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Giro Stage 8

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  • May 11, 2013 at 7:46 am #18747
    backflipbedlem

    So Stage 8 is finally here, Individual TT time!
    After Wiggos crash yesterday is everyone still confident he can take his TT crown? Or will there be another surprise result???

    Discuss!

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  • May 11, 2013 at 10:57 am #733731
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    livestrongnick

    Made a couple of changes for
    Made a couple of changes for today but also making sure i can make easier changes for tomorrow. 20 penalties points today also. Not overly confident in today as after the last couple of days i’m not sure there are any obvious riders for today!? Although thinking Evans is looking farely sharp at the moment :B

    Wiggins (for Viviani)
    Tuft (for Paolini)
    Intxausti (Di Luca)
    Ludvigsson (for Cattaneo)

    Aru
    Visconti
    Pirazzi
    Santambrogio
    Weening

    Made all my transfers as soon as the transfer deadline changed yesterday. Was kinda fool hardy but worked out ok. Could’ve gone crazy with more penalty points but felt i’d only be bringing riders in i’d have to get rid of tomorrow for more penalties.

    May 11, 2013 at 10:55 am #733729
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    chrisdstripes

    Of the under-15-credits guys,
    Of the under-15-credits guys, I would go for Dowsett myself. Can’t squeeze him in tho with the other guys I’ve got…

    May 11, 2013 at 10:51 am #733727
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    drheaton

    ray silvester wrote:Looks

    ray silvester wrote:
    Looks like Wilco could be my ace in the hole…..White Jersey tonight?

    Could be, although he’s young and I’m not sure he’s ever done such a long TT before.

    May 11, 2013 at 10:44 am #733725
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    ray silvester

    Looks like Wilco could be my
    Looks like Wilco could be my ace in the hole…..White Jersey tonight?

    May 11, 2013 at 10:39 am #733723
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    obutterwick

    Wiggins
    Boaro
    Evans
    Intxausti
    Wiggins
    Boaro
    Evans
    Intxausti
    Clement
    Tuft
    Battaglin
    Dekker
    Durasek

    May 11, 2013 at 10:30 am #733721
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    drheaton

    I have gone for Wiggins
    I have gone for Wiggins because he’s not one to give up and even off form he’s still got a chance of winning this stage.

    Wiggins (for Pirazzi)
    Evans
    Nibali (for Rubiano)
    Boaro (for Santambrogio)
    Visconti
    Di Luca (for Paolini)
    Battaglin (for Rabottini)
    Mezgec
    Gavazzi

    I reckon Evans is going well and has the ability to do a long TT better than some and Nibali is getting better and should go well in the rain. Boaro finished well down yesterday in preparation for today so I’m hoping he’s targeting a solid ride today.

    May 11, 2013 at 10:24 am #733719
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    dave atkinson

    haven’t gone for wiggo.
    haven’t gone for wiggo. vaughters reckons (on twitter) he’s got the same bug as cataldo, plus i reckon he’s bruised his elbow which will make a long tt a massively uncomfortable experience. and it’s going to rain.

    so he’ll probably boss it today 🙂

    May 11, 2013 at 10:11 am #733717
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    ray silvester

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:Ive gone

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    Ive gone for Wiggo in the end :O

    My team

    Wiggo (for Ventoso)
    Phinney
    Sergent (for Pirazzi)
    Ludvigsson (for Paolini)
    Hesjedal
    Visconti
    Santambrogio
    Battaglin
    Gavazzi

    This could go drastically wrong!

    Amongst the TT’ers I’ve got Durbridge,Kelderman and Kiserlovski against your Phinney,Sergent and Hesjedal in the battle for Forum’s Scorum’s 4th place.

