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Giro d'Italia - Tappa 12

Well im out all day playing Golf, then going to work, so I thought I'd get this rolling and post my team. Surely today and tomorrow have got to be sprints?

My team is this

Cav (for Nibali)
Viviani
Bouhanni (for Santambrogio)
Gavazzi
Battaglin
Di Luca (for Pirazzi)
Evans
Betancur
Majka

Ok so its not the most sprint heavy team, but should have 3 of the top 5. Then ive kept the GC etc who will score me the most, but also based on price. Evans would score more than Nibali due to points, Betancur and Majka will score the same as Santambrogio and Pirazzi. No sprinter for Vini, so Di Luca is as good a shout as anyone to give it a go, and cheap. Just hope I haven't missed a trick not going Mezgec now Degenkolb is out

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Philip Unwin | 10 years ago
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S2
1 Lammertink
2 Belkov
3 Marcato
4 De Backer
5 Felline
6 Pauwels
Which puts Belkov into 4th in points class and drops Santambrogio to 6th

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Philip Unwin | 10 years ago
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M2
1 Belkov
2 Felline
3 Marcato
Mountain class
1 Pirazzi
2 Rodriguez
3 Chalapud
4 Belkov
5 Visconti

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Philip Unwin | 10 years ago
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Wiggins and all the Sky team have been detached at the back.

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chrisdstripes | 10 years ago
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What a shame, Wiggo could lose 5 mins here easy

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Philip Unwin | 10 years ago
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I think Uran has stayed in the main group

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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Come on Peleton! chase them down, got far too many of you to not!

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chrisdstripes | 10 years ago
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Shit it. Mezgec 3rd, Modolo looked like getting third but messed up and sat up, prob lost ten places for it. Picked the wrong guy again!

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coffee_queen | 10 years ago
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Well, I cocked up a little and forgot to make transfers for today  17 At least I still have Cav in my purist team though

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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1,2 missing number 3, bah!

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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1,2,3 BUT I fully expect Bouhanni to get bumped down after cutting Modolo up like that.

I took Viviani in over Nizzolo  20

Bye Bye Wiggo, I fell asleep, so didn't see what happened to him, just saw him rolling in nearly 4 minutes down

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andyp | 10 years ago
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Nothing 'happened', he's ill.

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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u think Bouhanni will get bumped???

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Philip Unwin | 10 years ago
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Got detached on the descent again

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drheaton | 10 years ago
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Got a little detached on a descent then BMC forced the pace to distance him completely.

Sky tried to get him back on but their pace was too much and they dropped him. He ended up riding alone at one point before Sky picked him back up and tried to coax him to the finish.

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chiv30 | 10 years ago
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He lost his bottle in the first week when he spilled , that has cost him every stage that even hinted at being mildly moist on any descent , it showed in the ITT after the bike change if you ask me .

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Cheers folks, I thought it might have been a descent. I just don't understand him, he might be feeling like crap, he was losing time, just gun it, if you slide out, then you lose time anyway...

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STEVESPRO 79 | 10 years ago
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Plane for Wiggins me thinks.....Its embarassing to watch....It should be Dame Bradley Wiggins at the moment as his bollo**s have gone walkabout....

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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I have an inside tip for tomorrow on who NOT to pick and ditch him......

Who wants it?

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andyp | 10 years ago
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'Thanks for your very insightful reply.....I've known he was ill since Sunday '

cool. Answered your own question then.

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drheaton | 10 years ago
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Gkam84 wrote:

I have an inside tip for tomorrow on who NOT to pick and ditch him......

Who wants it?

Already on it  19

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Its going public now....I thought it wouldn't be out until the morning, surprised the released it so soon after the stage  20

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drheaton | 10 years ago
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Aye, bit daft really though as he'd be a decent shout for tomorrow.

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Simon_MacMichael | 10 years ago
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Think one of the biggest problems for Wiggins today was the fact that the maglia rosa group also had the sprinters' teams in it chasing the break... so Nibali et al just took a tow while OPQS etc did the work, and Sky - a team built for GC, not sprints - were always going to lose time in the last 15k as the break was chased down.

On another day, one where a break was allowed to stay away, he may have got back on. Was never going to happen today though, sadly.

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Modolo's tweet -

Quando Mark mi ha portato sulla dx ormai non ne avevo più per passarlo. Bouhanni non è stato scorretto ha solo avuto fegato di passare!!

Once through google translate -

When Mark took me on right now I had no more to pass. Bouhanni was not incorrect liver has only had to go!

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Ghedebrav | 10 years ago
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Goddamit Mezgec - I stuck with you for so long and NOW you come up with the goods?!

Pff. Cav aside (and Nizzolo in 4th), not a good day, especially plumping for Vivian over Bouhanni.

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stevemarks | 10 years ago
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At the last minute decided to take a penalty and add Mezgec as a rainy sprinter.

They just do not come right often enough do they?

Still leaves me too far behind, maybe I should get a plane home.

Wiggins for the tour!

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stevemarks | 10 years ago
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Hearing Bouhanni's gone home too.

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Wig_Billy | 10 years ago
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I'm almost getting bored of saying it (not really), so here it is in anagram form;

A pub demigod!  4

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Ghedebrav | 10 years ago
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Anyone know why Pantano got 10 points? Didn't follow the stage today.

Colombians  4

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Jonnyd | 10 years ago
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Yay, mezgec finally comes good.....had him all tour so far.......the rule about not picking goes is one I should listen to.....had him in for far too many sprints this year, and he's done next to nothing.....goss can >>>>>>>>>>>>

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