Milan – San Remo

30 seconds behind the bunch
30 seconds behind the bunch now!

Maggiore was a last minute
Maggiore was a last minute pick due to running out of points, got 0.2 left. Main decision was Cancellara instead of Boonen. Could have had Favelli instead of Vichot but fancied one FDJ rider.

Be glad to see some actual racing now.

Hope Cav wins but they’ll all be trying to kill him on the last climb. Hoping Cancellara, Sagan and Freire are in the front group and then Cav pips them at the post with Vichot 5th!! Watched Kelly catch Argentin this morning; that was a good finish!

Never seen this race before, only remember the Classics from Cycling Weekly in the mid-70s. Started the fantasy at the beginning of the Giro and got hooked.

The other teacher who does it in my school won the 5th stage of PN. Hope I can win a stage at some point, won 1 last year and =1st as well. 2nd this year is my best.

TERatcliffe26 wrote:Alan

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Alan Tullett wrote:

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Damn picked the wrong Euskatel rider for the break 🙁

The break by the way is Cheng Ji (Project 1t4i), Juan Pablo Suarez (Colombia-Coldeportes), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana), Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF), Vergard Stake Laengen (Team Type 1), Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel), Pierpaolo De Negri (Farnese Vini), Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank), Oleg Berdos (UtensilNord)

I nearly went for De Negri rather than the Euskatel rider but then changed my mind

This game frustrates at times

Only ‘at times’??

Well it was all going well untill the last stage of the TDU…..

I see we have 5 riders in common for the race

My big risk was marcato for star rider and the pricey Brambilla for a DS (rather than a Cav type sprinter)….that combo will make or break the race for me in many repects. If one or both finish i high up then i should have a good score

Mar 17, 08:34 Arthur Vichot Manuel Belletti
Mar 17, 08:34 Gianluca Maggiore Elia Favilli
Mar 17, 08:34 Fabian Cancellara Tom Boonen

As you can see had a last minute change of mind about Boonen who seems to want to peak in about 2 weeks.

Brambilla 11th Stage 2 TA. Looked at a few riders from stage 2 & 3. There are cheaper ones who came higher up, but who knows? Those stages are the best indicator of form for MSR. Bonnet came 9th and is a fraction cheaper.
Marcato 6th in Omloop, could be interesting for the next couple of races. Not sure if MSR will suit him.

So,as they cross halfway
So,as they cross halfway everyone in the break gets a bonus I presume?

No great surprises in my team
No great surprises in my team I’d describe it as a safe but interesting team, I’ve probably gone fr the wrong Oscar but you never know until the wheels cross the line.

Peter Sagan (LIQ)
Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Tom Boonen (OPQ)
Oscar Gatto (FAR)

Alexander Kristoff (KAT)
Diego Ulissi (LAM)
Kris Boeckmans (VCD)
Ian Stannard (SKY)
Simon Geschke (1T4)

Sagan
Boasson
Sagan
Boasson Hagen
Modolo
Bennati

Favilli
Paolini
Belletti
Tosatto
Aaen Jorgensen

Hope for a hard race. 😀

nickobec wrote:Only 17

nickobec wrote:

Only 17 transfers here

and no real surprises everybody is in someone else team

Peter Sagan (LIQ)
Fabian Cancellara (RSN)
Tom Boonen (OPQ)
Oscar Freire (KAT)
Manuel Belletti (ALM)
Maxim Iglinsky (AST)
Fransesco Ginanni (ASA)
Xavier Florencio (KAT)
Anthony Geslin (FDJ)

Swap Belletti for Nocentini & Iglinsky for Geschke, and that’s exactly the same as my team. B-)

Break riders: Angelo Pagani
Break riders: Angelo Pagani (Colnago), Juan Josè Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel), Pierpaolo De Negri (Farnese), Chen Ji (Project 1t4i), Michel Morkov (SaxoBank), Oleg Berdos (UtensilNord), Vegard Stake Laengen (Team Type 1)

Had Stake Laengen due to a tip on here but took him out. Looked at De Negri as well.

Complete team.

Cavendish
Sagan
Cancellara
Freire

Fransesco Ginanni (ASA)
Gianluca Maggiore (UTE)
Arthur Vichot (FDJ)
Danilo Napolitano (ASA)
Xavier Florencio (KAT)

Couple of DSs others haven’t got but doubt if they’ll do anything now as they’re not in the break. Only Vichot might be up there in the top 20.

Gone mainly with the big guns as that’s the way the points are loaded. Would have liked Bonnet or Belletti but they’re too pricey. It’s the star riders that are going to make or break everyone’s team.