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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 1, 2014 at 2:28 pm #800881
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    Joelsim

    condor_rider_1988 wrote:The

    condor_rider_1988 wrote:
    The majority of my purist teams this year have been pants. Too much of trying to pick the best riders in each category and running out of cash. So for Le Tour I’ve gone for value for money for the more mountainous stages, zero sprinters. Might see if I can squeeze Sagan in there though.
    Standard team is doing my head in (based on what I’ve read here), now looking in detail at each stage on Le Tour website for assistance.

    I think you may find that if you look into each stage more closely it will do your head in even more. It did with mine.

    July 1, 2014 at 2:27 pm #800879
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    Joelsim

    My Purist team is on a stage
    My Purist team is on a stage win hunt. No other possible reason for its existance in this competition. I’m rubbish with a cap R at Purist.

    Heinrich Haussler (IAM)
    Marcel Kittel (GSH)
    Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
    Sacha Modolo (LAM)
    Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
    Andre Greipel (LTB)
    Arnaud Gerard (BSE)
    Rein Taaramae (COF)
    Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (TNE)

    July 1, 2014 at 1:58 pm #800877
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    Condor Andy

    The majority of my purist
    The majority of my purist teams this year have been pants. Too much of trying to pick the best riders in each category and running out of cash. So for Le Tour I’ve gone for value for money for the more mountainous stages, zero sprinters. Might see if I can squeeze Sagan in there though.
    Standard team is doing my head in (based on what I’ve read here), now looking in detail at each stage on Le Tour website for assistance.

    July 1, 2014 at 11:54 am #800875
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    stevemarks

    DanTe wrote:I ride the Tour

    DanTe wrote:
    I ride the Tour roads out in Essex a lot, I’d say that stage 3 might have some nasty surprises.
    The riders are not going to enjoy the roads on the lower sections before you get into Epping. They’re narrow and still utter sh##e.
    They’ve filled into a few of the worst holes but not particularly well. The roads are pretty much just joined up patches of different tarmac.
    Riding around there yesterday in the rain it was hard to imagine the worlds biggest bike race doing the same.
    Could be crash central.

    I rode the route from Finchingfield to Willingale yesterday, and there are some sections that are very bumpy and rough, still some quite big holes in places too especially towards the sides on some of the narrower stretches.

    June 30, 2014 at 8:59 am #800873
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    DanTe

    I ride the Tour roads out in
    I ride the Tour roads out in Essex a lot, I’d say that stage 3 might have some nasty surprises.
    The riders are not going to enjoy the roads on the lower sections before you get into Epping. They’re narrow and still utter sh##e.
    They’ve filled into a few of the worst holes but not particularly well. The roads are pretty much just joined up patches of different tarmac.
    Riding around there yesterday in the rain it was hard to imagine the worlds biggest bike race doing the same.
    Could be crash central.

    June 30, 2014 at 7:22 am #800871
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    Stumps

    Degenkolb is getting better
    Degenkolb is getting better at the lumpy stages such as stage 2, wouldn’t put it past him to have a go there.

    June 29, 2014 at 10:07 pm #800869
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    Joelsim

    A little something to get you
    A little something to get you in the mood.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxNA3Hc93mM

    June 29, 2014 at 8:58 pm #800867
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    Joelsim

    There are about 50 riders who
    There are about 50 riders who could win stage 2. Cav and Kittel aren’t two of them.

    Degenkolb has his own stages to chase.

    June 29, 2014 at 8:45 pm #800865
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    Ghedebrav

    I tend to follow the betting,
    I tend to follow the betting, but – showing my hand – I would prefer Sagan for stage one ahead of Cav/Kittel/Greipel.

    Kristoff I think will be up there, maybe even podium. Demare is a bit of a question mark, as is Degenkolb (anyone else find it odd that Giant have brought him to essentially ride for Kittel? Or have they targeted other stages for him?).

    My stage one squad has half an eye on stage two as well. That stage two looks amazing, and should mix things up on GC very early on.

    June 29, 2014 at 8:09 pm #800863
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    livestrongnick

    I have no cav, kristoff or
    I have no cav, kristoff or kittel :O

    June 29, 2014 at 7:27 pm #800861
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    Joelsim

    I’m tempted to go without
    I’m tempted to go without either for stage 1

    June 29, 2014 at 7:14 pm #800859
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    thefatcyclist

    Cavendish has bronchitis, I
    Cavendish has bronchitis, I would think that it might be a problem for the first days maybe. Depending on how bad, probably hands day 1 to Kittle. There again if a breakaway gets really organised.

    June 28, 2014 at 9:18 pm #800857
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    Joelsim

    I suspect most in the peloton
    I suspect most in the peloton could sort out a little help.

    But given everyone else doing it, and the small matter of several thousand kms up damn great big mountains over 21 days, it’s hardly surprising.

    (And not as if it isn’t rife in every other sport either).

    June 28, 2014 at 8:52 pm #800855
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    Stumps

    Part of his comments on
    Part of his comments on facebook:

    “Since my return from Italy I have not trained much, I was very tired and still feel the effects of this 3-week race. I do not feel ready to compete in the Tour de France. Yesterday I got a phone call from Bjarne Riis, who said that my start in France has already been decided and that I have to go.

    “I’m not happy with this decision. I believe that the Tinkoff-Saxo management does not care about my health. I’m 24 years old and I believe that riding two Grand Tours in a row at my age is too much. I hope I am wrong. However, I have concerns”

    Obviously Tinkoff Saxo have the riders health at heart, perhaps Bertie could sort him out a little pick me up.

    June 28, 2014 at 7:10 pm #800853
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    Joelsim

    http://www.cyclingquotes.com/
    http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/disappointed_majka_replaces_kreuziger_on_tinkoff-saxo_tour_roster/

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