Season 14

[Vos]

stage 4 TdF ;
1º  Basov  --> amazing victory ! 
25º  Nyheim ( helper )

[Vos]

stage 5 TdF ;
5º  VanGroningen
20º  Majoros ("helper")

A bad tactical race. The teamcaptain-helper combo started too slow, and in s2 I should have given the helper 1 more EP.
Now the helper was 1 group behind the isolated VanGroningen in the whole race.
But I assume many more teams had difficulties in this windy stage to Antwerpen, because these results are good.
And for sure a good investment of 22k for VanGroningen.

Something else is good too ; SPORTLIFE is the new temporary leader in division 1A.

And today even more good news ( due to the stage 4 victory of Basov ) ;
King of the mountains !
SPORTLIFE is the only team that has this achievement/milestone ( and the only team that has this 2 stars milestone ).

[kirin]

Half of the Tour is done, and Piñeiro (25, azerite) is 1' 02'' behind the current leader, Julio Manuel Miró (28, Rekutxuteam). But is unlikely that Miró stays as leader after the sprints.
Among the main rivals for the Maillot Jaune, Allan Palmer (31, CaptainOrange) is 15s over Piñeiro right now, and with another 2 mountain stages to come, he might be the number 1 favourite.
Maybe if i didn't put the wrong roles on stage 1, Piñeiro would be the one leading among the GC riders.

Other great contenders could be Lazare Pires (27, FrançaiseDesJeux), Hugo Skogstad (32, TeamRHB) or Aleksandr Menke (27, FaltososDeChigre).

1    Julio Manuel Miro   28   Rekutxuteam   0: 00"   
2    Allan Palmer   31   CaptainOrange   0: 47"   
3    Daniel Basov   31   SPORTLIFE   0: 50"   
4    Jérémy Huard   25   RemcoEvenpoelckx   0: 54"   
5    David Manuel Piñeiro   25   azerite   1: 02"   
6    Boris Walker   24   Moderdonia   1: 48"   
7    Lazare Pires   27   FrançaiseDesJeux   1: 55"   
8    Reto Meyer   28   ZG   1: 59"   
9    Hugo Skogstad   32   TeamRHB   2: 34"   
10    Aleksandr Menke   27   FaltososDeChigre   2: 34"   

[Sjiz]

It will be intersting to see how good the climbers can sprint and how much time they will lose. I expect a few to challenge for the podium. Im not entirely happy with Skogstad this morning. He finished first op his group and Palmer last. Thats a big shame. A chance to gain time lost. Hopefully we can fight for the podium after the sprints are done.

[Aurora Australis]

King of the mountains !
SPORTLIFE is the only team that has this achievement/milestone ( and the only team that has this 2 stars milestone ).

And the only team who ever will, well unless you sell the cyclist who got it.

[Vos]

King of the mountains !
SPORTLIFE is the only team that has this achievement/milestone ( and the only team that has this 2 stars milestone ).

And the only team who ever will, well unless you sell the cyclist who got it.

I have sold Miorlin yesterday, before the TdF stage 4 victory of Basov what caused getting this milestone.
Miorlin had 25 victories, and Basov has just 11 victories now.
So, perhaps it is not a milestone for an individual cyclist, but perhaps it is a milestone for the team ( I had some other victorious climbers too ).

[Vos]

Grrrr, I see that Basov dropped to a 9 star climber today.
But a stage victory just before dropping, is a great way to say goodbye to his 10 stars. And almost 100% sure this was Basov his last victory.

For the managers of GC contenders in the Tour de France ; the current nr 3 GC is no rival. ( very, very bad in sprint, and very low hills skill )

[Sjiz]

King of the mountains !
SPORTLIFE is the only team that has this achievement/milestone ( and the only team that has this 2 stars milestone ).

And the only team who ever will, well unless you sell the cyclist who got it.

I have sold Miorlin yesterday, before the TdF stage 4 victory of Basov what caused getting this milestone.
Miorlin had 25 victories, and Basov has just 11 victories now.
So, perhaps it is not a milestone for an individual cyclist, but perhaps it is a milestone for the team ( I had some other victorious climbers too ).

It is for your team but its a strange one with the new dynamic calendar. You need to get x amount of wins in a type of race. But the dynamic calendar messes up the count. So it varies  after how many wins you get it.

A good flatclimb today. After a heavy and quick start skogstad sat comfortably in the front. Jobet was able to help him excellently and Skogstad finished on a solid 9th place with a light bulb. I guess i have to be happy then Hopefully he can get some time back on all the people higher up than him in the cobblehill stage.

