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  • February 12, 2019 at 11:32 am #29361
    Condor Andy

    Just for fun this one, but an interesting race. Last year’s edition was won by Alexey Lutenko and he’s back to defend his title. There was also 6 different stage winners and this year looks to be just as varied. The field is sprint heavy with Kristoff (who was ill in Valencia last week and not at his best), Greipel, Nizzolo, Colbrelli, Coquard, Bouhanni, Bonifazio, and a few more from the PCT teams will make for very competitive sprint stages.

    However, the race isn’t that simple. I can see 2 stages guaranteed to end in a sprint, and a couple of other slight uphill finishes or tricky finales with nasty climbs 5km from the finish. Good classics training for the likes of Van Avermaet, Naesen, and co.

    There is also the usual summit finish up Green Mountain, and Lustenko doesn’t have Lopez to help him this time as he’s off in Colombia. Maybe Pozzovivo fancies it, or Jesus Herrada, Rui Costa, or Jan Polanc?

    Last year the wins were all close, as was the GC. So, who are your favourites?

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  • February 18, 2019 at 9:56 am #935397
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    MinardiM189
    stevemarks wrote:
    Hmm why are we doing algarve and not Ruta del Sol?

    There was a post about upcoming races asking for peoples’opinions.

    Oman, Algarve and then UAE were proposed and nobody suggested anything else.

    February 18, 2019 at 7:38 am #935395
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    stevemarks

    Hmm why are we doing algarve

    Hmm why are we doing algarve and not Ruta del Sol?

    February 18, 2019 at 12:25 am #935393
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    Condor Andy

    It’s a glitch, everything’s

    It’s a glitch, everything’s turned off on the admin site. Dave’s looking into it. We’ll re-update everything that was added incorrectly.

    February 17, 2019 at 6:48 pm #935391
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    Allan Bremner

    This competion doesn’t count

    This competion doesn’t count towards any leagues, as stated in race info and the message by Condor Andy at the top of this thread.  WHY ARE THE SCORES BEING ADDED TO THE SEASON TOTALS?    

    February 17, 2019 at 6:14 pm #935389
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    Dr Winston

    Unbelievable race in Colombia

    Unbelievable race in Colombia….I doubt we’ll see a more exciting finish all season.

    A lesson learned for Sosa….but he’s fantastic…utterly fantastic.

    February 17, 2019 at 6:05 pm #935387
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    MinardiM189
    Sniffer wrote:
    Feeling sore as I dropped Kristoff for Colbrelli otherwise my standard team would have consecutive full podiums.

    The bonus of getting last man in both teams doesn’t really reduce the pain much

    Given that Kristoff has riden the same stage every year since 2013 and his best result was 17th last year it is a bit of a surprise he made it this year.

    Hopefully Colbrelli will do better tomorrow.

    Unless he comes last in another stage, those could be your last points with De Decker. Probably more points than I get with my outsider Doubey.

     

    February 17, 2019 at 2:09 pm #935385
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    Sniffer

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    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Stage 2 not as selective as I expected. I’m guessing there was a headwind on the final climb.

    It was a calculated risk dropping Kristoff for this one and it didn’t pay off.  I doubt he will do anything tomorrow but Stage 4 looks good for more Kristoff points.

    Hopefully Van Avermaet, Colbrelli, etc.  can do something tomorrow.

     

    Feeling sore as I dropped Kristoff for Colbrelli otherwise my standard team would have consecutive full podiums.

    The bonus of getting last man in both teams doesn’t really reduce the pain much

    February 17, 2019 at 1:02 pm #935383
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    I still don’t have Gibbons. That’s gonna hurt as well….Do you have Gibbons Minardi ?

    Yes I have Gibbons in both my teams.

    I took Haas out and Gibbons in. I got hurt by Haas being ill in Australia and decided I didn’t want to risk him again. That is at least one decision I got right.

    Good,..you’ll be ok then. I’ll be on for a fall today. Not sure what to make of this next stage…it’s sat somewhere between a climbers and a rolleurs stage. What do you make of it?

