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Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Forum Competition

Ah, how can anyone ignore the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah with its fantastic scenery and all those WorldTour teams and all those climbs? Not me!  4 So, here we go. Another Forum competition in the Copa Orli series!  1 For those who can't live with only one race going on!  1

The Tour of Utah runs for 7 days. Stages 4 and 6 are the mountain stages and those are the only ones that will be scored in this competition. Yes, you read right, only Stages 4 and 6 will be scored in this competition.

The Tour starts tomorrow Monday Aug 4 and runs through Sunday Aug 10, 2014.

Here's the race profiles link:

http://www.tourofutah.com/stages/stage-4/
http://www.tourofutah.com/stages/stage-6/

Here's the start list on PCS:

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/The_Larry_HMiller_Tour_of_Utah_2014-...

Here's the official Tour of Utah Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/thetourofutah

The rules:

1. Pick 9 riders from the list below using the special rule.

Yes. There is a special rule, of course. How can there not be one?  4 And here it is. You must have 4 riders valued at 3.0 on your team. The other riders can be of any value you wish, of course. Keep in mind the stages that are being scored are the mountain stages of the Tour, Stages 4 and 6, only.

2. Enter your team before the start of Stage 4. Stage 4 starts at 11:10am local time Thursday August 7 (7:10 PM - 19:00 CET).

3. You will be allowed two transfers for Stage 6. The special rule will still apply to your team for Stage 6.

4. No person will be allowed to enter more than 1 team. That includes the organizer of the competition, of course.  4

Hope you like it.  4

Notes:
1. The budget is irrelevant in this competition, of course. You will still be expected to have 4 3.0 riders on your team. Any team that does not comply will, of course, be given the opportunity to change the team before the start of the competition. If any team does not seem particularly built for a mountain stage, that team will also be given the opportunity to change the team before the start of the competition.

2. The GC, PC and KOM jerseys will be honored and so will the Lanterne Rouge. If the Young Rider jersey is awarded, that classification will be honored, too. If there are any Sprint or KOM points along the way, these 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'  4

3. If you want to use a rider not listed, let me know. In most cases if they are not listed they will probably be a 3.0 credit rider.

