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AUSTRALIAN NT - Season 6
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Grand Pacific Drive : NSW - near Wollongong
Welcome to season 6. There's one significant difference to last season, and it's not good for us. The race 6 flat hills (which we scored 260 points mainly thx to a then 6 star hiller - I'd love to see what on earth other NT managers did there) has been replaced with a flat-climb-dh race; so our starting position is probably -260 points from last season. It's possible 23 year old Clickett &/or Pinkney will make their debuts on the NT scene with points in the TT. There's also 23 year old cobbler Angus Friend, of course given that we gained a better then expected 240 in the flat cobbles last season, well we'll see.
Race 4. Australia holds the record for most points scored in a NT race (815), and this season we'll be seeking a new record that will never be beaten [NTs will begin to become less gainful after the current 23 year olds from numerous CFF countries have another season of training in them].
Btw: Current cyclist ratings by my calculations (click attachment below). Calculations for Hilly-TT still not very accurate, but is a guide. And the Grand Tour ratings was put in to fill the spot, it shouldn't be taken as accurate. Ratings for 19-22 year olds to come.
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Thanks for the many lists, AA, great job ! 8)
Good luck in NT season 6 !
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Greeat rankings! Good to see there few of my guys in the top part. For races like Lombardia Joe probably is one of the best in the game, but we didnt have the chance to see a race lika that in NT.
Joe Ryan Age : 24 Wage : 819
Stamina : 82 Sprint : 33 Climbing : 100
Flat : 56 Cobblestone : 27 Technique : 20
Downhill : 79 Hills : 100 Aggressiveness : 79
Time Trial : 12 Teamwork : 12 Experience : 43
Price : Days left : Stages raced : 0
10* climber
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It's great to see Angus Friend at the top. The only 23yo at the top of any category.
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It's great to see Angus Friend at the top. The only 23yo at the top of any category.
It's good to see, only pity is that his cobbles is already at 100 meaning a little lost potential; although given the poor training I've seen in the game it's hardly the most significant one.
Greeat rankings! Good to see there few of my guys in the top part. For races like Lombardia Joe probably is one of the best in the game, but we didnt have the chance to see a race lika that in NT.
I'd expect to see it on some type of rotation, although I'm not sure how Oska has the rotation system worked out.
Btw: I notice my maths was out of the Climb-Hillers; it doesn't affect the order of cyclists, just the final sum (I apparently can't count).
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Race 1 (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/viento3.jpg)
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Selections :
Austin Burton 24 TeamRHB
Denis Curry 24 Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
Isaac Montgomery 24 vercors
John Jones 24 Oska (leader)
Norman Licuria 24 Flyvende_hjul
Steve Owens 24 Oska
Stu Beal 24 $Tourmalet (free role)
Tyler Walker 24 NervionBike
Vinnie Coleman 23 los_leones_del_sur
Just missed out on points last season after Jones had a snooze, but at least some points are expected.
Prediction: 15th.
Results:
7th John Jones 150 points Oska
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Hadnt realized Burton would be this high in the Australian rankings. Good luck tonight.
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Race 2 (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/viento2.jpg) (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/sol.jpg)
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Selections :
Anthony Garza Spitz 24 (note, more experience would have given him leader position)
Daniel Lucas Albero 24 (free role)
Kent Carey Manicomicos_Cycling_Team 24 (leader)
Nate Henderson AJFactoryCycling 24
Scott Springsteen Manicomicos_Cycling_Team 24
Steve Carey Manicomicos_Cycling_Team 23
Three more to be selected, most likely between Jasper Ablett, Trevor Winger, Aaron Palmer (all aged 23), Dan Gilbee, Kevin Bush, Carl Odom (all aged 21). Captain unclear at this point in time. Edit: Bold = selected
Prediction: Managed a surprise 10 points last season (tactics miracle), not expecting a repeat.
Results:
8th Kent Carey 140 points Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
Well, that went well.
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Great great race!! A surprising 8th position by my guy Kent Carey. Great job Aurora
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Very impressive and unexpected good result in a NT mountain race. Very well done, AA ! 8)
Franky well done too, for training Kent Carey.
Also the Italian NT manager did a great job ; Nicola Miorlin ( SPORTLIFE ) finished as 2nd.
He has 9 stars and is the nr100 in the climb-dreamteam (and the nr25 in pure climb, but other kind of climbers can be good in pure climb too).
In the ranking by countries Australia now a shared 6th place with the Netherlands, and just 120 points behind the nr3 Spain.
(and 90 points ahead of the nr12 Great Britain, also worth to mention because I read somewhere that AA likes to beat the English)
Next week a sprint race with finish in Montpellier, France.
