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Re: Season 13
« Reply #90 on: December 14, 2020, 10:33:33 PM »
Vuelta stage 7 ;
19º  Sky-Bailey
Vuelta stage 8 ;
1º  Sky-Bailey  8)
Again a victory on the notorious Angliru.
A very successful Vuelta of my team with 1x 3º and 3x 1º, all solo victories.  :)


the decisive solo attack of Sky-Bailey on the Angliru

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Re: Season 13
« Reply #91 on: December 16, 2020, 09:15:20 AM »


Lacroix
  Pacheco ( Cabrasverdes * )
10º  VanDerVlies --> in a free role
11º  Rodionov ** ( FrançaiseDesJeux )

Splendid results of my both hillsclimbers.  8)
And the 10º place of VanDerVlies without TC bonus in a free role is a to me very surprising, outstanding result.
However ;

** = individual Russian battle
The rival of Basov was Rodionov who finished 4º GC in the Vuelta.
Basov his season was already over after the Tour de France, and Rodionov had to finish outside the top 11 in Lombardia.
But unfortunately he finished as 11º, what was just enough to beat Basov with just 7(!) points.
Too bad, almost the very first ever nation jersey of my team.

* = the maybe "battle" for 1A podiumplace
An almost mission impossible before (and after) Lombardia.
Situation report before Lombardia ;
737 points behind rival Cabrasverdes, and we both had a good Lombardia selection with a very good teamcaptain,
and even more important ; it will be his 2 hills specialists versus my 2 TT specialists in the 2 WC races.

To close the big gap ; my team had to race a better Lombardia ; ánd score many more points  than Cabrasverdes in the world championship.
My team has no hills specialist and his team has no TT specialist.

After an excellent Lombardia the big gap decreased and it is now 522 points, that is a lot in this situation.
Cabrasverdes has hills specialists Lustig (this season 3º LBL) and Conte (won 2 NT races in his career), both are high in the golden hills ranking.
So, only with real top results in the WC TT my team has still a little chance to beat Cabrasverdes.

Perhaps it even means that Bell has to win, and unfortunately he is not one of the favorites.
Also a disadvantage, the nr1 and nr 4 favorites have an active weather icon, and Bell does not have that.
But he has a chance, because he can challenge the top 3 favorites.
Although I estimate there are many, many more rivals who are very close in GV to the favorites. Maybe anything can happen this evening.
« Last Edit: December 16, 2020, 09:28:51 AM by Vos »

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Re: Season 13
« Reply #92 on: December 16, 2020, 02:43:16 PM »
I'm pretty certain Clickett will be ranked 6th, he can only challenge the top 3 cyclists.

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Re: Season 13
« Reply #93 on: December 16, 2020, 06:14:01 PM »
Also Bell can challenge only the top 3 cyclists. And besides Bell and Clickett, perhaps there are more "6th" favorites. (as I already guessed a bit)
But Bell and Clickett are both Australian, so as NT manager you can compare them and I cannot.
Although I remember that one of your amazing TT team is very suited for this specific TT race of just 19,2km with 2 little hills.
I was not sure who that was, so it seems that my gamble in the Prediction Race was the good choice ; I predicted Clickett as TT world champion.
Bell is fully prepared with excellent conditions, so I guess/hope he has a chance too.
Maybe the 5 favorites are just better, 2 favorites (incl.1st fav.) have an active weather icon. The standard software luck can be very decisive too.

