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Tour de Romandie – Stage 4

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  • April 26, 2013 at 6:25 pm #18600
    stevemarks

    Hesjedal withdraws.

    Too difficult/expensive to bring in Froome or Valverde, so I left them out. Wanted Betancur as well, might take a penalty in the morning for him though. If I don’t, that will be the 1-2-3 then.

    😀

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  • April 27, 2013 at 9:51 am #730321
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    TERatcliffe26

    drheaton wrote:The problem

    drheaton wrote:
    The problem with riders like Betancur who are already in form and are riding the Giro is that they don’t want to tire themselves out ahead of their bigger goal.

    I think Hesjedal has called it great, today is going to be hard and he doesn’t want to peak until half way through the Giro so pulling out is a great call.

    Of the Giro riders I’ll be interested to see how Gesink and Kiserlovski do today.

    I see what your saying about Betancur, but his situation is different to Hesjedal, Hesjedal is going to the giro to try and win, thats not the case with Betancur, who will play domestique to Pozzovivo, so I don’t see why he shouldn’t try and win today, or he may as well not have ridden as he doesn’t need the miles in the legs like Hesjedal did.

    April 27, 2013 at 9:44 am #730319
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    TERatcliffe26

    obutterwick wrote:Uphill

    obutterwick wrote:
    Uphill finished confirmed. Betancur or Pinot for me.

    Glad I have both then 🙂

    I still think Albasini may do something

    Kelderman is my guy that worries me the most, but wanted him for tomorrow and didnt want to make penalty transfers as he could still top 20 😕

    April 27, 2013 at 9:37 am #730317
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    obutterwick

    Uphill finished confirmed.
    Uphill finished confirmed. Betancur or Pinot for me.

    April 27, 2013 at 9:19 am #730315
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    livestrongnick

    Couldn’t bring myself to put
    Couldn’t bring myself to put Froome in, with a good choice of cheaper climbers i went with this lot

    Talansky
    Porte
    Rolland (for Cav)
    Pinot
    Bravo
    Betancur (for Dumoulin)
    M Wyss
    Kruijswijk (for Astarloza)
    Ludvigsson (for Grabsch)

    April 27, 2013 at 9:05 am #730313
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    STEVESPRO 79

    RUI
    RUI COSTA
    BETANCUR
    SPILAK
    TALANSKY
    KELDERMAN
    SZMYD
    TSCHOPP
    WYSS (M)
    BRAVO

    Why I am keeping faith with Spilak heaven only knows… :O

    April 27, 2013 at 9:01 am #730311
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    drheaton

    Froome
    Porte
    Talansky
    Costa
    R
    Froome
    Porte
    Talansky
    Costa
    Rujano
    Morabito
    Bravo
    Wyss (M)
    Rensburg

    Was tempted to bring in Betancur, Kiserlovski, Pinot or Rolland but all were just too expensive to squeeze into my team and I wanted Froome/Porte/Talansky/Costa for tomorrow.

    4 transfers left for tomorrow, not sure I’ll use them all but it depends on how everyone fares today.

    April 27, 2013 at 8:32 am #730309
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    chrisdstripes

    One penalty transfer for me,
    One penalty transfer for me, but hopefully won’t need any tomorrow – although the weather does throw in some uncertainty…

    Froome (for Meersman)
    Brajkovic (for Grivko – should’ve got rid of him earlier)
    Talansky
    Rui Costa
    Kelderman
    Bravo
    Ludvigsson
    M Wyss

    April 27, 2013 at 8:10 am #730307
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    drheaton

    The problem with riders like
    The problem with riders like Betancur who are already in form and are riding the Giro is that they don’t want to tire themselves out ahead of their bigger goal.

    I think Hesjedal has called it great, today is going to be hard and he doesn’t want to peak until half way through the Giro so pulling out is a great call.

    Of the Giro riders I’ll be interested to see how Gesink and Kiserlovski do today.

    April 27, 2013 at 8:05 am #730305
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    obutterwick

    There’s talk of a Plan B
    There’s talk of a Plan B finish today, if inclement weather situation continues. Would be an uphill rather than down. Betancur the safer bet.

    April 27, 2013 at 8:01 am #730303
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    TERatcliffe26

    Porte (for Meersman)
    Betancur
    Porte (for Meersman)
    Betancur (for Gavazzi)
    Kelderman
    Talansky
    Pinot
    Albasini
    Mezgec
    Dehaes
    Dennis

    Not great but hopefully solid

    April 27, 2013 at 6:45 am #730301
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    obutterwick

    chrisdstripes wrote:PS –

    chrisdstripes wrote:
    PS – Congrats on the stage win obutterwick, with ghedebrav close behind!

    Thanks! Today and tomorrow are giving me an headache, though!

    April 27, 2013 at 5:52 am #730299
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    chrisdstripes

    PS – Congrats on the stage
    PS – Congrats on the stage win obutterwick, with ghedebrav close behind!

    April 27, 2013 at 5:11 am #730297
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    chrisdstripes

    Yes, I have a feeling it will
    Yes, I have a feeling it will be Rui Costa rather than Valverde this weekend.

    Took out Albasini for penalty points, with the consolation that he’s in my purist team if he goes in the break! Not sure about my logic there…

    Purists 4th, but with few GC people (just Talansky and Rui Costa, plus Martin tomorrow), so could really do with Fumeaux getting in the break today…

    April 26, 2013 at 10:35 pm #730295
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    Ghedebrav

    Pinot in for me. Sticking
    Pinot in for me. Sticking with Froome, Talansky and… Rui Costa!

    April 26, 2013 at 9:11 pm #730293
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    Stumps

    No Valverde for me, stuck
    No Valverde for me, stuck with Froome, Porte and Talansky as my biggies with the tt to come and a mixture of others.

    Hoping for a good day tommorrow.

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