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Tour De France – Stage 1 – Predicted top 5

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  • June 20, 2013 at 1:55 pm #19158
    backflipbedlem

    Obviously The Tour is getting closer!
    And teams are getting picked!

    Just wondered who people thought might finish in the top 5 for stage 1.

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  • June 23, 2013 at 10:36 am #743633
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    ray silvester

    JAndrewHill wrote:Am I

    JAndrewHill wrote:
    Am I supposed to mention that premium players can see the teams of non premium players before the stage starts. It makes it easier to beat Enrique when you know what he has picked. 👿 👿 :evil:

    And gives us the Lanterne Rouge on most stages!!

    June 22, 2013 at 8:28 pm #743631
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    JAndrewHill

    Am I supposed to mention that
    Am I supposed to mention that premium players can see the teams of non premium players before the stage starts. It makes it easier to beat Enrique when you know what he has picked. 👿 👿 👿

    June 22, 2013 at 12:08 pm #743629
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    stevemarks

    chiv30 wrote:ray silvester

    chiv30 wrote:
    ray silvester wrote:
    cherrypicked wrote:
    Picking 3 of the top 6 for stage 1 shouldn’t be that hard, and it’s not where the tdf (real or fantasy) is won or lost. Picking riders to fill out the team and knowing what to do on stages 2 and 3, well, that’s a bit harder.

    Here’s some random names and numbers I found.
    Mark Cavendish 5/6
    Andre Greipel 7/2
    Marcel Kittel 13/2
    Nacer Bouhanni 12
    Matthew Goss 16
    Peter Sagan 16
    John Degenkolb 40
    Tyler Farrar 40
    Aleksander Kristoff 50
    Edvald Boasson Hagen 50
    Mark Renshaw 66
    Yauheni Hutarovich 80

    Very true

    I’ll be picking a team with stage 2 in mind and then work backwards to put 2 pure sprinters in for the opener.

    Then hopefully my stage 2 team holds together up till stage 8 with just a tweak here and there so that I’ve got as many transfers as possible.

    That is some planning going on ….I’m just winging Corsica full stop

    My plan is to pick a team that lasts at least to stage 5 without making a transfer than I can change the whole team whenever I like without any of those pesky penalties. Cuando cambio mi equipo del todo, Enrique, voy a avisarte immediatemente.

    June 21, 2013 at 5:08 pm #743627
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    chiv30

    ray silvester

    ray silvester wrote:
    cherrypicked wrote:
    Picking 3 of the top 6 for stage 1 shouldn’t be that hard, and it’s not where the tdf (real or fantasy) is won or lost. Picking riders to fill out the team and knowing what to do on stages 2 and 3, well, that’s a bit harder.

    Here’s some random names and numbers I found.
    Mark Cavendish 5/6
    Andre Greipel 7/2
    Marcel Kittel 13/2
    Nacer Bouhanni 12
    Matthew Goss 16
    Peter Sagan 16
    John Degenkolb 40
    Tyler Farrar 40
    Aleksander Kristoff 50
    Edvald Boasson Hagen 50
    Mark Renshaw 66
    Yauheni Hutarovich 80

    Very true

    I’ll be picking a team with stage 2 in mind and then work backwards to put 2 pure sprinters in for the opener.

    Then hopefully my stage 2 team holds together up till stage 8 with just a tweak here and there so that I’ve got as many transfers as possible.

    That is some planning going on ….I’m just winging Corsica full stop

    June 21, 2013 at 11:38 am #743625
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    ray silvester

    cherrypicked wrote:Picking 3

    cherrypicked wrote:
    Picking 3 of the top 6 for stage 1 shouldn’t be that hard, and it’s not where the tdf (real or fantasy) is won or lost. Picking riders to fill out the team and knowing what to do on stages 2 and 3, well, that’s a bit harder.

    Here’s some random names and numbers I found.
    Mark Cavendish 5/6
    Andre Greipel 7/2
    Marcel Kittel 13/2
    Nacer Bouhanni 12
    Matthew Goss 16
    Peter Sagan 16
    John Degenkolb 40
    Tyler Farrar 40
    Aleksander Kristoff 50
    Edvald Boasson Hagen 50
    Mark Renshaw 66
    Yauheni Hutarovich 80

    Very true

    I’ll be picking a team with stage 2 in mind and then work backwards to put 2 pure sprinters in for the opener.

    Then hopefully my stage 2 team holds together up till stage 8 with just a tweak here and there so that I’ve got as many transfers as possible.

    June 21, 2013 at 10:52 am #743623
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    ray silvester

    Ghedebrav wrote:It’ll be a

    Ghedebrav wrote:
    It’ll be a Goss, Farrar 1-2 :D

    I wouldn’t mind betting that at least one of them hits the floor during the stage!!

    June 21, 2013 at 2:36 am #743621
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    cherrypicked

    Picking 3 of the top 6 for
    Picking 3 of the top 6 for stage 1 shouldn’t be that hard, and it’s not where the tdf (real or fantasy) is won or lost. Picking riders to fill out the team and knowing what to do on stages 2 and 3, well, that’s a bit harder.

    Here’s some random names and numbers I found.
    Mark Cavendish 5/6
    Andre Greipel 7/2
    Marcel Kittel 13/2
    Nacer Bouhanni 12
    Matthew Goss 16
    Peter Sagan 16
    John Degenkolb 40
    Tyler Farrar 40
    Aleksander Kristoff 50
    Edvald Boasson Hagen 50
    Mark Renshaw 66
    Yauheni Hutarovich 80

    June 20, 2013 at 7:18 pm #743619
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    JAndrewHill

    Though they might be tired if
    Though they might be tired if they have to cycle to the start line, seeing that the Euskatel coach had a little prang…check out
    “El autobús del Euskaltel sufre un accidente en Burgos”

    June 20, 2013 at 7:17 pm #743617
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    JAndrewHill

    Euskatel are always up there
    Euskatel are always up there

    June 20, 2013 at 4:47 pm #743615
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    backflipbedlem

    Ok ok, worth a try!
    Ok ok, worth a try! 😉

    June 20, 2013 at 4:30 pm #743613
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    Ghedebrav

    It’ll be a Goss, Farrar 1-2
    It’ll be a Goss, Farrar 1-2 😀

    June 20, 2013 at 3:34 pm #743611
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    Stumps

    If you click on Fantasy
    If you click on Fantasy cycling then click “my team” followed by “pick team” you will have a list which includes the top 20 for every stage for the whole tour before they have even started racing, its really clever how they do it.

    Mind you the difficult bit is guessing in which order they will come. Have fun 😉

    June 20, 2013 at 3:09 pm #743609
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    stevemarks

    A British guy, a couple of
    A British guy, a couple of Europeans, an Ozzie and a Yank. not in that order.

    🙂

    June 20, 2013 at 2:16 pm #743607
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    johnny2names

    sure, here goes…. oh wait,
    sure, here goes…. oh wait, you basically want my team! good try….

    June 20, 2013 at 1:58 pm #743605
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    Gkam84

    Sprinters….
    Sprinters….

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