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  • March 4, 2012 at 3:26 pm #15256
    arsene

    Dave, Im worried about the Spring Classics: As a purist its pretty difficult to build a competitive line-up for 7 single races. We will just know whos racing at Milan-SanRemo when we have to choose our 9 riders. It might be a little late now, but hopefully you can change something about that. I’d highly appreciate it.

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  • March 27, 2012 at 2:13 pm #668305
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    TERatcliffe26

    Yes you would occur a 100
    Yes you would occur a 100 point penalty

    March 27, 2012 at 1:35 pm #668303
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    fluffchucker

    With the Tour of Flanders
    With the Tour of Flanders coming up, we still have the 4 free transfers rule. 😐
    However, as members of the team get greyed out, would this give us an extra free transfer? 😕
    Ergo, if we had all 9 greyed for next Classic race, we would incur 100 penalty points? :”(

    March 23, 2012 at 4:40 pm #668301
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    dave atkinson

    orli wrote:Dave, what happens

    orli wrote:
    Dave, what happens if I don’t make any transfers for Flanders? Can I carry over the 4 transfers and have 8 transfers for Roubaix, or, as in the regular season, will I just carry two over? Which means if I make no transfers for Flanders, I’ll have 6 transfers for Roubaix… Or do I lose the transfers if I don’t use them and just be able to make 4 for Roubaix? Just thinking about the possibilities… :)

    you can carry over a maximum of two transfers.

    March 23, 2012 at 2:53 pm #668299
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    stewieatb

    Ah, never mind, found the G-W
    Ah, never mind, found the G-W thread.

    March 23, 2012 at 2:51 pm #668297
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    orli

    dave_atkinson wrote:… so

    dave_atkinson wrote:
    … so how about making the two transfer windows that are 6 transfers (Gent and Amstel Gold) into unlimited windows and keeping the rest at four… MSR kind of stands on its own, then you have two lots of three…

    About transfers… Gent is coming up. We have unlimited transfers for Gent, then we get 4 transfers for Flanders. Then 4 more for Roubaix, right?

    Dave, what happens if I don’t make any transfers for Flanders? Can I carry over the 4 transfers and have 8 transfers for Roubaix, or, as in the regular season, will I just carry two over? Which means if I make no transfers for Flanders, I’ll have 6 transfers for Roubaix… Or do I lose the transfers if I don’t use them and just be able to make 4 for Roubaix? Just thinking about the possibilities… 🙂

    March 23, 2012 at 2:42 pm #668295
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    stewieatb

    Dave, how accurate is the
    Dave, how accurate is the current Gent-Wevelgem start list on the FC section? I need to pick today as I’m away for the weekend…

    March 13, 2012 at 9:14 am #668293
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    dave atkinson

    —–BEGIN HORSE
    The spring
    —–BEGIN HORSE

    The spring classics are a single competition.

    There are three unlimited transfer windows: one at the start and two while it’s running.

    purist rules state that you can make changes in any unlimited transfer window.

    so, to play the spring classics as a purist, just make changes in those three windows

    —–END HORSE

    March 13, 2012 at 7:07 am #668291
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    Huffy

    Erm, Dave,
    Really sorry but
    Erm, Dave,

    Really sorry but I am still confused :O and would like an answer from ‘the horses mouth’ so to say (not being rude).

    We have a mini purist league, and I understand the tours, but the thread re the spring classics still confuses me 😕 .

    Am I right that ther are split into 3? –
    The Italian One (Milan – San Remo)
    The Very Bumpy Ones (Gent-Wevelgem, Tour de Flandres, Paris Roubaix)
    The Other really knackering ones (Amstel Gold, Fleche-Wallonne, Liege-Bastogne-Liege).

    And that we can pick a new team for each?

    Thanks in advance for your assistance, I will let the troops know once clarified.

    March 12, 2012 at 11:35 pm #668289
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    TheBigMong

    Glad I caught this thread!
    Glad I caught this thread! This is my first year going for purity, and without it spelled out like in Noriko’s post, I’d probably have gotten myself in trouble.

