F1 Rejects Cycling Challenge: Tour de France underway!

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 03 Dec 2012, 16:38

andrew wrote:Team Name: Mabbazana
Three Letter Abbreviation: Maz
Colour Scheme: Blue at front and red at back

I forgot to ask, what country is your team from?
Anyway, I have set your team in the Pepsi colours, a blue jersey with red sleaves, I hope this is close enough.
As for the riders I used Random.org to determine the stats and then added my opinion as to what the rider would be best suited for. I am also assuming you wish to enter in to the Basque Tour.

Riders

Name: John Firclont
DOB: 1993
Nationality: British

Endurance, Recovery, Cobbles = A Classics Rider/Team Mate

Name: Jimmy Kay
DOB: 1993
Nationality: USA

Endurance, Sprint, Flat = Sprinter

Name: Vladamir mechavic
DOB: 1994
Nationality: Russian

Flat, Acceleration, Endurance = Team Mate, Sprint Support

Name: Fernando Vettel
DOB: 1989
Nationality: german

Resistance, Time Trial, Mountains = Team Leader?

Name: Sebastian Alonso
1990
Spainish

Resistance, Acceleration, Time Trial = Team Mate, Time Trialist.

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 03 Dec 2012, 16:54

FMecha wrote:What riders I haven't used yet?

You have not used the following riders:

Murphy
da Silva
Dominic Roberts
Kumar
de Jong
Yazaki

Neither have you used these riders:
Claudi Gusto
Joel Janz Marquez

These riders were created by andrew, would you mind If they were placed in andrew's new team?

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 03 Dec 2012, 18:50

Team CIP for Basque Country:

Yegorov, Yurkov, Aizkibel, Moen, Michalek, Yan, Abruzzo, Mota

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 03 Dec 2012, 19:07

Shadaza wrote:
andrew wrote:Team Name: Mabbazana
Three Letter Abbreviation: Maz
Colour Scheme: Blue at front and red at back

I forgot to ask, what country is your team from?
Anyway, I have set your team in the Pepsi colours, a blue jersey with red sleaves, I hope this is close enough.
As for the riders I used Random.org to determine the stats and then added my opinion as to what the rider would be best suited for. I am also assuming you wish to enter in to the Basque Tour.

Riders

Name: John Firclont
DOB: 1993
Nationality: British

Endurance, Recovery, Cobbles = A Classics Rider/Team Mate

Name: Jimmy Kay
DOB: 1993
Nationality: USA

Endurance, Sprint, Flat = Sprinter

Name: Vladamir mechavic
DOB: 1994
Nationality: Russian

Flat, Acceleration, Endurance = Team Mate, Sprint Support

Name: Fernando Vettel
DOB: 1989
Nationality: german

Resistance, Time Trial, Mountains = Team Leader?

Name: Sebastian Alonso
1990
Spainish

Resistance, Acceleration, Time Trial = Team Mate, Time Trialist.

Italy, yeah Fernando as team leader sounds good

Yeah enter Basque tour

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 03 Dec 2012, 19:41

I'd like to make some changes to Cycling Circus squad.
Zsolt Gaumbartner is sidelined and Åbjørn Langerud, 20, of Faroe Islands, will take his place. Time Trial, Acceleration and Sprint are his cup of tea.
Tomas Knutsen retires at age 46, with Ukrainian Leon Zlobin, 29, steps into his shoes. Mountain, Endurance and Resistance are his primary skills.
Other than that, everything stays like in previous rounds

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 03 Dec 2012, 20:24

Ok, to complete the entry we just need Twinings, Battery, TIger Cycling and Team Firehawk. There is still room for Fantomette and Minardi to change entries (Having entered before knowing the stages) and the teams with less than 8 riders.

