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After TourMed stage 4:
Wig_Billy has what looks like an unassailable 104pt lead going into the final stage of the Forum's Scorum's TourMed and Reda and Pinkshoes-Peraud were his inspired picks. TERatcliffe26 leads the purists by 30 from the main man Wig-Billy and has the advantage with the second placed man losing Talansky,Kreder and Taaramae from his line up.

I've personally had 4 wiped out in the purist division....Talansky,Taaramae,Schleck And Taciak!! However I'm going well in the standard overall moving up to 16th

No change in the Forum's Scorum's Overall top 5 although Wig-Billy has extended his lead over Alan Tullett to 84pts and even closed the gap on GKam84 in the overall purists to 111pts.

Not a tour to celebrate for the TourMed organisers with a cancelled stage and bike thefts.....sounds like 'Bandit Country' down there!!

After Tour of Oman Stage 2:
Forum's Scorum's Tour of Oman is led by NeilG83 whilst chrisdstripes heads the purists.

Wig_Billy leads the Forum's Scorum's overall in both the standard and purists division.

After ToO Stage 3:
Well it looks like a Battle-Royale atop Green Mountain for chrisdstripes and TERatcliffe who are separated by just a point in the Forum's Scorum's Tour of Oman purist division.
NeilG83 leads the standard teams but I reckon that one may all come down to Contador?
Interesting that FOUR of the top 8 teams are purist!!

Obviously the overall Forum's Scorum's league does not share this trend and we have to look all the way down to 18th for our leading purist.....Wig_Billy who is also Forum's Scorum's standard overall Maillot Jaune.

So how do your teams look like for Green Mountain?

Mine are

Standard:Sagan,Nibali,Contador,Pasqualon,Marcato,Elmiger,Dempster,Jeanneson,DiCorrado.

Purist:Elmiger,Boonen,Gilbert,Velits,Nibali,Jeanneson,Porte,Tschopp,Bookwalter......NO Sagan

Algarve starts tomorrow too.....how are we reading that one?
2 sprints,a tough uphill finish and then Tony Martin wins the TT and overall?

Any little 'Pork N Cheese' gems in amongst the wildcards?

My Tips for overall are Westra and Kwiatkowski but then my last tips were Rogers and Talansky for the TourMed

For me it's all about Nibali....he's ALWAYS in decent condition and should always be rated at about 35 credits,any less and he's a bargain any more and he's too expensive?

After ToO Stage 4:
It really is time to send Wig_Billy to doping control as he goes into the Forum's Scorum's Tour of Oman lead on countback from NeilG83 whilst TERatcliffe won the battle of the purists atop Green Mountain(or rather chrisdstripes lost it with just 7 pts scored) to lead in that division.....although there are 3 other teams still within 30 pts of him.

The Top 4 overall in the Forum's Scorum's league shows no change(Wig_Billy leading) but the big mover was chrisdstripes redeeming himself by moving up 3 places to 5th and into the elite 6 team group with 2K badges.No prizes for guessing that Wig_Billy still leads the purists with GKam hanging in there.

Will our very own Wig_go make a slip up in Algarve.....it seems to me that his original selections have been consistently strong so far?

Well after the 1st stage of Algarve and it's myself(ray silvester) and obutterwick leading in the FS standard....mighty impressive from NeilG83's purist team though to be third overall and tops in purist for the Volta of Algarve.

If nothing else it got me my high rollers badge and in homage to that I'll be sticking with my team for stage 2....although to be fair I want 4 transfers for the lumpy stage 3!!

In the Overall FS table it's obutterwick that's moved into 4th spot at the expense of chrisdstripes with the rest remaining neutralised...Wig_Billy still holds the purist top spot.

ToO after stage 5:NeilG83 is not giving up the ghost and is just 24 pts short of Forum's Scorum's Oman leader Wig_Billy....reminiscent of Froomey trying to chase down Purito atop green Mountain!! It's a similar looking thing in the purist division but this time NeilG83 is chasing down TERatcliffe's 17pt lead.

