[PCM 2020 - 1996 DB] Palmans | Carrer 1997

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RECAP: LE SAMYN TO SETTIMANA INTERNAZIONALE COPPI E BARTOLI

STER VAN ZWOLLE
A flat one-day race, perfect for sprinters.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Jose Azevedo	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	3h40'01
2	Joaquim-Alberto Sampaio Campos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
3	Kelvin Martin	Giant - AIS	s.t.
4	Sergej Sinoukov	Tönissteiner - Gios	s.t.
5	Ricardo Felgueiras Da Silva	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
6	Mikhail Abramov	Lada Cska - Samara	s.t.
7	Damien McDonald	Giant - AIS	s.t.
8	Guido Trenti	Ideal	s.t.
9	Jan Hruska	Husqvarna - ZVVZ	s.t.
10	Sergej Voronin	Tönissteiner - Gios	s.t.

TROFEJ UMAG - UMAG TROPHY

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Sergej Sinoukov	Tönissteiner - Gios	3h09'50
2	Joaquim Adrego Andrade	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
3	Manuel Abreu Campos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
4	Kelvin Martin	Giant - AIS	s.t.
5	Vladimir Kirik	Tönissteiner - Gios	s.t.
6	Mikhail Abramov	Lada Cska - Samara	s.t.
7	Guido Trenti	Ideal	s.t.
8	Roberto Pagnin	Force Sud	s.t.
9	Tomas Sedlacek	Husqvarna - ZVVZ	s.t.
10	Rikkie Matthijssens	RDM New Systems	s.t.

INTERNATIONAL TOUR OF RHODES
Only 21 riders in this race, I will just quick simulate this tour.

Stage 1 - Win for Manuel Abreu Campos
Stage 2 - 4th place for Andrego Andrade
Stage 3 - Win for Andrego Andrade

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Adrian Nolan	Giant - AIS	11h33'22
2	Joaquim Adrego Andrade	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	+ 3
3	Manuel Abreu Campos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	+ 6
4	Frank Høj	Collstrop - Lystex	+ 7
5	Kelvin Martin	Giant - AIS	+ 10
6	Rui Bela Dos Santos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	+ 16
7	Koen Deschuytter	Collstrop - Lystex	s.t.
8	Jose Azevedo	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	+ 25
9	Brett Dennis	Giant - AIS	+ 32
10	Damien McDonald	Giant - AIS	+ 34

CLIMBER GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	General
1	Jose Azevedo	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	16
2	John Den Braber	Collstrop - Lystex	14
3	Brett Dennis	Giant - AIS	12
4	Magnus Backstedt	Collstrop - Lystex	10
5	Adrian Nolan	Giant - AIS	8

POINTS GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	General
1	Joaquim Adrego Andrade	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	59
2	Adrian Nolan	Giant - AIS	48
3	Manuel Abreu Campos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	46
4	Frank Høj	Collstrop - Lystex	42
5	Kelvin Martin	Giant - AIS	36

YOUNG RIDER GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	General Time
1	Adrian Nolan	Giant - AIS	11h33'22 (1)
2	Frank Høj	Collstrop - Lystex	+ 7 (2)
3	Paul Brosnan	Giant - AIS	+ 34 (8)
4	Damien McDonald	Giant - AIS	+ 34 (7)
5	Brett Dennis	Giant - AIS	+ 32 (6)

POPOLARISSIMA

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Ricardo Felgueiras Da Silva	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	4h01'16
2	Jose Azevedo	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
3	Joaquim-Alberto Sampaio Campos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
4	Biagio Conte	Scrigno - Blue Storm	s.t.
5	Mirko Rossato	Scrigno - Blue Storm	s.t.
6	Damian Forster	Selle Italia - Gaseosas	s.t.
7	Sergej Sinoukov	Tönissteiner - Gios	s.t.
8	Frank Høj	Collstrop - Lystex	s.t.
9	Daniele Contrini	Brescialet	s.t.
10	Carlos Cabrera Perez	Selle Italia - Gaseosas	s.t.

Weird finish to this one, full of turns, couldn't even set the sprinters and the leadout man got the win, nobody could sprint. Last time I signup for this race.

VOLTA AO ALENTEJO / LIBERTY SEGUROS
Total of 5 stages, totally for sprinters, the way our team is set this are the stages we need to take, despite me prefering heavy climbing, I don't have riders for it. Decided to simulate the first 2 stages because of winning but then I tested without fitness peaks and it isn't so easy after all.

