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Stage 1 La Vuelta

Leopard Trek 16.30
Liquigas +4
HTC +9
Astana +10
Movistar +14
Quickstep +15
Skil Shimano +18
Omega Pharma +18
Garmin +25
Katusha +25
BMC +27
Euskatel +28
Saxo Bank +28
Radioshack +29
Rabobank +30
Lampre +32
Cofidis +33
Vacansoleil +39
AG2R +42
Sky +42
Geox +43
Andalucia +1.03

I've had a shocker  20

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JAndrewHill | 12 years ago
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I must be getting the hang of this . . . bennati brought in the bacon and fuglsang gets me pts too. woo hoo.
Cav back tomorrow - maybe (not)  26

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thefatcyclist | 12 years ago
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fugslang and Sagan in for me

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STEVESPRO 79 | 12 years ago
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Well thanks to losing my internet connection yesterday...my return for the stage was zero.....The sun might be shining on this sunday morning....but so not a happy bunny....But onwards and upwards.....internet connection permitting...grrrrrr

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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God its always the new ones who want to argue, Did you watch the Eneco?

Yes he's a TT guy, but a sprinter he aint, he was up against some sprinters like Farrar, Greipel even Galimzyanov but still couldn't keep pace, so when you throw in the likes of Cav, Pettachi, Freire plus BMC's own Quinziato then he's got no chance.

You can watch all the U23 you like, but when it comes down to it, he wasn't racing the big guys, so dont judge him on that, judge him on his pro tour races

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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DONT be sucked into this "Phinney is a sprinter b/s" he's no sprinter at all, he can finish high, but anyone that watched the Eneco will know he aint a sprinter

So tomorrow i'm hoping for a Cav win, with Gasparotto and Phinney up there somewhere

Also, No transfers on my team today  4

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Tuarts replied to Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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So what about those that watched Eneco AND ToC, U/23 WC and know of him from his U/23 races?

He's a TT with a sprint on him.

That said, here he will be likely leadout man to GVA.

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JAndrewHill | 12 years ago
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Having doubts now about transferring Phinney for Fuglsang.

. . . Phinney might be involved in the finish
. . . Sagan might have been a better bet instead of Fuglsang as PS might go for the sprint
. . . but yellow is yellow and my transfer was cowardly

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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29 here today, not so bad, but i dont know what went on with Sky, anyone know? I didn't see anything on Eurosport and no reports about it yet  39

Did you really take Cav out? Is the start of his stages tomorrow  19

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JAndrewHill replied to Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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Yep. Cavs sacked. . . . bet you can guess which sprinter i brought in.
On my team, you need to perform or you are out.

. . . oh, and i need to gamble a bit to catch up with the leaders . . . everyone is going to pick cav, so i only catch up if i pick someone else, and hope cav gets blocked or has a mechanical.  26

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JAndrewHill | 12 years ago
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16 4 me 2  26
Better get rid of Cav - he's nearly last. . . . but is he the lanterne rouge? . . . might bring him back in . . .oops too late

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stewieatb | 12 years ago
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23, not terribly annoyed considering the weirdness of today.

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thefatcyclist | 12 years ago
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16....16 jings crivens and help ma boab  26

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londonplayer | 12 years ago
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why did Tony Martin score only 2 points then when the rest of his team mates scored 8?

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Gkam84 replied to londonplayer | 12 years ago
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londonplayer wrote:

why did Tony Martin score only 2 points then when the rest of his team mates scored 8?

Cause Dave knows something we dont? he's now with Garmin  19

He's muddled up Tony with Dan........let the mistakes begin  20

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TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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Sorry stewie that was my fault, i misread something elsewhere

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stewieatb | 12 years ago
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Thanks Simon, I thought that was the case but someone suggested otherwise upthread.

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Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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Seems to be some confusion about scoring going by comments above, so just to reinforce what it says in the rules for this stage: "team time Trial scoring. 10 points for each participating member of the first place team down to 1 point for each participating member of the 10th placed team."

In other words IT DOESN'T MATTER whether or not your rider finishes in the first 5 of their team. If they started, they got the same points as their team mates (assuming their team is one of the top 10 finishers).

The points for being a member of a team that finished in the top 10 are the ONLY POINTS awarded today.

Thanks.

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stewieatb | 12 years ago
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Do we not get the team points if our rider dropped off?

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Gkam84 replied to stewieatb | 12 years ago
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stewieatb wrote:

Do we not get the team points if our rider dropped off?

I hope not, will feck up alot more people, but i think you do  19

Cav came in 2.45 down  4  4  4

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thefatcyclist | 12 years ago
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under 30 for me I think. The point is that Leopard will now dominate for 2 more days. To gain points I will have to transfer the leaders in, that leaves me bare for stage 4.at least I have 25 points in hand

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thefatcyclist | 12 years ago
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Holy crap, so much for the Direceur sportive preview. " rsh, this course is perfect for us" HTC we hate it. Rbobank??? Sky F---
Plan in tatters as usual. I hate ttt prologues

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TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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33 points for me, providing all my mine were with there teams (although i think cav got dropped, so that could cost me)

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Wig_Billy | 12 years ago
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Me too  2

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