    Wiggins
    Durbridge
    Kiserlovski
    Kelderman
    Visconti
    Aru
    Puccio
    Oliveira
    Haas

    Went for Kiserlovski over Phinney due to

    1)It would have meant Tuft instead of Durbo in terms of cost

    2)Phinney’s fever……although he’s showed good fighting spirit this season so maybe he’s fought through it

    3)GC points today and on-going….should move up the top 10 a bit today whereas Phinney at an hour behind won’t be getting any competition standing points in this tour

    4)I’ve got a feeling Phinney may abandon on the rest day

    May 11, 2013 at 10:07 am #733715
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    backflipbedlem

    cheers for the pointers guys,
    cheers for the pointers guys, might trade visconti for Boaro

    May 11, 2013 at 10:06 am #733713
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    drheaton

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:Durbridge

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    Durbridge and Boaro, but I avoided them as I have 5 guaranteed from Visconti, and unsure what Santambrogio can do, and also wasn’t impressed with the form shown from either at Romandie, but could have been Sandbagging, but as Dr says, its up to you. (also I would have needed penalty points, and think Santambrogio will be valuable tomorrow)

    Yeah, I’ve kept Visconti in my team for the guaranteed 5 points but dropped Pirazzi. No idea on Santambrogio so dropped him. I also wouldn’t pick Durbridge as he’s more suited to long flat straight TTs rather than the up and down technical stage today.

    May 11, 2013 at 10:03 am #733711
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    Gkam84

    Bradley Wiggins
    Taylor
    Bradley Wiggins
    Taylor Phinney
    Fredrik Kessiakoff
    Luke Durbridge
    Svein Tuft
    Stef Clement
    Luka Mezgec
    Kanstantin Siutsou
    Maarten Tjallingii

    May 11, 2013 at 10:02 am #733709
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    drheaton

    Durbridge, Sergent, Tuft,
    Durbridge, Sergent, Tuft, Kangert and Clement are among some of the highest rated at the TT in the game and all around/under 15 credits. That’s based on past performance on ITT rated stages in the game.

    I wouldn’t bother with Kangert as he worked hard yesterday and I don’t know about Durbridge’s form but the others are always popular picks.

    There’s also Alex Dowsett who I’m very tempted to bring in to my team. He finished 18 minutes down yesterday so took it nice and easy and I think he may be targeting today. I don’t know though how he fares on TTs as long as today (today is very long for a grand tour).

    If you want to move up to a 20-25 credit rider then there’s always Phinney, Kessiakoff, Kelderman, or Gesink. Intxausti is a solid TTer so I’d definitely keep him, Nibali has been working hard on his TT too in recent years and could top 10 today as its hilly and technical.

    May 11, 2013 at 10:00 am #733707
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    TERatcliffe26

    Durbridge and Boaro, but I
    Durbridge and Boaro, but I avoided them as I have 5 guaranteed from Visconti, and unsure what Santambrogio can do, and also wasn’t impressed with the form shown from either at Romandie, but could have been Sandbagging, but as Dr says, its up to you. (also I would have needed penalty points, and think Santambrogio will be valuable tomorrow)

    May 11, 2013 at 9:52 am #733705
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    backflipbedlem

    drheaton wrote:backflipbedlem

    drheaton wrote:
    backflipbedlem wrote:
    wiggins (for evans)
    locatelli
    Nibali
    Intxausti
    Aru
    Visconti
    Di Luca
    Santambrogio
    Battaglin

    got 2 transfers left, shall i use them??

    Hmmm, I might be tempted to drop either Santambrogio or Visconti as there are some TT options at a similar price. Or drop both and bring in Gesink maybe? Up to you, depends on what your plan is for transfers ahead of tomorrow really.

    Care to divulge who those tt’s are??

    May 11, 2013 at 9:51 am #733703
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    drheaton

    backflipbedlem wrote:wiggins

    backflipbedlem wrote:
    wiggins (for evans)
    locatelli
    Nibali
    Intxausti
    Aru
    Visconti
    Di Luca
    Santambrogio
    Battaglin

    got 2 transfers left, shall i use them??

    Hmmm, I might be tempted to drop either Santambrogio or Visconti as there are some TT options at a similar price. Or drop both and bring in Gesink maybe? Up to you, depends on what your plan is for transfers ahead of tomorrow really.

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