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TeoSheva

TeoSheva

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TRDean said:
Kittel...that is all!
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we didn't see Matthews vs Guardini vs Degenkolb, but we saw Guardini vs Kittel (5 to 1) and Degenkolb vs Kittel (1 to 1, but Degenkolb was at his first race on yesterday)... so I think Kittel is a little behind them...
 
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TeoSheva said:
we didn't see Matthews vs Guardini vs Degenkolb, but we saw Guardini vs Kittel (5 to 1) and Degenkolb vs Kittel (1 to 1, but Degenkolb was at his first race on yesterday)... so I think Kittel is a little behind them...
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Kittel can apparently time trial also, FWIW.
 
The Hitch

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janraaskalt said:
I second that.
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Interest in these early season races on these forums has been boosted significantly by the cq game. It has added something to them. The cq thread alone cant handle all the cq talk. People support riders now here because they have them on their cq team.

The cq game is bigger than the cq thread.

What is the problem with people mentioning that they are happy a rider they were supporting won? It doesnt spoil anything for anyone. Presumably you would also have us move any talk about having putting money on a rider to win or odds on a race to the betting thread:rolleyes:.

And maybe we should create a "your nations rider won" thread, and anyone willing to express joy that a rider they are supporting from the source of national solidarity should be banned from mentioning it on race threads and forced to do so their:rolleyes:

While we are at it, lets just limit all race thread talk to Thucydides like scientific history talk. No opinions, no predictions, just " rider x at the front" "rider y in a break" and "rider z wins".:cool:
 
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The Hitch said:
What is the problem with people mentioning that they are happy a rider they were supporting won? It doesnt spoil anything for anyone.
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It is annoying for readers who are ignorant about the game and would like to stay that way. I am also not going to post cheers, points and standing for the riders who are "mine" in other cycling games. So, I am not against cycling (management) games. Also, of course, everyone has favorite riders; it makes watching cycling more fun. However, posts only containing "Nr 1 & 2 for me today" don't add much to the general discussion about the races and should be posted in the CQ Mgmt Game thread. If that isn't going to happen, this forum will lose all the members not involved in that game and the CN forum will change into a forum dedicated to 1 cycling game.
 
TeoSheva

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The Hitch said:
Interest in these early season races on these forums has been boosted significantly by the cq game. It has added something to them. The cq thread alone cant handle all the cq talk. People support riders now here because they have them on their cq team.

The cq game is bigger than the cq thread.

What is the problem with people mentioning that they are happy a rider they were supporting won? It doesnt spoil anything for anyone. Presumably you would also have us move any talk about having putting money on a rider to win or odds on a race to the betting thread:rolleyes:.

And maybe we should create a "your nations rider won" thread, and anyone willing to express joy that a rider they are supporting from the source of national solidarity should be banned from mentioning it on race threads and forced to do so their:rolleyes:

While we are at it, lets just limit all race thread talk to Thucydides like scientific history talk. No opinions, no predictions, just " rider x at the front" "rider y in a break" and "rider z wins".:cool:
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I'm not playing with you, but I agree: I'm doing a similar game in an other forum, and we had the same discussion...
 
TRDean

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TeoSheva said:
in this way is too easy...and also my grandmother can answer in ten years...

but now? who will be the best at the end of this season?
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Ahhh...but I thought you said by the end of the season? I still will stay with Kittel.
 
The Hitch

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janraaskalt said:
It is annoying for readers who are ignorant about the game and would like to stay that way.
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I understand what you mean, but i dont think its that big a problem.I find a lot of things annoying too. So i just ignore the posts. But people have a right to post them.

Your exaggerating a bit i think. Only a handful of posts in the race threads talk about cq. And bare in mind that we are talking about low prestige warm up races which rarely attract high numbers of viewers or even much discussion on these forums. So a lot of people who wouldnt other wise comment or perhaps care too much about the race, comment that a relatively unknown rider they may have picked came 5th.

So in these few early warmup races the number of people talking about cq is over-represented.

Wait till the real racing begins with PAris Nice. Or the 1000 posts per stage we get at the Giro. THere will be so much non cq talk about the races, you wont even be able to keep up with the threads :)

Wait till Cadel Evans starts racing and tell me if you find the occasional cq comment more annyoing than the notorious "A C F";)

TeoSheva said:
I'm not playing with you, but I agree: I'm doing a similar game in an other forum, and we had the same discussion...
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Out of interest, mind telling what forum and game this is?
 
TeoSheva

TeoSheva

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The Hitch said:
Out of interest, mind telling what forum and game this is?
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the forum is forum.sky.it (is an italian one!) and we call the game Fantaciclismo (fantaciclyng).

There are only 14 teams, of 36 riders each, but each team has his own riders! for example, only one has Gilbert (me :D)! we decided the team by an auction :)
 
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theyoungest said:
Yes, he's mainly known as a time trialist. And now apparently also a sprinter.
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Oops. Hadn't heard of him until recently. Which is fair enough, he only just turned pro.
 
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TeoSheva said:
the forum is forum.sky.it (is an italian one!) and we call the game Fantaciclismo (fantaciclyng).

There are only 14 teams, of 36 riders each, but each team has his own riders! for example, only one has Gilbert (me :D)! we decided the team by an auction :)
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seem to be very interesting
 
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theyoungest said:
Yes, he's mainly known as a time trialist. And now apparently also a sprinter.
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Perhaps because Degenkolb has a far better sprint ability. Kittel's sprint was ok when he was in U23 though he didnt often win in a sprint race.
 
TeoSheva

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1. Ben Hermans (RadioShack) 4:02:23
2. Arkaitz Durán (Geox-TMC) m.t.
3. Xavier Tondo (Movistar) m.t.
4. Murilo Fischer (Garmin-Cervélo) a 45
5. Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) m.t.
6. Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervélo) m.t.
7. Danilo Di Luca (Katusha) m.t.
8. Juanjo Cobo (Geox-TMC) m.t.
9. Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
10. Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) m.t.

good come-back for Di Luca
 
jens_attacks

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TeoSheva said:
1. Ben Hermans (RadioShack) 4:02:23
2. Arkaitz Durán (Geox-TMC) m.t.
3. Xavier Tondo (Movistar) m.t.
4. Murilo Fischer (Garmin-Cervélo) a 45
5. Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) m.t.
6. Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervélo) m.t.
7. Danilo Di Luca (Katusha) m.t.
8. Juanjo Cobo (Geox-TMC) m.t.
9. Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
10. Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) m.t.
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giro:not looking good to purito=))))))))))
 
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