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Milan - San Remo
Can I just put a dampener on things by saying that the forecast for Lombardy and Liguria on Sunday is heavy rain.
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That will be hard to do without taking penalty points, with only 6 transfers in between them
(between Flanders and Roubaix just to clarify)
It's a purist team.......
I have to find 9 belgofrankies then.
1 point on my Italian purist team, I give up the (fun) experiments gonna get serious now.
Despite what Cav
has just tweeted
about tomorrow,
I have just
transferred out Pete
Sagan and brought
in Nibali,
and some other
good allrounders.
The nearest thing
to a sprinter
in my squad is
Geraint Thomas
but he may not
ride too well if
the welsh get stuffed
by England in
the 6 nations.
oops, sorry, this is not very poetic...#freeverse
Thomas should win then
England stuffed 
(Actually, couldn't care less about rugby)
Love to Alan But 'er indoors family over from Milan and Sardinia. Set a date for Paris-Roubaix though. Unless my lottery numbers come up, if they do I will be there.
It depends on the weather as her game is normally on a Sunday. We'll see what happens nearer the time
There is also a possibility of them hitting snow near Alessandria and heavy rain through Pavia. This race is gonna be fun if your sitting on your sofa just watching.
Luckily my daughter's football game has been cancelled so I'm going to be able to watch it! Do you wanna come round for some beers!
Snow also predicted for Milan in the morning. Not much but the start will probably hover around zero
Just checked the weather forecast for tomorrow. It does not look good with rain all day, light at first but becoming heavier with a wind chill temp at 6c and they reckon at least 14 mill of rain.
Looks like its going to be a breakaway that wins it and not a full sprint.
Oh, that was my 300th post.
Songezo Jim. Now that's a name.
Yeah, I figured I'd anchor my standard team to the most likely scenario, a Sagan/Cancellara/Nibali breakaway + a few others, then look at what else might happen, namely a strong bunch sprint with riders like Hushovd involved.
If scenario B happens and Sagan wins it at least I'll have 4 or 5 in the top 20, if scenario A happens I could have 4 or 5 in the top 10.
The problem though is that Sagan is such a favourite that I don't see many teams helping to bring back a break and Cannondale will have to be very tactically astute to make sure Sagan actually gets into a position to win it. Just look at Cav last year, in the wrong place on the first real climb and finds himself completely out of contention. All it takes is for Sagan to get caught out once and he's gone.
Ive revised my teams too, both have Sagan and Cancellera then a mish mash of other riders. Its gonna end in tears for one of my teams
Urgh,
I hate bad poetry.
I've revised my teams, my standard is built around Sagan with other potential breakaway companions. For that I'm hoping for a small-medium break on the Poggio that includes Sagan and stays away to the finish.
For my purist team I have no Sagan and have gone more towards a bunch sprint spreading out my credits to give myself more options.
My worry on both counts is that a non-Sagan break goes away and no teams want to work to bring it back just so Sagan or a sprinter like Cavendish wins. If that's the case then I have absolutely no idea who might win.
Following a very similar strategy. Pretty safe for the standard and a good mix of medium priced guys from a variety of teams for my purist. Two riders in common to both teams, both around 10 credits.
Here we go with a Milan-San Remo Rhyme,
Don't pick Sagan but his partner in crime,
Spartacus Hushovd Gilbert or Gee?,
Gatto Pozzato or Nibali?
Which of the Qhubeka guys will be in the break,
Bertie's not riding but having a steak!
Thinking about two radically different teams for standard and purist. One with expensive guys, like Sagan, Nibali and maybe Goss and the other with medium-priced riders. Hedge my bets.
You guys are amazing!
I hate it, but I have to admit it's beautiful... 
No, I suspect Nordhaug is looking to peak at a later date so might not be in tip top condition this weekend.
For me, it's all about who's in form or coming into form and who's looking to peak for this race.
The likes of Gerrans are clearly not going to be 100% so I'm avoiding them and looking at those with racing miles in their legs and who are looking good, Nibali, Sagan etc.
Also, if Renshaw wins MSR I'll eat a pair of road.cc socks.
He can always headbutt everyone out of the way!!
worked out my team and it came to 200.5 points
Can someone lend me 51 points ????????
My second go worked out much better and no Sagan for me at the mo. His 40 points can get you a mixture of Gilbert / Boonen / Thomas / Pozzato and Iglinsky / Moser / Gasparotto which might be better overall.
Urgh, damn cryptic team descriptions, I thought we'd finished with those...
I'm going to lay it on the line, my team currently includes Sagan
I know, shock choice.
Current working team is based around Sagan, Nibali, Cancellara and one other high-ish priced start (around the 20-25 mark) who I can't decide on just yet, Degenkolb is tempting, as is Impey/Goss (not sure who GreenEdge will work for), Thomas and Gilbert.
Not picking EBH as I see him being overpriced at 30 credits really and not worth it when you can get Gilbert/Degenkolb much cheaper.
Cheaper star wise Hushovd looks good value, as does Iglinsky.
Anyone know what schedule Norhaug is working to? Is he likely to be in any form for MSR?
Similar plan to mine although im thinking no Nibali
In both standard and purist I have Sagan, Cancellara and Pippo and then they differ from there
Blanco seem to be putting Renshaw and Slagter in pole positions.....unless they're bluffing re Nordhaug.
If I told you my star picks
You would just add them to your mix,
So I'll remain one of those hinters
Who'll just pack his squad with sprinters
Last years msr was a one off
This year wont be won by riders like Menchov.
Go for riders like impey and sagan
And forget the likes of gerrans and uran.
Wm Shakespeare. 1578.
1578? Hasn't got his 2K badge yet then!!
As for the purist team, my choices will be,
Aimed quite simply for the one two three.
So sagan and Cav should do the job
Closely followed by Degenkolb.
There again it might not be a sprint,
If thats so, then heres a hint,
Try the champ Phillippe Gilbert,
Or that french star, Tommy Voeckler (french accent needed for that rhyme)
And pick the sky guy Boasson Hagen
But you'll still need Peter Sagan.
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