[Stumps]

Right, i’ve checked and no ne has started a thread yet so he goes.

TTT day today, a new man in yellow but who.

My bet is on either Kwiatkowski, Valverde or EBH. I think these will be the top 3 teams and they are the lead riders for each team.

As for the fantasy game it’s a lot more points at stake than normal so lets hope everyone read their emails about the points ?

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[drheaton]

Made my changes, EBH, Millar
Made my changes, EBH, Millar and Amador out, three sprinters in (but not Cav or Sagan).

Fingers crossed it pays off.

[rcorbin]

up to 28th overall now and
up to 28th overall now and top of the forum league.

Now do I stick? Or twist?

I’ve got a feeling the sprinters will want to win tomorrow so break wont stay away, but will they cope with the cat 4’s?? 😕 😕

[TERatcliffe26]

Alan Tullett

Alan Tullett wrote:

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Pretty happy with today, bringing in kwit and Gutierrez for Dumoulin and Hivert worked. Now I have Gerrans, Sagan, EBH and Kwiatkowski for tomorrow. Just who to bring in for Nava. Play it safe with Kittel, or go for Simon :?

Simon rarely comes above 6th in this sort of company and likely lower tomorrow. Kittel may get IM points. I’ve kept Kittel for now. Wish I’d brought in Gerrans rather than Simon for 3, but there are some much bigger decisions to come. The mountains will decide everything. Trying to find some cheap climbers who are worth a punt as you can probably only have 2 big guys in a team, (which is how it should be).

Good point, which would mean Kittel could pick up between 10-15 points maybe, and he would already be in my team ready for Thursday. I think my standard team will look similar to my purist team come the mountains, with someone replacing Sagan, bit how that will work in the end I don’t know, because I want to get Clarke in at some point :?. Hoping maybe De Clerq at 10.8 could be a bargain if he performs

[chrisdstripes]

Slowly inching up the table –
Slowly inching up the table – 600 to 300 to 200(ish) now, thanks mainly to my new bff Gerrans (who also got me my only stage podium so far this year, in Catalunya).

Should have Sagan, Gerrans, Albasini, Kwiat and Kristoff tomorrow which is OK. Big day for Poland tomorrow with an all-Polish Wimbledon quarter-final – maybe there might be a double-celebration? 😕

[Alan Tullett]

TERatcliffe26 wrote:Pretty

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Pretty happy with today, bringing in kwit and Gutierrez for Dumoulin and Hivert worked. Now I have Gerrans, Sagan, EBH and Kwiatkowski for tomorrow. Just who to bring in for Nava. Play it safe with Kittel, or go for Simon :?

Simon rarely comes above 6th in this sort of company and likely lower tomorrow. Kittel may get IM points. I’ve kept Kittel for now. Wish I’d brought in Gerrans rather than Simon for 3, but there are some much bigger decisions to come. The mountains will decide everything. Trying to find some cheap climbers who are worth a punt as you can probably only have 2 big guys in a team, (which is how it should be).

[TERatcliffe26]

Pretty happy with today,
Pretty happy with today, bringing in kwit and Gutierrez for Dumoulin and Hivert worked. Now I have Gerrans, Sagan, EBH and Kwiatkowski for tomorrow. Just who to bring in for Nava. Play it safe with Kittel, or go for Simon 😕

[drheaton]

Not sure if Europcar are
Not sure if Europcar are definitely not renewing but it’s probably going to be decided based on how successful the Tour is.

There were also rumours that team ‘Europcar’ were aiming at World Tour next year so were looking to build up some decent WT points. That’d mean targetting GC (as GC gives more points than jerseys/stage wins by a country mile) with Rolland who’s a better GC bet than Voeckler.

[chiv30]

drheaton wrote:chiv30

drheaton wrote:

chiv30 wrote:

130 ish day for me plus gerrans in for tomorrow already
Not sure on the Simon Clarke idea I actually think Pierre Rolland has targeted the polka dot Jersey and they are playing the tommy v card for gc tbh
:?

Europcar are coming to the end of their sponsorship contract so I think the team have decided to use Rolland early on to get some air-time in the polka dots then switch to thinking about GC next week some time. It won’t put too much strain on Rolland to chase the odd small climb this week so I reckon it’s win-win for them.

Well I didn’t know that about the sponsorship , shame I quite like the colourscheme makes it easy to spot

[drheaton]

chiv30 wrote:130 ish day for

chiv30 wrote:

130 ish day for me plus gerrans in for tomorrow already
Not sure on the Simon Clarke idea I actually think Pierre Rolland has targeted the polka dot Jersey and they are playing the tommy v card for gc tbh
:?

Europcar are coming to the end of their sponsorship contract so I think the team have decided to use Rolland early on to get some air-time in the polka dots then switch to thinking about GC next week some time. It won’t put too much strain on Rolland to chase the odd small climb this week so I reckon it’s win-win for them.

[drheaton]

I was right, 133 but 15th on
I was right, 133 but 15th on the stage! Up 200 places in the overall!

Not a bad day in the end, bringing in Gerrans/Kwiatkowski/Chavanel for yesterday’s stage really paid off. Shame about Millar, time to ditch him and Amador I think.

One question, is anyone keeping EBH?

[chiv30]

130 ish day for me plus
130 ish day for me plus gerrans in for tomorrow already
Not sure on the Simon Clarke idea I actually think Pierre Rolland has targeted the polka dot Jersey and they are playing the tommy v card for gc tbh
😕

[Alan Tullett]

Definitely going to drop a
Definitely going to drop a bit but my team will be ok for tomorrow. Gerrans in and someone else, not sure who yet. Simon Clarke for a solo win? He’d pick up a few mountain points to tie for the polka dot if he goes first over every climb. That’s a better long-term goal and they’d keep yellow as well.

[Timbo13]

1,2,2,6,9,9, plus
1,2,2,6,9,9, plus 1st,4th,5th,6th on GC and some jersey points for Kwiatowski. 141 points on my calculations. Not a bad day after all.

[Stumps]

Dave Atkinson wrote:Gerro

Dave Atkinson wrote:

Gerro will try and win in yellow tomorrow. parcours suits him.

Agree, it will be another shoot out between him and Sagan

[dave atkinson]

Gerro will try and win in
Gerro will try and win in yellow tomorrow. parcours suits him.

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