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Re: Season 13
« Reply #94 on: December 16, 2020, 07:27:07 PM »
Top 10 Lisboa WC time trial :

Jelle Mourik   27   FaltososDeChigre   a 0 minutos 0sg   
2º    Leons Salna   24   Luka_Warriors   a 0 minutos 3sg   
3º    Paul Clickett   30   Aurora_Australis   a 0 minutos 7sg   
4º    Ben Mitchum   31   Aurora_Australis   a 0 minutos 8sg   
5º   Neil Bell   30   SPORTLIFE   a 0 minutos 11sg   
6º   Seppo Merisalu   29   Aspigarri   a 0 minutos 16sg      
7º   Sandro Adamo   29   MortoviaCycling   a 0 minutos 16sg   
8º   Isaac Trump   31   Aurora_Australis   a 0 minutos 17sg   
9º   Richard Levin   31   Aurora_Australis   a 0 minutos 19sg      
10º   Alex Merényi   30   Catalonia_Team   a 0 minutos 21sg
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22º   Altino Valerio   26   SPORTLIFE   a 0 minutos 36sg   

Not a bad time trial, but not good enough to beat Cabrasverdes. Now he needs just 109 points in the WC roadrace to finish as 3rd in 1A.

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Re: Season 13
« Reply #95 on: December 16, 2020, 10:23:33 PM »
For me the success of the season rides on tomorrow. I do not believe i have a big chance to win. Bronx and Quinto are the clear favourites for tomorrow. If Verbeek can win the season will be a big succes as he will win the golden bike and a second rainbow jersey. If he doesnt it, the season will not be a very memorable one. Still a decent one with a, most likely, silver bike and Dutch jersey.

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Re: Season 13
« Reply #96 on: December 17, 2020, 09:06:44 AM »
TOP 3 Lisboa WC roadrace  ;

Gascogne Carrere   31   KunTeam   0: 00"   
2º   Denis Preisig   24   Quickstepbronx   0: 00"   
3º   Bob Kluivert   29   QuintoYtapa   0: 00"
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21º   Samuele Conte   31   Cabrasverdes *   0: 37"

* = the rival had to finish as 25º or lower, unfortunately the 21º place was enough for the 3rd place in 1A.
Very close between my team and Cabrasverdes, just 32(!) points.
If Bell had finished one place higher as 4º on the WC time trial, instead of his 5º place, then SPORTLIFE would be 3rd in 1A.

Final TOP 10, division 1A, season 13 =


Despite the 4th place, it was a good season of my team in a record amount of points, what would be good enough for a :
3rd place in 10 out of all 11 previous seasons
2nd place in 8 out of all 11 previous seasons
1st place in 3 out of all 11 previous seaons

Congratulations to the well deserved final top 3 ; CaptainOrange, WinterIsComing and Cabrasverdes !
Also they scored many points, for example WinterIsComing would have been champion in 9 out of all 11 previous seasons.

Extra congratulations to CaptainOrange with the golden- ánd silver bikes of Hilton and Palmer.
The 1st time ever someone achieved this ; very impressive !
Verbeek of TeamRHB won the bronze bike.
Also worth a congratulation but I know he was hoping for an even better result and it was very close with just 51 points behind Palmer.

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Re: Season 13
« Reply #97 on: December 17, 2020, 10:54:33 AM »
Yes, well done to all this season!

For me it was one that wasnt really memorable. In the end i chose an all-or-nothing tactic. But seeing Verbeek without a sad face after he dropped a group in S1 says enough. He wasnt good enough today.

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Re: Season 13
« Reply #98 on: December 17, 2020, 02:41:26 PM »
Thanks Vos, also for the overview.

I ran a good season with my team with many podium spots in races and tours, but it wasn't enough to keep Rico away from a consecutive win in 1st division. It was a good and fair fight, so I have to congratulate Rico with a deserved win.

For me, another chapter in CFF3 starts now, as I already sold more than half of my team last night, and the cyclists who are still with me, will seek other places early next season. I haven't decided yet what to train next season, but scout me a well talented 19yr old and you can earn a lot of money...  ;D

Good luck to everyone in next season.  :)

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Re: Season 13
« Reply #99 on: December 18, 2020, 11:13:02 PM »
Good review Vos and also a really good season, it was  a fierce battle. Hoppefully Conte made us win the points we needed. I was lucky at the end, on many occasions we could have scored more points both throughout the season.Congrats also to the rest of contenders in the division. They are being the hardest seasons this last ones.
« Last Edit: December 18, 2020, 11:15:46 PM by cabrasverdes »