TdF initial thoughts?

Talking of white Jersey I’m
Talking of white Jersey I’m thinking that Kittel or Bouhanni will have it after stage1,Sagan after stage 2-3,Dennis,Ramunas,Kwiatkowki or perhaps even EBH after the team time trial and then gradually Pinot,Talansky,Quintana and Tejay will catch and overtake on the real long steep climbs but that Kwia and Dennis could claw some back in the ITT’s on all of those four barring Tejay which leads us to the obvious conclusion of Tejay as winner…..UNLESS of course Cadel’s on good form and in the top 3 and Tejay has to sacrifice himself(although on last year’s evidence on Tack-Day he may not do it!!) leaving it wide open and perhaps the most intriguing jersey competition?

drheaton wrote:Regarding the

drheaton wrote:

Regarding the prices, they’re calculated across the entire set of fantasy cyclists based on their individual performances.

What’s happened this year though is that fewer of the really cheap guys have been picked by their teams meaning the overall quality of the field is higher and the average rider cost has increased.

Unfortunately that’s kind of unavoidable unless you impose some scaling on the rider values once the teams have been finalised but that would involve either guessing at start lists and having potentially worse price scaling involved or not letting people pick teams until the eve of the race…

In the end, it is the same for everyone and this just makes it harder :D

I think there’s also one less wild card team also after the re-instatement of Katusha to world tour status meaning less ‘weaker’ teams and thus less 3-5 credit riders…..remember in the Giro we had Vini-Fantini,Androni,Colombia and Bardiani Valvolve as opposed to Katusha,Cofidis,Sojasun and Europcar in LeTour?

Yeh, maybe some other factor
Yeh, maybe some other factor could be added in, that reflects the number of races raced or such being, but im sure Daves already thinking of something for next year.

Yes but Delaplace scored
Yes but Delaplace scored pretty much all his points in the TdF if i remember correctly and in terms of fantasy races has not raced in many others, if any at all, therefore has a high success rate of scoring when he races, thus a pretty high price

stumps wrote:TERatcliffe26

stumps wrote:

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

stumps wrote:

My purist has no GC riders and no Cav. As for standard I’ve gone through reams of paper working out different teams and none of them make sense :”(

I’ve got a purist team sorted now which looks half decent but cant make my mind up between Faria Da Costa and Quintana.

Heart says one, head say’s the other :?

One has a chance of being in the top 3 of white jersey, which probably gives away which one ive gone for

Ah yes forgot about the white jersey ! that makes my mind up but will they both have to sacrifice themselves for Valverde :?

TERatcliffe26 wrote:stumps

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

stumps wrote:

My purist has no GC riders and no Cav. As for standard I’ve gone through reams of paper working out different teams and none of them make sense :”(

I’ve got a purist team sorted now which looks half decent but cant make my mind up between Faria Da Costa and Quintana.

Heart says one, head say’s the other :?

One has a chance of being in the top 3 of white jersey, which probably gives away which one ive gone for

Ah yes forgot about the white jersey ! that makes my mind up but will they both have to sacrifice themselves for Valverde 😕

For purist, I am going for
For purist, I am going for stage winners.
Plus a few who might join in breaks and fillers.

For std, my plan is to pick the top 3 plus yellow jersey for every other stage.and the rest are fillers and possible. Breakaways.