    After some of the transfers/points opportunities I’ve willingly given up so far, I’d be pretty pissed if I went and eliminated myself from the purist league in the coming weeks! :”(

    March 12, 2012 at 7:11 pm #668287
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    Noriko

    Thanks for confirming that,
    Thanks for confirming that, arsene. 🙂

    Good luck to you too, not that you need it. 😉

    March 12, 2012 at 6:40 pm #668285
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    arsene

    Noriko wrote:
    Sorry for being

    Noriko wrote:

    Sorry for being stupid, but does this mean I can pick 9 riders for Milan-San Remo;

    then pick another 9 riders for Gent-Wevelgem/Tour of Flanders/Paris-Roubaix;

    then pick another 9 for Amstel Gold/Fleche Wallonne/Liège-Bastogne-Liège?

    Exactly B-)
    I’m looking forward to compete with your Pukey Otter team. Good Luck 😉

    March 12, 2012 at 2:39 pm #668283
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    Noriko

    dave_atkinson wrote:okay. so

    dave_atkinson wrote:
    okay. so how about making the two transfer windows that are 6 transfers (Gent and Amstel Gold) into unlimited windows and keeping the rest at four.

    MSR kind of stands on its own, then you have two lots of three. they’re still all counted as one comp.

    Sorry for being stupid, but does this mean I can pick 9 riders for Milan-San Remo;

    then pick another 9 riders for Gent-Wevelgem/Tour of Flanders/Paris-Roubaix;

    then pick another 9 for Amstel Gold/Fleche Wallonne/Liège-Bastogne-Liège?

    March 10, 2012 at 6:00 pm #668281
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    drheaton

    orli wrote:The only reason I

    orli wrote:
    The only reason I would ask for more than 6 transfers and 4 transfers is that I don’t know, if, like in a stage race, a pro team will keep its lineup the same for each of these races! :O

    If they – the teams – aren’t fielding the same team for all these races, and can and do (!) change their lineup at will, why should we limit transfers? They are bringing in new riders? Then let’s have unlimited transfers! Set pool of riders? As in a stage race? Then (!) I’m ok with limiting transfers! 😉 … At least in a stage race you have a consistent pool of riders – they don’t change! :D

    The Pro teams will probably have a consistent classics squad that they’ll use and they’ll rotate their teams using riders in that squad. The difference here is the fantasy game only features the bigger races rather than all of them so in all the races for the fantasy comp the teams will pick their best riders and not rotate too much.

    In respect of the main game I think 4 transfers really work because pro teams will be fairly consistent. Teams announce their riders well enough in advance for you to know roughly who’ll be riding in the next two or three races so if you’re worried about having to make enforced transfer just do some extra research.

    March 10, 2012 at 3:42 pm #668279
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    orli

    dave_atkinson wrote:… so

    dave_atkinson wrote:
    … so how about making the two transfer windows that are 6 transfers (Gent and Amstel Gold) into unlimited windows and keeping the rest at four [?]…

    The only reason I would ask for more than 6 transfers and 4 transfers is that I don’t know, if, like in a stage race, a pro team will keep its lineup the same for each of these races! :O

    If they – the teams – aren’t fielding the same team for all these races, and can and do (!) change their lineup at will, why should we limit transfers? They are bringing in new riders? Then let’s have unlimited transfers! Set pool of riders? As in a stage race? Then (!) I’m ok with limiting transfers! 😉 … At least in a stage race you have a consistent pool of riders – they don’t change! 😀

    I’d suggest unlimited transfers for all these races, since we can’t guarantee a conistent pool. But, maybe I’m wrong, maybe they – the teams – do (!) field the same teams – same star riders – same domestiques! If they do, then I have no issue limiting transfers, but if they field different teams and there’s no consistency in their lineups, why shouldn’t we have unlimited transfers as they do? 😉

    March 8, 2012 at 2:10 pm #668277
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    Gkam84

    No worries, i have most
    No worries, i have most riders 2012 shots apart from Garmin 😉

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