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Vuelta stage 6

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  • August 23, 2012 at 10:17 am #16645
    chrisdstripes

    What’s going to happen today then?? Is a last 4km at an average 8% (I think thats what I read but might be wrong) going to be enough to cause any changes to GC? Will a break get away? Will a classics rider like Ballan be able to stay with the proper climbers, or are we looking no further than J-Rod, Contador, Froome and Valverde?? Is that really Gilbert riding for BMC this season or has it been Sohrabi all along wearing one of those Mission Impossible-style rubberised masks??

    My hot tip today? Bakelants. But my hot tips rarely do anything.

    Froome (in for Degenkolb, will reverse tomorrow)
    Mollema
    Bakelants (in for Swift)
    Boom
    Machado
    Astarloza (only had 2.5 left after my other transfers!)
    Meersman
    Bouhanni
    Lodewyck
    TOTAL 150.0

    Of those of you going for a high overall placing, how are you getting on? I’m just outside the top 200, no disasters yet but nothing special either…

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  • August 24, 2012 at 11:50 am #696831
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    silas chime

    109pts drops DOWN the
    109pts drops DOWN the standings :”(

    However two of my stars(Davis/Degenkolb) were left in for the ‘Grand Prix’ stage so should pick up tomorrow.

    August 23, 2012 at 8:58 pm #696829
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    drheaton

    I’d started so well but
    I’d started so well but steadily falling away now, dropped a few more places today despite having 1, 3 & 4 plus other placings and GC points.

    On the other hand, I’m up to second in the purist comp 🙂

    August 23, 2012 at 6:31 pm #696827
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    rcorbin

    Had a 1,2,4,11 today from my
    Had a 1,2,4,11 today from my stars! Florencio finally got some points too…

    August 23, 2012 at 5:10 pm #696825
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    chrisdstripes

    Ah, Bakelants saving himself
    Ah, Bakelants saving himself for Saturday I see… 😉

    August 23, 2012 at 5:03 pm #696823
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    TERatcliffe26

    Disaster for me, knew i
    Disaster for me, knew i should have gone valverde and not moreno 🙁 well im gonna drop mollema and moreno tomorrow for sprinters, then get in contador and J-Rod

    should be decent for my purist team, J-Rod, Froome and De Gendt

    August 23, 2012 at 4:16 pm #696821
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    simon F

    Gkam84 wrote:Simon beat me to

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Simon beat me to it 👿

    Purely fortuitous. I walked in just as they entered the last km. Got 1,2,3 today so quite pleased but I suspect a lot of other will have them as well 🙁

    August 23, 2012 at 4:16 pm #696819
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    Wig_Billy

    Another ‘treading-water’ sort
    Another ‘treading-water’ sort of stage for me, but at least I finally had the stage winner in my team.

    August 23, 2012 at 4:12 pm #696817
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    Gkam84

    Any big guys suffering badly
    Any big guys suffering badly today? Not just the last climb

    August 23, 2012 at 4:09 pm #696815
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    Gkam84

    Simon beat me to it
    My
    Simon beat me to it 👿

    My purist squad should be going well today though, big points with De Gendt getting two sprints and a climb, shame combat number aint scored as he had that aswell

    August 23, 2012 at 4:09 pm #696813
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    simon F

    And where TF did Meersman
    And where TF did Meersman come from? I wish I hadn’t dropped him this morning now, although I suppose 2 points isn’t the end of the world 😐

    August 23, 2012 at 4:07 pm #696811
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    simon F

    All the above are provisional
    All the above are provisional and given previous days on the Vuelta, may change.

    August 23, 2012 at 4:06 pm #696809
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    simon F

    Mountains
    1 152 CLARKE,
    Mountains
    1 152 CLARKE, Simon OGE 16
    2 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV 11
    3 214 LIGTHART, Pim VCD 11
    4 67 MATE, Luis Angel COF 10
    5 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 9

    August 23, 2012 at 4:05 pm #696807
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    simon F

    Points
    1 191 DEGENKOLB,
    Points
    1 191 DEGENKOLB, John ARG 51
    2 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 45
    3 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV 41
    4 181 FROOME, Christopher SKY 37
    5 151 DAVIS, Allan OGE 29

    August 23, 2012 at 4:05 pm #696805
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    simon F

    GC
    1 101 RODRIGUEZ,
    GC
    1 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 21h 45′ 06”
    2 181 FROOME, Christopher SKY + 10”
    3 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB + 35”
    4 188 URAN, Rigoberto SKY + 43”
    5 161 GESINK, Robert RAB + 53”
    6 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV + 54”
    7 19 ROCHE, Nicolas ALM + 1′ 04”
    8 166 MOLLEMA, Bauke RAB + 1′ 12”
    9 107 MORENO, Daniel KAT + 1′ 17”
    10 1 COBO, Juan José MOV + 1′ 34”

    August 23, 2012 at 4:05 pm #696803
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    drheaton

    chrisdstripes wrote:De Weert

    chrisdstripes wrote:
    De Weert is a funny one – have you had him for a few days? I had him for about ten stages of the TdF and got virtually nothing! But he is a very good rider. Are you expecting something soon or are you just waiting for a chance to get rid?

    I’ve had him from the start, I read somewhere that he’d be given the nod to go after GC so thought I was being clever by getting him in early and hoping he’d do well in the hills.

    Unfortunately it hasn’t really played out that way so I will be looking to get shut of him when I can for either a cheap climber like an Euskatel rider or whoever hits form over the next couple of days, or someone like Meersman who I’d considered but after he let me down at the Giro I didn’t want the risk.

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