1.Fantomette

Demetrio Molina
Hiroshi Kekami
Üyük Ceynan
Alexandre Cadinho
Ingo Voeller
Piercarlo Balder
Alexandre Charpantier
François Ndiekele

2.Minardi

Arnets Barriotxega
Davide Cozzo
Raul Julandro Jimenez
Paolo Lesallo
Quizo Quintana
Artem Tereshin
Vincenzo Tolano
Thor Tromsen

3.NSA

Alexey Volkov
Jason Melbourne
Laurens Buivart
David Clarkson
Colin Thompson
Wesley Duncan
John Vonn
Jacques LaRossa

4.Lansvale

Naseef Aqueem
Giovani Bicicletta
Tamak Bisiklet
Jizdni Kolo
Jean-Marie van Fiets
Kang Xian Bin
Peiter Briggs
Nicolas Pedersen

5.UBC

Preston Senerson
Arnold Abil
Istvan Feher
Jackson Bannister
Chilserx Dawson
Frank Mortarhouse
Leandro Carabon
Giacomo Canfora

6.Alitali-Parmalat Bianchi

Stefano Firenze
Claudio Castiglione
Przemyslaw Kolodziejczak
Maarten Hooiveld
Raphael Le Clercq
Xavier De Vos
Piermario Saltalamacchia
Artan Karimi

7.Foster's Good Cycle

Klaus Fahrrad
Daniel Sims
Terry Wright
Jermaine d'Alberto
Andy Badger
Antonio Arena
Craig Beic
Dave Hedgehog

8.Hitachi

Jerry Fletcher
Katsuko Hondo
Yuki Shizzuno
Franceso Rossi
Francois Le Bleu
Sochiro Hamasaki
Daniel Morales
Oleg Brutschev

9.Performance and Cocktails

Tomas Wojtyra
Jaime Carling
Stefan Lomassonn
Brandon Plant
Ricardo Lupo
Norman Sumner
Sid Hatayuki
Daniel Martins

10.

Rafael Verwest
Carey Brice
Constant Lagg
Uno Sandberg
Artem Kraviz
Vinny de Moor
Moorighan Whitcombe
Mitchell Starecase

11.Mabbazana

John Firclont
Jimmy Kay
Vladamir Mechavic
Fernando Vettel
Sebastian Alonso

12.Team CIP

Yegorov
Yurkov
Aizkibel
Moen
Michalek
Yan
Abruzzo
Mota

13.Cycling Circus

Nasser Abdulrashid
Abraham Simon
Stefan Popiel
Thaksin Metharom
Abjorn Langerud
Leon Zlobin

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 03 Dec 2012, 21:02

Equipe Fantomette will keep its riders

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 03 Dec 2012, 22:09

No change at Minardi, either, it'll be an interesting experiment and those riders need the practice, anyway.

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 04 Dec 2012, 21:54

I would like to get the next Tour running sooner rather than later.

Battery Energy
Twinings Earl Grey
Team Firehawk
Tiger Cycling.

Please submit your teams.

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 05 Dec 2012, 01:25

I have waited long enough.
The four teams will enter their Paris-Nice line ups to the Basque Tour. This is unless I get a super late change before I can post Stage 1.

Firehawk

Singh
Edison
Suchayo
Roberts
Iketani
Jung-un
Mechavic
Tenpenny

Battery

Firestone
Nelson
Kelstrom
de Vries
Vasquez de Silva
Ricard
P.Sousa
F.Sousa

Twinings

Johansson
West
Davies
Gauthier
Donnelly
Denver
Miyamoto
Vasquez

Tiger

Grishin
Tanaka
Nordman
Gafurov
Dus
Piotrowski
Drozdov
Stensky

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 05 Dec 2012, 05:07

Can I replace Vasquez de Silva and Kelstrom with Rimolta and Hill

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 05 Dec 2012, 15:29

Shadaza wrote:To all those expecting Mountains in the Basque tour I apologise

I got it mixed with the Catalunya tour.

Instead it is 4 regular hill stages, 1 flat and one hilly time trial.

Daniel Martins wrote:Oh dear...

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 05 Dec 2012, 15:48

eurobrun wrote:Can I replace Vasquez de Silva and Kelstrom with Rimolta and Hill

OK.

