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Tour De Romandie – Stage 2

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  • April 29, 2015 at 9:07 am #23877
    backflipbedlem

    Stage 2, Start of the climbs!

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  • April 29, 2015 at 9:17 pm #843905
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    tony kappler

    Yup. I called that wrong.
    Yup. I called that wrong. Temporary setback.

    April 29, 2015 at 3:26 pm #843903
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    backflipbedlem

    tony kappler wrote:Albasini

    tony kappler wrote:
    Albasini is favorite with the bookies today. I find this interesting; 2014 stage 3 was very similar to today, and Albasini, who won 3 stages in 2014, (so must have been in top condition) only managed 91st place, at 40 mins down.
    Alaphilippe, 2nd favorite, has gone from being a reasonable sprinter to superman in a short time. (Suspicious some might say). Can’t see him being in top 20 today, but who knows.

    Looks like the bookies called it right!

    April 29, 2015 at 3:16 pm #843901
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    Mike.Franchetti

    SIMON YATES (OGE)
    JAKOB
    SIMON YATES (OGE)
    JAKOB FUGLSANG (AST)
    RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS (TCG)
    MICHAEL ALBASINI (OGE)
    REIN TAARAMAE (AST)
    JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE (EQS)
    LUKE ROWE (SKY)
    JONATHAN FUMEAUX (IAM)

    Looking pretty good for today, but bringing in Yates and Rowe for some cheap GC points looks a bit of a waste…

    April 29, 2015 at 12:56 pm #843899
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    TERatcliffe26

    Well ive gone for what i have
    Well ive gone for what i have with stages 3 and 4 in mind to also save transfers for stages 5 and 6

    Gone for
    Spilak
    Albasini
    Thomas
    Navadauskas
    Alaphillipe
    Keung
    Rowe
    Bouet

    April 29, 2015 at 12:47 pm #843897
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    enrique

    tony kappler wrote:…

    tony kappler wrote:
    … Albasini… only managed 91st place…
    Nice research…

    April 29, 2015 at 12:09 pm #843895
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    Joelsim

    Happy days Fumeaux!
    Happy days Fumeaux!

    April 29, 2015 at 11:34 am #843893
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    Anonymous

    I really can’t work out what
    I really can’t work out what this stage is going to be. Mountain followed by a downhill finish (which makes me think of Dan Martin’s win down into Bagneres-de-Bigorre a while back), or just a lumpy stage that won’t be selective because everyone’s waiting for the Queen?

    I reckon it’s the former, so transferred in Dan M, G and Uran. We’ll see.

    April 29, 2015 at 11:29 am #843891
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    chrisdstripes

    Break looks like its Fumeaux
    Break looks like its Fumeaux and Belkov (I have Fumeaux in both teams!)

    I think think Alaphilippe has been seen as an all-rounder by his team for a while, its just that the few races he rode last season he was used as their sprinter. I get the impression its not suspicious, he’s just a top talent.

    My standard team…
    Albasini
    Yates
    Chernetski
    D Caruso
    Frank
    Nibali
    Betancur (?!)
    Fumeaux

    April 29, 2015 at 11:08 am #843889
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    Joelsim

    Could go any way today. 3
    Could go any way today. 3 changes for me to remove my two non-starters from stage 1.

    STEFAN KUENG (BMC)
    RIGOBERTO URAN (EQS)
    GERAINT THOMAS (SKY)
    JAKOB FUGLSANG (AST)
    JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE (EQS)
    MICHAEL ALBASINI (OGE)
    JONATHAN FUMEAUX (IAM)
    BERTJAN LINDEMAN (TLJ)

    April 29, 2015 at 11:00 am #843887
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    livestrongnick

    After yesterdays screwed up
    After yesterdays screwed up team (Poels & Deignan) i’ve had to make 5 changes ~X(

    Froome
    Albasini
    Dan Martin
    Spilak
    D Caruso
    Flakemore
    Flens
    Vaugrenard

    April 29, 2015 at 10:48 am #843885
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    tony kappler

    Albasini is favorite with the
    Albasini is favorite with the bookies today. I find this interesting; 2014 stage 3 was very similar to today, and Albasini, who won 3 stages in 2014, (so must have been in top condition) only managed 91st place, at 40 mins down.
    Alaphilippe, 2nd favorite, has gone from being a reasonable sprinter to superman in a short time. (Suspicious some might say). Can’t see him being in top 20 today, but who knows.
    All depends on speed of peleton, but I suspect Astana and Movistar will be trying to stick it to Froome on the last hill or two, hence high speed up Col de la Vue des Alpes.
    Anyway we shall see.

    For the first time this year I find myself struggling to put a competent team together at 140 credits. Rider values all seem to be shifted too high. Really need 160 credits.

    Cheers

    April 29, 2015 at 9:11 am #843883
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    backflipbedlem

    Well seeing as my purist team
    Well seeing as my purist team was a right off before the race started as Izaguirre and Coquard didnt start, all my attention is now on the standard!

    3 changes from the TTT yesterday

    Froome
    Thomas
    Spilak
    Niemiec
    Alaphilippe
    Betancur
    Coledan
    Kueng

    Go Geraint!!!!

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