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Tour de France stage 2

2 changes for me

Kittel
Westra for dempster
Greipel
Kristoff
DVP
Costa for Demare
Bideau
Taaramae
Pichot
Could've put sagan in but don't want to mess too much  39

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Ghedebrav | 9 years ago
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What a day - went out to Cragg Vale to watch, just a phenomenal experience. Hard to put into words, so I won't. Suffice to say I, and a million or so others, had a fantastic time.

Fantasy-wise, I should've gone with my gut (GVA & Nibs) rather than the odds (Gerro & Kwia), but hardly a disaster. Very interested in seeing how Kwia goes now, surely getting him in the white jersey must be OPQS's plan B now Cav is out.

Taken two pens for tomorrow, which wasn't in my original plan. Sometimes you just have to take a hit, I suppose.

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Joelsim | 9 years ago
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I dropped like a stone today. 5 transfers wasted including putting Modolo back in after he withdrew. D'oh!

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Dux89 | 9 years ago
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Kwiato, Sagan, GVA closed that gap down to just 2 seconds so quickly at the end when they actually turned it on that I'm thinking they could have easily brought Nibali back when he first attacked if they'd just gotten their act together earlier. They dropped the ball on this one.

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Joelsim | 9 years ago
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Yep

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livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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Bit if a purists day today I reckon?  36

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cgipryan | 9 years ago
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Why oh why do I always pick Valverde at the wrong time??

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TERatcliffe26 replied to cgipryan | 9 years ago
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cgipryan wrote:

Why oh why do I always pick Valverde at the wrong time??

Same

although the 10 penalty points for Vanmarcke was more annoying, knew I should have gone with GVA, although my call on Albasini was decent enough.

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Joelsim | 9 years ago
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Can't help feeling the road.cc standings are going to be very odd tonight with some noobs near the top

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Joelsim | 9 years ago
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Aagh, just put Modolo back in and seen he has pulled out

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enrique replied to Joelsim | 9 years ago
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Joelsim wrote:

Aagh, just put Modolo back in and seen he has pulled out

Argh... How shitty... that sucks... I hope Dave puts the 'Reset Button' up some day... It's a little crazy to have to wait to see if stuff like that happens before you select your next day's team... It adds to the excitement, but, argh, I feel fpr you... Where'd you hear?...

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Joelsim replied to enrique | 9 years ago
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enrique wrote:
Joelsim wrote:

Aagh, just put Modolo back in and seen he has pulled out

Argh... How shitty... that sucks... I hope Dave puts the 'Reset Button' up some day... It's a little crazy to have to wait to see if stuff like that happens before you select your next day's team... It adds to the excitement, but, argh, I feel fpr you... Where'd you hear?...

I made my change, then saw the post about him being removed about half an hour later. From now on I am going to wait a few hours before changing my team.

Damn!

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Stumps | 9 years ago
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What an absolutely cracking stage, never mind your flat run in to london, this is what the tour is all about.

A massive well done to Yorkshire on producing 2 brilliant stages, roll on France.

Oh and i haven't a clue how well i did, to busy watching the stage !

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VVV73 | 9 years ago
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1. ITANIBALI Vincenzo 41 ASTANA PRO TEAM 05h 08' 36''
2. BELVAN AVERMAET Greg 148 BMC RACING TEAM 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
3. POLKWIATKOWSKI Michal 74 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
4. SVKSAGAN Peter 51 CANNONDALE 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
5. FRAGALLOPIN Tony 134 LOTTO-BELISOL 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
6. SUIALBASINI Michael 182 ORICA GREENEDGE 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
7. USATALANSKY Andrew 91 GARMIN - SHARP 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
8. NEDMOLLEMA Bauke 61 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
9. USAVAN GARDEREN Tejay 141 BMC RACING TEAM 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
10. FRABARDET Romain 82 AG2R LA MONDIALE 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
11. BELVAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 131 LOTTO-BELISOL 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
12. DENFUGLSANG Jakob 42 ASTANA PRO TEAM 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
13. ESPCONTADOR Alberto 31 TINKOFF-SAXO 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
14. PORCOSTA Rui Alberto 111 LAMPRE - MERIDA 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
15. ESPZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar 169 TREK FACTORY RACING 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
16. FRAPÉRAUD Jean-Christophe 81 AG2R LA MONDIALE 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
17. ESPVALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 11 MOVISTAR TEAM 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
18. PORMACHADO Tiago 206 TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
19. GBRFROOME Christopher 1 TEAM SKY 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
20. ESPNIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 5 TEAM SKY 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''
21. AUSPORTE Richie 7 TEAM SKY 05h 08' 38'' + 00' 02''

Have to say Valverde was disappointing.

