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Tour of California stage 2

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  • May 13, 2013 at 5:25 pm #18774
    chrisdstripes

    What are we expecting today then? I had a very sprint-biased team yesterday which obviously didn’t work out too well, so have taken a ten-point hit, but still not really much of an idea who will do well.

    Brought in Westra, and Tejay, and someone I didn’t expect to go for all season – Andy Schleck – who looked fairly comfortable and interested yesterday.

    Still have 4 sprinters though, so won’t be a good day – expecting to lose my 2nd place in the Forum Scorum’s league tonight! (And then take it back tomorrow with an 80-point solo win from Wauters in the Giro. Maybe.)

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  • May 13, 2013 at 11:22 pm #734597
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    TERatcliffe26

    Gkam84 wrote:With 10 minutes

    Gkam84 wrote:
    With 10 minutes covering the first 30 or so riders. You are going to be luck to have half the peloton in within the time limit……This could be a scrapped stage for timing after place 50 or so.

    Plus riders lying at the side of the road totally out of it…..

    110 riders inside the limit at the moment (22 mins down) including the main protagonists for the flat stages, Sagan, Meersman, Matthews.

    May 13, 2013 at 11:19 pm #734595
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    TERatcliffe26

    NeilG83 wrote:Did anybody

    NeilG83 wrote:
    Did anybody else find that uncomfortable viewing? A long stage with a 25% finishing climb in 44 degree heat.

    I’m all for tough racing, but in my opinion that crossed the line of what’s acceptable.

    Agreed

    It shows when over half the top 20 are either American or regulary race in America, how tough it was, As tough as the climb was I can’t imagine Westra having lost 8 minutes had that been in europe

    May 13, 2013 at 11:14 pm #734593
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    Gkam84

    With 10 minutes covering the
    With 10 minutes covering the first 30 or so riders. You are going to be luck to have half the peloton in within the time limit……This could be a scrapped stage for timing after place 50 or so.

    Plus riders lying at the side of the road totally out of it…..

    May 13, 2013 at 11:09 pm #734591
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    NeilG83

    Did anybody else find that
    Did anybody else find that uncomfortable viewing? A long stage with a 25% finishing climb in 44 degree heat.

    I’m all for tough racing, but in my opinion that crossed the line of what’s acceptable.

    May 13, 2013 at 11:05 pm #734589
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    TERatcliffe26

    simon F wrote:1,2,3,8 for

    simon F wrote:
    1,2,3,8 for standard. 1,2,3,8,10,13 for purist. Deignan in today was probably a good move. Schleck, less so.

    Defo ruing my Gilbert gamble now! I didn’t get the memo on bringing in Deignan either

    Cheers for blowing my purist team out of the water too!

    May 13, 2013 at 11:01 pm #734587
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    Wig_Billy

    simon F wrote:1,2,3,8 for

    simon F wrote:
    1,2,3,8 for standard. 1,2,3,8,10,13 for purist. Deignan in today was probably a good move. Schleck, less so.

    Wow, I think you’ll be miles ahead in both overall competitions.

    May 13, 2013 at 11:00 pm #734585
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    TERatcliffe26

    Wig_Billy

    Wig_Billy wrote:
    1,2,5,8,13,18

    Probably not worth the 40 point penalty…

    You will still easily outscore me!

    May 13, 2013 at 11:00 pm #734583
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    Stumps

    TOP 20 ON THE STAGE.
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    TOP 20 ON THE STAGE.

    1 ACEVEDO COLLE, Javier Alexis
    2 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay
    3 DEIGNAN, Philip
    4 FRANK, Mathias
    5 ROGERS, Michael
    6 HAGA, Chad
    7 BUSCHE, Matthew
    8 MANCEBO PEREZ, Francisco
    9 CRADDOCK, Lawson
    10 MEYER, Cameron
    11 DE MAAR, Marc
    12 JENKINS, Max
    13 EUSER, Lucas
    14 ENGLISH, Nathaniel
    15 GAIMON, Phillip
    16 MORTON, Lachlan David
    17 BALDWIN, Christopher
    18 KONIG, Leopold
    19 DIDIER, Laurent
    20 BUTLER, Chris

    May 13, 2013 at 10:56 pm #734581
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    simon F

    1,2,3,8 for standard.
    1,2,3,8 for standard. 1,2,3,8,10,13 for purist. Deignan in today was probably a good move. Schleck, less so.

    May 13, 2013 at 10:55 pm #734579
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    NeilG83

    2,3,5,8,18 for me. Quite
    2,3,5,8,18 for me. Quite happy with that.

    May 13, 2013 at 10:54 pm #734577
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    Stumps

    1,2 and 8 i think for mancebo
    1,2 and 8 i think for mancebo from the top 10.

    May 13, 2013 at 10:53 pm #734575
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    Wig_Billy

    1,2,5,8,13,18
    Probably not
    1,2,5,8,13,18

    Probably not worth the 40 point penalty…

    May 13, 2013 at 10:52 pm #734573
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    TERatcliffe26

    Yeh 1 and 8 for standard, I
    Yeh 1 and 8 for standard, I can’t believe I chose not to bring in Tejay :”(

    1,2,8 for purist should be ok, considering I have Sagan, Meersman and Matthews for the next 3 days as well as the top 2 in GC, and should be solid in the TT.

    Still think no Deignan could cost me

    May 13, 2013 at 10:48 pm #734571
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    obutterwick

    1, 3, 20. Not bad considering
    1, 3, 20. Not bad considering I missed deadline.

    May 13, 2013 at 10:43 pm #734569
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    Stumps

    your gc is
    your gc is now

    Acevedo
    TJ
    Deignan
    Frank
    Rogers
    Mancebo
    Haga
    Busche
    Craddock
    Meyer.

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