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Purist Tour de France 2013

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  • June 17, 2013 at 11:50 am #19125
    drheaton

    Just tried to sit down and pick a Purist team for the TdF and it's hard!

    Lots of high value riders, very few very cheap riders and not many bargains to be had, this is going to be a tough race to get right from a fantasy point of view.

    My thinking at the minute is Froome plus 1 high value rider (Sagan/Cavendish or maybe Contador/Voeckler) then some mid and low priced riders but there's not much quality lower down, might have to rethink and go for lots of mid-range guys…

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  • July 1, 2013 at 5:01 pm #743217
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    paulfrank

    Sky and Froome better start
    Sky and Froome better start pulling their collective fingers out or my team will be going down big style, some nice early points from my DS but the big boys are very disappointing so far.

    July 1, 2013 at 4:22 pm #743215
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    TERatcliffe26

    zedand3 wrote:Can anyone tell

    zedand3 wrote:
    Can anyone tell me how I’ve accrued points for Nacer Bouhanni (8 so far) he’s finished well down the field both days. :?

    From the intermediate sprints

    July 1, 2013 at 2:25 pm #743213
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    zedand3

    Can anyone tell me how I’ve
    Can anyone tell me how I’ve accrued points for Nacer Bouhanni (8 so far) he’s finished well down the field both days. 😕

    July 1, 2013 at 12:03 pm #743211
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    chrisdstripes

    Kittel and Sagan so far have
    Kittel and Sagan so far have done OK but not much else – ideal scenario for me is Garmin win the TTT and Talansky takes top 3 in GC and White jersey, and keeps it for a week or more. Glad Dennis dropped time, as others seem to have him, and he could’ve done likewise.

    July 1, 2013 at 11:59 am #743209
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    Stumps

    It’s not so bad, you got your
    It’s not so bad, you got your first points with Westra in the break today 😀

    July 1, 2013 at 11:11 am #743207
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    drheaton

    STEVESPRO 79 wrote:Well I

    STEVESPRO 79 wrote:
    Well I picked my Purist team with my heart and not my head…Basically if I don’t like the rider as a personality then I did not consider them….After two stages, I have zero points….

    Sad thing is, I am still looking at my team and thinking that it looks pretty good….

    T.VOECKLAR
    RUI COSTA
    J.COPPEL
    R.NAVARDAUSKAS
    L.WESTRE
    D.NAVARRO
    J.HOOGERLAND
    L-P.NORDHAUG
    E.GASPAROTTO

    You can never tell how a purist team might do, looking at your team you could do appallingly or you could end up with a five way battle (Voeckler, Costa, Coppel, Westra, Hoogerland) for the KoM jersey and thrash everyone by a country mile.

    July 1, 2013 at 11:05 am #743205
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    STEVESPRO 79

    Well I picked my Purist team
    Well I picked my Purist team with my heart and not my head…Basically if I don’t like the rider as a personality then I did not consider them….After two stages, I have zero points….

    Sad thing is, I am still looking at my team and thinking that it looks pretty good….

    T.VOECKLAR
    RUI COSTA
    J.COPPEL
    R.NAVARDAUSKAS
    L.WESTRE
    D.NAVARRO
    J.HOOGERLAND
    L-P.NORDHAUG
    E.GASPAROTTO

    July 1, 2013 at 10:58 am #743203
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    drheaton

    Crap, Coppel lost 12 minutes
    Crap, Coppel lost 12 minutes yesterday, that’s his GC hopes done. Wonder if he’s finally given up on his aspirations and will chase a stage win. Fingers crossed he goes for the polka dot jersey 😀

    Other than that so far it hasn’t gone entirely to plan. Cav dropped points on stage 1 and Bonnet hasn’t really featured as I hoped. At least Kittel worked out well and I’m glad I didn’t pick De Gendt in the end, shocked he dropped 17 minutes yesterday.

    June 30, 2013 at 5:57 pm #743201
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    arsene

    Sagan
    Quintana
    Hesjedal
    Navar
    Sagan
    Quintana
    Hesjedal
    Navarro
    Vichot
    Cimolai
    Schleck
    Gadret
    Le Mevel

    I always prefer a balanced team. Not having Froome is a risk though.

    June 29, 2013 at 10:32 am #743199
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    drheaton

    Plumped for Quintana in the
    Plumped for Quintana in the end

    Froome (top GC, three stage wins)
    Cavendish (green plus four stage wins)
    Quintana (possible white jersey/top ten GC, maybe KoM)
    Kittel (consistent on the flat)
    Coppel (dark horse for top ten GC, at least one long break)
    Gadret (same)
    Bonnet (sprint placings)
    Palacios (Team TT)
    Willems (Greipel bonus points)

    In the end, Cav’s stage wins outweigh Sagan’s points, there’s loads of good sprinters in this race and I don’t see him getting top 5 on the flat too often.

    June 29, 2013 at 10:13 am #743197
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    TERatcliffe26

    Not sure on my team now ive
    Not sure on my team now ive seen others 😕

    Froome
    Sagan
    Quintana
    Navarro
    Gadret
    Hivert
    Hoogerland
    Gutierrez
    Fischer

    June 29, 2013 at 10:11 am #743195
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    Alan Tullett

    Gone for the big guns and 5
    Gone for the big guns and 5 fillers. 3 GC and 1 Green.

    Sagan
    Froome
    Porte
    Quintana
    Le Mevel
    Bono
    Gutierrez Palacios
    Fischer
    Mederel

    June 29, 2013 at 9:08 am #743193
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    dave atkinson

    Here’s mine – bit of a
    Here’s mine – bit of a chancer’s squad really

    Sagan
    Porte
    Quintana
    Kittel
    Dennis
    Hoogerland
    Gadret
    Le Mevel
    Fischer

    June 29, 2013 at 8:58 am #743191
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    CadenceKings

    Its a long race so making
    Its a long race so making this list was really hard. Not sure if there is enough balance but here it is…Schleck is my wild card.

    Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
    Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
    Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (MOV)
    Julien El Fares (SAU)
    Daniel Martin (GRM)
    Manuel Quinziato (BMC)
    Daniel Navarro Garcia (COF)
    Andy Schleck (RSN)
    José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (MOV)

    June 29, 2013 at 8:41 am #743189
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    ray silvester

    ray silvester wrote:stumps

    ray silvester wrote:
    stumps wrote:
    chrisdstripes wrote:
    Happy to reveal my existing team as a) I might still change it and b) its not like its going to give anyone any ideas they hadn’t already thought of – probably only one or two unpopular picks. Panicked about having no GC guys and changed it at the last minute – trying to defend top ten in overall purist…

    Sagan
    Froome
    Talansky
    Kittel
    Garcia
    Hoogerland
    Le Mevel
    El Fares
    Palacios

    Feel free to critique!

    I started off with Sagan and Cav in my team – got neither now 😕

    Kittel is a surprise he normally bottles it and packs in unless i’m thinking of someone else. Good team though, you should do well.

    That’s the impression I always have with Kittel…..flaky but fast when in the mood…..more of a stage 1 rider for standard team’s

    My purists are shaping ip like this:

    Cavendish
    Sagan
    Dennis
    Jeannesson
    Hoogerland
    LeMevel
    Cunego
    Gadret
    Schleck

    I think not having Quintana is probably my main headache.

    LAST MINUTE CHANGE

    Out:LeMevel/Jeannesson
    In:Navarro/Bonnet

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