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  • August 11, 2014 at 5:50 pm #22130
    Ghedebrav

    A touch ahead of myself, I know, but I CAN’T WAIT for this year’s Vuelta! I know that TdF & GdI were both up a couple of weeks prior to the big start; any idea when this one will be up and running?

    I need to do my obsessive stage-by-stage plan (that will be binned by stage 5), so want to know rider values :B

    Also I suppose there’s a ‘Pick Three Spaniards’ game to be run 8}

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  • August 21, 2014 at 2:05 pm #809183
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    Joelsim

    There aren’t any out and out
    There aren’t any out and out sprinters in there anyway!

    August 21, 2014 at 1:54 pm #809181
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    Ghedebrav

    Agreed, settled on my Purist
    Agreed, settled on my Purist a few days ago. Barring last-minute withdrawals I doubt I’ll change it, making it my least-tinkered-with purist team ever.

    Standard would be easier if, like the Giro, it was followed by three out-and-out sprint stages. But it isn’t. So I’m still stuck.

    August 21, 2014 at 11:35 am #809179
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    Joelsim

    Didn’t find Purist difficult
    Didn’t find Purist difficult at all.

    Standard, now that is hard.

    August 21, 2014 at 9:02 am #809177
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    livestrongnick

    9 countries represented in my
    9 countries represented in my purist team 8}

    August 20, 2014 at 11:24 pm #809175
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    NeilG83

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    Found

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:

    Found purist rather hard!

    Hard? How about impossible. With such a strong field there is so many difficult questions to answer:
    Is it worth including more than one sprinter due to the lack of flat stages?
    How many 3.0 riders to include to free up credits for the star names?
    Who is racing as training for the worlds rather than for results?
    Will Adam Yates complete the race?
    Who is team leader at Garmin?

    Also, as well as being the strongest line up for a Grand Tour in a long time is it the most multicultural ever? At one point my purist team contained riders from 5 continents and the only country represented by more than one rider was Eritrea!

    August 20, 2014 at 9:51 pm #809173
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    TERatcliffe26

    Joelsim wrote:Still looking

    Joelsim wrote:
    Still looking at my team like it’s Stoke City on a wet Wednesday in November. It should do the job for stage 1, but hey…

    Nothing wrong with Stoke 😉 although it gets very old up there on a wet wednesday night

    August 20, 2014 at 9:40 pm #809171
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    livestrongnick

    stumps wrote:Picked my team

    stumps wrote:
    Picked my team for stage 2 onwards forgetting all about stage 1 so any points will be a bonus to be honest.

    Same here pointless trying to pick a team for stage 1 then waste transfers the next 2/3 stages to catch up :B

    August 20, 2014 at 9:06 pm #809169
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    Stumps

    Picked my team for stage 2
    Picked my team for stage 2 onwards forgetting all about stage 1 so any points will be a bonus to be honest.

    August 20, 2014 at 8:32 pm #809167
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    Joelsim

    Still looking at my team like
    Still looking at my team like it’s Stoke City on a wet Wednesday in November. It should do the job for stage 1, but hey…

    August 20, 2014 at 12:46 pm #809165
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    Joelsim

    I have doubts about both of
    I have doubts about both of them as well. There are no massive points for intermediate sprints, less sprints. And Boonen could go awol at any moment. He’s currently in my team but I am regretting it already.

    August 20, 2014 at 11:52 am #809163
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    enrique

    Ghedebrav wrote:… Sagan….

    Ghedebrav wrote:
    … Sagan…. will he be as consistent…?
    :W Crap. I know… I’ve got a smilar dilemma for Boonen… Is he there just to train for Ponferrada or does he have any ambitions?… 😕

    August 20, 2014 at 11:29 am #809161
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    Ghedebrav

    Question mark for me
    Question mark for me purist-wise is over Sagan. With a Tour in his legs will he be as consistent a finisher? Or will he make up for not winning any stages in France by targeting some in Spain – certainly he’s less likely to win the points jersey here than in the Tour. And 40 creds is a lot.

    August 20, 2014 at 10:47 am #809159
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    TERatcliffe26

    Quite happy with my team/plan
    Quite happy with my team/plan for stages 1 and 2.

    Found purist rather hard!

    August 19, 2014 at 4:29 pm #809157
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    Joelsim

    I’ve just picked a team for
    I’ve just picked a team for stage 1 and it looks nothing like I imagined.

    Going to give it a go though.

    August 19, 2014 at 3:48 pm #809155
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    Joelsim

    Ghedebrav wrote:Yeah. Got a

    Ghedebrav wrote:
    Yeah. Got a reasonable idea for my purist, but standard is tough indeed. Short TTT = tiny time gaps = random scores. I think there are five or six teams who should be pushing for the win, then another four or five below them, then the rest (except one totally unfancied team will bizarrely get fourth place).

    The idea then would be to pick riders from the fancied teams who are likely to do well on the following stages. Trouble is, I don’t have a clue about stages 3, 4 & 5, and even stage 2 which looks like a straightforward sprint could get very windy…

    So basically I’m stuck. I’d probably do just as well by picking riders at random that add up to 160.

    My thoughts entirely. None of the better TT teams have anyone decent for stages 2 onwards.

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