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So Another sprint day today!

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[ray silvester]

drheaton wrote:Why is Greipel

drheaton wrote:

Why is Greipel getting most combative a joke? There was no break and he won both the stage and the intermediate sprint. Who would you have given it to?

agreed….Henderson the only alternative.

[ray silvester]

Alan Tullett wrote:Ghedebrav

Alan Tullett wrote:

Ghedebrav wrote:

Far from awful day – 2,3,6 plus Gerrans and Kwia. Kicking myself a bit for not having the stones to pick Impey over Gerrans a couple of days ago but not that many points in it and he may well hand race lead over to someone else tomorrow. Not the lumpiest of MM stages but still think it’ll take too much out of the pure sprinters to contest the finish.

I reckon OPQS will want their turn in yellow come Saturday…

EBH is even closer, only 3 secs back but Chava and Kwia might make a break for it I suppose but doubt if it’ll succeed. Reduced bunch sprint probably but no time gaps. Not having Greipel today has really cost me, went for EBH as I thought he’d be better over the two stages but he’d have to win tomorrow with Greipel nowhere to make up on the points lost today and that is very unlikely.

No changes tonight but glad I brought in Kristoff and at least today Kittel and D van Poppel got some points as well. Could have been worse, could have been Cav, Greipel 1, 2.

A Greipel/Sagan one-two when I’ve got Cav and Kittel……damn

[backflipbedlem]

Starting to regret not
Starting to regret not getting greipel the other day.

[drheaton]

chrisdstripes wrote:drheaton

chrisdstripes wrote:

drheaton wrote:

Why is Greipel getting most combative a joke? There was no break and he won both the stage and the intermediate sprint. Who would you have given it to?

Agreed Dan! Its hardly the organiser’s fault that no-one attacked all day. (Well, Mate did, but you can’t give the combativity prize to someone called Mate, it just doesn’t sound right…)

Mate didn’t even manage to stay out in front until the TV coverage started so his was only a half-hearted effort.

Greipel faught for the intermediate points (he appears to be chasing the Green jersey) and the stage win. It was impressive and given the lack of action elsewhere thoroughly deserving of the most combative prize.

[chrisdstripes]

drheaton wrote:Why is Greipel

drheaton wrote:

Why is Greipel getting most combative a joke? There was no break and he won both the stage and the intermediate sprint. Who would you have given it to?

Agreed Dan! Its hardly the organiser’s fault that no-one attacked all day. (Well, Mate did, but you can’t give the combativity prize to someone called Mate, it just doesn’t sound right…)

[drheaton]

Why is Greipel getting most
Why is Greipel getting most combative a joke? There was no break and he won both the stage and the intermediate sprint. Who would you have given it to?

[chokofingrz]

Greipel with 64 points just
Greipel with 64 points just fraped anybody who did not have him in their squad today. Also it’s a joke giving him most combative. I am currently rethinking my strategy as regards sprinters and penalty transfers…

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TERatcliffe26 wrote:My stick

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

My stick strategy hasn’t gone well at all!! oh well nevermind ay

Same here, today was a nightmare for me…Knew that I had dropped a clanger when we did not get a breakaway…And then the expected crosswinds were more of a tailwind… Hurry up mountains, I need you…

[TERatcliffe26]

My stick strategy hasn’t gone
My stick strategy hasn’t gone well at all!! oh well nevermind ay

[rcorbin]

hmmm no sagan/kittel has cost
hmmm no sagan/kittel has cost me today. dropped down 20 places but have 4 in the bag for tomorrow.

Struggling to work out if the sprinters will want one last pop at tomorrow?

currently have can,greipel,V Poppel, gerrans and Kwiat

hmmmm 😕 😕 decisions decisions!

[Alan Tullett]

Ghedebrav wrote:Far from

Ghedebrav wrote:

Far from awful day – 2,3,6 plus Gerrans and Kwia. Kicking myself a bit for not having the stones to pick Impey over Gerrans a couple of days ago but not that many points in it and he may well hand race lead over to someone else tomorrow. Not the lumpiest of MM stages but still think it’ll take too much out of the pure sprinters to contest the finish.

I reckon OPQS will want their turn in yellow come Saturday…

EBH is even closer, only 3 secs back but Chava and Kwia might make a break for it I suppose but doubt if it’ll succeed. Reduced bunch sprint probably but no time gaps. Not having Greipel today has really cost me, went for EBH as I thought he’d be better over the two stages but he’d have to win tomorrow with Greipel nowhere to make up on the points lost today and that is very unlikely.

No changes tonight but glad I brought in Kristoff and at least today Kittel and D van Poppel got some points as well. Could have been worse, could have been Cav, Greipel 1, 2.

[chrisdstripes]

livestrongnick wrote:
oh nice

livestrongnick wrote:

oh nice bonus that gives me 172 Then B-)

Our teams only had 2 riders in common Nick but we may well have got precisely the same score. Close anyway. Happy Daze!

[livestrongnick]

stevemarks wrote:stevemarks

stevemarks wrote:

stevemarks wrote:

180.

Pretty happy with that.

:D

extra 10 points for Greipel combativity.

oh nice bonus that gives me 172 Then B-)

[stevemarks]

stevemarks wrote:180.
Pretty

stevemarks wrote:

180.

Pretty happy with that.

:D

extra 10 points for Greipel combativity.

[Ghedebrav]

Far from awful day – 2,3,6
Far from awful day – 2,3,6 plus Gerrans and Kwia. Kicking myself a bit for not having the stones to pick Impey over Gerrans a couple of days ago but not that many points in it and he may well hand race lead over to someone else tomorrow. Not the lumpiest of MM stages but still think it’ll take too much out of the pure sprinters to contest the finish.

I reckon OPQS will want their turn in yellow come Saturday…

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