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I didn’t see that one coming.

I didn’t see that one coming. Fantastic finish from Alaphilippe & Teunissen struggled as soon as they hit the hills.

Who to bring back in for tomorrow’s sprint?

Will Groenewegen make it over the last hill & who will stay with him to help him back on?

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Find that start a bit strange

Find that start a bit strange.

JumboVisma wouldn’t allow De Gendt, who is 3mins down, to get away but have allowed Wellens, who is 59s down in the break.

 

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Alaphilippe & Colbrelli in

Alaphilippe & Colbrelli in for Groenewegen & Moscon. I should probaby have left Moscon in as today is probably too difficult for Colbrelli, although he could pick up points in the intermediate sprint.

SAGAN
TEUNISSEN
COLBRELLI
ALAPHILIPPE
MATTHEWS
TRENTIN
BETTIOL
WURTZ SCHMIDT

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stevemarks wrote:

MinardiM189 wrote:

3 changes for today, would have preferred Bernal to Moscon but preferred keeping Sagan in other Ewan

SAGAN
TEUNISSEN
GROENEWEGEN
MOSCON
MATTHEWS
TRENTIN
BETTIOL
WURTZ SCHMIDT

 

Just one change for me.

 

Ewan out Teunissen in. figured I’m going to need a lot of transfers in this competition.

I underestimated Quickstep in the TTT, which I always do.  Dropping Viviani will work out for me if Bettiol does something tomorrow.

Bad TTT by Mitchelton, not great for me as I was expecting Trentin to be challenging for yellow in the first week. Looks like Teunissen will keep the Yellow jersey until stage 6 now, unless Van Aert take sit off him.

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campy4life wrote:

Hello … other than the Scoring info detailed in http://fantasy.road.cc/howto, is there a supplemental scoring rules?

Just the two below as an example, I can’t account for the additional points

After stage 1 of 2019, Sagan earns 58 points.  He received 30 points for 2nd place, 6 points for intermediate sprint win.  where did 22 additional points come from? 

Wout van Aert earned 13 points; 5 points for 16th place plus 5 points for being on same team as stage winner.  Can’t seem to account for the 3 additional points.

Thanks!

The top 15 riders score points in intermediate sprints in TdF game, an important thing to remember, sprinters can score on climbing stages if the int sprint is early.

Riders also score points for the GC, Points, Mountains, Young Rider clasifications at the ned of each stage.

Sagan scored 30(stage) + 15(int sprint) +9(GC) +4(points comp.) = 58

Van Aert scored 5(stage) + 5(winners team) + 3(young rider comp.) = 13

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3 changes for today, would

3 changes for today, would have preferred Bernal to Moscon but preferred keeping Sagan in other Ewan

SAGAN
TEUNISSEN
GROENEWEGEN
MOSCON
MATTHEWS
TRENTIN
BETTIOL
WURTZ SCHMIDT

 

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my purist team

my purist team

SAGAN
BERNAL
VIVIANI
MATTHEWS
URAN
PORTE
BETTIOL
KREUZIGER

my standard team

SAGAN
VIVIANI
GROENEWEGEN
EWAN
MATTHEWS
TRENTIN
DE GENDT A.
WURTZ SCHMIDT

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stevemarks wrote:

difficult not no have bernal ala and Sagan which doesn’t leave many points. Are you favouring Sprinters or Climbers?

Alaphilippe too expensive for me, also a lot of people doubt he will be able to repeat last year’s results, the long high climbs don’t really suit him and to win KoM you need to get the double HC points. By the time the race gets to those stages there will be ‘proper’ climbers far enough back to get in the break and Ala will struggle to beat them.

My pursit team has 1 sprinter, 3 GC riders, 3 all rounders and a cheap shot. Because I am way down on purist, I went with a few ‘outside’ picks in a ‘do or die’ attempt to make up ground.

My Standard team has 7 climbers for Stage 1.

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Condor Andy wrote:

Condor Andy wrote:

Porte crashed out before even reaching the cobbles last year. I quite like those stages in GTs, mixes things up and gives cobbles specialists the chance for a famous win.

Initially I thought they were a good variation, giving more aggressive riders like Nibali an advantage but after last year I think the overall impact on the GC is negative.

Last year Thomas extended his lead over the other GC riders to a minute and that killed the race.

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Dr Winston wrote:

Could do with them to stop my wife keep booking holidays during the first two weeks of the TDF…it’s Getting annoying now.

I’m in France from 13th to 20th and no idea if I will have an internet connection. I didn’t think when I booked it.

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Thankfully no silly cobbled

Thankfully no silly cobbled stages to take out GC riders this year. The chances of a GC rider having problems during a 3 week race are high enough without introducing stages designed to cause ‘bad luck’. The race lost Porte & Uran on the cobbles last year.

Hopefully they stop spectators taking out GC riders this year too. Bring in the Paris riot police to maintain control .

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Dr Winston wrote:

No Cavendish. End of an era?…..

He probably has until the end of the season to find some sort of form.

If not I suspect he will retire.

Hopefully when he retires he gets a job with Eurosport, it will be fun listening to him rather than the droning bullshit from Brian Smith.

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Dr Winston wrote:

 

Only 13 teams out of 22 have actually announced teams so far…they’re being a bit slow.

Only 2 teams left to announce now – EFE & DimData.

Good news for sprinters no Bouhanni, bad news for sprinters Bonifazio.

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Dr Winston wrote:

DID you see the WVA result today?

That is impressive, beating an in from Lampaert by a considerable margin.

WVA demonstrating he is a top, top ITT rider.

If he concentrates on ITT he can be world champion soon.

unless MVP decides to ITT

Incredible how 2 riders can come to the fore so soon in their careeers.

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Dr Winston wrote:

Quick step with no Gilbert is sad to see…this would have suited him and on great form.

Gilbert isn’t very happy and will probably be leaving QS at the end of the season.

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