[_Kasper]

SIMON YATES (OGE)
ALEJANDRO VALVERDE (MOV)
RAFAEL VALLS FERRI (LAM)
DANIEL TEKLEHAIMANOT (MTQ)
KENNY ELISSONDE (FDJ)
ROBERT KISERLOVSKI (TSB)
ANDREW TALANSKY (TCG)
TEJAY VAN GARDEREN (BMC)

Took out Alaphilippe and brought in the good Yates. Decided that he wasn’t worth the gamble, might come back to bite though. Which would be in tune with the rest of the season i think.
Let Valverde stay as i am not quite convinced he is done for. Still have 2 transfers, so could switch him for Froome for tomorrow.

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[livestrongnick]

Joelsim wrote:livestrongnick

Joelsim wrote:

livestrongnick wrote:

:O 😕 :O 3rd in FS and 6th in this 😕 :O :?

Nice. How many transfers do you have left ;)

Yeah :& ……….none/nada/zip/zero :S

[Joelsim]

cgipryan wrote:I haven’t

cgipryan wrote:

I haven’t watched anything of this Dauphine (child-walking duties), but it might turn out to be the best race of the year, just like last year…

It’s not the best race of the year if you’ve got Froome, Frank and Meintjes in your draft auction team. Bah!

[cgipryan]

I haven’t watched anything of
I haven’t watched anything of this Dauphine (child-walking duties), but it might turn out to be the best race of the year, just like last year…

[enrique]

enrique wrote:… I couldn’t

enrique wrote:

… I couldn’t imagine anyone picking Costa for this race…

stevemarks wrote:

Why is that enrique?…

Well, I was expecting such a dominant performance by other riders that I thought with the noose of limited transfers in the Standard game, no one would bring him in for today’s stage and with the dominance I expected from the other riders, he would occupy too much space for the Purist team! 😕 I can’t wait to see if he’ll be in the ‘Best Purist Team Possible’, though… 🙂 Sometimes I love being wrong… 🙂

[enrique]

What a stage, what a stage,
What a stage, what a stage, what a stage! 🙂 Can it get any better? 🙂 What a year! 🙂

The trickle of teams into the competition stopped today. There were actually no (!) teams added to the competition overnight and we stand at 893 teams in the competition.

There were 130 unique scores, dramatically down from yesterday’s 157.

What riders were in the most common team?… 😕 Well, there’s a lot of variety, but it looks like the most commonly shared rider today was Simon Yates…

Today’s average score was 78.4 points. Slightly higher than yesterday’s 74.8.

The most common score, though, was 92 points (The 38 teams from above).

As a reference, the average scores for previous stages was:

Stage 1 67.5
Stage 2 82.2
Stage 3 82.2
Stage 4 70.5
Stage 5 74.8

Today’s ‘Perfect’ team?…

34.1 Vincenzo Nibali
29.5 Rui Faria Da Costa
25.3 Tony Gallopin
22.5 Simon Yates
10.8 Tiesj Benoot
9.1 John Gadret
5.7 Tobias Ludvigsson
3.1 Robert Kiserlovski

What? No Valverde in there? What the fu$@? This is looking like Valverde might not make the ‘Best Possible Purist Team’! :W

This team would have come in at 140.1 credits and would have yielded you a grand total of 216 points. It was better than the best ‘Actual’ team (Viking UK, Viking) by a margin of 60 points… But who had the nouse to foresee today’s stage and make all the transfers necessary to put this team together?… 😕

Hmmm…No Froome or Valverde in there today… Hmmm… :W

[Joelsim]

livestrongnick wrote:

livestrongnick wrote:

:O 😕 :O 3rd in FS and 6th in this 😕 :O :?

Nice. How many transfers do you have left 😉

[livestrongnick]

3rd in FS and 6th in this
:O 😕 :O 3rd in FS and 6th in this 😕 :O 😕

[Aragonite]

FS doing really well in this
FS doing really well in this comp. Lying 39th overall, but only 9th in FS.

[JohnnyRemo]

That’s hilarious! I finished
That’s hilarious! I finished 5th from last yesterday with a pathetic 6pts, – was so pee-ed off I gave up and didn’t bother making any transfers – and finished 5th today!!! =)) =)) =))

Yesterday:

Julian Alaphilippe DS Etixx – Quick Step 0
Rohan Dennis DS BMC Racing Team 0
Rui Faria Da Costa DS Lampre – Merida 0
Vincenzo Nibali DS Astana 1
Robert Kiserlovski DS Team Tinkoff-Saxo 5
Fumiyuki Beppu DS Trek Factory Racing 0
Marcel Wyss DS IAM Cycling 0
Tony Gallopin DS Lotto Soudal 0
Total 6

Today:

Julian Alaphilippe AR Etixx – Quick Step 0
Rohan Dennis AR BMC Racing Team 0
Rui Faria Da Costa AR Lampre – Merida 48
Vincenzo Nibali KM Astana 55
Robert Kiserlovski DS Team Tinkoff-Saxo 9
Fumiyuki Beppu DS Trek Factory Racing 0
Marcel Wyss DS IAM Cycling 0
Tony Gallopin AR Lotto Soudal 28
Total 140

[Joelsim]

Well I expected to plummet
Well I expected to plummet after calling today so wrong, but it appears most others did two and I actually went up 2 places to 2nd overall. I’m stunned.

[Moist von Lipwig]

just noticed Mollema rolled
just noticed Mollema rolled in 8th from last 36:25 down. that’s him off my long list….

[Moist von Lipwig]

16 DNF/DNS today, 10% of the
16 DNF/DNS today, 10% of the field!

[backflipbedlem]

enrique wrote:backflipbedlem

enrique wrote:

backflipbedlem wrote:

… still got 8 transfers!…

No way! 🙂 Amazing!
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backflipbedlem wrote:

2,5,9,12,17,19

Nice! :)

Was actually 3,5,9…. rather than 2nd.
Would never stick Nibali in my team B-)

[_Kasper]

stevemarks wrote:Costa has

stevemarks wrote:

Costa has won the TDS last three years running.

My point exactly. Not really sure why i didn’t pick him. For the purist at the least.

[stevemarks]

enrique wrote:stevemarks

enrique wrote:

stevemarks wrote:

…the irony, my purist team has Valverde and de Costa…

Wow… I couldn’t imagine anyone picking Costa for this race… nice! 🙂

I wonder if anyone brought in Costa in the Standard game?… 😕
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Beautiful stage! This has been the most exciting Giro – Dauphine in the last 10 years! What a treat! :)

Why is that enrique?

Costa has won the TDS last three years running.

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