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No Hopers
After a relatively poor Giro…I was thinking how difficult (or easy) would it be to pick a team of “no-hopers”
e.g. for the Tour de France pick a purist team that that scores the fewest points
But you have to use up all of the available credit (or leave less than 5)
(no 3.0 riders throughout!)
Canvasing support for the idea/ forum competition
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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See attached - all the teams so far.
A few reoccurring names - Boom, Gesink, Chavenal, Oss, Farrar...
I'm away this weekend so I'll review any new teams added before the standard Saturday deadline and post an update on Monday.
No Hopers_1.jpg
Nice!
Looking good
G. Van Avermaet 30.5
J. Debusschere 15.4
T. Farrar 16.5
J. Serpa 9.8
P. Voss 6.9
ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ 16.6
SIMON GESCHKE 17.3
DANIEL OSS 16.8
LARS BOOM 20.8
ALBERT TIMMER 8.3
79.8
This looks great fun
I'm in with
Damiano Caruso 21.4
Gesink 20.2
Westra 16.8
Huzarski 11.1
Luis Angel Mate 8.8
=78.3
My first pick didn't qualify. I'm a prick. Here's my second attempt.
Arnaud Gerard 7.1
Bauke Mollema 21.8
Tim Wellens 21.0
Bartosz Huzarski 11.1
JC Peraud 18.7
Total: 79.7
What was wrong with your first pick?...
I had two 3.0 riders. I'm surprised you didn't notice from your secret, undersea datacenter.
And since my main team is called "Hopeless Losers" I'd better blinking well win this one or I'm packing it in until the next race.
Is that in the rules?...
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I expected a real consequence if you didn't win...
E. Sepulveda 22.1
S. Bennett 18.3
R. Valls Ferri 17.6
J. Pimenta Costa Mendes 12
J. Guarnieri 8.2
Total 78.2
S Chavanel 21.2
T de Gendt 20.2
B Mollema 21.8
J Bauer 9.6
M Sieberg 5.9
78.7 - by my calculations
S Chavanel 21.2
T Farrar 16.5
C Gautier 15.7
K Vanblisen 14.0
D Wyss 10.9
Total - 78.3
Cheers
Got that all wrong - sorry!!
> ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ 16.6
> DANIEL OSS 16.8
> WILCO KELDERMAN 16.9
> RAFAEL VALLS FERRI 17.6
> MIKAEL CHEREL 10.6
Total: 78.5
New to this - so go easy please
> ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ 16.6
> DANIEL OSS 16.8
> WILCO KELDERMAN 16.9
> RAFAEL VALLS FERRI 17.6
> RUBEN PLAZA 4.0
> ALBERTO LOSADA 6.4
Total: 78.3
Elle the Crab -looks like you have 6 riders
You just need to pick 5
So a re-shuffle is required...
F. Brun 3.0
C. Laporte 3.0
R. Majka 28.4
J. Fuglsang 24.5
L. Boom 20.8
Total = 79.7
I think this is just an excercise in hatred for riders who have disappointed us in the past but I'm all in for that with bells on. Fuck you, Robert Gesink! You're not even in my losers team!
Oh, and this was a masterpiece of a post
I'm going for
De Gendt 20.2
Chavanel 21.2
Geschke 17.3
Van Baarle 13.6
Soupe 6.9
79.2 I think
I'm in
R. Gesink 20.2
M. Renshaw 15.3
S. Gerrans 16.8
J. Arredondo 14.5
J. Simon 10.5
77.3
Dave, not quite enough spend there...
Teams needs to be between 78 and 80.
(As well as a bit rubbish)
oops
R. Gesink 20.2
M. Renshaw 15.3
S. Bennett 18.3
J. Arredondo 14.5
J. Simon 10.5
78.8
L. Boom (AST) 20.8
J. Bakelants (ALM) 17.5
N. Edet (COF) 15.1
R. Taaramae (AST) 14.6
J. Coppel (IAM) 11.3
79.3
I think the 78 - 80 points is great, it makes you think rather than just plopping a load of cheapo's in.
There are some cracking riders in the teams so far and its quite difficult picking a rider from one of the big teams as they all have leaders who are capable of winning a stage which means a bonus to all the riders in that team, its going to be a fun comp.
yeah, but I would have wanted to see if a team could actually score 0 points... I don't think that's gonna happen with the budget set so high... here's mine...
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21.0 Tim Wellens
20.2 Robert Gesink
18.0 Samuel Sanchez
12.6 Tiago Machado
7.1 Markel Irizar
78.9 credits
I'm in
Kenneth Vanbilsen (COF) 14.0
Matthias Brandle (IAM) 15.0
Winner Anacona (MOV) 15.4
Robert Gesink (TLJ) 20.2
Andriy Grivko (AST) 14.1 = 78.7
Here's my 'bunch of losers':-
T. Farrar 16.5
K. Durasek 14.1
K. Vanbilsen 14.0
N. Edet 15.1
D. Impey 20.1
Total of 79.8.
No copying mind!
Didn't see your selections TER. Sorry about the Impey inclusion, but he is staying. Great minds eh.
Impey 20.1
Fuglsang 24.5
Henderson 10.1
Vermote 14.5
Haller 10.7
= 79.9
Enrique, you do realise the idea is to score as few points as possible right?
Here goes - Now that the rider start list is drafted
Some nice and simple rules
NO HOPERS FORUM COMPETITION
Purist competition
Pick 5 cyclists
Total team value must be between 78 and 80 points
Score as few points as possible.
All riders must be on the start on Saturday
Post your riders below and I'll summarise
My team is
N Roche (Sky) 16.3
R Kreuziger (TSB) 16.5
G V Avermaet (BMC) 30.5
D Cimolai (LAM) 12.0
D. Kozontchuk (KAT) 3.1
Total = 78.4
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