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Tour of Oman - stage 1
No idea how this race is going to go but today looks flat enough so I'm throwing 9 sprinters at my team and seeing what sticks. No Sagan but I've got:
Bouhanni
Kristoff
Kittel
Boonen
Gallopin
Breschel
Appollonio
Fortin
Iglinsky
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Yep, Wiggo last for GC +1.31
Aye, but he's not Lantern Rouge unless he's physically the last man over the line
Scores are almost complete, just waiting for Dave to sort out an issue to see how I'm going to score the Combat award, because its been awarded in a 3,2,1, set up.
I don't think its fair for only one man to score if three riders are listed
As Gkam said Chan jae jang is Lantern Rouge
Shame it wasn't wiggo got him in my purist
Aye, split the 10 points between the three or award 10, 6, 2 or something like that?
I was thinking 10,7,5 or 5,3,2
Yeah, tough decision, maybe a compromise of 6, 4, 2 like the sprint?
IIRC the 'combativity' award in Oman is just the intermediate sprints. so it's debatable whether it should be scored at all, since the riders already get points for those
Seeing as there's no KoM standing points why not score the sprint as is (6, 4, 2) and then score the combativity ranking as a 5,4,3,2,1 competition as a direct replacement for the KoM?
Well I need a decision folks and I'm willing to make it, but mine would be that NO-ONE get a combat score
Yep I second that.
You could always put it on that way and then update later.
From the look of the website there is no overall combative standing, they're just ranking the three combative riders for the stage.
I don't know if it's linked to the sprints (for which they got points and ranked in the points comp) so I'd be inclined to just give the 1st guy 10 points and be done with it. That's not really double counting as on any other race the combative breakaway guy would probably have gotten sprint and KoM points anyway.
10 points to the winner, nothing to anyone else and keep it consistent with the rest of the season.
I've gone with no points for the combat award, because it doesn't reflect who was the rider adjuged the most combative by the race commissaires
If you read the blog on the official ToO website it does say that Traksel was awarded the most agressive rider award. If there are to be points he should get them.
208 points, 14th on the stage... So close.
I probably wouldn't remove him.
Why do I always put in Sagan
Nasty little kick upwards in tommorows sprint, to much for bouhanni?
hmmm well I just bought him
I'm keeping Sagan but thinking about Boonen for Bouhanni.
Well sagan might, just might, do well tommorow, more of an alrounder and the hills might suit him well
i already Have Boonen and Sagan, but no Bouhanni. Ive made two tranfers so I could bring in Phinney for GVA
Ive got bouhanni, sagan, kristoff and boonen for tommorow
i would rather puit in GVA for phinney then the other way
and as for boonen he is not realy in the best shape
would surprise me if he would be in the first 10 toaday
todat is to hard for phinney i guess but afcourse i could be wrong:)
but if zo BMC will go for gilbert or greg don't know wich of them so i have no BMC toaday
As no KOM might as well score all 3 riders!
For what its worth, I agree. They shouldn't get points twice for contesting the sprints.
Really? Ive had GVA for the last 7 stages he has raced and has done absolutely nothing. Phinney will be there at the finish today so im guessing he will be the designated sprinter
Seems it was too hard for all of them!
Agreed here, seems like the right thing to do.
ARGH, here we go, Scores are coming, Last man home was officially Chan Jae Jang at +0 but Wiggo rolled in +1.21
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