The riders

START LIST SORTED BY RIDER VALUE

Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 28.9
Wilco Kelderman Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 23.9
Chris Horner Lampre-Merida 16.9
Janier Alexis Acevedo Garmin Sharp 13.1
Thomas Danielson Garmin Sharp 12.5
Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team 12.2
Jens Voigt Trek Factory Racing 10.8
Ivan Basso Cannondale 10.3
Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team 10.1
Michael Schar BMC Racing Team 10.1
Maarten Tjallingii Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 9.9
Luca Wackermann Lampre-Merida 9.3
Robert Wagner Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 9.1
Andrea Palini Lampre-Merida 8.7
George Bennett Cannondale 8.2
Matej Mohoric Cannondale 8.0
Alex Howes Garmin Sharp 7.5
Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team 7.2
Winner Anacona Lampre-Merida 7.2
Matthew Busche Trek Factory Racing 6.8
Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team 6.7
Valerio Conti Lampre-Merida 6.7
Benjamin King Garmin Sharp 6.3
Juraj Sagan Cannondale 5.9
Cameron Wurf Cannondale 5.5
Alan Marangoni Cannondale 5.1
Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team 4.9
Riccardo Zoidl Trek Factory Racing 4.9
Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing 4.7
Cristiano Salerno Cannondale 3.7
Luca Dodi Lampre-Merida 3.2
Jetse Bol Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3.0
Martijn Keizer Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3.0
Dennis Van Winden Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3.0
Martijn Tusveld Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3.0
Tanner Putt Bissell Development Team 3.0
Gregory Daniel Bissell Development Team 3.0
Daniel Eaton Bissell Development Team 3.0
Tao Geoghegan Hart Bissell Development Team 3.0
James Oram Bissell Development Team 3.0
Christopher Putt Bissell Development Team 3.0
Keegan Swirbul Bissell Development Team 3.0
Ruben Zepuntke Bissell Development Team 3.0
Dylan Teuns BMC Racing Team 3.0
Brendan Canty Drapac Professional Cyc... 3.0
Jai Crawford Drapac Professional Cyc... 3.0
Robbie Hucker Drapac Professional Cyc... 3.0
Darren Lapthorne Drapac Professional Cyc... 3.0
Lachlan Norris Drapac Professional Cyc... 3.0
Adam Phelan Drapac Professional Cyc... 3.0
Bernard Sulzberger Drapac Professional Cyc... 3.0
Wesley Sulzberger Drapac Professional Cyc... 3.0
Magno Prado Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 3.0
André De Souza Almeida Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Carlos Manarelli Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Pedro Autran Dourado Dutra Nicacio Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Alex Diniz Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Antonio Garnero Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Ramiro Rincon Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Phillip Gaimon Garmin Sharp 3.0
Thomas Dekker Garmin Sharp 3.0
Gavin Mannion Garmin Sharp 3.0
Toms Skujiņš Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 3.0
Oscar Clark Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 3.0
Joey Rosskopf Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 3.0
Robin Carpenter Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 3.0
Dion Smith Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 3.0
Joe Lewis Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 3.0
Chris Butler Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 3.0
Joseph Schmalz Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 3.0
Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Jamis - Hagens Berman 3.0
Gregory Brenes Jamis - Hagens Berman 3.0
Benjamin Jacques-Maynes Jamis - Hagens Berman 3.0
Luis Romero Amaran Jamis - Hagens Berman 3.0
Tyler Wren Jamis - Hagens Berman 3.0
Rob Squire Jamis - Hagens Berman 3.0
Matt Cooke Jamis - Hagens Berman 3.0
Stephen Leece Jamis - Hagens Berman 3.0
Serghei Tvetcov Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Fred Rodriguez Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Ian Burnett Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Jonathan Freter Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Kirk Carlsen Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Jacob Rathe Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Matthew Lloyd Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Luis Lemus Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Ilia Koshevoy Lampre-Merida 3.0
Andrea Vaccher Lampre-Merida 3.0
Carter Jones Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 3.0
Alex Candelario Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 3.0
Michael Friedman Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 3.0
Jesse Anthony Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 3.0
Thomas Soladay Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 3.0
Eric Young Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 3.0
Bjorn Selander Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 3.0
Charles Bradley Huff Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 3.0
Javier Mejias Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
David Lozano Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Joonas Henttala Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Charles Planet Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Aaron Perry Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Benjamin Dilley Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Rob Britton Team SmartStop 3.0
Jure Kocjan Team SmartStop 3.0
Michael Torckler Team SmartStop 3.0
Shane Kline Team SmartStop 3.0
Flavio De Luna Team SmartStop 3.0
Travis Mccabe Team SmartStop 3.0
Joshua Berry Team SmartStop 3.0
Julian Kyer Team SmartStop 3.0
Ryan Eastman Trek Factory Racing 3.0
Clément Chevrier Trek Factory Racing 3.0
Calvin Watson Trek Factory Racing 3.0
Alex Kirsch Trek Factory Racing 3.0
Isaac Bolivar UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Kiel Reijnen UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Lucas Euser UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Ken Hanson UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Jeff Louder UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Benjamin Day UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Daniel Summerhill UnitedHealthcare 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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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Can I have points for the last stage please? Then I would win  3

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livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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Enrique how about scoring stages 5 & 7 just for fun see what it would of ended up overall, not including transfers though?  3

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enrique replied to TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Can I have points for the last stage please?...

TER, you may not get more points and win the TOU, but here are the standings for the 'Copa Orli' series after four competitions and guess who's on top of the Standings?  1

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TERatcliffe26 1571
stevemarks 1279
enrique 1239
Twybaydos 1186
northstar 1177
ray silvester 1091
stumps 1047
livestrongnick 1014
Ghedebrav 732
chrisdstripes 725
STEVESPRO 79 703
chiv30 665
Dave Atkinson 570
Joelsim 303
archieboy 298
Him Up North 285
lucas 274
backflipbedlem 246
Hilltown_Ian 225
J Andrew Hill 43

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enrique replied to livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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livestrongnick wrote:

... how about scoring stages 5 & 7 just for fun?...