After that a translocation of 431km to the south, and I'm sure AA is looking forward to that NT time trial in Tarragona. :)
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Great great race!! A surprising 8th position by my guy Kent Carey. Great job Aurora
Really surprised given that he's a hill-climber, and some CFF countries have a dozen pure climbers..., well all I can say is I'd like to know what other NT managers did..., but hey, better for us (and I'm sure Carey's great exp helped - note for many other Aussie cyclists in many teams).
Anyway, with us expecting a quiet week ahead, here's the 19 to 22 year old cyclists to note list.
AUSTRALIAN 19-22 - Cyclists to note
(list as of today - click on attachment)
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Ha, good to see Oliver Segond as the best 20-year old in 4 categories. I'm sure he has not been trained optimally thusfar (he has not had any climbing-training thus far, only cobbling and now hilling), but hey: he'll only be competing on a serious level when he's 23-24 anyway.
Oliver Segond Age : 20 Wage : 850
Stamina : 49 Sprint : 15 Climbing : 66
Flat : 26 Cobblestone : 68 Technique : 41
Downhill : 59 Hills : 83 Aggressiveness : 73
Time Trial : 14 Teamwork : 7 Experience : 4
Price : Days left : Stages raced : 0
Will train his hilling to 93-94 then switch to downhill and then stamina, then I'll decide what to do with in: sell to let someone give him climbing training, or continue training him (on technique or flat). I'll try my best for him as he is the only Aussie in my team.
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His training hasn't been good so far Zatarra (seems to be a common theme). I hope your team training speciality is at least set as hills currently.
Race 3 (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/viento2.jpg)
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Selections :
Derek Nelson 24 Yvo_Meppelink_ProCycling (leader - decided on him because he actually has race experience above 10)
Stu Woods 24 Wiggo_pupils
Tony Carter 24 Vitimper (should have been leader - give him race experience, or sell him)
Angus Friend 23 Marineros
Oliver Stamer 22 FaltososDeChigre
Brent Hunter 20 WinterIsComing
Three more to be selected. Decided not to select the next group of 24 sprinters, who essentially haven't raced outside of NTs, and will select 19-20 year olds from any discipline. I was going to select 19 year old Ryan Pierre, however after keeping watch on the cyclist showed me that it was going to be a waste.
Edit: Angel Morrison Frenkie 19 (TT)
Colin Mount Sacido 19 (climb)
Ryan Henderson FrançaiseDesJeux 19 (climb)
each with top potentials to star in future years with good talent.
Prediction: 50/50 shot at points..., well 25%.
Results:
5th Derek Nelson 180 points Yvo_Meppelink_ProCycling
They say laughter is the best form of medicine, and I would have laughed if you predicted a top 5 before the race (Derek is 1.5 to 1.8 av below my Daniel Cerdan - who also somehow managed 13th despite only being a silver 9 sprinter not in leader's position). Ok, I'm taking it back, maybe I don't want to know what other NT managers are doing.
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Yes, boss. He's trained at hill for 100% now. I've always trained him 100%, but on cobbling too, so that you probably consider a waste.
Good luck tonight!
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From an unexpected 5th place after attempting to find 9 cyclists deserving selection, to the seasonal "feel like the Spanish NT manager for one week" event; where we attempt to squeeze 16 cyclists deserving selection (not including younger cyclists) into 9 spots.
Making it harder, two of those outside the top nine on rough calculation have weather bonuses.
Click on the attachment, and see the tragic circumstances we find ourselves in. this week's training is going to count for those below Pinkney.
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Making it harder, two of those outside the top nine on rough calculation have weather bonuses.
To make it easier for you, Anderson also has the weather bonus :o
I think Levin has better GV, but without the weather bonus... everything is possible next Sunday. Good luck! May Cancellara win anyway ;D
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Making it harder, two of those outside the top nine on rough calculation have weather bonuses.
To make it easier for you, Anderson also has the weather bonus :o
I think Levin has better GV, but without the weather bonus... everything is possible next Sunday. Good luck! May Cancellara win anyway ;D
On a short race with weather bonus, I fully expect Anderson to win (btw my team will undertake a season+ of TT training from next season to max their TT skill [currently 96] - so weather bonus mightn't be enough in the future). What will be interesting is seeing the 23 year olds from multiple nationalities in their first serious NT race (I know my two will slot in behind Trump by next season - so that's a good yardstick for comparison).
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I think ANDERSON has a double weather bonus for the stage :o
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I think ANDERSON has a double weather bonus for the stage :o
True, weather forecast says cold weather (below 10 degrees) and rain.
