[Ghedebrav]

DEADLINE PASSED! Good luck all.

Rules fer reference, like:

1 – Pick three riders from the startlist who are Spanish and ensure that your three riders cost a combined 50 Space Creds or less.
2 – Only riders finishing the race count towards your points total. If one of your riders abandons mid-race (even during the last stage) then their points won’t count towards your total.
3 – There are no restrictions on picking more than one rider from a particular team, if you want to pick three riders from Caja Rural feel free.
4 – Highest combined total wins, if one or more players get the same combined score then the winner will be chosen by a coin toss/random number generator or similar impartial method
5 – Deadline for entries was 17:30 (BST) Saturday 24 August 2013.

Spanish riders can easily be found by searching with ESP (not extra-sensory perception, but those actual letters in the ‘Find’ box).

Feel free to discuss riders/combinations etc but please try and make your submissions final where possible. The rosters will likely change a bit between now and the start of the race so don’t jump the gun when submitting your team!

The teams are:

JAndrewHill: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Arroyo
stumps: S. Sanchez, Txurruka, Nieve
STEVESPRO 79: Rodriguez, Lastras Garcia, L.L. Sanchez
johnny2names: D. Moreno, S. Sanchez, Txurruka
TERatcliffe26: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Zubeldia
Ghedebrav: Intxausti, Anton, Flecha
enrique: Valverde, Arroyo, Landa
Timbo13: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Gutierrez Palacios
djb123: Txurruka, Intxausti, S. Sanchez
livestrongnick: Txurruka, Rodriguez, Ugaldi
rcorbin: Valverde, L.L. Sanchez, Arroyo
chrisdstripes: Rodriguez, Urtasun, Duran
fluffchucker: S. Sanchez, Intxausti, L.L. Sanchez (DOUBLE SANCHEZ)
Gkam84: D. Moreno, Intxausti, Verdugo
Gmancervelo: Valverde, L.L. Sanchez, Landa
debbieg: Intxausti, Nieve, Zandio
chokofingrz: Valverde, Aramendia, L.L. Sanchez
JC: D. Moreno, Nieve, Flecha
zedand3: Flecha, Intxausti, Nieve
stevemarks: Nieve, Intxausti, Landa
leortp: Rodriguez, L.L. Sanchez, Arroya
Dave Atkinson: D. Moreno, J. Moreno, Nieve
backflipbedlam: Nieve, S Sanchez, Txurruka
northstar: Valverde, L.L. Sanchez, Ferri
Dux89: Rodriguez, Arroyo, Landa
fatsimonstan: J. Lopez, Intxausti, S. Sanchez
drheaton: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Arroyo
jau: Rodriguez, L.L. Sanchez, Landa
Philip Unwin: Rodriguez, L.L. Sanchez, Mate
thorolf: Valverde, Arroyo, L.L. Sanchez
cisgil23: Landa, Zandio, Valverde
ray silvester: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Zubeldia
obutterwick: Intxuasti, Nieve, Txurruka
viveLePants: Valverde, L.L. Sanchez, Martinez
jstreetley: D. Moreno, S. Sanchez, Flecha
sm: Intxausti, S. Sanchez, Anton

Topic

[stevemarks]

Last! hmm good work. I must
Last! hmm good work. I must really know my Spanish riders!

Those Basques are useless eh!

:O

[jstreetley]

Ah man! Flecha could have
Ah man! Flecha could have just got himself in one more breakaway for KOM/sprint points for me!

[drheaton]

Score Team
565 chokofingrz
56
Score Team
565 chokofingrz
560 jstreetley
556 johnny2names
553 viveLePants
541 enrique
532 cisgil23
529 rcorbin
529 thorolf
493 Gmancervelo
481 northstar
473 JC
454 JAndrewHill
454 drheaton
418 Timbo13
412 livestrongnick
407 Dave Atkinson
406 TERatcliffe26
406 ray silvester
401 chrisdstripes
389 Gkam84
389 Dux89
377 leortp
341 jau
337 Philip Unwin
329 STEVESPRO 79
236 stumps
236 backflipbedlam
229 djb123
217 fatsimonstan
203 sm
161 Ghedebrav
152 fluffchucker
146 zedand3
142 obutterwick
104 debbieg
77 stevemarks

[drheaton]

I’ll be running off the final
I’ll be running off the final scores later on today, hopefully have them up before 6pm.

[chokofingrz]

Any word on the final scores?
Any word on the final scores? I think I may just be up there in a photo finish…

[stevemarks]

I think if Moreno goes I will
I think if Moreno goes I will still be last!

:”( =)) :”(

[drheaton]

That’s part of the reason I
That’s part of the reason I like the format of this game, right up until he last stage ends everything can change. If Moreno drops out on the final stage to rest up for the Worlds then his points are gone and the leader board totally changes.

[ray silvester]

My early Zubeldia points(114
My early Zubeldia points(114 of them) have gone down the mountain with his withdrawal :H

[drheaton]

Right, Rest Day 2
Right, Rest Day 2 update:

453 jstreetley
421 johnny2names
407 JC
401 cisgil23
397 chokofingrz
392 enrique
381 viveLePants
380 rcorbin
380 thorolf
367 Gmancervelo
355 northstar
342 Dave Atkinson
323 Gkam84
294 JAndrewHill
294 drheaton
281 Timbo13
275 livestrongnick
269 TERatcliffe26
269 ray silvester
262 chrisdstripes
258 Dux89
246 leortp
233 jau
229 Philip Unwin
221 STEVESPRO 79
154 Ghedebrav
152 stumps
152 backflipbedlam
149 sm
148 djb123
145 fatsimonstan
134 zedand3
102 obutterwick
100 fluffchucker
88 debbieg
66 stevemarks

[drheaton]

stumps wrote:I’m really

stumps wrote:

I’m really surprised S Sanchez and Nieve have not tried to push for higher placings on stages. I’m not talking about the gc just the stages in general.

Its their home grand tour after all.

The thing to remember is that this is a three week tour and the final week is stacked with crazy difficult mountain stages.

I would be very very surprised if Sanchez/Nieve/Anton did not take at least one stage win and were not animating multiple stages next week.

Now that Sanchez is out of the overall he may has well take it easy until we get to a stage he can win.

[Ghedebrav]

drheaton wrote:Moreno could

drheaton wrote:

Moreno could push for the KoM but it all depends on what Katusha’s plan is. If Rodriguez is going for the overall I suspect Moreno will act as support rather be allowed to go after his own goals.

Wishful thinking on my part, really. I backed him for KoM at 66/1 with 1 (one) pound.

[Stumps]

I’m really surprised S
I’m really surprised S Sanchez and Nieve have not tried to push for higher placings on stages. I’m not talking about the gc just the stages in general.

Its their home grand tour after all.

[drheaton]

Moreno could push for the KoM
Moreno could push for the KoM but it all depends on what Katusha’s plan is. If Rodriguez is going for the overall I suspect Moreno will act as support rather be allowed to go after his own goals.

[dave atkinson]

hey! i’m doing really well!
hey! i’m doing really well! well, Moreno is 🙂

[Ghedebrav]

Could Moreno not push for
Could Moreno not push for KoM?

[Author]

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