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Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Stage 4

Tough decisions to make today, will Txurruka go in the break again?  Will the same people be racing for the win or will the slightly easier finale make for a different selection.

My transfer decisions are basically which 2 of 3 riders do I drop for which 2 of 3 I want?

I can either drop Fuglsang and Barguil for Ulissi and Didier or another sub 6 credit rider or I can drop Peraud and Barguil for Ulissi and Txurruka.

I don't really want to drop Peraud and I'm worried that Txurruka pretty much has the jersey sewn up now so won't go in the break today but he's a guaranteed 10 points whatever happens.

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simon F | 10 years ago
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I don't effin believe it. 5 riders out of the 1st 6 and I still haven't got my podium badge  14
1,2,4,5,6,9 and (I think) 15

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drheaton | 10 years ago
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1,3,4,6,7,9 and Txurruka is still my least favourite rider after choosing today to not go in the break  14

Think I must be down about 30 points on my Spilak -> Txurruka transfer, why did Spilak choose today of all days to start to ride aggressively?

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chiv30 | 10 years ago
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Anyone got the result 1-20 by any chance?  39

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Alan Tullett | 10 years ago
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4 of the top 7: 1246 plus Sanchez 9th. Ulissi 15th, Talansky 19th.

Peraud and Talansky crash. Should have brought in Spilak rather than Ulissi.

Chrisdstripes got a bit closer to me in East Anglia but I prob made ground on Ray in Forum Scorum, so mixed day.

Break tomorrow but doubt if Txurruka will go in it!!  3

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Timbo13 | 10 years ago
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This is from Procycling Stats. Awaiting the official results:

1 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander Movistar Team 50 3:58:51
2 PORTE Richie Sky Procycling 30 0:02
3 HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis Sky Procycling 18 ,,
4 SPILAK Simon Katusha Team 13 ,,
5 PERAUD Jean-christophe AG2R La Mondiale 10 ,,
6 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto AG2R La Mondiale 7 ,,
7 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4 ,,
8 WEENING Pieter Orica GreenEDGE 3 0:16
9 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 0:23
10 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto Katusha Team 1 0:24
11 CUNEGO Damiano Lampre - Merida ,,
12 POELS Wout Vacansoleil - DCM ,,
13 CARUSO Giampaolo Katusha Team 0:27
14 GADRET John AG2R La Mondiale ,,
15 ULISSI Diego Lampre - Merida ,,
16 DANIELSON Thomas Garmin - Sharp 0:28
17 SARMIENTO TUNARROSA Jose Cayetano Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 0:30
18 INTXAUSTI Benat Movistar Team 0:33
19 TALANSKY Andrew Garmin - Sharp ,,
20 HERRADA LOPEZ Jose Movistar Team 0:54

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simon F | 10 years ago
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Results are on biciclismo and procyclingstats but quite different. Hope procyclingstats are right cos I've got my podium badge if they are  7

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chrisdstripes | 10 years ago
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Top 8 was definitely...
Quintana
Henao
Contador
Betancurt
Spilak
Porte
Peraud
Weening

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Philip Unwin | 10 years ago
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Biciclisimo looks right

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Stumps | 10 years ago
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results on steephill are:

1 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander
2 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis
3 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto4
4 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos Alberto
5 SPILAK, Simon
6 PORTE, Richie
7 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe
8 WEENING, Pieter
9 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel
10 LOSADA ALGUACIL, Alberto
11 POELS, Wouter
12 CUNEGO, Damiano
13 CARUSO, Giampaolo
14 GADRET, John
15 ULISSI, Diego
16 DANIELSON, Thomas

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chrisdstripes | 10 years ago
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Just realised that there will be fantasy KOM points for the last climb as the summit was 2km before the finish - is that right?

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Philip Unwin | 10 years ago
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diariovasco agrees with biciclisimo

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chiv30 | 10 years ago
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Ok well if pcs is correct then I have finally got my full house
1,2,4,6,7,9,11,13,15
Plus gc
2,3,4,5,6,9,10

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Stumps | 10 years ago
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thats 1 - 4, 6, 12 and txurruka for me.

