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Giro stage 18

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  • May 28, 2015 at 9:45 am #24099
    Alan Tullett

    Hoping it’s the day a mountain break stays away as it’s not a summit finish so got Intxausti and Betancur. Thought about Pirazzi but he’s had no luck so far so I haven’t bothered in the end. Wasted some transfers taking Intxausti out then back in again but still got 13 left so I can go back to a pure GC team for the next two then have some transfers for the last day. I may end up not using all my transfers!! Anyone want to buy them?

    ALBERTO CONTADOR (TSB)
    MIKEL LANDA (AST)
    FABIO ARU (AST)
    DAMIANO CARUSO (BMC)
    RYDER HESJEDAL (TCG)
    CARLOS ALBERTO BETANCUR (ALM)
    ANDREY AMADOR (MOV)
    BENAT INTXAUSTI (MOV)
    STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK (TLJ)

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  • May 28, 2015 at 12:45 pm #847773
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    Philip Unwin

    Break
    Philippe Gilbert (BMC),
    Break

    Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Amael Moinard (BMC), Chad Haga (Giant Alpecin), Davide Villella (Cannondale Garmin), Matteo Busato (SouthEast), Pieter Weening (Orica GreenEdge), Sylvain Chavanel (IAM), David De La Cruz (Etixx – Quick Step), Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Bardiani CSF), Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2r La Mondiale), Maxim Belkov (Katusha) and Kantastsin Siutsou (Team Sky)
    Roberto Ferrari (Lampre Merida), Jesus Herrada (Movistar) and Fabio Felline (Trek)
    6.30 lead

    May 28, 2015 at 12:45 pm #847771
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    Alan Tullett

    Break is
    Philippe Gilbert
    Break is

    Philippe Gilbert (BMC)
    Amael Moinard (BMC)
    Chad Haga (Giant Alpecin)
    Davide Villella (Cannondale Garmin)
    Matteo Busato (SouthEast)
    Pieter Weening (Orica GreenEdge)
    Damiano Cunego (Nippo Fantini)
    Roberto Ferrari (Lampre – Merida)
    Sylvain Chavanel (IAM)
    David De La Cruz (Etixx – Quick Step)
    Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Bardiani CSF)
    Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2r La Mondiale)
    Maxim Belkov (Katusha)
    Kantastsin Siutsou (Team Sky)

    Minus Cunego and Ferrari who both fell. Two chasing, Herrada and Felline.

    May 28, 2015 at 12:43 pm #847769
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    Alan Tullett

    backflipbedlem wrote:_Kasper

    backflipbedlem wrote:
    _Kasper wrote:
    backflipbedlem wrote:
    No transfers today! I’ve still got 12 transfers left, but only becaase I’ve ignored a lot of the stages in order to stage hunt a few!

    Just wondered. How did this tactic pan out? Hunting succesful? :D


    Highest was 10th on yesterdays stage, but knew not having Haussler in 4th would cost me. Allans had more success

    By a whisker but haven’t got anyone in the break today and it will probably stay away. Gilbert must be a good shout if he can stay with the climbers, otherwise Weening maybe. Damn the tennis!

    May 28, 2015 at 11:49 am #847767
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    backflipbedlem

    _Kasper wrote:backflipbedlem

    _Kasper wrote:
    backflipbedlem wrote:
    No transfers today! I’ve still got 12 transfers left, but only becaase I’ve ignored a lot of the stages in order to stage hunt a few!

    Just wondered. How did this tactic pan out? Hunting succesful? :D


    Highest was 10th on yesterdays stage, but knew not having Haussler in 4th would cost me. Allans had more success

    May 28, 2015 at 11:01 am #847765
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    Alan Tullett

    Stage hunting is all most
    Stage hunting is all most people can do after the first week!! Been in top 10 of a stage three times but haven’t cracked top spot yet.

    I think the number of transfers is ok; the number of points to choose a team seems a bit large but a lot of riders who’ve done well were cheap as they don’t normally do anything. It’s easy to have all the riders you want, which is a little boring, but the stages themselves have been generally good, in spite of the winner being more or less obvious from the start. Stage 16 was a cracker. I’m glad this week is half-term!

    Landa still in with a very outside chance of causing an upset now he’s free to attack earlier. He certainly has the power/weight ratio in his favour!

    May 28, 2015 at 10:35 am #847763
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    _Kasper

    backflipbedlem wrote:No

    backflipbedlem wrote:
    No transfers today! I’ve still got 12 transfers left, but only becaase I’ve ignored a lot of the stages in order to stage hunt a few!

    Just wondered. How did this tactic pan out? Hunting succesful? 😀

    May 28, 2015 at 10:33 am #847761
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    backflipbedlem

    No transfers today! I’ve
    No transfers today! I’ve still got 12 transfers left, but only becaase I’ve ignored a lot of the stages in order to stage hunt a few!

    Still miss the penalty transfers as it gave you the option to compete. Just have to be a lot more strict now, which takes the fun out a bit!

    Who knows! 😕

    May 28, 2015 at 10:11 am #847759
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    chrisdstripes

    I’ve found it fine Steve, 6
    I’ve found it fine Steve, 6 transfers left. Was very stingy with transfers in week one, and surged up the table in week 2! I actually prefer it when there’s a limit, although maybe 50 for a Grand Tour would give you slightly more flexibility for those fun breakaway picks in the third week… It has taken a bit of getting used to tho’ – Paris-Nice was a nightmare, I think I used all my transfers in the first four days!

    May 28, 2015 at 10:00 am #847757
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    stevemarks

    No transfers left:(
    Feel
    No transfers left:(

    Feel pretty stupid, as in retrospect I wasted so many early on.

    Live and learn eh

    My team for the rest of the Giro

    Alberto Contador (TSB)
    Steven Kruijswijk (TLJ)
    Carlos Alberto Betancur (ALM)
    Fabio Aru (AST)
    Vasil Kiryienka (SKY)
    Benat Intxausti (MOV)
    Yury Trofimov (KAT)
    Mikel Landa (AST)
    Rigoberto Uran (EQS)

    I was thinking about this and if you took no penalty transfers last year you would have had 44 anyway, so its a big change only having 45 this year with no penalties available. I hadn’t quite grasped that.

    Its a shame because it rather spoils the last week when things are exciting.

    Everyone seems to have most of the top eight on the gc in their teams now and thats about it, maybe that’s because they will be the best scorers, but if there were another TT or sprint stage it would really spoil the competition.

    What are other peoples experiences. Do you feel that there are too few transfers now? Or maybe too may?

    Good luck everyone.

    May 28, 2015 at 10:00 am #847755
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    chrisdstripes

    Can I use my 20 spare credits
    Can I use my 20 spare credits to buy your transfers Alan?!

    I’ve taken a bit of a chance ‘cos its more fun that way – could plummet down the standings but you never know! If the guy I’m planning on bringing in tomorrow gets in the break today and stays away I’ll be gutted…

    Contador/Aru/Landa
    Betancur/Intxausti/Kruiswijk
    Hesjedal/Pirazzi/Pellizotti

    May 28, 2015 at 9:58 am #847753
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    _Kasper

    Almost same as yesterday.
    Almost same as yesterday. Hoping for Visconti on this one.

    ILNUR ZAKARIN (KAT)
    PHILIPPE GILBERT (BMC)
    ALBERTO CONTADOR (TSB)
    STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK (TLJ)
    GIOVANNI VISCONTI (MOV)
    LEOPOLD KONIG (SKY)
    RYDER HESJEDAL (TCG)
    FABIO FELLINE (TFR)
    MIKEL LANDA (AST)

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