This coming week’s Giro

TERatcliffe26 wrote:Not so

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Not so sure, so long a you axe the right riders.

10 = sprint
11 = taylor made for Ulissi (maybe a break, or maybe even Matthews)
12 = ITT can’t see any outstanding favourites from a TT perspective (seems a bit long/hilly for some of the Orica guys), although me and you have my 2 top tips (certainly from a GC perspective)
13 = another sprint
14 = GC
15 = GC

I think penalties will be needed as you say but I think you can manage it quite well to make as few as possible. (ie. not gonna change Godoy or Chicchi for tomorrow, not worth it is it, to swap for another 3 point guy for this stage)

I did similar ratings to each stage above pre tour. I had stage 11 down as a Voecklar type stage. A GUN DOWNHILLER 🙂
Sammy “DIRTY” Sanchez, if he wasn’t helping Cadel , would have went here for sure.
I am keeping Godoy atm, who knows Belletti or Pullizetti could win a stage and give him TM pts. lol .
Chicchi I am going to sell I THINK, as I have found a 3.0 sprinter replacement. Have a think about the teams and who have lost sprinters so far 😉
Will be selling Quintana tonight, don’t see the 3 pts he is carrying much use over next Cpl days, but the money certainly could be.
Going to use 3 trades tonight just carry the 1 over for 3 on TT ( I don’t think as many trades as normal needed for TT due to gradient a lot of the GC riders like this).
Hmm in Hindsight, sprinting TTer won’t get over this TT.
RETHINK! :/

Well I thought , I swapped I
Well I thought , I swapped I changed I reset….. I eventually decided to risk 7 transfers and aim for a fh badge as well as a high score , 1 penalty offset by gc points etc …… Who knows how this week is going to pan out but I’ve decided penalties are the way forwards.

Bold or stupid? 😕

It is an interesting week,
It is an interesting week, and I’m certain that penalties will be necessary. It’s easier for a sprint stage where, barring a very unlikely sticky break, you know who the guys are who will roll in in the top ten and probably at least let you break even on the ten point pens.

The ITT is the real thumbsucker, though. I’m inclined to trust in a couple of the GC guys but otherwise a it’s bit of a crapshoot and I might just look to write that stage off rather than spend pens on it. I have a bad track record with TTs in this game!

On Ulissi – he is riding well in GC but I expect him to drop out if not by the end of this week then by the mountain TT. He’ll still be targeting stage wins, and at this point why not try for a day in pink? (OK, I know, he’s usually in Lampre pink).

While the Giro itself won’t be won this week, I think the Fantasy Giro might be…

So transfers done x3 which
So transfers done x3 which gives me 1 saved. Brought in 3 sprinters under 20 credits each, which should score more than the 16 points i would of got if i’d not made any transfers. Assuming they do all score then i’ll finally get that damn Full House Badge 8}

Chicchi gone from my team too.

Chicchi has abandoned hasn’t
Chicchi has abandoned hasn’t he?

chrisdstripes wrote:I’m doing

chrisdstripes wrote:

I’m doing badly in this, so will probably go stage-hunting, eg make my TT transfers a day early so I don’t incur pens on the day, that kind of thing. Will end up with some very poor stages, but hopefully a couple of really good ones as well.

My main hope of getting something out of this is backing Kelderman at 150/1 each-way a few weeks ago…

nice =D> i got some 200 win only on betfair- and he wont win! but also got some 9/4 on a top 10 placing and that is looking good.

now, onto next week- sorry, havent got a clue what to do!