[enrique]

Well, it’s over a week away but it’s a pretty intriguing scenario. The profiles are up at http://www.letour.fr/paris-nice/2014/us/overall-route.html but their race preview comments seem to be true (http://www.letour.fr/paris-nice/2014/us/pre-race/news/ahc/the-race-to-the-sun-is-up-for-grabs.html). [i]”With a course completely devoid of time trialling and decisive climbs, the 72nd edition of Paris–Nice is one for the all-rounders….the absence of a time-trial… steep, rough climbs rather than highly selective ascents will reward audacity over the natural talent of the mountaineers. ” [/i] Then it goes on to say the [i]”title might still depend on the time bonuses to be picked up on the finish line!”[/i]

The only mountaintop finish is a Cat 2, at the end of Stage 6, it seems tailor made for Luis Leon Sanchez! 🙂 But he’s not there! #o

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[ray silvester]

livestrongnick

livestrongnick wrote:

Ghedebrav wrote:

livestrongnick wrote:

big question for me is Meersman or Boonen? :?

Ha! Perhaps rather foolishly, I have neither. Degenkolb instead. Meersman seems overpriced (though that’s what I thought about Kwiatkowski in the Algarve so what do I know?).

You have given me food for thought with Boonen, though. If nothing else, form’s form :?

Boonen probably just using this as training for classics and Meersman will get the nod, gone with neither in the end. All out sprint train for 3 stages :D

I’m going with Boonen as my standard team will probably stand for the first 3 stages

[dave atkinson]

Sanderville wrote:
Maybe this

Sanderville wrote:

Maybe this isn’t the place to ask, and without wishing to start a whole flaming argument, how come Meersman is “AR” and Terpstra is “PC”?

less than a quarter of Meersman’s points have come on flat stages, so the game doesn’t classify him as a sprinter

[dave atkinson]

FirstCycling wrote:Transfers

FirstCycling wrote:

Transfers between stages in P-N on Purist team???

nope

[FirstCycling]

Transfers between stages in
Transfers between stages in P-N on Purist team???

[TERatcliffe26]

Right, just back from
Right, just back from Norwich, gonna do in update in the next 20

[Twybaydos]

Late adjustment – Tanel
Late adjustment – Tanel Kangert is out of P-Nice, doing Roma-Maxima instead. Agnoli in Astana team instead

[livestrongnick]

Ghedebrav

Ghedebrav wrote:

livestrongnick wrote:

big question for me is Meersman or Boonen? :?

Ha! Perhaps rather foolishly, I have neither. Degenkolb instead. Meersman seems overpriced (though that’s what I thought about Kwiatkowski in the Algarve so what do I know?).

You have given me food for thought with Boonen, though. If nothing else, form’s form :?

Boonen probably just using this as training for classics and Meersman will get the nod, gone with neither in the end. All out sprint train for 3 stages 😀

[drheaton]

DS is domestique and just
DS is domestique and just covers anyone under a certain value which is usually about 15 credits.

[chiv30]

Sanderville wrote:Thank you,

Sanderville wrote:

Thank you, doctor. So in the case of the Schlecks “DS” stands for something other than domestic.

I’n the case of the schlecks it stands for “Don’t Select!”

[sanderville]

Thank you, doctor. So in the
Thank you, doctor. So in the case of the Schlecks “DS” stands for something other than domestic.

[drheaton]

Sanderville wrote:It’s too

Sanderville wrote:

It’s too hard. I need more money. I know I say that every year but it’s always too hard.

Maybe this isn’t the place to ask, and without wishing to start a whole flaming argument, how come Meersman is “AR” and Terpstra is “PC”?

AR and PC are based purely on past scores. The classics and the Tour of Qatar are generally flat which means Terpstra scores most of his points on flat stages meaning he gets a PC or ‘Points Classification’ listing suggesting he’s a sprinter. Meersman on the other hand scores on flat and MM stages (lumpy days or up hill sprints) meaning he scores points across different terrain and gets the AR or ‘All Rounder’ listing.

Its not done subjectively, its all based on past stage scores and the types of terrain they succeed on.

[ray silvester]

buccaneering all-rounder who
buccaneering all-rounder who can hang with the mountain goats and punch up the steep segments, as well as providing plenty of good sprinty action early doors and mucho breakaway potential.

That’s pretty much Chava’s Wiki page entry!!

[Ghedebrav]

Budget is right. We can’t all
Budget is right. We can’t all pick the same stars.

[enrique]

Sanderville wrote:… I need

Sanderville wrote:

… I need more money. I know I say that every year but it’s always too hard….

I wish we had a bigger budget! :”(

[Ghedebrav]

livestrongnick wrote:big

livestrongnick wrote:

big question for me is Meersman or Boonen? :?

Ha! Perhaps rather foolishly, I have neither. Degenkolb instead. Meersman seems overpriced (though that’s what I thought about Kwiatkowski in the Algarve so what do I know?).

You have given me food for thought with Boonen, though. If nothing else, form’s form 😕

[Author]

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