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  • June 21, 2022 at 12:05 pm #32142
    11waterloo

    Are we allowed to start getting a bit excited yet? Looks to be a more varied route than usual with less of the endless nailed on sprint stages that normally dominate the first week or so (though a run of sprint stages does save on the transfers!) I don’t know about the practicality of it, but is there any way of opening the game up using the long lists that most teams already have or just using the full list of riders? It is quite good fun playing about with potential line-ups, especially for the purist game, even knowing that the final roster will probably change. Obviously, if it creates difficulties, I wouldn’t want to add to the burden of running the game but, if it doesn’t, let’s get the TdF party started!   Here are a couple of links to the current state of the start list. https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2022/startlist.                                https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=17&y=2022&k=8  

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  • July 24, 2022 at 7:09 am #993937
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    11waterloo

    Luckily, I swerved Bisseger (

    Luckily, I swerved Bisseger (& Lampaert) in favour of stacking today with sprinters. Watch today be the first breakaway stage in ages! Would sum my below par efforts up quite nicely.

    July 23, 2022 at 10:39 pm #993935
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    Dr Winston

    Pffft. Went the extra mile

    Pffft. Went the extra mile for another TT pick with BISSEGGER !!… EVEN AFTER SAYING IT WOULD BE A LONG TIME BEFORE I PICK HIM AGAIN !!

    I figured it mattered very little wether it was a good TT pick today(!) or a second string Dainese type sprinter pick tomorrow. 

    Couldn’t have been more wrong. …amazing thing is he could still have had a high finish but just gave up.. speaks volumes.

    July 22, 2022 at 4:31 pm #993933
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    Dr Winston

    Join the club.

    Join the club.

    July 22, 2022 at 4:03 pm #993931
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    livestrongnick

    well that was a waste of

    well that was a waste of transfers ?

    July 21, 2022 at 8:15 pm #993929
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    Dr Winston

    Strange for Mas. He’s usually

    Strange for Mas. He’s usually a really dependable…if unspectacular pick.

    July 21, 2022 at 7:38 pm #993927
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    11waterloo

    Same here. Stuck with Mas

    Same here. Stuck with Mas hoping for a bad stage > good stage scenario but it didn’t happen. Got 12 transfers but it’s damage limitation now. 

    July 21, 2022 at 6:20 pm #993925
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    Dr Winston

    Sat on my hands with apoor

    Sat on my hands with apoor looking team but didn’t want to go below ten transfers for the last three days. Only fell three places in the standard game so i’ll take that. 

    My ponder was… Yates>Ciccone… glad i didn’t

    July 20, 2022 at 5:05 pm #993923
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    11waterloo

    Well, he was a Mas-sive

    Well, he was a Mas-sive disappointment today. Talk was he was going to do exactly what Bardet ended up doing!

    July 20, 2022 at 3:44 pm #993921
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    Daniel Norton

    Depends on who you replaced

    Depends on who you replaced Bardet with.  If they scored or score tomorrow, no problem.

    July 20, 2022 at 1:10 pm #993919
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    11waterloo

    I took Bardet out & am now

    I took Bardet out & am now nervously watching him ride over to the breakaway. Sometimes missing the deadline isn’t the worst thing! 

    July 20, 2022 at 11:08 am #993917
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    Daniel Norton

    You’re prob right.  All that

    You’re prob right.  All that is academic if you miss the deadline!  Hope WVA has a rest now and Martinez does something amazing.

    July 20, 2022 at 10:47 am #993915
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    11waterloo

    I have learned that trying to

    I have learned that trying to deliberately go a different strategy rarely works. Most of us are pretty good at the basic formula of the game but it is the attention to detail that separate the likes of Mountain Renegade and Dr Winston. The number of times I have a ‘I wish I’d thought of that moment’ when I look at their teams is ridiculous! 

    July 20, 2022 at 10:12 am #993913
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    Daniel Norton

    Totally hear you about WVA. 

    Totally hear you about WVA.  It seems like the standard game chasing pack like us are getting it wrong in certain races.

    As per the strategy error/dilemma above, I can add WVA with a single transfer and take a hit after the Pyrenees in transfers needed.  But how the feck do we know whether he will have a “rest” today/tomorrow, with a couple of “sprint/punch” finishes and a TT coming up?

    Reflection 1:  My calculated gamble strategy means I score higher than most  players (inc. Tony and the Dr) in a lot of races, but is too expensive in the races where I get it wrong.  Should I go Team Sky and just play a more discipined “formula”, or can I work out what it is about those races and choose which races to go team Sky in? e.g. I always seem to crash in the Spring Classics and Le Tour.  Why?

    Reflection 2:  Has (semi-consciously) trying to close the gap on Tony quicker been the real reason for this crash?

    Reflection 3:  Is trying to play a different way to beat such solid players complete madness? yes

    July 20, 2022 at 7:19 am #993911
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    11waterloo

    I can’t catch a break quite

    I can’t catch a break quite literally! My usual story of being top ten after a week & then sinking without trace…. Had 4 for break yesterday and only Geschke (who I’ve had for ages) made it in a break of 29. Also persevered with Bardet because of his supposed descending skills when it’s his ascending skills I should have been worried about! WVA using the race as his personal play thing doesn’t help decision making either! 

    July 19, 2022 at 8:45 pm #993909
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    Daniel Norton

    I normally go for 3/4 only if

    I normally go for 3/4 only if I think it’s a definite break and reckon I know who is likely to win or go for KOMs.  Today I went mad to be fair!  When I’m thinking straight, I’m pretty good at the calculated gambles.  Also, a lack of faith in the top 10 (apart from top 3) made me hesitate to add Bardet or Yates today, which turned out to be a good call.

    There is a strategy dilemma atm which I think I got wrong.  I had the £££ to add WVA instead of Martinez today.  With WVA in the team, it makes the sprint stage after the pyrenees really tough if you don’t drop Pog (b4 a TT), Ving (b4 a TT) or WVA (b4 a TT)…  Twice now I’ve not included WVA when it was pretty obviously an error.

    Bad luck AND poor decisions.  I need to smash the rest of this race.

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