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Last stages from me. Any feedback for stages 1-9 is free to be sent in my direction. Once Tuk finishes stage 17 we should be done with Giro. I just do nasty spot checks :lol: Generally very happy with this crew, using the Giro resources fully it seems. Ultimi chilometri, dettaglio salite etc. Next ...

5th with Iskanderov, first of the second group. Considering my team, not too unhappy about it. And well, I tried, with Lüthi, didn't work out, but was worth a try and managed quite ok overall. Changed leader to him, despite the 2 classics having 100 form, but ok, 96 sounds ok and at least he can spr...

Donkey is a bit happier now, even if of course having to live without a long Flèche preview will make us suffer for a whole year. 1 P. Gallego Rest without any suprises, at least I think will have to go and check myself in a minute. So Gallego leader, but could also be Lüthi, Gallego has more mounta...

Hm, Again not much here, mostly Blockhaus climb important. Not climbed all the way to the top, gpx file pretty much matched the climbfinder profile, so generally didn't have to change much this stage. You have 2x 13 in there. Check "climb details" on the Giro site, no 13%. Cyclingcols very similar t...

Thanks for nothing, too late :twisted: Clearly a conspiracy. First FL sabotages the team by not doing a timely presentation. Also it's still not a proper one, it fails to mention that the Flèche Wallonne at some point in the fifties was regarded as the more important of the 2 Ardennes classics, the ...

No!!! We want more! A proper presentation, history, character and all the cool stuff!

Where is our Flèche introduction? Yes, Amstel shit race sort of depresses everybody that has some semblance of common sense, excitement over classics gone, but still, now we prepare the Flèche Wallonne!!! That deserves the usual intro! Where is it :evil: Donkey can't post his awesome team without th...

Giro: D1-5 or open? Open seems decided, I agree. Giro times 9-14-18-21 last year. 9-14-18-20-22 this year. (Tour 10-15-19-22, Vuelta 8-14-20-22) 9-14-18, what happened to the rotation? If there is none, ok too, just getting confusing if sometimes we have to ride MSR at late times (with more people u...

How it used to be when there was a policy (Luques-times)

Everything exactly as in the final PDF. This meant: last year's profile, category as in the PDF.

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Add 10 new teams to that, 35 teams total --> 18/17 split, with only 7 experienced team falling to field 2, compared to 12 in the original scenario. So actually the more teams participate, the more experienced teams get to ride in field 1. Yes, the more ride, the more 1-5 end in group 1. True. But y...

Stage 2: This is the conflicting information I am talking about. I saw the final 3km picture, but also the stuff below that says something different. Because I was not sure which info to trust here. Because of that I decided to go with the option that looks true to what I get from the gpx Image Wit...

My preference would be separated editions for cat 5 and 6 one-day races and Giro (if that question is still relevant in two weeks) Short term, meaning till the end of April, I would agree with that for classics. Long term I lean towards "earn your spot" (if a sizeable number stays, divisions will b...

Other topic: - Keep the D6 market refreshed. No real idea how that one works anymore actually and it's probably already done, but a check showed that max climbers seem to be 78 right now. Unnamed ones. Can't do a thorough check since the filters are not the ones as in flash. Back to the old topic: H...

I like how things are now rapidly possible that I demanded more than a year :lol: That's what Flocke said in the calendar part. I say, I like how you kind of agree now that it's too late :lol: After all I said something similar to the above when it was introduced... But ok, I see how changing it no...

- let the new teams ride the classics - there might be lots of big cycling fans among the new teams and they sure wouldn't want to ride Rund um den Misthaufen when there is LBL Sort of agree, but feel insulted by the dig at "Rund um den Misthaufen". The one I designed loooong time ago was a great r...

I see that a bit less enthusiastically.... No need to be overbearing, let them ride and have fun, let them figure out what's good, what's bad in their own races, without us mentoring them all in our own image, without 17 experienced manager advising them nonstop in the chat. Learning by doing. If th...

I already have another idea, which I won't put up, somebody else can if they feel it's a good idea A short, concise, tutorial JUST ABOUT THE RACES (I'm not writing it). The race is the heart of the game, that's what newcomers need to have explained, or understand first. Not a 700 page tutorial about...

Can someone open a thread to collect the most urgent changes (e.g. Div 6 races, welcome message, etc.). Then I can think about those changes and do at least some with low effort. I'm probably the wrong guy to open this since it will include stuff that won't be popular. Admins feel free to edit it o...

Good news! Both the Donkey and Lukas Winzenried are fine. Anton Hasler took the second place by Lukas surprisingly well. "There's only 1/4 of me in Lukas, can't expect him to be as good as me. There's only one Anton Hasler after all. The weak genes of my wife, she likes cleaning, but not much cookin...

Grr, should have read that during the race, not only now!
Let's wait for the doping control

Donkey for the afternoon, seems lots of people not there, pah, cowards. 1 L. Winzenried: Grandson of Anton Hasler, the pressure on him is enormous. 99.99% coming from dear Grandfather. But he has amazing skills, 89 flat, 86.9 pavé, that must be close to the record. And good sprint. Let's see if that...

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At some point you simply have to trust that people are honest. If Elmo had said it was a mistake, he wanted the 1 day race... why not believe him. Ok, unless it's clear from the lineup that it's for a tour. Or if Elmo had said he just looked at it, then changed, but forgot to actually change (like D...

Why having a limit at 22 teams ? In the past that could be logic as we had way more players but currently we have what ? 24-25 wheb there is a split ? We can put the limit at 25 or 26 teams as a temporarly solution and then find another way to do for that in my opinion Only a temporary solution, a ...