ToB Stage 8

I cant see Williams going for points. The only man who can take the jersey from him is his team mate

Think my judgement has been clouded by my stupid transfer yesterday

Kept my team the same as yesterday as i made my changes a day early dropping SS for Cav

I also think Cav will want to get a win on his last day in the Rainbow Jersey.

Cavendish(for Sammy Sanchez)
Caruso(for 'The Boy' Van Poppel)
C.Jones(for Knees)
House
Haas
urtasun
Williams
Tiernan-Locke
Howard

Sprint 1: 1. Williams 2. Bobridge 3. Kreder 4. Richardson

I also hoping for a last win from Cav

Cav(for SS)
House
Williams
Caruso
Howard
JTL
Urtasun
Vanmarcke
Boy

Here's a question for you all - does Cav wear the rainbow jersey in the actual race or will he revert back to his Sky top

Or even a GB Jersey(although no doubt liberally sprinkled with Sky markings)!!

Sprint 2 same result as sprint 1

Oh well, I was wrong and Williams is mopping up the points

I'm really hope that Cav does not win today as I had 3 transfers but just used two

Pablo Urtasun
Russell Downing (for Sanchez)
Leigh Howard
Damiano Caruso
Nathan Haas
Jon Tiernan-Locke
Kristian House
Pete Williams (for Vanmarcke)
Boy van Poppel

KOM 1:
1. Richardson
2. Kreder
3. Williams
4. Bobridge

KOM 2:
1. Richardson
2. Bobridge
3. Williams
4. Kreder

KOM 3 Result:
1. Richardson
2. Williams
3. Bobridge
4. Kreder

Break caught on the last KoM

Damn you SAMMY!!

1 Cavendish

2 Boy Van Poppel
3 Sabatini
4 Downing
5 Benedetti
6 Barker
7 Ghyllebert
8 Sulzberger
9 Wytinck
10 Lang

So anyone that didnt put Cav is likely to have a lowish score today, as no real protagonists in the top 10!

Could be a decent score today for me then maybe

The way the final climb was billed on here with the comp to win an invite to todays climb I thought it was not for Cav

JTL is NOT going to Sky people.........Why do they keep bigging it up

After seeing Cav on the hills this week,sometimes live at the roadside,I cannot believe that he won that stage today,he looked shagged at times...I had an unused transfer and left him out....

Put Cav in, his last day in the rainbows and he signs off with a win, thought that was inevitable to be honest

A final Swan-song in Rainbow and Sky possibly......
I put him in for this reason too

Having 1 point guarnteed for coppel or having Cav, was an easy decision to make

stage results

1 2 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling 3h 33' 5''
2 36 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare st
3 63 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale st
4 13 Russell Downing Endura Racing st
5 102 Cesare Benedetti Team NetApp at 0' 3''
6 151 Yanto Barker UK Youth Cycling st
7 125 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post Sean Kelly st
8 136 Bernard Sulzberger Raleigh - GAC st
9 124 Niels Wytinck An Post Sean Kelly st
10 116 Richard Lang Rapha Condor st
11 142 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp st
12 16 Paul Voss Endura Racing st
13 94 Daniel Lloyd IG - Sigma Sport st
14 121 Gediminas Bagdonas An Post Sean Kelly st
15 166 Simon Yates Great Britain st
16 45 Adrian Saez de Arregui Euskaltel Euskadi st
17 21 Marcin Bialoblocki Node 4 - Giordana st
18 64 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale st
19 11 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing st
20 103 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp

GC

1 11 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing 9h 11' 22''
2 142 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp at 0' 18''
3 64 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale at 0' 23''
4 54 Leigh Howard Orica - GreenEDGE at 1' 2''
5 33 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare at 1' 12''
6 103 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp at 2' 1''
7 73 David Lelay Saur Sojasun st
8 36 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare at 2' 14''
9 5 Christian Knees Sky Procycling at 2' 35''
10 71 Jerome Coppel Saur Sojasun at 4' 30''

sprints

1 26 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana 45
2 21 Marcin Bialoblocki Node 4 - Giordana 23
3 23 Mathew Cronshaw Node 4 - Giordana 13
4 111 Kristian House Rapha Condor 11
5 51 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE 11

