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  • June 24, 2014 at 12:49 pm #21759
    Joelsim

    My first Tour and it looks like tactics during this need to be adapted from the usual fayre.

    Still over a week and a half away, which is less than ideal.

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  • July 5, 2014 at 8:17 am #800911
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    STEVESPRO 79

    Tinkering done… So many
    Tinkering done… So many choices…

    Gone with Cav in the end, probably a case of heart ruling head… With the weather and the roads I feel much road rash coming on for the front of the peleton on this stage..

    Good Luck to all…

    My GC prediction….
    1. CONTADOR
    2. VALVERDE
    3. TALANSKY
    4. MOLLEMA
    5. FROOME

    July 4, 2014 at 9:24 pm #800909
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    sanderville

    Response on the team picking
    Response on the team picking page is a bit slow tonight. I can almost hear the tinkering and fiddling and swapping and jiggling and cries of “argh! still just 0.1 points short!”

    I’m just polishing a spot on the matlepiece for my next lanterne rouge.

    July 4, 2014 at 8:50 pm #800907
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    Joelsim

    Is 250/1 for Sagan good
    Is 250/1 for Sagan good value? Oh.

    July 4, 2014 at 4:50 pm #800905
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    thefatcyclist

    For the Tour, If you are
    For the Tour, If you are prone to a small wager, then look outside the “ourights”, and look at the jerseys some decent value there. It is a very very small chance, and depends on results up to rest day 1, but I got Sagan at HIlls 250 to 1 for the young rider, a few quid e/w.

    I have Talansky outright e/w at 40/1 and Rui Costa e/w at 66/1 backed just after the Dauphine and TDS. I think they are 33/1 and 50/1 now.

    July 4, 2014 at 4:50 pm #800903
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    thefatcyclist

    For the Tour, If you are
    For the Tour, If you are prone to a small wager, then look outside the “ourights”, and look at the jerseys some decent value there. It is a very very small chance, and depends on results up to rest day 1, but I got Sagan at HIlls 250 to 1 for the young rider, a few quid e/w.

    I have Talansky outright e/w at 40/1 and Rui Costa e/w at 66/1 backed just after the Dauphine and TDS. I think they are 33/1 and 50/1 now.

    July 3, 2014 at 7:47 pm #800901
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    Joelsim

    My Purist has changed
    Jose
    My Purist has changed

    Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (TNE)
    Marcel Kittel (GSH)
    Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
    Sacha Modolo (LAM)
    Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
    Andre Greipel (LTB)
    Arnaud Gerard (BSE)
    Florian Vachon (BSE)
    Paul Voss (TNE)

    Hunting.

    July 3, 2014 at 6:58 pm #800899
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    JAndrewHill

    Wondering if Orica Simon
    Wondering if Orica Simon might escape on the cote du Jenkin Road, and time trial to the finish.

    July 3, 2014 at 6:58 pm #800897
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    JAndrewHill

    Wondering if Orica Simon
    Wondering if Orica Simon might escape on the cote du Jenkin Road, and time trial to the finish.

    July 3, 2014 at 6:15 pm #800895
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    thefatcyclist

    Ok my starting team barring
    Ok my starting team barring withdrawals. Yep it’s crap.

    Marcel Kittel (GSH)
    Simon Gerrans (OGE)
    Michael Albasini (OGE)
    Sep Vanmarcke (BLK)
    Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ)
    Tom Dumoulin (GSH)
    Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
    Jeremy Roy (FDJ)
    Heinrich Haussler (IAM)

    I know Cav should be out but hey only a game.

    July 3, 2014 at 6:14 pm #800893
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    thefatcyclist

    Ok my starting team barring
    Ok my starting team barring withdrawals. Yep it’s crap.

    Marcel Kittel (GSH)
    Simon Gerrans (OGE)
    Michael Albasini (OGE)
    Sep Vanmarcke (BLK)
    Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ)
    Tom Dumoulin (GSH)
    Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
    Jeremy Roy (FDJ)
    Heinrich Haussler (IAM)

    I know Cav should be out but hey only a game.

    July 2, 2014 at 9:55 am #800891
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    livestrongnick

    Purist is couple GC riders
    Purist is couple GC riders with the rest making up those riders who always go in a break at some point…… :B 😀

    July 2, 2014 at 8:34 am #800889
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    Ghedebrav

    Joelsim wrote:Either hundreds

    Joelsim wrote:
    Either hundreds of changes needed, or you compromise is what it boils down to. There are many WTF stages, including at least 2 if not 4 in the first week.

    I’d argue that stage 1 is verging on a WTF stage. Narrow roads, massive crowds, ‘technical’ fnish, first day nerves. All we need is a bus stuck under the finish gantry.

    July 2, 2014 at 8:32 am #800887
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    Ghedebrav

    Picking the purist is a real
    Picking the purist is a real thumbsucker. The main question is whether to plough the big bucks into sprinters or GC guys (or one or two of each?!) and then finding the value elsewhere. My usual tactic is to blow out on three big names then a bunch of Matalan-esque bargains. However, that hasn’t worked that well.

    This time I’m going for a more balanced team, the only 30+ guy I’ve got is Sagan (who is, despite his huge price, probably the safest bet for rolling in a lot a points through the whole tour). Then there are a couple in the 3-4 range (who I suspect lots of others will have spotted as very good value…) and everyone else is in-between. The one guy who I cant seem to fit in is Bakelants; I might regret not taking him. I also wanted Kwiatkowski but think he’s a little overpriced for this comp (in the end I’ve no OPQS guys, nor Orica, both of which decisions I’m unhappy with).

    Oh, and I’ve gone for Frank Schleck too. It was either him or Voeckler :&

    July 1, 2014 at 2:35 pm #800885
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    Joelsim

    Either hundreds of changes
    Either hundreds of changes needed, or you compromise is what it boils down to. There are many WTF stages, including at least 2 if not 4 in the first week.

    July 1, 2014 at 2:31 pm #800883
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    Condor Andy

    Just finished looking through
    Just finished looking through aaaaaaaaaaaaand I have no idea :S

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