[backflipbedlem]

1st of 2 big mountain stages!
Early deadline, should be lots of identical teams today!

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[TERatcliffe26]

Well Ive left my team be for
Well Ive left my team be for today

So 6 sprinters in for the last stage

[triccky100]

Dux89 wrote:Brought in

Dux89 wrote:

Brought in Visconti for Stage 18 which looked so good for him and he did nothing… pleasantly surprised to wake up and see him picking up points left and right today. I wonder whether he or Intxausti will be active tomorrow…

You did well Dux, I dropped Visconti for Konig, but could have been worse as was also thinking about taking out Aru but decided to save changes. I don’t think the break will survive tomorrow. Colle Delle Finestre is a tough climb, Astana will probably put on the hurt and Contador will be looking for his stage win. Lotto NLJ may not let the break get away if they want to get the KOM jersey back on Kruijswijk’s shoulders…

[Dux89]

Brought in Visconti for Stage
Brought in Visconti for Stage 18 which looked so good for him and he did nothing… pleasantly surprised to wake up and see him picking up points left and right today. I wonder whether he or Intxausti will be active tomorrow…

[Alan Tullett]

Dropping Aru a bit of a
Dropping Aru a bit of a mistake but with no Visconti I wouldn’t have won the stage in any case. Four tied at the top. Made three changes and still got eight left for a final crack at the sprint.

[enrique]

TERatcliffe26 wrote:…Do i

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

…Do i take out trofimov?…

I’d take out Trofimov… Tomorrow could be day for the break, or will it? 😕 I don’t know… I’m always wrong… Anyways, even if it doesn’t happen, it’d be nice to see Intxausti fight for the KOM jersey tomorrow… If only to defend Visconti’s lead… What do I know? I’m alwaya wrong! 😕

[Moist von Lipwig]

TERatcliffe26 wrote:Fair

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Fair enough decent take, we shall see tho. The question now is what to do for tomorrow. Do i take out trofimov or intauxsti, hmmmm

yes, now that is a question.

[backflipbedlem]

hmm got 1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15
hmm got 1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15 +Betancur

[TERatcliffe26]

Fair enough decent take, we
Fair enough decent take, we shall see tho. The question now is what to do for tomorrow. Do i take out trofimov or intauxsti, hmmmm

[Moist von Lipwig]

TERatcliffe26

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

1,2,5,6,7,12,15 for me + intauxsti, betancur. May be an ok score but not good

think I disagree on that, as you look at the top 20 today and everyone still active in the game probably won’t have Uran/Kangert/Nieve/Montfort so the only scoring difference will be having Hesjedal or not and which 3 of Amador/Caruso/Trofimov/Geneiz/Instauxti you have. And the points gaps between them shouldn’t be too great today.

Are those that have Uran etc and so will be a the sharp end of the stage likely to be affecting your overall rank too? I doubt it.

[Philip Unwin]

1 Alberto Contador Velasco
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Tinkoff – Saxo 78:48:40
2 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team +4:37
3 Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Astana Pro Team +5:15
4 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team +8:10
5 Leopold König (Cze) Team Sky +10:47
6 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha +11:11
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Cannondale – Garmin +12:05
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team +12:14
9 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL – Jumbo +12:53
10 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ +15::07

Mountains
1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 125
2 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL – Jumbo 109
3 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Movistar Team 107
4 Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Astana Pro Team 76
5 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2r La Mondiale 75

[TERatcliffe26]

1,2,5,6,7,12,15 for me +
1,2,5,6,7,12,15 for me + intauxsti, betancur. May be an ok score but not good

[Philip Unwin]

1 ARU Fabio ITA AST 6:24:13
1 ARU Fabio ITA AST 6:24:13 0:00
2 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN TCG 6:24:41 0:28
3 URAN URAN Rigoberto COL EQS 6:25:23 1:10
4 KANGERT Tanel EST AST 6:25:31 1:18
5 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED TLJ 6:25:31 1:18
6 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ESP TCS 6:25:31 1:18
7 LANDA MEANA Mikel ESP AST 6:25:31 1:18
8 KONIG Leopold CZE SKY 6:25:34 1:21
9 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP SKY 6:25:37 1:24
10 GENIEZ Alexandre FRA FDJ 6:26:37 2:24
11 CARUSO Damiano ITA BMC 6:26:40 2:27
12 AMADOR Andrey CRC MOV 6:26:40 2:27
13 MONFORT Maxime BEL LTS 6:27:02 2:49
14 MONSALVE Jonathan VEN STH 6:27:02 2:49
15 TROFIMOV Yury RUS KAT 6:27:02 2:49
16 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL LTS 6:27:02 2:49
17 ATAPUMA HURTADO Darwin COL BMC 6:28:56 4:43
18 FELLINE Fabio ITA TFR 6:29:27 5:14
19 MOINARD Amael FRA BMC 6:29:27 5:14
20 PELLIZOTTI Franco ITA AND 6:29:27 5:14

[TERatcliffe26]

Bah thats not a good day for
Bah thats not a good day for me with trof and amador nowhere to be seen

[Moist von Lipwig]

Alan Tullett wrote:Amador and

Alan Tullett wrote:

Amador and Trofimov nowhere to be seen.

both somewhere around 11th to 13th I think from the text feed.

going to be some monster scores around again today.

[Alan Tullett]

Amador and Trofimov nowhere
Amador and Trofimov nowhere to be seen.

[Author]

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