Stage 1 - 13th Abreu Campos
Stage 2 - 9th Jose Azevedo
Stage 3 - 4th Jose Azevedo
Stage 4 - 2nd Jose Azevedo
Stage 5 - 3rd Jose Azevedo

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Salvatore Palumbo	Ideal	19h03'33
2	Xavier Jan	Force Sud	+ 9
3	Igor Bogatyre	Lada Cska - Samara	+ 15
4	Frederic Bessy	Casino	+ 21
5	Pascal Chanteur	Casino	+ 24
6	Christophe Mengin	Casino	s.t.
7	Mark Claussmeyer	Die Continentale - Olympia Dortmund	s.t.
8	Benoit Salmon	Collstrop - Lystex	s.t.
9	Guido Trenti	Ideal	s.t.
10	Manuel Abreu Campos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	+ 26

CLIMBER GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	General
1	Martin Gono	Husqvarna - ZVVZ	14
2	Frederic Bessy	Casino	9
3	Roberto Pagnin	Force Sud	9
4	Igor Tchoukhliantchev	Tönissteiner - Gios	6
5	Frank McCormack	Saturn	5

POINTS GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	General
1	Salvatore Palumbo	Ideal	77
2	Frank Høj	Collstrop - Lystex	75
3	Jose Azevedo	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	57
4	Mark McCormack	Saturn	41
5	Daniel Sjöberg	Collstrop - Lystex	36

YOUNG RIDER GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	General Time
1	Salvatore Palumbo	Ideal	19h03'33 (1)
2	Igor Bogatyre	Lada Cska - Samara	+ 15 (2)
3	Frederic Bessy	Casino	+ 21 (3)
4	Mark Claussmeyer	Die Continentale - Olympia Dortmund	+ 24 (4)
5	Benoit Salmon	Collstrop - Lystex	+ 24 (5)

SPONSOR CONFIDENCE

Confidence is really high for the moment, let's see how the next objective goes down as it is another stage win and fitness peaks are over.

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[PCM 2020 - 1996 DB] Palmans | Carrer 1997 Jul 17, 2023 8:11:36 GMT 1 Asaemon and dinokea like this

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Settimana Internazionale Coppi E Bartoli 1996

It's not going to be an easy task as our fitness peaks all ended but will give my best to pull at least a Stage win and maintain our sponsors delighted.

The first stage is for the sprinters and I have Samapaio Campos as a bet for this one if the race-day conditions allow us to do something.

3rd place with the leadout as the final turn was really deciding for the race and fitness peaks have a major impact, not sure if I can complete this one objective.

A team time-trial for stage 2, I'm really bad at this one so expect me to finish last on this one.

A 7th place finish, which is horrendous, but I really don't know how this TTT work.

A climbing/hilly finish I'm not particullary good in those I will try something with Rodriguez Gil and maybe Andrego Andrade if I manage to get him to the end. Will go for a breakaway too, have to play all the cards for thiss objective.

Got 12th place with Manuel Gil Rodriguez, the pace upfront was too much for him to handle. Need better riders for this type of stages.

Another mountain stage the objective is to try and resist the climbs with the sprints and hope for a pack finish for the stage win on a sprint, but it's going to be hard.

After the first mountain my plans are out the window as I'm left alone with Rodriguez Gil, so it's another loss for me. Still managed a top 10 but that was it.

Last stage and another hill finish, won't try a breakaway so I don't break the AI. Let's see if I manage to pull something off out of this one. I highly doubt it so I will quick simulate.

For some odd reason the game broke. Top 3, wasn't so shabby and should be enough to leave our sponsors happy. The exportsdidn't worked correctly so I will post the final results.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	General Time
1	Antonio-Manuel Diaz Rodriguez	MX Onda	13h51'47 (1)
2	Luis Perez Garcia	MX Onda	+ 18 (2)
3	Nicola Ramaciotti	Cantina - Tollo Co. Bo	+ 1'07 (3)
4	Manuel Gil Rodriguez	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	+ 1'14 (4)
5	Marco Della Vedova	Brescialet	+ 1'24 (5)

OBJECTIVES/SPONSOR CONFIDENCE

At least our sponsor confidence and morale is still at the top so let's keep on going with this little knock on morale

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Volta Limburg Classic 1996

We need a top 3 finish and despite the fitness peaks being low I think we can achieve this on a bunch finish, but you never know on this classics. Specially against such a fierce competition as Van Bon and the likes of him.

Abreu Campos fell and that is not so good news as we was our bet for todays race, some domestiques were involved in the fall too, but hopefully some other favourite riders are with him. He managed to reconnect but crosswind didn't help and he is left behind with many other riders as the peloton chased hard the breakaway group, still have Sampaio Campos to have a go at the top 3 and managed to secure the 2nd place in a hard fought battle. The wind was too heavy on this race and too taxing for the riders.

