14 DAY TRIAL // Le Tour de France is almost done with Corsica and the final stage on the island has a pretty jagged profile. Thus, a breakaway will probably stay clear and contest the win and the climbs might even inspire some of the most important riders to attack and gain time.
I start with Cancellara in the Yellow Jersey but that’s not a good position for him given that he needs to pull rather than be pulled in the coming team time trial, so I might just let an escapee win in order to lose the leading position.
Finally, one real-world intrusion: for stage 2, Jan Bakelants managed to win the race in the real world, performing better than I did in Pro Cycling Manager 2013.
The stage began with a three-man group that sought to gain ground almost from the start and I had no trouble allowing them to get up the road and stay there.
Other teams were also uninterested in chasing so that stage progresses in a rather linear manner, with the three-man group gaining time as the peloton made sure that it never pushed further out than six minutes.
Andy Schleck, my team leader, had a good daily form (a game element that simulates how riders can alternate between good and bad days in the real world), so I decided to test his legs on the final climb of the day, a category 2 that should have been accessible to all the favorites.
To my surprise, just a few lieutenants followed him on the attack and I managed to get to the leading three man group, although I lacked the sprint ability to get the win.
This means that Schleck has taken over the Maillot Jeaune from Cancellara as Le Tour leaves Corsica.
Take a look at the final kilometers of the stage and the result below.
