[Gkam84]

119 Madrazo (ESP, MOV),
119 Madrazo (ESP, MOV), Abandoned

Another movistar out, leaving them with only 4 after this stomach bug

Only 8 out of the 22 starting teams have their full roster of riders left

[Gkam84]

First points of the day
First points of the day 😀

Cat.3 Puerto de la Braguía 56.2 km
1 Montaguti (ALM) 3
2 Sijmens (COF) 2
3 De Greef (OLO) 1

I think Sijmens will be the only one trying to stop Montaguti trying to take all the mountain points

[Gkam84]

Post them up because you can
Post them up because you can always use Google Translate or if like my, using Google Chrome browser, it does it for me 😀

[Gkam84]

Seen as i know Dave has
Seen as i know Dave has looking in here, you might wanna give Tony a nudge and tell him its Thursday 👿

http://road.cc/content/news/42720-schwag-grab-tour-britain-official-t-shirts

[Gkam84]

Nearly 11 minutes, looking
Nearly 11 minutes, looking like some of the break may just stay away already

[Gkam84]

Time going out even further
Time going out even further max. lead 09m24s

[Gkam84]

Withdrawals
108 Zaugg (SUI,
Withdrawals
108 Zaugg (SUI, LEO), Did not start

Leader(s) – 17 riders
135 R. Kišerlovski (CRO, AST) +17:16
81 Joa. Rodríguez (ESP, KAT) +18:41
122 De Greef (BEL, OLO) +42:39
158 L. Sánchez (ESP, RAB) +1:21:17
139 Jufré (ESP, AST) +1:38:29
99 F. Gavazzi (ITA, LAM) +1:41:31
55 Oroz (ESP, EUS) +1:45:15
147 D. Malacarne (ITA, QST) +1:46:23
18 Montaguti (ITA, ALM) +2:08:44
163 Gustov (UKR, SBS) +2:18:20
46 Sijmens (BEL, COF) +2:21:28
193 Haussler (AUS, GRM) +2:40:03
208 Paulinho (POR, RSH) +2:42:38
32 Kohler (SUI, BMC) +2:54:29
126 J. Van de Walle (BEL, OLO) +3:23:05
171 Geniez (FRA, SKS) +4:26:55
176 Timmer (NED, SKS) +4:30:49

max. lead 07m55s

Glad i took Montaguti in again, but i left Sanchez out :”(

[Gkam84]

nickobec wrote:TTT & GC

nickobec wrote:

TTT & GC points, that has what happened this year in Giro & Vuelta. You need to pick right team and know the team politics. I did well in the Giro, lousy in the Vuelta. Why not keep it.

No it didn’t, If you go have a look

TTT stage: Team Time Trial scoring. 10 points for each participating member of the first place team down to 1 point for each participating member of the 10th placed team

So when HTC won the Giro TTT on the opening day, they all scored 10 points, there was no GC points

[Gkam84]

One final thing i thought off
One final thing i thought off that really came to light in the TdF this season

Is it possible to change riders category’s for each race??

So to avoid having 3 riders in the GC: Team leaders, ok, so Radioshack didn’t do well with the 3 they had in there, BUT you didn’t have that set up with the Schlecks?? But you have it just now with Geox, Sastre and Menchov are GC, so why not the Schlecks?

A bit of consistency with that would be nice, either have only 1 GC team leader per race, which would be better in my eyes or make it fair, If Sastre and Menchov are GC, then i see the Schlecks should be aswell?

[Gkam84]

I think your going the wrong
I think your going the wrong way manolo, thats just making the game dull

If you decrease the points for mountains and sprints then your taking the thrill of trying to work out who might go in the break each day, if you reduce those points, people will just load their team with people in the GC to gain more points

For TEAM time trails, why should a rider who’s worked his ass off in the opening half of the TT not get points for finishing with the team? thats the whole point of it being a TEAM TT the team works in whichever way the feel is right

Also, giving GC points for an opening stage TTT isn’t right because then you benefiting from the team deciding a certain person crosses the line first, thats not a good idea

[Gkam84]

Think thats a mix up with the
Think thats a mix up with the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal that is on the same day

[Gkam84]

Its not a gimmick, but in my
Its not a gimmick, but in my view, unless your a pro or very very serious then why do you need to know your power wattage? so you know how many light bulbs you could be powering? 👿

Cadence you can get from a cycle computer and the same with heart rate, which in the long run is a lot better way to have it, because you can use those out on the road aswell

The other thing IF i had that kind of money lying about, would be to get the full Tacx set up

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tacx/fortius-multiplayer-ec008680

That you can ride against people on the internet 😀

[Gkam84]

dave_atkinson wrote:
one of

dave_atkinson wrote:

one of the things we’re considering is a tour bonus based on your starting team. A bit like what’s described above, but separate to the GC points. So, you pick your team to start based on who you think will win, and play as before, with transfers and GC points. But if you picked Froome and Cobo on day 1 and they end up one and two, you get a bonus at the end of the tour.

Now thats a good idea, quite a hefty bonus?

So for instance, i’m on 1162 and cherrypicked the current leader is on 1546 and if that was the end of the tour, so a nice 200, 150, 100 for the top 3 and if i’d picked Cobo, Froome and Wiggo, that would see me top 😀

[Gkam84]

don’t need £300
Something
don’t need £300

Something like this £139.99

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tacx/sirius-soft-gel-t1435-turbo-trainer-ec006994

Then something like this for the front wheel

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/elite/travel-block-ec007764

Then depending on your floor a training mat and a sweat thong 😀

[Gkam84]

Well with you having no other
Well with you having no other bike, you’d be better picking up a 2nd hand rear wheel to put a trainer tyre on, just make sure its got the same gearing you normally use, else your going to be switching your tyres everytime you want to go back outside or tearing them to sherds on the turbo :B

So with you having that budget, get a rear wheel (doesn’t need to be anything fancy, just a straight and true one) and cassette from ebay and then spend the rest on a trainer and tyre 😉

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