DAUPHINE

That was the hardest 2 teams
~X( That was the hardest 2 teams i’ve ever had too pick for this game :”(

Gone random selection for Purist
Gone Classics riders for stage 1 standard

Both teams coming in at 149.5 :B

Only 1 40 credit rider in my purist and none in my standard. B-)

Oh go on
Oh go on then…..
Purist
GCx1
DSx4
ARx4

Std
Still undecided :/

Any got thoughts on whether
Any got thoughts on whether Ian Stannard might do something decent here?

I’m always a bit reticent to pick Sky riders for anything other than TTs in stage races, but some of the lumpy stages seem suited to him – just don’t know whether he’ll be let off the leash at any stage or will be entirely concerned with protecting Froome.

I have 5x DS 2x AR 2x KM for
I have 5x DS 2x AR 2x KM for my purist, being 5x Spanish 2x Belgian 1x French 1x Dutch 😀

ray silvester wrote:
Got to

ray silvester wrote:

Got to agree with chiv30 on this one…..the ‘break guys’ you mention are far too expensive just to pick for that reason alone.

Chava can ITT and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in Top10GC UNTIL that brutal stage 5……eminently pickable but NOT for breakaway reasons!!

Tivo is just coming back from injury,had an awful Tour of Belgium and is way too expensive for his current form…..plus he’d be marked anyway unless he’s like 30minutes back come stage 5/7/8.

Rolland is an outside bet for podium overall but no more than that…..there are some r-e-a-l big boys here and he’s just not worth the credits since his youth eligibility ran out…..and once again he’d be marked in any break(Malacarne may be the break guy on Europcar anyway).

DeGendt is a straight out GC guy and despite Westra being more expensive TDG will be the team leader and is actually pretty good value but once again not for breakaway points(and I don’t count capers like his 2012 Giro stage win on Stelvio as a mere breakaway…..it was a STAGE WIN)…….try Hoogerland instead for a cheaper break option from Vacansoleil.

Gerrans is a possibility for stage 1,3 and 6(his best bet) but will not be in any breaks as he’ll be wanting to save energy for whatever he targets?

LuLu’s not even riding.

Fedrigo may do something(no more likely than anyone else though in my view–he’s hardly Amets Txurruka is he?) but at that sort of price there are far better picks who may score regularly(Cunego?)

I’ll be looking at the cheap local guys for break points.

At least one point there was hopefully a star surprise pick for me JH …….

Still ty for the agreement 😀

chiv30 wrote:enrique

chiv30 wrote:

enrique wrote:

chiv30 wrote:

… And judging on your finishing position in the Giro…….I’ll ignore the breakaway advice you have given :/

>:D< Come to Papa, little chiv! 😀 I dare you not to put any (!), not one (!) of the riders at the end of my list (below) on your team for the Dauphine under any (!) circumstances for the entire race for any (!) reason! Any (!) whatsoever! B-)

enrique wrote:

… my picks for most points coming from a breakaway:

31.8 Pierre Rolland
34.2 Thomas Voeckler
19.9 Simon Gerrans
19.4 Thomas De Gendt
32.4 Luis Leon Sanchez
11.6 Pierrick Fedrigo
28.0 Sylvain Chavanel

Take the dare, you little wuss! :)

Only time any of those riders will be going i’n my team will be for specifics , ie ITT or GC contention ,none would be picked as breakaway riders simply based on thier values and popularity but by all means carry on and load your team with those above and crash and burn and blame it on the lack of transfers again if you like :)

Got to agree with chiv30 on this one…..the ‘break guys’ you mention are far too expensive just to pick for that reason alone.

Chava can ITT and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in Top10GC UNTIL that brutal stage 5……eminently pickable but NOT for breakaway reasons!!

Tivo is just coming back from injury,had an awful Tour of Belgium and is way too expensive for his current form…..plus he’d be marked anyway unless he’s like 30minutes back come stage 5/7/8.

Rolland is an outside bet for podium overall but no more than that…..there are some r-e-a-l big boys here and he’s just not worth the credits since his youth eligibility ran out…..and once again he’d be marked in any break(Malacarne may be the break guy on Europcar anyway).

DeGendt is a straight out GC guy and despite Westra being more expensive TDG will be the team leader and is actually pretty good value but once again not for breakaway points(and I don’t count capers like his 2012 Giro stage win on Stelvio as a mere breakaway…..it was a STAGE WIN)…….try Hoogerland instead for a cheaper break option from Vacansoleil.

Gerrans is a possibility for stage 1,3 and 6(his best bet) but will not be in any breaks as he’ll be wanting to save energy for whatever he targets?

LuLu’s not even riding.

Fedrigo may do something(no more likely than anyone else though in my view–he’s hardly Amets Txurruka is he?) but at that sort of price there are far better picks who may score regularly(Cunego?)

I’ll be looking at the cheap local guys for break points.

Ok, just started trying to
Ok, just started trying to select my team, and with my limited knowledge and only 2 tours played, this is gonna be tricky.
Lots of riders I’ve not encountered before who all have great form,
who to pick????
Think this is gonna be a whole team swap after a couple of days!