Paris Nice. Prologue.

Ok so here goes:

Bradley Wiggins (SKY)
Jean-Christophe Peraud (ALM)
Rein Taaramae (COF)
Elia Viviani (LIQ)
Jerome Coppel (SAU)
Gianni Meersman (LOT)
Richie Porte (SKY)
Markel Irizar (RSN)
Kris Boeckmans (VCD)

And my transfers for stage 2 depends on the results of today but either way i have a solid plan for the next two days

Wow, lucky I noticed last night that Talansky was a late withdrawal. Happy with my team, leaves me fairly flexible for the next couple of days I think...
Wiggins
Martin
van Garderen
Viviani
Phinney
Gretsch
Maes
Kruopis
Izagirre

My main team is

Tony Martin
Tejay van Garderen
Grega Bole
Thomas de Gendt
Richie Porte
Taylor Phinney
Gustav Erik Larsson
Remi Pauriol
Remy Di Gregorio

Purist team is

Valverde
Van Garderen
Roche
Taaramae
Porte
Gutierrez
Moinard
Hivert
Di Gregorio

Tony Martin (OPQ)
Elia Viviani (LIQ)
Bradley Wiggins (SKY)
Levi Leipheimer (OPQ)

Jacopo Guarnieri (AST)
Taylor Phinney (BMC)
Jimmy Engoulvent (SAU)
Javier Moreno (MOV)
Richie Porte (SKY)

Probably going to stick with this team for Stage 2 as well.

Bradley Wiggins (SKY)
Simon Gerrans (GRE)
Thomas De Gendt (VCD)
Marcel Kittel (14T)

Richie Porte (SKY)
Blel Kadri (ALM)
Remy Di Gregorio (COF)
Anthony Geslin (FDJ)
Yukiya Arashiro (EUC)

Might shed De Gendt and Kittel in the latter stages but this team is to stick for most of the way through

Menchov's time may be good IF it rains

Maybe not....Dekker's beaten it !!

current situation in prologue, got de Gendt and Pauriol, Bookwalter. Thought of most of the others

Meta:
1. DE GENDT Thomas VACANSOLEIL-DCM 0:11:31
2. CHAVANEL Sylvain OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 0:00:00
3. IRIZAR Markel RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 0:00:01
4. PAURIOL Rémi FDJ-BIGMAT 0:00:03
5. COPPEL Jérôme SAUR-SOJASUN 0:00:03
6. GUTIERREZ José Ivan MOVISTAR TEAM 0:00:06
7. BOOKWALTER Brent BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:11
8. BOUET Maxime AG2R LA MONDIALE 0:00:11
9. DE WEERT Kevin OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 0:00:13
10. THOMAS Geraint SKY PROCYCLING 0:00:14

Coppel only 5th
Next up Taaramae.

Thought about Coppel but went for Porte for my rider around that price. Hope Taaramae does badly as I haven't got him, bit expensive I think.

Larsson goes best!!!

Hushovd looks good too!!

I got both Coppel and Porte.
Taaramae 37th at chrono1.

irizar, new it.
Bum larrson, was in my original team.

Taaramae 4th.

my tactics seem to have failed me

Ok here is my real team and not my dummy one

Tony Martin (OPQ)
Bradley Wiggins (SKY)
Samuel Dumoulin (COF)
Luis Leon Sanchez (RAB)
Rémi Pauriol (FDJ)
Remy Di Gregorio (COF)
Gorka Izagirre (EUS)
Jonathan Hivert (SAU)
Richie Porte (SKY)

Phinney 13th never does well for me.

I finally went for...

Kloden
Leipheimer
Peraud
Brajkovic
Larsson
Porte
Gretsch
Phinney
Vandenburgh

4 finished with current top 2. Disappointing from Phinney.

Current top 10

1. Gustav Larsson (Vacansoleil) 11:19
2. Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) a 4
3. Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) a 12
4. Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) m.t.
5. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) a 13
6. Markel Irizar (RadioShack) m.t.
7. Remi Pauriol (Cofidis) a 15
8. Jerome Coppel (Saur Sojasun) m.t.
9. Jens Voigt (RadioShack) a 17
10. Thor Hushovd (BMC) m.t.

Porte should be starting now. Hope he goes well.

your going to score high, on the otherhand, parachutes out i'm going into freefall

Martin and Wiggins are going to have to go 1-2 to stop this from being a total disaster for me.

This has all gone wrong! at least it makes tomorrows transfers easier

Wiggo ooh nearly, point tho'

Well it's goodbye from me

Tony Martin
Andreas Kloden
Elia Viviani
Arnold Jeannesson
Taylor Phinney
Remy Di Gregorio
Jerome Coppel
Gianni Meersman
Richie Porte

Guess who's getting dropped

Superb ride from Wiggins in the wet

Was hoping not to make any transfers today, but I'm definitely going to be making 2 now...

That was immense from Wiggo!

2nd, 7th, 8th 10th and 16th....could have been alot better but also alot worse

final top 20:

LARSSON Gustav
WIGGINS Bradley
LeiphEIMER Levi
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
De GENDT Thomas
CHAVANEL Sylvain
TAARAMAE Rein
IRIZAR Markel
PAURIOL Rémi
COPPEL Jérôme
BOONEN Tom
VOIGT Jens
GRETSCH Patrick
HUSHOVD Thor
MONFORT Maxime
PORTE Richie
GUTIERREZ José Ivan
PHINNEY Taylor
WESTRA Lieuwe
BARREDO Carlos

So thats 1st, 2nd, 5th, 16th and 18th for me. Not bad.

1ª etapa París-Niza: Larsson gana la CRI (Top 10)

Etapa 1:
1. Gustav Larsson (Vacansoleil) 11:19
2. Bradley Wiggins (Sky) a 1
3. Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) a 4
4. Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) a 9
5. Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) a 12
6. Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) m.t.
7. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) a 13
8. Markel Irizar (RadioShack) m.t.
9. Remi Pauriol (Cofidis) a 15
10. Jerome Coppel (Saur Sojasun) m.t.

Great ride by Wiggins. Got him, De Gendt and Pauriol in top 10. Thought about Irizar and Larsson but went for Porte and Phinney. Think the rain affected things quite a lot. Martin 29th! But that's cycling for you!