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May 16, 2012 at 9:31 am #15840
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Its a long haul today, are we expecting a sprint? I’ve decided against bringing Cav back in, which makes him a nailed-on certainty for the stage. Visconti’s back yard, and he’s been there or thereabouts for a few days (ie since I transferred him out…) so might he be interested too?
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Ferrari wins
Ferrari wins 🙁Gkam84
Ferrari wins
Which is all
Ferrari wins 👿Which is all good for me as i have 2 of their riders 😀
Quote:Sky really controlling
Sky really controlling things here as we enter the last 5km. Goss is definitely nowhere to be seen at the front end.Sounds like Schleck has been dropped on the descent.
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Crap
Three down on the final corner!On the final climb, group of
On the final climb, group of 6 in front at the summit, about 10km downhill and flat to goDamiano Caruso is one of the leading quartet of riders in the Visconti group. They are being joined by a couple more: Astana’s Roman Kreuziger and Lampre’s Michele Scarponi. Interesting.Bah, once Scarponi got across Liquigas shut the break down, sprint finish for sure now.
Didn’t Gatto finish 3rd in
Didn’t Gatto finish 3rd in the Strade Bianche? and I’m sure he was in decent form during the Classics, he’s not a bad call at all.frankiejay
Honestly, I sat here thinking
Honestly, I sat here thinking about how I could get Cav, Goss and J-Rod in, then who would be left? Obviously not enough points to keep Hesjedal, so I needed somebody sub 15… and thought “Well, I’ve been burned by every Farnesi-Vini rider so far. Why not try again?”Gatto’s a good call, I was
Gatto’s a good call, I was tempted to pick him up for tomorrow actually seeing as I couldn’t fit him in today.I didn’t realise though that today’s finish is a mirror of Monday’s with a very tight hairpin bend 400m from the finish, plus with the last climb 10km from the finish and maxing out at 8% there’s no guarantee that it’ll still be together for a sprint finish :S
I’m super excited about the
I’m super excited about the team today, which means I’m bound to have no luck whatsoever 🙂Cavendish
Goss
J-Rod
GattoGuardini
Demare
Rubiano
Pozzovivo
CarusoJAndrewHill
I’ve gone for . . .
Joaquin
I’ve gone for . . .Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
Sergio Luis Henao (SKY)
Mark Cavendish (SKY)Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
Alexander Kristoff (KAT)
Miguel Angel Rubiano (AND)
Elia Favilli (FAR)
Damiano Caruso (LIQ)Wig_Billy wrote:Bodsey
Wig_Billy wrote:Bodsey wrote:Wig_Billy wrote:The transfer deadline’s closed already??? I’m sure when I checked last night it was 11:35.Me too. In fact I couldn’t complete my transfers last night due to the site slowing down. Just now I clicked the green button with 19 minutes to go, only to get the closed message.
Maybe there’s good reason for this 10.55am cut-off http://www.gazzetta.it/static_images/ciclismo/giroditalia/2012/pdf/doc_crono/T11_crono.pdf just a shame I didn’t check gazzetta earlier. Didn’t the game have the wrong transfer cut-off time just a few days ago, if I recall correctly some one said it wouldn’t happen again?
Surely we should have some notice though?
drheaton wrote:Or, if the peloton ends up sat on their backsides on the floor again you could be on to a winner! Anyway, I was half tempted to give up on today and save my transfers for the big breakaway stage tomorrow so you could still do really well out of it.I was intending to save 1 transfer for tomorrow anyway, but I might end up taking an extra risk now (depending on the result today of course). It’s just frustrating to look at Scarponi in my team knowing that he wont score me any points, while Cav might end up with 40.
Windows closing after the stage start time was raised a couple of days ago and I think Dave was looking at all the other stages to see if it was likely to happen again, he may have changed the closing time for today’s window but not updated all the literature so it might be worth dropping him an email.
Today’s
Today’s breakawayOlivier Kaisen (Lotto Belisol), Adrian Saez (Euskaltel), Simone Ponzi (Astana), Stefan Denifl (Vacansoleil-DCM), Manuele Boaro (Saxo Bank) and Mickaël Delage (FDJ-BigMat)That man Kaisen is there again!.
Can’t seem them making it but at 6 with some serial escapists and Boaro (who can TT) they should make a good fist of it.
Also, Goss isn’t doing too well and Tom Leezer of Rabobank is out.
Wig_Billy
Bodsey wrote:Wig_Billy
Bodsey wrote:Wig_Billy wrote:The transfer deadline’s closed already??? I’m sure when I checked last night it was 11:35.Me too. In fact I couldn’t complete my transfers last night due to the site slowing down. Just now I clicked the green button with 19 minutes to go, only to get the closed message.
Maybe there’s good reason for this 10.55am cut-off http://www.gazzetta.it/static_images/ciclismo/giroditalia/2012/pdf/doc_crono/T11_crono.pdf just a shame I didn’t check gazzetta earlier. Didn’t the game have the wrong transfer cut-off time just a few days ago, if I recall correctly some one said it wouldn’t happen again?
Surely we should have some notice though?
drheaton wrote:Or, if the peloton ends up sat on their backsides on the floor again you could be on to a winner! Anyway, I was half tempted to give up on today and save my transfers for the big breakaway stage tomorrow so you could still do really well out of it.I was intending to save 1 transfer for tomorrow anyway, but I might end up taking an extra risk now (depending on the result today of course). It’s just frustrating to look at Scarponi in my team knowing that he wont score me any points, while Cav might end up with 40.
Wig_Billy wrote:Missing out
Wig_Billy wrote:Missing out on making my transfers means I’m stuffed if it comes down to a sprint. Demare is my only sprinter but he’s exhausted so Soupe will probably be FDJ’s man today. I was going to bring in Cav, so expect him to win today. :(Or, if the peloton ends up sat on their backsides on the floor again you could be on to a winner! Anyway, I was half tempted to give up on today and save my transfers for the big breakaway stage tomorrow so you could still do really well out of it.
Bodsey
Wig_Billy wrote:The transfer
Wig_Billy wrote:The transfer deadline’s closed already??? I’m sure when I checked last night it was 11:35.Me too. In fact I couldn’t complete my transfers last night due to the site slowing down. Just now I clicked the green button with 19 minutes to go, only to get the closed message.
Maybe there’s good reason for this 10.55am cut-off http://www.gazzetta.it/static_images/ciclismo/giroditalia/2012/pdf/doc_crono/T11_crono.pdf just a shame I didn’t check gazzetta earlier. Didn’t the game have the wrong transfer cut-off time just a few days ago, if I recall correctly some one said it wouldn’t happen again?
Was intending to swap Cav for JRod and Caruso for Balloni. Would love it if a little discretion could be used. 😉
Thanks for the great game anyway, really enjoying it & not really complaining, as I’ve not paid for the premium side or anything. 🙂
Bobbys boys
Mark my words …. Bonnet
Mark my words …. Bonnet sprinting for FDJ today 😉 -
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