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  • May 22, 2012 at 7:26 pm #15894
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    So tomorrows a tricky one! Could be cold and is lumpy! They are saying someone who is great at descending has an advantage! Anyone any advice? I have the top 5 in the GC, so is it worth keeping them or ship one out and look for a stage winner??

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  • May 23, 2012 at 12:30 pm #681393
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    drheaton

    Ah crap, my secret weapon for
    Ah crap, my secret weapon for tomorrow has jacked it in…

    Another withdrawal: Thomas Vaitkus of Orica GreenEdge

    May 23, 2012 at 12:22 pm #681391
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    drheaton

    Annoyingly the only person I
    Annoyingly the only person I wasn’t fussed about getting into the break, Rabottini, is in there. Yeah it’s extra points but it’s points everyone else will get too 🙁

    Fingers crossed Rujano, Pozzovivo and Txurruka attack like crazy on the final climbs, apparently Gadret has also said he’s going to ‘dynamite the race’ which should be fun to watch, it was a toss up between bringing him or Rujano in, thought Rujano might be given more leeway as he’s nearly 8 minutes down.

    May 23, 2012 at 12:19 pm #681389
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    chrisdstripes

    Gap is only 4 mins tho thanks
    Gap is only 4 mins tho thanks to Euskatel on the front of the bunch, hopefully trying to keep it manageable for Txurruka or Nieve to bridge the gap later…

    May 23, 2012 at 12:18 pm #681387
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    chrisdstripes

    Samoilau’s done a Barta and
    Samoilau’s done a Barta and got in the break 2 days after I dropped him. Gkam your luck is catching…

    At least he’s in my “just for fun” purist team – Go Branislau!

    May 23, 2012 at 12:17 pm #681385
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    Stumps

    Got rid of Basso due to the
    Got rid of Basso due to the long downhill finish and replaced him with Scarponi who i think will go for it today.

    Team now looks like:

    Sergio Luis Henao (SKY)
    Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
    Michele Scarponi (LAM)
    Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
    Allessandro De Marchi (AND)
    Paolo Tiralongo (AST)
    Damiano Caruso (LIQ)
    Amets Txurruka (EUS)
    Stefano Pirazzi (COG

    May 23, 2012 at 12:16 pm #681383
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    silas chime

    Little gamble today
    DeGendt
    Little gamble today

    DeGendt in for Basso

    Tschopp in for Barta

    Team:
    J-Rod
    DeGendt
    Henao
    Hesjedal
    Tiralongo
    Tschopp
    Golas
    Robottini(in the break 😉
    Pozzovivo

    May 23, 2012 at 9:43 am #681381
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    TERatcliffe26

    well here is my
    well here is my team

    J-Rod
    Henao
    Hesjedal
    Gadret (dont think many teams have him at the moment)

    Txurruka (got him in yesterday ready)
    Pozzovivo (will be axed at some point but when who knows? need to get a certain member of your team in for sunday Chris)
    Tiralongo
    Keizer (had a day off yesterday, so surely due to be in the break today?)
    Tschopp (replaced slagter wiht him, again another punt, but not many teams will have him)

    May 23, 2012 at 9:12 am #681379
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    drheaton

    Benedetti was going to be in
    Benedetti was going to be in my team for today, he’s a local lad and with NetApp being a smaller team he’d probably take the opportunity to get some TV time. I still think he’ll try and get in the break but we’ll see.

    Txurruka and Rujano will definitely try something, I’m just not sure how early and whether or not it’ll stick.

    Whoever gets 2-3 in the break and picking up KoM points will be on for a great score today.

    May 23, 2012 at 9:05 am #681377
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    chrisdstripes

    I’ve taken a punt too and
    I’ve taken a punt too and dumped Pozzovivo – will probably regret it but I reckon there are big points if you can get someone in the break. Still have a fairly safe set of stars tho…

    Rodriguez, Henao, Hesjedal, Basso
    Cataldo, Txurruka, Pauwels, Pirazzi, Benedetti

    Had Benedetti more for yesterday really, but he did try to get in the first break before missing the final one, so maybe he’s up for going again.

    Prob Cav and Kristoff in for tomorrow and straight back out again for Friday. That Belgian is on my radar for the weekend too.

    Tho’ I’m nowhere overall so am considering gearing all my last 6 transfers towards Sunday and going for the stage win – we’ll see…

    May 23, 2012 at 8:48 am #681375
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    drheaton

    Thrown my plan completely out
    Thrown my plan completely out of the window, it’s a stupid decision and a complete punt… I already regret hitting commit but c’est la vie, time to take risks if I want a top 10 finish.

    Out: Hesjedal and Slagter
    In: Rujano and Txurruka

    so…

    Rodriguez
    Basso
    Rujano
    Henao

    Txurruka
    Pozzovivo
    Tiralongo
    Rabottini
    Golas

    Hoping for a decent breakaway looking for KoM points, ideally Rabottini, Txurruka, Pozz and Rujano staying away all day. If Hesjedal were to crack and finish 5 minutes down on the leaders that’d help too 😀

    May 23, 2012 at 8:20 am #681373
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    TERatcliffe26

    JAndrewHill

    JAndrewHill wrote:
    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    I made 1 transfer, dropped slagter for a swiss guy ;)

    But contador isnt doing the giro.

    you sure 😉

    May 23, 2012 at 8:20 am #681371
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    TERatcliffe26

    Apologies but I had to throw
    Apologies but I had to throw it out there….

    Im still working on my plan as it may involve axing tiralongo as i need another italian on my team by the end of the race as he should do well at the end of the race but credits are the issue.

    May 23, 2012 at 7:53 am #681369
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    drheaton

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:My

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    My question is when do I axe haeno for a certain belgium in prep fro the last stage

    Damn you!

    I had it all planned out and I hadn’t considered this until you mentioned it… haven’t been able to decide if it’s worth it yet but my head says it’s a good idea and possibly some great points, if the transfer’s made for the right stage…

    Time to redo all my plans 🙁

    May 23, 2012 at 7:00 am #681367
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    chrisdstripes

    drheaton wrote:
    Actually,

    drheaton wrote:

    Actually, anyone know how well Henao TTs?


    I doubt even he knows for sure – he’s ridden so few competitively, and at the end of 3 hard weeks, who knows? In Vasco he came 32nd over 19km, just over a minute down on Sammy Sanchez and ahead of Hesjedal. But I can’t remember how hilly that one was…

    May 22, 2012 at 10:05 pm #681365
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    Anonymous

    A certain french guy might
    A certain french guy might want to make his mark tomorrow!!! 😉 😉

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