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TdF Stage 4 – Abbeville-Rouen

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  • July 4, 2012 at 10:27 am #16244
    drheaton

    A flat stage along the coast, the peloton may be broken up by the winds but the run in to the finish is pretty long and away from the coast and it’s all likely to come back together again. Pretty much a cast iron sprint finish.

    Will Cav win again? Can Sagan make it 3? Can Griepel/Goss ever move out of Cavendish’s shadow? Is Kittel feeling better? Is Morkov totally cooked or will be away again?

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  • July 4, 2012 at 2:31 pm #689857
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    chrisdstripes

    Greipel clearly isn’t going
    Greipel clearly isn’t going for Green – thats two days running he hasn’t gone for the intermediate. 😕

    July 4, 2012 at 2:31 pm #689855
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    TERatcliffe26

    drheaton wrote:Holy crap,

    drheaton wrote:
    Holy crap, that intermediate was worth 57 points for me today!

    Its good today but I think the scoring has become too heavily weighted towards the breakaways. Especially when we get into the mountains if it’s 15 points for a sprint, 15 for first over an HC and 10 for cat 1s on some stages you can get two breakaway riders and score more than if you were getting top three at the stage finish!

    57? i make it 54 for you, as i make it 50 for me, i have lancaser compared to you having van hummel (3 compared to 7 point)

    July 4, 2012 at 2:29 pm #689853
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    chrisdstripes

    I like the fact that
    I like the fact that breakaways can get you high scores – encourages risk-taking! Hasn’t worked for me much this season but I’m persisting with it anyway…

    July 4, 2012 at 2:17 pm #689851
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    drheaton

    Holy crap, that intermediate
    Holy crap, that intermediate was worth 57 points for me today!

    Its good today but I think the scoring has become too heavily weighted towards the breakaways. Especially when we get into the mountains if it’s 15 points for a sprint, 15 for first over an HC and 10 for cat 1s on some stages you can get two breakaway riders and score more than if you were getting top three at the stage finish!

    July 4, 2012 at 2:14 pm #689849
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    drheaton

    Hurrah! Sprint points!
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    Hurrah! Sprint points!

    1. Arashiro (15pts)
    2. Delaplace (14pts)
    3. Moncoutie (13pts)

    and the peloton…

    4. Cavendish (12 pts)
    5. Goss (11 pts)
    6. Renshaw (RAB) 10pts
    7. Sagan (LIQ) 9pts
    8. Petacchi (LAM) 8pts
    9. van Hummel (VCD) 7pts
    10. Hutarovich (FDJ) 6pts
    11. Burghardt (BMC) 5pts
    12. Kuchynski (KAT) 4pts
    13. Lancaster (OGE) 3pts
    14. Impey (OCE) 2pts
    15. Ladagnous (FD) 1pt

    and Delaplace took the last climb ahead of Moncoutie so they’ve split the 20 KoM points on offer between themselves.

    July 4, 2012 at 1:41 pm #689847
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    Wig_Billy

    Moncoutie getting some points
    Moncoutie getting some points for my purist team. 🙂

    July 4, 2012 at 1:39 pm #689845
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    drheaton

    Turns out Moncoutie only took
    Turns out Moncoutie only took 2 of the first 3 climbs, Delaplace took the 2nd.

    July 4, 2012 at 1:16 pm #689843
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    d_jp

    I decided not to put Morkov
    I decided not to put Morkov in for Stage 3 to save an extra transfer for today but after he went again & I ended up “losing” 48 points yesterday I decided I had to put him in today… :”(

    Hoping Goss, Greipel & Sagan can get me some good points, although I’m sure quite a few teams have them in so not sure how much difference it will make even if they do

    July 4, 2012 at 12:51 pm #689841
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    TERatcliffe26

    i think Arashiro should
    i think Arashiro should manage to take the sprint 🙂 im sure he will beat moncutie at least!

    July 4, 2012 at 12:29 pm #689839
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    drheaton

    Stupid Moncoutie has taken
    Stupid Moncoutie X( has taken all three of the first climbs (and will no doubt take the 4th) for a cool 15 points so far. My man Arashiro better take the intermediate sprint or I won’t be happy X(

    One thing I’ve noticed this year is that the huge selection of ‘star’ sprinters means very few fantasy DSs are actually getting anywhere near the bunch sprints. Stage 2 had only 2 DSs in the top 20 🙁

    July 4, 2012 at 12:27 pm #689837
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    silas chime

    4th Premium/8th Overall in
    4th Premium/8th Overall in TDF so went for the tried and trusted:

    Cavendish(in for Boassen Hagen)
    Greipel(in for Cancellara)
    Sagan
    Freire
    Cantwell
    Impey
    Cooke
    Boeckmans
    Urtasun

    July 4, 2012 at 11:25 am #689835
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    TERatcliffe26

    some luck for me at last?
    My
    some luck for me at last?

    My team is

    Cav
    Goss
    JJ Haedo
    Sagan

    Simon
    Lancaster
    Zabriske
    Edet
    Arashiro

    July 4, 2012 at 11:11 am #689833
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    chrisdstripes

    Boo hiss – 2 Saur riders but
    Boo hiss – 2 Saur riders but not that one! Never mind, I still have a half-decent sprint team (Goss, Greipel, van Hummel, Sagan), may bring Cav in for Sagan tomorrow.

    July 4, 2012 at 10:43 am #689831
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    Raleigh

    COME ON MORKOV.
    Chase that
    COME ON MORKOV.

    Chase that break!

    July 4, 2012 at 10:34 am #689829
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    drheaton

    Other than having another
    Other than having another breakaway guy that’s gone pretty well for me. Three in the break means more intermediate sprint points for sprinters and I have Arashiro 🙂

    Today I’ve got:

    Cavendish
    Goss
    Sagan
    Van Hummel
    Arashiro
    Simon
    Levarlet
    Bernaudeau
    Izagirre

    So hoping for Arashiro to take everything (although I reckon Moncoutie’ll take the mountain points) and a bunch finish.

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