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  • February 6, 2014 at 9:22 am #20642
    drheaton

    Just a heads up about a couple of things with this race.

    The race runs from Thursday 13th February to Sunday 16th February and has five stages with two stages, a short MM stage (stage 3) and a 18km time trial (stage 4) both being run on the Saturday. Given that one stage starts at 9am local time and the other at 2pm local time the intention is to run both stages in the game as separate stages so there will be a transfer window in between them. Just something to bare in mind when making your picks.

    I ran the race last year and from memory it took a while to get some of the results info so it may be that scores are up later than expected and it's almost certain that I'll struggle to get stage 3 scores up before the start of stage 4 on Saturday afternoon.

    The race website can be found at http://www.letourmed.fr/ and it has breakdowns of stages but no profiles (as far as I can see but my French isn't what it used to be). You can get more stage info at ProCyclingStats here (http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_Mediterraneen_Cycliste_Professionnel_2014)

    If you have any questions let me know.

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  • February 11, 2014 at 10:29 am #772189
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    TERatcliffe26

    Also, think Sonny Colbrelli
    Also, think Sonny Colbrelli needs to go into the startlist

    February 11, 2014 at 10:16 am #772187
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    TERatcliffe26

    I can’t remember as the
    I can’t remember as the competition archive isn’t that extensive, however I believe I came 19th with my normal team, but I know I won the purist overall with that team.

    Not gone too big with ITTers with my purist, just 1 out and out rider, but that could change yet

    February 11, 2014 at 9:36 am #772185
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    chrisdstripes

    One of the hillier stages
    One of the hillier stages last year was cancelled I think, otherwise maybe Roelandts etc wouldn’t have still been up there on GC. I seem to remember someone (TER?) picking his stage win at the end though?

    With purist I’ve gambled on 5-6 TTers who also tend to like attacking on MM stages. Hopefully 2-3 of them will come off, i’ve been rubbish so far this season compared to last!

    February 10, 2014 at 11:12 am #772183
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    ray silvester

    And Evans is probably looking
    And Evans is probably looking for a block of training on euro tarmac pre-giro?

    February 10, 2014 at 10:13 am #772181
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    TERatcliffe26

    Dr the parcours this year is
    Dr the parcours this year is generally much hillier than last year overall id say

    February 10, 2014 at 8:56 am #772179
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    drheaton

    Chavanel could well have a go
    Chavanel could well have a go now he’s a real team leader and IAM will want to put down a marker (plus they won the race last year) but this is the top ten from 2013

    Top-10 Previous Edition
    1.Thomas Löfkvist (SWE) IAM12:27:24
    2.Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA) ALM,,
    3.Francesco Reda (ITA) AND0:11
    4.Maxime Monfort (BEL) RLT0:16
    5.Nicolas Roche (IRL) TST0:20
    6.Bauke Mollema (NED) BLA0:30
    7.Jurgen Roelandts (BEL) LTB0:41
    8.Gustav Erik Larsson (SWE) IAM0:50
    9.Alexandre Geniez (FRA) FDJ,,
    10.Arthur Vichot (FRA) FDJ1:06

    I’m not sure if this is a race for the big guns to be honest, lots of second tier GC guys and people who wouldn’t get much of a shot in major races.

    That being said, what is Cadel Evans doing there this year?!

    February 9, 2014 at 9:57 pm #772177
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    Ghedebrav

    Unsure about Chavanel on this
    Unsure about Chavanel on this one. He’s cock-of-the-walk at IAM and will undoubtedly lead them at TDF – but will he be genuinely arsed here? Common sense tells me ‘no’, yet I’m finding it a wrench to drop him from my purist. The course seems to suit him, even the summit finish (I recall him giving it a bloody good go once or twice in the moutains at last year’s Tour).

    😕 😕

    February 9, 2014 at 5:04 pm #772175
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    livestrongnick

    hmmmmmm brain teaser this
    hmmmmmm 😕 brain teaser this one :W

    February 9, 2014 at 1:33 pm #772173
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    drheaton

    ray silvester wrote:The site

    ray silvester wrote:
    The site has stage 4 as a team time trial…..Its actually an ITT?

    Profiles are available at pro cycling stats but I’m reading it as follows

    1)Classics type stage
    2)Breakaway chance
    3)Sprinters
    4)Undulating 18k ITT
    5)HC summit finish

    Well spotted, thought I’d checked everything. Have updated it accordingly.

    February 9, 2014 at 11:08 am #772171
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    ray silvester

    The site has stage 4 as a
    The site has stage 4 as a team time trial…..Its actually an ITT?

    Profiles are available at pro cycling stats but I’m reading it as follows

    1)Classics type stage
    2)Breakaway chance
    3)Sprinters
    4)Undulating 18k ITT
    5)HC summit finish

    February 8, 2014 at 8:08 pm #772169
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    drheaton

    T’is open.
    Will be checking
    T’is open.

    Will be checking the start lists Monday and late on Wednesday to pick up any last minute roster changes. Feel free to give me a heads up if you hear anything though.

    February 8, 2014 at 7:57 am #772167
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    ray silvester

    Watch out for them bike
    Watch out for them bike thieves too……

    February 6, 2014 at 4:44 pm #772165
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    simon F

    Profiles etc. are
    Profiles etc. are here…

    http://www.letourmed.fr/plans-bd_1.pdf

    reached from the “Infos Pratiques” drop down on http://www.letourmed.fr/

    February 6, 2014 at 3:21 pm #772163
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    drheaton

    Given the short nature of the
    Given the short nature of the TT (only 18 km) and the unpredictability of a 63km medium mountain stage including two category 2 climbs not bothering to make changes on that day might be a reasonable tactic.

    Given that Sunday is the only real mountainous day and ends in a summit finish being able to throw some transfers at your team may come in handy.

    February 6, 2014 at 2:44 pm #772161
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    Stumps

    Typical i’m dayshift on the
    Typical i’m dayshift on the Saturday and i wont have a chance of making transfers, looks like i’m going to do purist for both teams for this race.

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