....
Guenes-Guenes

Jermaine D'Alberto wins the opening stage of GP al Pais Vasco!
The Foster's rider led home fellow Belgian rider Raphael le Clerq (APB), Japanese rider Sid Hatayuki (PCR) and a gaggle of other riders totaling 33.

31 of the lead group spent the entire race distance together whilst last years Tour de France winner, Yevegni Yurkov and CBR's Uno Sandberg attempted a breakaway mid distance, they were caught but managed to hold on to the back of the pack. The other rider to break was NSA's David Clarkson, he lost 2 minutes on the leaders.

6 teams managed to get at least 3 riders home in the lead group to share a joint lead, though the stage "victory" has been awarded to Hitachi!
This time you will be glad to know Hitachi did their fair share of pulling at the front! Lansvale had a horrible stage and ended up with 5 of their riders in the bottom 10, the team is already an hour behind the leaders.

Of the 33 riders sharing the lead:
Alitalia have 6 riders
Fosters 5
Hitachi 5
PCR 4
Firehawk 3
Team CIP 3
Tigers 2
Twinings 2
Circus 1
CBR 1
Minardi 1

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 05 Dec 2012, 15:49

DanielPT wrote:
Shadaza wrote:To all those expecting Mountains in the Basque tour I apologise

I got it mixed with the Catalunya tour.

Instead it is 4 regular hill stages, 1 flat and one hilly time trial.

Daniel Martins wrote:Oh dear...

To make matters worse, Daniel Martins had a fall on the first stage and is 14 minutes behind.

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 06 Dec 2012, 00:02

Stage 2

D'Alberto does it again!

Jermaine D'Alberto becomes the first rider to ever win two stages on the bounce since the competition started after edging out Minardi's Thor Tromsen during a sprint finish.
Stage 2 is the only designated "flat" stage on the tour but a sharp climb towards the end of the stage gave the punchers, most of which were the same top riders from stage 1, a small one minute cushion over the rest of the field.

Alitalia finish a strong 3rd and 4th in the stage with Foster's Daniel Sims completing the top 5.

With little change to the teams leaderboard, the mountain leaderboard is worth a look. Yevegni Yurkov overtakes Uno Sandberg to top the standings whilst a few riders attempted an early break only to be caught and lose a lot of time, with the exception of Abdulrashid and Yurkov, the riders that scored mountain points today were caught and lost an awful lot of time on the field. Despite not fighting for Mountain points today and losing his jersey as a result, Sandberg still lost a minute on the front runners.

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 06 Dec 2012, 01:37

Arnets Barriotxega should have the Spanish flag next to his name, even though he really likes the colours of the Italian one.

Tromsen is doing great, so far. 8-)

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 06 Dec 2012, 01:56

David Clarkson, despite not being in the Top 15 for any of the two stages, is somehow third overall. :lol:

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 06 Dec 2012, 02:07

JeremyMcClean wrote:David Clarkson, despite not being in the Top 15 for any of the two stages, is somehow third overall.

He is 3rd in the Mountain points category after battling with Yurkov and Sandberg during stage 1.
On the top of every major climb their is a checkpoint and points are awarded to the first three riders to pass it, normally this is a good measure to see how often and how successfully riders breakaway.
Clarkson is about 2 minutes behind the leaders overall which puts him just inside the top 40 in general classification.

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 06 Dec 2012, 15:20

Stage 3. Vitoria-Gasteiz - Eibar-Arrate

Uno Sandberg wins, Yurkov takes overall lead!

Stage 3 was much trickier than the previous stages, though designated a hill stage, the course ended with a very difficult mountain climb so the rewards fell to the hybrid Hill/Mountain climbers. Uno Sandberg managed a final push to give him the stage victory by 10 seconds from a near dead head between Yvegni Yurkov and NSA's Alexey Volkrov. Italian's Lupo and Firenze managed to stay within sight as they rounded up the top 5.

