Le Samyn / Strade Bianche purist

Still, probably not as cold as Belgium though! Had the two best pasta meals of my life in Sienna!

Sagan or Valverde for my purist team

Sagan is not on the roma maxima startlist, however I read this so its thrown my tactics, as I was gonna leave sagan out.

"Sagan has spent the last few days training in Tuscany to avoid the cold and wet weather of northern Europe. After the GP di Camaiore, he will also ride the Strade Bianche race on Saturday, the new Roma Maxima race in Rome on Sunday and then Tirreno-Adriatico, which starts in Tuscany on Wednesday March 6"

Apart from that choice im all set, 2 that will ride Samyn, 2 that will rider just Strade and 5 that will ride strade and maxima

cycling fever now has 2/3 startlist complete

Le Samyn is looking a total bust, with less than 24 hours to go, I can't find all team rosters

I have the Roma startlist

http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/RomaMaxima/2011/it/download/Iscritti_201...

To be fair, Roma was never on my radar until it was suggested about replacing KBK with it. So yes, its all a bit last minute.

If you think its sent you into a pickle, think about poor old me trying to get startlists and things

In fairness, the problem here is that once a race is opened it's very hard to change anything so it's not possible to swap a 6 transfer window with an unlimited one.

I like the smaller one day races and I think Omloop was a good addition, I think Strade Bianchi will also be a good addition too. I've never heard of Samyn and Roma Maxima is new so we'll have to see how they go.

Purist comps for the classics are ALWAYS complicated. last year you had to pick teams across two or three major one day races which was hard but it's purist, that's the nature of the game.

If everyone is saying that you want unlimited transfers between every one day race so that purists and standards alike can tinker to their hearts content then that's a separate issue but otherwise where there are a limited number of transfers (ie 4 or 6) then purists are restricted to zero because that is how the game works, and how it has always worked.

I think had KBK gone ahead something like this culd have worked

Omloop - 4 trans - KBK - Unlimited - Strade - 4/6 trans - Roma

To be fair Roma hasn't taken place for the past 5 years

I think that this comp needs a major rethink for next year. Trying to pick a purist team for 3 races in 2 different countries when the startlist for at least one of them only contains 16 names and one of the others has almost half the teams empty is nigh on impossible. I realise that it's the same for everyone and it's far too late to change anything now for this year but the grouping of races needs to be looked at. The one day races are enough of a lottery as it is, without having to guess whether any of your riders will even be starting, let alone scoring points.

Apologies for this as it's probably already been stated elsewhere but between Le Samyn and Strade Bianche how many transfers do we get ???????

I've got my purist team sorted based purely around Strade and Roma but need to get my head sorted for Samyn

Got some more and past them onto Pro stats aswell, so hopefully they will update....anyone wanna chip in?

Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise

Michael Van Staeyen
Kevin De Jonghe
Preben Van Hecke
Thomas Sprengers
Laurens De Vreese
Sander Armée
Sander Helven
Eliot Lietaer

T.Palm - Pôle Continental Wallon

Louis Convens
Julien Dechesne
Axel Gremelpont
Gaëtan Pons
Glenn Van De Maele
Ian Vansumere
Maxime Vekeman
Andrew Ydens

Color Code - Biowanze

Serge De Wortelaer
Quentin Hoper
Loïc Pestiaux
Boris Vallee
Florent Delfosse
Ludwig De Winter
Florent Mottet
Thomas Wertz

Still searching for these teams

Wallonie - Bruxelles
Roubaix - Lille Métropole
Miche Ville d'Alger
Bretagne- Séché Environnement
UnitedHealthcare
Katusha
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
Europcar
Sojasun
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
Verandas Willems (accent jobs)??

It was hard but managed to put a purist team together!
Now to crack Le Samyn......

Im assuming that the teams for the italian races will be similar, and hazve packed my purist eggs in that basket.

Also not finding one for Roma, I wanted to add G.P. Camaiore instead, as I can have a full roster for it....

I doubt I could keep receipts and give them to Road.cc for my fees....Else I would. I'd rather be ANYWHERE but here at the moment

strade bianche start list now posted on official website. link thru velowire click 'iscritti'

Sorry if this has been covered, but can we clarify if purist teams get any transfers between Strade Bianche and the newly added Roma Maxima? Or is it, as I assume, unlimited transfers for Samyn, and then thats your team for the three?

This looks like the most up to date one:

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/118155022-Le-Samyn-2013-Startlist

Though cycling fever is looking similar too.

I WILL produce a list.....BUT, Feck me, Le Samyn are still showing the 2012 riders list and for the life of me, I cannot find a full startlist

With Roma Maxima added, purist gonna be a mare to sort out...

Ok then, the purists will be filled with van poppels then...