Tour of Oman - Stage 3

Aye, hoping for a similar result to Monday but alot of people seem to think Sagan is going to win today, I'm hoping he doesn't!

My team (for the third day in a row):

Bouhanni
Kristoff
Boonen
Kittel
Gallopin
Breschel
Appollonio
Fortin
Iglinsky

Mine:

Sagan
Bouhanni
Kristoff
Gallopin
Nocentini
Appollonio
Jarc
Nishitani
Roulston

I think its the same finish as stage 2 last year, and that proved too tough for most of the sprinters. Sagan won it from Cooke, Slagter and Gallopin. So fingers crossed for a similar result. Not very happy with my team, so 4 transfers coming up after today...

Sagan
Gallopin
Bouhanni
Boonen
Van Avermaet
Appollonio
Goddaert
Mezgec
Devolder

Hoping that Sagan's Cali training is going to get him todays win

Sagan
Bouhanni
Kirstoff
Appollonio
Kittel
D Van P
Arndt
Cataldo
Dombrowski

Sagan followed by Phinney would be good for me today, then if Goddaert can show himself too

No surprise Traksel out front again!

Traksel
Jang
Delle stelle
Hatanaka 75km gone gap 4.25 and falling, 15km from KOM

95km Delle Stelle 1.10 on 3 chasers 2.20 on the pelaton

Right, stewards enquiry is being launched to find out the name of Bobbie Traksel's fantasy team, there will be none of this picking one's self and then going on the attack every day.

This could become a problem when there are prizes in the grand tours and Voeckler backs himself on the big stages and wins a bike

Quite right!

Exhausted Traksel or cramping Jang for last home today?

Boonen dropped

Wiggins and Goss both dropped, Sagan moving to the front.

Sagan wins again
Van Avermaet 2nd, Gallopin 3rd. Contador 4th. Marcato 5th

Sagan wins, Van Avermaet 2nd, Gallopin 3rd. Contador 4th. Marcato 5th.

Van Avermaert, Gallopin, Contadir, Marcato...

Another 2 out of 3 and no podium badge again for me

6 Pasqualon
7 Gilbert
8 Nocentini
9 Velits
10 Bouhanni
11 Nibali

Interesting to see who's showing their faces at the front today, should help pick my team for tomorrow.

Provisional GC -
1 Sagan
2 Gallopin +16
3 Van Avermaet +26
4 Elmiger +30
5 Bouhanni +31
6 Marcato +32
7 Contador +32
8 Nibali +33
9 Velits +35
10 Pasqualon +35

Good stuff - 1,2,3,10 for me. Finally my blind faith in GVA pays off...

Rubbish again for me

Although should be ok for my purist team of 1,3,7,9

3 and 10 for me plus 2 and 5 GC, not great but 7 transfers alraedy made ahead of tomorrow (10 penalty points) should set me up for a decent run to the finish.

Full results now up

Scores are coming, sorry, I was out trying to source hubs

Can't find any

Hmmm, 67 points, not great, expecting to fall further behind the leaders again. Just have to hope my strategy of holding on to all my transfers until tomorrow pays off.

Its fine, they literally only came out 5 minutes before you posted this

They are up

Anyone know anything about hubs? I'm looking for 2x 12mm QR axle 36h front disc hub

Sagan for tomomrow or has he had it now?

last year he finished green mountain 6 & half mins down!so keeping him might be a gamble!

Brought in Contador, Froome and nibali for tomororw, that should get me some points

I got Voeckler on his big ride last year. Perhaps I'm him in disguise

Got 128 today, made the mistake of taking out Gilbert for Bouhanni instead of Boonen, then Gilbert comes 7th. Purist team did a fraction better than standard in fact. Sagan talking up his chances on green mountain. Last year he didn't try, this year he might, but I haven't kept him. Took a penalty to bring in Velits with the other 3 nearly everyone else is going to have. Thought about taking a pen for Jeannesson as well but not worth the risk with the field being stronger this year and I haven't quite got the points.

Im not taking any penalties, but im bringing in Alberto for tomorrow...but think Nibali could be the man. Froome will be top 6 and Sagan down the road ....and i hope andrea is special, but bobbie might be the cheap one i shud have gone for...bad decisions all around . . . but as long as i keep going up the table, i will be happy.

Had a terrible couple of days after forgetting to make transfers in time, my purist team well ahead of my other one

But what that does mean is... I have six transfers for tomorrow. Gonna try and rescue a badge of some shape out of this race if nothing else

Got Alberto, Nibali, Froome, Velits and Gallopin for tomorrow. If I'd stuck to my plan to not make any transfers it would have cost me 0 points instead of 10 and I'd have about 40-50 more points in total!! Never can stick to my plan to not make transfers.

No Jeannesson or Elmiger then Alan?