Only 14 riders managed to be within 5 minutes of Sandberg and half of those riders had already lost a lot of time on the previous stages so The Swede moves to 7th. Yurkov has fought for every mountain point so far yet somehow still has the energy to lead overall whilst Firenze and Lupo have marked each other all the way as we reach the half way mark of the tour. The gap between 8th and 9th is larger than the gap between 1st to 8th. It is still early days yet but it seems likely that our ultimate winner will be found among this group. Previous leader D'Alberto has dropped to outside the top 20 after a poor stage.

Foster's may have lost the leaders jersey but they move to the top of the team standings after a good run. Whilst despite taking GC lead, Team CIP have dropped a significant amount of time, but not as much as Hitachi. New team Mabbazana are having a horrible time with no riders anywhere of note, they lost over an hour in time this stage alone!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Dec 2012, 05:38

How shite are my clowns at Lansvale doing? And are there any specialist hill riders we can hire?

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 07 Dec 2012, 16:35

Stage 4 Eibar - Bera-Ibardin

Superb Senersen's Solo victory!

Preston Senerson, UBC, broke early in the stage along with 3 other riders. One by one they were caught until only Senerson remained. It has been a tough tour for UBC so far and they look unlikly to break the top 10 overall, so this stage victory is a much needed boost. The final Kilometres of this stage were very steep up to mountain level which was highly unforunate for Abdulrashid. The Circus rider was a minute ahead of the field at least, as one of the early break away riders, but in the final few hundred metres dropped to 8th. Klaus Fahrrad managed to gain a little bit of space to take a clear 2nd place ahead of Don Yan of team CIP. Lupo and Firenze continue to be glued together in 4th and 5th.

There was some minor pushing and shoving on the leaderboard but it remains largely unchanged. If things stay this close, the time trial will be intense!

Wizzie wrote:How shite are my clowns at Lansvale doing? And are there any specialist hill riders we can hire?

66 Jean-Marie Van Fiets + 44'08
71 Nicolas Pedersen + 47'39
84 Jizdni Kolo + 50'58
89 Giovanni Bicicletta + 52'10
103 Kang Xian Bin + 55'08
125 Naseef Aqeem + 1h04'33
128 Peter Briggs + 1h07'29
129 Tamak Bisiklet + 1h10'36

So Lansvale are hardly having a brilliant time, however you do have some good time trial riders so you could end up with a good result come stage 6.

Sadly there are no hill climbers you can hire, however there are 2 new riders in the free agent pool:

Zsolt Gaumbartner - Endurance, Sprint, Flat
Tomas Knutsen - DH, FS, Prologue

Though Tomas Knutsen is nearing his fifties.

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 07 Dec 2012, 18:11

Where are my riders

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Dec 2012, 20:05

I'll hire both of them to bring my total up to 14

Post by **Londoner** » 07 Dec 2012, 20:22

Come on Lupo!

How are the rest of the team faring?

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 07 Dec 2012, 21:41

Senerson won a stage?! Won't do us much good though.

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 09 Dec 2012, 17:23

Stage 5, Bera-Onati

Nasser Abdulrashid dominates!

Circus rider Abdulrashid produced a master class ride to take a huge victory on the final normal stage of the tour.
Once again Firenze and Lupo remain glued togther, this tie Firenze edged out Lupo to take 2nd in the stage and 2nd overall. It will take the time trial to separate them. Daniel Morales and Andy Badger complete the top 5.

Abdulrashid catapults himself to 6th place, he was only just over a minute shy of taking overall lead! If only he had not faulted on the first couple of stages. Less than a minute separating the top 5 as we head to the final time trial, this is an intense time for all riders involved!

Whatever happens in the time trial, Yevegni Yurkov wins the mountain classification by just 4 points from Uno Sandberg. Break out victors Abdulrashid and Senerson are 3rd and 4th whilst consistent mountain challenger Clarkson is 5th.

I apologise for no update yesterday!

