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  • April 13, 2014 at 9:16 pm #784149
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    VVV73

    R.E. raysilvester No YTH
    R.E. raysilvester No YTH pts
    If that’s the case that’s bullocks, I allowed for youth riders even going thru overall listing for highest juniors, AS IT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE SCORING..First time I have hear that its only if the actual official Race has yth jersey. Hmmmmm

    April 12, 2014 at 6:07 pm #784147
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    arsene

    Fianl GC: 1. Contador, 2.
    Fianl GC: 1. Contador, 2. Kwiatkowski, 3. Péraud, 4. Spilak, 5. Valverde
    4/5 =D>

    Final result: 6th =D>

    I think I can be satisfied after my riders finally turned up for the last 3 stages.
    I stay consistent in País Vasco – last year 5th, this year 6th.

    Now a rest and then my main objective of the season is coming – the Giro d’Italia!! :H

    April 11, 2014 at 9:18 pm #784145
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    Joelsim

    4 transfers done for tmw. A
    4 transfers done for tmw. A calculated risk on taking Valverde out to fund some TTers

    April 11, 2014 at 6:13 pm #784143
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    arsene

    Went all in, 3 riders in the
    Went all in, 3 riders in the break today, 158 points – moved up to 3rd!!! <:P

    April 10, 2014 at 5:18 pm #784141
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    arsene

    Five strongest riders
    Five strongest riders today:
    Poels, Contador, Valverde, Péraud, Spilak
    4/5 <:P

    Unfortunately the last climb wasn’t hard enough, so the strength of my GC guys isn’t so obvious in the results. :/

    Still, I moved up to 17th!

    I need a rider in the break tomorrow – Wellens or Fraile. :W X(

    April 9, 2014 at 10:35 pm #784139
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    arsene

    Forgot to post my team
    Forgot to post my team (purists):

    Valverde
    Contador
    Spilak
    Péraud
    Swift
    Fraile
    Kennaugh
    Wellens
    Koldo

    It hasn’t been brilliant so far, but I’m still in contention for a good result heading into the three decisive stages in 34th position, constantly climbing up the table. B-)

    Having missed the deadline wasn’t such a bad thing in hindsight as Polanc only sprinted to 13th today and now Wellens has his chances for a breakaway. :))
    So does Fraile who already scored a couple intermediate sprint points today.

    From my GC guys, Kennaugh wasn’t so well going into this race. :S I thought he could surprise but it’s ok.
    It’s not the first time for Spilak to have a bad opening stage, but he hasn’t lost much time and should be much stronger in the coming stages. <:P

    It’s kind of frustrating not to have either Landa or Villella though. They were a part of my team until the evening before the race. ~X(

    However I’m still close to the top and it’s everything to play for. I’m confident I can score a top 10. 🙂

    April 9, 2014 at 12:33 pm #784137
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    Joelsim

    Hi guys,
    Whilst I brought the
    Hi guys,

    Whilst I brought the subject up originally, it was merely to remove points from those who gained. When it was explained that this wasn’t possible I backed off. Since the original date the only thing I have posted is to give the guys who run it a break.

    Joel

    April 8, 2014 at 8:53 pm #784135
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    northstar

    Quote:the deadlines again so

    the deadlines again so we can go to having a deadline only one hour before the start?

    The deadlines aren’t a problem except when the clock goes back (as far as i can see) – that was my only “problem” with it.

    I didn’t mean change every race of the season.

    April 8, 2014 at 8:43 pm #784133
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    enrique

    simon F wrote:I have to say,

    simon F wrote:
    I have to say, I’m not a fan of these early deadlines… Having a 2 hour gap between race start and deadline time, just to avoid an (at most) twice a year confusion seems excessive…

    Dave Atkinson wrote:
    We’ll continue to keep the deadlines close to the stage starts because it gives people the maximum amount of time to make transfers, which is especially helpful for late weekend risers and those not playing in the UK.

