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Tour of Qatar
Everyone looking forward to the wind?
Regarding rosters, my 3.0 rider Bystrom isnt showing on the Katusha roster, and I have to back him. Is there going to be an update to the rosters before tomorrow?
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5 transfers left. Hoping for wind.
ALEXANDER KRISTOFF (KAT)
NIKI TERPSTRA (EQS)
HEINRICH HAUSSLER (IAM)
IAN STANNARD (SKY)
MACIEJ BODNAR (TSB)
JONAS AHLSTRAND (COF)
ANDREA GUARDINI (AST)
LUKE ROWE (SKY)
The winds are so strong the race started 1hr 10 mins ahead of schedule today
Km 46:
Venter, Gruzdev and Salomein in the breakaway.
Etixx - Quick Step leading the peloton 3'30 behind.
#TourofQatar.
Results of the first intermediate sprint (km 76.5):
1. Jarl Salomein
2. Jaco Venter
3. Dmitriy Gruzdev
Gap: 3 minutes.
#TourofQatar
Results of the second intermediate sprint (km 136.5):
1. Dmitriy Gruzdev
2. Jarl Salomein
3. Jaco Venter
Gap: 1'15.
#TourofQatar
Here we go
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Not bad for me today overall. Glad I didn't go for Kittel, Bouhanni, Demare etc.
Stage
1,6,8,12,15
GC
1,2,3,5,6,8
Points
1,4,5
Youth
1
Didn't do my team last night as a bottle of wine had been drunk and didn't wish to make any silly decisions.
Then dropped Bodnar and Boonen for Demare and Keukeleire whilst sober in the morning.
Brought in Kristoff though
I still have 5 transfers, I may save them for the Spring Classics
Here we go...
Stage 17 Standings.png
Not a good day, gonna drop boonen and gva for the last 2 stages
No kristoff either
12th on the stage...
what to do for tomorrow!!!
This is so much easier to calculate with the Rider Rankings page having the totals for each rider!
Here's the Tour of Qatar's Best Purist Team possible!
I hope... 
32.7 Alexander Kristoff
30.1 Tom Boonen
18.1 Greg Van Avermaet
17.7 Andrea Guardini
17.6 Heinrich Haussler
14.6 Maciej Bodnar
4.6 Luke Rowe
3.0 Youcef Reguigui
It would have run 139.3 credits and have gotten you 759 points...
In contrast, the Best Actual Purist Team, well, I can't see it!
If you're Premium and you played Purist, feel free to report below what the Best Purist Team was and what it scored! Thanks! 
Top of purist was 631 points
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Wonder how many of those went into teams just before 9am this morning!
Well, what do you know, I've got all three of them...
(Just kidding, for old times' sake)
I have a fair few left... they can be saved????!!
Just outside top 100 today, but climbed a few places overall. I'm losing Boonen too, keeping faith with GVA just incase
Thanks, nick!
Joel don't go there mate. Don't want another 'forum uprising'
You may be joking but I'm pretty sure someone will have , past experience and all that
No they can't be saved unfortunately
True!
used all my transfers now
Terpstra
Demare
Guardini
Rowe
GVA
Bennet
Haussler
Schwarzmann
Ive got rid of stannard now! some riders had to go to make way for sprintier types.
Bystrom is in!
my team is this
Bystrom
Ahlstrand
Rowe
Bodnar
Sagan
Boonen
Terpstra
Van Avermaet
2 transfers left for the rest
Not got the hang of the new transfers. I should have brought stannard in for guardini yesterday as I would have had spare xfers to change back today. Hell, could have even brought in Wiggo for Boonen.
BUT BYSTROM COMES IN TOMORROW, COS HE'S REAL!
Stage 1 points have been amended
Ach, missed stage win by 8 points and last man home by one place!
Stage 3 results... And Bystrom is looking rather handome in 5th place in the YR clasification!
TDU Stage 3.png
just wondering, are there any prizes for Qatar? couldn't see any announcement. A member of my mini league won (decimated more like) Stage 2 yesterday.
Regarding points today I think there are some errors:
Terpstra has 33 - Came 17th in stage, 4th in GC and 2nd in intermediate sprint (15)
Ferrari - 30 points - Came 14th in stage, 5th in GC, 3rd in intermediate sprint (15)
Haussler - 14 points - Came 7th in stage, 9th in GC (18)
Guardini (who I have) - 12 points - Came 8th on stage, 10th in GC (15)
Can you have another look please?
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