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Race 4 (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/viento1.jpg) (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/lluvia.jpg) (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/nieve.jpg)
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Selections :
Ben Mitchum Aurora_Australis 24
Isaac Trump Aurora_Australis 24
Owen Acree Aurora_Australis 24
Richard Levin Aurora_Australis 24
Paul Clickett Aurora_Australis 23
There's four spots left. I made an error in my previous table, with the cold weather experts not highlighted. Taking weather bonuses into account, this is my current estimate of values of the six cyclists still in with a chance for selection (next season Bookout).
# Score Name Age Team
1 92.28 Christian Pinkney 23 Aurora_Australis
2 92.28 Les Rooney 24 Wizards (cold)
3 92.26 Jim Slipper 24 Frenkie
4 92.25 Clyde Gill 24 Frenkie (wind)
5 92.22 Hank Kewell 24 Frenkie
6 92.17 Freddy Butcher 24 Antequera (cold)
With Pinkney being 23 years of age, I'll expect him to get one spot. Then the other three spots is uncertain (depends on how much value is on weather bonuses).
Prediction: 2nd, maybe 3rd, at least five cyclists getting points, remote chance for one or more of the remaining four to be selected to get points.
Results:
2nd Richard Levin 24 0: 06" 250 Aurora_Australis
3rd Isaac Trump 24 0: 09" 225 Aurora_Australis
10th Ben Mitchum 24 0: 20" 120 Aurora_Australis
13th Owen Acree 24 0: 21" 90 Aurora_Australis
17th Paul Clickett 23 0: 25" 40 Aurora_Australis
23rd Christian Pinkney 23 0: 28" 0 Aurora_Australis
725 points, which is good given they had 3 weather icons working against them, and all of their TT skills are at 96. Hopefully next season we can take the top spot.
In more good news
2º (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/australia.jpg) 1195 points
5º (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/inglaterra.jpg) 790 points
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Race 5 (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/nieve.jpg)
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Selections :
Kirk Trump 24 $Tourmalet (likely leader)
Alex Byers 23 ChessPower
Nate Douglas 24 SentinelChickens
Grant Curry 24 BLOEMENAANDEMITTE
Keith Sheehan 23 Sabmazz
Four more to be selected, most likely to be Wendell Burton & Colin Ryan (both aged 24), Peter Beckham & Danny Blixter (both aged 23); with Gerard Bell, Charlie Brubaker, Lenny Pinkney, & Elliot Neville possible outsiders for selection.
Prediction: 9 star silver cobbler, no points in NTs since season 2 (by two cyclists who never made it out of bronze status), we're possibly not at attempting voodoo on chicken feet point, but the record's not that great in cobble-hills. Still, we have hope.
Results: 42th Kirk Trump 0: 46" $Tourmalet
I was hoping he was going to be closer, maybe next time he'll be luckier to tag in with the required groups.
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we trust in Byers :D
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Race 6
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Selections :
Anthony Garza 24 Spitz (leader)
Daniel Lucas 24 Albero
Herbie Steele 24 CaptainOrange
Kent Carey 24 Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
Nate Henderson 24 AJFactoryCycling (free role)
Scott Springsteen 24 Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
Trevor Winger 23 Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
Kevin Bush 21 CC_Porco_Jones (may be replaced)
Colin Mount 19 Sacido
Selection changed to Keith Hamsten 19 Matterhorn (climb TTer), due to Matterhorn racing his cyclist.
Results:
6th Anthony Garza 0: 13" 160 points
15th Scott Springsteen 0: 44" 70 points
22nd Trevor Winger 0: 53" 0 points
230 points is good, although I feel as if Nate Henderson should have been able to have gained something. On the other hand, I noticed some odd selections in other NT teams (who selects 24 year old bronze cyclists to fill the squad?), so maybe I should be happy with this.
One race to go, currently 2nd. Let's see if we can hold off the French.
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at the end, was a good race, again...6th, 15th and 4 guys in the top30. And we are 2nd in the Ranking by countries with the highest points per user and cyclist right now
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at the end, was a good race, again...6th, 15th and 4 guys in the top30. And we are 2nd in the Ranking by countries with the highest points per user and cyclist right now
Your cyclists did well. Slightly disappointed that AJFactoryCycling's Nate Henderson wasn't up there, particularly with your Scott Springsteen getting 70 points in a domestique role, but those are the breaks. Hopefully it won't affect us finishing in 2nd.
Good news for the TTers, all three of my 23 year old TTers are now golden, which makes 7 golden Aussie TTers in my team.
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Race 7 (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/viento2.jpg) (https://www.cyclingforfun.org/cff/imagenes/nieve.jpg)
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Selections :
Dylan Gilliam 24 Antequera
Eric Kelly 24 Antequera (free role?)
John Battle 24 Antequera
Kent McClure 24 CobbleCrushers (free role?)
