Criterium du Dauphine

I am here. Thinking of
I am here. Thinking of picking stage winners for my purist team rather than gc guys. I cant afford a mix of both.

I’ll be surprised if Spilak
I’ll be surprised if Spilak isn’t THE most popular rider…..unless he’s made to ride for Dani?

There are a few sprinters in
There are a few sprinters in there if you look.

150 budget looks perfect,
150 budget looks perfect, plenty of options and had to think really hard about what to do. My initial list had 42 names on it and I ended up putting in at least three guys that were not on it.

The big question I agree is what to make of the midweek stages. Puristwise I am ignoring them, But the fantasy competition winner I think will be the one who gets those right, they look like classics stages and the inclusion of so many classics type riders would suggest they will be very interesting.

Some of these lower priced riders are very interesting too. 😉

Most overpriced rider has to
Most overpriced rider has to be Edet?

Yeah, obviously it’s an
Yeah, obviously it’s an algorithm and all that but Yates does seem poor value here. Froome though, I, think justifies his price as a hot favourite for three stages and likely to carry GC points through too.

It seems the trick to this one will be sorting out those MM and ‘flat’ (but not really flat) stages. And that means plenty of research and a good chunk of luck.

I will confess, I have Tejay
I will confess, I have Tejay too, Id I think going into stage 2 with Kwit and Tejay, is too risky, so thinking Froome or Contador to replace Kwit. We shall see, gonna have another look at it all now. (also can’t see much from Kelder after his giro exploits, he would do better in TdS in my opinion)

I rather fancy Yates, however for his price, he is too risky for my purist, and Id like to see him on stage 2, with a view for later in the week, after all its his biggest race yet of his career, with by far the strongest field. I fear he may end up with what are decent finishes, but down in positions 15-20, which are too low for his current price in this kind of field.

TERatcliffe26 wrote:Quite a

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Quite a challenge, but not impossible. Ive gone for big names in purist, as I think there is enough predictable stages, with the summit finish on stage 2 early, likely to produce GC points. the so called flatter stages are more unpredictable, so got a couple of strongish guys that could compete from a reduced sprint.

As for standard, ive gone Kwit, but could easily swap him for Froome for stage 2. Got some decentish TTers, should have it all covered nicely.

Yep, another interesting starting 2 stages, quite a few decent priced TT / climbers. I think there will be some interesting combo’s 🙂
Interesting , you thinking of selling Killer(Kwai) stage 2 , I thought he would be leading the Yth jersey and maybe even the GC. figured he be close in the yth even for climbers, haven’t checked all the ages yet, but I believe it would be , TJ, Talansky , Kelder, Killer, yates maybe , I know a lot rate Ellisonde, Is Neive a youth cause I like him a lot.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, time to hit the books I guess.
Forgotten Giro , Fresh page can’t wait :B