You know, I should have probably scored stage 7, too...  39 I didn't look at the results from last year for that stage and it didn't dawn on me that it would be the GC guys fighting it out on the last day, too..  39 Should have checked!  1 I'll probably add it next year, unless we have it in the game next year(!)  4

It would have been a feast for those who had both (!) Cadel and Horner, since only Him and I didn't (!) have Kelderman!  1 But you had Horner and not Cadel and TER had Cadel but not Horner in the teams submitted for Stage 4!  1 And Him Up North would have had a tidy 14 points nobody else would have had with Putt and Tjallingi in the break... If I would have scored stage 5, only Him Up North would have benefited since it was a sprinter's stage and he had Tanner Putt.

I should have offered 2 more transfers and scored the last stage (!)  4 I'll look more closely next year and in the future!  1

Anyways, here are the rider scores for stage 7:

28.9 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 48
23.9 Wilco Kelderman Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 45
16.9 Chris Horner Lampre-Merida 43
12.5 Thomas Danielson Garmin Sharp 42
7.2 Winner Anacona Lampre-Merida 40
10.1 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team 27
3.0 Carter Jones Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 27
8.2 George Bennett Cannondale 18
3.0 Dylan Teuns BMC Racing Team 18
4.9 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team 16
3.0 Lachlan Norris Drapac Professional Cyc... 13
3.0 Alex Diniz Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 12
3.0 Dion Smith Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 10
3.0 Clément Chevrier Trek Factory Racing 9
3.0 Ilia Koshevoy Lampre-Merida 8
7.2 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team 7
6.8 Matthew Busche Trek Factory Racing 6
3.0 Joey Rosskopf Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 5
3.0 Robin Carpenter Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 5
6.7 Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team 5
3.0 Jure Kocjan Team SmartStop 5
3.0 Rob Britton Team SmartStop 4
3.0 Kiel Reijnen UnitedHealthcare 4
3.0 James Oram Bissell Development Team 4
10.1 Michael Schar BMC Racing Team 3
3.0 Chris Butler Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 3
4.9 Riccardo Zoidl Trek Factory Racing 1
10.8 Jens Voigt Trek Factory Racing 1

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livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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Bring on the USA Pro Challenge  16

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livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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enrique | 9 years ago
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Twybaydos wrote:

The Grand High Cockbadger is in the break...

Joelsim wrote:

Aaaagh

Heh heh!  1 What a fitting end to this Forum Competition! What were the odds?...  1 As you all probably read, Evans took Stage 6, the Queen stage of the TOU!

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Here's today's rider scores:

28.9 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 46
3.0 Joey Rosskopf Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 45
12.5 Thomas Danielson Garmin Sharp 30
4.9 Riccardo Zoidl Trek Factory Racing 29
16.9 Chris Horner Lampre-Merida 29
23.9 Wilco Kelderman Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 28
3.0 Lucas Euser UnitedHealthcare 24
7.2 Winner Anacona Lampre-Merida 23
10.1 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team 19
3.0 Carter Jones Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 16
10.8 Jens Voigt Trek Factory Racing 15
3.0 Ilia Koshevoy Lampre-Merida 10
6.8 Matthew Busche Trek Factory Racing 10
12.2 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team 10
10.1 Michael Schar BMC Racing Team 10
8.2 George Bennett Cannondale 9
3.0 Alex Diniz Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 9
3.0 Dylan Teuns BMC Racing Team 9
3.0 Chris Butler Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 8
3.0 Robin Carpenter Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 7
3.0 Clément Chevrier Trek Factory Racing 5
7.2 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team 5
6.7 Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team 5
4.9 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team 5
3.0 Jure Kocjan Team SmartStop 5
3.0 Rob Britton Team SmartStop 4
3.0 Kiel Reijnen UnitedHealthcare 4
3.0 Lachlan Norris Drapac Professional Cyc... 3
13.1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Garmin Sharp 3
3.0 James Oram Bissell Development Team 3
3.0 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Jamis - Hagens Berman 2
3.0 Dion Smith Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 2
3.0 Serghei Tvetcov Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 1

