[Dr Winston]

Not long to go now.

UAE team Emirates aren’t mucking about…. team confirmed as…

Almeida, Pogacar, Bennett, Majka, Gaviria, Richeze and Berg…. Very strong. 

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[Sniffer]

tony kappler wrote:

tony kappler wrote:

Have to say, some of the transfer strategies surprised me.

Not sure my effort in this race warrants the term ‘strategy’.

With almost everyone having 6 of the 7 stage winners it has not been the most exciting of races

[Condor Andy]

I’ll take a 5th! One of my

I’ll take a 5th! One of my best results, and it was with a really questionable transfer strat!

[Daniel Norton]

I did the opposite.  I hadn’t

I did the opposite.  I hadn’t finished choosing which GC guys to go for in Purist, so left the team half-done intending deciding which sprinter(s) to drop.  Completely forgot to do it.  I was lucky I even had a team.

Doh!

 

If I hadn’t picked Cav after not knowing he’d crashed I reckon I’d have won the main game.

[11waterloo]

Pretty close to being spot on

Pretty close to being spot on!

[tony kappler]

Stage 7. Bardet vs Ackermann.

Stage 7. Bardet vs Ackermann. Pogadar will probably win and Ack come last like he did the other day, and Bardet will come in 10th.

Have to say, some of the transfer strategies surprised me.

[Dr Winston]

I was in an either/or as well

I was in an either/or as well. I jumped the wrong way… Hirt may have a good day tomorrow though. 

[11waterloo]

I only picked him because I

I only picked him because I didn’t fancy Hirt in the first mountain stage! 

[Sniffer]

11waterloo wrote:

 (we all seem to have Strakhov, so bizarrely him and his mates actually hurt me by knocking the sprinters down the rankings) 

Except me.  Not worked out well after top result on stage 1!

[11waterloo]

Got scuppered by the

Got scuppered by the breakaway today – needed Bennett to score big as he was my differential over the front runners (we all seem to have Strakhov, so bizarrely him and his mates actually hurt me by knocking the sprinters down the rankings) 

[Condor Andy]

I buggered up my transfer

I buggered up my transfer strategy. Hard to manage it when it’s sprint > TT > summit > sprint > summit in a 7 day race.

First race of the season jitters.

[11waterloo]

Tell me about it… can’t

Tell me about it… can’t quite reel them in! 

[Condor Andy]

Tony and Mark definitely

Tony and Mark definitely swapping notes at the top for this one 

[Sniffer]

Given my efforts over the

Given my efforts over the years in Purist, I probably should give up.  The fact I don’t spend much time thinking about Purist definitely shows.

[11waterloo]

Definitely play the regular

Definitely play the regular game – you are one of the first names I look for when I check how people are using their transfers! 

[Aragonite]

Thanks. Not going to play the

Thanks. Not going to play the Purist though.

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