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Vuelta Stage 21

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  • September 9, 2012 at 7:47 am #16779
    rcorbin

    Sprint fest in Madrid?

    My team today is

    Degenkolb
    Davies
    Viviani
    Mondory
    Duque
    Meersman
    Rast
    Vigano
    Cardoso

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  • September 9, 2012 at 1:29 pm #699419
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    Wig_Billy

    One thing I am a bit worried
    One thing I am a bit worried about is Valverde & J-Rod potentially battling for the points jersey. They might end up getting additional points at the sprint points and the finish line.

    September 9, 2012 at 1:19 pm #699417
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    Wig_Billy

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:Wig_Billy

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    Wig_Billy wrote:
    One final attempt at a stage win.

    Degenkolb
    Davis
    Bennati
    Swift
    Lithgart
    Reynes
    Meersman
    Cardoso
    Vigano

    Could well happen, its just difficult to stage hunt at this stage when youve got riders like valverde and J-Rod guaranteed to score 14 and 16 points, and then people like clarke 5 points, Talansky 4, you need all your stars to score highly and your DS’s that others dont have also need to do well.

    I know, but I think the winner of this stage will probably have the first 5 or 6 over the line, so I’ve just filled my team with as many sprinters as possible. There’s definitely a lot of luck involved in winning flat stages.

    September 9, 2012 at 1:04 pm #699415
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    TERatcliffe26

    Wig_Billy wrote:One final

    Wig_Billy wrote:
    One final attempt at a stage win.

    Degenkolb
    Davis
    Bennati
    Swift
    Lithgart
    Reynes
    Meersman
    Cardoso
    Vigano

    Could well happen, its just difficult to stage hunt at this stage when youve got riders like valverde and J-Rod guaranteed to score 14 and 16 points, and then people like clarke 5 points, Talansky 4, you need all your stars to score highly and your DS’s that others dont have also need to do well.

    September 9, 2012 at 12:55 pm #699413
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    Wig_Billy

    One final attempt at a stage
    One final attempt at a stage win.

    Degenkolb
    Davis
    Bennati
    Swift
    Lithgart
    Reynes
    Meersman
    Cardoso
    Vigano

    September 9, 2012 at 12:15 pm #699411
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    Gkam84

    Alberto Contador
    Joaquin
    Alberto Contador
    Joaquin Rodriguez
    Alejandro Valverde
    John Degenkolb
    Winner Andrew Anacona
    Javier Moreno
    Simon Clarke
    Tomasz Marczynski
    Aitor Galdos

    September 9, 2012 at 9:13 am #699409
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    silas chime

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:silas

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
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    Didnt Bazayev abandon yesterday?

    Doh :”(

    September 9, 2012 at 8:35 am #699407
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    chrisdstripes

    Nice team rcorbin! Mine is
    Nice team rcorbin! Mine is similar so I’ll be cheering for Swift… (Which I would be anyway…)

    Degenkolb
    Benatti
    Swift
    Davis
    Meersman
    Vigano
    Lodewyck
    E Garcia
    Clarke (5 pts guaranteed plus 5 if Davis wins – long shot I know…)

    September 9, 2012 at 8:24 am #699405
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    TERatcliffe26

    silas chime wrote:I didn’t

    silas chime wrote:
    I didn’t touch the star GC guys either for the same reason.Tried my luck switching Talansky and Astarloza in favour of Bazayev and Meersman.

    3 Amigos+
    Viviani
    Meersman
    Vigano
    Bazayev
    Terpstra
    Clarke

    Didnt Bazayev abandon yesterday?

    Also I like you going with Vigano, he seems to have been the chosen one of the sprints rather than cimolai

    September 9, 2012 at 8:08 am #699403
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    silas chime

    I didn’t touch the star GC
    I didn’t touch the star GC guys either for the same reason.Tried my luck switching Talansky and Astarloza in favour of Bazayev and Meersman.

    3 Amigos+
    Viviani
    Meersman
    Vigano
    Bazayev
    Terpstra
    Clarke

    September 9, 2012 at 7:54 am #699401
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    TERatcliffe26

    Yes probably which is why my
    Yes probably which is why my team doesnt look good!!

    However in terms of stars all four of them would have to have decent scores to make it worth taking out J-rod and Valverde. (not that i had the transfers)

    Also anyone think J-rod/valverde are gonna go for intermediate sprints to try and take the points jersey??

    Valverde (14 pts) (equivelant to 8th on the stage)
    J-Rod (16 pts) (equivelant to 7th)
    Degenkolb (guarnateed at least 2 points + where he finishes)
    Swift (good feling about him today)

    Meersman (whos knows, didnt go for the last flat sprint, however it is the last stage, 1 last shot for a win)
    Cimolai (again who knows)
    Marczynski (no score today)
    De la fuente(4 points)
    Clarke (5 points and could place if leading out Davis)

    For example meersman, swift and degenkolb come 1,2,3 in any order, the other two stars of other full sprint teams need to come 4,5,6 to oustcore the GC guys

    So I should still score solid of my two star sprintes finish highly

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