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VaC stage 6
So no break so far
Sprint 1
1.Martin
2.Fernandez
3.Hesjedal
Took a risk for today leaving in some sprinters and made just 1 transfer
Martin
Wiggins
Quintana
Niemiec
Gesink (for Machado)
Salerno
Dumoulin
Ratto
Meersman
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Full house for me, but missed gerrans. Taking a 10pt pen to try and get a full house tomorrow too. Think its time to bring jrod in too. Wish icould pick sagan!
Right, scores going up.
well i made a right mess there. I read the route completely wrong and put in all my climbers and got rid of the sprinters.
Will be lucky to get anywhere near the 100 mark.
Yes, I was away for the end of the Vuelta the last two years but luckily the hotel or cottage we were in had wireless so quickly put in some transfers each night and did ok. If anything I did better when I didn't have much time to think about it. It was a good pick today. I never would have risked it but maybe he's trying to peak later this year. The Ardennes must be his goal and I'll consider him for my team then. The best thing is when you get someone on a long break with tons of mountain points, like Voeckler and Valverde on consecutive days last year on the Tour. Won the Valverde stage and got the Bryton I was after!
PCS have now decided Dumoulin was third which would give me a podium badge, don't know if its confirmed tho...
about 130 for me I reckon, we shall see
1,2,4,6,8 plus top 3 on GC and Salerno - again Betancurt my only non-scorer - with my luck at the moment he'll be last man home! Must have a chance of my top 10 badge if tomorrow goes well...
Procyclingstats showing Ratto 3rd.
From Biciclismo
1. Simon Gerrans
2. Gianni Meersman
3. Daniele Ratto
4. Samuel Dumoulin
5. Marcel Wyss
6. Julien Simon
7. Dani Moreno
8. Joaquim Rodriguez
9. JakobFuglsang
10. Rigoberto Urán
so I got 2,3,5, 8 plus 1-4 in GC and top of sprints and mountain points. Shouldn't lose any ground with that. Now, what to do tomorrow?
2/4/6/8(who do we appreciate
) for me
Plus 13th and 17th
1,2,3 on GC
1,2,3 on KOM
1,3 on sprints
plus 6 for Martin at sprint 1 and 5 teammate bonus for Meier
should be a very healthy 152pts
2,3,4 and thats all, hmmm not great I guess
Gonna loose out with Rodriguez up there!!!
Don't think any sprinters will be up there tomorrow though, so will get rid of Ratto, Dumoulin and Wiggins to get J-Rod in
I did think about gerrans as it was a lumpy stage, but went for wyss instead...not too shabby iguess.
They just put the results up on Eaurosport but I think they put Dyachenko instead of Dumoulin - maybe next to each other in alpha order?!
Meersman 2nd
Ratto and Dumoulin very close for 3rd and 4th
Wyss 5th
Thanks Ray! I was cheering for Dumoulin as I would've got 5 bonus points for his teammate, but thats even better.
YES! Gerrans gets it. Inspired (ie lucky as f*ck) transfer!
Nice one for you, I still had Ratto up there at least
Thanks TER - yes Ratto has done you well all week hasn't he? I always get him and Gatto confused and end up avoiding them both.
Yup he has done me well, just doesn't figure too often in a team that has Viviani and Sagan. Most seem to avoid him, at least on the first stage he does well anyway
Gerrans wins!! Someone got lucky! chrisdstripes!
Yes - very lucky! Keep looking over your East Anglian shoulder Alan, I'm gaining!
You'll catch up a little bit, but Meier scored me 10 and otherwise fairly similar. But my team for tomorrow should be strong as I expect the GC riders to go for it so I've dropped the sprinters and got a couple of riders for a break as well as all the main riders. Maybe should have dropped Wiggo for Dumoulin today but thought Wiggo and Sky might have a go like stage 1 but I expect more attacking tomorrow. Nearly didn't play this game after missing the first stage. In fact you were top for a day as my team temporarily disappeared! Doubt if I'll play California though if I'm doing ok in Giro. It's the Classics and Grand Tours that I like, although the one-week tours have been more interesting this year without Sky's domination.
Yes, the classics and grand tours are the most fun, I'll be away for the Dauphine and TdS this year anyway so I'll be dropping down the overall in June. Its great fun when you pick someone out of left-field and he brings in the win like today tho - I'll enjoy it while it lasts. (Ie until 3 of my classics purists take each other out tomorrow...)
Got Wyss, Meersman and Ratto for the sprint. But no Dumoulin
First KOM point Alt De Prades(Cat1)
Herrada 9 fantasy pts
Astarloza 8 fantasy pts
Losada 7 fantasy pts
4th to 9th positions unknown as yet?
Nice! I brought in Navarro for tomorrow but today will do nicely!
2nd sprint
1.Navarro
2.Sorensen
3.Silin
Typical now Navarro is no longer in my team
1st intermediate sprint
Martin 6 fantasy pts
Fernandez 4 fantasy pts
Hesjedal 2 fantasy pts
Marino then abandoned before a 9 man break took 1'30" as we approach the foot of the first cat 1 climb
They are Edmondson,Navarro,C.Sorensen,Szmyd,Herrada,Silin,Astarloza,Losada and Stortoni.
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