Vuelta - Stage 1

My purists...
Valverdi
Nibali
Martin
Henao
Stybar
Majka
Txuurruka
Sarmiento
Arroyo

Yeah, Mollema cost me in the end plus I had Horner instead of Cancellara but both Mollema and Horner may do something over the next couple of days so fingers crossed it works out better for me

Bother - missed the news about Bos... was counting on him for a few points for my purist team... oh well...

Purist:
Sammy Sanchez
Valverde
Basso
Henao
Moreno
Betanur
Txurruka
Van Rensburg
Bos (zero points)

99 today for my standard team.

Scored 105, which I feel reasonably happy with. In retrospect though, given that the next few stages are a bit of a crapshoot and today was much more predictable, I perhaps should've gone all out for the points today.

Oh well. Hoping I've made some lucky picks!

That is some score for a TTT...

Ok, I have never personally seen this, but with 174, eoghan39 has scored the most that you could of possibly scored today. Nice work

It seems the good Dr wasn't far off, but the leader scored 174, with Dr only scoring 158

Seems my standard team may have done slightly better than yours DR

Rowe
Meersman
Nibali
Cancellara
Zubeldia
Martin
Zandio
Javier Moreno
Brajkovic

My standard team may have done quite well,

Nibali
Brajkovic
Cancellara
Zubeldia
Tony Martin
Stybar
Henao
Intxausti
Mollema

So 2 from each of the top three teams, 1 from fourth, 1 from fifth and 1 from tenth. Plus I should have 1,2,7 & 8 on GC

I think Mollema will be all that stands between me and a stage win.

Standard team

Valverde
Kreuziger
Henao
Stybar
Clarke
Ratto
Kangert
Cancellara
De Clercq

Purist

Valverde
Kreuziger
Clarke
Nieve
Henao
Marczynski
Txurruka
Richeze
Kangert

For what it's worth I put four (4) pounds on Nibali to win GC at 9/4.

Also £2 on Txurruka to finish top ten at 66/1

I'm not that confident about my standard team;

Stybar
Vandewalle
Valverde
Intxausti
Henao
Uran
Nibali
Basso
Arroyo

Very happy with my purist team though;

Valverde
Rodriguez
Nibali
Henao
Arroyo
Basso
Arndt
Lasca
Markus

Valverde
Meersman
Majka
Ulissi
Henao
Pozzovivo
Txurruka
Markus
Kangert

Is my purist team

Anyway, I've got (standard):

Stybar
Martin
Cataldo
Henao
Intxausti
Nibali
Moreno (D)
Gerrans
De Gendt

Back off my honeymoon in time to get my teams in. My purist team:

Nibali
Rodriguez
Henao
Meersman
S.Sanchez
L.L.Sanchez
Pozzovivo
Txurruka
Arroyo

My purist team

Luis Leon Sanchez
David Arroyo Duran
Gianni Meersman
Daniel Moreno
Rafal Majka
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Roman Kreuziger
Diego Ulissi
Samuel Sanchez

With 5 mins to go to deadline i might as well start the ball rolling with my purist team:

Gianni Meersman
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Mikel Nieve Ituralde
Amets Txurruka
Samuel Sanchez
Vicenzo Nibali
Rafal Majka
Daniele Ratto
Edvald Boasson Hagen

I think i've got all the bases covered.

Yeah, So the first guy home in the first team will score 30 then 29, 28, 27 and so on for the top 9 guys

QUICK, Do you have Theo Bos in your team??

GET HIM OUT, I've just removed him from the startlist

www.teambelkin.com/teamnews/theo-bos-will-not-start-in-the-vuelta-1345

Yeah anyone in top10 Gc,Top 5 pts comp and top 5 mountains comp would get additional points I'm sure(although whether they's score the points or mountains I'm not sure).

2 x Sky
2 x Movistar
2 x Astana
1 each from Shack,Belkin and Caja Rural

I doubt Caja will be wearing their bull running outfits from last year today?

I've noticed that the TTT starts at 18:48 local time and won't be finished until 20:45. Will the riders therefore be using front and rear lights to complete their 27km run out, and could their choice of aerodynamics vs weight vs illumination (or even blinking vs solid!) play a dramatic role in the outcome of the race? Fantasy Vuelta just took on a whole new dimension...

2 x OPQS
2 x Movistar
1 x Sky
1 x Radioshack
1 x Ag2R
1 x Astana
1 x Cannondale

I think