Le Samyn / Strade Bianche purist

Still, probably not as cold
Still, probably not as cold as Belgium though! Had the two best pasta meals of my life in Sienna!

Sagan or Valverde for my
Sagan or Valverde for my purist team 😕

Sagan is not on the roma maxima startlist, however I read this so its thrown my tactics, as I was gonna leave sagan out.

“Sagan has spent the last few days training in Tuscany to avoid the cold and wet weather of northern Europe. After the GP di Camaiore, he will also ride the Strade Bianche race on Saturday, the new Roma Maxima race in Rome on Sunday and then Tirreno-Adriatico, which starts in Tuscany on Wednesday March 6”

Apart from that choice im all set, 2 that will ride Samyn, 2 that will rider just Strade and 5 that will ride strade and maxima

Le Samyn is looking a total
Le Samyn is looking a total bust, with less than 24 hours to go, I can’t find all team rosters X(

I have the Roma
I have the Roma startlist

http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/RomaMaxima/2011/it/download/Iscritti_2013.pdf

To be fair, Roma was never on my radar until it was suggested about replacing KBK with it. So yes, its all a bit last minute.

If you think its sent you into a pickle, think about poor old me trying to get startlists and things 👿

In fairness, the problem here
In fairness, the problem here is that once a race is opened it’s very hard to change anything so it’s not possible to swap a 6 transfer window with an unlimited one.

I like the smaller one day races and I think Omloop was a good addition, I think Strade Bianchi will also be a good addition too. I’ve never heard of Samyn and Roma Maxima is new so we’ll have to see how they go.

Purist comps for the classics are ALWAYS complicated. last year you had to pick teams across two or three major one day races which was hard but it’s purist, that’s the nature of the game.

If everyone is saying that you want unlimited transfers between every one day race so that purists and standards alike can tinker to their hearts content then that’s a separate issue but otherwise where there are a limited number of transfers (ie 4 or 6) then purists are restricted to zero because that is how the game works, and how it has always worked.

simon F wrote:I think that

simon F wrote:

I think that this comp needs a major rethink for next year. Trying to pick a purist team for 3 races in 2 different countries when the startlist for at least one of them only contains 16 names and one of the others has almost half the teams empty is nigh on impossible. I realise that it’s the same for everyone and it’s far too late to change anything now for this year but the grouping of races needs to be looked at. The one day races are enough of a lottery as it is, without having to guess whether any of your riders will even be starting, let alone scoring points.

True Simon, I think it would all be fine if organisers were as punctual with startlists etc as RCS are, as they had Strade out exactly a week before, and if that was the same for all races it would be much easier. ASO are normally pretty good for there ‘big events’ but were poor for, Qatar and Oman, Oman especially

Apologies for this as it’s
Apologies for this as it’s probably already been stated elsewhere but between Le Samyn and Strade Bianche how many transfers do we get ???????

I’ve got my purist team sorted based purely around Strade and Roma but need to get my head sorted for Samyn