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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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  • June 25, 2013 at 5:05 pm #744357
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    chiv30

    I’d tell you what I think but
    I’d tell you what I think but it would ruin my masterplan for my std
    As for purist , yellow green white contenders picked and a possible polka dot star depending on team orders ….. 😕

    June 25, 2013 at 3:57 pm #744355
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    sanderville

    Purist: Froome, Clenbutador,
    Purist: Froome, Clenbutador, Voeckler, Flecha and fillers.

    Standard: That’s the one I’m playing for so I’m keeping schtum.

    The prices are definitely making this Tour the one to separate the men from the boys though. I suppose it’s art imitating life.

    June 25, 2013 at 3:52 pm #744353
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    stevemarks

    I have three GC guys in my
    I have three GC guys in my purist team but they not expensive ones. No flat sprinters at all, although I may Still change that.

    My standard team is a mess, and I may clear it out and start again before Saturday. It is packed with fast guys at the moment which although I do not feel is wrong, might be overstretching myself. Challenging is the word I am looking for overall. But in a nice way too.

    June 25, 2013 at 3:48 pm #744351
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    chokofingrz

    I think the game could
    I think the game could benefit from being a bit harder. It gets boring when everybody can pick a strong team of 6-7 scoring riders by midway through the first week (like in recent tours). Personally I’m looking forward to racking up a nice collection of zeros before getting all excited when one of my DS’es actually does something.

    June 25, 2013 at 3:34 pm #744349
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    livestrongnick

    Gone all French for my
    Gone all French for my purist.
    Standard no Sagan for me on stage 1 but thinking having him for the couple stages after. Have a team worked out with 2 credits spare which im hoping will score well but kind of clueless up till the TTT 😕

    June 25, 2013 at 2:53 pm #744347
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    drheaton

    Regarding the prices, they’re
    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 😀

    June 25, 2013 at 2:36 pm #744345
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    TERatcliffe26

    Hard
    Ive gone Froome and
    Hard

    Ive gone Froome and Sagan as far as purist goes. I think my purist team looks ok to be honest

    Not sure what to do for standard, I have Sagan, Cav, Greipel, but not sure if thats the way to go, although im thinking take it a day at a time, as getting ahead with a plan rarely works, especially the longer the race. So going for a decent score on day one and see what happens 😕

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