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Vuelta - Stage 4
So how's everyone enjoying the Vuelta then? Not seen any of it yet, 900th overall as couldn't make any transfers this weekend so gone all out on an uphill sprint today - could easily backfire but its time to put all eggs in one basket I think. Still have 2 transfers carrying over but have lots of ground to make up! What happened to Henao on Sunday?
Valverde
Ratto
Matthews
Meersman
Cancellara
Roux
Iglinsky
Boasson Hagen and...
Farrar! (I said I'd never do it again...)
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Pretty happy with 10th on the stage, slowly slowly catching up at least
Green arrows and i only scored 100
Betancur has been ill in the run up to the race so he's out of form, he's specifically stated he's looking at stage wins towards the end of the race and the worlds.
EBH is another out of sorts after his ENECO crash but he at least seems to be getting back on form.
Betancur is well out of sorts, time to get him out of my team I think
175 Carlos Alberto BETANCUR GOMEZ COL ALM 24 +14:21
4,5,16 my fast slide down the tables continues!
Think lots of penalty points are called for!
i sucked at that stage
turns out i went up 30 places. shows what i know
Early indications are that Horner lost 6 secs putting Nibali back in Red...
Correct, I think that was a plan, Nibali went with the big guns of J-Rod and Valverde, Horner saw it and backed off, giving Cancellara the freedom for a few stages
Hope you're right - I'm definitely keeping Cancellara for tomorrow anyway...
I can add 11 and 17 to that (2,3,4,6). Astana were clearly working for Iglinsky but he bailed with one km to go which was a shame. And Ratto couldn't quite hack it. Decent for purist thanks to Moreno, although my purist is all GC so I'm guessing won't get much for the next three days. Great stage though!
oh that didn't go too well 4, 6, 10
My purist team is delighted, but this way NOT the top 20 I expected to see today
1 Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ ESP KAT 32 4:37:47
2 Fabian CANCELLARA SUI RLT 32 +0
3 Michael MATTHEWS AUS OGE 23 +0
4 Gianni MEERSMAN BEL OPQ 28 +0
5 Bauke MOLLEMA NED BEL 27 +0
6 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN NOR SKY 26 +0
7 Rinaldo NOCENTINI ITA ALM 36 +0
8 Warren BARGUIL FRA ARG 22 +0
9 Sergio Luis HENAO MONTOYA COL SKY 26 +0
10 Nicolas ROCHE IRL TST 29 +0
11 Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE ESP MOV 33 +0
12 Georg PREIDLER AUT ARG 23 +0
13 Grega BOLE SLO VCD 28 +0
14 Serge PAUWELS BEL OPQ 30 +0
15 Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER ESP KAT 34 +0
16 Vincenzo NIBALI ITA AST 29 +0
17 Anthony ROUX FRA FDJ 26 +0
18 Ivan SANTAROMITA ITA BMC 29 +0
19 Roman KREUZIGER CZE TST 27 +0
20 Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL ESP BEL 30 +
I guess 1,3,4,11,16 will have to do
Ratto the let down
Ha! 2,3,4,6 but dropped 1 and 9. Gotta love this game.
At least I had Moreno
not much else though 
Moreno gets it! I dropped him this morning. Think I did OK apart from that though!
Moreno, my Purist team is happy
That climb looked unbelievable, how there wasn't more trouble with such a large group of them going up it together I dont know.
What gearing would they have used for that climb?
It looks hillier than usual for a 'flat' stage, so I am already regretting bring in Andy Fenn and Leigh Howard. Shudda gone for Zulbeldia...I need to at some point.
Picked up Bole and Janse van Rensburg as a couple of stage-appropriate wildcards to move me up the table...
I've taken in Meersman, Gilbert, Gerrans and Paolini for the next few stages, lets see how it works out
lead of 1:28 for-
Danilo Wyss
Nicolas Edet
Jussi Veikkanen
Dennis Vanendert
Alex Rasmussen
Not had the greatest of starts but resisting taking penalties!
Valverde
Roche
Flecha 4 Krueziger
Meersman
Ratio
Stybar
Horner
Tiralongo
EBH 4 de Clercq
Ive gone half risk half safe I guess
Ratto
Matthews
Meersman
Horner
Nibali
Valverde
Zubeldia
Moreno
Basso
Apparently Henao didn't eat enough