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  • February 21, 2019 at 4:35 pm #29385
    Condor Andy

    And so, onto the next stop in this season’s world tour! Welcome to the inaugural UAE Tour, an amalgamation of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour, this new race encompasses the best of both. On paper there looks to be something for everyone, with a couple of sprint stages, two summit finishes, a TTT and a couple for the rouleurs.

    There are 2 PCT teams in Novo Nordisk and Gazprom-RusVelo to go along with the 18 WT teams, and no one is pulling any punches it seems. The classics men might be absent as stage 7 clashes with Omloop, but on the start list are defending champion Valverde, Dumoulin, Roglic, Nibali, Kwiatkowski, Porte, and many other contenders. And the sprinters field is stacked with Bennett, Viviani, Ewan, Gaviria, Kittel, and Kristoff all going along.

    So what are you looking forward to? Who are you looking to pick above all others? All I’m hoping for are some crosswinds and carnage!

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  • February 27, 2019 at 7:06 pm #936051
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    Condor Andy

    Kristoff’s derailer broke

    Kristoff’s derailer broke apparently and dropped his chain, so he might have featured better if not for that.

    I only have 2 transfers left, saving them for the final stage.

    February 27, 2019 at 7:02 pm #936049
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    stevemarks

    Is it possible? They say good

    Is it possible? They say good things come in threes. Back to back purist stage wins. Thanks guys you’ve obviously really improved my Purist play as I am usually rubbish at it.

    Up to second overall too, I’m getting all excited like a small child again. 

    Standard? I see a lot of familiar names side by side in the table, but I guess I’m going to struggle now as only 4 transfers left. nose bleed time.

    February 27, 2019 at 6:04 pm #936047
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Damn….brought in Gaudu who crashed…damn again….also brought in Ewan though. Happy days with that one….didn’t even head butt anybody.

    I was going to drop Moscon for Gaudu, I wish I had.

    Rather than Ewan I went for Gaviria in place of Roglic. 37 points lost.

    Having a disaster this race.

    It’s not you having the disaster but some of the riders. Moscon and Kwia are better than they did today…along with Nibali, Porte, Dumoulin…and on and on.

    Nothing sums up the conditions of some of these riders this week than Kristoff pushing his bike up those last 100 mts…and he’s got some conditioning.

    February 27, 2019 at 5:49 pm #936045
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Damn….brought in Gaudu who crashed…damn again….also brought in Ewan though. Happy days with that one….didn’t even head butt anybody.

    I was going to drop Moscon for Gaudu, I wish I had.

    Rather than Ewan I went for Gaviria in place of Roglic. 37 points lost.

    Having a disaster this race.

    February 27, 2019 at 4:42 pm #936043
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    Dr Winston
    Condor Andy wrote:
    I got zero points on my purist team…..I was meaning to tinker it on Saturday night but was preoccupied with something else.

    Did get 3rd on the stage in standard.

    Nice….I manage tenth. 

    Been a strange race so far with so many seemingly good picks being a bit flaky. I think most of us have fallen into various traps so far….both purist and standard.

    February 27, 2019 at 4:17 pm #936041
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    Condor Andy

    I got zero points on my

    I got zero points on my purist team…..I was meaning to tinker it on Saturday night but was preoccupied with something else.

    Did get 3rd on the stage in standard.

    February 27, 2019 at 12:22 pm #936039
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    Dr Winston

    Damn….brought in Gaudu who

    Damn….brought in Gaudu who crashed…damn again….also brought in Ewan though. Happy days with that one….didn’t even head butt anybody.

    February 27, 2019 at 11:48 am #936037
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    Dr Winston

    archieboy wrote:

    archieboy wrote:
    Remco DNF

    Did he bring anybody else down?

    February 27, 2019 at 10:44 am #936035
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    archieboy

    Remco DNF
    Remco DNF

    February 27, 2019 at 7:16 am #936033
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    stevemarks
    Dr Winston wrote:
    triccky100 wrote:
    stevemarks wrote:
    Wow I won the Purist Stage, now that doesn’t happen very often. least said about my climbing picks the better, At least I didn’t pick POrte! 8 minutes down? is he ill?

    nice work Steve. I picked up 2nd in standard,  Gaudu was a nice suprise, thought he was good for a top 10 but he had a cracking ride. Next stage is tough to pick, punchy climbers or punchy sprinters?

    Hard to know. That last bit is at 17% which is a real killer. Are people assuming sprinters are an option because sprinters have won in the past ?…or is it short enough for them to conquer it ? Last year was won by Colbrelli I see but that race didn’t have any GC riders in it at all…this year they have Valverde driving a good GC crowd on as he pursues a bonus…at least…

    Degenkolb beat valverde here in 2015 but very rarely have there been any great climbers in the Dubai race.

    I thought given my lack of transfers and how expensive the sprinters were I’d bring in Gaudu.

    Moschetti and Gaviria. the other option was just leave Nibali and Zakarin in who would be dead for the next two stages. leaves me just 4 transfers. Oh well you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

    February 27, 2019 at 7:15 am #936031
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    runaroundsioux

    Two transfers tonight to

    Two transfers tonight to Bring In Gaviria. Fingers crossed it works

    February 26, 2019 at 9:39 pm #936029
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    Dr Winston
    triccky100 wrote:
    stevemarks wrote:
    Wow I won the Purist Stage, now that doesn’t happen very often. least said about my climbing picks the better, At least I didn’t pick POrte! 8 minutes down? is he ill?

    nice work Steve. I picked up 2nd in standard,  Gaudu was a nice suprise, thought he was good for a top 10 but he had a cracking ride. Next stage is tough to pick, punchy climbers or punchy sprinters?

    Hard to know. That last bit is at 17% which is a real killer. Are people assuming sprinters are an option because sprinters have won in the past ?…or is it short enough for them to conquer it ? Last year was won by Colbrelli I see but that race didn’t have any GC riders in it at all…this year they have Valverde driving a good GC crowd on as he pursues a bonus…at least…

    February 26, 2019 at 9:35 pm #936027
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    Dr Winston
    stevemarks wrote:
    Wow I won the Purist Stage, now that doesn’t happen very often. least said about my climbing picks the better, At least I didn’t pick POrte! 8 minutes down? is he ill?

    Brilliant….nicely done.

    February 26, 2019 at 9:27 pm #936025
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    triccky100
    stevemarks wrote:
    Wow I won the Purist Stage, now that doesn’t happen very often. least said about my climbing picks the better, At least I didn’t pick POrte! 8 minutes down? is he ill?

    nice work Steve. I picked up 2nd in standard,  Gaudu was a nice suprise, thought he was good for a top 10 but he had a cracking ride. Next stage is tough to pick, punchy climbers or punchy sprinters?

    February 26, 2019 at 5:37 pm #936023
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    stevemarks

    Wow I won the Purist Stage,

    Wow I won the Purist Stage, now that doesn’t happen very often. least said about my climbing picks the better, At least I didn’t pick POrte! 8 minutes down? is he ill?

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