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  • September 18, 2012 at 9:05 am #16862
    silas chime

    The most open ITT I can remember with no Wiggins,Cancellara,Froome,Evans etc.

    Martin’s form not the best and the course is not really the best for him but class is permanent or can Contador recover after his Vuelta exploits?I doubt anyone will have both with the quality DS’ involved.

    At least 2 and probably 3 of Chavanel,Kessiakoff,Pinotti and Tejay will most likely be in all teams and that may well be where the scoring splits occur.

    Velits may be worth a go? Are we getting 5pt team-mate bonuses for trade teams?

    Then the plethora of high priced DS’ all with good claims to place highly.

    Phinney is always a threat

    Larsson may find it too lumpy

    Westra will like the terrain and have home advantage

    Meyer may be t-o-o-o expensive

    Grabsch can destroy anyone on his day

    Gretsch rounds out a good German team

    Tuft took the ENECO ITT

    Castroviejo is in ahead of some other decent Spanish TT’ers so must be in form

    Plus a couple of real secret weapons with the right research.

    Anyone looking at anyone outside of those mentioned?

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  • September 20, 2012 at 9:25 am #701337
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    Debarrio

    veseunr wrote:What happened

    veseunr wrote:
    What happened to Westra?! Thought he had a live chance of a podium.

    He thought so too! Apparently, he cannot TT in the rain or in wet conditions. He chickened out in the corners and couldn’t find his mojo on the straights. So much for his nickname “the Animal”…

    September 19, 2012 at 9:41 pm #701335
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    Gkam84

    Marco Pinotti
    Marco Pinotti ‏@marcopinotti
    Broken collarbone confirmed and operation required. Off to Herentals, Belgium tomorrow. Lots of time to think from now on.

    September 19, 2012 at 5:47 pm #701333
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    Gkam84

    Poor all season??
    He won the
    Poor all season??

    He won the Tour of Belgium, 2nd ahead of Wiggo at Algarve and 5th behind some big names at the Tour of the Basque Country.

    Not bad going, considering in the TdF he broke his wrist and still kept going for 9 stages before retiring to let it heal a bit before the Olympics. Where it was just a factor in his riding as he could not grip well. So I think he’s done not bad.

    Contador was shocking today though. I take it his meat products have stopped arriving in special packages 👿

    September 19, 2012 at 5:36 pm #701331
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    Wig_Billy

    I agree he’s had a poor year,
    I agree he’s had a poor year, but he was always going to finish in the top 3 today (especially with no Wiggins/Canc/Froome).

    September 19, 2012 at 5:22 pm #701329
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    Stumps

    Yep i did and he was blown
    Yep i did and he was blown away by Wiggo and nearly Froome as well despite them having buried themselves in completing the TdF and the Olympics road race.

    There was no Cancellara either. I stick by my opinion he has been poor all season, but well done to him, you can only beat whats in front of you.

    September 19, 2012 at 5:10 pm #701327
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    Wig_Billy

    stumps wrote:Martin has been

    stumps wrote:
    Martin has been shite all year so never thought he would get anywhere near top 3 never mind win.

    Not that i believe he has been on something but if he is going in for an op everyone else must have been really poor :?

    Did you watch the Olympics?

    September 19, 2012 at 5:06 pm #701325
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    Alan Tullett

    Gkam84 wrote:My problem was

    Gkam84 wrote:
    My problem was thinking Martin wouldn’t win, I thought he’d be 3rd home today, So I chose to leave him out in favour of having a couple of lower value stars and higher value DS’s.

    It nearly worked if Marco Pinotti had not gone down. Thats where my team failed. He was on for a top 3 :&

    Kept Martin after nearly taking him out for Contador but decided this would be the one he’d be aiming at. Had Pinotti as well (looks like collar bone but let’s hope not, nasty crash) but still got 1,2,4,5 + 12 and 5 points for Grabsch (had him in for a place but 5 still useful). Think I was one of the highest of the teams with Pinotti on 149. Lucky some of the other stars around that price didn’t do so great; Velits, Chavanal, de Gendt all scoring low. Changed Velits for Kessiakoff fortunately.

    Roll on road race. That’s going to be very difficult to predict, could be another Amstel Gold with very low scores.

    September 19, 2012 at 4:54 pm #701323
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    Stumps

    Martin has been shite all
    Martin has been shite all year so never thought he would get anywhere near top 3 never mind win.

    Not that i believe he has been on something but if he is going in for an op everyone else must have been really poor 😕

    September 19, 2012 at 4:49 pm #701321
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    Gkam84

    My problem was thinking
    My problem was thinking Martin wouldn’t win, I thought he’d be 3rd home today, So I chose to leave him out in favour of having a couple of lower value stars and higher value DS’s.

    It nearly worked if Marco Pinotti had not gone down. Thats where my team failed. He was on for a top 3 :&

    September 19, 2012 at 4:39 pm #701319
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    livestrongnick

    Not convinced about Martin.
    Not convinced about Martin. seeing how he’s supposed to be having an operation closed season ;)[/quote]

    How stupid do i feel!! =)) L)

    September 19, 2012 at 4:37 pm #701317
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    livestrongnick

    yeah dream team still has
    yeah dream team still has Durbridge in with 14!! :B

    September 19, 2012 at 4:33 pm #701315
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    simon F

    Gkam84 wrote:I think there

    Gkam84 wrote:
    I think there are a few mistakes.

    How can 3 riders have 5 points but two are not German??

    Gretsch gets for the winner, Meyer gets for being 16th home. But Fugly should have 0

    Jakob Fuglsang RadioShack-Nissan 5
    Cameron Meyer Orica GreenEDGE 5
    Patrick Gretsch Argos – Shimano 5


    All fixed now – 14 points down 🙁 Leagues still need updating

    September 19, 2012 at 4:24 pm #701313
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    Gkam84

    I think a big shout out
    I think a big shout out should go to Riccardo Zoidl, just because I like the team he comes from.

    RC ARBÖ Gourmetfein catfish 👿

    September 19, 2012 at 4:23 pm #701311
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    Stumps

    Oh dear, my expensive ds’ did
    Oh dear, my expensive ds’ did nowt :”(

    Back to the drawing board, need a bloody marvellous road race to get anywhere near top fifty for comp.

    September 19, 2012 at 4:20 pm #701309
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    Gkam84

    I think there are a few
    I think there are a few mistakes.

    How can 3 riders have 5 points but two are not German??

    Gretsch gets for the winner, Meyer gets for being 16th home. But Fugly should have 0

    Jakob Fuglsang RadioShack-Nissan 5
    Cameron Meyer Orica GreenEDGE 5
    Patrick Gretsch Argos – Shimano 5

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