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Re: Season 18
« Reply #75 on: August 19, 2021, 12:33:00 PM »
Giro Lombardia ;
18º  Stubbe
19º  Klaassen ( free role )
Stubbe was the teamcaptain to secure his individual season goal ; the Swiss jersey. 8)
Now, after both WC races, it is clear that he did not even needed these points in Lombardia.

Salzburgo WC TT ;
11º  Quinziatto
A decent good result of my Sardinian TT specialist who had an active weather icon.

Congratulations to Caracoles, who made Ian Mikkelson the TT world champion.
Funny to see that the top 5 is entirely British ( 1º, 3º ) ánd Australian ( 2º, 4º, 5º ).
Less funny was that good old Richard Levin ( 36yo, Aurora Australis ) finished just outside the points due to mechanical breakdown.

"UN UOMO SOLO AL COMANDO, CHI SARÀ ?"

DUITAMA - 19.08.2021 - CFF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP



"Eccoci alla gara più attesa della stagione, ad un mondiale che presenta un percorso davvero impegnativo, sarà sicuramente una gara emozionante, con cosi tante salite sarà davvero difficile vedere una volata per la vittoria.
Siamo a 3000m, ad un passo dal cielo ed è prevista una giornata nuvolosa e con un insidioso venticello che potrebbe rimescolare parecchio i favoriti della gara che dovranno stare molto attenti a possibili outsider "

FAVORITI:

ARFINN MIKALSEN, TeamEuroscalt
Il corridore sta dimostrando di essere il miglior scalatore di tutti i tempi: questa stagione ha ottenuto 6 vittorie e dall'inizio della sua carriera non ha mai perso nemmeno una gara alla quale ha corso come capitano... riuscirà a mettere la ciliegina sulla torta ?

MAXIM KUMMER, SPORTLIFE
Questo corridore è l'unico che la scorsa stagione è riuscito a scalfire la corazzata "di riserva" del TeamEuroscalt, il merito è soprattutto del manager che possiede un abilità tattica straordinaria.
In una recente intervista la "volpe bianca" Agtxla (il manager di Mikalsen) ha dichiarato che ha veramente paura di venire intrappolata dalla "volpe rossa" Vos.

AIGARS FERTOVS / GEFFREY ALEXANDER, ChampsElysees
Tra i due non c'è molta intesa e questo si risente sulle salite, ma forse per un appuntamento così importante c'è qualcosa che spinge il gioco di squadra, c'è da capire se i due hanno già avuto il picco di forma perché hanno corso davvero tanto.

JEREMY HUARD, Turrones
Questo corridore è stato all'ombra tutta la stagione, ora il suo manager sembra pronto a prendersi una rivincita: infatti Arfinn Mikalsen è stato proprio un suo allievo che però attraverso trattative ancora oggi poche chiare decise di passare ad Euroscalt.

FRANCO CARUSO, Innioraths
La squadra che rappresenta l'Italia ha deciso di puntare tutto su questa gara: le gambe non sono tra le migliori ma sono un bel blocco organizzato e molto motivato.

PATROCINIO SALA, OphiukoCT
Un nome sicuramente da prendere in considerazione perché il manager che questa stagione ha vinto il Giro d'Italia ha quasi sempre un asso nella manica... o meglio "un Excel nella manica"

BUONA FORTUNA
E BUON DIVERTIMENTO A TUTTI !!!



WC mountain race in Colombia ;
4º  Kummer  --> solo on 0:21"
28º  Macannazi ( helper )
Not a good race, but still a very good result of Kummer who could not challenge any favorites.
On purpose this was not a good race, because I gambled big with the helper tactics in a desperate attempt to get him in s4 with Kummer.
But as I expected, Macannazi is a 3-sections helper and not good enough to be a 4-sections helper. I had to try ; no guts no glory. :)
This gamble / bad helpers tactic of Macannazi, caused that he already dropped in s3, one section sooner as he normally would.
So, Kummer had do it on his own in s3, s4 and s5, what is never good.
Despite this, still 4º, remarkable, I would have been happy with this result, even it was a good tactical race of my combo.
Because my combo is not high in the CFF golden climb icon ranking ; 218º Macannazi, and 64º Kummer ( 19 pure climbers are better ).

