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  • April 8, 2013 at 6:45 pm #18441
    obutterwick

    Ok, I’m early but we teachers are still off in North Yorks, and this is a good distraction from planning and marking.

    Looking at draft team options for Sunday and there are currently 23 Dutch riders listed as potentially riding. Whilst a Dutch rider hasn’t won since (E) Dekker in 2001, statistically they’re the most successful nation in the race, with 17 victories. Then it’s the Belgians with 11, Italians 6 and others 3 or fewer.

    With Sagan as the exception, I’m confident in fielding 8 Dutch riders who could do well. I’m sure they won’t all remain in my team, but could this be a year for a ‘home’ victory? Mollema, Terpstra etc…

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  • April 15, 2013 at 3:38 pm #727129
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    enrique

    drheaton wrote:We kind of got

    drheaton wrote:
    We kind of got that you’d like to see that when you said it the first time…

    Yeah, I know, I just did it just to see if I could piss Gkam off 🙂 …

    April 15, 2013 at 5:56 am #727127
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    drheaton

    We kind of got that you’d
    We kind of got that you’d like to see that when you said it the first time, there was no need to requote yourself again mere hours later. Everyone on the forums is capable of reading and just because a brand new feature isn’t implemented within minutes of it being suggested doesn’t mean suggestions haven’t been seen.

    Also, that functionality is already in the damn game. Just click on the rider’s name.

    For what its worth Sagan was picked by 63% of teams which seems reasonable as quite a few purist teams won’t have gone for him.

    April 14, 2013 at 10:07 pm #727125
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    enrique

    enrique wrote:Dave, this

    enrique wrote:
    Dave, this would be a nice time to pull out some analytics! 🙂 Can you tell us how many teams had Kreuziger as part of their roster?

    Gkam84 wrote:
    I see most people piling in with Sagan…

    Well, this what I mean, a lot (!) – more than 90% of teams? – probably had Sagan on their teams… I just think it would be cool to know that! 🙂

    April 14, 2013 at 9:39 pm #727123
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    TERatcliffe26

    ray silvester

    ray silvester wrote:
    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    Disaster is all I have to say

    34 points for both of us TER….the only upside for me is that it’s double my score for the Amstel last season!!

    Indeed, my gambles didn’t pay off. Voeckler and Dumoulin, could have had Valverde and Gerrans instead, nevermind aye. May put them in for Fleche 😕

    April 14, 2013 at 9:22 pm #727121
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    Stumps

    90 points for me, happy with
    90 points for me, happy with that.

    April 14, 2013 at 9:11 pm #727119
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    ray silvester

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:Disaster

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    Disaster is all I have to say

    34 points for both of us TER….the only upside for me is that it’s double my score for the Amstel last season!!

    April 14, 2013 at 9:04 pm #727117
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    Gkam84

    Sorry, the made it look
    Sorry, the 😉 made it look like I was joking, I didn’t tune in till the 80km to go mark, I had so many other sports to watch 😀

    I get my info direct from the UCI and that is NOT a joke either :B :B

    April 14, 2013 at 7:50 pm #727115
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    enrique

    Gkam84 wrote:… Race

    Gkam84 wrote:
    … Race websites are normally the last places to update :B

    So where did you get your info?…

    Gkam84 wrote:
    It was Kwiatowski from what I saw, but to me it doesn’t matter I have both.;)

    Pretty cool! 🙂

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Who were in the break at half way as I missed it ;)

    I thought you were joking…

    April 14, 2013 at 7:05 pm #727113
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    JAndrewHill

    JAndrewHill wrote:Moser and

    JAndrewHill wrote:
    Moser and Slagter
    OR
    Valverde and Ruigh

    😕 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕
    Can anyone help me make my mind up?

    I shudda gone Valverde…

    April 14, 2013 at 6:51 pm #727111
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    TERatcliffe26

    Gkam, you’ve given the wrong
    Gkam, you’ve given the wrong sorensen 7 points for 14th. Should be Nicki not Chris.

    April 14, 2013 at 6:24 pm #727109
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    Gkam84

    Thanks folks, as I said, I
    Thanks folks, as I said, I had no idea who was in the break at half way. I was relying on the posts here, I shall go add those two now.

    As for MORE game pages enrique, just go make your own game, its starting to get boring that you are asking for more and more and then starting threads to comment on everything ~X(

    April 14, 2013 at 6:08 pm #727107
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    TERatcliffe26

    Disaster is all I have to say
    Disaster is all I have to say

    April 14, 2013 at 6:06 pm #727105
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    chrisdstripes

    enrique wrote:Gkam84 wrote:So

    enrique wrote:
    Gkam84 wrote:
    So the break guys are De Troyer, Pliuschin, Astarloza, Vanoverberghe and Vansummeren…

    I may be wrong, but, I want to say that I think you should add Nicolas Vogondy (Accent Jobs) and Klaas Sys (Crelan-Euphony) to your break guys… I’m pretty sure they joined the guys you have in the break before the halfpoint of the race…


    I thought those two were there at halfway as well…

    April 14, 2013 at 5:48 pm #727103
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    enrique

    Wig_Billy wrote:… I

    Wig_Billy wrote:
    … I considered a lot of riders for this race, but Kreuziger was not one of them.

    Dave, this would be a nice time to pull out some analytics! 🙂 Can you tell us how many teams had Kreuziger as part of their roster?

    Is there a way that maybe there could be like a Stage Analytics Page, maybe? Where, after a competition, or better yet, after each stage, you could see how may teams – NOT (!) what percentage (!) of teams, just in case!:) – had the winner and the rest of the scorers?

    I know it’s a lot to ask for, but it’d be kind of cool, especially on days like today where I wonder if more than 10 teams actually had Kreuziger in them! Hope you consider it! 🙂 Thanks! 🙂

    April 14, 2013 at 5:48 pm #727101
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    charliemac74

    Wahey, stage podium for
    Wahey, stage podium for purist – the one badge I never thought I would get! Roll on 10k to complete the set.

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