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  • May 20, 2012 at 6:50 pm #15871
    Gkam84

    So who we all got tonight?

    I’m going for a bit of nostalgia today if Sagan has a heart, he’ll let the old man McEwen win in his last ever stage of his last ever race, so brought them both in.

    Peter Sagan (LIQ)
    Robert Gesink (RAB)
    Heinrich Haussler (GRM)
    Robbie Mcewen (GRE)
    Philip Deignan (UHC)
    Christophe Riblon (ALM)
    Juan Pablo Suarez (COL)
    Roger Kluge (ARG)
    Sebastian Salas (OPT)

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  • May 21, 2012 at 3:59 pm #681037
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    widgetkicker

    The race may have been
    The race may have been rescheduled to an earlier time because both the LA Clippers (NBA) and the LA Kings (NHL) had playoff games yesterday evening. Those wouldn’t have been scheduled until the past month or so, probably after the ATOC had been planned.

    May 21, 2012 at 8:46 am #681035
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    seanieh66

    TOC stage 8 (Dream Team) 110
    đŸ˜€ TOC stage 8 (Dream Team) 110

    Thanks

    May 21, 2012 at 8:00 am #681033
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    seanieh66

    I was doing well and expect a
    :O I was doing well and expect a good points tally.

    May 21, 2012 at 7:51 am #681031
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    drheaton

    Seeing as it was a sprint
    Seeing as it was a sprint finish which finished after deadline I think there would be no real benefit to nullyfying the stage or throwing out transfers made after the stage start.

    Let’s mark it down as a cock-up and learn from it. The ToC is pretty much the only race outside of European time (other than the two Canadian ‘classics’) so this isn’t a mjaor problem and something to try and get right next year.

    Personally I wasn’t really fussed by the ToC, running a another stage race alongside a grand tour seems pointless as it’s never as fun or interesting as the big race, although the fact that most of stages had pretty much the same result didn’t help. Having to make transfers in the afternoon/evening was a pain too and a lot of people seemed to keep missing the deadline.

    May 21, 2012 at 7:47 am #681029
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    rcorbin

    I’d imagine it has something
    I’d imagine it has something to do with it being a Sunday night and the last stage.

    May 21, 2012 at 7:45 am #681027
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    simon F

    Gkam – It’s 7 hours from
    Gkam – It’s 7 hours from UTC/GMT but we’re on summer time as well so the difference is 8 hours so the race finished at 19:37 BST – ie after the deadline but not sufficiently.

    According to the live tickers, at 19:05 they had just started the finish circuits, the break had 20 secs and was being chased. I suppose you could have got points for the intermediate sprint 7 mins before the deadline but it wouldn’t have gained you much.

    May 21, 2012 at 7:36 am #681025
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    seanieh66

    I guess the other thing that
    I guess the other thing that annoys a bit is that this league was paid for, albeit not a lot. Nonetheless you did charge for it and still no points listed for the final stage.

    May 21, 2012 at 5:14 am #681023
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    seanieh66

    Why isn’t the TOC stage 8
    Why isn’t the TOC stage 8 data up yet, its been how long now?

    May 21, 2012 at 12:30 am #681021
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    Gkam84

    Oh well, I don’t know, but
    Oh well, I don’t know, but according to the official site they kicked off at 10.10 thats all i’m going by, i watched the highlights tonight and saw the 1 hour 27 when Sagan won the race, then just looking at the time zones.

    I could be wrong though. But regardless of that, the deadline should have been before the stage starts are per every other stage/race đŸ˜•

    May 21, 2012 at 12:23 am #681019
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    Wig_Billy

    I watched it live and it
    I watched it live and it definitely finished after 7:30pm.

    May 21, 2012 at 12:09 am #681017
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    Gkam84

    I don’t think i am.
    Race
    I don’t think i am.

    Race started at 10.10 local time and took 1 hour 27 to complete. so 11.37

    Current local time in Los Angeles
    Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -8 hours
    Daylight saving time: +1 hour
    Current time zone offset: UTC/GMT -7 hours

    So add 7 hours onto 11.37 and you get 18.37 đŸ˜‰

    Deadline was 19.05

    May 20, 2012 at 11:55 pm #681015
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    Wig_Billy

    Gkam84 wrote:It seems that it

    Gkam84 wrote:
    It seems that it was always set out at that time, I just had a double check and looks like it. I think it actually finished at 11.37 their time, so 18.37 our time, still leaving 30 minutes before the deadline for the stage. It started at 10.10 their time, so 17.10 our time, The deadline should have been 17.05, so IF Dave can do it, he should wipe out any transfers made in those two hours

    17.05-19.05 and even things up for those of us who were totally unaware of it being run so early

    You’re an hour out with your timings. The race finished after the deadline.

    May 20, 2012 at 11:52 pm #681013
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    Wig_Billy

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:Wig_Billy

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    Wig_Billy wrote:
    My team;

    Sagan
    Boonen
    Ciolek
    Haussler

    Kulge
    Hanson
    Boivin
    Pipp
    Mannion

    ;)

    Is that actually your team, or did you see the result by accident like me?

    No, that was a joke. :^o

    May 20, 2012 at 10:15 pm #681011
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    Gkam84

    It seems that it was always
    It seems that it was always set out at that time, I just had a double check and looks like it. I think it actually finished at 11.37 their time, so 18.37 our time, still leaving 30 minutes before the deadline for the stage. It started at 10.10 their time, so 17.10 our time, The deadline should have been 17.05, so IF Dave can do it, he should wipe out any transfers made in those two hours

    17.05-19.05 and even things up for those of us who were totally unaware of it being run so early

    May 20, 2012 at 10:04 pm #681009
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    TERatcliffe26

    Agree Gkam, I did my
    Agree Gkam, I did my transfers this morning when I did my Giro ones, as knew who I wanted and knew i wouldnt be about. But i didnt realise it would be so early either, and i guess dave didnt either? Did they move it early for any reason? (such as bad weather forecast) as you never see a final stage that early in europe no matter how short, always aim to finish at the same time as the rest of the stages, anywhere between 3-5 depending on the race, not 11.30am.

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