OVERALL SEASON LEAGUE

JohnnyRemo wrote:

Another twist? Trentin wins Stage 5 from Ackerman and Stuyven…

So Mountain Renegade back into the lead by the look of things.

Wouters came in as last man too !!

Thought I was done and dusted

Thought I was done and dusted, with Tricky ahead, plus 5 transfers to my 4, but we have picked totally differenty, which probably means it is going to come down to luck. I squeezed in Trentin and Wouters with zero balance left. Stage 5 last year (same as 2018 stg 5) had a 75 man peloton finishing at the same time. I think this year that Trentin and Stuyven and the GCs will be pushing it on the cat 2 and 1 climbs, and a smaller bunch will finish. Interesting to see which of the big 3 sprinters are in the final bunch.

On another note, it is good to see a bit of chatter on the forum. It has been missing the last couple of years.

Dr Winston wrote:

Well done Tricky…good pick…I was surprised to see Chernetski wasn’t even a popular pick. Maybe the dog incident at Pologne kept him off radar…but he went on to win in Norway after that bad luck as as well. Good stuff by you.

Cheers Dr Winston. Well to put it out there this is my team for stage 5:

FELIX GROSSCHARTNER (BOH) 

PASCAL ACKERMANN (BOH) 

FABIO JAKOBSEN (QST) 

DYLAN GROENEWEGEN (TLJ) 

GIANNI MOSCON (SKY) 

REINARDT JANSE VAN RENSBURG (DDC) 

SERGEI CHERNETCKII (AST) 

CLEMENT VENTURINI (ALM) 

Wanted Trentin or Stuyven but was not sure which cheaper rider would be best, so went with VENTURINI  and JANSE VAN RENSBURG as both (hopefully) could well end up top 10. Went somewhat conservative with GROSSCHARTNER for GC/youth points, but still 2 changes left for stage 6. Let’s see what happens!

Chernetski is my new

Chernetski is my new favourite rider!! Must admit I thought I had blown season league, built up a good lead during Tour of Turkey and then lost it all in a few stages.  But I guess that’s what makes its exciting! 

However with only a 3 point lead and Tony’s pedigree it will be tough to hold on…..

Well done triccky –

Well done triccky – chernetski was an inspired pick.

Brambilla let his team down and, more importantly, he let me down…. I’m definitely out of the race

tony kappler wrote:

Minardi, yes the purist overall comp is very interesting; the gap to 1st has closed considerably due to Bob not having Jacobsen. My only hope is that a 20 man breakaway wins stage 4, otherwise I think Bob will hang on, with Dope Strong 2nd. Sorry.

 

Looks like Bob will hang on now, Visconti didn’t do anything.

I need Trentin to crash and Ben Swift to show up in the last 2 stages to have any chance.

If Kragh Andersen goes well tomorrow DopeStrong could be in with a shout. I fancy Jakobsen again tomorrow.

Not convinced that Kennaugh

Not convinced that Kennaugh will be much good, but he fitted in with stg 5 and 6 transfers, and he did show a bit of grunt in stg 1.  I fancied Carthy, but too expensive for stg 5.

Markwisdish wrote:

I think that the standard comp will be decided on this stage. I suspect that Tony will take the win – he usually makes the right call… I’m hoping that I’ve got at least one different rider

You have to have at least one diff Mark…and maybe for the next two as well…All fantasy games come down to diffs at the end if they’re close.