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What are domestiques for?

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  • April 8, 2012 at 5:03 pm #15510
    Windij Van Blowij

    Why do we pick domestiques then? I had Morkov and Vercheulen precisely to do what they did today and get in a nice long break for over a hundred k. But somehow they failed to score me the expected points. Sour grapes probably, but I’m a bit miffed! Anyone else?

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  • April 12, 2012 at 3:54 pm #673557
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    step-hent

    I use my domestiques to cover
    I use my domestiques to cover the teams whose star rider I didnt pick – for the purist game it just means the odds of scoring zero in any round are reduced…

    April 9, 2012 at 8:37 am #673555
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    enrique

    livestrongnick wrote:They’ll

    livestrongnick wrote:
    They’ll score you points in a break of 10 or less ;)

    How about next year, if they’re 10 or less in the break, you get 10 points, if they’re between 11 and 20, you get 5 points? And if they’re between… Just kidding! 🙂 Just looking for more points! 😉

    April 9, 2012 at 8:03 am #673553
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    keith roberts

    i had boucher (fdj) for the
    i had boucher (fdj) for the breakaways,but it didnt work out as so many got away…..maybe next time?
    just the way it goes!

    April 9, 2012 at 7:48 am #673551
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    chrisdstripes

    Just plain bad luck regarding
    Just plain bad luck regarding the size of the break. Always the risk when you pick DS’s specifically for breakaways I guess – especially when in this case there were quite a few in with a chance of a high finish (and as it turned out, 14 of the top 20 yesterday were DS). Approx 25 more star riders competing in the Gold Race than in P-R, so picking a couple of DS’s specifically for a breakaway might be more of a percentage play…

    April 8, 2012 at 8:47 pm #673549
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    TeamPurito

    You can find quality riders
    You can find quality riders in there especially in the ‘flatter” classics – I had four scorers today: Terpstra, VanSummeran, Wynants and Paolini – when they are free to race for themselves relieved from the duties of the grand tours… the three Ardennes Classics might be harder to fin dsome gems though

    April 8, 2012 at 8:36 pm #673547
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    drheaton

    I like having to pick
    I like having to pick domestiques, it adds realism, even teams like BMC and Sky don’t have 6+ star riders, they have 2 or 3 and another couple who could win in the right conditions. Having to pick DSs makes you think more about your selections and there’s no reason they can’t score well, just look Turgot pipping an in form Ballan to second today.

    April 8, 2012 at 7:50 pm #673545
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    TERatcliffe26

    I seem to have found 5
    I seem to have found 5 potential DS’s that have a chance of scoring next week based on previous/current form

    April 8, 2012 at 7:36 pm #673543
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    enrique

    You’re going to be asking
    You’re going to be asking yourself the same question next week! Ha ha! What’s funny is 14 DSs scored in Paris Roubaix… More than in the other Classics stages yet… Next week I think will be crazy… 3 DSs might score? Next year maybe the rule should be changed to 15 riders or less…. :)… I can hear the diehards raving already… 🙂

    April 8, 2012 at 6:52 pm #673541
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Two of my domestiques in the
    Two of my domestiques in the top 10 and it was a 50/50 call on a transfer that would have got me a third. I’m pretty happy with them 🙂

    April 8, 2012 at 5:46 pm #673539
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    livestrongnick

    They’ll score you points in a
    They’ll score you points in a break of 10 or less 😉

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