STAGE CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Damien Nazon	Banesto	4h48'53
2	Joaquim-Alberto Sampaio Campos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
3	Max Van Heeswijk	Motorola	s.t.
4	Jesper Skibby	TVM	s.t.
5	Joan Llaneras	O.N.C.E - Look	s.t.
6	Chris Peers	Collstrop - Lystex	s.t.
7	Frank Corvers	Lotto - Isoglass	s.t.
8	Fabio Roscioli	Refin Mobilvetta	s.t.
9	Eric De Clercq	Collstrop - Lystex	s.t.
10	Erik Dekker	Rabobank	s.t.

OBJECTIVES/SPONSOR CONFIDENCE

This was one of the most favoured objectives of the year so this success is great for us. Next up is a quick recap until Klasika Primavera Amorebieta with more one-day races. We currently sit in 3rd on the continental rankings which is not bad and I'm not sure if that impacts the transfer market or something but it should.

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RECAP: LIMBURG CLASSIC TO KLASSIKA PRIMAVERA AMOREBIETA

LA ROUE TOURANGELLE CENTRE VAL DE LOIRE
A relative flat one-day race

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Chris Peers	Collstrop - Lystex	4h01'26
2	Danilo Hondo	Agrigel - La Creuse	s.t.
3	Francois Simon	Gan	s.t.
4	Joaquim-Alberto Sampaio Campos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
5	Lars Michaelsen	Festina - Lotus	s.t.
6	Leonardo Sierra Sepulveda	Ideal	s.t.
7	Andrea Dolci	Panaria	s.t.
8	Mark McCormack	Saturn	s.t.
9	Giueseppe Guerini	Team Polti	s.t.
10	Mirko Celestino	Team Polti	s.t.

Sponsor is happy with our top 5, went too soon on the sprint needed another leadout rider as we expended too much energy before the final sprint

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Klasika Primavera de Amorebieta 1996

We need a top 10 finish and it's going to be very hard to achieve we only have one rider capable of doing so and is Rodriguez Gil. Let's hope on a good race-day condition otherwise we're screwed against such a strong opposition.

STAGE CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Luis Perez Garcia	MX Onda	3h59'19
2	Daniele Nardello	Mapei - GB	s.t.
3	Didier Rous	Gan	s.t.
4	Paolo Passarin	Ideal	s.t.
5	Iñigo Cuesta	O.N.C.E - Look	s.t.
6	Arnaud Pretot	Gan	s.t.
7	Laurent Desbiens	Gan	s.t.
8	Udo Bölts	Telekom	s.t.
9	Marcos Serrano	Kelme - Artiach	s.t.
10	Bingen Fernandez Bustinza	Euskadi	s.t.
11	Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano	Euskadi	s.t.
12	Luis Perez	O.N.C.E - Look	s.t.
13	Paolo Voltolini	Ideal	s.t.
14	Francisco Cerezo	MX Onda	s.t.
15	Gerard Rue	Gan	s.t.
16	Asier Guenetzea	Euskadi	s.t.
17	Daniel Clavero	MX Onda	s.t.
18	Manuel Rodriguez Gil	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
19	Laudelino Cubino	Kelme - Artiach	s.t.
20	Herminio Diaz Zabala	O.N.C.E - Look	s.t.

The stage got to a strong start as the wind played a huge role and split the peloton. Rodriguez Gil was the lone wolf and in a pack finish managed to get a top 25. Which isn't enough, but it was the expected anyway.

OBJECTIVES/SPONSOR CONFIDENCE

Thank god it wasn't heavily favoured by the sponsors as we failed hardly. Next up is Paris-Camembert objective.

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Paris-Camembert 1996

We need to finish in the top 5 in this difficult race.

STAGE CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Jeremy Hunt	Banesto	4h29'55
2	Manuel Abreu Campos	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
3	Martial Locatelli	Casino	s.t.
4	Yvan Martin	Festina - Lotus	s.t.
5	Salvatore Palumbo	Ideal	s.t.
6	José Vicente García Acosta	Banesto	s.t.
7	Ludovic Auger	Aubervilliers 93 - Peugoet	s.t.
8	Arnaud Pretot	Gan	s.t.
9	Eric De Clercq	Collstrop - Lystex	s.t.
10	Eddy Seigneur	Gan	s.t.

OBJECTIVES/SPONSOR CONFIDENCE

We exceeded the expectations and maintain a good position with the sponsors. Now it's a full month that's going to be recapped, as our next objective is in two months.

