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Giro Stage 6
So who's your main man/men for today?
I haven't got a clue who i'm going to put in.
I could play safe and put a couple of guys who will score from the GC, but i already have Cav, GT and Nava. So i'm not sure.
I was going to start making my climbers come in, but there are still flat stages to come and the big climbs don't really hit till stage 14. Most others the punchy sprinters should manage. Not the likes of Cav and Farrar though 
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25 points...not bad really! my purist team did better
Question now is how to use my three transfers, thinking:
Cavendish, Thomas & Navardauskas for
Hesjedal, J-Rod and Sella/Pozzovivo
But that feels a bit conservative and maybe a bit early for Rodriguez/Pozzovivo. Would have Goss left for sprints, Gasparatto for small hills and Lancaster, Demare, Kristoff and Guardini just taking up space.
It's at times like this that I realise that I really have no idea what I'm doing.
Finalised my transfers, brought in Rodriguez, Hesjedal and Sella, nearly went for Pirazzi as a. breakaway man but think he's too high in the GC at the minute. Also very nearly went for Gatto who's well down and probably up for a breakaway today or tomorrow.
Finalised my transfers, brought in Rodriguez, Hesjedal and Sella, nearly went for Pirazzi as a. breakaway man but think he's too high in the GC at the minute. Also very nearly went for Gatto who's well down and probably up for a breakaway today or tomorrow.
They mentioned he was off the back about an hour ago, trying hard to spot Goss in the main bunch but too many Katusha riders have the same colour jersey!
Lastras was in the break when he crashed, and the break looks like staying out, so he would almost certainly have been scoring high today too. That probably doesn't help, does it?
Not the top teams in overall, they are very very conservative with their picks.
Most will score 20 to 40 points today
*****edit****
See comments below Rubiano picked by one top 20 team, now the new 1, most other teams under 25 points.
Yes, he did. Very happy. After screwing up yesterday's stage I thought I was going to drop like a stone today as well. Instead I jumped up a lot and didn't waste any transfers even, due to site problems and not sure who to put in. So put in 4 today as I expect it'll go more to form over the next couple of days.
Put Rubiano in a couple of days ago and even yesterday he scored a few points as he was 3rd in mountain and 17th. My only good pick recently but it's the second time I've got a big breakaway winner, Clarke in the Tour Down Under was the last. I think he scored about 65 points, Rubiano got 69. Must be the highest individual score of any rider. Didn't win the stage though, the winner had Malori and Golas!
Neither do I
scored 32 for last stage and move up 17 spots in the Giro comp.
Today is loooong uphill drag 19km at about 4%, with nasty 10% section just before finish thinking JRod, Gasparotto, Cunego
Tomorrow another summit finish almost, 10km @ 6%, followed by 4km flat again punchers or real climbers is my dilemma
Monday is flat downhill, Cav & Goss to shine after "resting" for 2 days
Tuesday ends in a TA style race through town with short nasty climb on cobbles at end JRod, Gasparotto again
Wednesday almost a repeat of stage 5 flat, then lumpy stuff 11km from end, then flat finish, Goss unless somebody takes a flyer.
Thursday ....
Always looking at the long game
Is Nav your best chance for points? Could well be last man home today.
If he doesn't finish the stage he won't classify for the KoM competition so won't be top 5 at the end of the day.
I'm not sure what'll happen to his actual KoM points from today though as that's not exactly spelled out in the rules. I'd expect him to get todays points but nothing else.
Will Lastras still score some points for being top 5 KOM (assuming he's in the top 5 at the end of the stage) even though he's out of the race?
Looks like Lastras is out, had trouble breathing after the crash. Navardauskas is 1,5 minute down, so will probably lose pink.
I'm beginning to feel quite smug about not making many transfers:
I'm just waiting for it all to go horribly wrong.
Today's first mountain points went to Golas, with Rubiano in second.
Van Winden crashed and took them all out
And for those of you with Balloni...
I still think he's bluffing...
I ended yesterday with a team full of sprinters so got rid of Farrar and Bos for Hesjedal and De Gendt. I still have Goss and Cav if there's a sprint today, but they'll definitely be gone tonight for a couple of GC/mountains riders for the forthcoming uphill finishes. SO fingers crossed for De Gendt in the next few days - its a long-shot!
Romain Feillu of Vacansoleil first rider to abandon Giro!!
Also
And am I right in thinking there's no points for being in a breakaway in the tour's? Just the points on offer for intermediate sprints and the mountains?
Yep - pretty sure thats right. Although on the right stage that could still be a handy 20 points or so for the right rider. Not such a big deal today tho...
Which is excellent news for me if this is today's break, can't see it ending in anything other than a sprint finish with Garmin and Greenedge working to bring it back together.
2 Katusha riders in the break.......... hidden agenda me thinks
Wow - 16-man break. Lastras also in. And Benedetti, which is annoying, as scribbled on a notepad next to my PC is "Benedetti - breaks??" but I didn't bring him in...
so are about 5 million other riders that i dont have!!
Balloni's in the break
The reason i went for J-Rod today is that he is expensive and i knew i was going to get rid of Cav so rather than pick a lesser rider and then had to fiddle my team about i plumped for J-Rod straight away. Might work out, might not but he is in now. fingers crossed it doesnt backfire.
I've brought in Gasparotto and Visconti too - I think they could figure over the weekend as well as today. Not done a great job managing my transfers so don't quite have the team I want, but will bring in 2 more punchy climbers and/or GC contenders tomorrow - lets see who looks strong today. Hoping against hope that Goss/Benatti/Kristoff can stay with the lead group today...
Goss, Benatti, Gasparotto, Visconti
Meersman, Barta, Kristoff, Chicchi, Guardini
Just realised that leaves me with 23.1 credits! Could be time for the J-Rod tomorrow then...
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