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Le Tour Mediterranéen - Stages 3 & 4
Two stages today with a transfer window in between. We start with a short rolling stage this morning that should follow a similar pattern to the first couple of days (although who can predict what will happen over just 62km) followed by an 18.2 km technical and hilly time trial this afternoon.
No changes for me going into the morning stage but I've already got three of my four changes planned out for this afternoon. My only remaining decision will be whether I drop Degenkolb for the time trial in favour of a proper time trial rider or risk leaving him in and hoping for the best. Got my eye on Phinney but I'm not sure if the TT suits him or not.
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Zoidl just gone quickest
1,2,5,6 for me, not bad at the moment
this is quickly turning sour!
Cummings wins from zoidl
Stage 4 (Unofficial)
Ranking (unofficial) step:
1 CUMMINGS Steven GBR BMC Racing Team 0:24:27
2 ZOIDL Riccardo AUT TREK FACTORY Racing 0:24:31
3 CHAVANEL Silvan FRA IAM Cycling 0:24:37
4 PERAUD Jean-Christophe FRA AG2R - WORLD 0:24:42
5 SEPULVEDA Eduardo ARG BRITAIN - DRIED 0:25:01
6 LUDVIGSSON Tobias SWE GIANT - Shimano 0:25:02
7 JUNGELS Bob LUX TREK FACTORY Racing 0:25:04
8 Hermans Ben BEL BMC Racing Team 0:25:10
9 ROY Jeremy FRA FDJ.fr 00:25:11
10 DEGAND Thomas BEL WANTY - Group GOBERT 0:25:13
11 DELAPLACE Anthony FRA BRITAIN - DRIED 0:25:16
12 PHINNEY Taylor USA BMC Racing Team 0:25:17
13 SICARD Roman FRA Team Europcar 0:25:18
14 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon ESP CAJA RURAL - Seguros RGA 0:25:20
15 Silin Egor RUS Team KATUSHA 0:25:22
16 PIRAZZI Stefano ITA BARDIANI - CSF 0:25:23
17 FELLINE Fabio ITA TREK FACTORY Racing 0:25:23
18 GENIEZ Alexandre FRA FDJ.fr 0:25:28
19 Eijssen Yannick BEL BMC Racing Team 0:25:29
20 PREIDLER Georg AUT GIANT - Shimano 0:25:30
Well I should have ,3,4,6,7,12,14 ....however the game is still currently giving me ,3,4,14 that's a huge 43 point loss on the stage alone ....I could
2,3,4,6,9,12 hmmm + Points for Colbrelli in the points standing, will it keep me top 10? Very much doubt it
Who to axe tomorrow, Phinney and who? Cheap rider in or axe Colbrelli, who may or may not do something, and should still get a couple of points, penalties?
4,6,9,12 purist, will not be good enough (No Chava will have cost me big time, and taking a punt on Seeldrayers), even with the odd points for Degenkolb and Maritnez
Picked Solid Steve and Chava for this arvo, but somehow overlooked Zoidl (though he is in my purist). Disappointing morning, afternoon score should be a bit better. Peraud defo in for tomorrow now.
Scores are going up.
Gutted I didn't pick Zoidl given that he's my 3 credit rider but at least he's in my purist team. Can't even remember why he wasn't in my standard team from the start, think I originally had Jungels and Felline but didn't bring in Zoidl when I dropped Jungels for stage 1
Now im under pressure, gonna have to make a penalty transfer I think....
as I don't think I can win the forum else
Well made 2 changes, now the big question, are any riders of 18 credits or less worth a 10 point penalty for
I took a penalty on one rider, have budget to spare but nobody jumped out at me as a must have but I figured I'd take a risk and hope for the best.
Someone wasn't paying attention, didn't see that both stages 3 & 4 where happening today. Disastrous stage 4 for me. Doh!!!
OK, so I completely didn't realise 3 and 4 were both today. Doh!
Put Zoidl in though.
Took Zoidl out for Larsson........bit like my Hepburn out for Elmiger in the ToQ ITT
To be fair though i only had Zoidl in the first place because of alphabetical order when selecting a 3.0 on stage 1 !!
Not as sour as it is for me watching my chosen riders coming in the top ten then remembering I currently don't have them , at least Dave is looking into it for me so big thanks there
chiv, I don't know whether to laugh or cry with you
I hope it work out for you! 
Seems like we are all having a
day lol
Cheers , however I'm sure a pair of road.cc socks would ease my pain if they can't rectify the issue from this morning "hint hint"
Peraud quickest 24:42
Looks like Roy in both my teams was a smart choice at the moment
He's just had 10 seconds taken out of him so into 2nd still a good call
And Peraud even faster
Ok mighty annoyed with this issue around my transfers due to the latest standings
1 PHINNEY Taylor USA BMC Racing Team 00:25:17
2 PIRAZZI Stefano ITA BARDIANI - CSF 00:25:23
3 LARSSON Gustav Erik SWE IAM Cycling 00:25:31
4 FEDRIGO Pierrick FRA FDJ.fr 00:25:35
5 GERARD Arnaud FRA BRETAGNE - SÉCHÉ 00:25:40
6 JOEAAR Gert EST COFIDIS 00:25:44
7 DE GREEF Francis BEL WANTY - Groupe GOBERT 00:25:45
8 ANTOMARCHI Julien FRA Team LA POMME MARSEILLE 00:25:49
9 WARBASSE Lawrence USA BMC Racing Team 00:25:51
10 PAGANI Angelo ITA BARDIANI - CSF 00:25:51
I really hope the admin can sort my issue and score me based on who I should have had
so my team is
Degenkolb
Phinney
Ludvigsson
Pineau
Colbrelli
LL Sanchez
Peraud
Zoidl
Vorobyev
I brought in Mihalov, ludvigson, larsson and cummings.
Wow, I got the book ends badge. Might win every badge this season now.
Out go Degenkolb, Colbrelli, Felline and Belletti
In come Ludvigsson, Peraud, Jungels and Cummings
No Phinney for me so my team is
Chavanel
Ludvigsson
Jungels
Cummings
Peraud
LL Sanchez
Denifl
Giraud
Quintero
My differences would have been phinney warbasse Torres and melsen but that's now a mess due to my issue this morning
Heres me for this afternoon, abit of a bodge job to be honest
Chavanel
Phinney
Peraud
Roy
Ludvigsson
Colbrelli
Zoidl
Planckaert
Mihaylov
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