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San Sebastian Classic

Just thought i'd take the piss and start this VERY early  19

So who you banking on winning?

I know who ALL my money is on already  4

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TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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im not old enough to know what you mean by ONCE (yes i was alive but too young to be properly into cycling)

but now i have researched that i believe you have the wrong guy (you meant Davis right?)

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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If i say no, will you believe me?  4

How old are you that you didn't know Once? i'm only 27 and been watching pro cycling since about 8 when i started doing club runs and stuff

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TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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nope as the guy i have didnt race for ONCE
21, but havn't been into cycling since i was 8, at least not being able to watch anything other than the tdf, and my household was behind the ball game when it came to the internet etc and finding out stuff, still dont have sky. so abit behind on knowledge that isnt already well known beyond about 6/7 years ago

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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Oh right, yeah i was stuck to TdF for a long time aswell, channel 4 of a night was all i got until i finally got my own place and got Sky, but i wouldn't recommend it to anyone, i only got it because i used to work for them  19

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thefatcyclist | 12 years ago
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So the odds are stacked towards a Spanish allrounder then

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JAndrewHill | 12 years ago
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Hope so. My team is packed with spanish speakers

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TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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I have 5 spaniards and 3 belgians and 1 other nationality which i wont reveal as will probably give the rider away

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Raleigh | 12 years ago
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I think that a certain rider who happened to have won the mountain classification at the tour will do well tomorrow

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Squiggle | 12 years ago
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My team is a pretty multinational mixed bag headed by 3 Spaniards, then 2 Belgians, the other 4 are from all over!

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dave atkinson | 12 years ago
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Seven spaniards for me. plus a token belgian, and some bloke from norway

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arsene | 12 years ago
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Theres only 1 rider from Norway. Good choice.  1

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dave atkinson | 12 years ago
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him then  1

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Squiggle | 12 years ago
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Just made a slightly concerning reshuffle, now only 1 Spaniard and NO Euskaltel!  35

10 Spaniards in top 20 in 2010
Only 5 in 2009

Still I'm going for the top 9  19

I'll probably go back to my original lineup or another new one several more times before I settle anyways!

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LabMonkey | 12 years ago
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Team selected - and it is badass!

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JAndrewHill | 12 years ago
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 35  35  35
Ok,
I've got 3 from the low countries, one south american, and 5 who are spanish I think, well the two euskatels are anyway.

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Squiggle | 12 years ago
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Right... Heilain Coos mark 5.1 and I'm definitely sticking... I think... maybe!  39

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thefatcyclist | 12 years ago
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Go to go out soon, so here is my team, since I have nothing to fear except zero points

Damiano CUNEGO (even tho let me down all season)
Greg VAN AVERMAET (up for it)
Rigoberto URAN URAN (knackered probs)
Ryder HESJEDAL (up for it)
Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL (back to back wins??)
Carlos BARREDO LLAMAZALES (always does well)
Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA (cheap)
Ruben PEREZ MORENO (could do well)
Johan VAN SUMMEREN (lightly raced)

I had JRod in, Hushovd in, Weening in, Davy millar in at various times,

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Squiggle | 12 years ago
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OK! Final lineup...

SASTRE
Van AVAERMET
URAN
HESJEDAL
VELITS
BARREDO
GERDEMANN
VANENDERT
IRRIZIGE

I had Porte and Devenyns in until 10:45 when I found out Andy Schleck and Hushovd weren't racing then I assumed that Gerdemann and Hesjay had just been promoted.  39

I could have afforded Cunego but I think Sastre will go better!

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thefatcyclist | 12 years ago
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1 Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) 5:48:53
2 Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) + 0:12
3 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) + 0:14
4 Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha)
5 Dries Devenyns (Quick Step)
6 Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek)
7 Haimar Zubeldia (RadioShack)
8 Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
9 Rigoberto Urán (Sky)
10 Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) + 0:50
11 Simon Gerrans (Sky) + 2:05
12 Simone Ponzi (Liquigas-Cannondale)
13 Matti Breschel (Rabobank)
14 Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre-ISD)
15 J Joaquín Rojas (Movistar)
16 Murilo Fischer (Garmin-Cervélo)
17 Juan José Cobo (Geox)
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step)
19 Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervélo)
20 Mathias Frank (BMC)

so thats 2,3,9,19 for me, better than diddly squat.

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Squiggle | 12 years ago
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2,3,9,10,19, & a team bonus! Pretty disappointed with Hesjay and Velits but more so at myself for not leaving Devy9s in, and for blatantly knowing that PhilGil was up for it!

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Wig_Billy | 12 years ago
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1, 3, 7, & 19 for me. Not bad I suppose.

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dave atkinson | 12 years ago
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1st, 2nd and 4th for me. some good headline picks but no strength in depth...

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LabMonkey | 12 years ago
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1,3,8,9,10 and team bonus = 79 points. Almost in the top ten overall now. Bring on the vuelta!

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rbx | 12 years ago
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Hey... riders shouldn't be allowed to withdraw so late!

I finalised my team late y'day removing both Uran & Jelle to free credits for both Thor and PhilGil only to see now that Thor didn't race  7

Thor owes me some mega points.

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TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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2,3,4 and 19, at the least the sprinter i wouldnt tell you i had Gkam came in 3rd  1

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Gkam84 | 12 years ago
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No a happy camper today, just back from a few days in Shetland to find i got 32 points from the race but that at least 1 of my riders didn't even bother to race  14

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londonplayer | 12 years ago
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I only scored 44 points. Gutted! I put so much time into thinking about it and even made the catastrophic error of ditching Vanendert in favour of a spaniard. That's the last time I'll let patriotic criteria determine who is in my team. Bring on the Vuelta indeed.

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Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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I suddenly realised with 5 minutes to spare I hadn't selected my team - shot through the selection process but in a fatal error I deselected two domestiques, and before I got the second replacement in, the window had closed. Result - eight riders and nul points  20

Lesson for the future there is to deselect one at a time if deadline looming.

Gutted because I had three of the top ten and another in the top 20  2

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londonplayer | 12 years ago
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I'm sure you won't forget the Vuelta....

Unusually for me, I actually selected my team before I went on the Blackfriars bridge protest as Critical Mass can often lead to late night returns to my flat and I thought that I might not be able to log on again before the 11am deadline.

Hopefully, this race won't affect the overall result for you! It was only a maximum of 80 points-ish.

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JAndrewHill | 12 years ago
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Only 79pts

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