[Stumps]

A bit early i know but when will the start lists be opened up for us. Cycling Fever have quite a few riders already listed, albeit none from some teams.

Away on my jollies as of Friday and i wanted my team already in place before i go as the Mrs wont be happy if i’m on my phone doing my team whilst we are away. Cheers.

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[backflipbedlem]

7 mins left. Looking forward
7 mins left. Looking forward to this one, not sure why, think there’s a broad range of riders who could do well, so could be quite open.
Hoping my Purist team will do well, most effort I’ve put into it before. Which will probably mean it’ll fall flat on its face!

Good luck All!!

[allezsteve]

Mini preview from Lotto team
Mini preview from Lotto team here http://www.lottobelisol.be/en/voorbeschouwing-eneco-tour-1382.htm
Looking forward to some fantasy racing after the break since Tour of Poland. Thanks for a great game B-)

[northstar]

I expect a lot of people have
I expect a lot of people have seen them on this site but here’s the profiles bar 1,3 & 4 (I guess they are more or less flat)

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Eneco_Tour_2013-Profiles_Overview

[TERatcliffe26]

adholman wrote:is stage 1

adholman wrote:

is stage 1 completely flat???

One shortish climb about halfway into the stage

[drheaton]

waxenjackson wrote:I know

waxenjackson wrote:

I know he’s not having a great time of it at the moment , but Wiggins costing 17.7? Is that right?

Values are based on both form and terrain. Wiggins isn’t in great form and usually doesn’t score well on flat stages so his value is lower to reflect both those things.

[waxenjackson]

I know he’s not having a
I know he’s not having a great time of it at the moment , but Wiggins costing 17.7? Is that right?

[STEVESPRO 79]

Think many people are going
Think many people are going to have exactly the same teams for the start of this one…..

[livestrongnick]

Going full on sprint based
Going full on sprint based with 2 changes in mind for stage 2 :B

[adholman]

is stage 1 completely flat???
is stage 1 completely flat???

[backflipbedlem]

aha the teams are up!
aha the teams are up!

[Wig_Billy]

So many sprinters to choose
So many sprinters to choose from… 😕

[TERatcliffe26]

Boonen is out Chris
Boonen is out Chris

[chrisdstripes]

Thanks for the link Stumps!
Thanks for the link Stumps! Very handy. Translation can always be a bit dodgy – the way I read it, stage 6 is a steep uphill finish for 1km, as is stage 7, and stage 2 is an uphill finish but can’t tell how steep it is. 1,3,4 almost certain sprints, 2 less so, 6,7 classics-type stages and 5 is of course the short ITT.

Lots of potential bargains – people who have been quiet this season and we don’t know what kind of form they’ll show. Boonen is 7.9 credits, but I read yesterday he may have saddle sore. Don’t know how true that is, whenever I don’t pick someone because I’ve heard they’re injured, they usually go well…

[Stumps]

If you go onto
If you go onto http://www.touretappe.nl and get the page translated it will give you a run down of each stage, the climbs, percentages etc.

[Stumps]

If you go onto steephill they
If you go onto steephill they have last years results for both stages and overall. I searched on google and found a site which described the routes (had to have it translated) and although the 2nd stage is classed as MM it will be a sprint finish. The only difficult stage for the sprinters is probably the last where there are numerous climbs of 6 – 8% over about 2k which might let the likes of Gilbert / Gerrans go off the front.

I will try and find the website again and post a link for it for everyone.

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