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Ardennes Classics

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  • April 8, 2013 at 8:39 am #18435
    yourpaceormine

    Looking at picking my purist team for the Ardennes races. I am struggling to find team rosters for this round of races.

    I always find the Spring Classics the hardest to pick a purist team for, too many last minute roster changes and crashes affecting riders actually riding. Ended up with only 4 riders at Paris-Roubaix. Maybe I have the Sky mentality – pants at one day racing, better at stage racing?

    I am particularly interested in the likes of the big hitter: I know Wiggins is targetting LBL, are Cav, Sagan,Bertie,etc riding the Ardennes races?

    If you have any team links (in English) please could you share?

    Public information notice: EBH and Geraint will now win everything they enter as I have perservered with them on my team for ages. They are now going to sit races out on the bench until they start showing some decent real life race form.

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  • April 8, 2013 at 8:47 pm #726841
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    Philip Unwin

    JTL may turn out to be a
    JTL may turn out to be a nobody or a superstar, but I think speculation on his future on 8th April in his first season with the big boys is a bit premature. We don’t know what he’s been asked to do. He looks to be struggling a little but give him a bit of time.

    April 8, 2013 at 8:21 pm #726839
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    drheaton

    Look at it from Sky’s point
    Look at it from Sky’s point of view, JTL is entirely unproven at World Tour level and not someone you’d trust to lead a team when you’ve already got riders like Froome, Wiggins, Porte, Uran and Henao. All of these established successful riders are above JTL in the pecking order. Then add in loads of hard working domestiques like Kiryenka and Cataldo who are proven at this level and have been putting in the miles for the team.

    This year is probably about working out what level JTL is capable of riding at and ensuring he has the fitness to deal with the longer races that he’s not been used to in the past.

    Next year, maybe, we might see JTL being given the chance to race, but this year it’s about integrating him into the team and getting him up to speed.

    April 8, 2013 at 8:04 pm #726837
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    chiv30

    stumps wrote:I may get shot

    stumps wrote:
    I may get shot for this but i think JTL will be binned by Sky at the end of the season. I dont think he has lived upto the hype.

    Mind you i wish i was even 20% as good as him.

    He wont be in my team nor will any other Sky rider, for me they will be fine tuning etc for the Giro.

    Careful I said this on these forums over a month ago and got roasted by one member who seemed to decide I knew nothing about cycling … 😕

    April 8, 2013 at 7:04 pm #726835
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    Stumps

    drh, i totally agree, we dont
    drh, i totally agree, we dont know its just an observation thats all.

    If he goes on to win or do really well i will be chuffed to bits cos he’s British and thats the important bit.

    April 8, 2013 at 6:55 pm #726833
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    drheaton

    stumps wrote:I may get shot

    stumps wrote:
    I may get shot for this but i think JTL will be binned by Sky at the end of the season. I dont think he has lived upto the hype.

    Mind you i wish i was even 20% as good as him.

    He wont be in my team nor will any other Sky rider, for me they will be fine tuning etc for the Giro.

    1) its his first season at the top level

    2) we don’t know his schedule or plans for the season, he could specifically be working to a race later in the season or, for his first year, could be concentrating on domestique duties. We don’t know what his goals are or what the teams plans are.

    April 8, 2013 at 6:29 pm #726831
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    JAndrewHill

    Just pick cancellara
    Just pick cancellara

    April 8, 2013 at 6:28 pm #726829
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    Stumps

    I may get shot for this but i
    I may get shot for this but i think JTL will be binned by Sky at the end of the season. I dont think he has lived upto the hype.

    Mind you i wish i was even 20% as good as him.

    He wont be in my team nor will any other Sky rider, for me they will be fine tuning etc for the Giro.

    April 8, 2013 at 2:49 pm #726827
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    TERatcliffe26

    drheaton wrote:The question

    drheaton wrote:
    The question for me is which Sky guy will be leader. Froome, Uran and JTL appear to be riding all three with Wiggins just LBL, will Froome go for it, will Uran be given a shot, is JTL up to it?

    Too many questions!

    I hate the damn classics.

    Made it easy for myself, I don’t have a sky rider in either team

    April 8, 2013 at 2:43 pm #726825
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    enrique

    drheaton wrote:… I hate the

    drheaton wrote:
    … I hate the damn classics.

    Heh heh. Ditto. 😉

    April 8, 2013 at 2:25 pm #726823
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    drheaton

    The question for me is which
    The question for me is which Sky guy will be leader. Froome, Uran and JTL appear to be riding all three with Wiggins just LBL, will Froome go for it, will Uran be given a shot, is JTL up to it?

    Too many questions!

    I hate the damn classics.

    April 8, 2013 at 2:10 pm #726821
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    teamlangton

    Thank you
    Thank you

    April 8, 2013 at 2:01 pm #726819
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    TERatcliffe26

    teamlangton wrote:Do we have

    teamlangton wrote:
    Do we have unlimited transfers for our purist teams for the next three classics (Amstel, Fleche, LBL) or just 6?

    Unlimited before Amstel, then none in between the rest of the races

    April 8, 2013 at 1:59 pm #726817
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    teamlangton

    Do we have unlimited
    Do we have unlimited transfers for our purist teams for the next three classics (Amstel, Fleche, LBL) or just 6?

    April 8, 2013 at 10:54 am #726815
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    ray silvester

    Keep an eye on the Giro Del
    Keep an eye on the Giro Del Trentino too as anyone confirmed for that will definitely not be in the Fleche-Wallone.

    April 8, 2013 at 10:07 am #726813
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    chrisdstripes

    Thanks for the tip about
    Thanks for the tip about Thomas! I thought his problems were down to me, as he seemed to crash every time I picked him, but I took him out yesterday and he still crashed, so I am absolved – it must be your fault…

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