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Jamee999

Hall of Fame Member
Hak - you could post a picture of the bit of the game that shows all the mountains on the stage and where the sprints are and stuff. (You may be planning to do this anyway but didn't because it was a flat race though, but it's still an idea :p)
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
Jayco Bay Cycling Classic

Stage 2
Portarlington Bay, Criterium 36 km





Our out-of-form sprinters struggled with this tiny climb, which was ascended 6 times. They couldn't get to the front, and in order to win we attempted an attack with Forner, as seen below.


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But he was caught with 500 meters to the finish and ended well down.

Results:
1 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK 48'09
2 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
3 Josh Smith SAVINGS & LOANS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
4 Kirk O'Bee HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
5 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
7 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
8 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK s.t.
9 Zakkari Dempster SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
10 Nicolas Sanderson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
16 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
21 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
38 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
48 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
50 Chris Dwyer TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.

51 riders in same time.

GC:
1 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK 1h31'58
2 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
3 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 8
4 Josh Smith SAVINGS & LOANS CYCLING TEAM + 12
5 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.

Points:
1 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK 25 32
2 Kirk O'Bee HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS 14 28
3 Robert Gesink RABOBANK 2 27
4 Josh Smith SAVINGS & LOANS CYCLING TEAM 16 26
5 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 12 21
6 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY 0 20
9 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY 0 16
12 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 9 9
 

Matteh

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Going well in the GC still (y). Josh tad unlucky to not stay away and win the stage.
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
Stage 3
Ritchie Boulevard, Geelong, Criterium 64 km



A 7-man group including Guerini TMO and Van Huffel PRL went loose, and after ten km Nicki Sørensen attempted to join them, resulting in a chase being set up by Casson Dairy and Rabobank, who wanted to protect their yellow jersey men. The group was caught with 27 km to go, and the remainder of the race was run at high pace. Casson Dairy attempted a replay of their successful lead out, but after Forner and Reddlapalli had led with 10 km to spare, Malone struggled to keep a high enough pace, Dunn needed to jump wheels, but didn't have enough in the legs to catch up with the trains on the side. Thus, a disappointing sixth place.

Results:
1 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 1h32'44
2 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
3 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
4 Kirk O'Bee HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
5 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
6 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
7 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK s.t.
8 Nicolas Sanderson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
9 Zakkari Dempster SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
10 Steve Pilson ASFRA RACING TEAM s.t.
16 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
45 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
48 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
50 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
63 Chris Dwyer TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.

65 riders in same time

GC:
1 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3h04'42
2 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK s.t.
3 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
4 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM + 8
5 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
6 Josh Smith SAVINGS & LOANS CYCLING TEAM + 12
7 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.

Points:
1 Kirk O'Bee HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS 14 42
2 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 20 41
3 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK 9 41
4 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 25 38
5 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 16 36

6 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY 10 30
12 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY 0 16
14 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 0 9
 

davidpares

School Boy/Girl Captain
did my sign up form not get processed or is it just some of the riders that gopt picked for this race?
 

roseboy64

Cricket Web Content Updater
Edit: 1 ITT prologue in Lower Hutt, 1 ITT in Wellington City. Not much in the way of climbs, but a couple late on in the fifth stage.

Thus, probably more suited to Matteh. Not a good idea for Rose to ride it because it'll waste the form for the grand tours (the game works such that if you race more than 40 days your form can't peak any more. Thus, for the GC riders the race days need to be close to the 20-day grand tours.)
Oh I see. No prob then.
 

Matteh

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I say send someone on a breakaway, despite the distinct lack of hills to attack on.
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, Stage 4
Botanic Gardens, Geelong, Criterium 85 km



14 laps, with such a hill that Dunn and Kearsley were immediately counted out and the aim was just to get them over the line. The stage also finishes with the climb, 4-5 % of about 600 metres.

Thus, Mat's advice was obeyed, and Malone got loose on his second attack attempt, along with seven others including Guerini from TMO and Kilun from Health Net (HNM). Later, 4 more joined the group, and a third attack was launched from the bunch with 38km to go. Relaying this news to Malone, a decision was made to attack the lead group, which made for a higher pace and a smaller group but wore out Malone's strengths. With three laps (15km) to go, they still held a lead of over two minutes, and it was clear that it would be among the six men remaining in the group.

