Transfers

its ok .. you could of dropped a clanger by picking your team BEFORE the lists were released and have 4 riders now greyed out .. although itll probably make no differnce to my overall score as my classics results are pretty awful of late .. as long as boonen magically wins 4 .. ill be on track

If you have a rider 'greyed out' in your team can he still earn bonus points for being on the same team as the winner?

I suppose I didn't pay that much attention to how many transfers we have and when, but as it as at the moment, I have a full team having made only one transfer since GW so I think this time I was lucky and I'm definitely going to pay more attention in the future. I think I'm gonna leave my final final final selection until tomorrow night, though, and then be paranoid the entire time at work on Sunday that I've messed up and picked guys who aren't riding after all

I'm all over my tactics: read simon's preview and pick riders that he namechecks

i'll be updating the start list today

Going back to my previous post, i mentioned that i have Roulston RSN but he's grayed out! Slight problem with that, he's in RSN team list on cycling fever and RSN offical website??!

Dave can i have my rider back please?
Many Thanks

People should remember last year when you had to calculate possible transfers by hand, rider values could change so a combination that sneaked in before now didn't work and thank god for the reset button, use it all the time when there are unlimited transfers. The current system is so, so easy by comparison to last year.

Generally speaking finalising a team the evening before is not normally a problem during a GT. Sometimes do it early although leave it till late if I'm sure I'll have enough time. If there were doubts about a big star rider I might wait but apart from the last couple of stages which are on a weekend morning I've always made up my mind by the evening before with no real problems.

On the plus side full list is available for Amstel gold!
http://www.amstelgoldrace.nl/index.php?pageId=33&languageId=12

http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_...

Some names starting to trickle onto the start list for P-R

At the moment, i still have a full team so not making any changes, but have 2 spare just incase, because i can only carry 2 over to P-R hoping i wont need 6, but keeping them just incase

If you think about it logically, If it's a DS grayed out then not a huge loss really is especially if he is one of those DS'S you pick just to make up the numbers.

I've lost one DS to gray out and he like 3 of my other DS never scored for me at Gent! so i'll just leave him and save my transfer for Roubaix.

Cheap DS chances of scoring are if you have a star who is likely to win a one day race. ie: had trentin OPQ and Boonen OPQ won, so bonus.

My grayed out rider is from RSN and can't put anyone cheap enough on the same team as my stars to have a chance of bonus so he stays in my team. Cancellara not gonna to win Flanders any rate

But i do wish Roubaix start list would hurry up!

Done my homework but sorry to see two of mine pull out so soon. Transfers not done yet - waiting til Friday night. Here's hoping there are no surprises before then, as I'm banking on a 1, 2, 3. For once.

I would expect to see a P-R provisional list before the weekend

@TERatacliffe26 I've got Demare as well as my only definite non-rider, GW was a bit tough for him but he may be useful later on I reckon. Already got me a few points when he got his first win.

Going to make my transfers at the last minute as quite a few riders could easily get injured this week and I'd like to see a provisional list for P-R as well.

I don't think 4 transfers is that bad and the Classics do split into a couple of groups with somewhat different terrain so I don't think the current system needs changing for next year.

I like the way it is. 4 transfers and homework are good enough .... especially as I am 5th overall

I was one for keeping them all separate, but the majority was to split it slightly and give a couple of unlimited windows to help out the guys who play pursuit, so we all knew about it before hand.

As TER says, as soon as the Gent - Wevelgem finished i said this

Gkam84 wrote:

REMEMBER folks, don't go mucking about with your teams as you only get 4 transfers this time as the classic's are all grouped together into one "race" this year

So it was all about planning ahead, none of us know 100% that any rider will be in a race ahead of official FULL startlists are out, certain provisional lists are out there for people who want to check them

http://www.steephill.tv has alot, for instance, Vuelta al Pais Vasco starts on April 2nd, the provisional list has been out since 24th March

Also

http://www.cyclingfever.com/races.html is quite good at listing teams and riders

Thats only a couple of clicks if you don't want to get into loads of homework

I have 8 out of 9 riders riding (knew demare wasnt riding, already had my transfers planned , but with some flexability). Its a homework issue in my opinion (fair enough having 1 or 2 no riding, but 6 seems like no research at all has been done. Its all right saying we should have unlimited transfers, but its the same for everyone, and others manage. As I said on a previous thread the classics is the trickiest comp to pick for due to the time gaps, but also the most rewarding points wise, so research is all the more important. and you cant just bring in the GC guys for easy points. Its a much more risk vs reward. (I will see if my risk is rewarded in Ronde)

i can tell you the full provisional start list for Ronde was online before Gent started (even if full rosters were not listed its easy to get an idea of riders who are gonna be riding), and i believe the same will happen for P-R before sundays race has started.

Making transfers the week before the race is your risk enrique. Gkam did warn all on the Gent thread about this straight after Gent had finished

Ditto, I've still got a full team.

We're not being flippant, that's just part of the game, the classics are difficult to predict and picking a team who'll mainly be riding all three is tough. Just be happy that Dave has added in two unlimited transfer windows rather than the 6 transfer windows that were in place up until a few weeks ago.

My advice, if some of your 6 are likely to ride the P-R keep them and transfer the others.

Most definitely a case of no homework or no forward thinking, ALL of my team from Gent - Wevelgem are riding Tour of Flanders

The only way to swap out the 6 riders is to lose 40 points

I think thats what you call not doing your homework matey.....