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TdF initial thoughts?

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  • June 25, 2013 at 2:26 pm #19201
    chrisdstripes

    Very excited about the race, and the prospects of Cav and Vroom. Picking fantasy teams has been a real struggle though! The way the values are calculated has (in my opinion) worked fairly well for the GC,AR,KM,PC guys, but unfortunately left very few bargains in the DS list – I’d have hoped for a lot more riders to be rated under 5 credits given the number of high-priced riders lining up. I know there’s something factored in to the calculation to make sure the prices vary depending on the quality of the field, but I reckon its not worked out quite right for the Tour. Potential new players to the game may be put off by only being able to choose 2-3 of the riders they actually want!

    But ho-hum, its the same for everyone – and actually its only purist that’s a real problem – it might actually enhance the standard teams as we should see a lot of variation. 😕

    My purist team currently has no GC guys at all – can’t believe that’s the way to go, but have yet to come up with a viable alternative!

    How’s everyone else finding it?

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  • May 10, 2014 at 10:46 am #744387
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    chiv30

    Bump
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    June 28, 2013 at 11:40 am #744385
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    ray silvester

    Talking of white Jersey I’m
    Talking of white Jersey I’m thinking that Kittel or Bouhanni will have it after stage1,Sagan after stage 2-3,Dennis,Ramunas,Kwiatkowki or perhaps even EBH after the team time trial and then gradually Pinot,Talansky,Quintana and Tejay will catch and overtake on the real long steep climbs but that Kwia and Dennis could claw some back in the ITT’s on all of those four barring Tejay which leads us to the obvious conclusion of Tejay as winner…..UNLESS of course Cadel’s on good form and in the top 3 and Tejay has to sacrifice himself(although on last year’s evidence on Tack-Day he may not do it!!) leaving it wide open and perhaps the most intriguing jersey competition?

    June 28, 2013 at 11:08 am #744383
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    ray silvester

    stumps wrote:My purist has no

    stumps wrote:
    My purist has no GC riders and no Cav. As for standard I’ve gone through reams of paper working out different teams and none of them make sense :”(

    I’ve got a purist team sorted now which looks half decent but cant make my mind up between Faria Da Costa and Quintana.

    Heart says one, head say’s the other :?

    Age would be the tie-breaker for me on Rui/Quintana

    June 28, 2013 at 11:03 am #744381
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    ray silvester

    drheaton wrote:Regarding the

    drheaton wrote:
    Regarding the prices, they’re calculated across the entire set of fantasy cyclists based on their individual performances.

    What’s happened this year though is that fewer of the really cheap guys have been picked by their teams meaning the overall quality of the field is higher and the average rider cost has increased.

    Unfortunately that’s kind of unavoidable unless you impose some scaling on the rider values once the teams have been finalised but that would involve either guessing at start lists and having potentially worse price scaling involved or not letting people pick teams until the eve of the race…

    In the end, it is the same for everyone and this just makes it harder :D

    I think there’s also one less wild card team also after the re-instatement of Katusha to world tour status meaning less ‘weaker’ teams and thus less 3-5 credit riders…..remember in the Giro we had Vini-Fantini,Androni,Colombia and Bardiani Valvolve as opposed to Katusha,Cofidis,Sojasun and Europcar in LeTour?

    June 26, 2013 at 8:45 am #744379
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    chrisdstripes

    Personally, I’d be appalled
    Personally, I’d be appalled if Dave spent any time at all thinking about anything else! 😉

    June 26, 2013 at 6:33 am #744377
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    TERatcliffe26

    Yeh, maybe some other factor
    Yeh, maybe some other factor could be added in, that reflects the number of races raced or such being, but im sure Daves already thinking of something for next year.

    June 26, 2013 at 6:22 am #744375
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    chrisdstripes

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:Yes but

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    Yes but Delaplace scored pretty much all his points in the TdF if i remember correctly and in terms of fantasy races has not raced in many others, if any at all, therefore has a high success rate of scoring when he races, thus a pretty high price

    Yeah, I get why the system has given him a high price, I’m just saying that it might be a sign that the system needs a couple of minor tweaks for next season. The reason he hasn’t raced in many of the fantasy races is because he rides for a pro-continental team, and he isn’t particularly good. However his price doesn’t reflect that. (Same with a couple of his teammates, and some of the Europcar boys). No biggie, just thought I’d point it out.

