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Vuelta - pick three Spaniards
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
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Wishful thinking on my part, really. I backed him for KoM at 66/1 with 1 (one) pound.
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.
Apologies, not paying attention at all...
D Moreno 20.9
S Sanchez 14.8
J Flecha 11.8
Total 47.5
Alejandro Valverde
David Arroyo Duran
Luis Leon Sanchez
Also, many thanks for organising this competition and thanks to the road.cc crew for making fantasy Cycling a lot of fun!
J Rodriguez
L.L. Sanchez
L. Mate
J.Rodriguez
L.L.Sanchez
Landa
Rodriguez
Txurruka
Arroyo
Are you allowed to copy me? Must be a perk of being the organiser I guess ;0)
Jose Herrada Lopez
Benat Inxausti
Samuel Sanchez
Joaquim Rodriguez
David Arroyo
Mikel Landa
Valverde
Nieve
L.L Sanchez
Valverde+ Nieve= 56=+????
Valverde+ Nieve= 56=+????
Valverde
Rafael Valls Ferri
L.L Sanchez
Nieve 16.1
S Sanchez 14.8
Txurraka 8.0
Go Euskaltel!
Daniel Moreno
Javier Moreno
Mikel Nieve
J-Rod
L L Sanchez
Arroya
All Basqued up I see.
Me Too.
Nieve.
Intxausti
Landa
No Txurraka just to be different but Think that may be a mistake!
J A Flecha (for aggression!)
Inxausti
M N Ituralde
(Rodriguez and Valverde to fade in week 3)
D. Moreno
M. Nieve Ituralde
J. Flecha
Valverde 40.0
Aramendia 5.8
L.L. Sanchez 3.1
My picks are :
Intxausti 20.0
Nieve 16.1
Zandio 3.4
Whilst I'd never wish ill on anyone, Amets Txurruka abandoning would clear the way for the few folks (me included) who haven't picked him to dominate this contest.
A lot of eggs in that Basque-et...
Valverde
L Sanchez
Landa
Daniel Moreno
Benat Intxausti
Gorka Verdugo
Sanchez Gonzalez, Samuel - 11.4
Worth a punt
Intxausti Elorriaga, Benat - 20.0
Sanchez Gil, Luis Leon - 3.1
My first choice team is already taken, and my second choice is 50.1 credits! (So probably doesn't count as a second choice then really...)
So my final selection is...
J Rodriguez 39.0
Urtasun Perez 7.1
Arroyo Duran 3.0
None of whom are in my purist team. Hmm...
A. Valverde 40.0
L. Sanchez 3.1
D Arroyo 3.0
That (!) looks really (!) good!
I wish I would have thought of that one! 
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