Season 14

[Sjiz]

The way it looks is that it will be close but i think i'll end up 3rd this season. But we still have 3 races to go, 3 races with a lot of points on the line.

I'm sure you'll keep 3rd, Valderend doesn't have a suitable TTer.
I'd suggest that Vos could be a slight favourite at this point in time.

I agree, 3rd should be OK even though Drulo will score many points still. Last season he won Lombardia and the WC TT and got 4th on the road. Thats 2000 points right there. Still the fight for the podium can go anyway now. I think Captain is favourite, Vos second (although he did pick up a TTer as a free rider which is a smart move) and me third.

[Sjiz]

I am going to revise my odds. I think Vos is the favourite at the moment.

Edit: it looks like Vos will be very close or have a slight lead over Captain after the TT and i will be 1000 points behind. So all i need to do is rode the best road race ever :p

[Vos]

Giro di Lombardia ;
12º  Kristóf
14º  Vorre

Not good and not bad, although I was hoping for more.

Maybe I should be happy with the first classic race of this season that went average like this, because AGR, EF and SSB were a failure.
Just PR, FW and LBL went well. In the other 7 (!) classic races I did not even had a suited cyclist.

What means missing out many, many, many points. Of course my own fault, and of course I did try to buy a suited cyclist ( cobblehills ).
But that was not successful and on the short term. Instead ; I should have planned this far ahead.

Back to Lombardia ; my team scored 280 points.
Both rival teams scored more points ; CaptainOrange ( 2º = ) 400 points, and TeamRHB ( 6º + 20º +  25º = ) 350 points.

At the moment still a little ahead ( just 114 points ) on TeamRHB, and I gamble on the lottery of the WC TT to secure the 2º place in 1A.
( For now ) Bell is 5th favorite, and in previous season he finished as 5º on 0:11" in this exact same time trial.
That is not all, because according to my estimations Millan and Reinumägi should have approximately the same GV as Bell.
The same for Sarap, but I bought him less than 15 races ago, so he does not have TC bonus.

Of course, it is a WC TT, so anything can happen in this lottery. Besides this, the competition might be much more fierce this season (?).
Also because there are 2 weather icons active in this race.
The 1st and 3rd favorites have an active weather icon. Only 1 of my TT specialists ( Reinumägi ) has an active weather icon.
And looking at the results(/time behind) of previous season ; the 1st and 2nd favorites should be out of reach.

SPORTLIFE is fully* prepared for this time trial, so let's hope my team can score enough points.
( * = equipment 9-7-8, health 100, form 100, luck card, 4x TC bonus, director 101-78-91, stimulation 195, training camps 200, and tuning 100. )

After this WC TT the WC roadrace,
and in contrast to previous season, my team will compete in this race as well ( with the nr60 of the golden hills ranking ).

And after these 2 races ; next season.
That will be a reorganisation season, and hopefully finally lucky/successfull to set up a youth team aside.
It will not be a real sabatical season, because setting up a youth team needs activity in the first 2 weeks.
And even with a (mini) youth team aside, my next season goal will be to stay in 1A and score a few victories.

But my next season goal(s) is mainly uncertain at the moment, all focus was on this season, and one of my 2 training projects is still young.
Also there is a big chance that I will be active in the NT races, because so far there are no candidates for the NT of Australia.

[Kekipi]

SPORTLIFE is fully* prepared for this time trial, so let's hope my team can score enough points.
( * = equipment 9-7-8, health 100, form 100, luck card, 4x TC bonus, director 101-78-91, stimulation 195, training camps 200, and tuning 100. )

Appreciate this intel about being "fully prepared."  Will file this away for (near) future reference.   

And after these 2 races ; next season.
That will be a reorganisation season, and hopefully finally lucky/successfull to set up a youth team aside.
It will not be a real sabatical season, because setting up a youth team needs activity in the first 2 weeks.
And even with a (mini) youth team aside, my next season goal will be to stay in 1A and score a few victories.

Best of luck with that goal. 

Also there is big a change that I will be active in the NT races, because so far there are no candidates for the NT of Australia.

There's a high bar established for the Australian NT.  I'd be hesitant to put in for the job because of that.

[Vos]

Thanks Kekipi, you too good luck in the near future. And ups, a bit too much info in my text. 

[Sjiz]

Well done Vos, i think getting the free rider will give you the win. I dont think i can make up 1250 points tomorrow. I would need a really great race for that to happen. Still, we will try

[Vos]

Lisboa TT WC ;
6º  Millan    0:11"
9º  Bell    0:13"
13º  Reinumägi    0:19"
23º  Sarap    0:35"
25º  Grabovskis    0:39"

As always, luck plays a big role in the TT WC.
Millan had a good race, but the higher ranked 5th favorite Bell had not a lucky race at all.
Also Reinumägi had not a lucky race, because he could challenge the same 3 cyclists as Millan.
And despite the weather bonus extra of Reinumägi, he finished 7 places and 8 seconds behind Millan, what is a lot.

Anyway, my team scored many points and hopefully that will be enough. The exciting final WC roadrace will be decisive.

Well done Vos, i think getting the free rider will give you the win. I dont think i can make up 1250 points tomorrow. I would need a really great race for that to happen. Still, we will try

Thanks, Sjiz. We will see what happens in the exciting and decisive WC roadrace. Good luck !

[Vos]

Lisboa WC road race ;
15º  Simon
30º  Daniljev
For sure a bad race of my team, but good enough compared to the rival teams, because .........



SPORTLIFE =  1A CHAMPION  !

[Aurora Australis]

Great job Vos.
Also six Aussie teams in Div1 next season, great result Franky to get a promotion into Div1.

[Rico]

Congrats with a very nice season, Vos

[Zatarra]

Lisboa WC road race ;
15º  Simon
30º  Daniljev
For sure a bad race of my team, but good enough compared to the rival teams, because .........



SPORTLIFE =  1A CHAMPION  !

Congrats, Vos!

I luckily managed to finish above relegation line after just dropped below it following the WC TT. Pfew!

[Sjiz]

Unfortunately, for the second time this season Verbeek lost contact in s1 where he should have stayed. His friends went on the attack and he was left behind. The all or nothing became nothing :p

Still very happy with the season. I got my main goal and got a 1a trophy by finishing 3rd in the standings. In addition to this we also won the cup and became russian champion. 3 prizes i did not have. In a rider level Verbeek took his 6th national jersey and Ablett got his first American, also a new prize. So, all in all very happy.

And congrats Vos, well done. Your 450 extra points in the WC TT forced me to make errors.

[EpoGlucK]

Wopppp!!!

Congrats Vos, fantastic end of Season.
 It has been very interesting to see,this last 3 stages of the Season. I was checking all your results. Today,when I saw Simon in second group in section 1😳

Well, congrats the 3 of you!!

[ophiuko]

Congrats Vos, amazing season! First Australian team winning 1a

[cabrasverdes]

Congrats Vos!
 A really good season with great tactics throughout the season. The most exciting season in the last years, also avery good season of Rico an Sijz, with very strong teams. I am excited to see who takes over next seasons