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vac stage 4
Wiggo might enjoy another peak finish today, but sky might do better if he acts as lead out man for rigoberto, if he can sprint better... so I should pick lopez if I do my usual fantasy pick strategy. 
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Oh im up s**t creek, brought in Valverde last night, means I wont be able to bring in meersman tomorrow now
I've ignored my predilictions and gone for the Sky 1-2
Bradley Wiggins (SKY)
Rigoberto Uran (SKY)
Alejandro Valverde (MOV)
Nairo Quintana (MOV)
Przemyslaw Niemiec (LAM)
Cristiano Salerno (LIQ)
Christian Meier (GRE)
Valerio Agnoli (AST)
Dmitriy Kozontchuk (KAT)
so if agnoli/valverde have abandoned, thats a bad day for me...come on Salerno, pick up my points.
Can I afford to swap valverde for jrod? Probably not...
Could be good for you Stumps, as a lot of teams will have Valverde. Could also be good for Quintana's licence to attack again later...
Very true, mind you i think Quintana is in better form and is the real danger for Wiggins and Rodriguez.
Glad i've got all 3 now
ooh, if thats true then its a massive blow for Moviestar.
Valverde looked good yesterday and was going to pick him but just couldn't get the funds together.
Valverde and Capecchi have abandoned
My Spanish ain't great - but I don't like the sound of some of these words...
@alejanvalverde y @eroscapecchi -también caído- abandonan la #VoltaCatalunya. El incidente no parece revestir consecuencias graves.
typical, got both agnoli and wagner in my standard team, and i swapped out Pate for Agnoli last night
Wagner abandons
And so do I....
Yes, cat 1 climbs should be awarding for top 9 so it'll be 9 fantasy points down to 1.
Today is cat 3, 1, 2 and hors cat followed by an hors cat summit finish. Not sure how many are scored on the hors cat.
12 on a Hors cat
Need Aru to score me more points for my purist team
2nd KOM point Alt Del Pedraforca
1 Salerno 9 fantasy pts
2 Verona 8 fantasy pts
3 VanDeWalle 7 fantasy pts
4 Trofimov 6 fantasy pts
5 Roche 5 fantasy pt
Awaiting 6th to 9th places
WOW sky let one their rider's go in the break!!
RadioVolta now saying that Stortoni and Preidler are not there. Only 23 riders, not 25. Also it's not Golas but Verona from OPQS
After 63km, break is now at 2'25"
Betancur,Aru,TenDam,Kruijswijk,Santamorita,Salerno
,Astarloza,Pichon,Hesjedal,Martin,Losada,Trofimov,Stortoni,VanDeWalle,Herrada,Brambilla,Golas,Kiserlovski,Pate,Priedler,Roche,Rujigh,Arroyo Bagot and Molard have 40" on the peloton.......Irish Eyes are smiling rcorbin?
The first KOM point 'Coll De Merolla':
Aru 4 fantasy pts
Hesjedal 3 fantasy pts
Trofimov 2 fantasy pts
Kiserlovski 1 fantasy pt
Correction:Predler,Golas and Stortoni are NOT there....Verona is.
Guardini abandons!!
25 riders up the road @ 1'40"
7 BETANCUR, Carlos (COL/Ag2R)
15 ARU, Fabio (ITA/Astana)
23 TEN DAM, Laurens (NED/Blanco)
27 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (NED/Blanco)
36 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (ITA/BMC)
46 SALERNO, Cristiano (ITA/Cannondale)
54 ASTARLOZA, Mikel (ESP/Euskaltel)
68 PICHON, Laurent (FRA/FDJ)
71 HESJEDAL, Ryder (CAN/Garmin)
75 MARTIN, Daniel (IRL/Garmin)
82 LOSADA, Alberto (ESP/Katusha)
87 TROFIMOV, Yury (RUS/Katusha)
97 STORTONI, Simone (ITA/Lampre Merida)
101 VAN DE WALLE, Jurgen (BEL/Lotto)
114 HERRADA, Jesus (ESP/Movistar)
121 BRAMBILLA, Gianluca (ITA/Omega)
125 GOLAS, Michal (POL/Omega)
148 KISERLOVSKI, Robert (CRO/RadioShack)
157 PATE, Danny (USA/Sky)
166 PREIDLER, Georg (AUT/Argos)
171 ROCHE, Nicolas (IRL/Saxo)
184 RUIJGH, Rob (NED/Vacansoleil)
191 ARROYO, David (ESP/Caja Rural)
203 BAGOT, Yohan (FRA/Cofidis)
206 MOLARD, Rudy (FRA/Cofidis)
Agnoli's quit
2nd day running I've taken someone out the morning before they abandon(Davis yesterday)
After my shocker yesterday 32points....
Taken 20 point hit to try and get my team back into shape
Valverde for JVDB
Scarponi for D Martin
Salerno for simon
Domalgalski for Meersman
Wiggins
Machado
Santaromita
Agnoli
Pinaeu
Ouch...Valverde abandons.
Most will transfer his credits straight to Wiggo or Scarponi I reckon but there may be value in spreading them over 2 20-25 rated guys?
Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Alejandro Valverde (MOV)
Robert Gesink (BLA)
Przemyslaw Niemiec (LAM)
David Lopez (SKY)
Tiago Machado (RSN)
Ricardo-Jorge Mestre (EUS)
Robert Wagner (BLA)
Cristiano Salerno (LIQ)
I've stuck with the expensive trio, so no need to spend time deciding who else might do well as I don't have the funds anyway. Brought in Quintana for Meersman, which in hindsight I should have done yesterday as a penalty transfer - tactical error!
Wiggins, J-Rod, Valverde, Quintana
Salerno, Priedler, Landa, Betancurt, Poulhies
6 of the above are also in my purists, so hoping for another good day today...
Quintana
Wiggins
Valverde
Niemiec
Navarro
Machado
Majka
Ratto
Agnoli
Meersman in tomorrow
Took a 10 point penalty for todays stage, took Kadri and brought Niemiec in.
team for today
Bradley Wiggins
Daniel Martin
Nairo Quintana
Joaquin Rodriguez
Robert Wagner
David Lopez
Valerio Agnoli
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Martin Kohler
Went Irish today
Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Nairo Quintana (MOV)
Daniel Martin (GRM)
Nicolas Roche (SAX)
Przemyslaw Niemiec (LAM)
Tiago Machado (RSN)
Christian Meier (GRE)
Cristiano Salerno (LIQ)
David Lopez (SKY)
looking good for the irish with 7km to go
Left out Purito! another dodgy decision as I know he is probably going to win on home turf, but the temptation of the young Frenchie after yesterday was too much, will probably be quietly weeping tonight! My other baby garcons had a bad day yesterday.
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