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Tour of Dubai

Who wants to get to Qatar without a prep race? Not me!  1 So, here we go. A Forum competition for those who can't live without a race!  1

The Tour of Dubai runs for just 4 days. It's the perfect race to tweak your team for Qatar and Oman!  1

The Tour starts on Wednesday Feb 5 and runs through Saturday Feb 8.

Its stages look something like this:

Stage 1 Time Trial
Stage 2 Flat
Stage 3 Hilly - 6.8 km flat run-in to the finish
Stage 4 Flat

But don't take my word for it. Here's the race profiles link:

http://dubaitour.com/

Here's the start list I've been using:

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Dubai_Tour_2014-Startlist

Here's the officail Tour of Dubai Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/dubaitour

The rules:

1. Pick 9 riders from the list below.
2. Use the rider values listed below.
3. You have a budget of 150 credits.
4. Deadline will be the start of Stage 1. Stage 1 starts at 1:05pm local time Wednesday Feb 5 (9:05 CET/ 4:05 AM ET USA).
5. Follow the special rule.

The Special rule!

Yep. A special rule. And here it is. You cannot use any (!) of the following 5 riders in your team  1

Peter Sagan 36.4
Mark Cavendish 30.1
Fabian Cancellara 27.1
Tony Martin 28.3
Marcel Kittel 19.3

Hope you like it.

Notes:
1. If you enter a team, please check your math(s). I could not catch all the budget mistakes in the last game and we had a hiccup there. To make it easier to spot a mistake please list your riders with the rider value next to the name and a budget total for your team after the list.

2. If there are Sprint points along the way, Sprint points will be awarded. If there are no Sprint points along the way those riders in the break of the day will receive 5 points for being in the break. More or less, that will apply to groups of riders that make a break stick and lasts either until the finish line or until the peloton catches the group that has been away for the majority of the race. If there's any confusion, the race organizer will determine what constitutes the 'break of the day'  1

3. If you want to use a rider not listed, let me know and I'll look up the appropriate value. In most cases if they are not listed they will probably be a 3.0 credit rider.

4. I may not be able to post the team scores quickly. In fact I cannot say for sure I will do an update every day. Please be patient. I think I have a rough week ahead. If anybody wants to take care of the daily stage scoring for any particular day or days, please, I'll take the help!  1

The riders

START LIST SORTED BY RIDER VALUE

Alejandro Valverde 37.5
Vincenzo Nibali 31.1
Rui Faria Da Costa 29.0
Ryder Hesjedal 23.5
Luca Paolini 21.1
Alessandro Petacchi 20.9
Joaquin Rodriguez 20.9
Thor Hushovd 20.8
Taylor Phinney 19.7
Alex Dowsett 19.3
Lawson Craddock 18.7
Peter Velits 17.8
Mark Renshaw 17.7
Tyler Farrar 17.3
Jonathan Castroviejo 17.0
Giacomo Nizzolo 16.8
Jose Herrada 16.8
Roberto Ferrari 15.8
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg 15.7
Damiano Caruso 15.0
Angel Vicioso 14.9
Adriano Malori 14.7
Alexey Lutsenko 14.4
Julien Vermote 13.4
Danilo Hondo 13.1
Marco Marcato 12.4
Jesus Herrada Lopez 12.4
Daniele Ratto 12.2
Fabio Sabatini 11.9
Andrea Guardini 11.7
Nikolay Trusov 11.7
Nikolas Maes 11.6
Filippo Pozzato 11.0
Juan Jose Lobato 10.8
Kristof Vandewalle 10.8
Sebastian Langeveld 10.8
Sebastian Lander 10.8
Enrique Sanz 10.5
Maciej Bodnar 10.5
Bob Jungels 10.3
Jacopo Guarnieri 10.2
Klaas Lodewyck 10.1
Davide Cimolai 9.9
Rory Sutherland 9.9
Edward King 9.9
Alexander Porsev 9.8
Matteo Tosatto 9.5
Janez Brajkovic 9.4
Martin Velits 9.4
Tom Veelers 9.1
Juraj Sagan 8.9
Lucas Sebastian Haedo 8.4
Yannick Eijssen 8.1
Steven Cummings 7.9
Francisco Mancebo Perez 7.8
Bert De Backer 7.8
Vladimir Gusev 7.7
Nelson Oliveira 7.2
Dmitriy Gruzdev 6.7
Alberto Losada 6.6
Oliver Zaugg 6.4
Rafael Valls Ferri 5.9
Wout Poels 5.8
Ramon Sinkeldam 5.6
Koen De Kort 5.4
Pavel Brutt 5.2
Jay Mccarthy 5.2
Cheng Ji 5.1
Evan Huffman 4.9
Sergey Chernetski 4.6
Alexandr Pliuschin 4.5
Fumiyuki Beppu 4.4
Johan Van Summeren 4.4
Nick Nuyens 4.0
Raymond Kreder 3.7
Rick Zabel 3.7
Adil Jelloul 3.0
Ahmed Yousef Almansory 3.0
Alessandro Malaguti 3.0
Alex Coutts 3.0
Andrea Palini 3.0
Antonio Viola 3.0
Boris Shpilevsky 3.0
Bruno Matos Sancho 3.0
Bruno Pires 3.0
Daniel José Pereira Mestre D 3.0
Diogo Nunes 3.0
Dylan Van Baarle 3.0
Eduard Michael Grosu 3.0
Eugenio Alafaci 3.0
Fabio Silvestre 3.0
Henrique Madeira Casimiro 3.0
Ivan Rovny 3.0
João Pereira 3.0
Keon Woo Park 3.0
Khaled Altani 3.0
Kim Magnusson 3.0
Lasse Norman Hansen 3.0
Maher Hasnaoui 3.0
Majed Albalooshi 3.0
Manabu Ishibashi 3.0
Mansoor Albalooshi 3.0
Manuel Amaro 3.0
Michael Valgren 3.0
Mohamed Hasan Almurawwi 3.0
Mohammed Almansuory 3.0
Niccolo Bonifazio 3.0
Oscar Pujol 3.0
Pier Paolo De Negri 3.0
Qayed Ahmad 3.0
Rafaa Chtioui 3.0
Rafael Reis 3.0
Ruslan Karimov 3.0
Simon Buttner 3.0
Sun Jae Jang 3.0
Takashi Miyazawa 3.0
Tan Peng Yuan 3.0
Valentin Iglinksiy 3.0
Valter Pereira 3.0
Wen Chung Huang 3.0
Willie Smit 3.0
Yousef Mohamed Mirza 3.0