The fight was close; Malone got loose on the penultimate climb, but wasn't good enough to hold on the chasers on the flat. During the final hill sprint he couldn't repeat the trick, and had to see McLachlan from the peloton pass him at the line, as well as finishing behind three of his breakaway mates; Roman Kilun of Health Net was strong enough to win, however.

Results:
1 Roman Kilun HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS 2h03'33
2 Simon Pearson SAVINGS & LOANS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
3 Pieter Mertens PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
4 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
5 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
6 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 Kirk O'Bee HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
8 Phillip Thuaux DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
9 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
10 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
37 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
48 Chris Dwyer TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
49 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
50 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.

61 riders in same time.

GC:
1 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK 5h08'15
2 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
3 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM + 8
4 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
5 Pieter Mertens PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 12
6 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
7 Josh Smith SAVINGS & LOANS CYCLING TEAM s.t.

Aim for the final stage; catch up with Hayman/Docker and take the general classification. The points classification looks unattainable.

Points:
1 Kirk O'Bee HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS 9 51
2 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK 5 46
3 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 7 43
4 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 4 42
5 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 0 41
7 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY 0 30
13 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY 0 16
17 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY 0 12
20 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 0 9
 

Matteh

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Played there Bugssy. GC is well within our sights imo, especially with 2 guys in a good position for it.
 

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Point of Order.... what does GC stand for?? :ph34r:

I'm a bit confused by the results as well... The narration suggests there's been a breakaway and half-a-dozen people crossed the line at the same time, but the actual results show 50+ people at the same time..... in every stage so far. One successful breakaway could win this for anyone by the looks of it!
 

Jamee999

Hall of Fame Member
General Classification. Like the Yellow Jersey in Le Tour.

The same time is for everyone with in 50m IIRC.
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
I'm a bit confused by the results as well... The narration suggests there's been a breakaway and half-a-dozen people crossed the line at the same time, but the actual results show 50+ people at the same time..... in every stage so far. One successful breakaway could win this for anyone by the looks of it!
Yeah, I think I mentioned that the pack caught up with the breakaway and one of the guys from the pack (McLachlan) beat Bugs to the finish on the last stage.

Anyway...might as well finish this race off today:

Jayco Bay Cycling Classic - Stage 5
Docklands, Criterium 21 km



The plan was to control the stage and give our sprinters a good leadout - however, we simply weren't in form to do so. Aerts, Kobzarenko and Eltink attempted to jump from the field, but failed, and in the sprint we were rather anonymous as we backed our own leadout.



Results:

1 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
2 Henk Vogels TOYOTA UNITED s.t.
3 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
8 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
11 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
31 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
45 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
49 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
52 Chris Dwyer TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.


Final General Classification:
1 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK 5h08'15
2 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
3 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM + 8
4 Henk Vogels TOYOTA UNITED +s.t.
5 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
6 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY +12
21 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY +20
25 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
29 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
33 Chris Dwyer TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.


Points:

1 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 68
2 Kirk O'Bee HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS 63
3 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK 55
8 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY 35
11 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY 24
19 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY 12
22 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 9


Comments: Sprints weren't too good, largely a result of too much faith in our leadouts as well as significant troubles with recovery due to low form. The breakaways didn't quite get pulled off either, so overall a bit disappointing. Still, the only thing we lost was prestige and money, and this is a tiny race that will be forgotten soon.

Onwards to Ballarat, as the next week will be occupied by the Australian national Championships. The favourites include Reddlapalli and Gelman for the individual time trial (ITT) and Malone and Forner for the road race (RR).
 
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Matteh

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
A solid rather than great start. 2 Top ten GC finishes is good to see though.
 

Matteh

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Point of Order.... what does GC stand for?? :ph34r:

I'm a bit confused by the results as well... The narration suggests there's been a breakaway and half-a-dozen people crossed the line at the same time, but the actual results show 50+ people at the same time..... in every stage so far. One successful breakaway could win this for anyone by the looks of it!
Also if one group all finishes together then they all get the same time for the stage. So with it basically just being bunch sprints, everyone's been getting the same time for each stage. The winners end up slightly ahead because if you finish a stage in the top 3 you pick up some time bonuses that count for the overall standings.
 

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
There's a bit more to cycling than Heath had an appreciation for. Heath better not get psychologically bashed into submission in Wellington. The home town crowds should buoy me on to success!

I thought that was a decent result for a new team though. Fifth and Sixth for Dunn and Kearsley isn't bad!

As a matter of interest, what game is this being done from??
 

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