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Tour of California stage 2
What are we expecting today then? I had a very sprint-biased team yesterday which obviously didn't work out too well, so have taken a ten-point hit, but still not really much of an idea who will do well.
Brought in Westra, and Tejay, and someone I didn't expect to go for all season - Andy Schleck - who looked fairly comfortable and interested yesterday.
Still have 4 sprinters though, so won't be a good day - expecting to lose my 2nd place in the Forum Scorum's league tonight! (And then take it back tomorrow with an 80-point solo win from Wauters in the Giro. Maybe.)
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Thanks stumps. I had to nip out
break is now down to 8.20 with 48 mile to go.
Opppps....and he just took first over the climb
i made the transfer deadline. took out jacques-maynes
Well, lucky me. I logged in at 7pm, to find the deadline passed at 6.15pm. 4 transfers tomorrow. Here's hoping Sagan and Gilbert fight it out and I won't move any further down.
66 miles to go and the breaks going out again, 12.15
69 miles to go, gap at 11.10 and only half way up the first Cat 1 of the day. I wanted to see this live
Right, its been updated
McCart is in the break, he's at 16 seconds
Had Chavanel in from the start, almost took a ten point pen to swop him for de Gendt.
Oh bloody hell they have McCartney in the break one side of the page then on the other side they say its Mcarty who won the sprint ????????????????
Just checked the Amgen tour site and they still have McCartney (bib 116) as being in 49 th place 16 secs down after yesterdays stage ?
84 miles to go, 11 minutes of a break. 1.5 miles to the sprint and then its UPHILL big time
Got McCartney in purists and Chava in standard
Well done. Didn't have the guts to go chava, nor the knowledge to go McCartney.
Advantage up to 11 mins.
That's after about 65k of 200
Ok, gap goes out again, NOT trusting the app today
10 minutes with 94 miles to go
100 miles to go and the gap steady around the 7.30 mark
He actually lost 20 minutes and they have him listed with McCarty's time
He's right it's McCarty that's only 16 secs down
McCartney lost 16 mins yesterday...
107 miles to go and having covered 18 miles
The break sits at 6.15
Interesting fact of the day.......nah I aint got one, but then again, I am not paid to read reams of paper on local history and the riders
Gkam is always online. He was hoping someone else might take up the coverage today, but its cool. I am on it.
4 riders in the break with 5.30 on the peloton
Chavanel
McCartney
Zwiwansky
Jacques-Maynes
Best placed is Mccartney at only 16 seconds down on the GC.
MY guy Bobbie Traskel had a go at getting to the break, but is still hanging out just 1 minute up on the peloton
This break wont last, McCartney is only 16 secs down on GC.
Break now with 4.30
Oh man! Was just about to ask if anyone had gone chavanel today. I fancied him for the break-away. He won a not too similar stage from the bunch in Paris nice, so can climb, and he lost 9 mins yesterday- plus opqs have no GC contenders- working for meersman in sprints. But wasn't convinced he had the condition, and expensive at 26+!
Drats
At least I put a fiver on him at 80/1 with paddy power
My standard
TJ
Westra
Mick rogers
Zabriskie
Mancebo
Schlecky
Sagan
Matthews
Hushovd
10 penalties incurred.
Gkam84 doesn't seem to be on line at the mo' so...
Breakaway has 2 mins.
Chavanel
McCartney
Zwiwansky
Jacques-Maynes
Another break to be reeled in then the same as yesteday as they climb to the finish line. I expect the same faces in roughly the same places as well.
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