Giro stage seven

Ghedebrav · 2013-05-09T21:38:29+01:00

Thoughts on the day's picks? I was a bit overburdened with sprinters, so have taken a ten point hit to bring in Nibs, Uran and Visconti. The big news for stage will be bringing in Brad plus a.n. other cheapish tt-er (or a versatile chap like Betancur?). Suspect Paolini and Katusha may give it one last push to keep the pink before he well-and-truly loses it after the time trial.

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May 9, 2013 at 9:38 pm #18739

Ghedebrav

Thoughts on the day’s picks?

I was a bit overburdened with sprinters, so have taken a ten point hit to bring in Nibs, Uran and Visconti. The big news for stage will be bringing in Brad plus a.n. other cheapish tt-er (or a versatile chap like Betancur?).

Suspect Paolini and Katusha may give it one last push to keep the pink before he well-and-truly loses it after the time trial.
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May 10, 2013 at 11:06 am #733569
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Wig_Billy

I hope three of your
I hope three of your transfers work out drh ;). My team;

Rabottini
Pirazzi
Rubiano
Hesjedal
Betancur
Paolini
Battaglin
Gavazzi
Dehaes

May 10, 2013 at 11:03 am #733567
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Philip Unwin

Cattaneo (LAM) also reported
Cattaneo (LAM) also reported to have abandoned after an early crash

May 10, 2013 at 11:03 am #733565
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Stumps

Dr, your last paragraph
Dr, your last paragraph reminded me of Keegan when he was manager at Newcastle and that was the season they finished 2nd, so good luck mate 😀

May 10, 2013 at 11:00 am #733563
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drheaton

I’ve been brave/crazy and
I’ve been brave/crazy and made 5 transfers (3 of which were penalties).

Rabottini (for Cav)
Visconti (for Viviani)
Pirazzi (for Bouhanni)
Evans (for Dehaes)
Rubiano (for Degenkolb)
Santambrogio
Paolini
Mezgec
Gavazzi

Could go either way, if Rabottini, Pirazzi, Visconti and Rubiano all go in the break I’m quids in, if they don’t then all I can hope for is that between them they try and get away towards the end.

Evans is my cover in case it comes to a GC sprint finish because he looks good and outsprinted Hesjedal earlier in the race.

No idea what I’m doing tomorrow, have given up planning and will just make as many transfers as I want 😀

May 10, 2013 at 10:58 am #733561
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edwardbmason

Nibali
Paolini
Rabottini
Kess
Nibali
Paolini
Rabottini
Kessiakoff
Ventoso
Mezgec
Keisse
Visconti
Zandio

Kessikoff and Rabottini in for Cav/Viviani

I fancy Rabottini to try and get in a break, but that may well be just because of his great ride last year…
Kessiakoff can TT pretty well, but I’m worried he’s going to be shepherding Nibali too much today to try getting in the break.

May 10, 2013 at 10:52 am #733559
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Stumps

team for today,
Carlos
team for today,

Carlos Alberto Betancur
Benat Intxausti
Fabio Aru
Stefano Locatelli
Wilco Kelderman
Giovanni Visconti
Bradley Wiggins
Mauro Santambrogio
Thomas Dekker

May 10, 2013 at 10:50 am #733557
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chrisdstripes

Could be a disaster
Could be a disaster today..
Nibali
Rubiano
Visconti
Ventoso
Degenkolb
Di luca
Pellizotti
Bole
Wauters

May 10, 2013 at 10:49 am #733555
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Philip Unwin

Lodewyck (BMC)
Howard
Lodewyck (BMC)
Howard (OGE)
DNS

May 10, 2013 at 10:48 am #733553
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TERatcliffe26

ok so this is how ive
ok so this is how ive gone

Hesjedal (for Cav)
Pirazzi (for Viviani) hopefully will go for some mountain points
Phinney
Paolini
Santambrogio
Visconti
Battaglin
Ventoso
Gavazzi

Ventoso and Battaglin are my wildcards to be at the finish, Pirazzi and Visconti for mountain points and Hesjedal GC. Will bring in Wiggins tomorrow, but then may have to make a penalty transfer to get my team right though

May 10, 2013 at 10:44 am #733551
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backflipbedlem

ok, got rid of cav, bouhanni
ok, got rid of cav, bouhanni and viviani
brought in evans, visconti and Intxausti

May 10, 2013 at 10:39 am #733549
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Ghedebrav

Was sorely tempted by
Was sorely tempted by Intxausti, he’s the big enigma of the race (for me, anyway, as I’ve not had the time to go through his stats). Movistar have just looked so impressive this season.

In the end stuck with Nibali. The devil you know…

As a side point, I’m desparate to get rid of my low-value riders who, Taborre aside, have got me pretty much zero points.

May 10, 2013 at 10:31 am #733547
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dave atkinson

I’ve got:
Benat Intxausti
I’ve got:

Benat Intxausti (MOV)
Luka Mezgec (ARG)
Tanel Kangert (AST)
Fabio Aru (AST)
Giovanni Visconti (MOV)
Giacomo Nizzolo (RSN)
Julien Berard (ALM)
Rigoberto Uran (SKY)
Luca Paolini (KAT)

brought in Intxausti and Kangert cause both of them can time trial and they might fancy a knockabout in the hills, Intxausti is 3rd in GC too. Visconti/Paolini/Uran/Aru all remain from previous and hopefully will keep jersey points. Hopefully.

May 10, 2013 at 10:25 am #733545
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backflipbedlem

do we know if visconti is
do we know if visconti is fine??

May 10, 2013 at 9:58 am #733543
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STEVESPRO 79

backflipbedlem wrote:I just
backflipbedlem wrote:
I just don’t have the in depth knowledge for this, lol.
So is it better to just try and prepare my team for the TT tomorrow>?
I know you guys dont want to give away too many of your picks, but a little bit would be greatly appreciated.

Current team, which did alright yesterday:

Bouhanni
Locatelli
Nibali
Viviani
Aru
Cavendish
DiLuca
Santambrogio
Battaglin

possibly thinking to get rid of cavendish and maybe bouhanni, but just guessing, lol

In my humble opinion Cav and Bouhanni will not feature in the next few days and so I would be looking to bring in GC contenders who can TT and climb….I had Cav and Bounanni yesterday so after the deadline I will publish my team to give you an idea for next time…. 😉

May 10, 2013 at 9:55 am #733541
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Stumps

Get rid of Bouhanni, Cav and
Get rid of Bouhanni, Cav and Viviani for today. They will only pick up points classification points today and you could use the credits on better guys for the hills and tt tomorrow.
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