Tour de France 9h

[Alkworld]

Although there were very interesting races in Poland and Austria, Team Alkworld decided to go to France for the Grand Boucle. Moreover, we made a very untypical move and bought an experienced rider, who at least shouldn't have big language problems as he's from Portugal.
The following riders will definitely be in the line-up:
1) Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal) - 87-64-79, 61reg - the new co-captain, who just today decided to ride for Team Alkworld
2) Pablo Picasso (Spain) - 87-54-77 - the famous painter who this month didn't turn into a famous training hero
3) Oscar Romero (Colombia) - 63-83-80, 61 reg - the allrounder, who can be a pain in the ass for so many
4) Tupac Amaru (Peru) - 60-85-67, 64 reg - very fast and a lung like a horse
5) Antonio Narino (Colombia) - 48-83-50, 57 reg - the man for the first 100km each day
6) Luis Costales (Ecuador) - 63-78-68, 62 sprint - still young and cheap, but quickly improving
7) Jorge CarreraAndrade (Ecuador) - 61-79 - another "young and cheap, but quickly improving" guy

For the last two open spots, we consider various options:
- Salas + Alberto, really expensive, but possibly very successful
- Cabral + Alberto, more power for the long mountain stages
- Montalvo + Echevarria, a parasite and a cheapie
- etc.

Goals will be to have fun on the mountain stages, dominate the hilly sprints, if Salas is coming, and, if possible, go for the yellow jersey with one of the two captains. But a lot will depend on who else is there

[AlmavivaItalia]

When i read your subscription at 9h, i was just scared because of your strong team (and ability)..

Then i come here and i see your starting list...

No riders between 87 mountains and 71 (so i can have an advantage)

Sprinting guy and yellow interest...

this allow me still to subscribe...

i will decide on saturday, because i'm able tu ride both 9h and 13h but i like 9h...

if the subscriptions remains like these i will take with me the TT man.. and subscribe at 9

For now my starting list is this

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, in this condition he can win a lot, but it depends on other teams
8) Vlado Dasic, the little Sprinter
9) Reza Shah, the useless iranian rider

It will cost near 90k per day.

If nobody else (or better no one with more TT Skill) will subscribe i confirm my team, if not i can do a revolution.

[Alkworld]

Don't worry, you have a good team to have some fun here Hilbert as a parasite of Picasso / Quaresma and Dasic as a parasite of Salas. It should be easy then to not lose money here.

[AlmavivaItalia]

Don't worry, you have a good team to have some fun here Hilbert as a parasite of Picasso / Quaresma and Dasic as a parasite of Salas. It should be easy then to not lose money here.

for sure hilbert will be parasite until first july training^^... then he will take the -1 in berg, become 85 and will loose time.

i've still some doubts on TTman, but with 86TT (and the team subscribed now) he can assure me one (maybe 2) stages and then another if he resists over the mountains...

[sylvainmeteo]

Will start here normally

for sure :
Kapovnik
Arbuckle
Galovec
Rupnik
Vilkovik
Tverendahl
Griffin

Not sure :
Bert Waalwijk
Blazej Bozovic or Hasic?

Salary around 450k

[ONCE-Team]

Team-Once will start at the tour with a very cheap team.
Dont know if i can be online every stage

The following riders will be in the line-up:

Diego Diaz - the classic guy, who wants to win a stage.'
Patrick Sinkewitz - who trains hard and likes red
Dmitry Fofonov - only 22, wants to get some good places at some stages in classicsprints.
Urszula Radwanska - the experienced new one in our team, who can surprise with strong attacks
Jörg Jaksche - strong flat guy with much Reg. nice puller for escapes.
Uwe Uhrmacher - nice helper with good flat. the daddy of the team^^
Perter Wrolich - his mom did a mistake. called him Perter and not Peter
Fjodor Michajlowitsch - the hardest working helper in the team.
Muchtar Auesow - another cheap helper.

all together only 376 k
goal: to win al least one stage and maybe red

[team fl]

Team FL will most probably join the peloton of the Tour de France at 9h. The line-up is not clear yet, but we already have some fix starters:

- Gaudenz Taverna, our time trialist who will be in need three times
- Jean OlléOllé, our smiler. Sprinter I don't dare to say
- Stefan Küng, vive le roi
- Xaver Unsinn, our man for the heavy stages... höhö
- Walter Walch, Wawawhat a surprise
- Harry Hole, the drunken Norwegian
- Niels Hörnö, responsible for Jean's shiny smile

So two riders have not been chosen yet, but there might be:

- Nathaniel Biedermann, our quiet still strong Brandstifter from Hinterschellenberg
- Stefano Benni, our young lad from Italy with some potential
- Pit Schlechter, the guy from Luxembourg
- Takashi Murakami, pure creativity from Japan

Goal is to ride at least 50 % of the stages.

