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  • April 20, 2013 at 1:23 pm #18536
    Stumps

    With only 3 days till the race starts are we going to get it opened before the end of the weekend. Impatient i know but i’m at work Monday and the kids of an evening makes it kind of difficult.

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  • April 23, 2013 at 4:07 pm #729289
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    stevemarks

    Avoided the big names and
    Avoided the big names and packed my team with cheaper GC riders and watched them all fail:

    Spilak-rubbish
    Peraud- Who?
    Martin-surely should have done better?

    The Talansky/Porte double did okay.

    I was just wondering how Froome gets to TT better than Talansky and Porte and Martin given past results? Is it just me or does it seem a little odd? Just thinking out loud, and I know I probably shouldn’t doubt so much, but to be honest I am a bit worried by performances like that…..

    April 23, 2013 at 1:36 pm #729287
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    chrisdstripes

    Blimey, you’re right – maybe
    Blimey, you’re right – maybe he crashed?

    Ruben Plaza just gone 2nd – continuing his good form…

    April 23, 2013 at 1:23 pm #729285
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    drheaton

    Depends, that’s some 30% over
    Depends, that’s some 30% over Kelderman’s time so could he be out of the time limit?

    April 23, 2013 at 1:18 pm #729283
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    chrisdstripes

    Adam Blythe’s had a bit of a
    Adam Blythe’s had a bit of a mare – 24 secs slower than anyone else at the mo, and 3:27 behind Kelderman. Could be a good shout for last man home which might be good news for anyone that picked him with tomorrow in mind…

    April 23, 2013 at 1:08 pm #729281
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    chrisdstripes

    Early days, but Kelderman has
    Early days, but Kelderman has just topped the above!

    April 23, 2013 at 1:04 pm #729279
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    drheaton

    1 122 BOARO M. TST
    1 122 BOARO M. TST 13:44.740
    2 101 BRAJKOVIC J. AST 01
    3 81 GESINK R. BLA 06
    4 53 DENNIS R.* GRS 21
    5 15 IGNATENKO P. KAT 24
    6 172 BILLE G. LTB 36
    7 22 BAKELANTS J. RLT 44
    8 42 BRAMBILLA G. OPQ ST
    9 92 BÉRARD J. ALM 45
    10 155 MOUREY F. FDJ 46

    So far…

    Gesink showing well 🙂

    April 23, 2013 at 12:52 pm #729277
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    STEVESPRO 79

    We all fell in love with
    We all fell in love with Johnny as a result of some shi*e driving and a barbed wire fence…sadly his legs dont match his heart at this level…. 🙁

    April 23, 2013 at 12:49 pm #729275
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    chrisdstripes

    Live leaderboard here –
    Live leaderboard here – Brajkovic the early leader!

    http://www.matsport.fr.php53-23.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/Tribune/index.php5?Race=TDR&Stage=00&Lang=En&#cf&#tdr13

    April 23, 2013 at 12:43 pm #729273
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    Philip Unwin

    drheaton wrote:Ghedebrav

    drheaton wrote:
    Ghedebrav wrote:
    Hoogerland seems pretty bargainous, but somehow he won’t fit in my purist (it’s him or Grabsch, and I’m going Grabsch). Other than that I’m pretty settled on my team, not too much hair-tearing. Worth bearing in mind that it’s a short tour and there are two TTs :)

    Hoogerland is an odd one, he’s cheap because he hasn’t scrored points. I hate to say it but I think to a certain extent his career is built on being knocked off in the Tour, I don’t remember him ever doing much else.


    Hoogerland 4th from the first six. He’s certainly not going to do anything today.

    April 23, 2013 at 12:34 pm #729271
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    STEVESPRO 79

    Que Sera, Sera……Whatever
    Que Sera, Sera……Whatever will be, will be…..

    April 23, 2013 at 12:32 pm #729269
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    drheaton

    Meersman, Nizzollo, Dumoulin,
    Meersman, Nizzollo, Dumoulin, those are the riders I’m looking at for later in the week.

    Probably will avoid Matthews if he’s working for Goss, and no idea how Cav will do on the ‘flat’ stages. But there’s plenty of sprinting options in the race with Viviani, Bookwalter, Blythe and Ferrari all racing.

    April 23, 2013 at 12:27 pm #729267
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    TERatcliffe26

    I think Dumoulin could top 10
    I think Dumoulin could top 10 in the prologue…
    Then i went Gavazzi and Bouet for tomorrow in my standard and just Meersman in my purist. but I plan on bringing Meersman into my standard after today.

    April 23, 2013 at 12:26 pm #729265
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    TERatcliffe26

    ray silvester wrote:
    2)Anyone

    ray silvester wrote:

    2)Anyone know the cut off point for youth eligibility? Is Talansky eleigible?

    For a reason I cannot find, Talansky is not eligible for the young riders Jersey despite still being under 25 😕
    I was only able to confirm this once the startlist for the prologue was produced, so apologies if this affected your selecting riders.

    April 23, 2013 at 12:12 pm #729263
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    drheaton

    The race could go any number
    The race could go any number of ways and I don’t think that we’ll really know who’s a contender until the end of today.

    Hesjedal/Betancur are both racing the Giro so likely won’t go hard for the full race, Gesink too (although he perhaps has more to prove) and then there’s the likes of Moreno who might feel he needs time in the hills before the final time trial so the race could really break up.

    Add on top of that the fact that three of six days are ‘transitional’ stages and it may be that picking obvious single stage point scorers (Martin for the TT, Pinot/Rolland for the queen stage) might not be the best tactic. A team with Gavazzi, Dumoulin or Meersman might take three stages and a raft of top 10s and put us all to shame but I was afraid of how unpredictable that may be and stuck to the safer option of climbers.

    Also, my biggest concern for this week is not picking Albasini…

    April 23, 2013 at 12:06 pm #729261
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    STEVESPRO 79

    This one is a bit of a
    This one is a bit of a lottery…..but for fantasy purposes I think thats its just what we need to get the pulses racing….Not many safe option picks in this one,as we all know from our pre-race tinkering….Good luck to all… 🙂

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