The Giro Purist thread

drheaton · 2013-05-04T12:17:33+01:00

I figured the purist comp deserved a separate thread so we can keep purist discussions separate from the main stage threads. My Purist team is climber biased: Wiggins Nibali Scarponi Santambrogio Betancur Majka Pantano Locatelli Gavazzi Gavazzi is my only 'sprinter' but I've effectively got 5 team leaders and Betancur who I think will be stronger than Pozzovivo, at least to start with. Majka and Betancur are in there for young rider points as is Locatelli although he and Pantano are my breakaway guys. Gavazzi, I hope, can feature in a few flat stages but I shied away from Bouhanni or Cav as just don't see their being enough stages for them to make them worth picking over the likes of Santambrogio or Scarponi.

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May 4, 2013 at 12:17 pm #18679

drheaton

I figured the purist comp deserved a separate thread so we can keep purist discussions separate from the main stage threads.

My Purist team is climber biased:

Wiggins
Nibali
Scarponi
Santambrogio
Betancur
Majka
Pantano
Locatelli
Gavazzi

Gavazzi is my only 'sprinter' but I've effectively got 5 team leaders and Betancur who I think will be stronger than Pozzovivo, at least to start with.

Majka and Betancur are in there for young rider points as is Locatelli although he and Pantano are my breakaway guys. Gavazzi, I hope, can feature in a few flat stages but I shied away from Bouhanni or Cav as just don't see their being enough stages for them to make them worth picking over the likes of Santambrogio or Scarponi.
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May 4, 2013 at 4:57 pm #732097
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TERatcliffe26

Wiggins
Nibali
Santambrogio
B
Wiggins
Nibali
Santambrogio
Betancur
Niemiec
Locatelli
Bouhanni
Gavazzi
Veuchelen

May 4, 2013 at 4:10 pm #732095
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STEVESPRO 79

WIGGINS
NIBALI
KELDERMAN
PIRA
WIGGINS
NIBALI
KELDERMAN
PIRAZZI
SANTAMBROGIO
NIEMIEC
BERARD
AGNOLI
MEZGEC

May 4, 2013 at 3:47 pm #732093
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JAndrewHill

my purists are all
my purists are all italian.
nibali
scarponi
viviani
tiralongo
bennati
santambrogio
rosa
garzelli
cattaneo

couple of sprinters but more focussed on the hills

May 4, 2013 at 3:13 pm #732091
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Ghedebrav

As discussed elsewhere, I
As discussed elsewhere, I went (as far as I could) for an all-Colombian purist. They are:

Henao
Uran
Rubiano
Sarmiento
Duque
Betancur
Pantano
Serpa
Rodriguez (token Venezuelan)

I generally fail spectacularly at Purist, so thought I’d have a bit of fun with it.

May 4, 2013 at 2:38 pm #732089
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iammarcmason

Bradley Wiggins
Michele
Bradley Wiggins
Michele Scarponi
Robert Gesink
Matteo Rabottini
Rigoberto Uran
Mattia Gavazzi
Luka Mezgec
Julien Berard
Stefano Garzelli

I think Gesink who has been fairly quiet recently could do quite well.

May 4, 2013 at 1:43 pm #732087
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Alan Tullett

Well, my pretend purist team
Well, my pretend purist team has the same big three. Be interesting to see how our other picks go.

May 4, 2013 at 1:40 pm #732085
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Gkam84

Looking at the teams, I’m
Looking at the teams, I’m more and more happy that no-one is looking like this

Bradley Wiggins (DUH)
Ryder Hesjedal (No-one else is picking him, he should score well)
Vicenzo Nibali (Double Duh)
Michele Scarponi (Has been in good form, should score well)
Jorge Azanza (Always have a Euski)
Julien Berard (Don’t know what I was thinking)
Thomas Dekker (Decent wee climber and can TT)
Vladimir Karpets (Climbs and has cool hair)
Stefano Locatelli (Sprints? Breaks? Climbs? TT? Abandons?)

May 4, 2013 at 1:36 pm #732083
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Alan Tullett

My team for purist
Mark
My team for purist

Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
Elia Viviani (LIQ)
Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)
Taylor Phinney (BMC)
Samuel Sanchez (EUS)
Matti Breschel (SAX)
Oscar Gatto (VIN)
Mattia Gavazzi (AND)
Luka Mezgec (ARG)

to be honest this is an unashamed attempt to win stage podiums and high roller badges as I have no interest in the prize and it was me who suggested the numbers on the badges to begin with.

