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stage 9 then
ok more bad choices looking ahead to the 4 transfers, but forgetting the 2 stages that sprinter may win on Tue/Wed So
Kloden
Hinault
Moncoutie
Gilbert
Hoogerland
Fofonov
jerome
Popovich
Thomas
Not good enough
My predictions.
Van garderen takes all the mountain points istead of Hoog. Hushovd holds on to yellow. None of the GC guys bother, Millar, Voekleur, Vino, Hoogerland, Casar, Gerrans get away. I get my lowest points score.
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Well that's done and dusted... just made my transfers for stage 10, didn't take much thought surprisingly. Rest up boys, gentle spin in the morning then get some pasta down your necks, wear socks, plenty of fluids etc etc...
Aaarghh no no, not even in jest
I just swapped in TV and JH over the last couple of days after Brad fell out of the race.
Apropos of which, anyone see his post hospital interview? "I feel on top of the world. They gave me some fantastic drugs on there" :jealous:
Would it be an idea to have a small amount of points for riders who drop out? Might introduce a bit of gameplay, for example Contador is having knee problems, if I put him in thinking I'd earn some points for him dropping out tomorrow? Like with Boonen...
Or is that just a bit sick....?
for easy points?
You've made your changes already? without waiting to see what happens on the rest day and who might pull out?
Well i hope he gets them all cleaned up
But here his "Steve McQueen great escape" picture http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/0b/b4/01be34fb4a8fb6e1c302e35065...
Not sick, just silly
Why would you put someone in your team you think is going to drop out?
I'M THAT CONFIDENT/ STUPID :D/
If any of my squadra pull out it'll be because of rest day crashes/ illnesses.
Now that Thor's dropped out of the top 10 it frees up a lot of cash for other big hitters.
I think you might beat me, i'll get some for evans, hushovd is still 4th in the points, Taaramae in top 20 i think, plus 2nd in white, Jerome 10 points, still last and Mollema 4 for rabo's win
Hats off to Hoogerland though. That he even got up and raced after that shove into the barbed wire fence was jaw dropping. But to still finish well before most sprinters was inspiring.
Really, really hope he can start on Tuesday, even if for just a day.
The pair of them got the prize and also still didn't finish last on the stage, well done to them, but i think Flecha could have won today, not that it makes a difference to me as i'll get around 20 points for the stage if i'm lucky
I think we shall be competing for bottom of the pile ranking today.
Here's who I had in my team for today:
Kloden
Thor
Uran Uran
Gilbert
Chavanel (Got him in for Voeckler y'day!!)
A Roux
Galim
Pate
Jerome V
Hoogerland and Flecha both got the Combativity prize today. Nice touch by ASO.
If you were watching on French TV, you're probably wondering what all the fuss is. They didn't so much as replay the incident apparently
I see that 622 teams currently have Voeckler...I'm not one of them unfortunately...got that sinking feeling. Can I sue that car driver for robbing me of at least 20 points? At least they couldn't possibly give the combativity award to anyone but Hoogerland after that!
Seriously hats of to Hoogie (and the rest) who limped home broken and battered! What a mental day!
FANTASY SCORES WILL BE LATE TONIGHT - sorry about that and thanks for bearing with us, Dave away and will be back later (much later) this evening.
Rest Day tomorrow so you'll have plenty of time for transfers.
Think you should cancel the stage in respect of all the riders who went down this week
Also cause i has a shocking day
Why aren't some of the big GC riders teams helping Garmin shut this down?
Jeeeeezzzzuuusss!
I feel guilty sitting here thinking about points watching this unfold. Thankfully both riders are fit enough to continue.
That car driver obviously didn't pick Flecha or Hoogerland!
That was my first thought funny enough, 5 riders 2 frenchmen, missed them and just happened to be a french tv car, but i'm sure it wasn't meant
Hoogerland and Flecha out the back of the peloton now
I wish the break sat up, looks like Voeckler will be in yellow
Also Hoogerland looks like he's just escaped a jap prison camp and been getting the death of a thousand cuts
I'm not saying what he did was right, but it's been proven that drivers make a subconscious decision to go for the softer object, and sadly in this case it was the rider.
But yeah I don't see how they can keep the driver in the tour, especially after the motorbike rider trying to overtake the peleton caused a crash and got kicked off.
Just one of those things, bet the driver wished he hit the tree now.
johhny been swallowed by the peleton. crap crap crap. This tdf is crazy, and I think it will be a watershed.
points wise looks like my predictions will be correct.
watch me dive down the rankings.
There's no depends on how you look at it at all
The car should either hit the tree or brake, even better still dont go overtaking at a stupid place
But you dont just swerve at riders, i hope he gets chucked off the tour and also taken to court for that kinda driving, cause that could have easy gone another way and killed someone
bloody joke, why are these cars going past riders, stupid!!
Just as I was kicking myself about replacing Flecha
FFS Flecha and Hoogerland down after a french TV car took them both out, Flecha back up but Hoogerland into a barbed wire fence
Well Flecha just went over a fence so...
Nope that was Hoogerland, Flecha just ended up on the deck
I see they were trying to avoid a tree with the car, but thats why cars have brakes, f*cking dumbass
Depends on how you look at it, if he was half on tarmac and half on the grass and slammed on the brakes there's a chance he would have spun into them anyway. Still shouldn't have happened
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