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Mezgec, Howard, Alaphillipe
2+3 for me
Winner Mezgec
Hardy
Kelderman
Cherel
gone off the front with 15km to go
splits in the peloton
Cat 3
1 Brambilla
2 Arredondo
3 Maertens
Break caught
Txurruka has bridged the gap going up the cat3
Cat 1
1 Lemarchand
2 Vallee
3 Txurruka...
Txurruka has gone off in pursuit of leaders
Gap down to 1'40'' with about 45km to go
Cat 3
1 Lemerchand
2 Vallee
3 Cheng
3'22'' after 96km
Sprint 2
1 Vallee
2 Lemarchand
3 Lopez
Lead 4' after85km
Sprint 1
1 Vallee
2 Lemarchand
3 De Gendt
Standard:
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Julian David Arredondo
Daniele Ratto
Alberto Contador
Luis Leon Sanchez
Adam Yates
Samuel Sanchez
Koldo Fernandez
Giampaolo Caruso
Purist:
Julian David Arredondo
Tejay Van Garderen
Christopher Froome
Alberto Contador
Marek Rutkiewicz
Luis Leon Sanchez
Samuel Sanchez
Mattia Cattaneo
Heiner Rodrigo Parra
Standard
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Thibaut Pinot
Ryder Hesjedal
Laurens Ten Dam
Tomasz Marczynski
George Bennett
Jonathan Castroviejo
Jussi Veikkanen
Georg Preidler
Purist
Joaquin Rodriguez
Carlos Alberto Betancur
Samuel Sanchez
Chris Anker Sorensen
Igor Anton Hernandez
Kenny Elissonde
Giampaolo Caruso
Yoann Bagot
Kristijan Durasek
The trophy Miquel Poblet was
1 Lemarchand
2 Vallee
3 Pineau
although I'm not sure if this is part of the points classification.
7' after 40km
No balance in my purists! Gone the opposite way to Paris-Nice...
STD
Mezgec
S Dumoulin
Nizzolo
Howard
Betancur
LL Sanchez
Roux
Gaimon
Samoilau
PURIST
Contador
Rodriguez
Betancur
Arredondo
Landa
LL Sanchez
LA Mate
Gaimon
Howard
I've gone with similar tactics to you drh.
Standard
Mezgec
Dumoulin
Howard
Ratto
Roux
Van der Sande
Martens
LL Sanchez
Serry
Purist
Contador
Betancur
Arredondo
Dumoulin
Mezgec
LL Sanchez
Rebellin
Serry
Chaves
Gap up to 3' after 30km
I've gone all in on a sprint today and tomorrow. I expect a few people will see last years result with the split peloton and selection of climbers and pick the likes of Moreno and Contador. I've gone the other way and I'm hoping for a Meersman-esque double from one of my sprinters:
Mezgec
Nizzolo
Dumoulin
Ratto
Howard
LL Sanchez
Alaphilippe
Yates
Agnoli
Purist is more balanced than most as I'm hoping for a couple of sprint finishes:
Froome
Contador (had Quintana in until this morning but heard he has a cold)
Mezgec
Howard
Arrendondo
LL Sanchez
Jesper Hansen
Chaves
Agnoli
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