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 09 Dec 2012, 17:33

andrew wrote:Where are my riders

107 Fernando Vettel + 1h15'08
113 Vladamir Mechavic + 1h18'32
118 Sebastian Alonso + 1h20'56
119 John Firclont + 1h20'58
127 Jimmy Kay +1h25'46

Mabazzana have had a tough debut tour so far, none of the riders are particularly suited to hills. The time trial could be better news for the team, with both Vettel and Alonso in with a chance of some points.

Wizzie wrote:I'll hire both of them to bring my total up to 14

Done.

East Londoner wrote:Come on Lupo!

How are the rest of the team faring?

3 Ricardo Lupo +23
17 Jamie Carling + 8'31
27 Brandon Plant + 13'30
33 Sid Hatayuki + 19'13
54 Daniel Martins + 50'02
86 Stefan Lomassonn + 1h07'34
89 Tomas Wojtyra + 1h08'14

Despite a good overall performance from PCR, only Lupo is in with a shout of a top 10 finish overall.
Sid Hatayuki has been rather underwhelming considering his specialties whilst there have been no mass sprint finishes for Lomassonn this tour.
Daniel Martins might have some luck in the time trial, being the winner of the last one and all, though it is not quite as ideal a time trial as the last one!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Dec 2012, 17:41

I'm expecting Tenpenny to win this one...

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 10 Dec 2012, 21:22

kostas22 wrote:I'm expecting Tenpenny to win this one...

Well....
Morales wins stage! Tenpenny wins the tour!

Hitachi rider Daniel Morales rounded off a good tour by taking a 3 second victory from Team CIP's Pedro Mota. Jean Gauthier gives Twinings at least something to take home, a similar story for Bisiklet and LSR in 4th. Whilst Leandro Carabon denies team Firehawk the final points posistion.

9 seconds was the final margin of Tenpenny taking victory after Yevegni Yurkov had an awful time trial run! Tenpenny becomes the first tour winner not to take a top 5 finish during any of the stages instead relying on consistently good results to ultimately take victory. Ricardo Lupo recorded a run 7 seconds faster then Stefano Firenze to take 3rd place in the standings with Fahrrad in 5th. 6th through to 9th managed to remain unchanged but with Daniel Morales's fine victory, he was able to take the points for finishing the tour in 10th, denying Dong Yan.

Stefano Firenze may have slipped from 2nd to 4th, but he did take the points jersey for his consistent form ahead of Lupo and S1 and S2 winner D'Alberto.

The teams championship was not quite as exciting as it has been in previous tours, Fosters held the top spot for the entire duration recording 2 stage wins and beind the only team with 2 riders in the top 10 overall. PCR record a good 2nd place finish as Alitalia have their worst round finish ever, 3rd place!

The full results are available here:
http://www.2shared.com/document/lOMzwsnL/GP_al_Pais_Vasco_Oati_-_Oati.html

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 10 Dec 2012, 21:27

Luke Knight wrote: Ahh well, we did so shite I can't even see our name on the teams championship....

Herrmann Mann wrote:LOOK! AT DER TOP!

Luke Knight~ wrote: All right all right calm down calm down I'm look--- BLLODY HELL! WE WON?!?!?!!?

Herrmann Mann wrote:Partai? *opens cupboard to reveal lots of Jagermeister*

Luke Knight wrote: Hell yes!!!

----Some time next morning----

Luke Knight wrote:But why?

Herrmann Mann wrote: I was driving der car und she lent over to gi--

Luke Knight wrote: I don't even wanna know what she did. MY CAR IS IN THE BATHPLUGGING POOL!!!!!! AND IS THAT... IS THAT A LIFE-SIZE CUTOUT OF FLAVIO BRIATORE? WHY???

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 10 Dec 2012, 21:33

Shadaza wrote:
kostas22 wrote:I'm expecting Tenpenny to win this one...

Well....
Morales wins stage! Tenpenny wins the tour!

Points for correct prediction please?

