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Giro Stage 18

I think the answer to this one is simple. Cav must win or else he may as well go home (I think he would have sewn up the jersey had it not been for Ferrari and that stupidly tight corner)

So he will go into my team for J-Rod

The problem is looking to sunday as well as tomorrow and the remaining mountain stages, think im gonna risk just having two sprinters tomorrow to aid me in the last stage

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Raleigh | 11 years ago
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Hmm

I kept J rod and dropped Basso and Hesjay for the Manx expresss and Gatto.

I think Henao's done, but Ive kept him in for the hopeful 5 points tomorrow, and then Ill pick two from the two Ive dropped and Uran for the Day after.

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JAndrewHill | 11 years ago
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I always wonder whether the TT specialists will put full effort in, if they are not in with a chance for the GC.
The top 10 in the GC will try . . . so is it worth adding TT specialists on the last day . . . or concentrate on having the top GC people in your squad. hhhmmmm

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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Well I will have 3 stars as GC contenders for the ITT and then my others will be specialists.... 2 of them due to price, and 2 due to it being what they do, why stay till the end if they are not gonna give it a go? in the past they seem to give it a go, and to win in Milan is pretty prestigious ITT to win.

I cant afford Cav without axing J-Rod, ive now figured a plan to get 3 sprinters but just means I have to keep Txurruka for stage 19 (may go in the break) and will have one of my cheap ITT's in for that stage.

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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Just realised id messed my plan up....seems txurruka is in till the end  39  20

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thefatcyclist | 11 years ago
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I put in Cav, Sabatini and one for Friday. Every tour I get stronger towards the end. This one I've lost the plot.

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Doaky | 11 years ago
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Yep gadret out, Cav in!!! Dunno what to do for friday!!!! Kept J rod and hesjay for GC points!!!

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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will post my full team in the morning, but i can say from my team i had today i axed J-Rod, Henao and Tiralongo

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livestrongnick | 11 years ago
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Dropped Hesjedal for Cav and Tiralongo for Soupe, already got Kristoff.  16

Will Bring Hesjedal back for Friday and a time trialist and keep my sat transfers and have 4 for ITT.  26

As long as Friday's stage don't turn the GC upside down!  39

As much as i'd like Cav to win the points Jersey overall, it's really not looking good for him!  20

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chrisdstripes | 11 years ago
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Cav and Kristoff in for J-Rod and Cataldo.
J-Rod to come straight back in, but apart from the top 3 my team is mainly high-risk for breaks, and aiming for 8-9 TTers by Sunday. My fiver each way on Hesjedal 3 weeks ago at 40-1 is looking promising tho...

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Have four transfers to use, planning on using three today, three tomorrow to leave me with a full mountains team for Friday and Saturday. Hoping I can get by without making any changes for Saturday so I can use four for the TT.

Dropping:
Rujano (from a great height), Henao and Golas

Recruiting:
Ventoso, Modolo and Guardini

Yep, I'm not bringing in Cav and I haven't got any Sky riders left..

Plan is to have enough credits to get four good star climbers in and just make do with whatever DSs I can afford. I should be able to afford Rodriguez, Basso, Hesjedal and Uran but that leaves me with 2.5 credits for my last DS so I might swap Uran for someone cheaper and pick up a DS that might actually get me some points.

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Gkam84 | 11 years ago
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Replace Jose Humberto Rujano with Mark Cavendish
Replace Roman Kreuziger with Roberto Ferrari
Replace Martijn Keizer with Alexander Kristoff

Thats my three, while keeping one so got 3 transfers for Friday  4

Knowing my luck, Rujano and Kreuziger will go off in a break and not be seen till the finish line  19

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Gkam84 | 11 years ago
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My team for today as i'm away to enjoy this 27 degrees again  1 wont be on at all today till the sun goes down

Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Roberto Ferrari (AND)
Sergio Luis Henao (SKY)
Stefano Pirazzi (COG)
Miguel Angel Rubiano (AND)
Paolo Tiralongo (AST)
Diego Ulissi (LAM)
Alexander Kristoff (KAT)

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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Well here is my team then

Cav
Hesjedal
Gadret
Modolo

Keizer
Tschopp
Txurruka
Pozzovivo
Kristoff

3 transfers to take out Cav, Modolo and Kristo tomorrow (already planned those)

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Rodriguez
Basso
Ventoso
Modolo

Pozzovivo
Tiralongo
Rabottini
Txurruka
Guardini

Plan is to use my three transfers to remove Ventoso, Modolo and probably Tiralongo.

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giff77 | 11 years ago
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Ivan Basso (LIQ)
Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Rigoberto Uran (SKY)
Sacha Modolo (COG)
Andrey Amador (MOV)
Aleksandr Kuschynski (KAT)
Jan Barta (APP)
Paolo Tiralongo (AST)
Matteo Rabottini (FAR)
Seriously hoping that cav doesn't bollix things up today. Tean set for the hills aand I can dump cav and modolo. Here's hoping. Can't get any worse than I've done so far!!