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drheaton | 10 years ago
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chrisdstripes wrote:

Just realised that there will be fantasy KOM points for the last climb as the summit was 2km before the finish - is that right?

I'll have to take a look at the profile when I score the stage. Generally where the summit is close to the finish (within a couple of km) then it doesn't count but there's an element of discretion on how close is too close.

Once I've had a look I'll run it past Dave (arbiter of all things fantasy cycling) and let you know the outcome when I put the scores up.

For reference, there was a KoM point a couple of km from the finish of a Tirreno stage this year which wasn't scored but each stage is taken on it's own merits.

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Timbo13 | 10 years ago
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1-4,6,9,13 + GC 1-4,6,9,10, with Txurruka. Only Rob Ruijh spoiled a full house.

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stevemarks | 10 years ago
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Txurruca disappears did he abandon?

Bad day for me had a couple who may not have scored  20  20

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Timbo13 | 10 years ago
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Txurruka rolled in 129th on stage

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livestrongnick | 10 years ago
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damn u fuglsang!! no full house cheers then.....

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cgipryan | 10 years ago
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Why do I have the feeling that having 1-6, 13 and 15 on the stage and 1-6 and 9 on GC (with no Txuruka and 10 penalty points) will not scare anyone?

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Wig_Billy | 10 years ago
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The same finish was used in last years Vuelta, so I'd suggest doing the same as whatever was done then.

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Alan Tullett | 10 years ago
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Usually such finishes are not scored.

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JAndrewHill | 10 years ago
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1,2,3,5,6 for the stage and 1,2,3,4,5. Overall....plus a few extras for txurrika...not bad

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ray silvester replied to Philip Unwin | 10 years ago
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Philip Unwin wrote:

Abandoned
Brajkovic
Gerrans
Elissonde
Roy
De Gendt

First flight to Paris?

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ray silvester replied to drheaton | 10 years ago
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drheaton wrote:

Noooo!  14

The Good Dr breathes a h-u-g-e sigh of relief eh?

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arsene replied to drheaton | 10 years ago
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drheaton wrote:
chrisdstripes wrote:

Just realised that there will be fantasy KOM points for the last climb as the summit was 2km before the finish - is that right?

I'll have to take a look at the profile when I score the stage. Generally where the summit is close to the finish (within a couple of km) then it doesn't count but there's an element of discretion on how close is too close.

Once I've had a look I'll run it past Dave (arbiter of all things fantasy cycling) and let you know the outcome when I put the scores up.

For reference, there was a KoM point a couple of km from the finish of a Tirreno stage this year which wasn't scored but each stage is taken on it's own merits.

Spilak took the points, so it must have been bfore he got caught. There was even a 2k descent. So I'd score that.  3

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simon F replied to Philip Unwin | 10 years ago
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Philip Unwin wrote:

diariovasco agrees with biciclisimo

And pcs now agrees with them as well, as do the official results. Ho hum, no podium again for me

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chrisdstripes replied to Timbo13 | 10 years ago
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Timbo13 wrote:

Txurruka rolled in 129th on stage

Readying himself for the big assault tomorrow perhaps?  3

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arsene replied to Wig_Billy | 10 years ago
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Wig_Billy wrote:

The same finish was used in last years Vuelta, so I'd suggest doing the same as whatever was done then.

I remember it was scored then Contador took the points i guess.  26

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chrisdstripes replied to Alan Tullett | 10 years ago
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Alan Tullett wrote:

Usually such finishes are not scored.

If the finish line is also the KOM line, then they aren't scored, but that isn't the case here. I don't care either way, but it seems funny to have it as a discretionary rule when it could just be black-and-white - all KOMs count unless it is also the finish line.

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chrisdstripes replied to NeilG83 | 10 years ago
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NeilG83 wrote:

1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9 for me today!  4  4  4

Nice one Neil - stage win!

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