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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 22, 2013 at 8:31 pm #729199
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    chrisdstripes

    Hoogerland likes a break (or
    Hoogerland likes a break (or rather, hates riding in the peloton) so might be worth a go if you need a cheap gamble – but like drh says he’s done nothing for aaaaages. One thing that’s worked for me this season has been picking on form more than reputation (with a few exceptions)…

    April 22, 2013 at 8:14 pm #729197
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    drheaton

    Ghedebrav wrote:Hoogerland

    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.

    April 22, 2013 at 8:08 pm #729195
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    Ghedebrav

    Hoogerland seems pretty
    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 đŸ™‚

    The standard is a bit different – a curiously long and punchy prologue. Things may change, but as it stands I’ve also gone Froome and Porte, though tempted by Talansky in place of the latter, which I could manage with a bit of jiggling. T. Martin’s a definite, though.

    April 22, 2013 at 8:07 pm #729193
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    Philip Unwin

    drheaton wrote:Jesus, don’t

    drheaton wrote:
    Jesus, don’t scare me, there’s 15 hours left!

    My purist team is semi-picked and I may not change it, haven’t even got a standard team submitted yet. Planning on catching some final coverage then throwing a team together on instinct.


    Was allowing for some sleep time, unless you’re working night shift

    April 22, 2013 at 8:05 pm #729191
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    drheaton

    Jesus, don’t scare me,
    Jesus, don’t scare me, there’s 15 hours left!

    My purist team is semi-picked and I may not change it, haven’t even got a standard team submitted yet. Planning on catching some final coverage then throwing a team together on instinct.

    April 22, 2013 at 7:58 pm #729189
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    Philip Unwin

    Gkam84 wrote:This is doing my

    Gkam84 wrote:
    This is doing my NUT in, here are my purist changes so far.

    Lieuwe Westra
    Patrick Gretsch
    Simon Spilak
    Gustav Erik Larsson
    Jeremy Roy
    Vasil Kiryienka
    Svein Tuft
    Jesse Sergent
    Mathias Frank

    Alejandro Valverde
    Jurgen van de Walle
    Marcel Wyss
    Johnny Hoogerland
    Matteo Montaguti
    Thomas Danielson
    Peter Velits
    Roman Kreuziger
    Christopher Sutton

    Ivan Basso
    Alejandro Valverde
    Christopher Froome
    Johnny Hoogerland
    Mikel Astarloza
    Alexandre Geniez
    Vladimir Karpets
    Romain Sicard
    Steve Morabito


    Still got nine hours. Keep going đŸ‘¿

    April 22, 2013 at 7:54 pm #729187
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    Gkam84

    I put a Giro team together,
    I put a Giro team together, but its slowing falling apart….

    April 22, 2013 at 7:48 pm #729185
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    drheaton

    Easily the most difficult
    Easily the most difficult race of the season to pick for so far, really struggling to get a team I’m happy with.

    Anyone had a crack at a Giro team yet? Please tell me it’s easier than this…

    April 22, 2013 at 7:20 pm #729183
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    Gkam84

    This is doing my NUT in, here
    This is doing my NUT in, here are my purist changes so far.

    Lieuwe Westra
    Patrick Gretsch
    Simon Spilak
    Gustav Erik Larsson
    Jeremy Roy
    Vasil Kiryienka
    Svein Tuft
    Jesse Sergent
    Mathias Frank

    Alejandro Valverde
    Jurgen van de Walle
    Marcel Wyss
    Johnny Hoogerland
    Matteo Montaguti
    Thomas Danielson
    Peter Velits
    Roman Kreuziger
    Christopher Sutton

    Ivan Basso
    Alejandro Valverde
    Christopher Froome
    Johnny Hoogerland
    Mikel Astarloza
    Alexandre Geniez
    Vladimir Karpets
    Romain Sicard
    Steve Morabito

    April 22, 2013 at 6:52 pm #729181
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    Philip Unwin

    Pro-cycling stats appears to
    Pro-cycling stats appears to have crashed :”(

    April 22, 2013 at 5:16 pm #729179
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    Stumps

    Froome and Porte in for me,
    Froome and Porte in for me, both can climb and both can TT so hopefully both will be high up on GC.

    April 22, 2013 at 4:27 pm #729177
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    northstar

    northstar wrote:The transfers

    northstar wrote:
    The transfers are unlimited for tomorrow, is that right? :?

    Duh me, it starts tomorrow. đŸ‘¿

    April 22, 2013 at 4:11 pm #729175
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    drheaton

    Froome, 100%, can’t see them
    Froome, 100%, can’t see them giving Porte the nod unless Froome crashes or has a total mare one day. I think they’ll use Porte as a back up but it’s all about getting Froome the experience of leading and winning races.

    Porte for the Giro next year though.

    April 22, 2013 at 4:05 pm #729173
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    chrisdstripes

    drheaton wrote:I think it’ll

    drheaton wrote:
    I think it’ll still be a TT/GC showdown but perhaps with more emphasis on climbing than you might get in a normal prologue. Plus at over 7km it’s not the short burst you’ve had in previous years where the likes of Cavendish were up there.

    I’d like to pick Hesjedal but he’s expensive and last year he didn’t try to keep up throughout the race so he may be taking it easy by the time we get to the last couple of days. Froome should be a good bet as he’s doing a Wiggins and looking to win everything, he’s not cheap though and will some potential GC points be worth keeping him in for the three MM days?


    Froome or Porte tho?

    April 22, 2013 at 2:45 pm #729171
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    drheaton

    I think it’ll still be a
    I think it’ll still be a TT/GC showdown but perhaps with more emphasis on climbing than you might get in a normal prologue. Plus at over 7km it’s not the short burst you’ve had in previous years where the likes of Cavendish were up there.

    I’d like to pick Hesjedal but he’s expensive and last year he didn’t try to keep up throughout the race so he may be taking it easy by the time we get to the last couple of days. Froome should be a good bet as he’s doing a Wiggins and looking to win everything, he’s not cheap though and will some potential GC points be worth keeping him in for the three MM days?

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