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Basque Country

My team for stage 1

MICHAEL MATTHEWS (OGE)
TONY GALLOPIN (LTS)
BEN SWIFT (SKY)
PHILIPPE GILBERT (BMC)
FABIO FELLINE (TFR)
MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ (AST)
GIANNI MEERSMAN (EQS)
LOUIS VERVAEKE (LTS)

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Thought both sprint and points jersey were being scored??

So shouldn't Matthews have 50, Kwiatkowski 44, Zakarin 36 and so on?

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dave atkinson replied to TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Thought both sprint and points jersey were being scored??

So shouldn't Matthews have 50, Kwiatkowski 44, Zakarin 36 and so on?

yup, i'll need to re-update

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enrique | 9 years ago
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1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3:57:07
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step
3 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
4 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr
5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
7 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
8 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step
10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha
11 Janier Acevedo (Col) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
12 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
13 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team
15 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
16 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
18 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step
19 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
20 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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deadline was 8am uk time I think.

Ended up with 1,2,7 standard and 1,2 purist.

Should be decent as those that seem to have Gallopin didnt kwiatkowski

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enrique | 9 years ago
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35km to go and Fraile is going it alone...

A 35 km:
Fraile solo en cabeza.

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enrique | 9 years ago
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The break is on the slopes of the Cat 2 El Vivero... Bulgac hangs off the back...

A 48 km
Fraile y Turgis en cabeza; Bulgac se queda descolgado.

El Vivero (2ª): 4 km / 8,1%

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enrique | 9 years ago
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The guidebook for the race can be found here https://db.tt/xLyV3rkx ... lots of pictures in it... don't look at it if you're hungry...

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enrique | 9 years ago
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1st KOM:

Morga (3ª)
1. Turgis (Cofidis), 2.Bulgac (LottoNL) y 3.Fraile (Caja Rural-RGA)

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enrique | 9 years ago
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From biciclismo.com:

The breakaway:

A 89 km:
4:05 para Fraile (Caja Rural-RGA), Bulgac (LottoNL-Jumbo) y Turgis (Cofidis)

Their favorites for today:

'Una jornada... ideal para... Gilbert, Meersman, Luis León Sánchez y Gallopin... o... Gerrans, Matthews, Albasini o Impey."

(http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/eventos_online-ficha.asp?id=620)

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Mike.Franchetti | 9 years ago
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Praying Matthews and Swift get dropped with a final climb attack.
Plan B is Impey...
Plan C is transfers...

Rui Costa
Gallopin
Spilak
Impey
Felline
Landa
Lutsenko
Schelling

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Im a rider down Already, Maertens isnt riding and deadline for this race was early...

So im:
Kwiatkowski
Swift
Matthews
Meersman
Felline
Nocentini
Brown

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enrique replied to TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Joelsim wrote:

MICHAEL MATTHEWS (OGE)
TONY GALLOPIN (LTS)
BEN SWIFT (SKY)
PHILIPPE GILBERT (BMC)
FABIO FELLINE (TFR)
MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ (AST)
GIANNI MEERSMAN (EQS)
LOUIS VERVAEKE (LTS)

Very nice team...

livestrongnick wrote:

Swift
Matthews
Felline
Sammy s
Lulu s
Gilbert
Meersman
Rossetto

oooh... I like the Sanchez 'twins' there as jokers for today!  1

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TERatcliffe26 wrote:

... Maertens isnt riding and deadline for this race was early...

So im:
Kwiatkowski
Swift
Matthews
Meersman
Felline
Nocentini
Brown

I thought Martens was riding, too and thought he would be a good pick today...  39 How early was the deadline to race start?...  22

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livestrongnick | 9 years ago
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Swift
Matthews
Felline
Sammy s
Lulu s
Gilbert
Meersman
Rossetto

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