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    DaveP

    I've picked my team of random picks, just like my lotto numbers.. And I've created a league, number 16279.. đŸ‘¿ What's the betting I don't get out of the bottom half of the league again? :''(

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    dave atkinson

    Quote:That’d be great Dave.

    That’d be great Dave. Is there a ‘cut-off’ point for the Pro Teams?

    yup, as many transfers as you like before the TTT

    the purists’ overall ranking will probably go live second week, since i most likely won’t have time to do it today and then we’re all off to eurobike đŸ˜€

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    jova54

    I probably know the answer to
    I probably know the answer to this question, but I’m going to ask it anyway.

    Is it possible to have more than one team in the Vuelta? I fancy doing the Purists League and the overall competition.

    From what I can see it’s only possible to have one team because it’s tied to your Login ID.

    Am I missing something obvious??

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    simonmb

    dave_atkinson wrote:I mean an

    dave_atkinson wrote:
    I mean an overall listing, not a league. One that checks if you’ve made any transfers.

    That’d be great Dave. Is there a ‘cut-off’ point for the Pro Teams? Can they substitute riders up right up to the start of the race? I guess so. That way they, and us Fantasy Vuelta players too, at least get to start with a full team of 9.

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    dave atkinson

    I mean an overall listing,
    I mean an overall listing, not a league. One that checks if you’ve made any transfers.

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    dave atkinson

    simonmb wrote:Blackhound

    simonmb wrote:
    Blackhound wrote:
    In real life you would be unable to change riders.

    Agreed. I stuck with my team through the TdF, mostly because I was too lazy to transfer riders in-and-out, but I prefer to see myself as ‘loyal’ and to use bikedog’s term also ‘a purist’. I’m planning to extend my romantic notion to the Vuelta too. If anyone else fancies a league where transfers are eschewed I’ve set up ‘The Purists’ – 16377. All welcome to join, and on gentleman’s trust that you don’t sneak in the mid-Vuelta flyer /:)

    Maybe for the next one we’ll do a separate ‘purist’ league. Actually i might even be able to do it for this one if i get my thinking cap on…

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    dave atkinson

    Lots of all rounders got the
    Lots of all rounders got the chop from provisional squads which is why we’re not left with many. Agreed, it’s a bit of a pain but we can’t shift riders from one category to another now, we’d be in database hell if we did…;-)

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    Tony Farrelly

    Beyond the obvious ones my
    Beyond the obvious ones my knowledge of Spanish riders is pretty slim – I’m treating the first week as a learning excercise on that one – I reckon that because rider values will change as the race progresses we’ll pretty soon get an idea of which Spanish riders are worth their place on the team. Hopefully đŸ˜•

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    JAndrewHill

    As we need to pick 2
    As we need to pick 2 allrounders, we could really do with a few more to pick from . . . like double the number of KM, PC and GC picks, as we only need 1 of them. But its a bit late to make TL an allrounder now :/

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    Simon_MacMichael

    Valverde’s Spanish and pretty
    Valverde’s Spanish and pretty useful on a bike. What a Piti he can’t defend his Vuelta title because of that little blood bag bother đŸ˜‰

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    JAndrewHill

    TL is a real bargain. But I
    TL is a real bargain. But I think you need spaniards in this fantasy. And I do not know any good spaniards , , , Fernando Torres. . . does he ride a bike?

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    Super Domestique

    dave_atkinson wrote:just

    dave_atkinson wrote:
    just updated the rider list. if any of your riders have been greyed out, just go to ‘pick team’ to pick someone else…

    Yep, lost 3 of my original chosen few like that.

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    dave atkinson

    just updated the rider list.
    just updated the rider list. if any of your riders have been greyed out, just go to ‘pick team’ to pick someone else…

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    LabMonkey

    Fantastic, here is a pretty
    Fantastic, here is a pretty up to date start list:

    http://vuelta.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_id=19663

    Jon

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    simonmb

    Blackhound wrote:In real life

    Blackhound wrote:
    In real life you would be unable to change riders.

    Agreed. I stuck with my team through the TdF, mostly because I was too lazy to transfer riders in-and-out, but I prefer to see myself as ‘loyal’ and to use bikedog’s term also ‘a purist’. I’m planning to extend my romantic notion to the Vuelta too. If anyone else fancies a league where transfers are eschewed I’ve set up ‘The Purists’ – 16377. All welcome to join, and on gentleman’s trust that you don’t sneak in the mid-Vuelta flyer /:)

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    Simon_MacMichael

    LabMonkey wrote:Really

    LabMonkey wrote:
    Really looking forward to this game starting on Sunday!
    Cheers, Jon

    The Team Time Trial may have an evening start, but it will still (just) be Saturday evening local time đŸ˜‰

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