TdF Stage 15

Never mind. 6 more to go. Sky obviously gave Swift a chance but I'm sure Boasson Hagen would have got the same or better, thus justifying dropping the certain 9 of Frank, but unfortunately I don't control team decisions.

S**t well that didn't quite go to plan!

@squiggle I'm glad to hear that about Jeannesson. I'm banking on Rojas and Boasson Hagen.

squiggle did u have a cheeky peep at my team with regards to having turgot and leaving in jeannesson cause thats what i have done

The only problem with Europcar is they are going to put a man in the break and sit back a bit today, they have done alot of work in the mountains to keep Voeckler up there

Bookies odds are not a bad idea but I usually plan a few stages ahead so no good for me unless I'm stuck between 2 transfers. Then I'd look at head to head results on cqranking.

I've left Jeannesson in for today as looking through sprint results he looks like Bonnets final leadout. With Bonnet out of the way and with him dropping out of white I reckon he'll be up for a crack at the sprint. Turgot from Europcar is my other man, he's looked pretty consistent throughout the sprints too and should be buoyed by the fack that his team leader is doing such a stellar job in yellow. Also with a lot of the top name sprinters gone I'd expect to see Hinault up there too. Hoping at a stretch for 3 top tens!

I dont use any other source's apart from letour website and my eyes watching Eurosport, looking at bookies odds would be the last thing to look at for something like the TdF cause anything can happen on any given day

I left Cav in, and went for Rob Ruij who might score 5 if rojas wins and often finishes fairly high up.
And Amador is a cheap 10 pts.
But i had to get rid of Jelle to do that so will lose kom pts. Fool !

Jelle back on the menu for Tuesday

Went for Rojas over Cav. Saved me having to make another transfer to release funds for Cav.

Acc to my calculations, unless Rojas goofs up big time, I should score between 70 & 80 tomorrow

Problem is most of the top riders will have him as well so it doesn't matter what happens with his actual position. By having him you're just marking the opposition. (But that is part of cycling as well).

No chance! And there's always the Vuelta and I read Spanish so I can read up on the Spanish cycling press.

Alan I think you should listen to your wife and give up.

My other transfer was the new LR. It's a suitably flat stage that it shouldn't change touch wood!

I'm 4th and I think there's only a slim chance of my winning, but I'm not giving up, (much to my wife's annoyance). In fact, if I spent the same amount of time earning my normal rate as I do on this I could buy the bike in any case! I'm enjoying watching it though and it's definitely a fascinating race, still completely open and I love the scenery. It's also getting my daughters into France and cycling as well.

Bonnet's out now I believe. Have you gone for Vichot? He's not bad on a finish.

I'm going purely for finishing points tomorrow. Cav's going to win but my 3 Frenchies will be up there too!

I think the 10 for Lantern Rouge is a bit generous, maybe 5 is enough. It discourages going for a 'break' rider.

I've not bothered with Amador cause i've ask Jerome to sit up and ride 35mins down or JUST inside the time limit as a special for me, even if he has to sit just on the finish line without crossing

Got in Boassen Hagen for Schleck. Sky are still going for it! Plus Amador who I should have brought in yesterday instead of Kadri. What was I thinking?

For the win either A. Schleck, Contador, or Evans. Either way will see some movement from the main competetors.