    I agree. Joel, why don’t you and Northstar agree with simon F, agree not to raise a ruckus over the deadlines again so we can go to having a deadline only one hour before the start? If it goes to 1 hour before the start, well, with any change of the clock, (hopefully) no break will establish itself right at the start, so I think it’s reasonable to have the deadline at 1 hour before the start. I don’t think Joel and northie will mind (hopefully)… And I think for the most part, if a race start changes, it’s more likely to be a delay rather than starting earlier… I think that is reasonable… And while we’re at it, why don’t we honor a gentleman’s agreement not to place known breakaway riders if this ever happens again? I think that’s reasonable, too 😕

    drheaton wrote:
    For my races… I think I’ll try and keep one deadline time for all stages for consistency…
    Ok, so you get to set the deadlines for your races… Does TER set his then?… What about Gkam, is he still not able to set deadlines?… What about me? Can I set deadlines, too?…

    simon F wrote:
    The penalty transfer I incurred gave me a 7 pt net benefit and saved the overall FS win. This wouldn’t be possible in this race and seems an unfair penalising of those who choose to spend more time on the game (usually for naff-all gain on my part).

    We could also get a ‘transfer reset’ button! 😀

    http://road.cc/content/forum/73543-game-suggestions

    drheaton wrote:
    …sorry if I came across a little harsh.

    Damn. Finally. I cringed. This happens quite a lot.

    April 8, 2014 at 8:36 pm #784131
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    simon F

    Quote: If it goes to 1 hour

    If it goes to 1 hour before the start
    FWIW, deadline and neutralized start time used to pretty much coincide – didn’t have a problem with that.

    April 8, 2014 at 8:33 pm #784129
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    simon F

    There are a few points I
    There are a few points I would make to this but I’m loath to re-open old wounds. I would just like to quote Dave one last time – the late risers bit I find particularly relevant to me


    3) We’ll continue to keep the deadlines close to the stage starts because it gives people the maximum amount of time to make transfers, which is especially helpful for late weekend risers and those not playing in the UK.

    April 8, 2014 at 7:43 pm #784127
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    TERatcliffe26

    I do agree with you Simon,
    I do agree with you Simon, but as someone who does scoring, rosters etc, making the deadlines earlier is worth it, if we are gonna get the backlash that occurred last weekend, as it seems any minor mistake made gets pounced upon, so we are covering our own backs and maybe a few have spoiled it for the many.

    April 8, 2014 at 9:56 am #784125
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    simon F

    drheaton wrote:Deadlines were

    drheaton wrote:
    Deadlines were moved further from stage start times to try and avoid any potential overlap and another incident similar to what happened during Gent-Wevelgem.

    I know it’s shit but sadly it’s a step that needed to be put into place to try and avoid any possibility of it happening again.

    The deadline for every stage this week is 10am GMT so at least they are consistent and those above are right, you can submit a team and change it right up to the deadline.


    The deadlines are actually 9am GMT, 10am BST.

    I have to say, I’m not a fan of these early deadlines. I’m aware of the GW hassle, but that was caused by confusion over which way the clocks went, and whose clocks changed when. Having a 2 hour gap between race start and deadline time, just to avoid an (at most) twice a year confusion seems excessive.
    In Catalunya, I spotted a late tweet that one of my riders would be a DNS. The penalty transfer I incurred gave me a 7 pt net benefit and saved the overall FS win. This wouldn’t be possible in this race and seems an unfair penalising of those who choose to spend more time on the game (usually for naff-all gain on my part).
    The FoxClocks addon for Firefox is your friend in this – showing GMT, your local time and the race local time. Surely, 15 mins or so before the official neutralised start time is a sufficient gap.

    April 7, 2014 at 11:14 am #784123
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    ray silvester

    Pretty sure there’s no Youth
    Pretty sure there’s no Youth Jersey and hence no Youth points in this race?

    April 7, 2014 at 11:01 am #784121
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    ray silvester

    Valverde
    LuLu
    Contador
    Panzer
    Valverde
    LuLu
    Contador
    Panzerwagon
    Spilak
    Gorka Izz
    Roy
    Cunego
    Kessiakoff

    are my purist

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