A bit of fun -- another fantasy game

[Hugo Koblet]

he has been getting some half decent results (mostly if not all in ITT's) but he has only been racing smaller races. he rode the fleche wallone but he is to young and not the kind of rider for that race.

Oh yeah, I should probably have stated that this was solely based on the number of CQ points the riders have earned so far. After all, it's the only thing that matters in the end

 

[Ewbles]

This looks like fun, may I join in, please?

 

[kurtinsc]

Happy so far with:

Ben Hermans - I'm the only one who picked him and he's +113 on the year
Haussler
Degenkolb
Cobo
Duarte
Vandevelde
Swift
Seeldrayers
Wiggins
Uran
Talansky
Mollema
Hoogerland
Butler
Bos

Disappointed so far with:
Ciolek
Chicchi
Danielson
Brice Feillu
Keukeleire


Bummed do to injury/suspension with:
Sicard
Pellizotti
Phinney
Lloyd
Maaskant

 

[DenisMenchov]

Sorry, i am offtopic, but i have a serious problem. I lost my serial code for Pro Cycling manager 2010, and i cant install it, can anyone send be theirS??? please
Thanks

 

[Eric8-A]

I am really happy with Kloden. My highest placed rider. Juan Pablo Suarez has also turned out to be a good buy for me since I broke even with him.

As for the riders that I'm bummed about: Stijn Devolder, Gerald Ciolek, Taylor Phinney, Alex Ramussen.

 

[Cobblestoned]

Sorry, i am offtopic, but i have a serious problem. I lost my serial code for Pro Cycling manager 2010, and i cant install it, can anyone send be theirS??? please
Thanks

That's forbidden.
I am sure that you just didn't know.
Cyclingfans strictly follow their idols - so that means, that they would never do any forbidden things, while they wouldn't even start thinking about it.

I even feel some pressure to call god and unburden now, just because of reading your request.

 

[Handbrake]

What was I thinking;
Dropping Michael Matthews (thinking I had too many Australians, too young and thinking about the size of the slurpee I saw him drinking in Geelong last year) and slotting in Marcus Burghardt.

Happy with;
Australian riders - Myer, Renshaw, Haussler and Gerrans
Nuyens
Uran Uran
Vaitkus
Vande Velde

Wildcard - Rider I need to perform the most
Stybar - only 1 other team in the top ten have picked him

Where are they?/ pull your finger out/ injured/ sacked or suspended
Kashechkin
Phinney
Pellizotti
Ciolek
Trent Lowe

 

[Jancouver]

Mostly happy with guys that I picked for the game value ...
Mostly unhappy with guys that I picked with my heart in stead of the game value but quite honestly before we started I didnt realized that I will be so obsessed with this game

Hope to get some points from the Romandie ... Feel Like I have some good TT power here:

Kreuziger
Phinney
Renshaw
Rabon
Brutt
Chicchi
Wiggins
Talansky

 

[Tuarts]

Good ol Koos, what a great buy he became. Oh and picking the 3rd Luxembourger was FAIL written all over.

 

[roundabout]

Pleasant suprise CQ day

 

[Gotland]

This sounds fun!

I'm in!

 

[nvpacchi]

Pleasant suprise CQ day

only 6 of us get bask in this beautiful victory!

After today's victory Castroviejo is only 2 points from breaking even on the year

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Kwiatkowski @ 205% = good
Cobo @ ∞% = good but not actually many points, just couldn't be any worse
Madrazo @ 435% = very good, could have been stellar without injuries
Izagirre @ 129% = good start, more to come
Duarte @ 108% = cool
Jesús Herrada @ 143% = good return, but next to no points...
Txurruka @ 52% = come on Amets, what are you waiting for? Oh, totally pointless breaks in the Tour de France you say? Well, okay then.
Soler @ 19% = you are on thin ice, buddy.
Capecchi @ 71% = I'll settle for that
Marque @ 10% = wait til August to judge

Almost all my big guns are Movistar and Euskaltel riders.

Breschel was a waste of money but I knew that to begin with because I forgot he was injured when I submitted the team. I fell into the Niemiec trap too.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Libertine; how do you rate the buys of Blanco, Bazan and Pardilla at this point? What do you expect from them this year?