Congratulations to the only team that i.m.o. deserves to be the world champion in the mountains : TeamEuroscalt8)
Although it seems to me that agtxla did not had his nerves under control ; normally his mountain tactics are more than excellent,
but this WC race is probably one of the worst races I have seen of TeamEuroscalt ( and therefore more exciting for the rivals  :) ) :

Top favorite Arnfinn Mikalsen ( TeamEuroscalt ) was behind ánd isolated in s1, s2 and s3, because his best helper Stenseth was too fast.
Luckily for Mikalsen his back-up helper Tønnesen came to the resque in s4,
what caused the big jump in s5 to victory despite Mikalsen was in the 3rd group of s4 and 0:38" behind.
Not a perfect race of Mikalsen, but it is clear that he is thé best in the mountains and the well deserved world champion. 8)

Also worth to mention because they did great ;
Huard ( Turrones ) almost won and finished on 0:00", and Caruso ( Innioraths ) completed the podium by finishing solo on 0:10"

Final top 10 WC roadrace Colombia :

1º   Arnfinn Mikalsen   28   TeamEuroscalt   0: 00"   
2º   Jérémy Huard   29   Turrones   0: 00"   
3º   Franco Caruso   29   Innioraths   0: 10"   
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4º   Maxim Kummer   27   SPORTLIFE   0: 21"
5º   Lars Stenseth   28   TeamEuroscalt   0: 43"   
6º   Petros Seeler   27   TeamEuroscalt   0: 43"   
7º   Robbie Lust   26   Flyvende_hjul   0: 53"   
8º   Sylvester Stegmaier   32   Zatarra   0: 53"   
9º   Allan Tuum   28   Aurora_Australis   0: 53"   
10º   Iñigo Polo   28   Mlb   0: 53"
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Re: Season 18
« Reply #76 on: August 19, 2021, 12:53:00 PM »
My helper's tactic failed and yet succeeded as well. +1 in EP for Balenko made him ride too fast for Stegmaier ( :o ), while they could challenge the exact same riders. With back-up help from lower healt riders Ruup, VdG and Austa Stegmaier managed to return to Balenko in s3 so he could get the crucial help in s4. In that section +2 EP was not good enough for Balenko to stay with Stegmaier in s4 ( :o again), but in the end finishing 8th is more than satisfying for Stegmaier.

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Re: Season 18
« Reply #77 on: August 19, 2021, 09:35:36 PM »
season 18 highlights of SPORTLIFE  =  7º with 9.842 points, 2x, 3x, 4x

The 2 race victories were of :
Hugo Stubbe ( 32, SUI ) = 1º stage 3 - Paris Nice ( in a CFF record )
Ulf Beck ( 31, GER, sold after Itzulia ) = 1º stage 4 - Catalunya

Both cyclists also had the best GC results of my team this season :
GC Catalunya = Ulf Beck
2º GC Paris Nice = Hugo Stubbe

In the big tours there was twice a GC top 10 result ; the best was 7º GC Giro of Adao Baiao ( 32, POR, sold after Suisse ).

Prices season 18 =
for the 17th time Australian team champion
Hugo Stubbe
Ryan Beckham ( 22, USA ), scoring 147 points in 3 stages with best result 10º stage 3 TdF

Happy with these 2 jerseys, because my team had just 4 jerseys on the palmares, and now 6.  :)
My best price was not of my team, but for sure worth to mention as my best highlight of season 18 =

= NT WORLD CHAMPION ! ! ! !  8)


"Australia rules !"  :-*