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Sprinters Leaving the Giro

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  • May 19, 2011 at 4:48 pm #13477
    rcs500

    Just a reminder to all those competing in the game that many of the sprinters will be leaving the Giro now that the last sprint stage is over. It would probably be a good idea to hold off on transfers until we know which ones are hanging in there!

    In an unwise move, I built my team for today so 4 of my 9 riders are sprinters. I just have to hope 1 or 2 of them stays in the Giro for a few more days so I can get points here and there.

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  • May 20, 2011 at 9:16 am #644147
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    Gkam84

    I don’t know how it works,
    I don’t know how it works, but i think we might see Le Mével in the red jersey today

    I think when you leave you take your points with you, i.e. the giro are not going to give you a jersey that you could hold onto for a few days but not be racing

    May 20, 2011 at 9:07 am #644145
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    LabMonkey

    Do sprinters who have left
    Do sprinters who have left the Giro still score points… for example if they have enough (cumulative) points to leave them in the top five of the sprinters jersey?

    May 20, 2011 at 8:29 am #644143
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    James Warrener

    It isnt great for my fantasy
    It isnt great for my fantasy team, but a wise decision I reckon.

    May 19, 2011 at 9:28 pm #644141
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    Swirly

    Renshaw has said on Twitter
    Renshaw has said on Twitter he isn’t starting tomorrow.

    “I’m not starting tomorrows stage, time to take a small break and build up for Le Tour. Feel like an old man after this Giro ;-)”

    May 19, 2011 at 9:13 pm #644139
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    dave atkinson

    Tomorrow’s stage is short
    Tomorrow’s stage is short with some big climbs, so it’ll be a hard one for the sprinters anyway, even if petacchi starts he’ll have to ride well to make the cut. and then there’s two more massively tough stages. good luck to the ones that stay!

    May 19, 2011 at 8:39 pm #644137
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    Gkam84

    Do these guys not know that
    Do these guys not know that there are more important things to work out that “my team wants pink” we need to know because we want points, lol

    I will have to get in touch with the teams and explain its vital they inform us first of any withdrawls because we have a competition thats more important than any UCI race 😀

    May 19, 2011 at 8:14 pm #644135
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    rcs500

    Sorry for the comment spam,
    Sorry for the comment spam, all. Just trying to help.

    Here’s some news on the issue from Petacchi, who is still debating whether he will start tomorrow or not:
    “Tonight I will decide if I stay. I come to this Giro in good shape and I am looking ahead to the Tour as well,” he said. “The team will be fighting for the pink jersey and I want to be able to help, but there are so many mountains and there are no more sprints, so it will be difficult to make it to Milan. We’ll see.”

    And it sounds like Robbie Hunter’s Giro is done:
    “It is what it is. It’s nice to change things around a little bit, but would be nice to maybe have a few more opportunities for the sprinters,” said RadioShack’s Robbie Hunter. “There is no final sprint in Milano, so it will be hard for the sprinters to have a reason to keep going.”

    May 19, 2011 at 8:05 pm #644133
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    rcs500

    Gkam, as you said, the riders
    Gkam, as you said, the riders might not get greyed out until it’s too late to make transfers. I started this thread in the hopes that we can pool our collective knowledge and find out which sprinters won’t be starting tomorrow ASAP.

    Any contributions would be appreciated!

    May 19, 2011 at 8:00 pm #644131
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    Gkam84

    Confirmation for Cav, but
    Confirmation for Cav, but still listed in transfers

    Just wondering, will we only find out tomorrow when its to late to make changes?

    I only forgot to make changes for todays stage and dropped to only 68 points for the stage, dont wanna do that again

    May 19, 2011 at 7:27 pm #644129
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    rcs500

    There’s confirmation from
    There’s confirmation from Cavendish that he’ll be leaving the Giro before tomorrow.

    Graeme Brown, Robbie McEwen and Borut Bozic already abandoned before today’s stage.

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