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Tour de Romandie – Stage 1

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  • April 24, 2013 at 6:30 am #18570
    obutterwick

    I’m probably going to look stupid later for not picking Cavendish or Goss today. I think the victory will come from a Belgian or Italian, though.

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  • April 24, 2013 at 11:20 am #729699
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    ray silvester

    Neither does Matthews
    Neither does Matthews :”(

    April 24, 2013 at 11:01 am #729697
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    Philip Unwin

    Lagutin (vcd) has a sore
    Lagutin (vcd) has a sore throat and doesn’t start today.

    April 24, 2013 at 10:51 am #729695
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    ray silvester

    I bought Gavazzi and Pinot in
    I bought Gavazzi and Pinot in for Spilak and Martin….Pinot for GC and youth points in the 3 transitional stages at least and Gavazzi for reduced bunch sprint chances.

    Once again playing catch-up though after a sub-par 60pts in the Prologue

    Pinot
    Gavazzi
    Matthews
    Kelderman
    Bobridge
    DuMoulin
    Westra
    Talansky
    Reichenbach

    Seriously misjudged the effects of the slope in yesterday’s ITT and now it’s difficult to get Froome in considering his price….but never mind Pinot will earn the same ‘standings’ points as him each day all being equal so just need to get Froomey in time for the queen stage.

    My purists will look forward to these next 3 stages after a dismal 15pts in the prologue

    Alabasini
    Meersman
    Goss
    Sutton
    Westra
    Martin
    Rasch
    Dennis
    Kreuziger

    April 24, 2013 at 10:46 am #729693
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    Gkam84

    I haven’t even bothered with
    I haven’t even bothered with sprinters as I don’t think its coming down to a sprint, but everyone else seems to….Have I missed something? 😕

    April 24, 2013 at 10:35 am #729691
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    TERatcliffe26

    May have got today wrong,
    May have got today wrong, OPQS seem to think today is for Cav 😕

    April 24, 2013 at 10:17 am #729689
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    Ghedebrav

    Ah, now why didn’t I pick
    Ah, now why didn’t I pick Meersman? Hmmm.

    April 24, 2013 at 9:53 am #729687
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    stevemarks

    I dumped Martin, Peraud,and
    I dumped Martin, Peraud,and Westra (should not have picked Looey ashe has shown no form this year) gone for strong sprinters Majka, Dunmoulin and Meersman, wanted Nizzolo and Goss too but didn’t think the penalty points were worth the risk.

    I have a feeling the whole race is pointless now as Froome is a shoo in. So why is he still not in my team?

    :”(

    April 24, 2013 at 9:37 am #729685
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    STEVESPRO 79

    RUI
    RUI COSTA
    VELITS
    MEERSMAN
    GASPAROTTO
    SPILAK
    PERAUD
    NOCENTINI
    WYSS (M)
    DENNIS

    Im hoping that Spilak and Peraud had an ear bashing off their respective DS,s and turn up to play today…. ~X(

    April 24, 2013 at 9:36 am #729683
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    drheaton

    Also, at some point in the
    Also, at some point in the race I was going to have to make penalty transfers to get the team I wanted for the Queen stage and TT. As long as I don’t go overboard I should have 5 or 6 transfers now going into the Queen stage and some of those left over for the TT.

    April 24, 2013 at 9:24 am #729681
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    drheaton

    It could go either way, it
    It could go either way, it all depends on how much Sky want to push the pace. Today is not overly difficult for the GC guys so even if Sky force the pace and try to drop the likes of Gesink, Costa or Talansky it’s unlikely they’ll do significant damage. That’s a lot of work for minimal benefit.

    My sprinty types are not flat sprinters, I haven’t gone for Viviani, Cavendish or Goss, I’ve gone for Meersman types who can stay with the peloton over hills and contest a small group finish. I considered Talansky but kept Porte instead. I’m not particularly secretive about my team so I’ll just announce now:

    Froome
    Porte
    Wyss (M)
    Van Rensburg
    Meersman (for Gesink)
    Albasini (for Frank)
    Morabito (for Majka)
    Nizzolo (for Martin)
    Gavazzi (for Dennis)

    so that’s -30 points but a lot of potential upside if I’ve called it correctly. High risk, hopefully high reward.

    April 24, 2013 at 9:12 am #729679
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    STEVESPRO 79

    I really cannot see this
    I really cannot see this being a sprint finish today…I think quite an elite group will contest the stage win…GC riders plus the likes of Meersman,Gasparotto etc

    Im stuffed so many of my picks yesterday just didn,t turn up…Spilak,Tuft,Velits,Peraud…. :/

    April 24, 2013 at 9:02 am #729677
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    TERatcliffe26

    Made 1 change, played it
    Made 1 change, played it safe, already had 3/4 potential guys for today anyway

    Meersman (for Spilak)
    Talansky – GC points and can sprint from a select group
    Kelderman – Youth points
    Martin – Waiting for enough transfers/credits to get rid with a useful transfer, maybe for Cav tomorrow
    Dennis – Cheapest/best option for yesterday
    Dumoulin
    Bouet
    Gavazzi
    Dehaes – Cheap and is a sprinter, so hopefully strong enough to hang in

    Purist will get GC points from Froome and Porte and youth from Betancur, Only really have Meersman for today, Dehaes, Lobato and Ludvigsson more for tomorrow and friday. Spilak was a let down, Capecchi was a wildcard

    April 24, 2013 at 8:59 am #729675
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    letsgoup

    I just don’t see it as a
    I just don’t see it as a sprint. Still too big a climb near enough to the finish. I think the main contenders will top 20 and with GC points I don’t think its worth gambling for the loss of transfers and few extra points you might gain. neck stuck well out now… 😐 :/

    April 24, 2013 at 7:57 am #729673
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    drheaton

    Five changes for me, taking
    Five changes for me, taking the hit on penalty transfers in order to get some sprinters in (but not Cav or Goss) and then save my transfers up for later in the week.

    April 24, 2013 at 7:18 am #729671
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    Philip Unwin

    The Omega team doesn’t seem
    The Omega team doesn’t seem to be set up to look after Cav, most of the riders that would form his lead out train are in Turkey and it doesn’t look like there is anybody there to nurse him over the mountains. However if he’s near the front at the end he has shown he can win without a proper lead out.

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