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nickobec | 11 years ago
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Original plan drop Basso for Cav and bring in Scarponi tomorrow, however, Basso & Uran's performance along with the not so good performances by Intxausti, Tiralongo and others, changed my plans, so with 4 transfers in hand

Alexander Kristoff in for Paolo Tiralongo
Andrea Guardini in for Allessandro De Marchi
Matteo Rabottini in for Andrey Amador
Roberto Ferrari in for Benat Intxausti

Giving me

Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
Roberto Ferrari (AND)
Ivan Basso (LIQ)
Stefano Pirazzi (COG)
Matteo Rabottini (FAR)
Andrea Guardini (FAR)
Domenico Pozzovivo (COG)
Alexander Kristoff (KAT)

Tomorrow Ferrari & Kristoff out, for Uran + ?

Guardini stays as he is getting reliable at being last man home in the mountains.

I will take a hit today of 25 compared to the teams around me if Cav wins today. If a small breakaway succeeds no lost and will have the 5 or the 6 best performing big stage climbers for Friday & Saturday + a couple of breakaway guys

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ray silvester | 11 years ago
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In:Cav,Hunter,Guardini
Out:Cunego,Henao,Tiralongo

Team:
Cav
Hesjedal
J-Rod
Hunter
Golas
Rabottini
Rubiano
Pozzovivo
Guardini

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Raleigh | 11 years ago
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Just thought I'd share thi, straight of Gadret's Wikipedia page:

Quote:

On Stage 15 of the 2010 Tour de France Gadret caused controversy when he refused to give his wheel to his team leader, Nicolas Roche, following a puncture on the final climb of the day and then began attacking the group ahead of Roche.[7]

He has won a race against a horse.[8]

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drheaton replied to Raleigh | 11 years ago
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Raleigh wrote:

Just thought I'd share this, straight of Gadret's Wikipedia page:

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He has won a race against a horse.[8]

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What were the circumstances of this race? If it's a race up Alp d'huez most pro cyclists could probably win that  1

Also, finish seems to be very flat, a 5km long straight road and 7m wide. Sounds like a perfect Cav stage  2

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chrisro | 11 years ago
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TEAM:
Cav (SKY)
Hesjedal (GRM)
J-Rod (KAT)
Benat Intxausti (MOV)
Golas (OQP)
Rabottini (FAR)
Rubiano (AND)
Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ)
Alexander Kristoff (KAT)

Will take Cav and Kristoff out for Basso and Pozzovivo and maybe Intxausti for Uran but not sure on this yet.

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Raleigh replied to drheaton | 11 years ago
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Quote:

Raleigh wrote:

Just thought I'd share this, straight of Gadret's Wikipedia page:

Quote:

He has won a race against a horse.[8]

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What were the circumstances of this race? If it's a race up Alp d'huez most pro cyclists could probably win that  1

Yes, there are numerous explanations:

  • Horse was on a bike as well
  • Gadret was on a faster horse
  • The horse was sleeping
  • Gadret was in a car
  • The horse only had three legs

    (Sorry, just discovered all this HTML.)

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Raleigh | 11 years ago
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Hey, that was supposed to come out in colour.  20

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Looks like Cav will get full points at the intermediate sprint. Today, much like yesterday, isn't going to plan. Hopefully between Rodriguez and one of my sprinters I'll get more points than Cav but as it stands, I'm not hopeful.

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Simon_MacMichael | 11 years ago
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It was a fantastic effort by Team Sky to bring back the break, those points could be very valuable come Sunday. I hope they've got something left for the finale today, though.

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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This is annoying, have Cav in my team and want him to win the red jersey, but from a fantasy point of view i would like mr keizer to stay away to thr finish!

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frankiejay | 11 years ago
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Oh dear, not the day to drop Guardini... I feel like an idiot.

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Yeah! yes yes yes yes yes!

My colleagues all think I'm nuts but I have a massive smile on my face, I only brought in Guardini for the mountains!

What a day!

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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1. Guardini,
2. Cavendish,
3. Ferrari,
4. Hunter,
5. Haedo

Nearly went for Ferrari over Ventoso but thought he might try it with it being a year since Tondo died yesterday.

Nice to see Hunter up there too (although he's not in my team).

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ray silvester replied to ray silvester | 11 years ago
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ray silvester wrote:

In:Cav,Hunter,Guardini
Out:Cunego,Henao,Tiralongo

Team:
Cav
Hesjedal
J-Rod
Hunter
Golas
Rabottini
Rubiano
Pozzovivo
Guardini

Got to be happy with that as the three I bought in went 1st,2nd and 4th plus even Rabottini will get bonuses for being luminous.

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Raleigh | 11 years ago
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Aren't there TV sprints over the next two road stages?

Cav can just get those maybe?

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