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What are certain teams doing
What are certain teams doing today?
Visma, Bahrain, Trek, Lotto Dstny, UAE & even Movistar are gifting time to competitive rivals.
Cheers Tony
Cheers Tony
I went cautious again today,
I went cautious again today, didn’t bring any sprinters in and kept Roglic and brought in Tiberi.
It seems like I am trying to give up the Leader’s jersey and storing transfers for later.
On reflection Tiberi was a poor choice as it limits my choices in the next few stages and he could lose his position in GC to the break.
I was too cautious today, all
I was too cautious today, all the predictions that it would be a break put me off making too many changes. My initial intention was to bring in Almeida too.
I see quite a few went for van Eeetvelt, he was very impressive today. Gall, Mas & Riccitello impressed too.
You have started off well, it
You have started off well, it took me ages to re-learn how to play (if I have).
Thanks.
Thanks.
Lets see if I can take some more points out of your lead in the Vuelta.
So far looking good but lots of really tricky stages coming up.
Lucky me !!!
Lucky me !!!
Bennett a DNF and Aniolowski only 13th
Vacek could be an excellent
Vacek could be an excellent pick for purist, there are a lot of stages where he can do well from the break.
I had Tarling in for a while but he got squeezed out when I decided to try and fit an extra GC rider in. I wasn’t sure whether he would finish the race either, although if he had won yesterday he would have justified his inclusion from his score on the first 3 stages.
Yes. Surprising how many.
Yes. A lot of 200+ scores for an ITT is rare. I was surprised you went with Strong, saving a transfer ?
The wind dropped at the end and many teams were expecting it. Ineos need to change their meteorologist, Tarling would probably have won if he had gone last for them.
I am happy to have made a good start for a change. After stage 1 in TdF I was 217th and 129th in the Giro and spent the rest of both races struggling to catch up.
Although in the purist I have Landa and Kuss, both will struggle to score many GC points now.
Bennett & Aniolkowski v
Bennett & Aniolkowski v Sheffield & Mohoric + 13point lead
I think he is favourite.
Ackermann illness probably lost it for me.
The guy that was leading
The guy that was leading actually has 3 transfers left , so he will have 2 more sprinters than me tomorrow !!
I have Nys in too.
I have Nys in too.
They have used the same finish before but mainly from a different direction. On this finish in 2021 there were a few riders high up who are probably slower than Nys on this type of finish, Vendrame 3rd, Dion Smith 5th, Tullett 7th. So I expect him to do OK.
I used 3 of my remaining transfers for today, so will be sprinter light tomorrow Merlier, Klooij & Meeus probably.
Hopefully I can still pip the guy in 1st place and take my first race win for several years.
I thought the same but only
I thought the same but only brought 5 sprinters in.
Hopefully I can make a difference with the 2 extra remaining transfers.
Your extra sprinter giving
Your extra sprinter giving you an extra chance of getting good points. Meuus and van Uden have taken your lead back well over 400 points
Bauhaus and Pedersen hit the deck creating a transfer dilemna for me. My strategy was to keep them in for tomorrow but now I may have to keep Kooij in and not use Kelderman tomorrow.
At least we are having the
At least we are having the same bad luck ☺ Ackermann didn’t crash he was ill.
In the Vuelta I think the problem will be having too many spare transfers and making changes for the sake of it.
So many stages have break written all over them, I bet the teams are really pleased Pogacar isn’t there.