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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dave atkinson | 9 years ago
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too late for dubai, really. but if there's other comps that people want added (we'll probably only do them purist, with teams already in the game) then my ears are open

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chiv30 | 9 years ago
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The more the merrier from my perspective tbh , after all can't get enough fantasy racing in  1

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JAndrewHill | 9 years ago
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Andy Fenn 26.1
Taylor Phinney 19.7
Viviani 20.6
Castrovejo 17.0
Adriano Malori 14.7
Kristoff Vanderwalle 10.8
Seb Langeveld 10.8
Bob Jungels 10.3
Lasse Norman Hansen 3.0

Or sommat like that. How much is viviani?

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JAndrewHill | 9 years ago
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Andy Fenn 26.1
Taylor Phinney 19.7
Viviani 20.6
Castrovejo 17.0
Adriano Malori 14.7
Kristoff Vanderwalle 10.8
Seb Langeveld 10.8
Bob Jungels 10.3
Lasse Norman Hansen 3.0

Or sommat like that. How much is viviani?

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enrique | 9 years ago
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stumps wrote:

... Just look at Dubai, flat as a pancake yet the last 200m is 17% on todays stage.

Oh, how beautiful! I'll have to make sure I watch the highlights! Thanks!  40 Had I known that I probably would have put more effort into putting together a competition...  22 Thanks, though!  1

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backflipbedlem | 9 years ago
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Managed to miss all 3 stages so far, lol
watched the final km highlights on youtube though! Was a nice punchy finish today!

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Joelsim replied to dave atkinson | 9 years ago
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Dave Atkinson wrote:

too late for dubai, really. but if there's other comps that people want added (we'll probably only do them purist, with teams already in the game) then my ears are open

Ruta del Sol please Dave  1

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enrique replied to JAndrewHill | 9 years ago
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JAndrewHill wrote:

Andy Fenn 26.1
Taylor Phinney 19.7
Viviani 20.6
Castrovejo 17.0
Adriano Malori 14.7
Kristoff Vanderwalle 10.8
Seb Langeveld 10.8
Bob Jungels 10.3
Lasse Norman Hansen 3.0

Or sommat like that. How much is viviani?

I almost want to score your team... You deserve it after joining with so much enthusiasm!  1 I'm almost embarrassed to point out I just wanted to open the discussion on playing the Tour of Dubai within the game, not start another forum competition...

