Stage 21 under the lights

I will take that, 1,2,3,6,10 + El Fares sprint points + Quintana

My budget picks didn't pay off, had Lemoine and Lobato but considered Reza and Gene. Also dropped Fischer last night to get Lemoine in, that backfired

Anyway, nice to see a proper sprint finish in Paris for once rather than a one man show.

Westra has abandoned

Well thats 13 points for El Fares, that could scupper any teams that have gone for the stage win and have taken him out

El Fares looks like hes in the four man break

Not seeing it on the official site, they said he points were fine yesterday

Loving Sagan's green beard.

My picks for today's break,

Voeckler
Voigt
Vichot
Gilbert
Feillu
David Miller

No penalties.

Cavendish
Greipel
Kittel
Lobato
Lemoine (my secret weapon)
El Fares (who has been sprinting)
Quintana
Favilli (who can sprint)
Bonnet (didn't want to take a pen)

Giving me potentially 7 in the top 20 plus Quintana. Had to drop Mederel to get Lemoine in so didn't have enough transfers to swap out Bonnet but could very well have 8 scorers today.

penalties for me

Cav
Griepel
Kittel
Rojas
Kristoff
Lobato
Willems
Mederel
Fischer

Last flurry for me sitting a disgusting 624th compared to 288th last year! Must do better in grand tours

Used my 3 transfers to bring in Cav/Kittel/Greipel, and have 19 for Quintana. Decided not to bother with any penalty transfers just to bring in the likes of Lobato/Cimolai/Fischer(??) etc - I find the final stage of a Grand Tour can often throw up a funny result once you get outside the top 5. O'Grady for the break???

Gerrans/Impey/Dumoulin are all possible top 10s but in the end I think it comes down to who's survived the mountains the best.

Cav looked good in the mountains this year and didn't seem to be struggling as much as in previous years, Greipel is decent up hill (former German hill climb champ I think) and Goss was apparently still fresh in the mountains so all those may feature. Kittel though is young and probably less likely to have the stamina of the older sprinters meaning he may not be in the best condition today.

That's something in Sagan's favour actually, he always does well in the hills and is a pretty decent climber in his own right, not just for a sprinter, so coming straight out of the mountains he might be in better condition than the pure sprinters. I still don't think he has the kick to beat Cavendish though.

Maybe Impey, not Gerrans. Not sure Sammy has the outright sprint from such an elite group. Im surprised he wasn't there on the stage Gerrans won

Fantasy cycling rule 1. (or two, I can't remember).

'Don't pick Matt Goss'

You know when you try and pick a 'joker' that no-one else has to try and nick the stage.....could just as easily have been Lagutin to be honest!!

The only other two who I could see breaking into my suggested top 5 knocking Kristoff down a little would be Ferrari and Rojas.

With Ferrari still in im surprised you've gone Cimolai over loabato Ray

Thats the thing with Kristoff, even if he comes 6th or 7th, he has been consistent, 16 + 19 for him and Quintana means Sagan would need to come 1st or 2nd just to match/or better those points and make it worth while. (a bit defensive from me I know). And with the green sewn up I just can't see Sagan coming any higher than 4th, and if he isn't too bothered I can even see Kristoff beating him

Got just

Cav
Kittel
Kristoff (who has been consistent)
Quintana

with a 10pt pen so going to drop today but doesn't matter now.

Mainly interested in my Cycling News team where I need a few improbable things to happen. Cav out of the top 5 and Rojas in it or some GC riders I've got, Valverde, Bardet or Nieve in the top 20. Got Sagan and Kittel there as I need a Cav fail to have any chance.

Got Cav for roaduk to try and tie up the forum top place I currently hold.

Cav
Greipel
Kittel
Rojas(movistar on a high)
Kristoff
Cimolai(toss up between him and Lobato)
Timmer
Mederel
Fischer