Paris Nice stage 6

Simon Clarke (OGE) Egor Silin (AST), Gatis Smukulis (KAT), Eduard Vorganov (KAT), Brent Bookwalter (BMC), Arnold Jeanneson (FDJ), Julien El Fares (SOJ), Borut Bozic (AST), Jerome Pineau (OPQ), Romain Bardet (ALM), Johann Tschopp (IAM) have 50 seconds on the peloton after 25km. Not much yet but it has grown from 11 secs.

So Simon Clarke actually does something now ive axed him and one of choices for tomorrow has gone in the break
Also toyed with Bardet. Just can't get the right day for the breakaway guy in this race

Gap at 50 seconds, looks like it will go unless Argos want it back as Hupond is not in there

I went risky dropping Roche and Gesink for De Gendt and Lofkvist hoping they'd go for the stage win.

De Gendt
Lofkvist
Talansky
Porte
Westra
Peraud
Quintana
Ulissi
Chavanel

unless De Gendt/Lofkvist do something I'll probably lose ground today.

Compared to my team Tejay will create the difference, unless Hivert somehow does something, but cant see him being there at the end.

I just regret choosing Velits yesterday over Porte as I would have had a guy in the break today else (as well as 40 points more)

After 50km, gap is now 2'50". That looks like the Break of the Day sorted.

Cleared my backlog of transfers today sending in Tschopp(in the break for KOM points-woohoo),Peraud,Porte and Spilak for Grivko,Keizer,Izagirre and Kelderman.

Ulissi
Peraud
Spilak
Westra
Tejay
Talansky
Porte
Quintana
Tschopp

With Quintana and Tschopp probably coming out tomorrow for Kloden plus Coppel or Jeannesson.

After 2 poor days I've sorted my team with penalty points again!

Porte
Talansky
Westra
Chav
Velits
Spilak
Quintana
Lopez
Peraud

Tschopps gobbling up the KOM points

A KOM jersey will do IAM Cycling no harm when the TDF wildcards are handed out!!

Van Summeren, Klier, Gesink, Offredo and Zeits have all abandoned.

De Gendt has also abandoned aswell

I need Jeanneson to grab at least 1 point in the break and I "should" get a full house badge again today

There goes my forum scorum lead thanks to De Gendt quitting, at least it was Gesink I dropped so I'm no worse off but that transfer was not my best judged ever.

Annoyingly I toyed with bring Jeannesson in this morning.

Oh well, its been a fun tour, its nice to get back to the proper racing.

More abandonment news. Renshaw has quit.

Result on the 1st category Cote de Cabris (Km 138.5)
1. Tschopp 10 points

2. Jeannesson 8 pts

3. Bookwalter 6 pts

4. Bozic 4 pts

5. Silin 3 pts

6. Pineau 2 pts

7. Vorganov 1 pt

Obviously that'll count 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 for game purposes

Peloton 1:55 adrift.

starting to look like a possible 2nd full house

I took in Ulissi over Tschopp.....

Sylvain Chavanel
Gorka Izagirre
Tejay van Garderen
Richie Porte
Lieuwe Westra
Andrew Talansky
Bart de Clercq
Diego Ulissi
Arnold Jeannesson

Still got a couple of my stage 1 picks

Result on the 1st category Col du Ferrier (Km 148.5)
1. Tschopp 10 points

2. Clarke 8 pts

3. Silin 6 pts

4. Bardet 4 pts

5. Jeannesson 3. pts

6. Vorganov 2 pts

7. Siutsov 1 pt

Once again 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 for our purposes

The peloton one minute adrift.

Just hoping Hivert will be at the finish

David Harmon "Kiryienka took a massive dump on the tarmac a couple of days ago". Could have been better phrased. Perhaps it's because they've just done the sprint in Tourrettes

LIKE

Chavanel....What a sprint

Surprised how many sprinter type guys made it into that group.

Should be another full house for me including the winner

only 1st and 9th but that will be better than most I reckon

1st and 7th. Glad I couldn't afford to drop Bozic I did drop Gallopin though

1. CHAVANEL Sylvain 171 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 05h 14' 23''
2. GILBERT Philippe 101 BMC RACING TEAM 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
3. ROJAS Jose Joaquin 28 MOVISTAR TEAM 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
4. DUMOULIN Samuel 115 AG2R LA MONDIALE 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
5. GALLOPIN Tony 53 RADIOSHACK LEOPARD 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
6. SIMON Julien 135 SOJASUN 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
7. BOZIC Borut 152 ASTANA PRO TEAM 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
8. HAUSSLER Heinrich 225 IAM CYCLING 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
9. HIVERT Jonathan 131 SOJASUN 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
10. LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto 184 KATUSHA TEAM 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
11. SORENSEN Nicki 127 TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
12. BARGUIL WARREN 212 TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
13. RATTO Daniele 207 CANNONDALE 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
14. MATE MARDONES Luis Angel 196 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
15. RAST Gregory 57 RADIOSHACK LEOPARD 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
16. DE MARCHI Alessandro 203 CANNONDALE 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
17. VELITS Peter 178 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
18. FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier 182 KATUSHA TEAM 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
19. ALBASINI Michael 82 ORICA GREENEDGE 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''
20. MALACARNE Davide 165 TEAM EUROPCAR 05h 14' 23'' + 00' 00''

wtf is chavanel doing i transferd him
was thinking that was safe for this stage grrrrr
what a drama day

GC
1. PORTE Richie 1 SKY PROCYCLING 29h 40' 31''
2. TALANSKY Andrew 141 GARMIN - SHARP 29h 41' 03'' + 00' 32''
3. CHAVANEL Sylvain 171 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 29h 41' 13'' + 00' 42''
4. WESTRA Lieuwe 11 VACANSOLEIL-DCM 29h 41' 13'' + 00' 42''
5. PERAUD Jean-Christophe 111 AG2R LA MONDIALE 29h 41' 20'' + 00' 49''
6. VAN GARDEREN Tejay 108 BMC RACING TEAM 29h 41' 23'' + 00' 52''
7. VELITS Peter 178 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 29h 41' 24'' + 00' 53''
8. SPILAK Simon 181 KATUSHA TEAM 29h 41' 24'' + 00' 53''
9. ULISSI Diego 61 LAMPRE - MERIDA 29h 41' 25'' + 00' 54''
10. GRIVKO Andriy 154 ASTANA PRO TEAM 29h 41' 37'' + 01' 06''

122 points for me I reckon

140 for me, I think. Mostly down to Bozic being in the break.

119 for me but -20 penalty so 99......

Correct i make it 140 for you

Whoever has the same team as ours but having taken a gamble on Tschopp will have won the stage

anyone think Coppel will try tomorrow? he finished way behind again

I might have got 142, happy with that as no-one in the break (again)

I've got 1 transfer left and can't decide on him or 'shut up legs'?

Did he fall though yesterday maybe feeeling the affects of that

Ive just made 2 transfers, spilak for Quintana and Hivert replaced by my secret weapon