My real purist team to win would be:

Wiggins
Hesjedal
Nibali
Santambroglio
Betancur
Locatelli
Pellizotti
Battaglin
Mezgec

might score it myself if I can be bothered.

May 4, 2013 at 1:13 pm #732081
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drheaton

Yeah, very excited to have
Yeah, very excited to have ‘proper’ racing back again 😀

I’ve said elsewhere that the Giro is my favourite race and I’m really hoping to do well, I’m glad my team is very similar to Wig_Billy’s, that means I’m likely to do well but I missed Pirazzi and that’s actually a really good shout. When I looked at the race I considered GC and young rider but didn’t really think overly much about KoM because it generally ends up going to a random pick but I think Pirazzi may go hard for it this year.

I hope he crashes today…

May 4, 2013 at 1:07 pm #732079
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chrisdstripes

I agree drh – Scarponi could
I agree drh – Scarponi could well be a good shout. I think Gesink could also go well (with Mollema likely to lead Blanco in the TdF), but he’s been rubbish every time I’ve picked him in the past so I decided to leave him out, and put a fiver on him to finish on the podium instead!

Betancur and Sammy S are the two that I could really do with having a bad time of it – expecting them to feature in a lot of teams.

Regardless of the game though, just really excited to have a grand tour back on, and for it to be getting so much coverage.

May 4, 2013 at 1:00 pm #732077
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Wig_Billy

I have a similar team to you
I have a similar team to you drh.

Wiggins
Nibali
Scarponi
Betancur
Santambrogio
Pirazzi
Di Luca
Gavazzi
Dekker

Hoping Pirazzi has a go for the KOM jersey.

May 4, 2013 at 1:00 pm #732075
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arsene

ray silvester wrote:The other
ray silvester wrote:
The other thing 😀 with Sanchez is that IF he gets his much desired stage win it’s quite likely he’ll crest a few KOM’s on the way and he could easily have a blockbuster ‘Voeckler’ type stage.

Either way he’ll either be in contention on GC picking up regular points or if he falls behind he could easily pull off a ‘spetacollo’…..for cheaper than Nizzolo or Kiserlovski(did-dig arsene)

Ya but they both know the Giro much better than Sanchez. Also Nizzolo can contest all sprint stages and I rate Kiserlovski higher than Sanchez regarding the overall. Plus Radio Shack got a fine ttt line-up. 😀
One rider i’d really like to have is Felline tho. Hes good on hillier stages.

May 4, 2013 at 12:49 pm #732073
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drheaton

Yeah, stacking climbers
Yeah, stacking climbers basically means you’re hoping all your riders get to the last week without any incidents and in some form whereas the sprinters can get you points on the board nice and early.

I’m liking the fact that not many people seem to be picking Scarponi, he’s my outside tip for a podium and I think he’s in better form than most people realise, hoping for a couple of stage wins as he tries to claw back the bags of time he loses on the ITT.

May 4, 2013 at 12:44 pm #732071
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chrisdstripes

I did stick with Cav in the
I did stick with Cav in the end – I’m hoping there might be a couple more sprint finishes than people seem to think. My main concern with stacking it with climbers was that their main chances to score don’t come until later on. Still…
The first 5 names on the sheet were…
Wiggins
Nibali
Locatelli
Santambrogio
Gavazzi
The rest changed several times, before I stuck with…
Cavendish
Bole
Pellizotti (really no idea, but thought it might be worth a gamble)
Jeannesson (I like him. If he’s not in good enough condition to ride with the big boys, he’s as likely as anyone to get in those breakaways…)

Didn’t want to be too risky, as I’m 5th overall in purist at the mo. Still a couple of wildcards tho!

May 4, 2013 at 12:44 pm #732069
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Stumps

Didn’t pick Wiggins for mine,
Didn’t pick Wiggins for mine, kept in Cav.

Michele Scarponi
Thomas Dekker
Alex Dowsett
Mauro Santambrogio
Mark Cavendish
Stefano Garzelli
Pieter Weening
Vicenzo Nibali
Stefano Pirazzi
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