KOM

1 111 Kristian House Rapha Condor 86
2 46 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel Euskadi 67
3 136 Bernard Sulzberger Raleigh - GAC 49
4 11 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing 44
5 51 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE 44

Todays points

KOM: Staple Lane (Cat 3 at 59.6km / 37.1ml)
Pos No. Name Team Pts
1 95 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport 4
2 83 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil - DCM 3
3 26 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana 2
4 51 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE 1
KOM: Crocknorth (Cat 2 at 65.6km / 40.8ml)
Pos No. Name Team Pts
1 95 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport 6
2 51 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE 5
3 26 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana 4
4 83 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil - DCM 3
5 3 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling 2
6 4 Jeremy Hunt Sky Procycling 1
KOM: Leith Hill (Cat 2 at 80.3km / 49.9ml)
Pos No. Name Team Pts
1 95 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport 6
2 26 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana 5
3 51 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE 4
4 83 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil - DCM 3
5 4 Jeremy Hunt Sky Procycling 2
6 12 Jonathan McEvoy Endura Racing 1
KOM: Barhatch Lane (Cat 1 at 103km / 64ml)
Pos No. Name Team Pts
1 105 Leopold Koenig Team NetApp 10
2 11 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing 9
3 142 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp 8
4 64 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale 7
5 51 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE 6
6 103 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp 5
7 95 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport 4
8 163 Josh Edmondson Great Britain 3
9 41 Samuel Sanchez Euskaltel Euskadi 2
10 16 Paul Voss Endura Racing 1
Sprint: Dorking at 10.2km / 6.3ml
Pos No. Name Team Pts
1 26 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana 5
2 51 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE 3
3 83 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil - DCM 2
4 95 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport 1
Sprint: Guildford at 33.7km / 21ml
Pos No. Name Team Pts
1 26 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana 5
2 83 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil - DCM 3
3 51 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE 2
4 95 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport 1
Sprint: Ockley at 84.7km / 52.7ml
Pos No. Name Team Pts
1 26 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana 5
2 83 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil - DCM 3
3 95 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport 2
4 51 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE 1
Rouleur Combativity Award
1 95 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport

Im not gonna get the stage win but should have a solid score, hoping i score enough to get me into the top 100

And finally...
76 91 Dan Craven IG - Sigma Sport st

Oops forgot about last place

Wow, how messy can you be with results

I'm hoping for enough to sneak up 1 place into the top 20, but without Cav, I could be struggling

Hoping to stay top 20 for ToB, would be happy with that given I that I forgot to enter a team for stage 1

I apologise for messy results!

Mine is 135 then how every many from todays points

18 for the sprints I think then 41 from the mountains maybe

that would give me 194

175 for me

20th on the stage, Ter you got 2nd with 195, Biggest score today 199

Hopefully I can jump to the top 20, Where I finish will be level with Drheaton

EDIT: Equal 10th with Dr

Ter you finished 95th overall

Cheers Gkam,

My second 2nd place on a stage in that last couple of weeks

I couldnt have possibly scored a higher score today because of how my team was befoer today.

I took out two riders that scored 6 points between them and put in the two highest scorers on the stage

Just did a comparison between my starting team, which I was going to leave as a purist until Jimmy Engoulvent didn't stage the race.

I ended up in joint 10th with 1254.

If I had left my team as was, I would have been 8th in purist with 830. So 424 more points made by transfers.

Twice I could have had the stage win if I hadn't made the wrong transfers.

I did the comparison because I could score everyone in my team on one page, would be nice to be able to do that with the big tours, but when a riders removed. His score and name go from the riders page

Yeah, I'm pretty chuffed with 10th overall given I forgot to submit a team for stage 1. If I'd got the average of 80ish for stage 1 I'd be around 3rd and if I hadn't dropped Urtasun yesterday I might have won

Oh well, fairly happy given this was a fairly minor fantasy race.