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Tour de France Stage 1

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  • June 21, 2012 at 9:31 am #16131
    londonplayer

    Dave has written his preview for Le Tour so I thought I’d kick things off here.

    Stage 1 is a *Prologue* followed by a Classics type stage (or is that a sprint?). Will you load your team with TTer’s, sprinters or a bit of both?

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  • June 21, 2012 at 11:54 am #687937
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    ray silvester

    The Spaniard has got to be
    The Spaniard has got to be Oscar? The Aussie could be Cooke but is probably Gerrans?

    I’m thinking more along the lines of Slovak/Danish/Kiwi/German stars for stage 1 proper.The 2 young phenoms can hold their own in the prologue and the other 2 can come in for my TT specialists.

    June 21, 2012 at 11:21 am #687935
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    chrisdstripes

    Yes, the Giro prologue had
    Yes, the Giro prologue had some clear favourites in the DS list (Phinney, Larsson, Rasmussen etc) which isn’t so much the case this time, so I might try to pick some good, cheap, all-round DS’s for the first 4 days and just rotate my stars. Even the 3 DS’s I have my eye on for the prologue haven’t been confirmed to start yet, so I’m gonna leave it a few days until all the teams are in and have another look next week.

    Watched the DVD review of TdF 2011 last night, so can’t wait for next weekend now!

    June 21, 2012 at 11:19 am #687933
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    londonplayer

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:Ive got

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    Ive got my team in mind based on stages P and 1, gonna wing stage 2 to keep my team ready for stage 3, and then after stage 3 make some wholesale changes for the flat!

    I tip a certain beligum for stage 3 and a certain aussie or spaniard for stage 1

    TER, you’ve started the ball rolling with the nationality cryptics….. ugh!

    Considering there are bluffers guides widely published online on cycling websites, why not just mention them?

    Gilbert, Gerrans and ?

    June 21, 2012 at 11:12 am #687931
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    ray silvester

    My prologue plans went up in
    My prologue plans went up in smoke when Durbridge,Moser,Kelderman and Rasmussen weren’t selected.

    June 21, 2012 at 10:54 am #687929
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    TERatcliffe26

    Ive got my team in mind based
    Ive got my team in mind based on stages P and 1, gonna wing stage 2 to keep my team ready for stage 3, and then after stage 3 make some wholesale changes for the flat!

    I tip a certain beligum for stage 3 and a certain aussie or spaniard for stage 1

    June 21, 2012 at 10:15 am #687927
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    chrisdstripes

    Yeah its a proper prologue,
    Yeah its a proper prologue, and stages 1 and 3 also look quite tough to predict, so could be an interesting first few days…

    June 21, 2012 at 10:04 am #687925
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    dave atkinson

    it’s a prologue, 6km or so
    it’s a prologue, 6km or so

    June 21, 2012 at 9:48 am #687923
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    drheaton

    I haven’t looked at the
    I haven’t looked at the stages yet, is it a TT or is it actually a prologue type stage? If it’s short I’ll probably stack sprinters as I find Prologue’s more difficult to predict than proper TTs.

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