OVERALL SEASON LEAGUE

tony kappler wrote:

Thanks Tricky.  It is interesting seeing the same guys hovering at the top year after year; we mustn’t have a life.

4th in purist was my best ever; I’ll work on that next year. And congrats to Bob (Tingo) who held off a late challenge.

Considering my last 4 years (in premium) overall season league results were 1st (2015), 3rd (2016), 1st (2017) and 1st (2018), I thought I should write a book, “how to win at road.cc”, or maybe I should just retire and give you other guys a chance.

I have enjoyed being part of the admin team. The extra attention you pay to the details of the race, translates to more informed choices and better transfer strategies. Thanks once again to Condor Andy (huge workload) and Dave.

Hope to see you in Adelaide in January. Stay safe.

Cheers

Tony Kappler

 

Well done Tony.  For the last couple of seasons I have checked your team after each stage as I know you are the benchmark.  You win because you get the tough calls right more often than others.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this year and will be back for the TDU.  Thanks to those that put the work in to make it possible for all.

triccky100 wrote:

oh well, was not even close in the end, well played Tony!

Luck just wasn’t with you.

The crash yesterday stopped Venturini doing much better & Wouters finishing last was cruel.

triccky100 wrote:

Well to keep it interesting I have gone a little bit left field with this:

FELIX GROSSCHARTNER (BOH) 

PASCAL ACKERMANN (BOH) 

FABIO JAKOBSEN (QST) 

DYLAN GROENEWEGEN (TLJ) 

GIANNI MOSCON (SKY) 

RICCARDO MINALI (AST) 

RAMON SINKELDAM (FDJ) 

CLEMENT VENTURINI (ALM) 

 

Demare is out so looks like SINKELDAM will sprint (hopefully!). Have kept GROSSCHARTNER instead of using that budget to put in someone like Walscheid, could be an inspired a choice or the final nail in the coffin!!

And yes wonderful season by Dr Winston, kudos. 

Oh my days Tricky. Really good picks. Just looked at Tony’s team and his transfers. No idea who wins but you have enough diffs to make it a fight. 

MinardiM189 wrote:

enrique wrote:

You guys are so amazing! 🙂 Wow! 🙂 I’m impressed! 🙂 I wish there was a page where we could have each person’s competition listed – like  it would say the Overall League 1st place and then show – for example – 3rd place Spring Classics – 4th place Giro DÍtalia – 1st place Tour de france – 2nd place Vuleta Espana – and so on – but showing the Top 5 or 10 competitors only. What consistency! How do you guys do it?    I see Minardi’s about to win the Guanxi Tour! 🙂

Best performance this year has probably been Dr Winston’s debut season. He won the Vuleta competition and has finished top 10 in both Standard and Purist competitions. An excellent performance.

Very kind of you Minardi. I won Catalunya as well btw but the Vuelta was a real peach for me in my first year. By far the hardest race to actually play, imo,  due to the never ending switches between summits, sprints and rolleurs…so i needed more than my fair share of luck with that one…and got it.

enrique wrote:

You guys are so amazing! 🙂 Wow! 🙂 I’m impressed! 🙂 I wish there was a page where we could have each person’s competition listed – like  it would say the Overall League 1st place and then show – for example – 3rd place Spring Classics – 4th place Giro DÍtalia – 1st place Tour de france – 2nd place Vuleta Espana – and so on – but showing the Top 5 or 10 competitors only. What consistency! How do you guys do it?    I see Minardi’s about to win the Guanxi Tour! 🙂

Best performance this year has probably been Dr Winston’s debut season. He won the Vuleta competition and has finished top 10 in both Standard and Purist competitions. An excellent performance.

tony kappler wrote:

As I said, all down to luck. One should get a special prize for picking 1st and last in such circumstances. And I still have 2 transfers left.

I was surprised you went with Wouters as he got dropped on the same stage last year but didn’t finish last.

Special prize will be could be winning the competition.

Not all luck. Keeping Vuillermoz & Uran in and leaving 2 transfers for the last stage is good judgement.

MinardiM189 wrote:

triccky100 wrote:

yes did not work out well at all 

 

All down to your last 2 transfers.

13 points difference (I think)

Both of you have – Ackermann, Jakobsen, Groenewegen & Moscon but then

Tony has – Uran (7pts), Trentin, Wouters & Vuillermoz (0pts) & no transfers(?)

against – Grosschartner (13pts), Venturini, Van Rensburg, Chernetckii (8pts) & 2 transfers

the right picks and you should win it.

Congrats to Bob’s Bicycle Shop who has now sewn up the PURIST competition with Trentin’s win.

I have a slim chance of 2nd if Swift or Visconti finally do something in the last stage.

Can’t write Mark off at this stage. He’s in a great position to drop one of the big three sprinters as a last gasp call. and hope they bomb. Having something like Trentin/Walschield or even the failing Demare to add to his Stuyven has to be a risk worth taking. Great end to the season.

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yes did not work out well at all