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enrique replied to dave atkinson | 9 years ago
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Dave Atkinson wrote:

too late for dubai, really. but if there's other comps that people want added (we'll probably only do them purist, with teams already in the game) then my ears are open

Thanks, Dave!  1 I opened up the VA thread to see if a lot of people want to play that.  1

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dave atkinson | 9 years ago
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just the two of you then?  3

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enrique | 9 years ago
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Ah, I loved running this last year. It was a ton of fun!  1 I have to say I would love to volunteer to run the scoring for this if we run it in the game! What do you say, Dave? Even if it's just Purist!  4 Please?  4

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backflipbedlem replied to enrique | 9 years ago
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enrique wrote:

I have to say I would love to volunteer to run the scoring for this if we run it in the game! What do you say, Dave? Even if it's just Purist!  4 Please?  4

And I'd be more than happy to play!

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enrique | 10 years ago
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Confirmed:

archieboy
20.8 Thor Hushovd
19.7 Taylor Phinney
19.3 Alex Dowsett
17.0 Jonathan Castroviejo
14.7 Adriano Malori
10.8 Kristof Vandewalle
10.8 Sebastian Langeveld
10.3 Bob Jungels
3.0 Lasse Norman Hansen
126.4

Ok, just about 7 hours to go. I suspect many of you over there will see the results before I even get to a computer tomorow! Maybe I'll wake up and somebody will already have results posted! Enjoy!

By the way, https://twitter.com/dubaitour is chock full of pictures from last night's ceremony! Take a look!  1

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archieboy | 10 years ago
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Ok, here goes.
Thor Hushovd 20.8
Taylor Phinney 19.7
Alex Dowsett 19.3
Castrovejo 17.0
Adriano Malori 14.7
Kristoff Vanderwalle 10.8
Seb Langeveld 10.8
Bob Jungels 10.3
Lasse Norman Hansen 3.0
Total: 126.4

Cheers Enrique...

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enrique | 10 years ago
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Confirmed:

northstar
19.3 Alex Dowsett
19.7 Taylor Phinney
9.4 Janez Brajkovic
17.7 Mark Renshaw
20.8 Thor Hushovd
29.0 Rui Faria Da Costa
16.8 Giacomo Nizzolo
10.3 Bob Jungels
5.6 Ramon Sinkeldam
148.6

lucas
19.7 Taylor Phinney
19.3 Alex Dowsett
17.8 Peter Velits
17.3 Tyler Farrar
17.0 Jonathan Castroviejo
16.8 Giacomo Nizzolo
14.7 Adriano Malori
13.1 Danilo Hondo
11.7 Andrea Guardini
147.4

chiv30
29.0 Rui Faria Da Costa
20.8 Thor Hushovd
19.7 Taylor Phinney
19.3 Alex Dowsett
17.7 Mark Renshaw
16.8 Giacomo Nizzolo
15.8 Roberto Ferrari
7.9 Steven Cummings
3.0 Alessandro Malaguti
150.0

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enrique | 10 years ago
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How the hell do people know who Lasse Norman Hansen is? Mighty fine looking choice for a 3.0 credit rider!

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TERatcliffe26 replied to enrique | 10 years ago
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enrique wrote:

How the hell do people know who Lasse Norman Hansen is? Mighty fine looking choice for a 3.0 credit rider!

Could do well in the short ITT

He is a well known track rider, won the omnium gold in the last olympic games

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chiv30 | 10 years ago
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Rui Faria Da Costa 29.0
Thor Hushovd 20.8
Taylor Phinney 19.7
Alex Dowsett 19.3
Mark Renshaw 17.7
Giacomo Nizzolo 16.8
Roberto Ferrari 15.8
Steven Cummings 7.9
Alessandro Malaguti 3.0

150 total

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lucas | 10 years ago
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Ok, I'm in. I've checked and rechecked my team and hope this one is right!  1

Taylor Phinney 19.7
Alex Dowsett 19.3
Peter Velits 17.8
Tyler Farrar 17.3
Jonathan Castroviejo 17.0
Giacomo Nizzolo 16.8
Adriano Malori 14.7
Danilo Hondo 13.1
Andrea Guardini 11.7

It should come in at 147.4, thanks for running this...

