Cricket Web Cycling Team

[pinchy81]

Argh so close yet so far

 

[alternative]

Awesome stuff Dwyer.

 

[roseboy64]

USA National Championships and Vuelta a España cross. What'll happen there?

 

[bugssy]

sorry boys i a woeful!

 

[Bobisback]

sorry boys i a woeful!

Double netted though expected to pop next week i think.

 

[Josh]

Late congrats to Dwyer for his Aussie championship ride. Well done, fella.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

USA National Championships and Vuelta a España cross. What'll happen there?

Basically you'll have to shout if you're desperate to ride the national championships instead of the Vuelta.

I know ive put myself down as a sprinter, and had pretty bad climbing skills, but how is it that i cant even get over an Ant hill? Is it that bad for all sprinters? If so wont TDF and other more hilly races be an absolute nightmare if not impossible to finish in the allotted time?

It all depends on the pace that's set over the ant hill, really. But I think it'll get better towards the end of the season - you're not much worse than, say, Hushovd, but because your form is a bit shot because you're not peaking for this time of the year, that leaves trouble over the ant hill.

Bugs: A minor note about cycling: nobody remembers if you're fourth or 64th, really. The whole point is trying to get someone from the team to a win; you'll get your chances to do well whenever it goes uphill or it's a really long stage, otherwise you'll be helping to pull the breakaways back. Did that well today.

 

[bugssy]

Basically you'll have to shout if you're desperate to ride the national championships instead of the Vuelta.



It all depends on the pace that's set over the ant hill, really. But I think it'll get better towards the end of the season - you're not much worse than, say, Hushovd, but because your form is a bit shot because you're not peaking for this time of the year, that leaves trouble over the ant hill.

Bugs: A minor note about cycling: nobody remembers if you're fourth or 64th, really. The whole point is trying to get someone from the team to a win; you'll get your chances to do well whenever it goes uphill or it's a really long stage, otherwise you'll be helping to pull the breakaways back. Did that well today.

thats what i said lol! go team!

 

[readie]

Sign-up form

Name: Ben Read
Date of Birth:10/10/1986
Cycling nation:Australia
Specialist: Sprinter
Goal races Tour de France, Giro D'Italia, Vuelta a España
Domestique - suggestions?

Details (can be omitted, will be adapted to each position)

Enter values from 50 to 85 in each of these 12 parameters

Flat:77
Mountain55
Hills:54
Downhill:70
Time Trial:65
Stamina:65
Resistance:60
Recovery:60
Cobblestones:50
Fighter:75
Sprint:83
Acceleration:81

These must fit your specialisation, as follows:

For a Sprinter:

Must be 78-83 in: Sprint
Must be between 73-85 in: Acceleration
Must be between 70-85 in: Flat
Must be 60-80 in: Resistance, Recovery, Stamina
Must be 50-80 in: Fighter, Hills, Cobblestones, Downhill
Must be 50-70 in: Mountains, Time Trial

All must add up to no more than 795.

 

[roseboy64]

Basically you'll have to shout if you're desperate to ride the national championships instead of the Vuelta.

Well since I'm only using them I guess I'll go Vuelta but will decide depending on how the Tour and Giro go.

 

[roseboy64]

Sign-up form

Name: Ben Read
Date of Birth:10/10/1986
Cycling nation:Australia
Specialist: Sprinter
Goal races Tour de France, Giro D'Italia, Vuelta a España
Domestique - suggestions?

Details (can be omitted, will be adapted to each position)

Enter values from 50 to 85 in each of these 12 parameters

Flat:77
Mountain55
Hills:54
Downhill:70
Time Trial:65
Stamina:65
Resistance:60
Recovery:60
Cobblestones:54
Fighter:75
Sprint:80
Acceleration:80

These must fit your specialisation, as follows:

For a Sprinter:

Must be 78-83 in: Sprint
Must be between 73-85 in: Acceleration
Must be between 70-85 in: Flat
Must be 60-80 in: Resistance, Recovery, Stamina
Must be 50-80 in: Fighter, Hills, Cobblestones, Downhill
Must be 50-70 in: Mountains, Time Trial

All must add up to no more than 795.

GC Riders do better I believe in your goal races.

