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  • May 2, 2019 at 12:36 am #29603
    Dr Winston

    Thought i’d try an early post for some pre race thoughts…so i’ll Start..

    https://www.cyclingstage.com/giro-2019-route/

    Loving the last stage….for some of us  old timers it’s like Laurent Fignon all over again. Do we approve?..or do we like the procession and sprint?

     

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  • May 8, 2019 at 7:24 pm #941131
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    Dr Winston

    EFEducation have finally

    EFEducation have finally released their team. Who is going for GC ?….Hugh Carthy ?

    May 8, 2019 at 5:58 pm #941129
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    MikaelLie

    How

    How

    Dr Winston wrote:

    MikaelLie wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    just want to know when you guys are taking Team Ineos “Ivan Ramiro Sosa” in the fantasy game?

    I can’t find him In the giro fantasy games..?

    tony kappler wrote:
    Andy,

    Stage 1 finish is a cat 3 climb. Should you therefore score the mountains jersey for stage 1?

    Have you also noticed that the stage information on PCS are showing fewer categorised climbs than they’re showing at the foot of each page…Stage 7 for sample is showing only one categorised climb on the profile but three at the foot of the page.

    Any idea what’s going on with that?

    I think you made a bit of a mess of that post MikaelLie….ha….

    Not to worry….Go on the transfer page and tick the little box….that will bring all riders up including those not listed by Andy….pick him from there. Andy does changes right up to the deadline because things change sometimes. ..in fact quite often.

    how many transfers do I’ve got in the standard game?

    only 8 transfers in the hole giro?

    I’ve been making some changes in my team and now it says I’ve only got 2 transfers left!!!

    Shouldn’t you supose to have FREE transfers at least until the game starts at saturday??

    It looks strange to me…

    May 8, 2019 at 2:50 pm #941127
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    Dr Winston
    MikaelLie wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    just want to know when you guys are taking Team Ineos “Ivan Ramiro Sosa” in the fantasy game?

    I can’t find him In the giro fantasy games..?

    tony kappler wrote:
    Andy,

    Stage 1 finish is a cat 3 climb. Should you therefore score the mountains jersey for stage 1?

    Have you also noticed that the stage information on PCS are showing fewer categorised climbs than they’re showing at the foot of each page…Stage 7 for sample is showing only one categorised climb on the profile but three at the foot of the page.

    Any idea what’s going on with that?

    I think you made a bit of a mess of that post MikaelLie….ha….

    Not to worry….Go on the transfer page and tick the little box….that will bring all riders up including those not listed by Andy….pick him from there. Andy does changes right up to the deadline because things change sometimes. ..in fact quite often.

    May 8, 2019 at 2:19 pm #941125
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    MikaelLie

    Dr Winston wrote:

    Dr Winston wrote:
    just want to know when you guys are taking Team Ineos “Ivan Ramiro Sosa” in the fantasy game?

    I can’t find him In the giro fantasy games..?

    tony kappler wrote:
    Andy,

    Stage 1 finish is a cat 3 climb. Should you therefore score the mountains jersey for stage 1?

    Have you also noticed that the stage information on PCS are showing fewer categorised climbs than they’re showing at the foot of each page…Stage 7 for sample is showing only one categorised climb on the profile but three at the foot of the page.

    Any idea what’s going on with that?

    May 8, 2019 at 12:26 pm #941123
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Have you looked at the stages?….an awful lot of them only have KOM pts towards the end of the stages for th first half of the race. Seems quite odd really….they’re so far down that most breaks will get swallowed up before them. Any thoughts?

    It isn’t unusual for more climbs to be situated near the end of stages.

    Breaks only won 2 stages last year but I think we will see more this year particulalry if a GC rider drops out of contention early.

    I think TDG will struggle to win the KoM in Italy and will possibly have to make do with a stage win.

    Late attacks are often more successful in the Giro and some of the finishes this year look ideal for a late attack.

    Aye. …exactly why I asked. Looks like he’d have to spend an awful lot of energy for not many points in the first half of the race.

    May 8, 2019 at 12:04 pm #941121
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Have you looked at the stages?….an awful lot of them only have KOM pts towards the end of the stages for th first half of the race. Seems quite odd really….they’re so far down that most breaks will get swallowed up before them. Any thoughts?

