Giro Stage 16

Don’t worry about me, I’ll
Don’t worry about me, I’ll pull a stage win sometime before the season ends.

But it seems my luck has returned from last year. I think it was mainly the TdF I would transfer a guy out the night before a stage and sure as hell he’d score more points than any of the rest of my team. I happened on back to back stages for nearly a week :”(

Gkam84 wrote:Replace Jon

Gkam84 wrote:

Replace Jon Izagirre with Matthias Brandle…

Gkam84 wrote:

Mother ******… the man I’ve stuck with the whole tour and I transferred out last night Izagirre is going to win…

I laughed my head off… That’s pretty crappy! I swear I was going to die laughing 🙂

drheaton wrote:75 today, up 2

drheaton wrote:

75 today, up 2 in the premium giro but no ground gained, mainly because I have EXACTLY the same team as the guy in first :”( My options seem to be to take stupid risks or hope that the 16 teams ahead of me suddenly become really stupid.

The GC points are a blessing and a curse, I need them to get decent points but everyone else gets the same points!

Maybe a case of great minds think alike 😉 ? Seriously though, I kind of enjoy the tension between taking the “safe” GC / jersey points and taking risks. It’s kind of appropriate as it mimics in many ways the tactics in the race itself. Play it like a Basso or a Rodriguez (or a Pirazzi – seriously, what was that at the end of the stage today)?
For example, tomorrow is making me very nervous – so many mountain points on offer. Surely someone in the top ten is going to pick a valuable breakaway rider, but how can I hedge myself against the diversity of good options out there? Also, with the race the way it is, there are opportunities for making good bets with the GC riders for tomorrow as well. Not that I’m complaining about where I’ve found myself in the standings – just to make the point that it’s still nerve-wracking trying to maintain a high spot.

75 today, up 2 in the premium
75 today, up 2 in the premium giro but no ground gained, mainly because I have EXACTLY the same team as the guy in first :”( My options seem to be to take stupid risks or hope that the 16 teams ahead of me suddenly become really stupid.

The GC points are a blessing and a curse, I need them to get decent points but everyone else gets the same points!

drheaton wrote:
This is why I

drheaton wrote:

This is why I think some fantasy jersey’s would help the game, it’d be great to load up on breakaway guys in the hope of getting the KoM or breakaway jerseys, it’d give everyone something to fight for and by having to aim for specific types of stages (mountains or sprints etc) it’d stop the same people winning everything.

The people leading the whole competition are consistently top 100 or so on each stage, but not top 10 or 20 so you’d have to choose, go for the competition or the jersey.

this is something we’re looking at, and other things along these lines. stay tuned, eh 🙂

PS 10th on stage today 😀

dr heaton,
I agree. There is
dr heaton,

I agree. There is a major flaw in the game that once you do badly on one or two stages, it’s very unlikely that you will be able to catch the leaders again. I’m in the top 50 but I know I can’t win this one.

I’ve had to play defensively as I don’t want to slip further down the leaderboard. Perhaps the Spring Classics were more exciting because there were no GC classification points and it was a very much dog eat dog game where you loaded up with whoever you thought was going to be in the top 5.

Jerseys sound like a good idea to me. But until the rules of the game change and points scoring, I’m going to continue holding the top GC contenders in my team.

Lol at the Pirazzi attack.
Lol at the Pirazzi attack. Someone get him a Kit Kat 👿

TERatcliffe26 wrote:Another

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Another rubbish day at the office it seems, just cant get it right. Maybe i will peak in le tour

This is why I think some fantasy jersey’s would help the game, it’d be great to load up on breakaway guys in the hope of getting the KoM or breakaway jerseys, it’d give everyone something to fight for and by having to aim for specific types of stages (mountains or sprints etc) it’d stop the same people winning everything.

The people leading the whole competition are consistently top 100 or so on each stage, but not top 10 or 20 so you’d have to choose, go for the competition or the jersey.