Written by Finz of NightmareChaos
Jerseys and Trophies
Some of you may have seen it and other may have missed it but, the Official Supporters asked if people could make the missing tour jerseys and classic trophies. There are still a few races without any prize and it is sad to see a winner on the podium with no trophy to show. You can ask for directions and tips on the forum topic. If you want to give it a shot, you can mail your creations to: Oscyclingsimulator@gmail.com.
Giro di Sicilia
The first edition of Giro di Sicilia was an exciting one. Four stages through the island of Sicily, made for sprinters and timetrial specialists. With a prologue as most important stage everybody was curtain that the winner of stage one would win the tour. And Henrik Aronsen, Team Seidel, won the first stage and stayed in control almost the entire race. Untill the last stage that was won by Mohamed Yassine Medressi, Ahmed cycling team. With the bonifications he just passed Henrik Aronsen in the Generall Classification and beat him by a second. Feliks Dziuba, Sekos Team. was the luckiest young rider winning the Youth Classification.
Germany Tour
They had to wait a while but NECFTW was able to win Germany Tour for a second time with Pétur Snælaugursson. It did not look good in the beginning of the race with Anousone Keovilay dominating the mountains stages before the time trial. In Munich Asymm Project lost Germany Tour with a terrible timetrial and Drapeau Noir and NECFTW were on top. It would come to a battle between Pétur Snælaugursson and World Champion Garami Gedeon. The stage to Potsdam would be the decider with Pétur beating the Garami in the hills. Etienne Brandt, peddelen, secured the Sprinters Classification by winning the last stage and best young rider was Channing Moylan, WV De Dommel.
World Tour
Barcelona - Quanca
Sixteen teams managed to sign up for the Spanish World Tour race from Barcelona to Quanca. Starting on the Ramblas, it gave a spectacle that attracted many visitors, locals and tourists. Seeing the riders riding through the streets of Barcelona heading to the mountains around Quanca. The Catalan mountains are not known for their heights but the ascent is very long and will hurt the riders when they reach the end. On the final climb the last of the breakaway riders was reeled in and then the big nations directed their captains up front. It was Garami Gedeon who looked the strongest and he did not want to wait until the finish line and he jumped away, two kilometers before the line. A strong performance, topped with a nice victory. Norbert Tamminga could secure a second place just ahead of Hans-Peter Sauerbier.
1. Garami Gedeon, Drapeau Noir
2. Norbert Tamminga, EpoTopTeam
3. Hans-Peter Sauerbier, speedyb
Chos Malal - Loncopué
The Argentine race | | from Chos Malal to Loncopué is always a race against the weather. It is cold and windy or very hot. This season was one of the most dry periods in ages and the riders could face some heavy climbing in high temperatures. As most riders tried to keep the pace down it was Victoro Lapenti who loved this type of weather and could not manage to stay slow paced and he took off. Little did the others know that the Chilean was not unfamiliar to this kind of weather as he grew up and trained as a kid similair terrain and weather. With minutes ahead he finished on top of the final climb securing his first win in his carreer. Arnold Latey was faster then Marco Italiano and he took second, more then six minutes after Victoro Lapenti.
1. Victoro Lapenti, nao
2. Arnold Latey, Rotational Symmetry
3. Marco Italiano, Cyclocomotiv
Zürich - Lugano
The Swiss Alps invited the riders from division C again for a race fromurich to Lugano. With some interesting climbs and descents it was a great race. It was Australia who tried to keep everybody together with the idea to finish it just before the finishline. Burundi and Rwanda helped them and they could beat every breakaway. It was Marouane Chiha who finally took off and the three teams looked at eachother but neither wanted to bring him back. Chiha was riding comfortably to victory and could see Jean-Baptiste Ishyaka finish second before Ricardo Alderate, while he was celebrating.
1. Marouane Chiha, Limiñanas Warriors
2. Jean-Baptiste Ishyaka, Silver Giant
3. Ricardo Alderate, CyclingClubChomutov
Classics
Helsinki GP is the only race that has a miniature version that is also a classic. Where big sister is a classic in Top division, Helsinki GP Mini is a classic in Zyte division. With many teams signed up and longing for the little boat trophy it was again a sprinters delight with a few really good riders. After 130 kilometers it was still an almost complete peloton with the teams fighting for position. With the teams of Pink Piyama and Team GER in the lead and all the other sprinters behind them it was very hectic. Benni Manstein was first to be launched by his leadout train with Benny Malmros right behind him. Both were overtaken by Dominick Helton who came from the back and was superfast. It was the fastest rider who won this time, no question about it.
Helsinki GP Mini
1. Dominick Helton, JJL24SS
2. Benny Malmros, Pink Piyama
3. Benni Manstein, Team
| | GER
The American division four classic in Baltimore invited the best sprinters of the division to battle for the prestigious trophy. Around the city of Baltimore a challenging stage was prepared that ended in a criterium in the city. When the criterium started you could see the riders were very nervous and tried to stay ahead. This resulted in a few accidents with riders crashing onto the tarmac. With the final lap starting a small group of fifteen riders had a small gap with the peloton and they could hold it until the finish. Gualterio Vallaroel was the fastest as he only had to beat Lambert Scown who tried to win the race. The others were too tired to compete and Bartolomeo Galindez was happy to finish third.
Baltimore Invitational
1. Gualterio Villaroel, Team Boehringer
2. Lambert Scown, English Sprinting Team
3. Bartolomeo Galíndez, Caixa Galicia, sp
Critérium La Provence
With Germany Tour absorbing all attention Criterium La Provence could still attract a few good teams who wanted to win this race. Biggest surprise was Anousone Keovilay of Asymm Project. He was the big star at that moment in Germany and took time to try and win two big races. It was Asymm Project who controled the entire race and delivered Anousone like a king on the slopes of the last mountain. He was riding to the finish and nobody could follow him. Brend Roussel was the last one to drop and Anousone Keovilay won the Criterium La Provence in a impressive way. Later it would prove it was a mistake to ride this race as he lost Germany Tour because he was too tired. Aldis Meijers completed the top three.
1. Anousone Keovilay, Asymm Project
2. Brend Roussel, Stroopwafel
3. Aldis Meijers, omega pharma lotto
Top Ten Transfers
1. Eric Gallen from Team CBS to Greenride for 300K
2. Bernardo Mejia from Auro team to Lerchenfeld for 255K
3. Khampheng Khounmy from Lerchenfeld to Team CBS for 215K
4. Amaury Rousseau from Wheels of Steel to BennysBadekar for 195K
5. Daniel Filipek from Team Blund to Vientiane Cycling for 176K
6. Moises Gavaldon from Team Jayco Vientiane Cycling for 173K
7. Aubrey Welling from NECFTW to Quick step minded for 160K
8. Oswald Hudler from California Mist tp omega pharma lotto for 150K
9. Markus Kogler from Team Blund to Herens Cycling for 148K
10. Irving Andreasen from Crackmasters to Team Blund for 140K
10. Bernard Milters from BennysBadekar to LCD for 140K
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