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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 16, 2019 at 6:19 pm #941341
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    Dr Winston

    Gecko-cyclist wrote:

    Gecko-cyclist wrote:
    Needs a brighter mind than mine to unpick how happy the big boys will be with today. I brought in TDG and played it safe with GC contenders to leave a few hanging around until the TT. Like the good Dr. I earned a resounding 7 points in the process! With 5 minutes plus advantage, today’s break could be filling the GC until the final week and some of them won’t give their positions up easily. The giro hasn’t thrown up a surprise winner for a while. Are we due one?

    Just have to take it on the chin Gecko. Over the weeks bringing in points on the board, that go on to be points on the board the day after as well, will yield more pts over a period of time than bringing in two or three picks on stages like these in an attempt to play pin the tail on the donkey. The amount of time given up today was very unusual and so was the number of riders it was given to. Leaves us in a tricky position now though.

    May 16, 2019 at 5:24 pm #941339
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    Gecko-cyclist

    Needs a brighter mind than
    Needs a brighter mind than mine to unpick how happy the big boys will be with today.
    I brought in TDG and played it safe with GC contenders to leave a few hanging around until the TT. Like the good Dr. I earned a resounding 7 points in the process!
    With 5 minutes plus advantage, today’s break could be filling the GC until the final week and some of them won’t give their positions up easily. The giro hasn’t thrown up a surprise winner for a while. Are we due one?

    May 16, 2019 at 4:35 pm #941337
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    I’m not sure but I think I may be on about 10 points….possibly less than if i’d Just left my sprinters in. Is there a Lanterne Rouge?

    I’m slightly better than you as I had Madouas.

    Hopefully Battaglin & Ulissi can do something tomorrow.

    Leaving some sprinters in was the way to go today, they might get another chance on Saturday.

     

     

    Not sure what to do with TDG now. Ewan has the same outside chance as today and TDG had the chance to go in the break….in the end they chose to nurse Ewan over TDG’s chances (to no avail)….Same again tomorrow?

    Also. I’m quite certain Masnada was in that break for KOM competition along with Oomen…but what now?

    May 16, 2019 at 4:05 pm #941335
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    I’m not sure but I think I may be on about 10 points….possibly less than if i’d Just left my sprinters in. Is there a Lanterne Rouge?

    I’m slightly better than you as I had Madouas.

    Hopefully Battaglin & Ulissi can do something tomorrow.

    Leaving some sprinters in was the way to go today, they might get another chance on Saturday.

     

     

    May 16, 2019 at 3:48 pm #941333
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    Dr Winston

    I’m not sure but I think I

    I’m not sure but I think I may be on about 10 points….possibly less than if i’d Just left my sprinters in. Is there a Lanterne Rouge?

    May 16, 2019 at 3:38 pm #941331
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    stevemarks
    chrisdstripes wrote:
    Well that worked out pretty well 🙂

    🙂

    May 16, 2019 at 3:36 pm #941329
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    Dr Winston
    chrisdstripes wrote:
    Well that worked out pretty well 🙂

    Well done Chris.

    May 16, 2019 at 3:29 pm #941327
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    MinardiM189
    chrisdstripes wrote:
    Well that worked out pretty well 🙂

    Well done great picks.

    May 16, 2019 at 3:22 pm #941325
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    chrisdstripes

    Well that worked out pretty

    Well that worked out pretty well 🙂

    May 16, 2019 at 3:19 pm #941323
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    My team for today –

    ROGLIC
    YATES S.
    LOPEZ
    ULISSI
    BATTAGLIN
    CIMOLAI
    MADOUAS
    LONARDI

    Pity they don’t have live coverage on Eurosport there is a real battle to get in the break.

    How many transfers Minardi?

    Six transfers taking my total used to 12

    I’m only on 11. I haven’t liked the look of today and tomorrow for some time. Prepared to fall a bit and save the transfers for a better day. Oomen is interesting me in that breakaway. Oomen Ciccone could be the two KOM picks to get soon. Tomorrow will tell us if TDG is interested or not.

    Hmmmm, I just realised I shouldn’t have brought the top GC riders in because the guaranteed points for GC just disappeared.

    Big mistake !!!

    I was thinking Lopez is a guaranteed 7 for GC plus 5 for young rider, plus anything else he picks up is a bonus. He just lost all those’guaranteed’ points.

    May 16, 2019 at 3:11 pm #941321
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    Dr Winston

    Well this could be my worst

    Well this could be my worst score ever. If they really try hard I may end up with nothing.

    May 16, 2019 at 12:09 pm #941319
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    MinardiM189

    chrisdstripes wrote:

    chrisdstripes wrote:
    I hedged – ulissi and roglic if it came back together, Conti and masnada for the break. So I’m all behind the break now!

    Good picks. You could be on for a stage win.

    It was interesting to see Thomas De Gendt said he wasn’t trying for the break today as LottoSoudal think it could be a sprint finish.

    From what I saw of the climb it is harder than it looks and I didn’t think sprinters would be able to make it. I hope I am right.

    May 16, 2019 at 11:58 am #941317
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    chrisdstripes

    I hedged – ulissi and roglic
    I hedged – ulissi and roglic if it came back together, Conti and masnada for the break. So I’m all behind the break now!

    May 16, 2019 at 11:50 am #941315
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    stevemarks
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    My team for today –

    ROGLIC
    YATES S.
    LOPEZ
    ULISSI
    BATTAGLIN
    CIMOLAI
    MADOUAS
    LONARDI

    Pity they don’t have live coverage on Eurosport there is a real battle to get in the break.

    TDG

    Roglic

    Yates

    Lopez

    Nibali

    Sosa

    Conti

    Ciccone.

    May 16, 2019 at 11:46 am #941313
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    I’m only on 11. I haven’t liked the look of today and tomorrow for some time. Prepared to fall a bit and save the transfers for a better day. Oomen is interesting me in that breakaway. Oomen Ciccone could be the two KOM picks to get soon. Tomorrow will tell us if TDG is interested or not.

    I don’t think tomorrow will be a day for the break.

    The uphill finish is a good fit for a number of riders – Ulissi, Battaglin, Vuillermoz, Gallopin, Gasparotto, etc.

    I’m not sure what to expect on Stage 8.

    The 3km to go is near the bottom of a descent (I’m not even sure they have the 3km rule on *** stages) so it will be chaos leading up to the hill and on the descent. A good stage for a late attack maybe.

     

     

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