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  • May 27, 2013 at 10:53 am #18926
    STEVESPRO 79

    Personally think that this could be the race of the year looking at the stages and the declared riders so far….I know some will just use it as TdF training but it should be a cracking tour…

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  • May 30, 2013 at 10:07 am #738823
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    chrisdstripes

    Ouch! Teams picked but don’t
    Ouch! Teams picked but don’t like the look of either of them!

    May 30, 2013 at 8:51 am #738821
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    ray silvester

    enrique wrote:ray silvester

    enrique wrote:
    ray silvester wrote:
    A lot of 30+ credit GC types are riding…

    stumps wrote:
    Spoilt for choice with the list of provisional starters so far… Had a quick guestimate and my team is around 250 points!… Cant wait :D

    Hard not to see why! 🙂

    Here’s my preliminary list of the Top 20 GC riders for the Dauphine, based on the start lists available right now, in order of my projected final standing with their values according to the current ‘Rankings’ page:

    40.0 Christopher Froome
    40.0 Alberto Contador
    26.5 Richie Porte
    26.8 Nairo Quintana
    40.0 Joaquin Rodriguez
    16.7 Leopold Konig
    28.8 Michal Kwiatkowski
    40.0 Alejandro Valverde
    28.4 Andrew Talansky
    22.3 Michael Rogers
    13.8 Kenny Elissonde
    27.1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
    25.0 Damiano Caruso
    21.6 Samuel Sanchez
    30.3 Daniel Moreno
    13.8 Daniel Navarro
    3.0 Natnael Barhane
    15.8 Jerome Coppel
    19.2 Jakob Fuglsang
    10.8 Damiano Cunego

    Of course, the guys below may sneak in and probably will (!) be in the Top 20, too! 🙂 But they’re 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

    :)

    Gerrans?

    No chance for GC….he’ll be at least an hour down by the end….he’ll be targetting stages 1,3 and 6

    May 30, 2013 at 8:42 am #738819
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    nickobec

    chrisdstripes wrote:anyone

    chrisdstripes wrote:
    anyone know a decent internet cafe in Brisbane?!

    Just take your laptop/tablet/phone to the State Library in Brisbane, they have free wifi 24/7

    May 30, 2013 at 8:42 am #738817
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    ray silvester

    enrique wrote:drheaton

    enrique wrote:
    drheaton wrote:
    They’ll change…

    Thanks! 🙂

    ray silvester wrote:
    A lot of 30+ credit GC types are riding with their first lieutenants…

    I wonder what value Luis Leon Sanchez will come in at? :?

    Positive?

    May 30, 2013 at 7:54 am #738815
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    chrisdstripes

    JAndrewHill wrote:I’m going

    JAndrewHill wrote:
    I’m going for a rider named after a port for stage 1.

    Sydney? Elizabeth? Cockburns?

    Getting warmer?

    May 30, 2013 at 7:52 am #738813
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    chrisdstripes

    Guys – just wanted to say
    Guys – just wanted to say thanks for getting this and especially the TdS open so early – I’m off on holiday soon so its great to be able to get my teams picked before I go. Transfers might be trickier tho’ – anyone know a decent internet cafe in Brisbane?! 😀

    May 29, 2013 at 8:04 pm #738811
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    Hugh Lupus

    Gkam84 wrote:My purist team

    Gkam84 wrote:
    My purist team comes in at 150 exactly 👿

    No chief’s all just plain old indians

    I thought Sohrabi was Iranian, not Indian ???

    May 29, 2013 at 8:01 pm #738809
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    Hugh Lupus

    Do you go for 5 no hopers
    Do you go for 5 no hopers with 4 elite riders, who will go for the GC, but may not win stages, or gamble with 7-8 decent riders, who may finish in top 10…. but you’ll be lucky if they win the stage.
    Picking likely stage winners on the first 3 days is very difficult.
    Is EBH riding? He’d do ok for a poss win …unless he is riding for the Froomster.

    May 29, 2013 at 8:01 pm #738807
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    Gkam84

    My purist team comes in at
    My purist team comes in at 150 exactly 👿

    No chief’s all just plain old indians

    May 29, 2013 at 7:56 pm #738805
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    Stumps

    Created both my teams and i
    Created both my teams and i think, barring withdrawals, i’m going to stick with them.

    It’s hurt my brain to much trying to get it sorted with umpteen attempts ending at minus 0.5 or minus 0.1 points :”(

    May 29, 2013 at 7:52 pm #738803
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    dave atkinson

    so picking any kind of decent
    so picking any kind of decent team seems to basically be impossible 😕

    too many chiefs, not enough, erm, knowledge 🙂

    May 29, 2013 at 7:44 pm #738801
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    Stumps

    JAndrewHill wrote:I’m going

    JAndrewHill wrote:
    I’m going for a rider named after a port for stage 1.

    Richie ?

    May 29, 2013 at 7:23 pm #738799
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    Gkam84

    I’ve just updated the start
    I’ve just updated the start list, knock yourselves out picking a team….

    P.S. There WILL be some changes before the race, because some riders are in the CONFIRMED start list of TdS 😉

    May 29, 2013 at 7:18 pm #738797
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    JAndrewHill

    I’m going for a rider named
    I’m going for a rider named after a port for stage 1.

    May 29, 2013 at 5:14 pm #738795
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    enrique

    chiv30 wrote:… none would

    chiv30 wrote:
    … none would be picked as breakaway riders simply based on their values and popularity…

    Crap! 🙂 I was hoping you’d be stupid enough to take the dare and not put any of them on your team at any time… 😉

    We’ll see if you change your mind if De Gendt fails to stay in the Top 20 and it’s getting late in the Tour, or if you realize Voeckler and Sanchez have laid low and the Tour is coming to an end, or if you get the feeling Chavanel isn’t satisfied with a close call in a sprint from a select group (as TER points out!)… 🙂

    chiv30 wrote:
    Only time any of those riders will be going i’n my team will be for specifics , ie ITT or GC contention…

    Well, I can see Luis Leon Sanchez and Chavanel on your team for the ITT and maybe Rolland for the overall, maybe Voeckler, too… But I’ll damned if most of the points you get from Voeckler, De Gendt, Sanchez, and Fedrigo aren’t from a breakaway… And if Gerrans does poorly in Stage 1, I can see him in a breakaway later…

    I’ll keep tabs on them all and then put the numbers in your face, wussy boy 😉

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    … does your dare count if you are putting a rider in for reasons other than a breakaway?… I may put Chavanel and/or Gerrans.. they can sprint from a select group…

    Well, my dare was a cruel dare. It was meant for you not to have any of those guys on at any moment, which may be unreasonable, granted, but chiv didn’t take the bait 😕

    To your point, I’ll probably have Gerrans in for Stage 1 and Chavanel in for a couple of the flatter stages! 🙂

    Meanwhile, I will entertain myself looking for mispelled rider names and monitoring these guys, and the other breakaway riders, after the Dauphine starts to see who gets the most points from a breakaway… Just for fun! 🙂

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