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Tour de France – Stage 18, Gap > Alpe-d’Huez

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  • July 17, 2013 at 8:29 pm #19398
    drheaton

    Massive day ahead and I've got the rest of the week off work so I'll be glued to the TV tomorrow afternoon 😀

    Having major problems picking my team.  Got a few riders I want to pick but can only afford a selection of them.

    Contador and Kreuziger are on the up, could they threaten Froome and try to put a chunk of time into him tomorrow?  If so, which is the preferred rider?  Contador should be the team leader but he's still not earning any World Tour points after his ban so are the team better off supporting Kreuziger?

    Mollema and Ten Dam just seem to be trying to hold on.  Can they do anything else now?

    Quintana seems to have the white jersey wrapped up, does he think he can win yellow or will he settle for a stage win?  Can Kwiatkowski do anything during the last week to catch the Columbian revelation?

    Rolland has come out and written off his chances of winning the polka dot jersey.  Is he bluffing?  If not, which of the last stages will he target for a stage win?

    I have no answers and no idea who'll be in my team tomorrow 😕

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  • July 18, 2013 at 12:36 pm #748401
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    livestrongnick

    umm a bit off subject….am
    umm a bit off subject….am wrong in thinking that some new badges may have been coming in for the Premium players? 😕

    July 18, 2013 at 11:54 am #748399
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    Gkam84

    I thought after yesterday
    I thought after yesterday that Jeannesson wouldn’t be up for the break, that’s why I went Fedrigo and I dropped Amador for Serpa as Lampre have done nothing this tour…FAIL

    July 18, 2013 at 11:46 am #748397
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    livestrongnick

    Result of col de Manse cat
    Result of col de Manse cat 2

    1. Hesjedal

    2. Jeannesson

    3. Voeckler

    4. Gadret

    Ramp du Motty cat 3

    1. Danielson

    2. Riblon

    Break now 5’50″+

    July 18, 2013 at 11:45 am #748395
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    Gkam84

    OK, it seems my guys didn’t
    OK, it seems my guys didn’t want to hit the break, but I think after the first Alpe the “real” break will happen 😉

    I took 20 points to get extra transfers. I better look out those gloves for Dave 👿

    Christopher Froome
    Pierre Rolland (Dumoulin)
    Pierrick Fedrigo (Kreuziger)
    Thomas De Gendt
    Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
    Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Amador)
    Johnny Hoogerland (Tuft)
    Julien El Fares
    Murilo Antonio Fischer

    July 18, 2013 at 11:17 am #748393
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    chrisdstripes

    Ghedebrav wrote:Interesting

    Ghedebrav wrote:
    Interesting to see a few people picking Schleck. A win on a big stage like today, tomorrow or Saturday would be redemption of sorts for him. Still seems a long shot to me, even if he did do an unexpectedly good TT yesterday.

    My big thumbsucking point was to drop Nieve for Ten Dam; I’m hoping he’ll be able to diesel over the next three days’ climbs in or around the lead bunch, scoring some consistent stage finish points. Not sure Nieve will still see KOM in his grasp after today.


    Yeah, by no means convinced by Schleck, but had 20 credits for 2 riders to keep until Sunday, so thought he was as good a bet as any. Radioshack going for the team prize so I wouldn’t be surprised if he just rides with the main bunch for as long as he can and picks up 10th-15th place each time, though he may attack late if he has the legs…

    July 18, 2013 at 11:08 am #748391
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    backflipbedlem

    Froome
    Nieve (IN)
    Schleck
    Froome
    Nieve (IN)
    Schleck (IN)
    Quintana
    Kwiatkowski
    Fuglsang (IN)

    Thought about Rolland, Voekler, Kreuziger, D Martin etc, but went with Schleck instead!!!!! Woooo

    July 18, 2013 at 11:07 am #748389
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    Ghedebrav

    Interesting to see a few
    Interesting to see a few people picking Schleck. A win on a big stage like today, tomorrow or Saturday would be redemption of sorts for him. Still seems a long shot to me, even if he did do an unexpectedly good TT yesterday.

    My big thumbsucking point was to drop Nieve for Ten Dam; I’m hoping he’ll be able to diesel over the next three days’ climbs in or around the lead bunch, scoring some consistent stage finish points. Not sure Nieve will still see KOM in his grasp after today.

    July 18, 2013 at 11:06 am #748387
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    livestrongnick

    Break of 9, 1min 30+ seconds
    Break of 9, 1min 30+ seconds

    Amador
    Riblon
    TJV
    Chavanel
    Jeannesson
    Danielson
    Voigt
    Boom
    Moser

    July 18, 2013 at 11:06 am #748385
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    STEVESPRO 79

    Wow this is going to be some
    Wow this is going to be some stage…. 🙂 I could do with being sat in front of 3 TV’s….The Tour, The Open and The Ashes….Sporting heaven…

    July 18, 2013 at 10:59 am #748383
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    rcorbin

    Only change was Rolland for
    Only change was Rolland for Martin (T).

    Looks like none of the 8 people ahead of me have him so I’m quids in if he goes on a KOM roam or wins the stage!

    Not much happening so far in the stage in terms of a break being let go.

    De Gendt and Evans have been dropped.

    July 18, 2013 at 10:27 am #748381
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    chrisdstripes

    drheaton wrote:
    Anyway, my

    drheaton wrote:

    Anyway, my team:

    Froome
    Contador
    Quintana
    Bardet
    Nieve
    Schleck
    Mederel
    El Fares
    Bonnet


    Same tactic as me – switch Contador, Bardet and Bonnet for Rodriguez, Gadret and Le Mevel and you have my team. Heavy rain is a possibility near the finish, so I’m hoping the bunch won’t want to let a break get too far ahead in case they can’t control it later on…

    July 18, 2013 at 10:15 am #748379
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    livestrongnick

    i hope all the sprinters make
    i hope all the sprinters make the cut today….. :S

    July 18, 2013 at 10:10 am #748377
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    drheaton

    I planned to make three
    I planned to make three changes but in the end I made five.

    Dropped: Kwiatkowski, Mollema, De Gendt (unsure about that one), Castroviejo and Fischer

    Brought in: Contador, Nieve, Bardet, Schleck and Quintana

    Secret weapon is Contador. From memory he’s never won up the Alpe d’Huez during the Tour (was pipped in 2011 by Rolland) so I reckon he’ll try and drop Froome up the Col de Sarenne and on the descent then go for the stage win. He’s not one to settle for second place and if he wants to win he needs to be aggressive. Fantasy wise I don’t think many people will have chosen Contador over Rolland just because he’s so expensive so I’m hoping to make places today and get back into the top 100.

    Wasn’t planning on dropping De Gendt but fancied Schleck and Bardet for a break over the next couple of days and didn’t want to make any more transfers than I needed to before the last day so got them in now. I may (or may not) bring in Rolland for one stage if he looks like he fancies a stage win but I don’t think that’ll be today.

    Anyway, my team:

    Froome
    Contador
    Quintana
    Bardet
    Nieve
    Schleck
    Mederel
    El Fares
    Bonnet

    July 18, 2013 at 9:59 am #748375
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    Hilltown_Ian

    I fancy Valverde for today’s
    I fancy Valverde for today’s stage, was strong in the TT and looking for redemption after his disaster. Nieve coming in for lots of support this morning, can understand that, he will be chasing Polka dot points to try to hang on to the jersey and may be let go.

    http://cyclingbetting.co.uk/tour-de-france-stage-18-preview

    July 18, 2013 at 9:55 am #748373
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    TERatcliffe26

    I reckon its Moreno
    I reckon its Moreno 😕

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