[Stumps]

I’m away out early so i thought i would start todays stage off before i went.

Does everyone agree its a bunch sprint finish or will someone try to grab the limelight with a breakaway.

Will Orica try to cut down any breaks for Matthews, do they have the team to do that ? only time will tell.

I doubt he will be looking at this but my sympathies go to Dan Martin 🙁

Also can someone explain why Matthews got 30 points and Hepburn 20 ? i thought all the team members scored the same in a TTT.

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[arsene]

Wtf happened to Kittel’s 10
Wtf happened to Kittel’s 10 pts???? :W

[VVV73]

sold pett as well bought in
sold pett as well bought in Ferrari and Ruffoni .

[TERatcliffe26]

VVV73 wrote:Hey TERa,
I

VVV73 wrote:

Hey TERa,

I noticed Wyss/Cadel and Bozic/Scarp , finished together from each team.
My guess is it is Wyss and Bozic job to drag Cadel and Scarp along in sprint to stay in touch and not lose any time as they aren’t up to Kitts speed. I sold Bozo today.

Yeh have to agree that looks to be the case, however the slight split may have meant no chance for Wyss, and keeping Cadel close to the front could still end up in a top 20 finish, but we shall see.

[Theinvisiblecyclist]

VVV73 wrote:Hey TERa,
I

VVV73 wrote:

Hey TERa,

I noticed Wyss/Cadel and Bozic/Scarp , finished together from each team.
My guess is it is Wyss and Bozic job to drag Cadel and Scarp along in sprint to stay in touch and not lose any time as they aren’t up to Kitts speed. I sold Bozo today.

Who did you chuck in instead of boz?

[VVV73]

Hey TERa,
I noticed
Hey TERa,

I noticed Wyss/Cadel and Bozic/Scarp , finished together from each team.
My guess is it is Wyss and Bozic job to drag Cadel and Scarp along in sprint to stay in touch and not lose any time as they aren’t up to Kitts speed. I sold Bozo today.

[enrique]

simon F wrote:… it has a

simon F wrote:

… it has a defined set of criteria… Take a look at…

Nothing like the facts to shut me up… 😐 Well, there it is… Taking a cursory glance at the criteria I’d have to imagine that unless the break wins the day or there are a ton of KOMs along the way, no one but a sprinter will get the Combativity Award on a sprint stage in the Giro…

How dull… Do we have to be as dull and unimaginative as the Giro here? How about a ‘Last Man Caught from the Breakaway’ Award of 5 points? 😀

😕 I think I’ll write the Giro to see if they’ll drop the points for the Finish Line and award more to the Intermediate Sprints and KOMs to make the Combativity Award ‘fairer’… I mean the sprinters are hawking all the podium time and podium girl kisses! 😕 Why would anyone want to go on a breakaway if Kittel is getting all the kisses at the end of the day? Stupid RCS people… :W

[simon F]

enrique wrote: the ‘beauty’

enrique wrote:

the ‘beauty’ points of a magnificent sprint over the pure aggressiveness of a breakaway rider. How ‘dare’ they award the Combativity Award to Kittel after Tjallingi’s heroic efforts? What an insult! :D

FWIW, it has a defined set of criteria, not just a beauty contest. Take a look at http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2014/download/Regolamento_Ing.pdf and look for section I (“FIGHTING SPIRIT”«PITTAROSSO»PRIZE ) in Article 28 (Prizes).

[Alan Tullett]

Made 2 changes. Bouhanni and
Made 2 changes. Bouhanni and Chicchi. Tempted by Tjallingi but not enough mountain points yet and he’s a bit more expensive, which might be a problem later.

Not much in it yet. Lots of people still in contention. 5 and 6 will be the first time teams diverge a bit. High number of points means you don’t have to make too many difficult decisions yet.

[Joelsim]

I’m hoping he isn’t.
I’m hoping he isn’t. <:P

[TERatcliffe26]

drheaton wrote:1,2,3,4,7,8 &

drheaton wrote:

1,2,3,4,7,8 & 12.

Had planned to leave it as is tomorrow but tempted to swap out Petacchi for Ferrari.

I have done this…

Just hoping Wyss does something tomorrow

[enrique]

enrique wrote:Amazing… I

enrique wrote:

Amazing… 😕 I don’t seem to have changed at all (!) in a year 😕

drheaton wrote:

No shit.

I feel like we’ve been together forever… <:P

[drheaton]

enrique wrote:Amazing… I

enrique wrote:

Amazing… 😕 I don’t seem to have changed at all (!) in a year 😕

No shit.

[enrique]

drheaton wrote:10 for

drheaton wrote:

10 for Combativity….

Thank you. You’re my hero. 😀

drheaton wrote:

Cue the same complaints as this time last year.

Must… resist… I can’t! How dare I disappoint? Quite a memory you have… 😕

From:

http://road.cc/content/forum/82480-most-combative-rider-award

enrique wrote:

I don’t like the Most Combative Rider Award. Everything else in the race is based on a measurement, an order, who gets there first, etc…. This one? Well, it’s judged. It’s awarded. Not measured. It might as well be a beauty pageant award. I think it can be a pretty subjective thing… I propose we get rid of that award next season… [May 5, 2013]

Amazing… 😕 I don’t seem to have changed at all (!) in a year 😕

😀
Other than that, for whatever it’s worth (next to nothing, I suppose), substitute Stage 2 of the 2014 Giro for Stage 1 of the 2013 Giro, substitute Wurf and Cavendish in 2013 for Tjallingi and Kittel today , and we have a situation with a ‘corrupt’ race jury that rewards the ‘beauty’ points of a magnificent sprint over the pure aggressiveness of a breakaway rider. How ‘dare’ they award the Combativity Award to Kittel after Tjallingi’s heroic efforts? What an insult! 😀

[drheaton]

10 for Combativity….
Cue
10 for Combativity….

Cue the same complaints as this time last year.

[Joelsim]

10 for most combative I think
10 for most combative I think

[Author]

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