Just curious to hear because you always seem to know what you are talking about

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Pardilla I don't know how to evaluate. He's down for the Giro and he's a good stage racer but I don't know how he'll go over 3 weeks. He was good in the Volta. Just a reasonable showing in a GT - say top 30 - will sort that out, I suspect he's more likely to come into his own late in the season, say at the Vuelta. Moreno (Bazan) is now at Caja Rural. He's still got chances of showing good in Asturias and in various .1 races. I expect a Caja Rural wildcard at the Vuelta, and if not he will be useful at Burgos or Portugal. He's one of those riders like Goubert who just accumulates decent results without ever being noticed.

Blanco I picked up before Geox weren't invited to the Tour so I thought he'd get free reign at probably the Vuelta. He's still a decent buy with only 300 points used considering he's a strong time triallist and a pretty good climber. However I fear that, like Niemiec, he'll be being used more as a domestique. On the other hand, if he drops time he could be a good bet for a week 3 ITT win when the specialists have gone home, or a good GC in a late week 2 break.

All were calculated gambles, and though I'm concerned that none have paid off thus far, the main races I picked them for haven't happened yet, so I'm cautiously hopeful. I'm quite unhappy about Cardoso because I thought Tavira would definitely do Asturias, but they are the only Portuguese not there. And I would have picked Broco but he cost too much from his Volta GC last year - with LA and Barbot snaffling up all the invites for Portuguese teams I'm going to need him to podium the Volta to solve that problem. I'm also gutted I subbed out Santí Pérez too as he's been a good performer thus far in the season, and he always targets Asturias as it's his home race.

On the other hand, LA-Antarte are one of my favourite teams so it's good to see them doing more international races. Just not so good for my CQ team.

 

[hrotha]

Remember that thread, riders to watch for 2011 or something along those lines? I only picked four guys: Oss, Van Avermaet, Kruijswijk and Castroviejo. So why the hell did I only include the first two in my CQ team? Gah.

 

[roundabout]

Yes, but think of the people who *might* have picked Castroviejo because of your recommendation.

 

[ingsve]

Blanco I picked up before Geox weren't invited to the Tour so I thought he'd get free reign at probably the Vuelta. He's still a decent buy with only 300 points used considering he's a strong time triallist and a pretty good climber. However I fear that, like Niemiec, he'll be being used more as a domestique. On the other hand, if he drops time he could be a good bet for a week 3 ITT win when the specialists have gone home, or a good GC in a late week 2 break.

Do you think he will get a chance to be leader and defend his win in Volta a Portugal this year?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Do you think he will get a chance to be leader and defend his win in Volta a Portugal this year?

Hope not. He should be riding the Vuelta so riding his guts out for two weeks in Portugal shortly before the start wouldn't be the best idea. Besides, he Armstronged the race last year, winning both MTFs and being 2nd in the long ITT. On the other hand, it was a relatively easy parcours last year (climbing to Torre from Covilhã and Piornos instead of the harder, and easier to link to difficult preceding climbs, Seia route) and Geox aren't going to be focusing solely on the Volta like Palmeiras Resort were.

I hope they use some different climbs and key stages this year (more searching for excuses to pimp the São Macário climb, but the Alto de Santa Helena isn't used much in the Volta either). And I don't know if I could stand another year of the co-commentator asking Marco Chagas what he feels about Blanco possibly breaking his record for most Volta wins every ten minutes.

I like Marco Chagas though. He's a good commentator.

 

[Eric8-A]

I have my preliminary team made up already, but I wanna wait just in case any of the riders I have chosen pulled out.

I feel that the competition will be pretty tight pointwise.

 

[Eric8-A]

It's about time Phinney scores some points.

 

[Tuarts]

Is the Giro site running yet?

 

[sublimit]

Is the Giro site running yet?

I dont think so, probably waiting for startlists etc.
But yes I reckon I'll have a go at this one seeing as my qc effort is a debacle so far so maybe a chance to go better here.

 

[Tuarts]

Ok thanks. Google revealed a giro velogames website but it was dated to 2009.

 

[ansimi]

Giro game is ready now!

Scoring heavily favours the overall so I'm going to pick one of the cheapest sprinters. Belletti maybe? At least Italians will probably try to finish the race.