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northstar | 10 years ago
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19.3 Alex Dowsett
19.7 Taylor Phinney
9.4 Janez Brajkovic
17.7 Mark Renshaw
20.8 Thor Hushovd
29.0 Rui Faria Da Costa
16.8 Giacomo Nizzolo
10.3 Bob Jungels
5.6 Ramon Sinkeldam

148.6

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enrique | 10 years ago
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The following teams are also confirmed for the Dubai Tour NBB Challenge:

TERatcliffe26
20.8 Thor Hushovd
19.7 Taylor Phinney
17.3 Tyler Farrar
17.0 Jonathan Castroviejo
16.8 Giacomo Nizzolo
14.7 Adriano Malori
11.7 Andrea Guardini
10.3 Bob Jungels
4.6 Sergey Chernetski
132.9

stumps
31.1 Vincenzo Nibali
19.7 Taylor Phinney
19.3 Alex Dowsett
15.8 Roberto Ferrari
15.7 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
12.4 Marco Marcato
11.9 Fabio Sabatini
9.9 Davide Cimolai
5.9 Rafael Valls Ferri
141.7

Dave Atkinson
31.1 Vincenzo Nibali
19.7 Taylor Phinney
19.3 Alex Dowsett
16.8 Giacomo Nizzolo
16.8 Jose Herrada
15.8 Roberto Ferrari
15.7 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
9.4 Janez Brajkovic
5.4 Koen De Kort
150.0

chrisdstripes
19.7 Taylor Phinney
18.7 Lawson Craddock
17.8 Peter Velits
17.0 Jonathan Castroviejo
14.7 Adriano Malori
14.4 Alexey Lutsenko
10.3 Bob Jungels
3.0 Lasse Norman Hansen
3.0 Takashi Miyazawa
118.6

stevemarks
29.0 Rui Faria Da Costa
19.7 Taylor Phinney
17.0 Jonathan Castroviejo
16.8 Giacomo Nizzolo
15.7 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
14.7 Adriano Malori
11.7 Andrea Guardini
10.3 Bob Jungels
4.6 Sergey Chernetski
139.5

backflipbedlem
21.1 Luca Paolini
20.8 Thor Hushovd
19.7 Taylor Phinney
19.3 Alex Dowsett
16.8 Giacomo Nizzolo
15.7 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
12.4 Marco Marcato
11.9 Fabio Sabatini
11.7 Andrea Guardini
149.4

Some interesting teams!  1

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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So after a bit of research here and there, here is my team!

Nizzolo - 16.8
Dowsett - 19.3
RJVP - 15.7
Phinney - 19.7
Paolini - 21.1
Marcato - 12.4
Hushovd - 20.8
Guardini - 11.7
Sabatini - 11.9

149.4

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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Wheres movistar?
Not showing up in the normal pick team list either??

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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Wheres movistar?
Not showing up in the normal pick team list either??

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enrique replied to backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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backflipbedlem wrote:

Wheres movistar?...

Thanks for pointing that out, backflip...

Here's Movistar already above:

19.3 Alex Dowsett Movistar Team
17.0 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team
16.8 Jose Herrada Movistar Team
14.7 Adriano Malori Movistar Team
12.4 Jesus Herrada Lopez Movistar Team
10.8 Juan Jose Lobato Movistar Team
10.5 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team

But I did leave out one of Movistar's best riders.

37.5 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team

I also added above! Thanks, backflip...

Hmmm... No one has picked Lobato yet for the sprints! And Valverde now looks like a nice pick for Stage 4 and maybe a point or two on Stage 1...  1

Roughly 20 hours to go to enter a team or make any changes. If you make any changes, please edit your own post if you're able to! Thanks!  3

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chrisdstripes replied to enrique | 10 years ago
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enrique wrote:

Hmmm... No one has picked Lobato yet for the sprints!

Yeah, I like Lobato, but Movistar have all the good TTers too...

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stevemarks | 10 years ago
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Malori 14.7
phinney 19.7
da costa 29.0
van rensberg 15.7
Guardini 11.7
Jungels 10.3
castroviejo 17.0
Cheretskii 4.6
Nizzolo 16.8

124.8

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enrique replied to stevemarks | 10 years ago
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stevemarks wrote:

Malori 14.7
phinney 19.7
da costa 29.0
van rensberg 15.7
Guardini 11.7
Jungels 10.3
castroviejo 17.0
Cheretskii 4.6
Nizzolo 16.8

124.8

Was hoping you'd put a team in just so I could say that the reigning champion of the 'Enrique' series is back to defend his title!  1

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chrisdstripes | 10 years ago
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I'll shove one in, thanks Enrique.

Phinney 19.7
Craddock 18.7
Peter Velits 17.8
Castroviejo 17
Malori 14.7
Lutsenko 14.4
Jungels 10.3
Lasse Norman Hansen 3.0
Miyazawa 3.0
Total 114.4

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dave atkinson | 10 years ago
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Vicenzo Nibali
Alex Dowsett
Roberto Ferrari
Reinhardt Janse Van Rensburg
Giacomo Nizzolo
Taylor Phinney
Jani Brajkovic
Koen de Kort
Jose Herrada

a round 150

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