Tour of Oman. Stage 4

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Im guessing we are all following the same twitter account? or does someone have a stream?

Guess so. Anthony McCrossan

Gkam84 wrote:

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I'm off to commit suicide now I got 3rd, but still not good, thinking i'm gonna give up the game this year, doing my nut in already and with unreliable coverage and reports/profiles, i give up, its not even fun like it was last year with prizes for every race, takes the fun element away

Dont worry mate there's a long way to go yet and i cant wait for your tips on the grand tours to see how many fall for them AGAIN

nickobec wrote:

from a different twitter account

1. Greipel (LTB) 2. Sagan (LIQ) 3. Gallopin (RNT) 4. Bouhanni (FDJ) 5. Sutton (SKY)

1,2, 4, 5 happy me

Same! Had Gallopin in ToQ but not Oman although I thought about it! Could have had the top 5. Damn!

SWANCOTTA wrote:

Anyone know where Chavanel finished?

He finished in 22nd place. Full stage result is up http://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/400/classement/index.html

Gkam84 wrote:

Yeah there is a long way to go, but its now spoiling my enjoyment of cycling, I can understand taking in Qatar, but what was the point in Oman, NO TV coverage, having to rely on twitter for updates from one person out there, not seeing the previous stage until the deadline for the next transfers were done, all a bit pointless

Last year this game enhanced my viewing of the races because it was a bit like the horses, you cheer on your guys, cant do that with Oman

I felt the same way after I messed up in the TdF last year.

To be fair there was supposed to be coverage of Oman, but that's Eurosport for you. Watch the Volta, good countryside, no fantasy team to worry about, a hilltop finish today and Wiggins to cheer on!!

nickobec wrote:

1. GREIPEL André
2. SAGAN Peter
3. GALLOPIN Tony
4. BOUHANNI Nacer
5. SUTTON Christopher
6. KOHLER Martin
7. DE NEGRI Pier Paolo
8. CHAVANEL Sylvain
9. NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
10. COOKE Baden
11. BOONEN Tom
12. DE KORT Koen
13. GUSEV Vladimir
14. ASCANI Luca
15. KUCHYNSKI Aliaksandr
16. YOSHIDA Hayato
17. CANCELLARA Fabian
18. HAYMAN Mathew
19. BALLAN Alessandro
20. WYNANTS Maarten

Well, the riders I already had did well and the transfers did nothing, but as I'm building towards tomorrow we'll have to see. Boonen's done ok considering he's not supposed to be trying.

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

and chavanel finished 8th, he is 22nd in GC

Whoops was looking at the Overall table when I posted that Chav had come 22nd.

stumps wrote:

the southern hemisphere (i think my georgraphy is correct).

Rather improbably, Oman is almost as close to the UK (in terms of latitude) as it is to the Equator

Raleigh wrote:

Does it normally take this long for the scores to go up?

Only when i'm on clacton pier on the dodgems

Alan Tullett wrote:

Well, the riders I already had did well and the transfers did nothing, but as I'm building towards tomorrow we'll have to see. Boonen's done ok considering he's not supposed to be trying.

Almost the same here 5 of the 6 (Guardini the odd one out) I kept scored points 174 in all, the 3 I transferred in 3 points (Fuglsang 8th overall)

Hoping the 177 points is relatively better the yesterdays 182 which was =62nd and saw me dropped 2 spots overall (even if it did move me up 1 place in the Tour of Oman comp).

Though I do expect the winning score for today to exceed 220 points

GREIPEL, SAGAN, GALLOPIN, BOUHANNI, SUTTON, KOHLER, NAVARDAUSKAS & COOKE were all popular picks ( up until today) even CHAVANEL was not out of the question, though anybody who all DE NEGRI needs a special crystal ball award

Simon_MacMichael wrote:

Rather improbably, Oman is almost as close to the UK (in terms of latitude) as it is to the Equator

Are you sure about that?
Today's stage crossed the Tropic of Cancer, i always thought that was pretty close to the equator?

Gkam84 wrote:

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I'm off to commit suicide now I got 3rd, but still not good, thinking i'm gonna give up the game this year, doing my nut in already and with unreliable coverage and reports/profiles, i give up, its not even fun like it was last year with prizes for every race, takes the fun element away

The profile of this stage was fine. It was the lack of one on 2 that pissed me off! Following through twitter is not ideal. But Sagan and Greipel are on good form. It's not that surprising.

Gkam84 wrote:

Yeah there is a long way to go, but its now spoiling my enjoyment of cycling, I can understand taking in Qatar, but what was the point in Oman, NO TV coverage, having to rely on twitter for updates from one person out there, not seeing the previous stage until the deadline for the next transfers were done, all a bit pointless

Last year this game enhanced my viewing of the races because it was a bit like the horses, you cheer on your guys, cant do that with Oman

Why weren't you complaining yesterday?

Sour grapes detected?

nickobec wrote:

Kept Sagan and Griepel for today, Andre impressed me on stage 2.

Same here. Hang in there Andre.

nickobec wrote:

Kept Sagan and Griepel for today, Andre impressed me on stage 2.

Swapped out Galimzyanov for Veltis, don't expect Denis to be in the lead bunch today

Gambled by swapping out Farrar for Fuglsang, Tyler might finish in the lead group or not.

Replaced Selig with Lebas. Thomas finished in 11th on stage 2 in good company and is 11th overall. My rank outsider for today and maybe tomorrow.

Sticking with Bouhann, Cooke and Sutton (all with a good change to finish in the front group today) and Guardini (not in the front group today, but saving a transfer and points for one of the big gun guns tomorrow for Grepiel and 4 transfers for Sunday)

Got a similar strategy with Sagan, Greipel, Fulgsang and Jeannesson (least sure about this choice but always a fan of FDJ) for today. Haven't decided for tomorrow. End of this stage is easier than 2 I think, but we'll see.