. 00:00:16 JeanMarie Betancourt (EQfriends)
5. 00:00:16 Francisco Soares (SK Blu-Bardhe)


1.07.2012,13 Uhr Le Tour : Le Tour - Et.1 Liége-Seraing
1. 00:00:00 Thomas Brathwaite (AlmavivaItalia)
2. 00:00:00 Josef Schadler (Elmo-Tours)
3. 00:00:00 Rahsaan Bishop (EQfriends)
4. 00:00:02 Mauricio Osvaldo (SK Blu-Bardhe)
5. 00:00:02 Francisco Soares (SK Blu-Bardhe)

Brathwaite family very very happy (they gain more with this 2 stages than in an entire year of work)

Then, my Favos

General classification
***** Francisco Soares
**** Jean Marie Betancourt, Erik Elmo
*** Marcel Dunkenfels, Xavi Ximenez.
**
*Hubert Deuters, Dyonise Urvoy (if online).

White Jersey
*** Erik Elmo
**
*

Green Jersey
*** Paul Staltieri
**Vlado Dasic, Vitaly Zurgfrasky
* A classic rider which win a lot


Mountain Jersey
*** A rider of a team which want to fight for the red and has enough reg
** The Safety Car
* a dinosaur


Team Class
*** Equipo Kas
** SK, EQFriends
*a TT team^^

Robyklebt wrote: GC seems clearer here, SK Barde with Soares

hmmm, not so clear ... seems that Mr. Roby don't noticed the inscriptions and the profile.

My team is not so much expensive than the last tours, maybe we are able to earn some money

Please find below my favorite check.

General classement:
***** Francisco Soares (SK Blu-Bardhe)
**** JeanMarie Betancourt (EQfriends)
*** Erik Elmo (ElmoTours)
** Xavi Ximénez (ELITE TEAM)
* Marcel Dunkelfels & Hubert Deters(Equipo Kas)

Xavi usually stronger, when the manager is online. EQfriends with a strong team around Betancourt and ElmoTours can focus to reach the podium, because he has no opponents for the youth gc.

Points classement:
*** Zachary Soneau (Wizards Cycling)
** Paul Stalteri (BSE Marzahn)
* any other

Mountain classement:
*** hmm
* Most likely a rider/team he is fighting for.

Youth classement:
*** Erik Elmo (ElmoTours)

Team classement:
*** EQfriends
** Equipo Kas
* SK Blu-Bardhe

Points classement:
*** Zachary Soneau (Wizards Cycling)
** Paul Stalteri (BSE Marzahn)
* any other

Something changed into Point System (intermediates give a lot now) so it can't be so easy

AlmavivaItalia wrote:Something changed into Point System (intermediates give a lot now) so it can't be so easy

Where I can find this rules for RSF?

Will be hard for Soneau, one stage win missed already...

Will be hard for Soneau, one stage win missed already...

yesterday, for sure, was an easy win.. but no worry, the substitute for his victory was enough strong^^

Ronson wrote:

AlmavivaItalia wrote:Something changed into Point System (intermediates give a lot now) so it can't be so easy

Where I can find this rules for RSF?

You found already? If not: Finish is normal RSF-System, intermediates like real tour system at the moment, shown at the news.

Found it, thanks

Today stage

2.07.2012,13 Uhr Le Tour : Le Tour - Et.2 Visé-Tournai: Flachetappe
1. 00:00:00 Vitaly Zurgrafsky (Rake Racing)
2. 00:00:00 Ponthus WiddingPersson (Nano team)
3. 00:00:00 Paul Stalteri (BSE Marzahn)
4. 00:00:00 Vladimir Dasic (AlmavivaItalia)
5. 00:00:00 Gerard Glazemaker (Wizards Cycling)

Paul Stalteri gains green (for only one point)
Elmo, Soares & Hampton mantaining the other jersey

Tomorrow predictions:

BSE will do the stage 'till km 119, for the sprintpoints
After it, the main favo will be Zachary Soneau, but chances are for other 83+ mountain and at least 59 flat.
We can also expect a good work by classics like rahsaan bishop
Stage can be changed with some late escape, if allowed...

The downhill in the profile makes me think Soneau is quite not the only one. The finale says climbers have good chances, yes. And the classics will do their thing aswell. I think it's one of the most open stages of this tour.

Lizard wrote:The downhill in the profile makes me think Soneau is quite not the only one. The finale says climbers have good chances, yes. And the classics will do their thing aswell. I think it's one of the most open stages of this tour.

Soneau and classic riders have the best chances. I assume that a classic rider will win, even EQ and me will try to block such cases in view of Xavi and Marcel.

Very important victory after missing a huge chance already, now everything a little more open again.

hmmm, interesting stage. A little mistake by EQfriends and Soares was able to gain some more seconds. Soneau wins, what a surprise

Today's stage i reach one prize, the inFamous (registered trademark) one... Gaining some enemies... Everyone asked to me to ride but i tried to escape (decision based by my ideas about riders form and in-race settings). The final result is : EQ against me for the stage, or better, for the mountain points (and probably for the entire tour, a situation where i can't do anything) and my poor riders weakened because of high level red tempo for the chasing, and hypothesis to be a sucker



1. 00:00:00 Zachary Soneau (Wizards Cycling)
2. 00:00:03 Zizza Agresta (Ceriale)
3. 00:00:04 Mauricio Osvaldo (SK Blu-Bardhe)
4. 00:00:04 Stefan Feuerbach (MTV Weferlingen)
5. 00:00:04 Julien Pineau (Pastis Ricard)
(...)
16. 00:00:07 Thomas Brathwaite
18. 00:00:08 Patrick Hilbert

and, another idea.... lost 4' in team classement... and 50k in money

very very bad day with all negative news

@ SK/Rolson: Patrick reached the 8% km in a tired state (he was on 800 energy) so i changed the idea to take the "fresher" (920) thomas to the finish, but i failed...

Let all talk, me too ... and do what is the best for your team, in your opinion. But sometines the other give you good advices.

@Almavivaitalia: I had a similar problem on the Giro 10 or so, you can lose plenty of time when you don't support your climbers on the classic stages in the first week. In that race, I lost about 55sec to other favourites, you're lucky, you eat 8 secs, so it's okay.

I want to eat cookies, not seconds.