[Vos]

stage 6 TdF ;
28º  Basov  on 1:04"
Hmmm, I decided to take no risk at all despite there was just 1 stripe wind, because Basov cannot ride a top result and every point is welcome.

Very unexpectedly Basov ( 2 EP ) and his better helper ( 3 EP ) could not follow the s1 break away group of 27.
Even Nyheim ( 3 EP ) in a free role with active weather icon was in the 2nd group of s1, but maybe that was due to his mechanical breakdown.

And to make things worse, Basov was suddenly isolated in s4, because his helper ( and free role Nyheim ) dropped out of the 2nd group.
A very dissapointing result ; although Basov did not even get the CFF dissapointment icon. In my opinion he should have deserved that.

The maybe top favorite to win this Tour, Palmer ( CaptainOrange ), finished as 3º. And his helper finished as 15º.
So, SPORTLIFE is again 2nd in 1A, but it was fun to take the lead once.

[Sjiz]

Skogstad was only able to gain 20 seconds on Palmer. Thats not enough and the gap for the win is too large now. We now need to focus on keeping menke behind and gaining time on pineiro on the sprints. Pires is most likely also too strong.

[Sjiz]

After a very tough stage agains Kirin and his Aguada we managed to come out on top. Verbeek won the stage for us and we are faced with another hill stage, the Lisbon WC race, in the finals. I feel confident ahead of the stage but i also know that i havent had an easy round yet. After IKIBASQUE (1a, round 1), Cabrasverdes (1a, round 2), RajenKujen (2b, last 32), BlackHole (1a, last 16), GMV_Cycling (1a, Quarter-finals) and then Azerite (1a, semi finals) we made it to the end and the first prize of the season is in the pocket.

[Vos]

Great semi final victory in the CFF Cup, Sjiz ! 
Already a very nice silver price, and a good chance that Verbeek can turn it into a golden price, because the CFF Cup final is a HHHHH race.
Good luck in the final versus Mlb !
Of course, also Mlb congrats with the semi final victory  and good luck in the final !
Maybe Mlb can surprise with Berry ( 76º ) versus Verbeek ( 6º ). Berry had already a surprising good result this season ; 4º Fleche Wallonie.

[kirin]

After a very tough stage agains Kirin and his Aguada we managed to come out on top. Verbeek won the stage for us and we are faced with another hill stage, the Lisbon WC race, in the finals. I feel confident ahead of the stage but i also know that i havent had an easy round yet. After IKIBASQUE (1a, round 1), Cabrasverdes (1a, round 2), RajenKujen (2b, last 32), BlackHole (1a, last 16), GMV_Cycling (1a, Quarter-finals) and then Azerite (1a, semi finals) we made it to the end and the first prize of the season is in the pocket.

I think ur mistaking me with Aspigarri.
Anyways, congratulations on getting into the finals! U have a good stage for Verbeek on it so its almost yours

[Sjiz]

After a very tough stage agains Kirin and his Aguada we managed to come out on top. Verbeek won the stage for us and we are faced with another hill stage, the Lisbon WC race, in the finals. I feel confident ahead of the stage but i also know that i havent had an easy round yet. After IKIBASQUE (1a, round 1), Cabrasverdes (1a, round 2), RajenKujen (2b, last 32), BlackHole (1a, last 16), GMV_Cycling (1a, Quarter-finals) and then Azerite (1a, semi finals) we made it to the end and the first prize of the season is in the pocket.

I think ur mistaking me with Aspigarri.
Anyways, congratulations on getting into the finals! U have a good stage for Verbeek on it so its almost yours

Wups, you are correct :p

[Vos]

stage 8 TdF ;
30º  Majoros
Remarkable that he finished with the dissapointment icon.
According to me it was doubtfull if he was good enough to score points in a hillsprint stage.
But indeed, a bad race, because his 1 EP start was not good enough, and despite a total of 6 EP in s2 and s3, he could not return in s3.

stage 9 TdF ;
6º  Majoros
Revanche ! A very good result because he does not like that hill in the final s5. VanGroningen did an excellent job as helper.

As expected, Basov ( in a free role ) lost many minutes in both sprint stages, but good to see that he will score extra unexpected GC points.
At the moment he is 13º GC on 9:17" behind upcoming Tour de France winner Palmer ( CaptainOrange ).
Probably Basov can move up one place after the final mountain stage.

Unfortunately, it seems CaptainOrange will be again the 1A champion ( as expected ).
A good lead after this TdF, and a good chance that team scores many future points. For example Hilton is a top favorite for the Vuelta.
I guess it will be a fun battle versus TeamRHB for the 2nd place.
Already it looks almost certain that my team will get an 1A podiumplace this season. The best result ever, and very nice after 3x 4º places.