And the Team scores for Stage 6:

TERatcliffe26 173
ray silvester 168
livestrongnick 164
Joelsim 158
Him Up North 151
enrique 142
Twybaydos 111
stumps 85

TER takes it. And you, too, got a Full House while doing it!  1 And quite coincidentally you scored the same exact score that nick did in winning yesterday!  1

Overall Standings

livestrongnick 337
TERatcliffe26 319
Joelsim 303
ray silvester 290
Him Up North 285
enrique 264
Twybaydos 195
stumps 158

nick takes it over TER by a scant 18 points! Well done, nick!  1

EDIT: Checked standings again this morning and added 2 points for an unreported KOM from last night to Lucas Euser.

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Twybaydos | 9 years ago
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The Grand High Cockbadger is in the break, fortunately with Zoidl and (for others) Euser. Have we seen towel-boy in a break in the last three years?

Go Zoidl, Rosskopf and Euser

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Twybaydos | 9 years ago
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Chevrier for brenes
Hermans for busche

Brenes dnf yesterday

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Horner for Acevedo, Diniz for Skujins

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enrique | 9 years ago
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Ok, tomorrow's stage starts at 10:50am local time (6:50pm / 18:50 CET). Any transfers posted before that time will be honored. I've got transfers so far for Joel, Him and nick. I'll be swapping Basso and Sujins for Diniz and Hermans on my team.

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Him Up North | 9 years ago
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Hermans in - Busche out

Carpenter in - Torckler out

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livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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Hermans for busche
Carpenter for tao geo hart
please enrique

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enrique | 9 years ago
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This is what's fun about this Tour of Unknowns (!) in Utah  4 There were 17 (!) 3.0 riders that scored yesterday in one way or another!  4 Now that's fun (!)  4 Hell, there were at least 10 in the Top 20 at the Finish Line!  1

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enrique replied to enrique | 9 years ago
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enrique wrote:

This is what's fun about this...

Another (!) 17 3.0 riders scored yesterday too!  1

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Joelsim | 9 years ago
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Hermans and Bushe in for Basso and Zoidl please enrique.

Still can't bring myself to put that monster in.

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Joelsim replied to Joelsim | 9 years ago
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Joelsim wrote:

Hermans and Bushe in for Basso and Zoidl please enrique.

Still can't bring myself to put that monster in.

Aaaagh

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Joelsim | 9 years ago
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Undone by my hatred of Evans. Bah!

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livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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 36  36

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enrique | 9 years ago
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And Danielson takes the 1st mountain stage of the TOU!  1

Here's today's rider scores:

12.5 Thomas Danielson Garmin Sharp 50
10.1 Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team 38
16.9 Chris Horner Lampre-Merida 35
3.0 Alex Diniz Funvic - Pindamonhangaba 31
7.2 Winner Anacona Lampre-Merida 29
23.9 Wilco Kelderman Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 26
8.2 George Bennett Cannondale 20
3.0 Carter Jones Optum p/b Kelly Benefit... 17
28.9 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 14
3.0 Lachlan Norris Drapac Professional Cyc... 12
6.8 Matthew Busche Trek Factory Racing 10
3.0 Chris Butler Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 9
3.0 Clément Chevrier Trek Factory Racing 9
3.0 Phillip Gaimon Garmin Sharp 9
3.0 Rob Britton Team SmartStop 8
3.0 Lucas Euser UnitedHealthcare 7
3.0 Dion Smith Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 7
3.0 Robin Carpenter Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 7
3.0 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Jamis - Hagens Berman 6
10.1 Michael Schar BMC Racing Team 6
3.0 Serghei Tvetcov Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 5
22.6 Moreno Hofland Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 5
13.1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Garmin Sharp 5
7.5 Alex Howes Garmin Sharp 5
6.3 Benjamin King Garmin Sharp 5
3.0 Thomas Dekker Garmin Sharp 5
3.0 Gavin Mannion Garmin Sharp 5
3.0 Joey Rosskopf Hincapie Sportswear Dev... 4
10.3 Ivan Basso Cannondale 4
10.8 Jens Voigt Trek Factory Racing 4
3.0 James Oram Bissell Development Team 3
3.0 Logan Swirbul Bissell Development Team 2
3.0 Dylan Teuns BMC Racing Team 2
3.0 Tao Geoghegan Hart Bissell Development Team 2
3.0 Jai Crawford Drapac Professional Cyc... 1
3.0 Ruben Zepuntke Bissell Development Team 1