At least we have a small consolation with the points jersey for Firenze. Still hoped for more though. As a unit our team is the strongest in the World Tour but we lack the kind of superb indiviual performances that is helping other teams win jerseys. Voeckler was supposed to have been this guy but the few times he's been selected he's done nothing at all...

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 12 Dec 2012, 19:11

Basque Tour Summary

Stage Winners

Stage 1: Jermaine D'Alberto (FOS)
Stage 2: Jermaine D'Alberto (FOS)
Stage 3: Uno Sandberg (CBR)
Stage 4: Preston Senersen (UBC)
Stage 5: Nasser Abdulrashid (CCC)
Stage 6: Daniel Morales (HIT)

General Classification: Thomas Tenpenny (FHK)
Points Jersey: Stefano Firenze (APB)
Mountain Jersey: Yevegni Yurkov (CIP)
Team Classification: Foster's Good Cycle

Victory for Tenpenny places him as the new overall leader ahead of Abdulrashid, Jerry Fletcher is down to 3rd after recording a no score.

The Teams Championship, measuring the top 5 riders of each team is such:

1.Hitachi Pro Tour 416
2.Foster's Good Cycle 300
3.Alitalia Parmalat Bianchi 295
4.Team CIP 235
5.Performance and Cocktails Racing 216
6.Samsung Skoda Firehawk 208
7.Cycling Circus 175
8.National Steroids Association Team 133
9.Minardi 97
10.United Boxtel Cycling 96
11.Twinings Earl Grey Cycling 95
12.Credit Bancarotto 83
13.Equipe Fantomette 80
14.Battery Energy Cycling Team 39
15.Tiger Cycling Team 25
16.Lansvale Smash Repairs 17
17.Mabbazana 0

The next round is the Paris - Roubaix

A single mostly flat, long 250km stage with cobblestones.
Teams may enter 8 riders.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 12 Dec 2012, 20:57

For the NSA team please enter:
Randall Clarks
John Vonn
David Clarkson
Juan Pablo Martinez
Colin Thompson
Kevin Frederickson
Jacques LaRossa

Post by **Londoner** » 12 Dec 2012, 21:35

The Performance and Cocktails team for the Paris - Roubaix run

Stefan Lomassonn
John Jaywick
Wilson Ricky
Hugh Englemann
Len Kozlovsky
Carlo Adjej
Norman Sumner
Darren Matthews

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 12 Dec 2012, 21:55

Equipe Fantomette's 8 for the Paris-Roubaix

François Ndiekele
Bernard Roullaint
Siggi Judsen
Üyük Çeynan
Demetrio Molina
Jonson Edderly
Ingo Voeller
Arthur Vergamet

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 12 Dec 2012, 22:47

ALITALIA-PARMALAT BIANCHI
Lorenzo Romano
Vincenzo Mazzola
Mika Pyora
Raphael Le Clercq
Maarten Hooiveld
Gianni Marzano
Xavier De Vos
Artan Karimi

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 13 Dec 2012, 00:20

Hitachi:

Jerry Fletcher
Katsuko Hondo
Taki Takashita
Daryl Foley
Sochiro Hamasaki
Harry Pritchard
Oleg Brutschev
Paddy Quinn

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 13 Dec 2012, 15:58

I think I have used Kumar, Murphy and Yazaki?

Also, andrew's rider can be transferred to his own team.

Anyway:

Singh
Edison
Sucahyo
N. Roberts
Iketani
D. Roberts
da Silva
de Jong

FWIW, Dominic and Nigel are not related to each other.

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 13 Dec 2012, 16:33

FMecha wrote:I think I have used Kumar, Murphy and Yazaki? Also, andrew's rider can be transferred to his own team.

Anyway:

Singh
Edison
Sucahyo
N. Roberts
Iketani
D. Roberts
da Silva
de Jong

FWIW, Dominic and Nigel are not related to each other.

cheers

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 13 Dec 2012, 16:41

I'll keep the current squad