 

[Matteh]

Sprinters can go for stage wins in the Big 3.

If i was Readie, i'd take the 4 extra from Cobbles and put 3 on Sprint and 1 anywhere else.

 

[roseboy64]

I'm guessing he'd want to win the whole thing though.

 

[Matteh]

The thing with cycling is you just try and win your speciality usually. If you're a sprinter then in the Big Tours you're looking to win all the flat stages and just crawl through the moutains. Essentially if you win in what you're specialised at then that's good enough.

 

[Neil Pickup]

The thing with cycling is you just try and win your speciality usually. If you're a sprinter then in the Big Tours you're looking to win all the flat stages and just crawl through the moutains. Essentially if you win in what you're specialised at then that's good enough.

I can't believe you of all people passed up such a fantastic chance to be condescending.

 

[Matteh]

I can't believe you of all people passed up such a fantastic chance to be condescending.

I'm safe in the knowledge that i know far more about this sport than most the people that signed up, so i thought i'd actually help for once. Piper's leaving for a week, so if CDM doesn't make a howler then i'll just have music taste to be arrogant about.

 

[roseboy64]

Strange to say the least but I benefitted so not complaining.

 

[readie]

Sprinters can go for stage wins in the Big 3.

If i was Readie, i'd take the 4 extra from Cobbles and put 3 on Sprint and 1 anywhere else.

cheers good idea yeh i was just planning to go for sprint wins early on in those tours like u said

 

[Magrat Garlick]

January 17
Tour Down Under

Stage 1

Our 8-man team - identical to the Down Under Classic; largely built around the sprinters, but Dwyer, Malone and Forner will be given free reins in the hills.

Chris Dwyer showing off the Aussie colours

The start list included seven ProTour teams, though neither McEwen nor O'Grady graced the race with their presence. The largest names include Milram's Alessandro Petacchi and Erik Zabel, CSC's Luke Roberts and Christian Vandevelde, Unibet's José Rujano, Predictor-Lotto's ageing sprinter Tom Steels, time triallist Dominique Cornu and general strong man Christophe Brandt, and AG2R's line-up which features Jean-Patrick Nazon, Sylvain Calzati and local hero Simon Gerrans.

Early climbs meant a chased-down breakaway was inevitable, the main aim for Casson Dairy to chase down said breakaway and bring the sprinters into a good position.

The 6 that got away were moderately strong, including Russian champion Aleksandr Khatuntsev of Unibet and Andy Flickinger from Bougyues Telecom; however, despite Khatuntsev piling on the pressure and gradually decimating the breakaway, they were caught with 20 km to the finish.

The sprint was chaotic, with Barloworld and Agritubel leading out but no one really taking charge. Ryan Dunn looked good with a mile to the finish, but once again Docker jumped from his wheel and...

...the Melbourne boy is unbeatable

In the wheel of Ryan Dunn, Italian sprinting legend Alessandro Petacchi. There's hope yet.

Results:
1 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3h55'36
2 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
3 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
4 Nicolas Sanderson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
5 Enrico Degano BARLOWORLD s.t.
6 Robert McLachlan DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
7 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
8 Hans Dekkers AGRITUBEL s.t.
9 Mark Jamieson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
10 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 Julian Dean TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
37 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
39 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
41 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
56 Chris Dwyer TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
59 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
97 riders in same time

General classification (Khatuntsev earned 18 bonus seconds by leading the breakaway):
1 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3h55'16
2 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM + 2
3 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 8
4 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM + 12
5 Nicolas Sanderson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 20
8 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
24 Julian Dean TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
37 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
39 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
41 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
56 Chris Dwyer TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
59 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.

Points classification:
1 Mitch Docker DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 25
2 Ryan Dunn TEAM CASSON DAIRY 20 (will wear points jersey)
3 Aleksandr Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM 18
8 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY 9

Mountains classification:
1 Simon Pearson SAVINGS & LOANS CYCLING TEAM 12
2 Nicolas Rousseau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 8
3 Diego Caccia BARLOWORLD 2

 

[Josh]

Just wasn't on form today, sorry fellas. Focus is now on the next few stages. Need to improve. Very big wraps on Ryan, though. He's a top rider.