    It isn’t unusual for more climbs to be situated near the end of stages.

    Breaks only won 2 stages last year but I think we will see more this year particulalry if a GC rider drops out of contention early.

    I think TDG will struggle to win the KoM in Italy and will possibly have to make do with a stage win.

    Late attacks are often more successful in the Giro and some of the finishes this year look ideal for a late attack.

    May 8, 2019 at 9:24 am #941119
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    Dr Winston
    Condor Andy wrote:
    There’s not much left for the sprinters after stage 11. Stage 18 will probably be a sprint, but people like Viviani and Gaviria are planning on doing the Tour as well. So there’s not much point in suffering along unless they really want the points jersey.

    Good point Tony, I was wondering if that was categorised and I couldn’t spot it.

    Yeah PCS have provided more climb profiles for things like uphill uncategorised finishes. Just some extra information.

    Have you looked at the stages?….an awful lot of them only have KOM pts towards the end of the stages for th first half of the race. Seems quite odd really….they’re so far down that most breaks will get swallowed up before them. Any thoughts?

    May 8, 2019 at 7:13 am #941117
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    Condor Andy

    There’s not much left for the

    There’s not much left for the sprinters after stage 11. Stage 18 will probably be a sprint, but people like Viviani and Gaviria are planning on doing the Tour as well. So there’s not much point in suffering along unless they really want the points jersey.

    Good point Tony, I was wondering if that was categorised and I couldn’t spot it.

    Yeah PCS have provided more climb profiles for things like uphill uncategorised finishes. Just some extra information.

    May 7, 2019 at 10:15 pm #941115
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    Dr Winston
    tony kappler wrote:
    Andy,

    Stage 1 finish is a cat 3 climb. Should you therefore score the mountains jersey for stage 1?

    Have you also noticed that the stage information on PCS are showing fewer categorised climbs than they’re showing at the foot of each page…Stage 7 for sample is showing only one categorised climb on the profile but three at the foot of the page.

    Any idea what’s going on with that?

    May 7, 2019 at 9:58 pm #941113
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    tony kappler

    Andy,

    Andy,

    Stage 1 finish is a cat 3 climb. Should you therefore score the mountains jersey for stage 1?

    May 7, 2019 at 4:32 pm #941111
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    Dr Winston

    Just what sort of a race is

    Just what sort of a race is this that they’ve dreamed up. A tour of two halves is about right.

    Does anybody else think most of the sprinters could be leaving at the end of stage 12?…not much for them after that apart from an awful lot of effort to get to one flat stage.

    May 7, 2019 at 4:02 pm #941109
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    archieboy

    Ineos sending a fracking good

    Ineos sending a fracking good schoolboy team.

     

    Dunbar ftw..

    May 7, 2019 at 2:35 pm #941107
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    Condor Andy

    Yep, no transfers. And I don

    Yep, no transfers. And I don’t know what you’re talking about, of course he’s in the game, I didn’t forget to mark that checkbox……*sips tea as if nothing was awry. 

    May 7, 2019 at 1:28 pm #941105
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    MikaelLie
    Condor Andy wrote:
    MikaelLie wrote:
    Can you guys help me? Im a bit confused if there’s transfers in the Giro (Italians) game, or is there NOT any transfers?

    In the two other competitions there is one WITH transfers and one WITHOUT any transfers.

    But in the “Italian” game It says both, as far as I can read..?

    So do you guys know what is right here???

    I’ve edited the competition notes now. It’s a bonus purist for fun, doesn’t count towards anything.

    Okay thx Andy.

    So there is NO transfers in the “Italian game” right?

    And I just saw that Ulissi is missing in that game. He is an Italian as far as I know hehe

    May 7, 2019 at 12:55 pm #941103
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    Condor Andy
    MikaelLie wrote:
    Can you guys help me? Im a bit confused if there’s transfers in the Giro (Italians) game, or is there NOT any transfers?

    In the two other competitions there is one WITH transfers and one WITHOUT any transfers.

    But in the “Italian” game It says both, as far as I can read..?

    So do you guys know what is right here???

    I’ve edited the competition notes now. It’s a bonus purist for fun, doesn’t count towards anything.

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