Giro stage 5

Joelsim · 2014-05-13T23:30:58+01:00

What a tricky, tricky stage this was to pick for. Having decided to maybe only make a change or two, I've done 6. :)) Oh well, there go my chances unless someone is smiling on me. 3 total wildcards and 3 potential GCs in for a shedload of sprinters. Looking at the profile tomorrow and Thursday (and even Friday) it may be worth it. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagghh!!!!

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May 13, 2014 at 11:30 pm #21425

Joelsim

What a tricky, tricky stage this was to pick for.

Having decided to maybe only make a change or two, I’ve done 6. :))

Oh well, there go my chances unless someone is smiling on me. 3 total wildcards and 3 potential GCs in for a shedload of sprinters.

Looking at the profile tomorrow and Thursday (and even Friday) it may be worth it. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagghh!!!!
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May 14, 2014 at 10:51 am #792707
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livestrongnick

Joelsim wrote:Swift says he
Joelsim wrote:
Swift says he is not up for today, waiting for stage 7.

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May 14, 2014 at 10:45 am #792705
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livestrongnick

1min 50
11 riders in the
1min 50

11 riders in the break- Elia Viviani (Cannondale), Ben Swift (Team Sky), Tyler Farrar and Fabian Wegmann (Garmin-Sharp), Miguel Angel Rubiano (Colombia), Tony Hurel and Bjorn Thurau (Europcar), Marco Frapporti (Androni Giocattoli), Yonathan Monsalve (Neri Sottoli), Kenny Dehaes and Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto-Belisol).

May 14, 2014 at 10:30 am #792703
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chrisdstripes

Joelsim wrote:I can’t believe
Joelsim wrote:
I can’t believe more haven’t gone for Uran and Majka given they should be on the GC and GC/Youth points respectively at least after today.

There were a lot of options for today and being top of youth class will only get you 5 points- if Evans wins the stage and Uran comes third, Evans gets more points for example. I think a lot of people have gone with their gut today…

May 14, 2014 at 10:12 am #792701
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Joelsim

Swift says he is not up for
Swift says he is not up for today, waiting for stage 7.

May 14, 2014 at 10:11 am #792699
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Joelsim

I can’t believe more haven’t
I can’t believe more haven’t gone for Uran and Majka given they should be on the GC and GC/Youth points respectively at least after today.

May 14, 2014 at 9:57 am #792697
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livestrongnick

30 pen points
30 pen points 🙁
Evans
Jrod
Swift
Matthews
Nizzolo
Gasparotto
Gatto
Paolini
Tjallingii

May 14, 2014 at 9:54 am #792695
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rcorbin

Enrico Gasparotto
Enrico Gasparotto (AST)
Enrico Battaglin (BAR)
Diego Ulissi (LAM)
Rigoberto Uran (OPQ)
Michael Matthews (OGE)
Carlos Julian Quintero (COL)
Simone Ponzi (NRI)
Ben Swift (SKY)
Francesco Chicchi (NRI)

Thought I’d be clever with the picks but it looks like that’s what everyone has done!

May 14, 2014 at 9:35 am #792693
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Joelsim

VVV73 wrote:Got team in with
VVV73 wrote:
Got team in with 1 minute paniced a bit.
had 3 trades used them all, sold Ferrari , Kittel , Fischer…..Bought in Ulissi, Tjallingii and my smokey typical way for me , OGE Weening:)
He really impressed me with his turn of foot when he towed Gerro at end of Classic. Showed me he is good to go again this year, had a decent ride here last year.
Ulissi
Tjallingii
Matthews
Bouhanni
Viviani
Weening
Swift
Nizzolo
Chicci kept him as I remember how the Italians love to get the Laterne Rouge at home… I think Gavazzi got it like 4 or 5 times last year…

I’ll be gutted if Chicci scores today as I took an 11th hour penalty of 10 just now to get Arredondo in.

May 14, 2014 at 9:09 am #792691
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VVV73

Seems my Own man Cadel is
Seems my Own man Cadel is going to kill me tonight 🙁 GO SON

May 14, 2014 at 9:08 am #792689
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VVV73

Got team in with 1 minute
Got team in with 1 minute paniced a bit.
had 3 trades used them all, sold Ferrari , Kittel , Fischer…..Bought in Ulissi, Tjallingii and my smokey typical way for me , OGE Weening:)
He really impressed me with his turn of foot when he towed Gerro at end of Classic. Showed me he is good to go again this year, had a decent ride here last year.
Ulissi
Tjallingii
Matthews
Bouhanni
Viviani
Weening
Swift
Nizzolo
Chicci kept him as I remember how the Italians love to get the Laterne Rouge at home… I think Gavazzi got it like 4 or 5 times last year…

May 14, 2014 at 9:01 am #792687
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dave atkinson

all the bookies were hedging
all the bookies were hedging their bets – they didn’t seem to know if it was a sprint, one for the puncheurs or a GC day

like most people (i expect) i’ve got eggs in many baskets. hoping something comes good…

Evans
Uran
Matthews
Swift
Ferrari
Battaglin
Ponzi
Ulissi
Eijssen

May 14, 2014 at 8:57 am #792685
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Joelsim

Yep a weird one. My team for
Yep a weird one. My team for today includes 4 GC and 3 wildcards.

Enrico Battaglin (BAR)
Diego Ulissi (LAM)
Rigoberto Uran (OPQ)
Cadel Evans (BMC)
Maarten Tjallingii (BLK)
Enrico Gasparotto (AST)
Michael Matthews (OGE)
Rafal Majka (TSB)
Julian David Arredondo (TFR)

No more transfers hopefully until Friday.

May 14, 2014 at 8:39 am #792683
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chrisdstripes

Had 7 sprinters – used 5
Had 7 sprinters – used 5 transfers and kept Matthews and Swift, just in case. As credits aren’t an issue, I might just keep them until after Friday now.

So today looks like this…

2 GC guys – J-Rod and Evans
2 puncheurs – Ulissi and Gasparotto
2 sprinters who might make top 10(???) – Matthews and Swift
3 for the break – Boem, Tjallingi and Fedi

Loads of others that were tempting, went for the ones I have a gut feeling on.

Similarly to Paolini and Battaglin’s stages last year – these two days could see some big variations in the scores!
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