And the Team scores for Stage 4:

livestrongnick 173
TERatcliffe26 146
Joelsim 145
Him Up North 134
enrique 122
ray silvester 122
Twybaydos 84
stumps 73

Nick leads it. And you got a Full House while doing it!  1

Major mistake not have Carter Jones in today.  2

I stated in the rules we would only have 2 transfers for Stage 6. If that sounds fair, we'll keep it that way. If most feel they want more, please tell me !  1

Here's Danielson winning from the TOU twitter feed.

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enrique | 9 years ago
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Ok, I've got confirmed teams from TER, Joel, Him, Twy, Ray and Nick. Stumpy, you still have a few hours to make a change to your team if you want... northstar, never heard back from you... If anybody else wants to join the fun the stage starts in about 2 hours and 45 minutes at 19:00 CET.  1

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Twybaydos | 9 years ago
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Muting and previews appears to be on IE only.

Pro life tip - don't use IE.

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Joelsim | 9 years ago
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My team can be called Hairy Bushe.

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Him Up North | 9 years ago
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My team shall be called The Utah Saints (U-U-U-Utah Saints) and Sinners

Edit: The ToU TourTracker is up and currently showing live stage 1 action

http://tourtracker.tourofutah.com/

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enrique replied to Him Up North | 9 years ago
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stumps wrote:

Kelderman
Hofland
Bennett
Acevedo
Zoidl

C Jones
J Berry
F De Luna
J Rathe.

Well. Moreno was (!) a good pick for today (!) though!  1
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Him Up North wrote:

... The ToU TourTracker is up...

That is really nice (!) Live action and live situation report on the same page! Thanks!

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enrique replied to enrique | 9 years ago
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Him Up North wrote:

... The ToU TourTracker is up...

I really (!) like the layout of this thing. The screenshots below are from there... Thanks! Well, it looks like Tanner Putt is likely a sprinter (!)  1 Of course, you can drop him if you want, before Thursday... Or wait and see if he picks up enough PC points to be worth keeping... Or if he might stay somewhere near the top of the YR classification to keep... You can see below which contenders are feeling strong so far based on their position in the 1st day sprint... I've also put up the PC and KOM standings... The YR jersey sits on top of Rick Zabel's shoulders right now...

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livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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Wilco Kelderman
Thomas Danielson
Matthew Busche
George Bennett
Chris Horner

Lucas Euser
Carter Jones
Jaramillo
Tao Geoghegan Hart

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Twybaydos | 9 years ago
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I think my badger related posts above may have drawn attention from the powers that be as I appear to be banned. Can anyone see this post?

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enrique replied to Twybaydos | 9 years ago
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Twybaydos wrote:

...Can anyone see this post?

I think there's muting paranoia disease going around...  1 But you're ok!  1 You're being read... The forum is acting up, though, requiring a 'Subject' and only offering a 'Preview' then forcing you to click through to finally submit your post...

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ray silvester | 9 years ago
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If we're doing team names I'll have 'Eusers and Abusers'  24

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