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VVV73 replied to VVV73 | 9 years ago
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I knew forgetting to grab Sagan would bite me in the bum today, Oh well this could possibly be my worst result ever in Standard and took a 10pts pen for the pleasure LOL.
Pretty happy with Purist tho which is my main concern atm, with a 4,8,10,13 and 4 of the 5 spots for youth Jersey.

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chrisdstripes | 9 years ago
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Brilliant stuff, what a great last 30km. I brought in Kwiat and Sagan (3rd/4th) although really should've started with Sagan yesterday, that was silly. Had a couple of quid on GVA each way tho, so that makes up for Colombia's failure on Friday!

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Got that very wrong, a no show from Vanmarcke  20 was not worth the penalty, negative points from that

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VVV73 | 9 years ago
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Nice reply Nibali, the Forgotten Man.
Kadri the most agressive

Blel Kadri has been awarded the Antargaz most agressive rider price of the day.

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VVV73 | 9 years ago
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What a race. This is awesome.

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VVV73 | 9 years ago
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What a race. This is awesome.

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VVV73 | 9 years ago
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How good Sagan on the downhill, he just rolled away from Nibali !

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Joelsim | 9 years ago
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Don't think I'm going to score many points today, this stage is tough!

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enrique | 9 years ago
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Break of 7 up the road - Perrig Quemeneur, Armindo Fonseca, Cyril Lemoine, Matthew Busche, David De La Cruz, Blel Kadri, Bart De Clercq...

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VVV73 replied to enrique | 9 years ago
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enrique wrote:

Break of 7 up the road - Perrig Quemeneur, Armindo Fonseca, Cyril Lemoine, Matthew Busche, David De La Cruz, Blel Kadri, Bart De Clercq...

Welcome back Enrique . I am feeling your pain now  31

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VVV73 replied to enrique | 9 years ago
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enrique wrote:

Break of 7 up the road - Perrig Quemeneur, Armindo Fonseca, Cyril Lemoine, Matthew Busche, David De La Cruz, Blel Kadri, Bart De Clercq...

Welcome back Enrique. I am now feeling your pain  31

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enrique replied to VVV73 | 9 years ago
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VVV73 wrote:

... I am now feeling your pain  31

*sigh* I can relate... I would listen to dr, though... Irritating as I may find him, he's usually right...

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chiv30 replied to enrique | 9 years ago
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enrique wrote:

Break of 7 up the road - Perrig Quemeneur, Armindo Fonseca, Cyril Lemoine, Matthew Busche, David De La Cruz, Blel Kadri, Bart De Clercq...

You must have woken up late fella  3

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enrique replied to chiv30 | 9 years ago
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chiv30 wrote:

You must have woken up late fella  3

Nah, I was just amazed no one had posted the breakaway group...

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chiv30 replied to enrique | 9 years ago
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enrique wrote:
chiv30 wrote:

You must have woken up late fella  3

Nah, I was just amazed no one had posted the breakaway group...

It's live from the rollout in the UK so not likely to be posted by any of us in the UK to be fair  1

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enrique replied to chiv30 | 9 years ago
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chiv30 wrote:

It's live from the rollout in the UK so not likely to be posted by any of us in the UK to be fair..

You lucky dogs you!  1 I have to admit the crowds are incredible and the countryside is beautiful. All Britain must be proud.

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chiv30 replied to enrique | 9 years ago
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enrique wrote:
chiv30 wrote:

It's live from the rollout in the UK so not likely to be posted by any of us in the UK to be fair..

You lucky dogs you!  1 I have to admit the crowds are incredible and the countryside is beautiful. All Britain must be proud.

Yep I think we are , as for looking beautiful.... let's just say it's good it's been dry the last couple of weeks lol

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