[tony kappler]

My reading of the Vuelta rules is that there is a daily award for the best young rider in the GC classification, but not a young rider classification as such. So there would be no YR classification points scored in road.cc.  Can anyone clarify?

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[Dr Winston]

triccky100 wrote:

Dr Winston wrote:

Yeah…I won the Vuelta game…yeah again…

nice work Dr W

 

It was a strange end to it Tricky. The only peron that could reallistically beat me was you after stage 19. We had the same number of transfers but i was 70 pts ahead. I thought the only chance you had was to go for TDG and Mollema together on all those mountains on stage 20 anf hope they syaed away…hence i effectively wasted a transfer by doing Kruiswijk > TDG. I felt sure you’d have gone for both of them. 

[triccky100]

Dr Winston wrote:

Yeah…I won the Vuelta game…yeah again…

nice work Dr W

[Dr Winston]

Yeah…I won the Vuelta game.

Yeah…I won the Vuelta game…yeah again…

[enrique]

Ivan Garcia Cortina appears

Ivan Garcia Cortina appears in the game selection panel as I. Cortina.

It really should be I. Garcia – or I. Garcia Cortina. I prefer I. Garcia. His father’s last name is  Garcia so that should be his last name. The way it’s displayed in the game it’s almost as if Garcia was his middle name….

[Dr Winston]

Well done Andy calling it

Well done Andy calling it right today by dropping Valverde and jumping on the Mollema/TDG double up.

I had that pair earmarked for big points for a while and then bottled it and only did TDG in. They actually had the potential to bring home a 300pts day today if Lopez hadn’t chased them down.

Good call by you. 

 

 

 

 

[Condor Andy]

Seems like you might be right

Seems like you might be right. Movistar are really controlling this one today. Maybe my lack of transfers isn’t a bad thing with all the major players (except Quintana) present. I’ve kept one for tomorrow to bring in Captain Obvious for the KOM points, and then I have two for the Madrid sprint.

[Dr Winston]

Dr Winston wrote:

Not sure how it will pan out Andy. The best Valverde can hope for (if he wants to win it) is only about 5/10 seconds from open play, so to speak, in a race to the line atop either/both summits…he certainly won’t ride into the sunset over Yates for sure. So a GC finish finish for both stages is surely his only hope. That narrow lead is a game changer on both stages….if it was a minute or more then it may be different. I’m going for GC finish for both stages driven by Movistar…or at least that should be their plan.

Should have added…They need to bring bonus seconds into play…

[Dr Winston]

Not sure how it will pan out

Not sure how it will pan out Andy. The best Valverde can hope for (if he wants to win it) is only about 5/10 seconds from open play, so to speak, in a race to the line atop either/both summits…he certainly won’t ride into the sunset over Yates for sure. So a GC finish finish for both stages is surely his only hope. That narrow lead is a game changer on both stages….if it was a minute or more then it may be different. I’m going for GC finish for both stages driven by Movistar…or at least that should be their plan.

[Condor Andy]

Mas has picked up 5 points

Mas has picked up 5 points for each of the last two stages for the young persons award, before him it was Lopez. Shame it’s just an award and not a full jersey, but hey-ho.

I have a feeling a breakaway might get tomorrow, but it might not be as big as ones we have been seeing. There are a few people who have gone empty handed despite being in nearly every mountain breakaway and they should do well tomorrow.  Anyone interested in the KOM jersey will wait until Saturday.

So tomorrow’s breakaway might include Teuns, Zakarin, De La Cruz, Majka, maybe King and Saturday will be De Gendt, Mollema, Mate (if he has anything left), and anyone else who hasn’t fought for a stage win. I still fancy the GC to take Saturday, so tomorrow might be the last chance for a breakaway.

[Dr Winston]

Breakaway’s can really screw

Breakaway’s can really screw you up in this game in more ways than just trying to pick them.

I went for Enric Mas in my Spaniards only team. I felt certain he would do well (shame about no white Jersey) by being one of the best GC riders and getting assists for Viviani’s wins. Sadly he made up most of his times on breakaway days before this week so lies third and has been a real points dodger.

Pffft.

7 transfers left for the last three days for me…but…i have to confess i missed two deadlines that, by sheer luck, turned out to be breakaway days with minimal points all round…so i’m claiming no credit.

[Sniffer]

runaroundsioux wrote:

Hmmmm – Good luck from there Condor Andy.  I am struggling with 4 after todays transfers.

I have a couple more, but you always regret the ones you make earlier in a race that didn’t work out.  With the TT, SF, Flat, SF, SF, Flat stages in the last week it has required maybe a couple more transfers than some final weeks of a Grand Tour. 

The other we we are seeing is all those breakaway wins, it kind of encourages you to chase those, but that is a much tougher predicton than who might do the business as a GC contender.

[runaroundsioux]

Hmmmm – Good luck from there

Hmmmm – Good luck from there Condor Andy.  I am struggling with 4 after todays transfers.

[Condor Andy]

4 transfers left after today.

4 transfers left after today….welp.

[Dr Winston]

Fantastic GC battle today.

Fantastic GC battle today. Same tomorrow?….i thought a few looked like the rest day can’t come soon enough already…

Any thoughts?

[archieboy]

Well Google maps were right,

Well Google maps were right, only difference was the new tarmac up that lane.

[Author]

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