    June 26, 2013 at 5:56 am #744373
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    TERatcliffe26

    Yes but Delaplace scored
    Yes but Delaplace scored pretty much all his points in the TdF if i remember correctly and in terms of fantasy races has not raced in many others, if any at all, therefore has a high success rate of scoring when he races, thus a pretty high price

    June 26, 2013 at 4:10 am #744371
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    chrisdstripes

    drheaton wrote:Regarding the

    drheaton wrote:
    Regarding the prices, they’re calculated across the entire set of fantasy cyclists based on their individual performances.

    There are a few weird anomalies tho’ – Delaplace has scored 41 points in the last 12 months and is rated at 16.6 credits! You’re right tho’, with the current system its impossible to scale down the DS’s until you know the final rider list, which is too late. I just think the game would be more fun if you had more cheap break guys to choose from!

    June 25, 2013 at 10:13 pm #744369
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    JAndrewHill

    stumps wrote:TERatcliffe26

    stumps wrote:
    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    stumps wrote:
    My purist has no GC riders and no Cav. As for standard I’ve gone through reams of paper working out different teams and none of them make sense :”(

    I’ve got a purist team sorted now which looks half decent but cant make my mind up between Faria Da Costa and Quintana.

    Heart says one, head say’s the other :?

    One has a chance of being in the top 3 of white jersey, which probably gives away which one ive gone for

    Ah yes forgot about the white jersey ! that makes my mind up but will they both have to sacrifice themselves for Valverde :?


    I Thought about Mick RogeRs, But Decided No, Cos He Will Ride For AlberTo.

    June 25, 2013 at 10:10 pm #744367
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    TERatcliffe26

    Maybe, but I think Quintana
    Maybe, but I think Quintana is strong enough to still be up there, and once the ITT has gone, they will both attack anyway, and let Sky do the majority of the work. I think Quintana will do better than Rui Costa on the steepest stuff, whether he has to help Valverde or not, as I think we could have a Tejay/Cadel situation like last yeat, but we shall see

    June 25, 2013 at 9:53 pm #744365
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    Stumps

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:stumps

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    stumps wrote:
    My purist has no GC riders and no Cav. As for standard I’ve gone through reams of paper working out different teams and none of them make sense :”(

    I’ve got a purist team sorted now which looks half decent but cant make my mind up between Faria Da Costa and Quintana.

    Heart says one, head say’s the other :?

    One has a chance of being in the top 3 of white jersey, which probably gives away which one ive gone for

    Ah yes forgot about the white jersey ! that makes my mind up but will they both have to sacrifice themselves for Valverde 😕

    June 25, 2013 at 9:41 pm #744363
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    TERatcliffe26

    stumps wrote:My purist has no

    stumps wrote:
    My purist has no GC riders and no Cav. As for standard I’ve gone through reams of paper working out different teams and none of them make sense :”(

    I’ve got a purist team sorted now which looks half decent but cant make my mind up between Faria Da Costa and Quintana.

    Heart says one, head say’s the other :?

    One has a chance of being in the top 3 of white jersey, which probably gives away which one ive gone for

    June 25, 2013 at 6:55 pm #744361
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    JAndrewHill

    For purist, I am going for
    For purist, I am going for stage winners.
    Plus a few who might join in breaks and fillers.

    For std, my plan is to pick the top 3 plus yellow jersey for every other stage.and the rest are fillers and possible. Breakaways.

    June 25, 2013 at 5:48 pm #744359
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    Stumps

    My purist has no GC riders
    My purist has no GC riders and no Cav. As for standard I’ve gone through reams of paper working out different teams and none of them make sense :”(

    I’ve got a purist team sorted now which looks half decent but cant make my mind up between Faria Da Costa and Quintana.

    Heart says one, head say’s the other 😕

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