Angus Friend 23 Marineros (leader)
Four more to be selected. Current AV
1 87.68 Jonny Glass 24 Aurora_Australis
2 87.45 Ron Dardar 24 Antequera
3 87.33 Henry Foster 24 Antequera
4 87.26 Jake Hamilton 24 Plopsala
5 87.24 Jasper Sandfort 24 Antequera
6 87.22 Denis Mitchum 24 Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
7 87.12 Gary Dowden 24 Astanadena
Predictions: Top 5. Don't expect this race to be as easy as last season, but we have a decent chance of finishing the season in 2nd overall (it's us or the French, anybody wanting to nail & tack the Frenchie tyres?).
Results:
4th Angus Friend 0: 02" 200 points
18th Eric Kelly 0: 29" 30 points
22nd Gary Dowden 0: 29" 0 points
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A good 4th place in the final NT race and a splendid, excellent result in the final ranking by countries : 2nd 8)
You did an amazing good job as Australian NT manager, Aurora Australis, bravo !
Good luck next season and hopefully a better season scedule for Australia as this season.
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SIMPLY AMAZING!! Great great job Aurora! Another amazing season for our sad (this days) country...
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Season 6 ResultsAustralia - 1655 Points
Position 2ndTT 725 points : Climbs 370 points : Paves 230 points : Sprint 180 points : Hills 150 points
Most Points : Race 4 TT - 725 points
Cyclists
250 points Richard Levin 24 Aurora_Australis 1*2nd
225 points Isaac Trump 24 Aurora_Australis 1*3rd
200 points Angus Friend 23 Marineros
180 points Derek Nelson 24 Yvo_Meppelink_ProCycling
160 points Anthony Garza 24 Spitz
150 points John Jones 24 Oska
140 points Kent Carey 24 Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
120 points Ben Mitchum 24 Aurora_Australis
90 points Owen Acree 24 Aurora_Australis
70 points Scott Springsteen 24 Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
40 points Paul Clickett 23 Aurora_Australis
30 points Eric Kelly 24 Antequera
Great news is that our non-TTers have scored more points than our TTers, 930 vs 725, which is timely given that time trial races are now going to start getting more difficult with some well trained cyclist coming through. Still, I feel we've been lucky because some areas are weaker than results indicate, especially sprint, but also cobble-hills & pure climbs, so for any managers training up 19 year olds, send your international scout down to Australia, and give your cyclists the best chance for bonus NT experience.
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AUSTRALIA ENGLAND
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Season 6 ResultsAustralia - 1655 Points
Position 2thTT 725 points : Climbs 370 points : Paves 230 points : Sprint 180 points : Hills 150 points
Most Points : Race 4 TT - 725 points
Cyclists
250 points Richard Levin 24 Aurora_Australis 1*2nd
225 points Isaac Trump 24 Aurora_Australis 1*3rd
200 points Angus Friend 23 Marineros
180 points Derek Nelson 24 Yvo_Meppelink_ProCycling
160 points Anthony Garza 24 Spitz
150 points John Jones 24 Oska
140 points Kent Carey 24 Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
120 points Ben Mitchum 24 Aurora_Australis
90 points Owen Acree 24 Aurora_Australis
70 points Scott Springsteen 24 Manicomicos_Cycling_Team
40 points Paul Clickett 23 Aurora_Australis
30 points Eric Kelly 24 Antequera
Great news is that our non-TTers have scored more points than our TTers, 930 vs 725, which is timely given that time trial races are now going to start getting more difficult with some well trained cyclist coming through. Still, I feel we've been lucky because some areas are weaker than results indicate, especially sprint, but also cobble-hills & pure climbs, so for any managers training up 19 year olds, send your international scout down to Australia, and give your cyclists the best chance for bonus NT experience.
Yeah!! And I'm the second team that gives more points to Australia! hahaha
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AUSTRALIA ENGLAND
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Great, Britain! Just great... ;D
Congratulations guys for another awesome NT season!
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WOW, very good calendar for Australia in season 7. ( including 2 flat TT, and other benefits )
I regret it a little that I have withdrawn as candidate, probably this is the best racing scedule ever.
Although $Tourmalet had one season 2 flat TT races too, but if I remember correctly, back then too much climb races and now just 1.
But AA deserves such a very good calendar, so I'm happy for him and Australia. :)
To me it seems the expectations are very high for season 7 ; Australia world champion again ? 8)
Good luck AA !
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Also it is obvious that a TT specialist will win the individual world championship.
So Richard Levin ( Aurora_Australis ) has a chance to be the first Australian individual world champion.
Of course his rivals, such as Anderson (GB) and Pico (ESP), have a good chance too.
Also good luck in trying to win the individual world championship, AA ! :)
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Anderson is still in Division 2 this season...
So good luck AA this season, beware next season! ;D