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Recap: April/May/June

MOst of the races were simulated apart from some special occasions where I felt I could do something or take a win here are the highlights that matter.

Next up is the Campeonatos de España or the Spanish National Championships where I need a top 10 and I don't know how.

TRANSFERS/DOSSIERS

The market only opens in August but we have certain points to allocate to open dossiers in order to increase interest of some riders in our team. The only renovation I have so far is Sampaio Campos. Tried to get the young Santi Blanco but after a month or so he was asking for 44 points, which is too much at the moment. Every 15 days I get 6 points to allocate. Some of the riders increase their cost for talks, Abreu Campos and Rodriguez Gil will probably leave our team, but it is for a greater good I think, since both of them ask too much for negotiations. Let's see how the transfer market goes.

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Campeonato de España 1996

We need a top 10 finish in one of the most important objectives in our calendar which doesn't make much sense since we only have one rider from Spain, the lone wolf will have to do it's best to get that top 10 or at least top 25 so we keep our sponsor confidence very high for that increased budget... The tactic will be to try and stay in the front group alone and do something if possible in the end but it's very, very hard.

STAGE CLASSIFICATION

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Abraham Olano	Mapei - GB	5h46'23
2	Luis Perez Garcia	MX Onda	s.t.
3	Miguel Indurain	Banesto	s.t.
4	Francisco Cerezo	MX Onda	s.t.
5	David Etxebarria	O.N.C.E - Look	s.t.
6	Prudencio Indurain	Banesto	s.t.
7	Melchor Mauri	O.N.C.E - Look	s.t.
8	Manuel Rodriguez Gil	Maia - Jumbo - Cin	s.t.
9	Herminio Diaz Zabala	O.N.C.E - Look	s.t.
10	Oscar Lopez Uriarte	Euskadi	s.t.

We got a +1 on race-day condition which is a boost to Rodriguez Gil stats, but spanish teams and Abraham Olano, Miguel Indurain and the likes have everything to win the championship. I just need a top 10. As the race approachs the final km's I am on guard duty, waiting for a surprise attack from one of the contenders to try and respond, maybe I can try the descent attack that beat me earlier this season, I don't know how can I take the top 10 in this race. Tried to attack but got immediately answered so I grabbed Olano's wheel and sticked to it and tried the sprint in the end and for my luck I managed the 8th place although, Rodriguez Gil is not a sprinter, he's stamina was still high while others th at had to counter a lot were tired. A great Tpp 10 for the lone wolf.

OBJECTIVES/SPONSOR CONFIDENCE

I would say that even if I don't manage the top 5 at Cittá di Lugano in Switzerland I have secured myself the 130,000€/month budget. Once I'm secure I will renew with Maia-Jumbo which most likely will unless I have a better proposal in August it's time to grab the calculator and see how much can we afford in the transfer market. Our account is rising nicely for the last couple of months and I intend to maintain it that way, so when we try the jump to Continental Pro, we stay positive. Can also scout for young riders who are likely to develop and sign them on 2\3 years deal so they develop in our team and our average goes up to Continental Pro, cause once we're there the points for proposals rise and we can make an even better team, regens are the best way to play despite having no pictures. Let's see how it goes.

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G.P. Cittá di Lugano 1996

We need a top 5 finish, but I don't think it will impact the sponsors that much. I dislike this terrain but will try to stay ahead with the pack and maybe a breakaway with someone on good condition. But I don't have much hope given the competition, it's more to complete calendar than anything else, sponsor objectives were somewhat unrealistic, but let's try you never know.

2nd with Manuel Gil Rodriguez, forgot to export the results.

Weird finish, managed to counter attack everyone with Manuel Rodriguez Gil and then used him to lead Azevedo but the turn in the finish didn't let Azevedo take the sprint he wanted but managed 2nd and 3rd place. Both of them had +5 condition for the day, and that was enough.

OBJECTIVES/SPONSOR CONFIDENCE

We've managed to secure the 130,000€ per month as the other objectives don't really count for sponsor confidence and negotiations always happen in August, I'm eager to know other sponsor proposals and if they're better I might switch my team. Our max budget is 200,000€ per month with Maia-Jumbo so if there's anything higher I might consider it, despite being so early in the career. Our next objective is in 6 weeks and will just post them for the sake of the diary and realism as they have no impact in our budget for 1997.

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SPONSOR FOR 1997

We have 3 choices and I'm very inclined to go with Palmans, specially because of their higher max budget. Despite losing 2,000€ per month. Based on jersey and/or budget? And I might have a two riders from Italy joining our ranks and can work on some United States next year. It would remove the squad penalty I'm receiving right now.

What's your opinion?