Algarve after stage 2:obutterwick and I remain tied in the lead for the Forum's Scorums Volta Ao Algarve so it looks as though we BOTH stuck with the same teams.....the key will be how we adapt for the hillier stage 3 and the ITT.Personally i took out my 3 sprinters(Boeckmans,Cav and Nizzolo)for 3 GC type team leaders(Kelderman,DeGendt and Henao) saving 3 transfers for the ITT tomorrow.NeilG83 leads the purists in Portugal from Dr Heaton but with 35 points between the overall top 10 both races are up for grabs.

In the Overall Forum Scorum's league it's as you were for the top 7 with Wig_Billy holding a massive 330 pt lead over Alan Tullett with NeilG83 rounding out the podium position......simon F climbed 2 spaces into the top 10.Its a lot squakier in the Purist overall but it's also Wig_Billy leading(by 43pts)GKam84.

You're probably right TER but I put Bouhanni in to my standard team thinking he's favourite for the stage win,along with Viviani,for Jeanneson and Sagan so watch out for the chrisdstripes then.......NeilG83 would probably need an unlikely looking Selig win,Alan Tullet a Banderia miracle or FluffChucker who has a lot of GC points.
I wouldn't be counting my chickens that's for sure?

Looks up in the air now Kittel's abandoned and Boxer Bouhanni's taken the win Ter?

Tour of Oman: Another great outing for Wig_Billy saw him clinch the Forum's Scorum's Tour of Oman and despite much wailing anf gnashing of teeth TERatcliffe held on to the purist crown(updated on the first post)

Volta Ao Algarve: Teratcliffe blasted into the Forum's scorum's lead jumping ten places to lead the Forum's Scorum's in Portugal....taking Westra for the hilly bits(which I thought was a turn early) saw to that and a 209pt stage score will see a badge for him.The Portuguese sun obviously suits the 'Rat' as he leads the purists also.

Unsurprisingly Teratcliffe made the move into the overall FS top 10 at the expense of simon F and best purist(perhaps we should have a pearl necklace....I mean Jersey).

Pretty happy with my ITT team for tomorrow though:
Martin
Castroviejo
Westra
Kwiatkowski
Kelserman
Machado
RuiCosta
DeMaar(what a bust)
Paulinho

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION WINNERS

Tour Down Under: Alan Tullett(Pure Fantasy)
TDU Purist: Gkam84(Up and Doon Hills)
Tour of Qatar: enrique(Team Don Q)
TOQ Purist: Wig_Billy(Veelers Wheel)
Tour of Mediterranean: Wig_Billy(Veelers Wheel)
TOM Purist: TERatcliffe26(Ratcliffe26)
Tour of Oman: Wig_Billy(Veelers Wheel)
TOO Purist: Teratcliffe26(Ratcliffe26)

Sergeant was the one I missed in the ITT....and it cost me a stage podium badge too!!

I put DeGendt in on stage 3 and replaced him with Westra for the ITT on stage 4....if I'd just put Westra straight in on stage 3 I'd have had the extra transfer on stage 4 for Jessie and the additional aggregate of Lieuwe over Thomas plus Jessie may have got me better than 3rd in the Forum's Scorum's Volta Ao Algarve.

As it is TERatcliffe beat DrHeaton to the Volta title with Wig_Billy claiming the purist section(from TERatcliffe)......with Wiggo starting to dominate leading BOTH divisions in the Overall Forum's Scorum's league and the only one with more than 3K+

The 'Early Classics' looks like it may be a strange format with no spoon-fed rider lists,differing free transfers between races AND transfers between the Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne and Le Samyn races allowed for Purists.

The latest organisational changes are listed in the 'New Races' thread so.....no excuses!!

A Quick recap of the Forum' Scorum's Overall Top 10

1 Veelers Wheel Wig_Billy 3283
2 purefantasy Alan Tullett 2875
3 Queens Park Riders ray silvester 2873
4 Team Sky Blue NeilG83 2848
5 Rule #5 livestrongnick 2734
6 skidders skeletons stevemarks 2709
7 OJB Racing obutterwick 2687
8 Les Miserables 2013 JAndrewHill 2650
8= Ratcliffe26 TERatcliffe26 2650
10 The Pigeons chrisdstripes 2638