    February 17, 2019 at 12:52 pm #935381
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    I still don’t have Gibbons. That’s gonna hurt as well….Do you have Gibbons Minardi ?

    Yes I have Gibbons in both my teams.

    I took Haas out and Gibbons in. I got hurt by Haas being ill in Australia and decided I didn’t want to risk him again. That is at least one decision I got right.

    February 17, 2019 at 12:40 pm #935379
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Stage 2 not as selective as I expected. I’m guessing there was a headwind on the final climb.

    It was a calculated risk dropping Kristoff for this one and it didn’t pay off.  I doubt he will do anything tomorrow but Stage 4 looks good for more Kristoff points.

    Hopefully Van Avermaet, Colbrelli, etc.  can do something tomorrow.

     

     

    I still don’t have Gibbons. That’s gonna hurt as well….Do you have Gibbons Minardi ?

    February 17, 2019 at 12:00 pm #935377
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    MinardiM189

    Stage 2 not as selective as I

    Stage 2 not as selective as I expected. I’m guessing there was a headwind on the final climb.

    It was a calculated risk dropping Kristoff for this one and it didn’t pay off.  I doubt he will do anything tomorrow but Stage 4 looks good for more Kristoff points.

    Hopefully Van Avermaet, Colbrelli, etc.  can do something tomorrow.

     

    February 17, 2019 at 9:27 am #935375
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    A tough looking couple of stages coming up for sure. Chances to kill the genuine sprinters even before the finale.

    Any ideas how I can watch the final stage of the Tour of Colombia?…that’s gonna be a hell of punch up.

    I haven’t been watching Tour of Columbia but it should be on here http://tiz-cycling.live/ scroll down to find the Columbia stream.

    February 16, 2019 at 8:21 pm #935373
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Menten  confesses he doesn’t like a tough stage before a sprint. Looking at the ticker I notice it seems the wind got up and made it quite a hard stage….maybe  they decided mid stage on the road that he wasn’t going to do so well.

    Looking at the top players teams in the standard league I’m surprised so many went with full sprinter teams. At least you have a couple of the climbing sprinters in your team.

    Heavy sprinters are unlikely to do anything in the next 2 stages.

    A tough looking couple of stages coming up for sure. Chances to kill the genuine sprinters even before the finale.

    Any ideas how I can watch the final stage of the Tour of Colombia?…that’s gonna be a hell of punch up.

    February 16, 2019 at 5:12 pm #935371
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Menten  confesses he doesn’t like a tough stage before a sprint. Looking at the ticker I notice it seems the wind got up and made it quite a hard stage….maybe  they decided mid stage on the road that he wasn’t going to do so well.

    Looking at the top players teams in the standard league I’m surprised so many went with full sprinter teams. At least you have a couple of the climbing sprinters in your team.

    Heavy sprinters are unlikely to do anything in the next 2 stages.

    February 16, 2019 at 1:01 pm #935369
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    I gained some places in the standard competition but lost ground on the leaders.

    Hopefully my tactic of going for more durable sprinters will pay off over the next few stages.

    In the purist competition I lost a lot of ground as I opted for a more GC orientated team.

    I didn’t consider Greipel at all. I went with Colbrelli thinking he has a chance in the upcoming stages.

    Major relief I dropped Haas, I just read he has been resting since TDU and is nowhere near his best form.

    Hopefully, my cheap pick Doubey can do something the next few stages too. He had a reasonable race last year and with a weaker field should go a bit better this time.

    I don’t think Capiot has been given the lead role, he was probably in a better postion than Menten and finished higher as a result.

    It is always difficult to know with the sprinters from smaller teams, it is pretty much a lottery. The best pick could well be Van Poppel, he has lots of experience and is good at positioning.

    Menten  confesses he doesn’t like a tough stage before a sprint. Looking at the ticker I notice it seems the wind got up and made it quite a hard stage….maybe  they decided mid stage on the road that he wasn’t going to do so well.

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