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Why was Walscheid relegated ?
I couldn’t spot anything.
Used his head in the sprint.
Just can’t get away with that anymore. I remember years ago when sprints used to be spread into two on both sides of the road against the railings in an attempt to reduce the barraging. Didn’t work. Dangerous times back then.
Using your head to push is now a big No No. Walscheid should know better.
I can understand why Bouhanni did it becuase he is relatively short and rather than go shoulder to shoulder he had to go head to shoulder with the taller sprinters.
IMO they need to introduce rules for lead out riders, they are increasingly changing line & speed during the sprint to block rival sprinters. Sooner or later this will cause a big crash.
Team done. Avoided Aru, cheap as he is, until another day. Did really well on stage 2 but today is a whole bigger ball game…i hope he survives well.No idea who wins today but could be somebody as left field as Soler or Herrada…whoever it is the ones i really want to do well are Aru, Chaves and Latour…for differing reasons.
Aru & Chaves are the big unknowns, I avoided them.
I fancied Formolo for the next few days but in stage2 it looked like he is in Spain to look after Majka.
The break as ever will be a lottery. De Gendt will probably try today but I think tomorrow suits him better.
GC time.
GC time.
My team for today and hopefully the next week.
ROGLIC
LOPEZ
QUINTANA
URAN
KELDERMAN
LATOUR
TEUNS
MADRAZOI was tempted to add another rider for the break but …….
Why was Walscheid relegated ?
Why was Walscheid relegated ?
I couldn’t spot anything.
Interestingly the water was not on the road when Astana went through exactly the same spot 18 minutes earlier than Jumbo. (I checked the video). Reminiscent of the incident when Cadel Evans rode through the tacks on the road.Eurosport footage of the UAE crash (onboard) shows that the water wasn’t on the corner where they crashed but a few yards on. So it wasn’t like hitting ice and going down. And it wasn’t a big patch of water. Just goes to show how much on the limit they’re riding
The water was before the crash, in both cases it looks like one rider going on to the white line after the water loses control and takes his team mates out. Damp tyres, white lines on an ITT bike in a corner at high speed = crash.
I think both teams use the same type of tyre too.
First Sprint Stage
First Sprint Stage
BENNETT Sam
LOPEZ
GAVIRIA
JAKOBSEN
WALSCHEID
BAUHAUS
SARREAU
MEZGECI thought Bennett looked to be suffering yesterday so not sure how he will perform today.
Quite happy with a poor showing today for this one. Decided this might be one to go easy with the transfers. Dropped from 3rd to 7th…that’ll do.As usual the people I took out did better than their replacements.
Teunissen >>> Halvorsen
Demare >>> Ackermann
Well that was a bit kak. Put a lot of eggs in the Jumbo, Ineos and Quick step baskets.The only way is up now.
I made my normal mistake of underestimating Quickstep in the TTT.
Hopefully Gilbert doesn’t follow it up wityh a win today.
Bennett & Lopez in for Roglic & Powless.
BENNETT Sam
LOPEZ
VALVERDE
URAN
WALSCHEID
GEOGHEGAN HART
SARREAU
FRAILEVery annoying, I knew Roglic was going to attack today, but couldn’t find a way of keeping him in my team and bringing Lopez in without making too many changes.
Interestingly the water was not on the road when Astana went through exactly the same spot 18 minutes earlier than Jumbo. (I checked the video). Reminiscent of the incident when Cadel Evans rode through the tacks on the road.Marshall’s were waving flags ahead of the water, so they were warned and the teams behind them got through the same spot OK.
However, Jumbo riders have a history of crashing in damp conditions in time trials. Something to do with their tyres perhaps.
Well that was a bit kak. Put a lot of eggs in the Jumbo, Ineos and Quick step baskets.The only way is up now.
I made my normal mistake of underestimating Quickstep in the TTT.
Hopefully Gilbert doesn’t follow it up wityh a win today.
Bennett & Lopez in for Roglic & Powless.
BENNETT Sam
LOPEZ
VALVERDE
URAN
WALSCHEID
GEOGHEGAN HART
SARREAU
FRAILEWhere are Danny Van Poppel, Oliver Naesen in Euroeyes Classic?A lot of teams only announced who would be riding quite late on, so I guess the race database was only updated quite late.
If you want to pick a rider who is not on the game race list, click the ‘show all riders’ box in the Rider Options column.
Fancied Fraile & Aranburu but went with Mezgec & GesinkHmmm, I picked Gesink thinking he would score 20 points today.
Fraile to win tomorrow with Aranburu 2nd ?
My standard team for stage 1
My standard team for stage 1 –
ROGLIC
POWLESS
VALVERDE
URAN
WALSCHEID
GEOGHEGAN HART
SARREAU
FRAILEHoping for a surprise from Groupama FDJ today.
My purist team –
ROGLIC
LOPEZ
VALVERDE
BENNETT Sam
FORMOLO
MEZGEC
LATOUR
GESINKFancied Fraile & Aranburu but went with Mezgec & Gesink
Quite amazing that, after Bernal’s success, a 20 year old Pogacar should be quite so fancied to do well in the Vuelta. The times really are changing.Undoubtedly Pogacar is very talented but he has never done a GT before and hasn’t done a race with lots of hard climbing. Bernal had done a lot more serious racing before winning the TdF and is 2 years older, expecting Pogacar to do well in GC is a bit premature, imo.
He may have won in Algarve and California but there wasn’t any ‘difficult’ climbing in either and there wasn’t a lot of serious competition in either race. Kragh Andersen was 2nd in Algarve and Asgreen 3rd in California, neither of whom are exactly GC candidates.
Condor Andy]
[quote=11waterloo]That’s the one outstanding thing I have left to do, sort out the deadlines. It will be about 15 mins before the first team sets off.
Jesper Hansen totally missing from riders list ?
