Milan – San Remo

Urgh,
I hate bad poetry.
I’ve
Urgh,

I hate bad poetry.

I’ve revised my teams, my standard is built around Sagan with other potential breakaway companions. For that I’m hoping for a small-medium break on the Poggio that includes Sagan and stays away to the finish.

For my purist team I have no Sagan and have gone more towards a bunch sprint spreading out my credits to give myself more options.

My worry on both counts is that a non-Sagan break goes away and no teams want to work to bring it back just so Sagan or a sprinter like Cavendish wins. If that’s the case then I have absolutely no idea who might win.

JAndrewHill wrote:As for the

JAndrewHill wrote:

As for the purist team, my choices will be,
Aimed quite simply for the one two three.
So sagan and Cav should do the job
Closely followed by Degenkolb.

There again it might not be a sprint,
If thats so, then heres a hint,
Try the champ Phillippe Gilbert,
Or that french star, Tommy Voeckler (french accent needed for that rhyme)
And pick the sky guy Boasson Hagen
But you’ll still need Peter Sagan.

drheaton wrote:No, I suspect

drheaton wrote:

No, I suspect Nordhaug is looking to peak at a later date so might not be in tip top condition this weekend.

For me, it’s all about who’s in form or coming into form and who’s looking to peak for this race.

The likes of Gerrans are clearly not going to be 100% so I’m avoiding them and looking at those with racing miles in their legs and who are looking good, Nibali, Sagan etc.

Also, if Renshaw wins MSR I’ll eat a pair of road.cc socks.

He can always headbutt everyone out of the way!!

As for the purist team, my
As for the purist team, my choices will be,
Aimed quite simply for the one two three.
So sagan and Cav should do the job
Closely followed by Degenkolb.

drheaton wrote:Urgh, damn

drheaton wrote:

Urgh, damn cryptic team descriptions, I thought we’d finished with those…

I’m going to lay it on the line, my team currently includes Sagan :O

I know, shock choice.

If I told you my star picks
You would just add them to your mix,
So I’ll remain one of those hinters
Who’ll just pack his squad with sprinters
Last years msr was a one off
This year wont be won by riders like Menchov.
Go for riders like impey and sagan
And forget the likes of gerrans and uran.

Wm Shakespeare. 1578.

drheaton wrote:Urgh, damn

drheaton wrote:

Urgh, damn cryptic team descriptions, I thought we’d finished with those…

I’m going to lay it on the line, my team currently includes Sagan :O

I know, shock choice.

Current working team is based around Sagan, Nibali, Cancellara and one other high-ish priced start (around the 20-25 mark) who I can’t decide on just yet, Degenkolb is tempting, as is Impey/Goss (not sure who GreenEdge will work for), Thomas and Gilbert.

Not picking EBH as I see him being overpriced at 30 credits really and not worth it when you can get Gilbert/Degenkolb much cheaper.

Cheaper star wise Hushovd looks good value, as does Iglinsky.

Anyone know what schedule Norhaug is working to? Is he likely to be in any form for MSR?

Blanco seem to be putting Renshaw and Slagter in pole positions…..unless they’re bluffing re Nordhaug.

worked out my team and it
worked out my team and it came to 200.5 points :O

Can someone lend me 51 points ????????

My second go worked out much better and no Sagan for me at the mo. His 40 points can get you a mixture of Gilbert / Boonen / Thomas / Pozzato and Iglinsky / Moser / Gasparotto which might be better overall.