[cataracs]

Taka Will probably start here with :
-Caroline Wozniacki ,the GC WOMEN
-Mikael Stanne , he's not the kind of riders who wait for his leader when it's hilly
-Arantxa Rus ,the 2nd women in the team here to win some stages and to help Woz of course
-Blaise Kidur , who will make troubles
-Alex Valverde ,will make money(and win at least 2 stages ) in some middle stages
-Klaus Schwarz , the escap rider (if i will be allowed to go in escaps)
-Angel Mendo , flat helper
-Jens Degenkolb , flat helper ,the ape told me to bought him so he is strong
-Henrik Boesen ,the downhill helper ( don't know if that kind of helpers exist )

604k of salary
Goals : -win the tour
-win some stages
-destroy Alk's morning show

[AlmavivaItalia]

Gaudenz Taverna, our time trialist who will be in need three times

So i will not subscribe at 9h..

i want at least 1 stagewin... in this manner it will not happens..

[cataracs]

lol in evry field you'll find a tt guy so you won't ride the tour ?

[AlmavivaItalia]

lol in evry field you'll find a tt guy so you won't ride the tour ?

it may happens^^

better, if there is a TT guy i will ride for no goal:(

[team fl]

lol in evry field you'll find a tt guy so you won't ride the tour ?

it may happens^^

better, if there is a TT guy i will ride for no goal:(

Bah, come on, you have to ride at 9h with that beautiful jersey!

[AlmavivaItalia]

yeah... and it will be a crime wear for a day a different Jersey (for example yellow, or red, or white)...

[team fl]

yeah... and it will be a crime wear for a day a different Jersey (for example yellow, or red, or white)...

exactly!

[AlmavivaItalia]

i'm hating you... 3 easy win... as a payment for the jersey....

Still studying the change between Michael and Heinz...

[team fl]

i'm hating you... 3 easy win... as a payment for the jersey....

Still studying the change between Michael and Heinz...

Perhaps even a better TT will inscribe? You never know. Happened to me at le Dauphiné.

[AlmavivaItalia]

but you're better than me, so if a better TT subscribe (inscribe) i will be behind you.

really, i'm watching the situation, because i think i'm able to ride at 13h also, so if the field is "weaker", probably i ride there^^ (i will choose the weaker one than the Funny one that is, for surely, 9h)

[team fl]

but you're better than me, so if a better TT subscribe (inscribe) i will be behind you.

really, i'm watching the situation, because i think i'm able to ride at 13h also, so if the field is "weaker", probably i ride there^^ (i will choose the weaker one than the Funny one that is, for surely, 9h)

coward

[cataracs]

Alk is here to win the tour , but his classics are in holydays (or maybe they're afraid ? )

[AlmavivaItalia]

NOw, with aixteam subscribed, we have another strong team which can compete for the yellow...

and i think i go to 13h

[Robyklebt]

Looks like a stroong group.

Alk with the announcement to make the Hubers suffer and thinking about hurting Salas
Taka with his big team.
Aix with that stateless guy, he must be desperate for success

Plus
SM with the goal to make easy money and win easy white
FL surely hoping for insulting sitters
ONCE, hoping not to become a victim of Salas
Alma the doubter

Should be cool, almost tempted to join here to show you that Markku and Yesid are the best, but fortunately can't (or maybe even could, but having to be here at 16h my time every day, pff, sounds stressful)

[Alkworld]

Alk is here to win the tour , but his classics are in holydays (or maybe they're afraid ? )

Which classic riders?

Alk with the announcement to make the Hubers suffer and thinking about hurting Salas
Taka with his big team.
Aix with that stateless guy, he must be desperate for success

When announcing that, I didn't expect a Huber like Wozniacki with such a strong team And Aix will turn me maybe into a stage hunter, unless he rides really badly ... But maybe it's still too early to tell

[Aixteam]

I had no reason to stay at 9h. Now yes ..

[AlmavivaItalia]

Alma the doubter

Alma leaves... i subscribe at 13h..

[team fl]

Team FL line-up is now fix. As we don't have a GC rider but only stage hunters, the order is just alphabetically:

x1 Stefano Benni, Prospect rider, money sprinter, 1st helper in the mountains.
x2 Niels Hörnö, Flat rider, is still in his oral stage (concerning others) .
x3 Harry Hole, Handyman, is still in his oral stage (concerning liquids).
x4 Stefan Küng, King.
x5 Takashi Murakami, Handyman.
x6 Jean OlléOllé, Smiler, uhm Sprinter... well, a bit at least.
x7 Gaudenz Taverna, Time trialist.
x8 Xaver Unsinn, Our best man in the mountains, money sprinter.
x9 Walter Walch or Pit Schlechter (would be #7 then, Gaudenz and Xaver each current # +1), Waterboy.

Goal is still the same. The Team is still too expensive for that. Insults by sitters are allowed.

Favorite check will follow on Monday. In General it seems that there are a lot of Hubers...